Art Appreciation Exam Review
Course Introduction
Art Appreciation introduces students to the fundamental concepts, vocabulary, and methods used to understand, analyze, and appreciate visual art from diverse cultures and historical periods. Through the exploration of key artworks, artists, and movements, students develop skills in observation, interpretation, and critical thinking, fostering an understanding of the social, cultural, and historical contexts that shape artistic expression. Emphasis is placed on engaging with various media including painting, sculpture, architecture, and digital forms enabling students to recognize artistic styles, techniques, and purposes, and to cultivate a deeper, life-long appreciation of the visual arts.
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Gateways to Art Understanding the Visual Arts 2nd Edition by Debra J. DeWitte
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Chapter 1: Line, Shape, and the Principle of Contrast
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Q1) A flat work of art has two dimensions: ________ and width.
A) height
B) depth
C) breadth
D) size
E) mass
Answer: A
Q2) Pick the three words that would best describe a regular line.
A) controlled
B) wild
C) geometric
D) organic
E) cool-headed
F) expressive
G) emotional
Answer: A,C,E
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Chapter 2: Form, Volume, Mass, and Texture
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Q1) An upright stone that has an incised relief on its surface,such as the Maya sculpture (1.2.7),is known as ________.
A) a stela
B) a high relief
C) an obelisk
D) a bust
E) an altar
Answer: A
Q2) ________ volume is a space that is enclosed by materials that are not entirely solid.
A) an open
B) an actual
C) a subversive
D) an implied
E) a closed
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Implied Depth: Value and Space
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Q1) If you are looking straight ahead,an object that is behind you is in your cone of vision.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) When using a series of squares that are exactly the same shape,implied depth can be achieved by ________.
A) alternating value
B) relative size
C) overlapping
D) relative position
E) all of these answers
Answer: E
Q3) The lightness or darkness of a surface is the element of art called ________.
A) value
B) space
C) line
D) shape
E) color
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Color
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Q1) This is the most vivid element of art and design.
A) color
B) value
C) shape
D) line
E) mass
Q2) Physicists have explained that when we see a color,it is the portion of the light spectrum that a surface fails to ________.
A) absorb
B) reflect
C) subtract
D) neutralize
E) lighten
Q3) Colors that do not contrast strongly with each other,and which are similar in wavelength,are ________ colors.
A) analogous
B) complementary
C) neutral
D) primary
E) grayscale
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Chapter 5: Time and Motion
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Q1) Performance artists the Blue Man Group rely on bodily movements to communicate ideas without speech.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Italian Futurist artist Giacomo Balla illustrated the rapid movement of a dog running on a leash by painting a series of ________ in order to give the impression that we are seeing motion as it happens.
A) colorful dots
B) repeating marks
C) geometric shapes
D) many dogs
E) dark shadows
Q3) If a figure in an artwork has drapery billowing out behind it,and appears to have multiple feet in different positions,the viewer might assume that this figure is ________.
A) running forwards
B) skipping backwards
C) standing still
D) slowly stepping to the side
E) none of the other answers
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Chapter 6: Unity Variety and Balance
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Q1) In his painting The Flagellation,Italian artist Piero della Francesca created unity by concentrating groups of figures in two different areas,________ and ________.
A) foreground . . . background
B) city . . . country
C) high up . . . low down
D) north . . . south
E) center . . . left
Q2) The Taj Mahal was commissioned by the grieving ________ as a memorial to his third and beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal.
A) Kubla Khan
B) Gunga Din
C) Alexander the Great
D) Gengis Khan
E) Shah Jahan
Q3) Look at the work of two Surrealist artists,and try to find elements of conceptual unity within their artworks.If you decide that their artworks do not have conceptual unity,discuss why this might be.
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Chapter 7: Scale and Proportion
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Q1) It does not matter if a sculptor is creating a human statue on a monumental scale,or a figure much smaller than lifesize: if the sculptor applies the ratio of the Golden Section,the sculpture will have naturalistic proportions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) This group of artists sometimes used distorted scale to create dreamlike images that subvert our conscious experiences.
A) Pop artists
B) Surrealists
C) Futurists
D) Cubists
E) Orphists
Q3) Compare ancient Greek ideal human proportions with the art of the Yoruba.In your opinion,which culture uses proportions that are most descriptive of the human figure? Why?
Q4) Photographers cannot be responsible for principles of scale or proportion in their photographs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Emphasis and Focal Point
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Q1) This is the specific part in an area of emphasis to which the viewer's eye is drawn.
