Art Appreciation Exam Questions
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Art Appreciation introduces students to the fundamental concepts, terminology, and techniques of visual arts, fostering a deeper understanding and enjoyment of artistic expression. The course explores various art forms including painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography across diverse cultures and historical periods. Students learn to analyze and interpret artworks by considering elements such as style, symbolism, context, and purpose. Through critical observation and discussion, this course encourages personal reflection on the role of art in society and its impact on human experience, cultivating informed viewers and lifelong appreciators of art.
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Chapter 1: Prehistoric Art in Europ
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Q1) Neolithic ceramic figurines probably functioned as __________________.
A) votives
B) toys
C) portraits
D) all of the above
Answer: D
Q2) The Lion-Human may reflect early man's notion that _________________.
A) humans and animals were part of one group
B) the lion was king of the beasts
C) killing a lion would incur a curse
D) man's ancestors were lions
Answer: A
Q3) The Woman from Willendorf was created from __________.
A) limestone
B) plaster
C) mammoth tusk
D) clay
Answer: A
Q4) What are the particular challenges and rewards of studying prehistoric art?
Answer: NO Answer
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Chapter 2: Art of the Ancient Near East
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Q1) The ____________, which Darius built at Persepolis, was large enough to hold several thousand people.
A) ziggurat
B) apadana
C) lamassu
D) stele
Answer: B
Q2) Sumerian votive figures possess __________that reflect Mesopotamian devotional beliefs.
A) horned crowns
B) elaborate garments
C) large open eyes
D) muscular bodies
Answer: C
Q3) The notched walls built as part of military defenses are called __________.
A) grids
B) registers
C) crenellations
D) ziggurats
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Art of Ancient Egypt
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Q1) The hypostyle hall at Karnak was filled with ____________decorated with painted pictorial reliefs and inscriptions.
A) cult statues
B) columns
C) stelai
D) stone grillwork
Answer: B
Q2) Where were ordinary people allowed to go in the Great Temple of Amun?
A) the sanctuary of Amun
B) the forecourt of the hypostyle hall
C) the sacred lake
D) all of the above
Answer: B
Q3) The archeologist who discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922 was __________.
A) Sir Arthur Evans
B) Heinrich Schliemann
C) Thomas Young
D) Howard Carter
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Art of the Ancient Aegean
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Q1) In comparison to the Harvester Rhyton, the figures on the Warrior Krater do not have the _________.
A) majestic scale
B) vibrant energy
C) static march
D) calm expression
Q2) The largest of the Aegean islands, __________ became a wealthy sea power.
A) Crete
B) Pylos
C) Thera
D) Hissarlik
Q3) The first example of dressed stone in the Aegean is at__________.
A) Thera
B) Knossos
C) Akrotiri
D) Mycenae
Q4) What scene is shown in the various Bull Leaping murals?
Q5) What imagery appears on the Lion Gates at Mycenae, and what was its possible significance?
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Q6) How did we determine the date for the volcanic eruption on Thera?
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Chapter 5: Art of Ancient Greece
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Q1) How and why was the Akropolis built?
Q2) The __________ period is named for the influence of Egypt, the Near East, and Asia Minor on Greek art.
A) Orientalizing
B) Hellenistic
C) Proto-Egyptian
D) Suma-Eastern
Q3) The Ionic temple on the Akropolis with a porch on each end is called the Temple of __________.
A) Hera
B) Aphaia
C) Athena Nike
D) Olympain Zeus
Q4) How does the Corinthian order differ from other Greek architectural orders?
Q5) What were the first Olympic games?
Q6) White-ground technique is most common on vessels used for ___________.
A) drinking wine
B) funerary purposes
C) domestic tasks
D) storage of grain
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Chapter 6: Etruscan and Roman Art
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Q1) An artistic ideal emerged in Roman portraiture during the Republican period that emphasized_____________.
A) features showing the subject's athleticism
B) physical perfection
C) full, slightly overweight figures
D) distinguishing features and the effects of aging
Q2) What purpose did the Baths of Caracalla serve?
Q3) What was the legend of Romulus and Remus?
