Art History
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Course Introduction
Art History is an academic discipline that explores the development of art and visual culture across different periods, regions, and societies. This course examines major movements, artists, and works from antiquity to the present day, emphasizing their historical, social, and cultural contexts. Students will analyze a variety of artistic media including painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography and develop critical skills in visual analysis, interpretation, and academic research. Through lectures, readings, and discussions, the course aims to deepen understanding of art's role in shaping and reflecting human experience.
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Art A Brief History 6th Edition by Marilyn Stokstad
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Chapter 1: Prehistoric Art in Europe
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Q1) An elaborate tomb chamber with a corridor leading into it is a A)henge.
B)cairn.
C)corbel vault.
D)passage grave.
Answer: D
Q2) Female figurines from the Paleolithic period typically stress what attribute?
A)the ability to cure
B)the ability to hunt
C)the ability to reproduce
D)the ability to worship
Answer: C
Q3) What formal element is part of the original painting,Spotted Horses and Human Hands?
A)the natural environment of the horses
B)the illusion of three-dimensional space
C)the outline of human handprints
D)the natural contour of the cave wall
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Art of the Ancient Near East
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Q1) As seen in the Ishtar Gate,the notched towers can also be described as
A)crenellated.
B)undercut.
C)glazed.
D)buttressed.
Answer: A
Q2) What is the name for an early form of writing using wedge-shaped marks?
A)hieroglyphic
B)cuneiform
C)pictograph
D)hieratic
Answer: B
Q3) Who ultimately put an end to the Persian Empire?
A)the Etruscans
B)the Romans
C)the Greeks
D)the Egyptians
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Art of Ancient Egypt
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Q1) Which is a city of the dead?
A)mastaba
B)sarcophagus
C)necropolis
D)mausoleum
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following are windows above a side roof that let light into the central interior space?
A)pylons
B)hypostyle
C)bracketing
D)clerestory
Answer: D
Q3) Where was the bust of Nefertiti discovered?
A)on the prow of a ship
B)in her tomb
C)in a sculptor's studio
D)in the palace of neighboring Nubia
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Early Asian Art
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Q1) Which of the following are enduring monuments of Korea's distinctive Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE_668 CE)?
A)large tomb mounds
B)simplistic pagodas
C)decorative jewelry
D)cave sculptures of Buddha
Q2) Describe the architectural elements and symbolism of the Great Stupa at Sanchi.
Q3) Which of the following is an architectural element that projects from a wall and often helps support a horizontal element?
A)corbel
B)cairn
C)torana
D)bracket
Q4) Which Shinto shrine has been ritually rebuilt every 20 years?
A)Inner Shrine,Ise,Japan
B)Horyu-ji,Japan
C)Nanchan Temple,China
D)Great Stupa,Sanchi,India
Q5) Explain the symbolism of the Eternal Shiva from the Cave-Temple at Elephanta.
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Q6) Discuss how the purpose and design of Horiyu-Ji reveals the influence of China.
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Chapter 5: Art of Ancient Greece and the Aegean World
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Q1) Which of the following is a mixture of clay and water that is applied to the surface of an unfired ceramic vessel?
A)niello
B)slip
C)glaze
D)enamel
Q2) The Classical convention of presenting standing figures with opposing alternations of tension and relaxation around a central axis is known as A)chiaroscuro.
B)foreshortening.
C)modeling.
D)contrapposto.
Q3) Which architectural order has fluted columns without bases and unadorned capitals?
A)Ionic
B)Corinthian
C)Tuscan
D)Doric
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Chapter 6: Etruscan and Roman Art
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Q1) The Ara Pacis Augustae or Altar of Augustan Peace brings together what two cultural and stylistic traditions?
A)Greek and Roman
B)Etruscan and Egyptian
C)Etruscan and Roman
D)Babylonian and Greek
Q2) Two areas in a Roman house that are open to the sky and might have a shallow pool are the
A)peristyle and atrium.