A) subordination
B) focal point
C) middle
D) top
E) composition
Q2) Martin Puryear's sculpture C.F.A.O.places emphasis on a large white area of the work that mimics a mask design of the ________ tribe in Gabon,West Africa.
A) Berber
B) Choctaw
C) Watusi
D) Fang
E) Yoruba
Q3) If the clothing of the saint was the only light area in The Funeral of St.Bonaventure,the viewer's eye would not be easily drawn to any other areas of the composition.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Pattern and Rhythm
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Q1) On the island of Belau in the western Pacific,a traditional men's long house is called a
A) bai
B) poi
C) facade
D) tiki
E) mo-mo
Q2) In Islamic art,it is unusual for an artist to depict images from the natural world because the Islamic religion prohibits the use of representation.Why do you think that the huqqa base (figure 1.9.3)and the pashmina carpet (figure 1.9.4)might have been acceptable even though they include depictions of plant forms? Or do you think that they were not acceptable in their time? Give your reasons why,or why not.
Q3) In the painting The Blue Room,the artist uses three patterns that ________.
A) are focal points
B) are similar
C) are abstract
D) merge
E) contrast
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Chapter 10: Content and Analysis
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Q1) Sumerian votive figures were used as:
A) prayer figures
B) fertility figures
C) dolls
D) puppets
E) all of the other answers
Q2) Edvard Munch's The Scream depicts a suicide witnessed by the artist.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Robert Mapplethorpe created traditional gendered roles for men and women to connect modern photography with painters from the past.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Thomas Struth photographs ________.
A) famous artworks
B) people looking at art
C) the inside of museums
D) paintings in the Prado museum
E) all of the other answers
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Chapter 11: Drawing
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Q1) This French artist created a sense of depth in the work The Tiber from Monte Mario Looking South using thoughtful brushstrokes and ink wash.
A) Claude Lorrain
B) Mary Cassatt
C) Georges Seurat
D) Vincent van Gogh
E) Edgar Degas
Q2) Artists' crayon is made by mixing pigment with ________.
A) glue
B) gum arabic
C) oil
D) wax
E) egg
Q3) Michelangelo,Studies for the Libyan Sibyl
A)reed pen and ink
B)charcoal
C)red chalk
D)graphite
E)pastel
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Chapter 12: Painting
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Q1) One of the advantages of acrylic paint is that it can be cleaned up using this liquid.
A) turpentine
B) oil
C) water
D) kerosene
E) Dr. Pepper
Q2) Islamic and Renaissance artists often used tempera in conjunction with oil and this material,which adds a rich appearance to the work.
A) wax
B) gold leaf
C) polished stones
D) marble dust
E) chalk
Q3) Michelangelo,The Libyan Sibyl
A)oil
B)watercolor and gouache
C)acrylic
D)tempera
E)fresco
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Chapter 13: Printmaking
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Q1) When a printmaker rolls ink onto a raised surface and presses a piece of paper onto it,the resulting image on the paper is known as ________.
A) a batten
B) an edition
C) an impression
D) a buzz up
E) an impasto
Q2) This female artist practiced monotype printmaking and was a member of a group of abstract painters called The Irascibles.
A) Mary Cassatt
B) Kathy Strauss
C) Hedda Sterne
D) Kitagawa Utamaro
E) Andy Warhol
Q3) If an artist wanted to create an image of a bright moon in the night sky using mezzotint,he or she should smooth the burrs on the surface of the plate for the area of the moon.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Sculpture
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Q1) This Constructivist artist,originally named Naum Neemia Pevsner,studied physics,mathematics,and engineering in college.
A) Gabo
B) Duchamp
C) Michelangelo
D) Durant
E) Hirst
Q2) Which of these materials can be used to create a sculpture?
A) wax
B) stone
C) plastic
D) ice
E) all of the other answers
Q3) The natural world is simply the "canvas" on which an artist creates their earthwork.Nature has no effect on the earthwork,even after the artist has finished the artwork.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Architecture
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Q1) In Taos Pueblo,New Mexico,an architect might opt to use this construction material in order to keep the aesthetic appearance of his or her building consistent with the surrounding architecture.
A) adobe brick
B) steel and glass
C) concrete
D) wood siding
E) ceramic tile
Q2) The architect Le Corbusier's International Style favors a strongly ________ organization of forms.
A) organic
B) random
C) incongruent
D) geometric
E) natural
Q3) Wooden architecture can never last longer than a thousand years.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What style of building would you propose for the government center of your city,town,or region? Why?
