Ancient and Medieval Art Practice Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the artistic developments and visual cultures of the ancient and medieval worlds, spanning from prehistoric times through the late Middle Ages. Students will examine major works of painting, sculpture, and architecture from a variety of civilizations, including Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, and Medieval Europe. Emphasis is placed on understanding the social, religious, and historical contexts that shaped artistic production, as well as the themes, techniques, and materials employed by artists. Through critical analysis of key monuments and artifacts, students gain insight into the ways art functioned as a powerful form of communication, cultural identity, and expression throughout history.
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Chapter 1: Prehistoric Art in Europ
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Q1) Archaeologists link the emergence of image making to the arrival of __________.
A) Homo sapiens
B) Paleo sapiens
C) Homo sapiens sapiens
D) Neo sapiens
Answer: C
Q2) Upper Paleolithic inhabitants of Russia and Ukraine built houses using _____________.
A) large shells
B) timber beams
C) pottery roof tiles
D) woolly mammoth bones
Answer: D
Q3) The age of metal made its European debut around __________ BCE.
A) 10,000
B) 7000
C) 4000
D) 3000
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Art of the Ancient Near East
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Q1) In the many votive statues commissioned by Gudea, he is represented as ____________________.
A) a strong and pious ruler
B) a powerful military leader
C) an idealized divine figure
D) a prosperous and generous businessman
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following was NOT a convention for representing figures in Sumerian art?
A) wide, staring eyes
B) stylized bodies and faces
C) emphasis on cubic forms
D) inlaid details of shell and stone
Answer: C
Q3) At the top of the Anu ziggurat White Temple was ____________.
A) decorated with scenes of military victories
B) a living quarters for priests
C) filled with giant columns
D) a simple rectangle with an off-center doorway
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Art of Ancient Egypt
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Q1) Beni Hasan on the east bank of the Nile is the site of many ______________.
A) pyramids
B) rock-cut tombs
C) temples
D) mud-brick houses
Answer: B
Q2) Egyptian sculptors relied on ____________to guide them in proportioning the human figures when carving reliefs
A) a squared grid
B) a mathematical formula
C) the measurement of the king's arm
D) a system of perspective
Answer: A
Q3) King Tutankhamun's tomb was found in the_________.
A) pyramids at Giza
B) Valley of the Kings
C) king's palace at Amarna
D) Great Temple of Amun at Karnak
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Art of the Ancient Aegean
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Q1) How did we determine the date for the volcanic eruption on Thera?
Q2) Thomas Strasser identified the subject of the so-called "Flotilla Fresco" as __________.
A) an animal hunt
B) a specific seascape viewed from Thera
C) a volcanic eruption
D) the approach of a Mycenaean warship
Q3) Minoan cities were generally unfortified; on the other hand, the Mycenaeans constructed strongholds of megaliths called __________ to protect their palaces.
A) towers
B) citadels
C) crenellations
D) bunkers
Q4) The metalworking technique that fuses minute balls of precious metal to the surface is called ____________.
A) fresco
B) relief
C) filigree
D) granulation
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Chapter 5: Art of Ancient Greece
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Q1) ______________refers to presenting standing figures with opposing alternations of tension and relaxation around a central axis, a convention that dominates Greek Classical art.
A) Balanced right
B) Contrapposto
C) Cantilevering
D) Classical rhythm
Q2) One of the best-preserved Archaic Greek temples is the __________, located at the Greek colony of Poseidonia (Roman Paestum).
A) Temple of Aphaia
B) Temple of Olympian Zeus
C) Temple of Hera I
D) Theater at Epidauros
Q3) Upright stone slabs called _________ were used in cemeteries as gravestones.
A) volutes
B) temenos
C) parapet
D) stele
Q4) What effect did the Greek victories over the Persians have on the Greeks?
Q5) What purpose did the Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi serve?
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Chapter 6: Etruscan and Roman Art
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Q1) The Flavian Amphitheater is also known as the "Colosseum" because of
A) the statue of Nero that stood next to it
B) its imposing size
C) its function as a public entertainment site
D) the muscular physique of Roman gladiators
Q2) What architectural feature(s) of the Pantheon could NOT be seen by ancient Romans as they approached the temple entrance?