B)gymnasium and caldarium.
C)insula and villa.
D)solarium and tepidarium.
Q3) What is the striking difference between depictions of the Greek procession on the Parthenon and the Roman procession on the Ara Pacis?
A)The Greek figures are nude.
B)The Roman one is longer.
C)The Greek cutting is much deeper.
D)The Roman one shows actual people.
Q4) How do an Etruscan temple and a Greek temple compare in form?
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Chapter 7: Jewish, early Christian, and Byzantine Art
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Q1) Which of the following was painted on the walls of the synagogue at Dura-Europos?
A)geometric patterns
B)scenes from Jewish history
C)animal and plant forms
D)a garden scene
Q2) Discuss the theme of the "good shepherd" in Early Christian and Byzantine art.What was its importance to Christians? What antecedents did it have? How did it change over time?
Q3) Where was the synagogue at Dura-Europos located?
A)private home
B)catacomb
C)palace
D)marketplace
Q4) Which of the following is a name for the first four books of the Christian New Testament?
A)the Gospels
B)the Torah
C)the Psalms
D)the Qur'an
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Chapter 8: Islamic Art
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Q1) The pulpit from which the imam speaks is a
A)minaret.
B)madrasa.
C)minbar.
D)mihrab.
Q2) What art form influenced the bowl with kufic border from Samarkand?
A)Chinese porcelain
B)Korean celadon
C)Greek pottery
D)Byzantine mosaic
Q3) Which of the following is a type of decoration used at the Great Mosque in Cordoba?
A)realistic motifs
B)stylized vegetation
C)Latin inscriptions
D)human figures
Q4) How does the Dome of the Rock reveal the presence of outside architectural and decorative influences?
Q5) Who are Muhammad,Abu Bakr,and Ali,and what was their role in the Islamic faith?
Q6) Relate the Islamic idea of paradise to the Alhambra's Court of the Lions.
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Chapter 9: Later Asian Art
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Q1) Southern Song painting applied the concept of "sudden enlightenment" from which of the following philosophies?
A)Chan Buddhism
B)Neo-Confucianism
C)Daoism
D)Shintoism
Q2) The samurai ruled Japan during which of the following periods?
A)Heian
B)Kamakura
C)Momoyama
D)Edo
Q3) Although Byodo-in temple was originally a secular palace,it was designed to evoke the
A)Great Ultimate.
B)Western Paradise.
C)world mountain.
D)home of Vishnu.
Q4) What makes Shen Zhou's Poet on a Mountaintop such an excellent example of literati painting during the Ming dynasty?
Q5) Discuss the iconography of Shiva Nataraja.
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Chapter 10: Early Medieval and Romanesque Art
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Q1) Where is the primary area for Romanesque architectural sculpture?
A)on the bell tower
B)in the apse and around the altar
C)on the façade,entrance,and column capitals
D)in the cloister
Q2) Describe the influence of multiculturalism as seen in the burial at Sutton Hoo.
Q3) Which precedent was set by the Church of Saint Cyriakus and followed by Romanesque churches?
A)an open beam ceiling
B)the use of flying buttresses
C)alternating heavy,rectangular supports with lighter round supports in the nave arcade
D)rib vaults
Q4) Which is a wood-frame church that has four huge timbers that form the structural core of the building?
A)stave church
B)basilica
C)hall church
D)cottage church
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Chapter 11: Gothic Art
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Q1) Which of the following was typical of English cathedrals?
A)thin walls and piers
B)wide projecting transepts
C)narrow nave arcades
D)large rose windows
Q2) At this time,Italian painters working in tempera paint most often mixed powdered pigments with water,a touch of glue,and
A)beeswax.
B)gum arabic.
C)linseed oil.
D)egg yolk.
Q3) What was Gothic architecture called in its own time?
