Foundations of the Arts Final Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Foundations of the Arts introduces students to the essential concepts, methods, and historical developments across a range of artistic disciplines, including visual arts, music, theater, and dance. The course explores key works, styles, and movements from diverse cultures and eras, emphasizing the social, political, and cultural contexts that shape artistic expression. Through analysis, discussion, and hands-on projects, students develop critical thinking skills and a deeper appreciation for the creative process, laying the groundwork for further study in the arts.
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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) Documentary film almost always uses professional actors.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) __________ poetry consists of brief,subjective treatments employing strong imagination,melody,and feeling.
Answer: Lyric
Q3) Skeleton framing using wood (as in house construction)is called __________ construction.
A) steel-cage
B) balloon
C) bearing
D) Gothic
E) cantilever
Answer: B
Q4) Tragedy and comedy are the most well known genres of theatre.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Ancient World
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Q1) The most important part of Egyptian architecture is __________ buildings.
A) worship
B) civic
C) mortuary
D) commercial
E) public
Answer: C
Q2) __________ was the major art form of the Egyptians.
A) Painting
B) Sculpture
C) Weaving
D) Pottery
E) Drama
Answer: B
Q3) Egyptian musicians played the lyre.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) When was the Egyptian Book of the Dead compiled?
Answer: nineteenth century
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Chapter 3: The Aegean and Archaic Greece
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Q1) The Greeks took the Minoans as their model.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The four centuries between the Mycenaean and Greek civilization are called the Greek __________.
A) Adolescence
B) Hellenes
C) Historia
D) Middle Ages
E) Hellenistic Age
Answer: D
Q3) The heroes of Homer's poems are __________,not individual,real people.
Answer: types
Q4) Hesiod's most famous work is the __________,which traces the mythological history of the Greek gods.
Answer: Theogony
Q5) Which Greek philosopher argued that mathematics discovers universal constants?
Answer: Pythagoras
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Chapter 4: Greek Classicism and Hellenism
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Q1) __________ called artistry a form of "divine madness."
A) Aristotle
B) Plato
C) Diogenes
D) Thucydides
E) Thales
Q2) __________ architecture sought to produce an overpowering emotional experience.
A) Corinthian
B) Hellenistic
C) Archaic
D) Classical
E) Late-Classical
Q3) The Greek ship used at the battle of Salamis is called a __________.
A) platea
B) schooner
C) trireme
D) techne
E) catharsis
Q4) The paired spiral shaped forms on the capital of an Ionic column are called
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Chapter 5: The Roman Period
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Q1) The opinions of specialized legal scholars called __________ limited the power of judges.
Q2) __________ believed that one should neither fear nor desire death,but merely accept it.
Q3) The Roman Republic lasted until the __________.
A) first century C . E.
B) second century C . E .
C) first century B .C . E .
D) second century B .C . E .
E) third century B .C . E .
Q4) Which class of Romans desired trompe l'oeil wall paintings?
Q5) The most significant "Roman style" development in architecture is the use of the __________ as a structural element.
A) brick
B) pilaster
C) buttress
D) arch
E) column
Q6) __________ was particularly influential in the development of the essay,biography,and historical writing.
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Chapter 6: Judaism and Early Christianity
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Q1) Which New Testament books were used by the earliest Christians?
Q2) The __________ is a term referring to Jewish religious practice.
A) Midian
B) Decalogue
C) Mishnah
D) Canon
E) Massada
Q3) The Diaspora led to two distinct Jewish communities in Europe.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Many Jews accept the Jewish culture and its ethical system but disregard the religious observances.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Judaism does not do missionary work.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Fundamental to the moral law of the Torah are the principles of justice and __________.
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Q7) For the most part,Christian churches took the form of the Roman __________.
Chapter 7: Byzantium and Islam
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Q1) "Orthodoxy" means __________ and rests on the concept of unerring authority of the dogma established by the seven General Ecumenical Councils of the early Christian Church.
Q2) Constantine imported mosaic artists to his new capital from Western Europe.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Byzantine art is easily dated and stylistic developments are mostly understood.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The two sacred cities of Islam are Mecca and __________.
Q5) Stylistically,Byzantine icons derive from __________ funeral portraits of the second century C.E.
A) Greek
B) Roman
C) Egyptian
D) Early Christian
E) pagan
Q6) The Qur'an is composed of 114 __________,or chapters.
Q7) The bulk of Byzantine literature is in the category of __________.
Q8) How was Byzantine art signed?
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Chapter 8: The Early Middle Ages
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Q1) __________ 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
Q2) What is the goal of mysticism?
Q3) Analyze the common themes of the three epic poems discussed in this chapter.What do they tell us about life in the early Middle Ages? Why do you think they remain popular in the modern world?
Q4) Christian __________ was championed by St Bernard.
A) asceticism
B) hermeticism
C) monasticism
D) mysticism
E) theocracy
Q5) The color palette of illuminated manuscripts is inspired by __________ mosaics and decorations.
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Chapter 9: The High Middle Ages
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Q1) Plagues hit the monasteries and large __________ the hardest.
A) universities
B) fiefdoms
C) kingdoms
D) cities
E) farms
Q2) __________ is music employing definite time values and precise meters.
A) Commedia dell'arte
B) Sottie
C) Measured rhythm
D) Blank verse
E) Autos sacramentales
Q3) Dante's The Divine Comedy employs the dramatic device of __________.
Q4) Which theologian was likely the most important influence on Christianity in this period?
Q5) Chaucer's stories in his work __________ are notable for their irony and robust comedy.
Q6) In their human qualities and personalized faces,the jamb statues on Chartres Cathedral illustrate the High Gothic style,or Gothic __________.
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Q7) The Doge's Palace in Venice combines European and __________ influences.