A) the podium and stairs
B) the pediment and entablature
C) the rotunda and dome
D) the columns of the portico
Q3) What events took place in the Colosseum ?
Q4) Roman Republican portraiture is associated with the notion of ________, a meticulously faithful representation of the subject's appearance.
A) stylization
B) verism
C) idealism
D) abstraction
Q5) How were the Flavians different from the Julio-Claudian dynasty?
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Chapter 7: Jewish and Early Christian Art
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Q1) What are the basic beliefs of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims?
Q2) What image does NOT appear on the mosaic floor found at the Beth Alpha Synagogue?
A) signs of the zodiac
B) a Torah shrine
C) a menorah
D) orant figures
Q3) Most examples of Early Christian sculpture created before the fourth century are ____________.
A) large free standing figures
B) sarcophagi and small statues
C) found in places of worship
D) portable diptychs used for private devotion
Q4) Christian art includes ________ images that act as tangible signs of intangible concepts, and ___________ images that recount a specific event.
A) symbolic; narrative
B) allegorical; metaphorical
C) symbolic; iconic
D) iconic; narrative
Q5) What was the purpose of Baptism?
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Chapter 8: Byzantine Art
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Q1) After the Iconoclasm, Byzantine artists continued to create ___________.
A) images with secular subject
B) only symbolic images
C) devotional images in a variety of media
D) subjects that were not religious
Q2) A ______________ includes the complete text of Psalms and odes or canticles from the Bible.
A) Psalter
B) ciborium
C) icon
D) miniature
Q3) What allows the dome of Hagia Sophia to appear to float mysteriously?
A) A ring of windows at the dome's base
B) The use of gold mosaic to cover the surface of the dome and pendentives
C) The obscured support piers
D) All of the above
Q4) How is the main dome of Hagia Sophia supported?
Q5) What are the "three golden ages" of Byzantine art and when did each occur?
Q6) What caused the iconoclasm of 726 CE and what was the result?
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Q7) What inspired the doge of Venice to commission the Cathedral of Saint Mark ?
Chapter 9: Islamic Art
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Q1) How is Islamic religious belief reflected in the art of calligraphy?
A) Writing continues to extend the word of God
B) The written word promotes literacy and intellectual development.
C) Calligraphy serves as a common visual language uniting the Muslim community.
D) The variety of cursive scripts reflects the diversity of Islamic culture.
Q2) The word __________ means "submission to God's will."
A) Qur'an
B) Islam
C) Torah
D) Maqamat
Q3) Islamic painters created small-scale paintings called ______________that were collected by the wealthy and placed in albums.
A) miniatures
B) mina' i
C) spolia
D) iwans
Q4) How does Islamic art synthesize a broad range of cultural traditions with its own stylistic concerns?
Q5) What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
Q6) Why was Islamic art and architecture so diverse?
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Chapter 10: Art of South and Southeast Asia Before 1200
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Q1) How would you compare and contrast the northern and southern style temple?
Q2) Which religion does NOT have a cave devoted to it at the Kailasha Temple at Ellora ?
A) Buddhism
B) Jainism
C) Zoroastrianism
D) Hinduism
Q3) Why did Ashoka erect monuments to Buddha?
Q4) Eternal Shiva at the Temple of Shiva at Elephanta is an example of what type of relief?
A) rock-cut relief
B) mountain-cut relief
C) clay relief
D) wood-cut relief
Q5) The bodhisattva in the wall painting of Cave 1 in Ajanta is identified as Avalokiteshvara through the __________________.
A) lotus flower in his hand
B) princely garments
C) distinctive headdress
D) use of color
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Chapter 11: Chinese and Korean Art Before 1279
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Q1) What is bracketing and how is it used?
Q2) How did the Chinese present philosophical ideals through the theme of landscape?
Q3) What are the principles of Chinese painting as set out by the Xie He?
Q4) What did Confucius say calligraphy revealed about the ruler?
Q5) How is the Seated Guanyin Bodhisattva represented?
Q6) What is an example of a work of Buddhist art, which survives from the Six Dynasties period?
Q7) What does Daoism teach?
Q8) Figurative subject matter was most common during the _______period of Chinese history.