A)modern
B)Italian
C)old-fashioned
D)ancient
Q4) List and describe the architectural elements that combined to make the Gothic style and describe the overall effect that was achieved.
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Chapter 12: Early Renaissance Art
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Q1) Which of the following is defined as a line running back into the represented space of a picture that converges with other lines that are parallel in reality?
A)perspective line
B)vanishing line
C)orthogonal
D)giornata
Q2) Explain the composition of Lorenzo Ghiberti's Jacob and Esau panel from the "Gates of Paradise." Describe the narrative as it is told through relief.
Q3) From which trade did engraving apparently develop?
A)banking
B)woodworking
C)brick laying
D)goldsmithing
Q4) Which is the term for a little boy often shown naked and with wings?
A)giornata
B)sgraffito
C)aedicul
D)putto
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Chapter 13: Art of the High Renaissance and Reformation
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Q1) Describe the typical characteristics of Mannerism.Use Pontormo's work to explain the ways these characteristics appear.
Q2) Which artist depicted Jesus with a broad-brimmed hat and a shovel?
A)Veronese
B)Tintoretto
C)Grünewald
D)Fontana
Q3) What is dramatically altered from reality in Titian's portrait of Isabella d'Este?
A)her nose
B)her left eye
C)her age
D)her left hand
Q4) What did Holbein do because of harassment from reformers?
A)quit painting
B)turned to book illustration
C)moved back to England
D)turned to landscape painting
Q5) Compare and contrast Lucas Cranach's Nymph of the Spring and Titian's "Venus" of Urbino.
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Chapter 14: Seventeenth-Century Art in Europe
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Q1) How does Diego Velázquez proclaim the dignity and importance of painting as one of the liberal arts through his painting Las Meninas?
A)He included the religious figures within the scene.
B)He highlighted the Infanta.
C)He included a dog in the foreground.
D)He shows himself dressed as a courtier with the keys of the palace.
Q2) Other than being an interesting work of art,what is the function of the painting Portuguese Synagogue,Amsterdam by Emanuel de Witte?
A)It provides a metaphor for eternal judgment.
B)It records seventeenth-century building practices.
C)It documents religious tolerance.
D)It shows the strength of the painters' guild.
Q3) In the seventeenth century,what was the Catholic Church's reaction to the Renaissance's Humanism rationality and independence?
A)It encouraged independence.
B)It nurtured Humanism.
C)It turned to an authoritarian position.
D)It removed art from the churches and whitewashed the walls.
Q4) How does Bernini's Cornaro Chapel reveal the characteristics of Baroque art?
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Chapter 15: Art of the Americas
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Q1) How much did the population of the Americas decrease in the century after contact with Europe?
A)30 percent
B)50 percent
C)70 percent
D)90 percent
Q2) Which of the following best describes Mesoamerican society?
A)a sharply divided class structure
B)egalitarian
C)communist
D)democratic
Q3) Spanish conquerors were obsessed with amassing what materials?
A)iron and bronze
B)salt and spices
C)gold and silver
D)tobacco and diamonds
Q4) Compare the Colossal Head created by Olmec artists and Portrait Head of Pakal the Great by the Maya.
Q5) Discuss the purpose of Inca tunics and the message,meaning,and symbolism in the Inca's use of pattern and color on cloth.
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Chapter 16: African Art
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Q1) Yoruba kings manifested their power through A)elaborate manuscripts.
B)monumental sculpture.
C)large and lavish palaces.
D)a controlled artistic style.
Q2) What was the function of the Nkisi Nkonde?
A)It protected the home from malicious gods.
B)It accompanied the owner on treacherous journeys.
C)It was carried into the fields for luck.
D)It acted as an impartial arbiter of justice.
Q3) What were the major commodities traded through the city of Great Zimbabwe?
A)tobacco and silver
B)slaves and traditional masks
C)diamonds and precious stones
D)gold,ivory,and skins
Q4) The Nok sculpture,Head,is made of A)sand.