Q4) The Pont du Gard , part of an aqueduct in southern France, demonstrates the use of which common Roman building structure?
A) the round arch
B) the vault
C) the bridge
D) the buttress
Q5) Romans relied primarily on building materials that were ____________.
A) durable and easily worked
B) imported from their colonies
C) expensive and visually pleasing
D) all of the above
Q6) Why is Republican period portraiture considered veristic?
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Chapter 7: Jewish and Early Christian Art
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Q1) How does Santa Costanza represent a tholos?
Q2) What are the basic meanings of the Christian symbols of the dove, fish, and lamb?
Q3) The peacocks on the Sarcophagus of Constantina symbolize __________.
A) Bacchus
B) religious freedom
C) eternal life in paradise
D) the Eucharist
Q4) The small rooms in catacombs, _______________, were frequently plastered and painted
A) cubicula
B) loculi
C) lunettes
D) ceilings
Q5) In contrast to earlier images of the good shepherd, Christ _______________ in the Oratory of Galla Placidia.
A) appears as an adult emperor
B) is clothed in a humble tunic
C) commands the disciples to follow him
D) is surrounded by a mandorla of light
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Chapter 8: Byzantine Art
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Q1) Where would the congregation have focused their attention during religious services at Hagia Sophia?
A) the altar
B) the dome
C) the emperor
D) the apse
Q2) The nobility and suffering of the figures of the Crucifixion were meant to _____________.
A) provoke fear
B) move monks and visitors
C) express knowledge of Greek artistic tradition
D) all of the above
Q3) The Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels in the Monastery of St. Catherine in Egypt is a rare example of a sixth century ________.
A) manuscript
B) platter
C) ivory
D) icon
Q4) Why was Constantinople easy to defend?
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Chapter 9: Islamic Art
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Q1) Lusterware refers to a technique used to make ceramic surfaces resemble_________.
A) glass
B) precious metals
C) enamel
D) porcelain
Q2) The invention of __________led to the development of increasingly elaborate scripts for use in calligraphy.
A) paper
B) movable type
C) the fountain pen
D) the codex
Q3) Which of the following was NOT a part of the palace complex at Alhambra?
A) a mosque
B) a madrasa
C) a mirador
D) a chahar bagh garden plan
Q4) In what way was the Mosque of Sultan Selim crowning accomplishment of the architect Sinan?
Q5) How do Muslim manuscript
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Chapter 10: Art of South and Southeast Asia Before 1200
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Q1) How are Hindu monuments different from Buddhist monuments?
Q2) Which of the following is NOT an example of one of the Buddha's lakshanas?
A) the urna
B) the mudra
C) the ushnisha
D) elongated earlobes
Q3) There are 32 ____________that distinguish the Buddha, some of which are reflected in the iconography.
A) lakshanas
B) mudras
C) bakti
D) toranas
Q4) Why are there different artistic styles in the South Asian subcontinent?
Q5) _____________are used in Buddhist and Hindu art as physical expressions of different states of being.
A) Mudras
B) erotic figures
C) Mithuna
D) yakshi
Q6) How do representations of Buddha differ throughout South and Southeast Asia?
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Chapter 11: Chinese and Korean Art Before 1279
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Q1) What aspect of the reliefs from the Wu family shrines in Jiaxiang reinforces Confucian ideas?
A) The lack of detail given to individual figures.
B) The images demonstrating appropriate social order and respect for authority.
C) The images drawn from traditional myths and legends.
D) The use of registers as a compositional device.
Q2) What does Confucianism teach?
Q3) Which of the following distinguishes Guan ware vessels of the Southern Song period?
A) the crackled surface pattern in the glaze
B) the use of celadon glazes
C) freely splashed glazes allowed to run freely over the object
D) cold-painted pigments applied over a white ground
Q4) The Chinese view the stamped characters or _____ that often appear on art not as disfigurations, but as additional layer of interest in the work.
A) coat of arms
B) punches
C) blazons
D) seals
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Chapter 12: Japanese Art Before 1333
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Q1) What subject matter commonly appears in Japanese secular paintings?
A) satirical imagery
B) illustrations of literature
C) historical military battles
D) all of the above
Q2) Compare the aesthetic and ritual characteristics of art made for different sects of Buddhism in Japan.
