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Course Introduction
Art of the Western World offers a comprehensive exploration of the visual arts from antiquity to the present, focusing on the development of artistic styles, major movements, and influential artists in Europe and North America. This course examines works of painting, sculpture, and architecture within their historical, cultural, and philosophical contexts, tracing the evolution of aesthetic ideals and techniques from Ancient Greece and Rome through the Renaissance, Baroque, Romanticism, Modernism, and into contemporary art. Students will analyze representative works, engage with critical theory, and develop skills in visual literacy, fostering a deep appreciation for the role of art in shaping Western civilization.
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Gardner s Art Through the Ages A Global History Vol 2 14th Edition by Fred S. Kleiner
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Chapter 14: Late Medieval Italy
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Q1) Which of the following is the sculptor whose work showed the greatest influence of the forms of classical antiquity?
A) Nicola Pisano
B) Giovanni Pisano
C) Berlinghieri
D) Pietro Cavallini
Answer: A
Q2) The International Style illustrated rich color, intricate patterns, and weightless figures. Which of the following works depicts this style?
A) Lamentation
B) Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints (Maestà)
C) Seated Apostles (Last Judgment)
D) Annunciation
Answer: D
Q3) In what way does this work reflect liturgical theater?
Answer: Duccio, Betrayal of Jesus (Maestà) . Duccio has differentiated between the emotions of the participants in the same way such emotions would be presented in a liturgical drama. He is presenting them as actors giving them thoroughly human actions and reactions.
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Chapter 15: South and Southeast Asia Before 1200
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Q1) Select the response that identifies or corresponds best to the image on the screen.
A) Avatar of Vishnu
B) Shiva Nataraja
C) Buddha
D) Harihara
Answer: B
Q2) Select the response that identifies or corresponds best to the image on the screen.
A) Mauryan royal motif
B) Yakshi
C) Buddha
D) Durga
Answer: A
Q3) How does the Hindu temple relate to the belief system?
Answer: The temple is considered the home of the god or gods and it is here that the deity or deities make themselves visible to the worshiper. The core of the temple is the womb chamber, which houses the statues or symbols of the god/gods, only the Brahmin priests can enter into this chamber. The worshiper must stand at the threshold and see the deity as it is manifested in the image.
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Chapter 16: China and Korea to 1279
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Q1) Which of the following is characteristic of the Han pictorial style?
A) gold leaf backgrounds
B) rounded forms with rhythmic contours
C) no floral motifs
D) use of linear perspective devices
Answer: B
Q2) Evaluate Shang bronzes and what they say about the period.
Answer: Shang bronze could rival any ancient civilization. Shang bronzes also indicate a long period of development before such mastery could be achieved. The numbers of bronzes point to a well-organized system of workshops and the high regard the medium was held.
Q3) How does each object define the visual vocabulary of its respective period?
Answer: Bi, Eastern Zhou Dynasty and Guang, Shang Dynasty . Jade carving reached its zenith during the Zhou Dynasty. The Bi is an elegant piece with dragons, representing the tie between heaven and earth and good fortune. It would accompany the deceased as part of the grave goods. The bronze vessel is a ritual vessel that has multiple designs and background spirals fully integrated onto the surface. The shape of the vessel and the designs become one. It is unlikely that this vessel was pure ornamental design but probably connected the ritual with the spirit world.
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Chapter 17: Japan Before 1333
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Q1) Compare these two sacred buildings, what is the individual function of each, and how are they alike?
Q2) Briefly describe the Japanese workshop system.
Q3) The Legends of Mount Shigi represents a different facet of narrative handscroll painting. It belongs to which of the following genres?
A) pious Buddhist tales
B) lascivious court tales
C) journals of Japanese travelers to China
D) historical accounts of Nara court members
Q4) Describe the Kamakura period. How did it impact Japanese art and society? Use examples to support your essay.
Q5) Paintings and sculptures of the Amida Buddha descending with a retinue to greet his followers were popular with members of which of the following sects?
A) Esoteric sects
B) Maitreya sects
C) Paradise sects
D) Hinayana sects
Q6) Who was Tori Busshi? What was his role in art history?