A) Zhou
B) Tang
C) Northern Song
D) Southern Song
Q9) As was the case in India and China, some of the finest examples of Buddhist art in Korea were produced for ________patrons.
A) lower-class
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Chapter 12: Japanese Art Before 1333
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Q1) What is one of the jataka tales told by the paintings of Horyuji?
Q2) The ________________ indicates the extensive international exchange that took place during the Nara period.
A) the introduction of Buddhism to Japan
B) the collection of Shosoin Imperial Repository in Todoaji
C) the use of imported materials in ritual objects made at Nara
D) all of the above
Q3) Which Japanese practice does NOT have origins in Chinese culture?
A) written kana
B) kirakane cut-gold leaf technique
C) joined-block construction
D) illustrated handscrolls
Q4) What major religious sects emerged in the Heian period?
Q5) How did the Yayoi period differ from the Kofun period?
Q6) What was a haniwa used for?
Q7) What are some of the Buddhist symbols and what do they stand for?
Q8) Compare the aesthetic and ritual characteristics of art made for different sects of Buddhism in Japan.
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Q9) Why did the Heian era end, and what period followed?
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Chapter 13: Art of the Americas Before 1300
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Q1) How did the lives of the coastal central Andes people differ from those who lived in the highlands?
Q2) What are the prominent features of Chichen Itza, and why are they different from earlier sites?
Q3) Which of the following features was shared by the different cultures of Mesoamerica?
A) a common language
B) a centralized system of government
C) a supreme deity
D) a ritual ballgame
Q4) What are the Nazca geoglyphs and what might have been their use?
Q5) Why might the most extensive great house in Chaco Canyon, Pueblo Bonito, have had so many rooms?
Q6) What do the carved lintels of a palace in Yaxchilan represent?
Q7) Which of the following is NOT true about Mayan writing?
A) The same word can be written in multiple ways.
B) Writing was closely related to the production of painted imagery.
C) Inscriptions typically record historical events.
D) Extant codices provide information about Mayan religious practice.
Q8) For what achievements are the Maya known?
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Chapter 14: Early African Art
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Q1) What are some examples of traditions of naturalistic sculpture produced in the city of Ife?
Q2) Why was ancient Africa so alluring to different cultures?
Q3) What has hindered our knowledge of ancient African artistic traditions?
A) Art objects were not made using durable materials.
B) Most wooden art objects no longer exist.
C) Contemporary artistic traditions are dramatically different from those of the past.
D) Environmental conditions have destroyed African rock art.
Q4) What characteristic feature appears in Nok sculptures of human figures and animals?
A) scarification
B) triangular D-shaped eyes
C) brightly painted costumes
D) eyes inlaid with glass and shell
Q5) What were some of the urban centers of ancient Africa, besides Ife and Benin?
Q6) How are the buildings of Great Zimbabwe constructed, and why do we believe that they were NOT fortresses?
Q7) What role did textiles play in the Kongo kingdom?
Q8) How might a person of Igbo-Ukwu be buried as exemplified in ?
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Chapter 15: Early Medieval Art in Europe
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Q1) Which of the following was NOT a material used in the production of medieval manuscripts?
A) gold leaf
B) semiprecious stones
C) vellum
D) colophon
Q2) Charlemagne established a dynasty and an empire known today as "__________."
A) Carolingian
B) Ottonian
C) Merovingian
D) Frankish
Q3) Vikings erected large memorial stones; __________ contained inscriptions and __________ were covered with figural decoration.
A) rune stones; picture stones
B) letter stones; drawing stones
C) alpha stones; omega stones
D) glyph stones; image stones
Q4) What was the result of St. Augustine's successful mission?
Q5) What were the uses of books during the Carolingian empire?
Q6) What was the fate of most Ottonian architecture and why?
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Chapter 16: Romanesque Art
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Q1) What was one of the main goals of Norman architecture and how was this achieved?
Q2) In the realm of secular architecture, the __________, known as the keep in England or the donjon in France, stood in the middle of a courtyard surrounded by walls.
A) Great Tower
B) campanile
C) base
D) stay
Q3) The First Crusade was promoted by Pope __________.