Q3) How does art of the Heian period demonstrate Japan's desire to be less culturally dependent on China?
A) the production of yamato-e handscrolls
B) hand-copied collections of waka
C) the use of kana
D) all of the above
Q4) How did the Yayoi period differ from the Kofun period?
Q5) Raigo paintings in the Kamakura period were made in great numbers and used for what purpose?
A) depicting the Amida Buddha
B) taken to the homes of the dying
C) a belief that Amida would escort the soul to paradise
D) All of the above
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Chapter 13: Art of the Americas Before 1300
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Q1) The Nazca are best known for their colossal __________.
A) earthworks
B) sculpted heads
C) temples
D) chacmools
Q2) For what achievements are the Maya known?
Q3) How did the discovery of an offering of carefully arranged figures in La Venta contribute to art history's knowledge of the Olmec?
A) It demonstrated their skills at carving.
B) It provided a context for similar figures found elsewhere.
C) It explained Olmec ritual practice and belief.
D) It proved the Olmecs interacted with other cultures.
Q4) What feature of Southwestern pictographs is NOT shared by the prehistoric cave paintings found in Europe?
A) They depict animals and human figures.
B) They may record a successful hunting expedition.
C) They were made by scraping away the brown bacteria on the canyon wall.
D) They may have ritual significance.
Q5) How and why did Mayan artists create their work?
Q6) Discuss the cultures of North America and their various earthworks.
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Chapter 14: Early African Art
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Q1) Why is the art of Benin considered "royal art"?
A) All artistic subject matter relates to the oba, his family, and court life.
B) Only the oba could commission works in brass.
C) Only members of the most elite class could become artists.
D) All of the above.
Q2) How was the ancient city of Ife configured?
Q3) How did Benin rise, fall, and then rise again?
Q4) When Koi Konboro, the 26?? king of Jenné converted to Islam, he transformed _____________ into a mosque.
A) the city's existing ceremonial complex
B) his palace
C) a block of volcanic tuff
D) a marketplace
Q5) What was the original function of almost 900 brass plaques, depicting a variety of subjects, which were made in Benin during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
A) They were placed at ritual altars.
B) They decorated the tombs of obas
C) They were traded with the Portuguese.
D) They decorated the royal palace in Benin.
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Chapter 15: Early Medieval Art in Europe
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Q1) Maius's illustrations for Beatus's Commentary on the Apocalype reveals the bold patterns and colorful forms that characterizes the____________.
A) animal style
B) Mozarabic style
C) classicizing style
D) Carolingian style
Q2) Images of ____________ were adorned with Viking jewelry, houses, beds, wagons and more.
A) floral motifs
B) warrior figures
C) shields and weapons
D) gripping beasts
Q3) Monumental stone crosses were influenced by ____________.
A) metalworking traditions
B) architecture
C) imperial sculpture
D) catacomb painting
Q4) What was the fate of most Ottonian architecture and why?
Q5) What time period is considered to be the Middle Ages?
Q6) What do the Doors of Bishop Bernward depict ?
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Chapter 16: Romanesque Art
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Q1) How does the abbey and church of Notre-Dame at Fontenay reflect Cistercian architecture?
Q2) How was the Monastery of Cluny in Burgundy a city in itself?
Q3) To make the images relevant to the audience the artists in the Romanesque style visualized stories in __________________.
A) blank, gold backgrounds
B) elaborate landscapes
C) contemporary settings
D) courtly settings
Q4) The First Crusade was promoted by Pope __________.
A) Bernard of Clairvaux
B) Alfonso VI
C) Reinier of Huy
D) Urban II
Q5) Romanesque "Throne of Wisdom" statues such as the Virgin and Child may have been used as _______________.
A) reliquaries
B) icons
C) "actors" in liturgical dramas
D) all of the above
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Chapter 17: Gothic Art of the Twelfth and Thirteenth
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Q1) What is Gothic mural painting?
Q2) Where and why was the term "Gothic" first used?
Q3) Explain how the design and decoration of Gothic cathedrals reinforced Christian beliefs and practices.