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Chapter 18: Native Arts of the Americas Before 1300
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Q1) How are the gorgets excavated from Native American temple mounds significant?
Q2) The Mesoamerican Mexican Pre-classic period is ____.
A) 3000 BCE-CE 2000
B) 2000 BCE-CE 300
C) 100-900 CE
D) 200-500 CE
Q3) Teotihuacán as well as its key pyramids are carefully oriented. Which of the following is the commonly suggested reasoning for such placement?
A) related to the calendar of the gods
B) related to the topography of the area
C) related to the legend of the king
D) related to astronomical phenomena
Q4) Which of the following supports the importance of San Lorenzo and La Venta to Olmec culture?
A) provided opportunities for the Olmec to gather and celebrate
B) represented the structure and ideals of Olmec society
C) allowed the Olmec to focus on the power of the king
D) provided income for the priesthood
Q5) How is the polychromed finish achieved on this vase?
Q6) What does the location of the Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde signify?
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Chapter 19: Africa Before 1800
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Q1) How does this mosque differ from typical Middle Eastern mosques?
Q2) What objects did Sapi artists create for export during the sixteenth century?
A) gold statues
B) brass altars
C) ivory objects
D) wooden masks
Q3) What is distinctly African about the Sapi saltcellar?
Q4) Compare the statue of the Ife King and the Benin Ivory waist pendant. How does each work exemplify royalty? How does each work indicate status?
Q5) What is the significance of tame leopards flanking the Benin Oba?
Q6) Explain the use of art to indicate social status in Africa. Use examples to support your essay.
Q7) Describe the purpose of this work.
Q8) Where do the Yoruba legends place their origins?
A) Ile-Ife
B) Benin City
C) Igbo-Ukwu
D) Tassili
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Q9) What are the European components of the Sapi saltcellar?
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Chapter 20: Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe
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Q1) Which art form grew in popularity partially because of its ability to memorialize the sitter?
A) portraiture
B) reliquaries
C) small altarpieces
D) church construction
Q2) Compare and contrast the work of Flemish style painting with French style painting. How are they similar and how are they different? Use examples to support your essay.
Q3) In Martin Schongauer's engraving he created distinctions of tonal values and textures. He distinguished between skin and cloth, feather and fur. Which of the following is the title of Martin Schongauer's engraving?
A) Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons
B) The Crucifixion
C) The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine
D) The Adoration of the Shepherds
Q4) Compare and contrast the works of the Limbourg Brothers and Konrad Witz. How do these artists represent their periods and patrons? Use examples to support your essay.
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Chapter 21: the Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy
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Q1) In what ways does the plan of this building reflect the ideal forms of Renaissance architecture?
Q2) Why is the subject of Piero della Francesca' Resurrection atypical for its location?
Q3) How did Gentile da Fabriano reflect the International style in the first half of the fifteenth century?
Q4) Ghiberti's competitive panel for the Baptistery doors of the Florence Cathedral shows classical references that reflect influences of humanism. Which of the following is a classical reference seen on Ghiberti's panel?
A) the drapery flowing from the body of Isaac
B) the elongated S curve of Isaac's body
C) the profusion of cloth puddled around Abraham
D) the naked figure of Isaac
Q5) What does the interior of Santo Spirito exemplify?
Q6) Why was Mantua important to art history in this period?
Q7) How was Signorelli influential?
Q8) Describe the impact humanism and its attendant philosophy had on the subject matter of Italian artists. Use examples to support your essay.
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Q9) How did perspective shape Renaissance art? Discuss three examples.
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Chapter 22: Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento
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Q1) The Sistine ceiling represents which of the following themes?
A) the chronology of Christianity
B) the history of the papacy
C) the history of Julius II
D) the chronology of the Early Christian Church in Rome
Q2) His remarkable sense of color and his ability to convey light through color emerge in the altarpiece, Assumption of the Virgin. Who was this artist?
A) Michelangelo
B) Raphael
C) Titian
D) Giorgione
Q3) How does the work of Veronese reflect Venice in the late 16 century?
Q4) How is Titian's Venus d'Urbino significant?
Q5) How does Giorgione exemplify Poesia?
Q6) Contrast three works each of Leonardo and Michelangelo. How did these two artists impact the art of 16th century Italy and Europe? Use examples to support your essay.
