Art History Survey
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Course Introduction
Art History Survey offers a comprehensive overview of significant artistic movements, styles, and works from prehistoric times to the present day. This course explores the evolution of art in relation to historical, cultural, and technological developments across diverse regions and societies. Students will analyze major works and their creators, gaining an understanding of arts role in shaping and reflecting human experience. Through discussions, visual analysis, and critical evaluation, participants will develop foundational skills in identifying, interpreting, and appreciating the visual language of art across various periods and cultures.
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Art History 5th Edition by Michael W. Cothren
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Chapter 1: Prehistoric Art in Europ
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a type of ceramics?
A) Porcelain
B) Earthenware
C) Kiln
D) Stoneware
Answer: C
Q2) Small-scale female sculptures from the Upper Paleolithic period were once called __________figures, which implied a religious association, although this has not yet been proven.
A) tomb
B) Venus
C) Eve
D) servant
Answer: B
Q3) The word "Neolithic" means __________.
A) new stone
B) symbolic writing
C) writing in stone
D) new history
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Art of the Ancient Near East
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Q1) In the Stele of Naram-Sin , what artistic device is used to signal Naram-Sin's importance and reinforce his divine right to rule?
A) Relative perspective
B) Hierarchic scale
C) Registers
D) Silhouetting
Answer: B
Q2) What subject was NOT depicted in the relief panels decorating Assurbanipal's palace at Nineveh?
A) scenes of court life
B) battle scenes
C) hunting scenes
D) scenes from the Epic of Gilgamesh
Answer: D
Q3) In the ancient Near East, why was there a need to control the water supply of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Answer: NO Answer
Q4) Why was Mesopotamia vulnerable to political upheaval?
Answer: NO Answer
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Chapter 3: Art of Ancient Egypt
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT associated with the preservation of the ka?
A) mummification
B) serdab
C) palette
D) ka statue
Answer: C
Q2) The Great Sphinx is thought to be a portrait of __________.
A) Menkaure
B) Cheops
C) Khufu
D) Khafre
Answer: D
Q3) Egyptians who could not afford elaborate tombs commissioned funerary _________ as personal monuments meant to memorialize them and to inspire the living to make them offerings.
A) ka statues
B) chapels
C) stelai
D) mummy portraits
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Art of the Ancient Aegean
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Q1) What scene is shown in the various Bull Leaping murals?
Q2) The leader of the Greek army that conquered the city of Troy was called
A) Patroclus
B) Agamemnon
C) Paris
D) Achilles
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a technique used in Aegean metalworking?
A) filigree
B) repoussé
C) faience
D) niello
Q4) The Statuette of a Male Figure was ___________.
A) made from clay
B) a multi-media work
C) life-size
D) similar to Egyptian faience
Q5) Why is the term Labyrinth appropriate for the Palace of Knossos?
Q6) What makes Minoan wall painting an eloquent art form?
Q7) Why are Minoan metalwork and ceramics techniques so sophisticated?
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Chapter 5: Art of Ancient Greece
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Q1) The Greek myth of creation involved a battle between the earth gods, or __________, and the sky gods.
A) Cretans
B) Olympians
C) Titans
D) Muses
Q2) The Sanctuary at Delphi was the sacred home of the Greek god __________.
A) Apollo
B) Achilles
C) Hermes
D) Mars
Q3) What were the first Olympic games?
Q4) Which of the following does NOT appear on the Funerary Krater from the Dipylon Cemetery ?
A) geometric designs and patterns
B) depictions of funerary ritual
C) images of the Greek landscape
D) mourners expressing their grief
Q5) According to Greek legend, what is the story of creation?
Q6) What is the Propylaia?
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Chapter 6: Etruscan and Roman Art
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Q1) In the Initiation Rites of the Cult of Baachus (?) at the Villa of the Mysteries , the figural scenes take place _________________.
A) against a monochromatic background
B) in a distant landscape
C) on a shallow stage
D) before a proscenium
Q2) Scholars believe that the elaborate murals at the Villa of the Mysteries depict__________.