Q4) What quality of painted crucifixes, such as the one attributed to Coppo di Marcovaldo , would make them popular in churches of the Italian mendicants?
A) the painting style in the "Greek manner"
B) they encouraged an emotional and empathetic response among viewers
C) their iconic format
D) the stylized representation of Christ's body
Q5) The artist __________ and his family became the leading exponent of the classicizing and naturalistic style that characterized Gothic art in southern Italy.
A) William of Sens
B) Honnecourt
C) Marcovaldo
D) Pisano
Q6) Why is the Church of St. Francis at Assisi a typical Franciscan church?
Q7) How did Stokesay Castle exemplify a fortified manor house?
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Chapter 18: Fourteenth-century Art in Europe
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Q1) Duccio included _______________ in his scene of the Betrayal of Jesus on the back of the Maesta.
A) several subsequent episodes
B) only a few figures
C) an expansive architectural backdrop
D) his portrait
Q2) __________ painted a huge altarpiece for the high altar of Siena Cathedral.
A) Gaddi
B) Duccio
C) Pisano
D) Daddi
Q3) The most complete Decorated-style building is the __________.
A) Chartres Cathedral
B) Durham Cathedral
C) Westminster Cathedral
D) Exeter Cathedral
Q4) Who was Petrarch? Discuss his contributions and significance.
Q5) Discuss the Allegory of Good Government in the City and in the Country in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. Consider the technique, the style, the subject matter, and the commission itself.
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Chapter 19: Fifteenth-century Art in Northern Europe
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Q1) What detail of the Mérode Altarpiece indicates that the scene of the Annunciation is a religious vision of the donors?
A) the enclosed garden
B) the opened door to the other room
C) the mousetrap
D) the turned
Q2) Explain the technique of painting with an oil medium. Include examples of artists and their work as part of your discussion.
Q3) Philip the Bold commissioned __________ to paint the altarpiece for the Chartreuse de Champmol.
A) Melchior Broederlam
B) Jean Limbourg
C) Hubert van Eyck
D) Robert Campin
Q4) Discuss the achievements of Roger van der Weyden. Cite specific works of art, address style, technique, subject matter, and patronage.
Q5) What is meant by the term "disguised symbolism"? Provide examples of artists and their work to support your answer.
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Chapter 20: Renaissance Art in Fifteenth-century Italy
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Q1) The most prolific painting workshop of the later fifteenth century was the workshop of
A) Michelozzo
B) Ghiberti
C) Ghirlandaio
D) Masaccio
Q2) Describe the narrative program by Ghirlandaio at the Church of Santa Trinita in Florence. Who commissioned it? What is the subject matter? How did Ghirlandaio engage the fifteenth century with his frescoes?
Q3) The term "Renaissance" refers to a revived interest in _________________culture that emerged in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
A) Etruscan
B) Classical
C) Byzantine
D) Gothic
Q4) Compare Ghirlandaio's Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds with the Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes from Flanders. Consider each painter's style and technique. How would you account for their distinctive approaches?
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Chapter 21: Sixteenth-century Art in Italy
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Q1) Recent scholarship suggests that Titian's "Venus" of Urbino (21-28) was meant to represent_____________.
A) a classical goddess
B) a newly married woman
C) a Venetian courtisan
D) a specific individual
Q2) _________________ is one of the few women who became a sculptor.
A) Sofonisba Anguissola
B) Properzia de' Rossi
C) Isabella d' Este
D) Lavinia Fontana
Q3) Charles V sacked __________ in 1527.
A) the Netherlands
B) Venice
C) Rome
D) Antwerp
Q4) Discuss the emergence of Mannerism in the sixteenth century. Consider its similarities and differences to art of the High Renaissance and its influence on subsequent Italian art.
Q5) For what reasons did Michelangelo's art change?
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Chapter 22: Sixteenth-century Art in Northern Europe and the
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Q1) The elaborate steel armor with gold inlay made for George Clifford would have been
A) used as sculptural decoration in Clifford's study
B) worn at royal functions to demonstrate his family's military legacy
C) worn in jousting competitions at festivals and public celebrations
D) worn only once at the ceremony when the queen knighted him
Q2) How did Dürer use printmaking to extend his reputation?
