Fine Arts Appreciation Exam Review
Course Introduction
Fine Arts Appreciation introduces students to the visual and performing arts through an exploration of artistic principles, historical context, and aesthetic theories. The course encourages critical observation and thoughtful analysis of diverse art forms, including painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance, and theater. By examining the works of influential artists and movements across cultures and centuries, students develop an understanding of how art reflects and shapes societies, identities, and human experiences. Emphasis is placed on cultivating an informed personal response and strengthening the skills necessary to interpret and appreciate artistic expression in everyday life.
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Creative Impulse An Introduction to the Arts 8th Edition by Dennis J. Sporre
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Chapter 1: Introduction Understanding the Arts
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Q1) How does "formal criticism" approach an artwork?
Answer: It focuses only on the internal form and design of the work.
Q2) Tragedy and comedy are the most well known genres of theatre.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) __________ refers to relief sculpture in which the figures protrude from the background by at least half their depth.
A) Haut-relief
B) Freestanding
C) Full-round
D) Low-relief
E) Bas-relief
Answer: A
Q4) __________ film tells a story.
Answer: Narrative
Q5) A(n)__________ is a large musical composition for orchestra,usually divided into four movements.
Answer: symphony
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Chapter 2: The Ancient World
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Q1) The __________ symbolizes the royal leadership of ancient Sumer,as well as masculine fertility.
Answer: he-goat
Q2) Egyptians believed the __________ embodied the sun god.
Answer: pharaoh
Q3) The basic instrument in Mesopotamia and in Egypt was the __________.
A) cymbals
B) bells
C) lyre
D) flute
E) harp
Answer: E
Q4) The Pharaoh __________ believed in only one god.
Answer: Akhenation
Q5) Sumerian sculpture came to depict kings in __________ acts,rather than as warlords.
Answer: devotional
Q6) Sumerian artists depicted actual individuals,usually __________.
Answer: kings
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Chapter 3: The Aegean and Archaic Greece
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Q1) __________ refers to the arrangement of body parts in sculpture so that the weight-bearing leg is apart from the free leg,thereby shifting the hip/shoulder axis.
A) Kore
B) Kouroi
C) Doric
D) Polis
E) Contrapposto
Answer: E
Q2) __________ refers to the basic Greek city-state.
A) Demos
B) Plutos
C) Polis
D) Acropolis
E) Kouros
Answer: C
Q3) Minoan architecture employed both circular and rectangular columns.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Greek Classicism and Hellenism
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Q1) __________ developed a set of rules for constructing the ideal human figure,which he laid out his treatise The Canon.
A) Polydorus
B) Polyclitus
C) Phidias
D) Myron
E) none of these
Q2) Greek astronomers were aware the earth is a sphere.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Compare and contrast a Classical Greek sculpture and a Hellenistic Greek sculpture.Use visual evidence to hypothesize changes in Greek society,political life,and culture.
Q4) Zeno was the founder of Stoicism.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In general,what did the philosophy and aesthetics of the Greeks focus on?
Q6) By placing some figures higher than others,fifth century B.C.E Greek vase painters suggested __________.
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Q7) At the end of the Peloponnesian Wars,__________ had gained political dominance.
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Chapter 5: The Roman Period
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Q1) Discuss the collapse of the Roman Republic.What were some of the factors that led to its demise? How was life different in the Roman Empire?
Q2) Roman expansion was built on __________.
A) trade
B) intermarriage
C) conquest
D) opportunism
E) none of these
Q3) In 509 B.C.E.,the Romans expelled the last __________ king from Rome.
Q4) The phrase __________ refers to the Roman attempt to control the dissatisfied urban masses.
Q5) In Roman dance,pantomime was a serious form,while __________ was more light-hearted.
Q6) Analyze the design of the Roman Pantheon.What are the important engineering and stylistic qualities? What would it feel like to be inside? What was the Pantheon's purpose?
Q7) The earliest divinities of Rome comprised __________ who dwelled in trees,in springs,and on hilltops.
Q8) Which two epic poems did Vergil's Aeneid largely parallel?
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Chapter 6: Judaism and Early Christianity
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Q1) The golden age of Israel began when __________ became king.
A) Joshua
B) Moses
C) Saul
D) David
E) Samuel
Q2) Discuss the Temple of Solomon.What was its purpose? Who was allowed inside? How did it differ from Greek or Roman temples? How is it distinct from later Christian churches?