Q7) What innovations occurred in portraiture in the sixteenth century and how did portraiture develop?
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Chapter 23: High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern
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Q1) How does this work reflect the growing popularity of landscape?
Q2) Which of the following artists specialized in portraiture?
A) Grünewald
B) Hans Holbein
C) Altdorfer
D) Pieter Bruegel
Q3) The Protestant concern about the role of religious imagery was in many cases outright hostile. Martin Luther spoke about destroying images. This destruction of religious imagery also occurred during the Byzantine period. Which of the following defines this act?
A) idolatry
B) iconography
C) iconoclasm
D) iconology
Q4) Who said "Depart not from nature according to your fancy, imagining to find aught better by yourself?"
A) Holbein
B) Cranach the Elder
C) Mabuse
D) Dürer
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Chapter 24: the Baroque in Italy and Spain
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Q1) Which of the following were among the founding members of the Bolognese Academy of Art?
A) the Farnese
B) the Caravaggisti
C) Fra Andrea Pozzo
D) the Carracci
Q2) Which of the following artists most influenced the work of Artemisia Gentileschi?
A) Annibale Carracci
B) Guido Reni
C) Bernini
D) Caravaggio
Q3) Caravaggio's style found many imitators. Identify some of the artists who were influenced by Caravaggio's art. Which elements of his art did they incorporate? What are the unique aspects of their own style?
Q4) Describe the various illusionistic techniques employed in ceiling paintings during the seventeenth century.
Q5) How is Bernini's intimate experience with theater reflected in the Cornaro chapel?
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Chapter 25: the Baroque in Northern Europe
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Q1) How did Vermeer celebrate his profession?
Q2) The creation of which of the following allowed merchant firms to hold money on account instead of carrying precious metals as a form of payment for trade goods?
A) transfer merchandizing
B) International Company of Bankers
C) Bank of Amsterdam
D) Bank of Genoa
Q3) In Jan Steen's The Feast of St. Nicolas the artist has captured the joy and chaos of Christmas holidays. He has also added a subtle satirical jab at adult society by using children and their behaviors to mirror adult behaviors. Which of the following behaviors did Steen allude to in this painting?
A) calm
B) generosity
C) selfishness
D) greed
Q4) What role did the city of Amsterdam play in the 17 century?
Q5) Both of these paintings represent peasants. The artists are from the same country and same century. How do you account for the differences you see in the depictions?
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Chapter 26: Rococo to Neoclassicism: the 18th Century in Europe and America
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Q1) How did Balthasar Neumann create a new interior effect in a roughly traditional basilican plan church?
Q2) How does this depict a successful "history" painting?
Q3) What was the political meaning attributed to David's Oath of the Horatii?
Q4) Neoclassicism invoked classical references of patriotism and trust in unshakable authority serving imperial agendas. Which of the following leaders embraced these aspects of Neoclassicism?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) Napoleon
C) George IV
D) George Washington
Q5) Who was the artist who portrayed contemporaries participating in the great events of the latter half of the eighteenth century?
A) Gainsborough
B) Stubbs
C) Wright of Derby
D) Reynolds
Q6) What is "Grand manner Portraiture"?
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Q7) How does Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun represent eighteenth-century portraiture?
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America, 1800 to 1870
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Q1) Which of the following artists was most concerned with painting realistic scenes of poor and oppressed peoples?
A) Courbet
B) Eakins
C) Bouguereau
D) Bonheur
Q2) What features of John Constable's landscapes reveal a kinship with Romantic artists?
Q3) Courbet preferred to paint which of the following themes?
A) mythology in the Pompeian style
B) the "beautiful" as defined by the Academy
C) realistic scenes as he saw them
D) scenes of suffering, pathos, and ecstasy
Q4) What was the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood?
Q5) What is the significance of Courbet's style for the Realist movement?
Q6) How do each of these works display characteristics of the Romantic movement?
Q7) What is the interpretation of Goya's Saturn Devouring his Children?
Q8) How did Timothy O'Sullivan's A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1863 respond as a new medium and how did it impact the nation? Page 17
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Chapter 28: Impressionism, Post-impressionism,
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Q1) Which of the following artists is categorized as a Symbolist?