A) Bernard of Clairvaux
B) Alfonso VI
C) Reinier of Huy
D) Urban II
Q4) What affect did pilgrimages and the crusades have on Christendom?
Q5) Any Romanesque image of Mary seated on a throne and holding the baby Jesus on her lap is known as __________.
A) The Throne of Wisdom
B) Virgin of Compassion
C) Theotokos
D) Mater Dolorosa
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Chapter 17: Gothic Art of the Twelfth and Thirteenth
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Q1) The city of __________ was a major center of book production in the Gothic period.
A) London
B) Paris
C) Rome
D) Florence
Q2) The historical manuscripts compiled by Matthew Paris at St. Albans Monastery in England include__________________.
A) marginal drawings that were integral to his writing
B) references to additional sources of information
C) decorative motifs that reflect Hiberno-Saxon influences
D) detailed vignettes illustrating specific places and events
Q3) Why did Abbot Suger want Saint-Denis rebuilt?
Q4) In stained glass, pieces of glass are joined together with narrow lead strips called
A) grozing
B) jambs
C) cames
D) bar tracery
Q5) In 1194 CE, what significant event occurred at Chartres?
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Chapter 18: Fourteenth-century Art in Europe
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Q1) Who was Petrarch? Discuss his contributions and significance.
Q2) Discuss the achievements of Giotto.
Q3) A(n) __________ specialty, pictorial needlework, gained such fame that it came to be called __________.
A) Italian; buon fresco
B) Sienese; giornata
C) French; sinopia
D) English; opus anglicanum
Q4) Discuss the change in patronage practices in fourteenth-century France. How did these changes impact the arts?
Q5) The Book of Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux by __________ contains special prayers to be recited during the day and into the evening.
A) Jean Pucelle
B) Jan van Eyck
C) the Rohan Master
D) Gislebertus
Q6) Discuss the choice of subject matter and the placement of the images in Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel .
Q7) Explain the role of the guilds in fourteenth-century Europe.
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Chapter 19: Fifteenth-century Art in Northern Europe
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Q1) __________ was first achieved in the workshop of Johann Gutenberg in Germany.
A) relief printing
B) engraving
C) movable-type printing
D) block books
Q2) One of the techniques used by printmakers during the fifteenth century was the __________.
A) woodcut
B) fresco secco
C) sinopia
D) giornata
Q3) The earliest printed books were __________ books.
A) intaglio
B) engraving
C) block
D) textile
Q4) In the fifteenth century, Germanic artists worked in two very different styles. Identify these two styles and discuss one of these in relation to Konrad Witz.
Q5) Define the Flamboyant style. Cite specific examples.
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Chapter 20: Renaissance Art in Fifteenth-century Italy
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Q1) Pollaiuolo's Battle of the Nudes is a(n) ____________________.
A) banner
B) fresco
C) engraving
D) intarsia
Q2) Decorated with elaborate woodcarvings and paintings, _________ were used to store clothing and personal objects.
A) camera picta
B) chapels
C) cassoni
D) all'antica
Q3) The building of the ___________by Pope Sixtus IV greatly enhanced Rome's place as a center of Renaissance art.
A) Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
B) Sistine Chapel
C) Brancacci Chapel
D) Ospedale degli Innocenti
Q4) Discuss the artistic careers of Gentile and Giovanni Bellini. Specify individual works; address their location, their style, technique, subject matter, and patronage.
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Chapter 21: Sixteenth-century Art in Italy
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Q1) Which disconcerting detail is NOT found in Parmigianino's Madonna with the Long Neck ?
A) the sleeping Christ child recalls the dead Christ in the Pieta
B) the Virgin appears to sit on a throne but there is none present
C) a serpent with the face of a young girl
D) a disproportionately small figure of St. Jerome in the background
Q2) What role did the Jesuits play in patronizing Roman artists or architects?
Q3) The Venetian artist __________ proclaimed he wanted to combine Titian's color with the drawing of Michelangelo.
A) Michelangelo
B) Romano
C) Tintoretto
D) Veronese
Q4) Charles V sacked __________ in 1527.
A) the Netherlands
B) Venice
C) Rome
D) Antwerp
Q5) What qualities or features typify Venetian Renaissance painting?
Q6) In what ways did women figure into the sixteenth-century art in Italy?