A) an accurate representation of the city of Pompeii
B) portraits of the inhabitants as various stages of their lives
C) initiation rites for the cult of Baachus
D) none of the above
Q3) Artists decorating the Villa at Boscoreale used ___________to create a general impression of real space beyond the wall.
A) mosaic
B) drillwork
C) intuitive perspective
D) fresco
Q4) What was the purpose of the wall paintings at the Villa of the Mysteries ?
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Chapter 7: Jewish and Early Christian Art
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Q1) The mosaics in the rotunda of St. George in Thessaloniki depict
A) gods and goddesses
B) Jonah and the Whale
C) Christ as the Good Shepherd
D) standing saints
Q2) The image of Christ in the Cubiculum of Leonis is iconic because _______________.
A) it is located in a catacomb
B) Christ appears as the good shepherd
C) he performs miracles
D) it symbolizes an idea
Q3) The peacocks on the Sarcophagus of Constantina symbolize __________.
A) Bacchus
B) religious freedom
C) eternal life in paradise
D) the Eucharist
Q4) How is the Bible organized?
Q5) Trace the development of Early Christian architecture from its origins in pagan structures.
Q6) How does Santa Costanza represent a tholos?
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Chapter 8: Byzantine Art
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Q1) The image of the Lamentation at Nerezi reflects the ______________ of Byzantine art under the Komnenians.
A) short squatty figures
B) painterly spontaneity
C) flat, two-dimensionality
D) aloof and emotionless quality
Q2) What are the "three golden ages" of Byzantine art and when did each occur?
Q3) During the Late Byzantine period, the territory of the Byzantine Empire decreased to _____________.
A) small areas of the Balkan and Greece
B) Constantinople and Russia
C) Greece and eastern Europe
D) Greece and Macedonia
Q4) How do the mosaics in the Church of the Dormition at Daphni convey a mood and message?
Q5) Why was Constantinople easy to defend?
Q6) What made the third great age of Byzantine art possible?
Q7) How is the main dome of Hagia Sophia supported?
Q9) What stories do the mosaics of San Vitale in Ravenna tell? Page 10
Q8) What caused the iconoclasm of 726 CE and what was the result?
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Chapter 9: Islamic Art
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Q1) How does Islamic architecture reflect Muslim beliefs and religious practice?
Q2) The basic design of a mosque derived from what building prototype?
A) the Dome of the Rock
B) Muhammad's home
C) the Roman atrium
D) ziggurats in the ancient Near East
Q3) The Muslim place of worship is called the __________.
A) cathedral
B) basilica
C) mosque
D) temple
Q4) Islam's aniconic tradition can be traced to ______________.
A) Persian artistic traditions
B) the Ten Commandments Moses received on Mt. Sinai
C) Muhammad's destruction of pagan idols in the Kaaba
D) Islamic emphasis on the written word
Q5) How does the Great Mosque of Kairouan reflect the early mosque form, but with new additions?
Q6) Why was the site of the Great Mosque in Cordoba so appropriate?
Q7) What attributes make the Alhambra so beautiful?
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Chapter 10: Art of South and Southeast Asia Before 1200
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Q1) The Eternal Shiva at the Temple at Elephanta conveys the range of Shiva's powers through the naturalistic presentation of ___________.
A) a figure with multiple heads and arms
B) a four-armed figure
C) a three-headed figure
D) a five-headed figure
Q2) The Female Figure Holding a Fly Whisk is characteristic of Mauryan period sculpture in the ______________.
A) figure's fleshy sensuality
B) high polished sandstone
C) representation of a yakshi figure
D) all of the above
Q3) The erotic sculptures decorating the Kandariya Mahadeva are thought to express__________.
A) Shiva's divine bliss
B) a ritual ceremony
C) Shiva's consorts
D) human lust
Q4) How does the Great Stupa at Sanchi represent the central Indian type of stupa?
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Chapter 11: Chinese and Korean Art Before 1279
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Q1) 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
Q2) Han dynasty architecture is known only from ceramic models found in _________.
A) stupas
B) caves
C) shrines
D) tombs
Q3) What were the favorite subjects of the Academy of Painters of the Southern Song dynasty?
