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Q: What was David Hammons trying to communicate with his sculptures Higher Goals? a) that basketball would be really difficult if we were much shorter b) that basketball offers most inner-city African-American kids a legitimate future c) they are anti-basketball sculptures, meant to remind us that the sport only rewards, financially, a very few elite players and that education should take priority over basketball for most kids

Q: Jan Toorops poster for Delftsche Slaolie displays the style of Art Nouveau in Vienna, where it was known as: a) De Stijl. b) streamlined. c) Jugendstil. d) Art Deco.

Q: Do you consider the critique of The Gates as a violation of the natural landscape to be valid? Why, why not? What did Christo have to say about this criticism?

Q: Leonardo da Vinci made a drawing, Madonna and Child with St. Anne and Infant St. John the Baptist, for a fresco of the same title (p. 172). This type of drawing is called: a) a wash. b) a cartoon. c) dry media. d) an edition.

Q: The page opening of The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Newly Augmented was designed by: a) Dante Gabriel Rossetti. b) Frank Lloyd Wright. c) Jan Toorop. d) William Morris.

Q: Why might Japanese visitors to The Gates interpret it differently than others?

Q: Vija Celmins drawing of the ocean (p. 179) is an example of a highly developed photorealist _______ drawing on paper. a) conte crayon b) pastel c) ink d) pencil

Q: Cassandres Dubonnet advertisement is a good example of ____________design. a) Art Nouveau b) Constructivist c) Bauhaus d) De Stijl

Q: American glassmaker Louis Comfort Tiffany inspired the design movement called: a) Art Nouveau. b) De Stijl. c) Art Deco. d) Constructivism.

Q: What is the primary role or function of the artist that Christo and Jean-Claude generally take in their work?

Q: Faith Ringgolds God Bless America was inspired by: a) a parade in NYC on Allies Day, May 1917 b) the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s c) a universal concept of freedom d) the Desert Storm conflict

Q: Famous for paintings of flowers, the artist of Banana Flower is: a) Edgar Degas. b) Georgia OKeeffe. c) Piet Mondrian. d) Henri Matisse.

Q: In The Language of Art, what, according to Nelson Goodman (p. 16), selects, rejects, organizes, discriminates, associates, classifies, analyzes, and constructs? a) the museum curator b) the Quantel Program c) the artist Jasper Johns d) the eye

Q: In Kthe Kollwitzs Self-Portrait, Drawing, the artist has revealed the expressive capabilities of _______ as a medium. a) fresco b) pen and ink c) charcoal d) the computer

Q: Where did the court painters for the 16th century Mughul ruler, Akbar, draw inspiration for their illuminated manuscripts? a) Japanese Ukiyo-e prints b) Greek marble statues c) African ritual masks d) Western paintings and prints

Q: Caf Concert is a work by the artist: a) Georgia OKeeffe. b) Georges Seurat. c) Jennifer Bartlett. d) Walter De Maria.

Q: Which of these statements apply to the remarkable 16th century Mughal ruler, Akbar? a) he promoted religious tolerance, inviting followers of many different religions to participate in his court b) he expanded his empire at the turn of the first millennium CE to include all of the Mediterranean and most of modern Europe c) he helped promote the spread of Buddhism from India, across China, and eventually to Japan d) he established early trade routes across the Atlantic Ocean to North America

Q: According to Sayre, Jean Dubuffets Corps de Dame can be read as: a) an attack on academic figure drawing. b) an appreciation of the female nude. c) a depiction of a femme fatale. d) None of the above.

Q: Where does Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama draw inspiration for her work? a) careful observation of her surroundings b) art history c) from very personal visual and existential experiences of her surroundings d) her desire to express her subconscious

Q: Which of these best describes the Australian Mimis and kangaroo rock art? a) they were done by Paleolithic hunter-gatherers, probably to amuse and entertain themselves and each other b) they are layered images, done many years apart, with the kangaroos on the top layer executed in the X-ray style. c) they are images of ancestral spirits that were drawn over 9000 years ago and kangaroos that were probably done within the last couple of hundred years d) b & c

Q: When and where was the use of the arch in Western architecture perfected? a) in Greece around 500 B.C.E. b) in Egypt around 1000 B.C.E. c) in Rome around the 1st century B.C.E. d) in Rome around 410 C.E.

Q: Sayre states that he believes that all people are creative, but artists possess qualities that most dont. Which of the following best describes these qualities? a) artists must be willing to buck the system b) artists are critical thinkers, meaning they question assumptions and explore new directions c) they must look like artists, dress in turtle-necks and berets or have lots of tattoos d)artists are always outsiders, meaning they stand in opposition to the dominant paradigms of their day

Q: What might have affected Pablo Picassos severe style of representation seen in The Women of Avignon (pp. 13-15)? a) African masks he saw at a Paris museum b) Native American sites he visited c) his collection of Asian ceramics d) the imagery on Korean tapestries

Q: Whitfield Lovells Whispers from the Walls is an example of ___________. a) traditional painting b) traditional sculpture c) printmaking d) installation art

Q: Where did Christo and Jean-Claude locate their temporary installation, The Gates? a) In northern California b) In the Great Salt Lake, Utah c) New Yorks Central Park d) On the Arkansas River in Colorado e) At the Reichstag in Germany

Q: Which nineteenth-century building by Joseph Paxton could be considered an early example of the relationship between new technology and architecture? a) the Red House. b) the Palais Stoclet. c) the Houses of Parliament. d) the CrystalPalace.