Chapter 10: The Early Renaissance
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Q1) The Italian city of __________ was the first democracy in Europe since Ancient Greece.
Q2) Commissioning art was often a means of acquiring of acquiring prestige for __________.
A) city-states
B) local churches
C) monastic orders
D) wealthy families
E) craft guilds
Q3) A roofed,open arcade is called a __________.
Q4) The 1486 exploration of Bartolomeu __________ connected the coast of Africa with the Mediterranean.
Q5) Alberti's Palazzo Recellai is clearly influenced by the Roman __________.
A) cathedral
B) basilica
C) Colosseum
D) bathhouse
E) gymnasium
Q6) __________ refers to the use of light and shadow to create dimensionality.
Q7) What led the city of Florence to sponsor artistic competitions?
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Chapter 11: The High Renaissance and Mannerism
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Q1) Juan del __________ is credited with being the first Spanish secular dramatist.
A) Diego
B) Vega
C) Carpio
D) Encina
E) Rueda
Q2) Leonardo's paintings show a concern with closely observed nature,consistent with his interest in science.
A)True
B)False
Q3) High Renaissance paintings are usually composed along the lines of a geometric shape.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The High Renaissance is associated with a rise in idealism and classicism.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Michelangelo was a religious skeptic.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Renaissance and Reformation in Northern Europe
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Q1) What is an example of a utopian community that developed in America in the 1600s?
Q2) A work of art portraying the removal of Christ's body from the cross is called a __________ scene.
A) decomposition
B) lamentation
C) deposition
D) resurrection
E) judgment
Q3) Flemish painters were interested in __________.
A) naturalism
B) Gothic style
C) light-heartedness
D) romance
E) Christian reform
Q4) Advances in cartography are a significant part of the Renaissance.
A)True
B)False
Q5) John Calvin's doctrine of __________ argued that God had already chosen those he would save.
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Chapter 13: The Baroque Age
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Q1) The philosophy of __________ was based on the premise "Doubt everything."
A) Bacon
B) Galileo
C) Descartes
D) Newton
E) Kepler
Q2) The English masque is remembered for its literary merit.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Well-Tempered Clavier was written by Johann Sebastian ????__________.
Q4) The development of the __________ included fictional biographies of people with whom the reader would identify.
A) opera
B) metaphysical poem
C) restoration comedy
D) novel
E) ballet
Q5) Who was the first Englishwoman to earn a living by writing?
Q6) Between 1600 and __________ most European artists used the baroque style.
Q7) The absolute monarch ruled by __________ right.
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Chapter 14: The Enlightenment
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Q1) __________ are particularly important in Kabuki plays.
A) Set designers
B) Musicians
C) Narrators
D) Critics
E) Actors
Q2) Choose a rococo work in any medium.Analyze its relationship to the political situation of European society.Why do you think certain people desired such works? Do you think it would have appealed to all members of the society? Be sure to discuss both the work's form and content.
Q3) The __________ style of music formed a bridge between baroque and classical music.
Q4) Both Mozart and Haydn are known for their symphonies.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The music of François Couperin is classified as __________.
Q6) __________ was banned in New York in 1709.
Q7) Alexander Pope used __________ to criticize society.
Q9) The ballets of Georges __________ exemplified "psychological realism." Page 16
Q8) Faith in reason and __________ informed much eighteenth century thought.
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Chapter 15: The Romantic Age
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Q1) __________ allowed workers to promote their own interests in the economic realm.
A) Committees
B) Elections
C) Parties
D) Newspapers
E) Unions
Q2) British and French philosophers in the nineteenth century developed the theories of materialism and __________.
Q3) The author of "Song of Myself" is __________.
A) Charles Baudelaire
B) Henry David Thoreau
C) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
D) Walt Whitman
E) Ralph Waldo Emerson
Q4) Richard Strauss's compositions draw inspiration primarily from __________.
A) legends
B) political events
C) personal feeling
D) classical mythology
E) Lieder
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Chapter 16: Realism, Impressionism, and Beyond
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Q1) Art Nouveau grew out of the English __________ Movement.
Q2) Henrik Ibsen is called the master of __________ drama.
A) realist
B) expressionist
C) symbolist
D) classical
E) modernist
Q3) The "father" of the modern skyscraper is __________.
A) Frank Lloyd Wright
B) Louis Sullivan
C) Hector Guimard
D) Victor Horta
E) Antoni Gaudi
Q4) The Impressionists sought to portray __________.
A) charming scenes for a wide audience
B) morally uplifting scenes
C) realistic depictions of everyday life
D) the fundamentals of human perception
E) mythological and narrative scenes
Q5) What was Louis Sullivan's famous maxim?
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Chapter 17: Modernism
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Q1) The so-called "Bauhaus Manifesto" was written by Cass Gilbert.
A)True
B)False
Q2) For existentialists,freedom lies in human consciousness and the human struggle to give meaning to otherwise meaningless events.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Le Corbusier believed that architectural design should focus on function over decorations or stylistic exploration.
A)True
B)False
Q4) European modernist art was first exhibited in the United States at __________.
A) the Museum of Modern Art
B) Gallery 291
C) the Armory Show
D) the World's Columbian Exposition
E) the Society of Independent Artists' gallery
Q5) The Villa Savoye is an example of the "domino" system devised by __________.
Q6) Cass Gilbert's __________ is an important example of the Gothic skyscraper.
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Chapter 18: From Modernism to Postmodernism and Beyond
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Q1) Cuban-American theatre has dealt with the topics of exile and nostalgia.
A)True
B)False
Q2) You may have noticed that Chapter Seventeen includes an unusually diverse array of arts,ranging from pottery to robotic art installations! Are there any similarities across all of these works? Do you think there can be a meaningful definition of "art" that can include them all? