Art History II Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Art History II explores the development of visual art from the Renaissance to the present, tracing key movements, artists, and cultural influences that have shaped artistic expression in Europe and beyond. The course examines major works in painting, sculpture, architecture, and other media, situating them within their historical, religious, and social contexts. Through analysis of artistic techniques and critical themes, students gain an understanding of how art reflects and challenges human experience, society, and evolving worldviews from the 14th century to contemporary times.
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Art History 5th Edition Volume 2 by Marilyn Stokstad
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Chapter 1: Fourtheenth-Century Art in Europe
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Q1) Wealthy Italian families added __________ to their homes,both for the purpose of defense and to symbolize their power.
A) cannons
B) mirrors
C) lighting
D) towers
Answer: D
Q2) Italian painters in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries worked principally in __________,a paint made from powdered pigments,often mixed with egg yolk,water,and an occasional touch of glue.
A) tempera
B) fresco
C) arriccio
D) parchment
Answer: A
Q3) Discuss the creation of Duccio's Maestà .Address specifics,such as its purpose,its size,the style,the technique,and subject matter.What is its present-day condition?
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Chapter 2: Fifteenth-century Art in Northern Europe
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Q1) Which naturalistic device did Hugo van der Goes use in the Portinari Altarpiece ?
A) a gold leaf background
B) a vision of Christ as Judge
C) atmospheric perspective in the landscape
D) None of the above.
Answer: C
Q2) An altarpiece which has multiple,movable wings,attached to the altar's central,stationary section is known as a __________.
A) diptych
B) triptych
C) predella
D) polyptych
Answer: D
Q3) Discuss the evolution of the graphic arts in the fifteenth century to an art form comparable to manuscript illumination or painting.Define the techniques used,and cite specific artists and their works to support your discussion.
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Chapter 3: Renaissance art in fifteenth-century Italy
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Q1) Which sculpture by Donatello embodies the ideal of the condottieri during the Renaissance?
A) St. George
B) David
C) Equestrian Statue of Erasmo da Narni (Gattamelata)
D) none of the above
Answer: C
Q2) The most prolific painting workshop of the later fifteenth century was the workshop of __________.
A) Michelozzo
B) Ghiberti
C) Ghirlandaio
D) Masaccio
Answer: C
Q3) Explain Brunelleschi's design for the Florence Cathedral .Be specific in your explanation.
Answer: Not Answer
Q4) What were Cosimo de Medici the Elder's primary concerns for the commission of the Medici Palace in Florence?
Answer: Not Answer
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Chapter 4: Sixteenth-century art in Italy
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Q1) __________ was called before the Inquisition for placing Jesus in the company of unsavory characters in the painting Feast in the House of Levi .
A) Michelangelo
B) Romano
C) Tintoretto
D) Veronese
Q2) What was the debate between painting and sculpture during the High Italian Renaissance?
Q3) How was St.Peter's Basilica modified during the sixteenth century?
Q4) Charles V sacked __________ in 1527.
A) the Netherlands
B) Venice
C) Rome
D) Antwerp
Q5) Michelangelo's Pietà was installed as a tomb monument in __________.
A) Gesù
B) Palazzo
C) Old St. Peter's
D) Tempietto
Q6) Why is Michelangelo's David so well regarded and revered?
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Chapter 5: sixteenth-century art in northern Europe and the Iberian peninsula
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Q1) The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosch is filled with symbolism.Explore some of those symbols and discuss why it was such a revolutionary painting for its time.
Q2) In 1586,the __________ family commissioned El Greco to paint a large altarpiece honoring a great fourteenth-century ancestor.
A) Orgaz
B) Manuel
C) Luther
D) Augustine
Q3) Typical of Northern Renaissance art,Dürer's landscape in Adam and Eve is rich in
A) a variety of surface textures and tonal variations
B) closely observed renderings of nature
C) symbolic meaning
D) all of the above
Q4) __________ carved an altarpiece for the Abbey of Saint Anthony in Isenheim.