B)basalt.
C)terracotta.
D)iron.
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Chapter 17: European and American Art, 1715-1840
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Q1) Which Baroque element did David include in his Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard?
A)the loose,fluid brushwork
B)the emphasis on color over line
C)the sweeping diagonals
D)evocation of intense emotion
Q2) What was William Hogarth's political statement about society in his painting The Marriage Contract? Which visual characteristics support this argument?
Q3) Which artist inspired the poses and landscape in Thomas Gainsborough's Robert Andrews and Frances Carter?
A)Kauffmann
B)Watteau
C)Fragonard
D)Giorgione
Q4) David's Oath of the Horatii became an emblem of
A)the French Revolution.
B)the monarchy.
C)Napoleon.
D)Paris Commune of 1871.
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Chapter 18: European and American Art, 1840-1910
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Q1) In the Wainwright Building,what did Louis Sullivan adapt from the Beaux-Arts tradition?
A)steel construction
B)a vertical emphasis
C)opulent ornamentation
D)base,body,and crowning cornice elements
Q2) In architecture,drawing on motifs from historic models is a practice called
A)passage technique.
B)Arts and Crafts Movement.
C)Art Nouveau.
D)historicism.
Q3) According to the author,who was "the most uncompromising American Realist" of the second half of the nineteenth century?
A)Winslow Homer
B)Thomas Eakins
C)Henry O.Tanner
D)Mary Cassatt
Q4) Compare and contrast the architectural style of the Opéra and the Wainwright Building.
Q5) What was japonisme and how did it influence Western art? Give an example.
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1900-1945
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Q1) Describe the development and influence of Cubism.Include a comment regarding the working relationship of Picasso and Braque.
Q2) What happening in Frida Kahlo's life as she was painting The Two Fridas?
A)her marriage to Diego Rivera
B)her divorce from Diego Rivera
C)her stormy engagement
D)Diego Rivera's death
Q3) Who coined the name "mobile"?
A)Marcel Duchamp
B)Alexander Calder
C)Georgia O'Keeffe
D)Pablo Picasso
Q4) Which of the following best describes Käthe Kollwitz's idea of what art should be or do?
A)a mental comforter,like a good armchair
B)a political tool,to reach as many people as possible
C)an escape from the drab,ordinary world
D)to evoke an emotive response,like music
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Chapter 20: Art Since 1945
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Q1) According to Clement Greenberg,a work of art should be judged solely on A)convincing narrative.
B)visual perception.
C)accurate representation.
D)spatial depth.
Q2) What was the attitude of Aboriginal artists toward modern American and European mediums?
A)They rejected them.
B)They combined them with their traditional mediums.
C)They adopted them with Western subject matter.
D)They adopted them.
Q3) Which of the following describes the work of Claes Oldenburg?
A)polished steel inspired by the formalism of Analytic Cubism
B)a construction of discarded packing boxes,spindles,and other wooden refuse
C)a kinetic sculpture that destroys itself
D)monumentally scaled objects from popular culture
Q4) Discuss the International Style of Architecture and its expression in the Seagram Building in New York.Include its use of materials and ideas of aesthetics.
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Chapter 21: Introduction
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Q1) What is art history? What are some of the natural and human threats to artworks that concern contemporary art historians? Give an example.
Q2) The English word "technique" comes from
A)Latin.
B)Greek.
C)Egyptian.
D)French.
Q3) In the ancient world,how were painters and sculptors viewed?
A)as educated elite
B)as individuals
C)as gods
D)as laborers
Q4) What was Alice Neel known for?
A)symbolizing wealth and power
B)idealizing her sitters
C)capturing unvarnished individuality
D)adhering to conventional aesthetics
Q5) Describe how the role of the artist has changed from ancient times to the present.
Q6) Describe the iconography of Still Life with Fruit and Flowers by Clara Peeters.
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