Q3) __________ built The Escorial , the great monastery-palace complex outside Madrid.
A) Francis
B) Philip
C) Charles
D) Manuel
Q4) __________ was unusual in that he worked for Protestant patrons and delighted in earthly things.
A) Clouet
B) Fontana
C) Grünewald
D) Cranach
Q5) What are the main features of Elizabethan houses?
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Chapter 23: Seventeenth-century Art in Europe
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Q1) Anthony van Dyck had an illustrious independent career as a __________.
A) still-life painter
B) portraitist
C) priest
D) miniaturist
Q2) The Le Nain brothers are best known for their paintings of _______________.
A) religious subjects
B) peasants
C) aristocrats
D) mythological scenes
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Baroque art?
A) an interest in Classicism
B) heightened dramatic effects
C) an appeal to the viewer's intellectual interests
D) different media used in a single work
Q4) What is one way that scientific discoveries impacted on art of the seventeenth century?
Q5) Why was Rubens so successful as an artist?
Q6) In what ways were French Baroque classical painters influenced by Italian Baroque art?
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Chapter 24: Art of South and Southeast Asia After 1200
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Q1) What feature of the Taj Mahal has origins in Indian palace architecture?
A) the structure at the center of a four-part garden
B) the minarets
C) the chattris
D) the use of red sandstone
Q2) Artists in Java, like those in India, worked in a consistent style regardless of the patrons' ___________.
A) religion
B) artistic preferences
C) social status
D) ability to pay
Q3) __________ is an example of Rajput painting.
A) Jahangir in Darbar
B) Krishna and the Gopis
C) Akbar and his Court
D) Krishna and Akbar
Q4) Discuss the role of religion in artistic production in India and South Asia in the period after 1200.
Q5) What is the Gita Govinda? Provide an example from Indian art as part of your answer.
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Chapter 25: Chinese and Korean Art After 1279
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Q1) What is porcelain? How did it acquire its name? How is it produced? Cite an example.
Q2) Unlike ceramic decoration in China, the painting on the best Korean porcelain from the fifteenth century onward closely approximated that on paper and__________.
A) palm leaves
B) silk
C) canvas
D) granite
Q3) Compare the production of ceramics in China and Korea. Consider the relationship of the two cultures and how each developed distinctive stylistic traditions in these works.
Q4) In Autumn Colors on the Qiao and Hua Mountains __________ intentionally painted in the manner of the earlier Tang dynasty.
A) Dai Jin
B) Yin Hong
C) Ni Zan
D) Zhao Mengfu
Q5) What was the impact of the Yuan dynasty on the arts? Build your discussion using specific examples.
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Q1) During the period known as Japonisme in nineteenth-century Europe, Western artists were greatly influenced by Japanese _________________.
A) pottery
B) fusama
C) woodblock prints
D) lacquer
Q2) Traditionally, the __________ Shubun is regarded as Japan's first great master of the ink landscape.
A) samurai
B) courtier
C) monk
D) chef
Q3) What influence was introduced into Japanese ink painting during the Muromachi period?
A) Zen Buddhism's emphasis on historical figures
B) Pure Land Buddhism
C) traditions of Chinese landscape painting
D) humor
Q4) How did exposure to European firearms influence Japanese architecture?
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Chapter 27: Art of the Americas After 1300
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Q1) _______ paintings are meant to be destroyed by nightfall on the day in which they are made.
A) Water
B) Sand
C) Granite
D) Grass
Q2) Why did Northwest Coast people live in communal houses?
Q3) What is the Four Corners region?
Q4) In what ways did the Inca organize their empire?
Q5) __________ is the people-eating spirit of the north.
A) Kwatee
B) Hamatsa
C) Wendego
D) Sedna
Q6) Why has the divide between craft and art persisted in the art of indigenous peoples?
Q7) What is one impact of the arrival of Europeans in Mesoamerica?
Q8) How did the Aztecs use feathers?
Q9) What kinds of Incan art survived the Spanish onslaught?
Q10) How did Native Americans use basketry?
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Chapter 28: Art of Pacific Cultures
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Q1) How were Lapita ceramics decorated?