A) Riemenschneider
B) Durër
C) Altdorfer
D) Hagenauer
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Chapter 6: Seventeenth-Century art in Europe
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Q1) French academicians who favored classical principles of subject and design were known as __________.
A) conservatives
B) rubénistes (followers of Rubens)
C) poussinistes (followers of Poussin)
D) radicals
Q2) What are the subjects of debate regarding the enormous portrait Las Meninas (The Maids)by Velazquez? Discuss its many interpretations and the skills the artist used in creating it.
Q3) Why was Rubens so successful as an artist?
Q4) The undulating façade and building of the Church of San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane is the work of __________.
A) Pietro da Cortona
B) Caravaggio
C) Borromini
D) Maderno
Q5) Why did women artists gain success and notoriety in seventeenth century art?
Q6) Why did English Baroque architects replace the prevailing Gothic style?
Q7) How is Borromini's architecture eccentric or unusual?
Q8) How are Baroque naturalism and Baroque classicism similar and different?
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Chapter 7: art of south and southeast Asia after 1200
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Q1) Characteristic of a bodhisattva are his __________ garments.
A) princely
B) monk's
C) merchant's
D) laborer's
Q2) Monks from Nepal and Tibet have cultivated a form of Buddhism since the twelfth century known as ___________.
A) Therapeutic
B) Orthodox
C) Pure Land
D) Tantric
Q3) __________ is the bodhisattva of greatest compassion.
A) Avalokiteshvara
B) Mahavira
C) Palas
D) Agra
Q4) Define the movement known as bhakti.
Q5) Discuss the temple complex at Madurai .What are its characteristics?
Q6) Who is Krishna? Give examples of his representation in Indian art.
Q7) Discuss the characteristics of Tantric Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara .
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Chapter 8: Chinese and Korean art after 1279
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Q1) __________,a pre-eminent professional painter in the Ming period,produced the influential handscroll Spring Dawn in the Han Palace .
A) Guan Zhou
B) Zhao Mengfu
C) Qiu Ying
D) Dai Jin
Q2) __________'s painting,5-IV-71 ,reflects his study of Western modernism,as well as his Korean roots.
A) Zhao Mengfu
B) Gim Hwangi
C) Dong Qichang
D) Dai Jin
Q3) Prior to the Song dynasty,_________ had set the tone for artistic taste.
A) the scholarly class
B) Buddhist monks
C) the imperial court
D) foreign influences
Q4) What is a colophon?
Q5) Explain the Silhak movement.What is the meaning of the word "silhak"?
Q6) How did China view itself in relation to the rest of the world?
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Chapter 9: Japanese art after 1333
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Q1) The landscape paintings of Japan's ______in the Edo period reflect their interest in Chinese culture and ideas associated with Daoism.
A) aristocrats
B) literati
C) samurais
D) merchants
Q2) Ike Taiga's View of Kojima Bay blends what country's models with Japanese aesthetics and his own personal brushwork?
A) British
B) Indian
C) Malaysian
D) Chinese
Q3) The dry rock garden in the Zen temple of __________ is one of Japan's most renowned Zen sites.
A) Ryoanji
B) Nara
C) Heian
D) Asuka
Q4) What was the impact of Hokusai's Thirty-Six Views of Mt.Fuji on the arts?
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Chapter 10: Art of the Americas after 1300
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Q1) Aztec religion was based on __________.
A) idolatry
B) transcendentalism
C) monotheism
D) pantheism
Q2) The Studio School led by Dorothy Dunn taught students to combine qualities of folk art and _______with "Indian" subject matter to create a stereotypical style of art that appealed to collectors and tourists.
A) Art Deco
B) Impressionism
C) Realism
D) Japanisme
Q3) Which of the following was typically done by men in the Great Plains?