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Chapter 16: The Tradition of Craft
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Q1) This American artist used quilting as a way to express her experiences of childhood growing up in New York City.
A) Dale Chihuly
B) Tilleke Schwarz
C) Faith Ringgold
D) Georgia O'Keeffe
E) Karen Karnes
Q2) Hyo-In Kim's To Be Modern #2 takes the form of a traditional Korean dress,but it is decorated with ________.
A) tiny versions of fashionable Western clothing
B) small replicas of famous buildings
C) traditional Korean beads
D) precious gemstones
E) coins from around the world
Q3) At what point can we consider a useful object a work of art? What separates a useful ceramic object,such as a toilet or sink,from a piece of high art? Can a toilet or sink,even if they are created in some unique and original way,ever be considered a work of art?
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Chapter 17: Visual Communication Design
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Q1) The visual form of printed letters,words,and text is called ________.
A) media
B) calligraphy
C) typography
D) layout
E) hieroglyphics
Q2) If you were to design a party invitation,you might put important information,such as the date,time,and place in ________.
A) bold type
B) a larger font
C) a different color
D) a different font
E) any of the other answers
Q3) These handwritten,illustrated books were created during the Middle Ages.
A) papyrus scrolls
B) Gutenberg's Bibles
C) illuminated manuscripts
D) Books of the Dead
E) I Ching
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Chapter 18: Photography
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Q1) Loretta Lux digitally manipulates such elements as ________ to create the effect she wants in her pictures.
A) backgrounds
B) proportion
C) scale
D) color
E) all of the other answers
Q2) Sally Mann's photograph The New Mothers was made ________.
A) in black and white
B) in color
C) using digital enhancement
D) as a photomontage
E) all of the other answers
Q3) What does the word "photograph" mean?
A) writing with light
B) signing a picture
C) imitating a drawing
D) reversing a tone
E) seeing through a lens
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Chapter 19: Film, Video, and Digital Art
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Q1) The way that images appear to be moving in films and videos is actually an optical illusion.
A)True
B)False
Q2) storyboards
A)series of sketches or pictures used to show the scenes that will be filmed in a movie or created using animation
B)small storefront movie theaters popular in the early twentieth century
C)sound that is recorded during a scene or that coordinates with filmed images; also refers to sound that has a visible onscreen source
D)making a movie by filming slightly varying separate still drawings, models, or computer-generated images, and putting them together in sequence so that they appear to move
E)categories of film that have developed recognizable plots, types of characters, and scenery
Q3) In order for moving images to be invented,motion first had to be frozen in still photographic images.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 20: Alternative Media and Processes
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Q1) In Joseph Beuys's Coyote,I Like America and America Likes Me,the artist:
A) became a shaman and made a curative sand painting of a mythical coyote
B) recorded himself sleeping for three days in the wilderness of the American southwest
C) wrapped himself in felt and lived for five days alone in an art gallery with a coyote
D) projected a video of a coyote on the outside of an art gallery
E) none of the other answers
Q2) An artwork that consists of a re-created bedroom with videos projected onto the walls would best be described as ________.
A) performance art
B) conceptual art
C) an installation
D) a readymade
E) none of the other answers
Q3) Over time it becomes clear how an artist's experiments and discoveries impact later artworks.Choose either Jackson Pollock,John Cage,or Marcel Duchamp and discuss their influence on the development of performance and conceptual art.Include specific artworks in your answer.
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Chapter 21: The Prehistoric and Ancient Mediterranean
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Q1) The Hellenistic sculpture Laocoön and his Sons depicts an ideal young athlete.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Compare and contrast three different narrative artworks from this Chapter.How has each artist portrayed (or not portrayed)the passage of time in their work? How has each artist emphasized the most important figures or events? Which artwork most effectively tells the story? Are there parts of the story that are ambiguous to the modern viewer?
Q3) Ishtar Gate
A)Egyptian
B)Sumerian
C)Babylonian
D)Assyrian
E)Minoan
Q4) The written language used by the ________ is hieroglyphics.
A) Babylonians
B) Egyptians
C) Greeks
D) Minoans
E) Romans
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Chapter 22: Art of the Middle Ages
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Q1) The manuscript painting of The Ascent of the Prophet Muhammad on his Steed from a copy of Nizami's Khamsa (3.2.13)shows Muhammad and the angel Gabriel surrounded by flames.These flames are symbolic rather than literal.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which term refers to part of a church doorway?