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Chapter 22: Sixteenth-century Art in Northern Europe and
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Q1) Why did landscape painting, still life, and portraiture become important in sixteenth-century Northern art?
Q2) The Italian artist __________ was summoned to France by King Francis I.
A) Michelangelo
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Giulio Romano
D) Juan de Herrera
Q3) __________ carved an altarpiece for the Abbey of Saint Anthony in Isenheim.
A) Riemenschneider
B) Durër
C) Altdorfer
D) Hagenauer
Q4) The Flemish artist __________ found favor in France as the royal portrait painter.
A) Clouet
B) Altdorfer
C) Grünewald
D) Durër
Q5) In what ways is Hieronymus Bosch's painting style so eccentric?
Q6) How did Dürer use printmaking to extend his reputation?
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Chapter 23: Seventeenth-century Art in Europe
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Q1) Gaulli's The Triumph of the Name of Jesus and the Fall of the Damned is on the ceiling of the __________.
A) Church of Il Gesù
B) Vatican
C) Palazzo Barberini
D) Palazzo Farnese
Q2) In what ways were French Baroque classical painters influenced by Italian Baroque art?
Q3) A popular form of Dutch still-life painting, showing a table set for a meal, is called a
A) vanitas
B) stilleven
C) breakfast piece
D) trompe-l'oeil
Q4) Frans Hals painted Malle Babbe in _____________ than his formal portraits.
A) a costume
B) a courtyard
C) a looser manner
D) a more detailed style
Q5) What is Baroque classicism?
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Chapter 24: Art of South and Southeast Asia After 1200
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Q1) __________ is the bodhisattva of greatest compassion.
A) Avalokiteshvara
B) Mahavira
C) Palas
D) Agra
Q2) Viewing themselves as defenders of the faith, the Hindu rulers in the south expressed their religious zeal, as well as secular power, by building enormous temple complexes, such as the __________.
A) Taj Mahal
B) Minakshi-Sundareshvara Temple
C) Luna Vasahi
D) Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Q3) Discuss the characteristics of Tantric Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara .
Q4) The principal _________________centers were great monastic universities, concentrated in the northeast, and attracted monks from as far away as China, Korea, and Japan.
A) cultural
B) Buddhist
C) Hindu
D) Muslim
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Chapter 25: Chinese and Korean Art After 1279
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Q1) A treasured scroll often bears not only the __________ of its maker, but also those of collectors and admirers throughout the centuries.
A) finger prints
B) seal
C) colophon
D) symbolism
Q2) In the literati tradition, _________, calligraphy, and painting were the three areas of accomplishment suited for members of the cultural elite.
A) poetry
B) sport
C) war
D) philanthropy
Q3) Explain the significance of the dragon in Chinese tradition; cite a specific example of its representation in the arts.
Q4) What was the impact of the Yuan dynasty on the arts? Build your discussion using specific examples.
Q5) Explain the principle of the mortise-and-tenon joint. Use a specific example as part of your explanation.
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Chapter 26: Japanese Art After 1333
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Q1) Ukiyo-e artists designed many prints of actors from the form of popular theater, known as __________.
A) shoin
B) oni
C) kabuki
D) otani
Q2) Characterize the style of Yokoyama Taikan. With which painting tradition did he align himself? Is he completely within this tradition?
Q3) Several forms of visual art flourished during the Muromachi period, but __________ reigned supreme.
A) sculpture
B) engraving
C) oil painting
D) ink painting
Q4) Consider the changes that impacted Japan and the arts during the Meiji period. Cite the response of a specific artist and his work to these changes.
Q5) What is the meaning of the Japanese phrase ukiyo-e? Associate this phrase with a specific artist and work.
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Chapter 27: Art of the Americas After 1300
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Q1) Nomadic Plains people used portable dwellings called a __________.
A) waud
B) dabble
C) clapboard
D) tipi
Q2) Some of the finest Hamatsa masks are the work of Willie __________.
A) Martinez
B) Smith
C) Seaweed
D) Algae
Q3) How did the Spaniards influence the art of Navajo weaving?
A) They imposed taxes on Navajo textile production.
B) They preferred ornamental patterns related to Islamic traditions.