A) Redon
B) Cassatt
C) Morisot
D) Whistler
Q2) What is the subject of this work and what were the artist's aims in representing it?
Q3) How did Rodin impact later generations of sculptors?
Q4) Briefly describe Post-Impressionism.
Q5) Who said: "Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I have before my eyes, I use color more arbitrarily so as to express myself forcibly . . . I have tried to express the terrible passions of humanity by means of red and green . . ."?
A) Monet
B) Cézanne
C) Seurat
D) van Gogh
Q6) Contrast the work of Moreau and Cézanne. How does each artist respond to the innovations and evolutions of nineteenth century visual arts? Use examples to support your essay.
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Chapter 29: Modernism in Europe and America, 1900 to 1945
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Q1) Briefly contrast Analytic and Synthetic Cubism.
Q2) Describe the Armory Show. How did it impact the American art scene of the early 20 century?
Q3) How does the work of Hannah Höch reflect German society of the Weimar Republic years?
Q4) Describe Pablo Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon. How did this work re-shape the art of the early twentieth century? Include in your discussion the influences coming from Primitive art. Use examples to support your essay.
Q5) Who is the Surrealist?
A) Salvador Dalí
B) Jacob Lawrence
C) Henri Matisse
D) Pablo Picasso
Q6) Discuss the relationship of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye to Frank Lloyd Wright's Kaufmann House (Fallingwater). How did the architects marry the shape, volume, and space of each house to its environment? How do these structures represent each architect and his philosophy?
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Q7) How did Charles Demuth react to Cubism?
Q8) What is a "mobile," who created it, and why?
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Chapter 30: Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945
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Q1) What does this work evoke?
Q2) Which of the following artists is best known for his large-scale portraits?
A) Willem de Kooning
B) Chuck Close
C) Jackson Pollock
D) Francis Bacon
Q3) How do this buildings reflect post-modernism?
Q4) Who was Clement Greenberg?
Q5) Which of the following describes Joseph Beuys purpose for his art?
A) It was illuminating the condition of the political classes.
B) It was illuminating the condition of women.
C) It was illuminating the condition of modern humanity.
D) It was illuminating the condition of the homeless.
Q6) What is Performance Art?
Q7) Which of the following describes the work of Jackson Pollock.
A) quiet and intense remaining true to conventional painting
B) strictly organized adhering to conventional painting
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C) colorful remaining true to conventional painting
D) significant departure from conventional painting
Q8) What was the purpose of Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party?
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Chapter 31: Contemporary Art Worldwide
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Q1) What do the forms refer to in this work?
Q2) How did the public react to Richard Serra's Tilted Arc as public art?
Q3) What is Postmodernism?
Q4) What was Andy Goldsworthy's Cracked Rock Spiral tribute to?
A) Green architecture
B) Christo's Surrounded Islands
C) Robert Smithson and Spiral Jetty
D) performance art
Q5) What heritage does the work of Jeff Koons show?
Q6) Describe the influence and use of modern technologies in the arts of the late twentieth century. How have artists transformed these "tools" into viable art-making processes? Use examples to support your essay.
Q7) How effectively does the work of David Wojnarowicz and Krzysztof Wodiczo inform and examine some of the current political issues? What artistic devices do these artists employ in their work? What precedents are they working from and how effective are their presentations?
Q8) How does this building conform to Deconstructivism?
Q9) How does the work of Wojnarowicz confront the viewer?
Q10) How does this work resonate as a response to racism?
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Chapter 32: South and Southeast Asia, 1200 to 1980
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Q1) A religious shift occurred in 16 century Indonesia as Islam was growing in importance. Which of the following areas of 16 century Indonesia was not predominantly Muslim?
A) Sumatra
B) Java
C) Bali
D) East Timor
Q2) India gained independence from the British in what year?
A) 1847
B) 1647
C) 1747
D) 1947
Q3) Monumental tombs are not part of either the Hindu or Buddhist traditions, but have a long history in Islamic architecture. Which of the following describes the architectural design used for Islamic mausoleums?
A) dome-on-a-cube design
B) cruciform design
C) circular design
D) basilican design
Q4) Who is Meera Mukherjee?