Q3) __________ is the religious tradition and ethical system of the Jewish people.
A) Rebus
B) Torah
C) Talmud
D) Yahweh
E) Judaism
Q4) The first Christian theologian was the Apostle __________.
Q5) Which city was known for its lavish Roman architecture after the shift of political power to Constantinople?
Q6) The inclusion of the Book of __________ into the canon of the Christian Bible was particularly controversial.
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Chapter 7: Byzantium and Islam
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Q1) The name "Muhammad" means __________.
A) Messiah
B) Angel
C) Praised One
D) Son of God
E) Savior
Q2) The Orthodox Church asserts that God's __________ provide active principles in human life.
A) letters
B) appearances
C) energies
D) angels
E) apostles
Q3) Modern readers are often struck at the Byzantine distaste for __________ and their preference for elaboration on tradition.
Q4) The goal of hieratic style is to represent real life.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which ivory carving includes depictions of emissaries from the West and from India?
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Chapter 8: The Early Middle Ages
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Q1) The monastery and the __________ were unusually orderly and stable during the Middle Ages.
A) guild
B) castle
C) convent
D) field
E) fiefdom
Q2) Parchment pages bound together between hard covers are called a __________.
A) papyrus
B) tablet
C) codex
D) manuscript
E) scroll
Q3) __________ is a political and economic system in Europe from the ninth to the fifteenth century,based on the relation of lord to vassal.
A) Capitalism
B) Socialism
C) Monarchy
D) Feudalism
E) Monasticism
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Chapter 9: The High Middle Ages
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Q1) The medieval "middle class" largely supported __________ over the feudal system.
A) military states
B) aristocracies
C) monarchies
D) theocracies
E) oligarchies
Q2) The Hundred Years War was fought between England and __________.
A) Spain
B) Netherlands
C) Germany
D) Ireland
E) France
Q3) __________ is a sculpture or painting of the dead Christ supported by Mary.
A) Allegory
B) Stigmata
C) Lamentation
D) Pietà
E) Resurrection
Q4) Why were tales of chivalry and knights called "romances"?
Q5) Dante's The Divine Comedy employs the dramatic device of __________.
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Chapter 10: The Early Renaissance
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Q1) Individualism was part of the central core of the Protestant Reformation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Italy gained nearly a half-century of peace when the Peace of __________ was established.
A) Padua
B) Savoy
C) Lodi
D) Urbino
E) Ferrara
Q3) __________ sculpture,which had been out of favor since Classical times,was revived in the early Renaissance.
Q4) Renaissance artists such as Donatello revived the __________ tradition of the nude.
A) Medieval
B) Byzantine
C) Gothic
D) Romanesque
E) Classical
Q5) The first of the Medici family to assume power was __________ de' Medici.
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Chapter 11: The High Renaissance and Mannerism
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Q1) Most of the people in the Ottoman Empire remained Jewish or __________.
Q2) Leonardo's wall painting __________ began to flake almost immediately after he finished it.
Q3) The __________ Empire allowed its subjects to practice their own religions.
A) Holy Roman
B) Spanish
C) British
D) French
E) Ottoman
Q4) The compositions of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina are almost entirely
A) homophonic
B) polyphonic
C) instrumental
D) vocal
E) secular
Q5) Who painted The Madonna of the Rocks?
Q6) Which Renaissance artist was a master of visual arts,architecture,and poetry?
Q7) Consider the works of literature discussed in this chapter.Are there any common themes or ideas across the works discussed?
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Chapter 12: Renaissance and Reformation in Northern Europe
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Q1) Two images hinged together are called a __________.
A) double-vision
B) diptych
C) triptych
D) relief
E) panel
Q2) Albrecht Dürer has been called the Leonardo of the __________ Renaissance.
A) late
B) Dutch
C) Protestant
D) northern
E) Netherlandish
Q3) Luther's An Appeal to the German Nation argued that papal taxes,although not mentioned in the Bible,were necessary.
A)True
B)False
Q4) London was the center of music __________,distributing sheet music to an unprecedented audience of musicians.
Q5) The interludes of dancing in "dinner ballets" are called __________.
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Chapter 13: The Baroque Age
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Q1) Which important instrument replaced the viol during the baroque era?
Q2) The monarch __________ embodied the baroque age.