Q: Objects that are intended to stimulate a sense of beauty in the viewer are thought to be _______ rather than functional. a) utilitarian b) aesthetic c) objective d) iconographic

Q: Which of these is not a principle of green architecture? a)architects look to continue to use building techniques and materials that have been in use since the Industrial Revolution in the West b) self-sufficiency of buildings (lack of reliance on nonsustainable energy sources) c) it seeks to use sustainable building materials and renewable resources d) it is suitable to the climate and culture in which it is built

Q: We can clearly see the artistic impulse to give form to the immaterial, to represent hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, and personal feelings in: a) religious art b) art based on close observation of ones immediate surroundings c) contemporary art that deals with identity politics, like Ana Mendietas Silueta d) a & b

Q: What is the narrative related by Marjane Satrapi in the graphic novel Persepolis? a) it recounts the story of the rise of the Persian empire under Darius b) it tells of the fall of the Persians to the Athenians and Spartans in the 5th century BCE c) it is the authors story of growing up in Iran and the difficulties she faced as Western and Eastern cultures collided d) it is the story of a girl who turns into a super-hero after being attacked by bats

Q: (Slide: Raphaels Saint Paul Rending his Garments) (fig. 224; p. 176) Raphaels Saint Paul Rending his Garments illustrates the skill and patience required of which dry medium? a) conte crayon b) pastel c) pencil d) metalpoint

Q: Frank Lloyd Wright designed several houses (p. 366) that were based on the vastness of the western landscape and were of the land, not just on the land. What did he call this style of house? a) the Landscape House b) the Craftsman-style House c) the machine for living d) the Prairie House

Q: The imagery in Faith Ringgolds God Bless America was inspired by the: a) parade in New York City on Allies Day, May 1917. b) McCarthy era in the 1950s. c) Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. d) Desert Storm conflict.

Q: Which of these best describes Frank Gehrys design process? a) it is very controlled, almost rigid b) he borrows heavily from previous architectural styles c) it is fluid and experimental d) all of the above

Q: What is the function of the nsiki nkonde figure? a) it is purely aesthetic b) it is a fertility idol c) it pursued wrongdoers at night and punished them when nails were driven into it d) it was made so that it could be stolen and exhibited in museums in Europe and the United States

Q: Which of these is not a basic principle of green architecture? a) use of recycled, reusable, and sustainable materials b) integration and compatibility with the natural environment c) smaller buildings d) buildings that make maximum use of energy supplies like coal and nuclear power

Q: Faith Ringgolds God Bless America (p. 17) features an American flag turned into a prison cell. How is the figure of the woman contradictory? a) She is both free and imprisoned. b) She is both nationalistic and patriotic. c) She is both angry and joyous. d) She is both patriotic and racist.

Q: How did Gothic architects compensate for the lateral thrust (p. 358) of the cathedrals? a) by staggering systems of lintels b) with flying buttresses c) by filling in walls and windows d) with concrete

Q: Historically, architectural styles and building techniques have been dependent upon: a) the whims of academically-trained aesthetes. b) the ability of local artisans to transport massive building materials over great distances. c) environment (the lay of the land and climate) and technology (available materials and the ability to manipulate them). d) theoretical fluctuations between form follows function and form over function.

Q: Scale is defined as: a) any solid that occupies a three-dimensional volume. b) the dimensions of an art object in relation to the original object that it depicts or in relation to the objects around it. c) the relationship between the parts to each other and to the whole in a composition. d) a flat two-dimensional area.

Q: In America (p. 17), Yukinori Yanagi directly addresses: a) the traditional view that Japan is a distinct and isolated culture. b) why people value their countrys flag. c) the rise of technology and the Web. d) how countries break down over time.

Q: The Romans perfected which architectural innovation (p. 354) by the end of the first century bce? a) post and lintel b) the amphitheater c) the arch d) the geodesic dome

Q: When and why were the Pyramids at Giza built? a) roughly 4000 years ago as economic, administrative, and religious centers in Sumerian cities b) roughly 3000 years ago to be used as residences c) roughly 3000 years ago to be used as fortresses d) roughly 4500 years ago to be used as tombs and monuments for deceased pharaohs

Q: The Gates is a typical artwork by the collaborative team: a) Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt. b) Christo and Jeanne-Claude. c) Herbert and Dorothy Vogel. d) Ron and Nancy Howard.

Q: According to Sayre what are the three steps in the process of seeing? a) detection, processing, reference b) reception, extraction, inference c) looking, seeing, believing d) reception, interpreting, understanding

Q: Proportion is defined as: a) any solid that occupies a three-dimensional volume. b) the comparative size of a thing in relation to another like thing. c) the relationship between the parts to each other and the whole in a composition. d) a flat two-dimensional area.

Q: Which work was the centerpiece for the 1889 Paris Exposition (p. 359)? a) the CrystalPalace b) the Parthenon c) the EiffelTower d) the Pantheon

Q: Renzo Pianos Jean-MarieTjibaouCulturalCenter is an example of green architecture. Such buildings are praised for their: a) innovative design. b) use of high-tech materials. c) lack of renewable resources. d) self-sufficiency.

Q: Frank Gehry has been called a postmodern architect, primarily because ____________. a) he uses architectural elements from different time periods b) his buildings were created after modernism c) he purposely creates a sense of discontinuity by employing variety over unity d) he prioritizes unity over variety

Q: Frederick Olmsted conceived of a residential community outside the city, but within commuting distance (p. 376), that became an integral part of American life. What was it? a) the beltway b) the city park c) the suburb d) the apartment complex

Q: Jasper Johns chose to paint his image of the American flag to express: a) his own patriotism during the McCarthy era. b) his proclivity for things seen but not examined. c) a universal concept of freedom. d) the injustices incurred during the Civil Rights movement.

Q: The dimensions of an object, in relation to some constant (p. 156) such as the human figure, are known as its _______. a) balance b) scale c) proportions d) key