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Chapter 33: China and Korea, 1279 to 1980
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Q1) Who codified the distinction between a scholar-amateur and an academic-professional?
A) Dai Jin
B) Shitao
C) Chong Son
D) Don Qichang
Q2) How does the work of the Korean artist Song Su-Nam reflect Abstract Expressionism?
Q3) During which Chinese dynasty were paintings of bamboo favored?
A) Qing
B) Ming
C) Yuan
D) modern
Q4) A painting style that was a freer more expressive style describes which of the following schools?
A) Northern School
B) Southern School
C) Court School
D) Monastery School
Q5) Why was it significant that when this work was first exhibited it was anonymous?
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Chapter 34: Japan, 1336 to 1980
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Q1) How did the architecture of the Momoyama period reflect the period?
Q2) What is wabi?
Q3) How does the work, Oiran (Grand Courtesan) differ from traditional ukiyo-e works?
Q4) Nishiki-e or brocade pictures were highly valued because of their sumptuous and brilliant colors as well as being printed on best-quality paper. During which of the following periods were such works created?
A) Showa
B) Muromachi
C) Edo
D) Momoyama
Q5) Identify the style of this ceramic jar.
Q6) After the overthrow of the Tokugawa, a new period ensued, called the Meiji that translates to ____.
A) Divine Rule
B) Blessed Rule
C) Holy Rule
D) Enlightened Rule
Q7) Describe the emergence of the Rimpa School in the Edo Period.
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Q8) How did the Meiji period shape Japanese society for the coming 20 century?
Chapter 35: Native Arts of the Americas, 1300 to 1980
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Q1) Which of the following are the descendants of the nomadic hunters who arrived in the Southwest from northwestern Canada sometime between 1200 and 1500?
A) Hopi
B) Apache
C) Shawnee
D) Cheyenne
Q2) How does the stone disk of Coyolxauhqui become a political symbol for the Aztecs?
Q3) How did the accoutrements of the Plains Indian warrior identify him?
Q4) Navajo sand paintings or dry paintings are used in sacred ceremonies and destroyed at the ceremony's conclusion. Prototypes are passed from artist to artist and must be strictly followed as mistakes can render the ceremony ineffective. Based on this information, which of the following would describe sand or dry painting?
A) It is free and innovative style.
B) It has an uncontrolled style.
C) It has a uniquely individualized style.
D) It is highly stylized.
Q5) How does the puma factor into the description of the Inka city of Cuzco?
Q6) Who are represented and how are they significant?
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Chapter 36: Oceania Before 1980
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Q1) Tatanua masks are part of the Malanggan mortuary ceremonies. Which of the following describes the function of Tatanua masks?
A) They represent spirits of the Great Ancestors.
B) They represent spirits of Malanggan.
C) They represent spirits of specific deceased people.
D) They represent spirits of clan elders.
Q2) The last islands of Oceania to be colonized (Pre-European Contact) were which of the following?
A) Melanesia
B) Polynesia
C) Micronesia
D) Australia
Q3) How do these images represent status?
Q4) Storyboards (Belau) relate to which of the following?
A) important events
B) wars
C) religious practices
D) songs
Q5) Compare the thematic relevance of this statue with that of the Rarotonga staff god .
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Chapter 37: Africa, 1800 to 1980
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Q1) Which of the following describes the Akan style trait that is found in both clay and wood sculpture?
A) conventionalized, flattened heads
B) glistening black surfaces
C) neck ridges
D) wide, broad foreheads
Q2) The Akan akua'ba sculptures are consecrated at shrines for young women to carry in order to ____.
A) placate the great spirits
B) ensure a good harvest
C) ensure the safe delivery of a healthy and handsome child
D) ward off the crocodile spirit of adversity
Q3) How does the description of Pieter der Marees, a Dutch visitor to 17 century Ghana assist in documenting Akan burial practices?
Q4) Describe the purpose of these two constructions.
Q5) How is this sculpture unique?
Q6) How does the royal ancestral shrine reflect the power of the Benin king?
Q7) How does the seated couple carved by the Dogon represent defined gender roles?
Q8) What is the Sande society of the Mende?
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