A) lintel
B) jamb
C) tympanum
D) archivolt
E) all of the other answers
Q3) The structure of Romanesque churches recalls architectural elements from
A) ancient Greece
B) Southeast Asia
C) Mesopotamia
D) ancient Rome
E) Anglo-Saxon England
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Chapter 23: Art of India, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia
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A)Japan
B)India
C) China
D) Cambodia
Q2) The design on the side of the Shang dynasty ritual wine vessel (3.3.10)features a t'ao t'ieh,a realistic depiction of the owner's face.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Select one artwork from India,one from China,and one from Japan.Explain how each artwork reflects the values of the culture in which it was made.Discuss the differences between the artworks from these three cultures.
Q4) The traditional Japanese textile art of tsumugi-ori has been lost and forgotten over time.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Syncretism is the altering of an old artwork with modern techniques.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 24: Art of the Americas
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Q1) The enormous relief carving of the Aztec moon goddess Coyolxauhqui (3.4.17),found beneath the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan,shows her ________.
A) with snakes instead of a head
B) wearing a necklace of human hearts and hands
C) with her arms and legs severed from her body
D) chasing Huitzilopochtli right after he was born
E) as the moon during an eclipse
Q2) The only people ever sacrificed by the Aztecs were prisoners captured during war. A)True
B)False
Q3) Ceremonies including ________ took place at the top of Aztec pyramids.
A) ballgames where the losers were decapitated
B) sacrifices where victims' hearts were extracted
C) sculpture lessons where students were celebrated
D) fashion shows where the most elaborate costume won
E) all of the other answers
Q4) Chavín art commonly features animals with spiritual connections.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 25: Art of Africa and the Pacific Islands
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Q1) Sacred Yombe objects are called minkisi nkondi.The singular nkisi means
A) little man
B) sacred medicine
C) hungry beast
D) magic tree
E) divine person
Q2) ta moko
A)the practice of tattooing or permanently marking the skin
B)feather cloaks used for physical and divine protection during war
C)monolithic stone sculptures found throughout Polynesia, especially huge figures made from volcanic rock
D)one of the spirits who taught humans to hunt and paint during an early era of the "Dreaming"
E)a massive structure consisting of a single block of stone
Q3) green
A)royalty, wealth, and spiritual purity
B)growth and good health
C)strong political and spiritual feelings
D)holy and precious
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Chapter 26: Art of Renaissance and Baroque Europe: 1400 to 1750
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Q1) Peter Paul Rubens worked with many assistants in his studio.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following artworks is a very graphic depiction of Christ's crucifixion?
A) Isenheim Altarpiece
B) Netherlandish Proverbs
C) Tribute Money
D) St. Bartholomew's Skin
E) all of the other answers
Q3) Without the patronage of the Catholic Church,many incredible Renaissance works of art would not have been made.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Filippo Brunelleschi has been widely regarded as the first Renaissance ________.
A) painter
B) sculptor
C) printmaker
D) architect
E) musician
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Rococo to Realism
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Q1) William Hogarth's Marriage à-la-Mode series tells the story of:
A) a couple who secretly elope to spite their disapproving families
B) a teenage romance in an ice-cream shop
C) the trials of an arranged marriage in which the couple behave immorally
D) the life of a poor married couple from the point of view of their granddaughter
E) none of the other answers
Q2) In Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People,Liberty is ________.
A) a symbol of freedom
B) a real woman who led the uprising
C) a Roman goddess
D) the painter's wife
E) none of the other answers
Q3) Compare the artworks and careers of Anne Vallayer-Coster and Elisabeth-Louise
Vigée-Lebrun.As two of the four female artists accepted to the French Academy during the eighteenth century,explore how each artist manipulated subject matter and relationships to build their reputations.How did each artist maneuver within the restrictions of the academy?
Q4) Research the history of the building of Monticello.What earlier buildings influenced its design?
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Q1) Vincent van Gogh
A)"I did not create a woman, I made a picture."
B)"I enjoyed looking at it, just as I enjoy looking at the flames dancing in the fireplace."
C)"I cannot work without a model . . . I exaggerate . . . but I do not invent the whole picture."
D)"I shut my eyes in order to see."
Q2) bird's-eye view
A)application of thick paint
B)forms derived from living organisms
C)seen from above
D)painting outdoors
E)end of the century
Q3) organic
A)application of thick paint
B)forms derived from living organisms
C)seen from above
D)painting outdoors
E)end of the century
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Q1) The main message in Ana Mendieta's "Untitled" (3.9.11)is that women's bodies should only be passive receivers of the male gaze.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Visionary artists intentionally make work that does not follow the rules of the mainstream art world.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following influenced Jean-Michel Basquiat,as seen in his painting The Nile?