A) basketry
B) painting on buffalo-hide
C) quillwork
D) all of the above
Q4) What are the common traits of the different Native American peoples in their art?
Q5) How did the Aztecs use feathers?
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Chapter 11: art of pacific cultures
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Q1) As Polynesians migrated across the Pacific,they brought with them the production of __________,which was used for clothing,sails,mats,and ceremonial purposes.
A) tufa
B) bark cloth
C) bamboo
D) coral
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) What are the four geographic areas of Oceania?
Q4) How were the visual arts of the Pacific cultures connected to music,dance,and oral literature?
Q5) What are Moai?
Q6) What was Nan Madol?
Q7) How did missionaries play a role in the production of fiber arts?
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Chapter 12: art of Africa in the modern era
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Q1) The Fang people use what type of wooden sculpture as a point of mediation between ancestors and the living?
A) temple guardian
B) twin figure
C) tomb guardian
D) reliquary guardian
Q2) Swahili developed from the longtime mingling of Arabic with local __________ languages.
A) Latin American
B) Indo-European
C) Asian
D) African
Q3) What happened to art shipped from Africa to Western Europe prior to the twentieth century?
Q4) Whenever the okyeame or __________,for an Ashanti ruler spoke on behalf of the ruler,he held a staff.
A) father
B) spirit
C) spokesperson
D) shaman
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13: Eighteenth- and early-nineteenth century
Europe and NORTH America
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Q1) Known best for his vedute of ancient monuments and ruins,Piranesi became one of the most accomplished ____________in the eighteenth century
A) sculptors
B) printmakers
C) history painters
D) landscape painters
Q2) How did Wright glorify science?
Q3) This neoclassical sculptor,__________,specialized in grand public monuments and erotic mythological subjects.
A) Canova
B) Goya
C) Ingres
D) David
Q4) How was the career of Angelica Kauffmann distinctive among female painters of the eighteenth century?
A) She was trained by her father
B) She painted history paintings.
C) She was restricted to still life subjects.
D) She quit painting after having children.
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Chapter 14: mid-to late nineteenth-century art in Europe and the united states
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Q1) The group of artists called the Société Anonyme des Artistes Peintures,Sculptors,Graveurs,etc.is particularly significant for its role in
A) promoting the work of women artists as equal to that of their male colleagues
B) the rise of independent exhibitions and gallery system to promote a diverse range of art
C) emphasizing the importance of art to represent the fleeting effects of light and color
D) unifying the avant-garde artists in France
Q2) Napoleon III developed the Salon des Refusés for artists rejected from the official
A) government
B) opéra
C) Salon
D) church
Q3) What about Dejeuner sur L'Herbe was particularly shocking?
A) the depiction of the female nude
B) the references to important artworks of the past
C) the "immoral" subject matter
D) all of the above
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1900-1950
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Q1) 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
Q2) A distinctive feature of Le Corbusier's Modern architecture is its ______________.
A) lack of ornamentation
B) domino construction system
C) emphasis on rational functional design
D) all of the above
Q3) How did Dadaist artists respond to the horrors seen during World War I?
A) They mocked established cultural traditions.
B) They introduced new forms for art.
C) They provided social critique through satire.
D) All of the above.
Q4) What is an example of Modern artists looking to non-western art during this period?
Q5) What are the different kinds of Surrealism?
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Chapter 16: The international scene since 1950
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Q1) The artist Shirin Neshat' "Women of Allah" series of photographs explores how Iranian women are ______________.
A) stereotyped in the West
B) treated in Iran
C) violent
D) devoutly religious
Q2) Deconstructivist architecture deliberately departed from traditional architecture by creating _____________.
A) open spaces in the design
B) drawings in space
C) symmetrical components
D) "decentered" designs
Q3) In the 1950s and 1960s several artists argued that ______________was just as important as a finished art object.
A) the readymade
B) the artist's idea
C) the creative process
D) reproductions of art
Q4) How did the activism of the 1960's influence art?
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