Q4) As was the case in India and China, some of the finest examples of Buddhist art in Korea were produced for ________patrons.
A) lower-class
B) male
C) royal
D) female
Q5) How did Shang priests communicate with the supernatural world?
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Chapter 12: Japanese Art Before 1333
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Q1) Small humanoid figures made out of clay by the people of the middle and late Jomon period are called __________.
A) dogu
B) Vishnu
C) shika
D) rama
Q2) What visual characteristics are apparent in Jomon period pottery?
Q3) Archaeological discoveries show Japan to be the site of the oldest _________ever found.
A) musical instruments
B) ceramic pottery
C) wooden architecture
D) bronze weapons
Q4) What was one result of a strong central authority in Nara?
Q5) Discuss the interplay of indigenous traditions and transmitted culture in Japanese art.
Q6) What was the possible purpose of Jomon dogu?
Q7) What is Esoteric Buddhism and how is the concept artistically interpreted?
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Q8) How does Zen Buddhist art differ from that of Esoteric and Pure Land Buddhism?
Q9) How do raigo paintings differ from mandalas?
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Chapter 13: Art of the Americas Before 1300
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Q1) What advancements were developed by the people of Mesoamerica?
Q2) Discuss the cultures of North America and their various earthworks.
Q3) What Mayan object commonly included inscriptions or painted text?
A) cylinder vessels
B) wall paintings
C) monumental stelae
D) all of the above
Q4) Mayan temples set atop steep pyramids with _______levels, which probably reflected the culture's concept of the underworld.
A) 3
B) 6
C) 9
D) 10
Q5) For what achievements are the Maya known?
Q6) Why might the most extensive great house in Chaco Canyon, Pueblo Bonito, have had so many rooms?
Q7) What do the carved lintels of a palace in Yaxchilan represent?
Q8) What did the Paracas culture use textiles for?
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Q9) What three cultures rose in the early American Southwest?
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Chapter 14: Early African Art
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Q1) The numerous rock-cut sanctuaries at Lalibela in Ethiopia is evidence of the popularity of ___________in the thirteenth century.
A) Buddhism
B) Hinduism
C) Judaism
D) Christianity
Q2) Old Jenné excavations have led to the discovery of hundred of polished, low-fire terra-cotta figures. In what country can Old Jenné be found?
A) Mali
B) Zimbabwe
C) Nigeria
D) Kongo
Q3) How might a person of Igbo-Ukwu be buried as exemplified in ?
Q4) Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the hundreds of small sculptures found at the site of Old Jenné?
A) the use of terra-cotta
B) polished surfaces covered in red clay slip
C) composite figures combining human and animal forms
D) carved, engraved and painted surface decorations
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Chapter 15: Early Medieval Art in Europe
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Q1) What was the appearance of the new style that emerged in Scandinavia and the British Isles in the tenth century?
Q2) What time period is considered to be the Middle Ages?
Q3) Charlemagne's private chapel was in the city of __________.
A) Prague
B) Aachen
C) Heidelberg
D) Strasburg
Q4) Which Roman prototype provided an artistic model for realizing Charlemagne's vision of "the Renewal of the Roman Empire"?
A) equestrian portraits of the emperor
B) basilica-plan churches
C) illuminated manuscripts
D) all of the above
Q5) What is was the most likely use of the Lindisfarne Gospels?
A) It was the primary reference used by monks at the monastery at Lindisfarne.
B) It was read during liturgical services by the bishop of Lindisfarne.
C) It was carried during processionals and displayed on the altar.
D) It was used by a wealthy patron in private devotion.
Q6) What were the uses of books during the Carolingian empire?
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Chapter 16: Romanesque Art
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Q1) In the realm of secular architecture, the __________, known as the keep in England or the donjon in France, stood in the middle of a courtyard surrounded by walls.
A) Great Tower
B) campanile
C) base
D) stay
Q2) How did Romanesque artists decorate their buildings?
Q3) How does the abbey and church of Notre-Dame at Fontenay reflect Cistercian architecture?