A) African heritage
B) African-American experience
C) earlier artworks
D) linguistics
E) all of the other answers
Q4) The work of Minimalist artists is generally made out of natural materials with an organic quality.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 30: Art and Community
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Q1) Krzysztof Wodiczko makes video installations that comment on ________ all over the world.
A) energy crises
B) animal cruelty
C) disregard for art
D) social injustice
E) festivals and celebrations
Q2) Which cultural practices are highlighted in Wenda Gu's United Nations-China Monument?
A) Buddhist tea ceremony
B) Chinese brush painting
C) Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, and Latin alphabets
D) all of the other answers
E) none of the other answers
Q3) What is the intended message of Wenda Gu's United Nations-China Monument?
A) China deserves to be a world power
B) connections between cultures are important
C) even ephemeral artworks matter
D) the gods are always watching
E) there is no underlying message
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Chapter 31: Spirituality and Art
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Q1) The site of Ise Jingu is located where?
A) Iran
B) Japan
C) France
D) the United States
E) Egypt
Q2) Why might the paintings at Lascaux be considered sacred?
A) because the site was visited repeatedly and painted again and again
B) because they show the rituals of a secret society
C) because a particular, identifiable religion was practiced in the caves
D) because the bulls painted there were the ancestors of the people who lived in the caves
E) all of the other answers
Q3) When was the Eastern Orthodox Church icon the Virgin of Vladimir made?
A) during Greek and Roman times
B) during the Middle Ages
C) during the Renaissance
D) in the twentieth-century
E) the Eastern Orthodox Church never made icons
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Chapter 32: Art and the Cycle of Life
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Q1) Abbey Among Oak Trees emphasizes realism and reason over emotion and imagination.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Pieter Claesz made which of the following types of artworks?
A) realistic still life paintings
B) colorful sculptural landscapes
C) functional pottery
D) abstract portraits
E) video art
Q3) In his work,artist Patrick Dougherty intentionally references ideas of home,architecture,and dwellings.
A)True
B)False
Q4) For whom is the message contained in I Am Your Grandma intended?
A) someone in the viewer's past
B) the artist
C) a boy in a grocery store
D) the artist's future unborn grandchild
E) none of the other answers
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Chapter 33: Art and Science
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Q1) "It is a picture that even strong men find it difficult to look at long . . ."
A)Willard Wigan, Statue of Liberty
B)Marcia Smilack, Cello Music
C)Salvador Dalí, Persistence of Memory
D)Thomas Eakins, Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross
E)Yayoi Kusama, Dots Obsession
Q2) Willard Wigan carves grains of rice and sand and paints them with an eyelash.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is true about the Aztec Sun Stone (4.4.5)?
A) it was originally painted in bright colors
B) it is carved with symbols representing the ways Earth was previously destroyed
C) it functioned like a calendar
D) all of the previous answers
E) none of the previous answers
Q4) Georges Seurat feverishly painted Sunday on La Grande Jatte in one weekend.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 34: Art and Illusion
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Q1) Trompe l'oeil means "fools the eye".
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Painted Garden from the Villa of Livia is one of the finest landscapes painted by the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci.
A)True
B)False
Q3) putti
A)a technique used to show the projection of an object into space
B)nude infant angel boys
C)a technique used to distort an image so that it is clear from only one viewpoint
D)a visual swelling at the midpoint of columns
E)a round opening in the center of a dome
F)reminders of mortality
Q4) Perform a formal analysis of Édouard Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère.Identify the visual ambiguities in the painting,and propose why you think the artist made such choices.What might they suggest to the viewer?
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Chapter 35: Art of Political Leaders and Rulers
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Q1) The giant portrait that hangs over Tiananmen depicts one of the founders of ancient China.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Compare and contrast the portraits of Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc (4.6.6)and Akhenaten and Nefertiti (4.6.7)discussed in this Chapter.Write an essay in which you consider the way each artwork was made,how each shows the power of the ruler,and how each work represents the ruler's wife.
Q3) Research the portraits of Napoleon painted by Jacques-Louis David.How did these works-in particular,Napoleon Crossing the Alps-help to create Napoleon's image and reputation?
Q4) What material was used to make the Olmec colossal heads?