C) They introduced of sheep to the native culture.
D) They introduced of new weaving techniques.
Q4) What is sand painting?
Q5) What kinds of textiles had great prestige among the Northwest Coast people?
Q6) What is quillwork?
Q7) What are the common traits of the different Native American peoples in their art?
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Q1) What are the four geographic areas of Oceania?
Q2) The Asmat culture's production of Bisj spirit poles reflects their belief that_______________.
A) Spirits can be called upon to settle disputes, stop fights, and punish lawmakers.
B) Relatives must avenge the death of their ancestors.
C) Wealth and status can be attained through homage to one's ancestors.
D) Ancestral spirit beings arrived from the sea and took many different forms.
Q3) Far-fetched theories regarding the origins of moai on Rapu Nui are challenged by _______________.
A) recent archaeological evidence
B) rock paintings at the site
C) their similarity to established Polynesian traditions
D) none of the above
Q4) What was Nan Madol?
Q5) What is a mattang or wapepe?
Q6) What is the malangan?
Q7) What are Moai?
Q8) In what ways does the art of the Pacific cultures convey the connection of the people to their environment?
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Chapter 29: Art of Africa in the Modern Era
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Q1) What is an example of tradition-based art produced in Africa today?
Q2) In what contexts are African art objects used?
Q3) The performance of children in Yoruba masquerades is viewed as _____________.
A) entertainment for the adults
B) training for the future
C) a taboo practice
D) a rite of passage
Q4) In Yoruba tradition, honoring a deceased __________ by creating a beautiful dwelling place for its spirit represents hope for the future, for survival, and for prosperity.
A) child
B) parent
C) twin
D) ancestor
Q5) The doors of Yoruba palaces are often decorated with _______________.
A) complex geometric patterns indicating royalty
B) symbolic and narrative images carved in high relief
C) cast bronze relief panels depicting ancestral rulers
D) painted images of spirit beings who guard the palace
Q6) Why do we need to understand African art within the context of its use?
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Chapter 30: Eighteenth-
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A) France
B) China
C) Africa
D) Spain
Q2) What impact did the French Revolution have on art?
Q3) How did Wright glorify science?
Q4) The main entrance of Chiswick House is a __________ temple front.
A) Roman
B) Chinese
C) Gothic
D) Spanish
Q5) Walpole used crenellations, tracery, windows, and turrets to convert Strawberry Hill into a __________ castle.
A) Rococo
B) Renaissance
C) Austrian
D) Gothic
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Chapter 31:
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Q1) What is Japonisme?
Q2) Most of the Impressionists painted en plein air, meaning they painted outside the
A) market
B) studio
C) revolution
D) church
Q3) Important to the works of Seurat _________ observed that adjacent objects cast reflections on their neighbors and create the effect of their complementary color.
A) Michel-Eugène Chevreul
B) Edmund Burke
C) Charles Baudelaire
D) Cornelius Vanderbilt
Q4) What device had artists used since the late Renaissance to project images for reproduction?
A) the camera obscura
B) the daguerreotype
C) negatives
D) lithographs
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Chapter 32: Modern Art in Europe and the Americas,
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A) landscape elements
B) abstract shapes
C) animals
D) still lifes
Q2) What is an example of Modern artists looking to non-western art during this period?
Q3) The politically charged expressionism of Käthe Kollwitz can be most closely aligned with the artists of which modern movement?
A) The Bridge
B) Dada
C) Regionalism
D) none of the above
Q4) What are the names of the most important government-sponsored public works organizations?
Q5) Color Field painters such as Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman embraced abstraction in a completely different way than did Jackson Pollack. Explain what they tried to achieve with their non-representational work.
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Chapter 33: The International Scene Since 1950
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A) photography
B) video
C) performance
D) all of the above
Q2) Why did the Minimal artists eliminate personal feeling and social references from their work?
Q3) What term is related to the wide range of artistic styles, interests, and cultural meanings that developed during the Postmodern period in art?
A) appropriation
B) post-colonialism
C) pluralism
D) historicism
Q4) How did the activism of the 1960's influence art?
Q5) What is Postmodern art?
Q6) How has audience interaction changed in Postmodern art?
Q7) What are the origins of Pop Art?
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