A) They were covered with red slip.
B) They were decorated with figurative images.
C) Dots, lines, and hatchings were stamped or incised on the surface.
D) All of the above.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a form of ceremonial art created by indigenous Australians?
A) sand drawings
B) paintings on rock and bark
C) mural paintings
D) ground sculptures
Q3) A hallmark of Maori facial tattoos is the use of __________.
A) rows of triangles
B) color
C) spirals
D) dots
Q4) In what ways does the art of the Pacific cultures convey the connection of the people to their environment?
Q5) How did the Hawaiian use feathers in their art?
Q6) What is known about the art of the Marquesas?
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Chapter 29: Art of Africa in the Modern Era
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Q1) One aspect of the Bwa initiation ceremony includes instructing the initiates about the world of __________.
A) libraries
B) nature spirits
C) banking
D) cooking
Q2) Which object is NOT used as a divination tool in Africa?
A) a board sprinkled with white wood dust
B) a rattle and shallow covered basket
C) coral beads
D) palm nuts
Q3) Why do many African cultures emphasize the importance of maintaining relationships with ancestral spirits?
A) They provide an-ongoing spiritual connection to the past.
B) They could cause harm if they are displeased.
C) They guard and control entry into the spirit world.
D) One's status in life is based on their ancestral heritage.
Q4) How did the Nkanu peoples confront colonial domination through art?
Q5) How does art in Africa relate to the world of ancestors and other spirits?
Q6) Why do the Bwa use wooden masks now?
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Q1) What impact did the French Revolution have on art?
Q2) Reynolds developed a type of historical portraiture called ____________.
A) the Grand Manner
B) Academic
C) capriccio
D) moralizing
Q3) Enlightenment thinking is marked by the conviction that _________________.
A) all developments should have church support
B) the aristocracy is best able to rule
C) all should have equal rights
D) women should have the right to vote
Q4) __________ painting was the most important form of pictorial art, according to the academy.
A) Portrait
B) History
C) Contemporary
D) Still life
Q5) What are the sources for Jefferson's Monticello ?
Q6) How did art develop in New Spain in the eighteenth century?
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Chapter 31: Mid-to Late Nineteenth-century Art in Europe and the United States
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Q1) What painting characteristic of the juste-milieu style of art so captivated Napoleon III that he purchased it for his private collection?
A) Manet's Olympia
B) Cabanel's The Birth of Venus
C) Rude's The Dance
D) Whistler's Nocturne in Black and Gold
Q2) Reflecting Richard Morris Hunt's architectural training at the École des Beaux-Arts, the ideal American city he designed for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was based on the symbolism of __________.
A) the American factory
B) Greek and Roman architecture
C) the skyscraper
D) Gothic cathedrals
Q3) __________ accused Whistler of "flinging pots of paint in the public's face."
A) Morris
B) Ruskin
C) Homer
D) Eakins
Q4) What is the relationship between Realism and Impressionism?
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Q1) Explore the significance of Jackson Pollack's drip paintings. How did he make them and did they move beyond any abstract work made previously?
Q2) Which of the following was a significant factor in providing New York with the foundation to supersede Paris as the center of the modern art world?
A) the Armory Show
B) the 291 Gallery
C) the Harlem Renaissance
D) the Federal Arts Project
Q3) How did Marcel Duchamp's Fountain change the course of art?
Q4) What is an example of Modern artists looking to non-western art during this period?
Q5) Portrait of a German Officer is the work of the artist __________.
A) Georgia O'Keeffe
B) Arthur Dove
C) Marsden Hartley
D) John Sloan
Q6) What techniques did the Harlem Renaissance combine to raise awareness of African American culture?
Q7) How did Russian Constructivists combine Modern styles with practical needs?
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Chapter 33: The International Scene Since 1950
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A) traditional folk crafts
B) the red used in cheap advertising
C) calligraphy
D) provocative images of women
Q2) How has audience interaction changed in Postmodern art?
Q3) What commercial technique did Roy Lichtenstein imitate in his paintings?
A) silkscreening
B) benday dots
C) photography
D) digital imaging
Q4) 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
Q5) What is Postmodern art?
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