A) basalt
B) bronze
C) jade
D) limestone
E) marble
Q5) Such Maya rituals as bloodletting were only enacted on slaves.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 36: Art, War, and Revolution
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Q1) Timothy O'Sullivan's famous photograph of dead bodies on a deserted battlefield (4.7.1)was taken during ________.
A) the American Civil War
B) the French Revolution
C) World War I
D) World War II
E) the Spanish War of Independence
Q2) Francisco Goya's The Second of May,1808 depicts:
A) the coronation of Napoleon
B) the execution of Spanish rebels
C) Spanish civilians attacking French soldiers
D) a horse race
E) none of the other answers
Q3) In Ganzeer's Tank vs.Bike,a team of understudies created the tank and Ganzeer painted his signature panda himself.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Tula warrior columns (4.7.9)once supported an Aztec temple.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 37: Art of Social Conscience
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Q1) Chris Jordan used 2.4 million pieces of plastic in his artwork Gyre.These represent the number of:
A) women living in poverty in Brazil
B) pounds of plastic trash that enters the world's oceans every hour
C) followers the artist has on Twitter
D) people that helped him create the artwork
E) toothbrushes used and thrown away every year by the US
Q2) What is true about Emil Nolde?
A) he was a member of the Nazi party
B) he painted in watercolor
C) his painting Crucifixion was considered by the Nazis to be "degenerate"
D) all of the other answers
E) none of the other answers
Q3) Lange's Migrant Mother
A)was covered up for its shocking reality
B)was attacked for its ideal beauty
C)was mocked by the Nazis
D)raised awareness of the severity of the Great Depression
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Chapter 38: The Body in Art
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Q1) Compare the self-portraits depicted in Jenny Saville's Branded (4.9.19)and ORLAN's Omnipresence (4.9.20).How does each artist craft the view of herself that we see? Briefly describe what each artwork looks like,in terms of medium,shape,size,and so on,concentrating on the most noticeable similarities and differences.What were the artist's intentions for each artwork? What does comparing these artworks in this way reveal that you had not thought of before making the comparison?
Q2) Which of the following issues are raised by Yasumasa Morimura's Portrait (Futago)?
A) the meaning of an artwork gains depth when one knows about the context
B) race and gender can be seen as artificial constructions
C) we should not make assumptions about identity based on appearances
D) our understanding of who we are can be directly influenced by the past
E) all of the other answers
Q3) The artist ORLAN is known for her ________.
A) large oil paintings
B) abstract public sculptures
C) unconventional performances
D) awkward interviews
E) none of the other answers
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Chapter Identity, Race, and Gender in Art
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Q1) Why did the artist of The Two Fridas paint two of herself?
A) because she could not decide what she wanted to wear
B) because she liked to show the mirror she painted from C) because she was seeing double during her recuperation from surgery
D) because she wanted to depict distinct aspects of her identity
E) one of the women in the picture is her twin sister
Q2) What is the subject of Catherine Opie's Domestic series?
A) staged depiction of radical performance artists
B) high school football games
C) a variety of landscapes the artist found interesting
D) lesbian couples in their everyday settings
E) all of the other answers
Q3) Who is the artist of The Dinner Party?
A) Artemisia Gentileschi
B) Judy Chicago
C) Barbie Winter
D) Georgia O'Keeffe
E) Emily Dickinson
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Chapter 40: Gateway Features for Gateways to Art
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Q1) The elements of time and motion are not applicable to the art of photography.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What theme is not represented in the paintings that decorate the walls of the library of Pope Julius II in the Vatican?
A) theology
B) law and justice
C) humility
D) philosophy
E) poetry
Q3) The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir to celebrate the birth of his son Shah Jahan.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In Francisco Goya's Family of Charles IV:
A) the royal family is portrayed in an idealized way
B) the artist includes a portrait of himself standing at his easel
C) Charles IV is shown knighting his son, Ferdinand VII
D) the family are very simply dressed
E) none of the answers
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Q1) David Hockney emphasized the figure of Peter Schlesinger in his artwork Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures),using:
A) scale: Peter appears to be taller than the hills in the background
B) color: Peter's red jacket stands out
C) implied line: the edges of the pool seem to point toward Peter
D) all of the other answers
E) none of the other answers
Q2) Allan Houser's work Reverie is:
A) abstract and non-objective
B) abstract and two-dimensional
C) abstract and representational
D) abstract and not representational
E) none of the other answers
Q3) The medium of Marc Quinn's Self is:
A) real human hair
B) clay
C) the artist's own blood
D) the artist's toenail clippings
E) wood
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