Q4) Intellectual life in the Romanesque period involved the establishment of the first universities in the cities of __________, __________, __________, and __________.
A) London; Florence; Rome; Madrid
B) Bologna; Paris; Oxford; Cambridge
C) Venice; Rome; Paris; Cambridge
D) Oxford; London; Florence; Rome
Q5) How did Romanesque artists change the column capital?
Q6) How did the exteriors of Tuscan basilicas differ from other early Christian basilicas?
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Chapter 17: Gothic Art of the Twelfth and Thirteenth
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Q1) The Royal Portal at the Church of Notre Dame at Chartres gets its name from
A) its function as the ceremonial entrance for church officials
B) its function as the king's private entrance
C) the column statues depicting members of the French royal family
D) the column statues depicting Biblical kings, queens, and prophets
Q2) Why is the Church of St. Francis at Assisi a typical Franciscan church?
Q3) What improvements did Abbot Suger make to Saint-Denis?
Q4) The first true Gothic hall church was the Church of __________ of Hungary in Marburg.
A) Saint Foy
B) Saint Dame
C) Saint Clare
D) Saint Elizabeth
Q5) Why was Reims Cathedral a reflection of 100 years of change in plan, iconography, and workshops?
Q6) What relics of Christ are contained in Sainte-Chapelle?
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Q7) What is a flying buttress and what function did it serve at Chartres?
Q9) How are stained glass windows made?
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Chapter 18: Fourteenth-century Art in Europe
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Q1) The __________, surrounded by a court of angels and Siena's patron saints, are the subject of the Maestà's (18-10) central panel.
A) Virgin and Christ Child
B) Angel Gabriel and the Virgin
C) Angels Gabriel and Michael
D) John the Baptist and the Virgin
Q2) Discuss the significance of Prague in the fourteenth century.
Q3) The city council of Siena commissioned__________ to fresco the city hall with scenes of good and bad government.
A) Ambrogio Lorenzetti
B) Duccio
C) Giotto
D) Cimabue
Q4) According to Millard Meiss, artists working after the Black Death reverted to a __________ in religious art.
A) softly modeled style
B) highly detailed naturalism
C) classically-posed figures
D) hieratic linearity
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Chapter 19: Fifteenth-century Art in Northern Europe
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Q1) The printing technique of engraving probably derived from workers in what trade?
A) stained glass
B) goldsmithing
C) potters
D) sculptors
Q2) The term "Flamboyant" in architecture is a reference to the
A) the flame-like tracery patterns
B) geometric character
C) the height of the building
D) presence of windows
Q3) How does the manuscript
A) It highlights her close relationship with the priest.
B) The church setting underscores her regular attendance at Mass.
C) Her spiritual vision comes through private meditation.
D) The light through the widow symbolizes God's presence.
Q4) Discuss the achievements of Roger van der Weyden. Cite specific works of art, address style, technique, subject matter, and patronage.
Q5) How did women artists in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries learn to paint? Cite examples of individual women artists.
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Chapter 20: 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
Q2) Consider the artistic career of the sculptor Donatello. Cite specific works. Discuss the subjects he portrayed and the development of his style.
Q3) Why is Florence considered the cradle of the Italian Renaissance?
A) its proximity to ancient ruins that inspired Renaissance artists
B) the many wealthy merchants who were patrons of the arts
C) it fostered a competitive atmosphere that encouraged innovation and individual accomplishment
D) its political and economic dominance among Italian cities of the fifteenth century
Q4) Discuss Ghiberti's commission for the Baptistery of Florence. What did he create for this commission? Was it a success? Address his style and technique for this project.
Q5) Discuss the context of the Foundling Hospital.
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Chapter 21: Sixteenth-century Art in Italy
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Q1) In contrast to Leonardo da Vinci's beliefs, Michelangelo believed __________to be the most complete means of creating an illusion of the natural world.
A) painting
B) sculpture
C) drawing
D) none of the above
Q2) Leonardo's famous drawing of a man inscribed within a circle and a square derives from his study of the Roman architect_________.