A) Charles II
B) James IV
C) George III
D) Louis XIV
E) Bernard II
Q3) __________ music presents only musical ideas.
Q4) Baroque sculpture epitomizes self-containment.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The studio of Peter Paul __________ is noted for its many assistants and high output.
Q6) The Well-Tempered Clavier was written by Johann Sebastian ????__________.
Q7) The small group among whom opera developed was called the __________.
Q8) Metaphysical poetry is often about love and chivalry.
A)True
B)False
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Q9) Thomas Hobbes and John Locke believed government should be founded on a social __________.
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Chapter 14: The Enlightenment
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Q1) Writers who culled thought from great books and translated it into more accessible terms are called __________.
A) academics
B) humanitarians
C) aristocrats
D) philosophes
E) philologists
Q2) The first recorded American theatre was built in __________.
A) Boston
B) New York
C) Washington
D) Richmond
E) Williamsburg
Q3) What was the name of the English artist who criticized society in order to stir people to humanitarian action?
Q4) Although the movement began in the eighteen century,the term __________ was not coined until the nineteenth century suffrage movement.
Q5) Who wrote the well-known poem called An Essay on Criticism?
Q6) In eighteen century literature,drama declined and the __________ began to rise.
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Chapter 15: The Romantic Age
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Q1) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem,called "__________," established the legend of Paul Revere in American culture.
Q2) In a __________ play,each character tends to be either all good or all evil.
A) tragic
B) classical
C) comedic
D) melodramatic
E) Romantic
Q3) A musical theme tied to a single idea,person,or object is called a __________.
A) Lieder
B) opera buffa
C) Gesamtkunstwerk
D) collage
E) Leitmotif
Q4) Fillipo Taglioni's The Revolt in the Harem is probably the first ballet about the emancipation of __________.
Q5) What innovative building was built in London for the 1851 Great Exhibition?
Q6) Which well-known poem brought Edgar Allan Poe into the spotlight?
Q7) Brahms replaced Latin liturgy with texts from the __________ in his A German Requiem.
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Chapter 16: Realism, Impressionism, and Beyond
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Q1) __________ believed symbols and dreams were key to understanding a person.
A) Friedrich Nietzsche
B) Henry Tanner
C) Emile Durkheim
D) Sigmund Freud
E) Niels Bohr
Q2) The innovative film __________ financially destroyed D.W.Griffiths.
A) Quo Vadis
B) The Great Train Robbery
C) The Birth of a Nation
D) Intolerance
E) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Q3) What is the famous "slogan" of aestheticism?
Q4) The foundations of modern dance are found in __________.
A) ballet
B) ballroom dancing
C) ritual dance
D) folk dance
E) social dance
Q5) Irregular rhythm and __________ define Claude Debussy's work.
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Chapter 17: Modernism
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Q1) Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author is an example of __________.
A) atonalism
B) abstraction
C) lyricism
D) collage
E) absurdism
Q2) In his "Rayographs," Man Ray explored his emotions and states of mind.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Cass Gilbert's __________ is an important example of the Gothic skyscraper.
Q4) The artist who made paintings criticizing the oppression of Indians by Europeans was __________.
A) Grant Wood
B) Aaron Douglas
C) Diego Rivera
D) Pablo Picasso
E) Stuart Davis
Q5) What was the purpose of Surrealist "automatic writing"?
Q6) The early work of William Butler __________ was influenced by Irish myth.
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Q7) __________ combined elements from West African,American,and European music.
Chapter 18: From Modernism to Postmodernism and Beyond
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Q1) Arab nationalism intensified after the loss of the 1967 __________ War.
Q2) __________ documented Native American life in his watercolor paintings.
A) Thomas Joshua Cooper
B) Kerry James Marshall
C) Francesco Clemente
D) Harrison Begay
E) Bill Viola
Q3) Various notions of "liberation" or resistance are prominent in postwar art forms,a legacy of prewar Dada,in particular.Using one or more examples of postwar art,analyze how the work proposes a target for resistance (male domination,racial inequality,even "restrictive" traditional musical conventions)and how it critiques it.Be sure to include both artistic form (such as design and composition)and content (the overall "meaning" or meanings conveyed by the piece)in your analysis.
Q4) Abstract expressionism emphasizes __________.
A) political engagement
B) traditional content
C) subjective emotions
D) careful planning
E) recognizable imagery
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