A) Publius
B) Constantine
C) Augustus
D) Vitruvius
Q3) What was Palladio's great contribution to Venetian religious architecture?
Q4) In Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Ceiling , the _____________are depicted in the spandrels.
A) prophets
B) signs of the zodiac
C) ancestors of Jesus
D) apostles
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Chapter 22: Sixteenth-century Art in Northern Europe and
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Q1) How did Bruegel's travels impact his art?
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) Although Martin Luther never supported __________, many Protestant zealots destroyed sculpture, stained glass, and religious paintings they felt was idolatrous.
A) empire
B) legislature
C) iconoclasm
D) renaissance
Q4) What kind of art was favored in the Tudor Court?
Q5) Dürer's work in which media led to his fame and fortune?
A) goldsmithing
B) graphic arts and painting
C) architecture
D) sculpture
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Chapter 23: Seventeenth-century Art in Europe
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Q1) The __________ family, two brothers and a cousin, founded an art academy in Bologna.
A) Cortona
B) Tassi
C) Borromini
D) Carracci
Q2) Murillo worked in __________, despite its decline after an outbreak of the plague in 1649.
A) Antwerp
B) Toledo
C) Madrid
D) Seville
Q3) Rembrandt's study of Italian Renaissance art was done mostly through
A) travel to Italy in the early years of his career
B) engravings and paintings imported through the Amsterdam art market
C) his access to private art collections in Amsterdam
D) his frequent travel to foreign courts
Q4) How did portraiture change in the seventeenth century?
Q5) How did Vermeer make his paintings?
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Chapter 24: Art of South and Southeast Asia After 1200
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Q1) In the early twentieth century, the British wished to welcome King George V on his visit to India, and commissioned George Wittet to design the __________.
A) Buland Darvaza (The Lofty Gate)
B) Gateway of India
C) Shwe-dagon stupa
D) Taj Mahal
Q2) A fairly recent excavation confirmed that the ceramics of _________ were shipped throughout Southeast Asia and to Japan and parts of Western Europe.
A) Korea
B) Vietnam
C) Malaysia
D) Japan
Q3) Explain the process of painting a human face in Indian art? What is significant about the order? Cite a specific example.
Q4) Discuss the influence of outside cultures on the art and architecture of India using specific examples to support your ideas. Consider how indigenous practices and beliefs were incorporated into this later period.
Q5) Discuss the temple complex at Madurai . What are its characteristics?
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Chapter 25: Chinese and Korean Art After 1279
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Q1) The decorative arts, especially __________, thrived during the Ming dynasty.
A) sculpture
B) woodcuts
C) engravings
D) porcelain
Q2) Discuss the rise of literati painting in Chinese art history. Using specific examples, discuss the philosophical and artistic characteristics of these works and their historical relationship to China's imperial dynasties.
Q3) During the early part of the Joseon dynasty, the Koreans invented their __________, known as Han'geul.
A) history
B) seal
C) alphabet
D) legacy
Q4) 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
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Chapter 26: Japanese Art After 1333
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Q1) __________, an esteemed sixteenth-century painter from the Kano school, painted fusuma for Daitoku-ji, a well-known Zen monastery in Kyoto.
A) Gita
B) Vishnu
C) Kano Eitoku
D) Sesshu
Q2) __________ was an esteemed Zen monk-artist of the Muromachi period who traveled in China.
A) Weh Lin
B) Shubun
C) Sesshu
D) Bunsei
Q3) A __________ is an alcove, usually found in a tea house, where a Zen scroll or a simple flower arrangement may be displayed.
A) Tokonoma
B) Fusuma
C) Bhakti
D) Stupa
Q4) What was the impact of Hokusai's Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji on the arts?
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Chapter 27: Art of the Americas After 1300
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Q1) What are some qualities of Plains Indian art?
Q2) There are three principal basket-making techniques: __________, plaiting, and twining.
A) shoving
B) brushing
C) burning
D) coiling
Q3) What changes occurred in the production of Native American beadwork after European contact?
A) Native artists began to use glass beads from Venice and Bohemia.
B) Decorative beadwork became commonplace.
C) Native artists adapted European needlework techniques and floral designs.
D) All of the above.
Q4) What features did the Aztecs and Incas share in their art?
Q5) Northwest painting and weaving images are composed of two basic elements: the __________ and the formline.
A) bear
B) bull
C) scribe
D) ovoid
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Chapter 28: Art of Pacific Cultures
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Q1) How has the production of bark cloth changed in modern times?
A) Environmental concerns about extinct species of trees has ended its production.
B) The bark is now beaten using a mechanical process.
C) Contemporary fabric paint is often used for decoration.
D) Synthetic material resembling bark is used.
Q2) What has been the primary criticism of Pacific culture arts festivals in recent years?
A) A number of smaller cultures have not been represented.
B) Native traditions have been negatively impacted by increased professionalism and commercialism.
C) Organizing the festivals is expensive and drains the local economy.
D) Sacred tribal secrets have been disclosed to uninitiated outsiders.
Q3) The monumental Moai figures on Rapa Nui are carved from ______.
A) granite
B) tufa
C) marble
D) coral
Q4) How are the Pacific cultures similar and different?
Q5) 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) Yoruba sculptural figures are typically __________ in size and static in position.
A) tall
B) rotund
C) short
D) mismatched
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) How does art in Africa relate to the world of ancestors and other spirits?
Q4) How do the Chokwe use divination?
Q5) How did the Nkanu peoples confront colonial domination through art?
Q6) The Kuba create a variety of embroidered textiles that are used in celebratory festivals as well as in ____________.
A) disguised initiation ceremonies
B) armed funeral rituals
C) guarded everyday activities
D) decorated divination practices
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Chapter 30: Eighteenth-
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Q1) What are the sources for Jefferson's Monticello ?
Q2) With his success as a moralizing painter, the artist __________ was able to give up portraiture, which he considered a deplorable form of vanity.
A) Hogarth
B) Fragonard
C) Boucher
D) Gainsborough
Q3) How does Rococo art differ from art based on Classical tradition?
Q4) Neumann used Borromini's Baroque design as the basis for his church in
A) Rome
B) London
C) Paris
D) Würzburg
Q5) 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
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Chapter 31:
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Q1) What is Symbolism?
Q2) The earliest photographers asserted the artistic value of their work by ________________.
A) organizing museum exhibitions of their photographs
B) imitating the subjects and styles of painting
C) signing their names to the bottoms of prints
D) seeking patrons who would support their work
Q3) During the nineteenth century, who were major patrons of the arts?
A) monarchs
B) workers
C) church officials
D) industrialists and entrepreneurs
Q4) 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
Q5) How did Manet break with conventions in his paintings?
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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) Which Dadaist idea would have a radical influence on art of the later twentieth century?
A) the rejection of three-dimensional illusionism in painting
B) the belief that art could convey spiritual concerns through non-objective imagery
C) the notion that art was not precious, but could exist as conceptual ideas and actions
D) the role of the subconscious in revealing universal symbols and meaning
Q3) How did Walter Gropius's design for the Bauhaus building convey the dynamism of modern life?
A) The three large cubic areas had a balanced asymmetry.
B) It used modern materials and technology in a traditional architectural form.
C) It emphasized hand-crafted workmanship and aesthetic quality.
D) It integrated the building's form organically into the surrounding landscape.
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Chapter 33: The International Scene Since 1950
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Q1) The art of Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg questioned the influential ideas of ____________.
A) Clement Greenberg
B) John Cage
C) Willem de Kooning
D) Jasper Johns
Q2) Why did the Minimal artists eliminate personal feeling and social references from their work?
Q3) What traditional institution does Fred Wilson critique in his interventionist installations?
A) universities
B) museum exhibitions
C) courts of law
D) banks
Q4) What did artists do from 1955 to 1965 to bring the real world into their art?
Q5) What are some of the issues New Media artists address in their art?
Q6) What is Postmodern art?
Q7) How did Feminists impact the art world?
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Q8) How did the Conceptual artists eliminate the art object?
Q9) What is Performance Art?
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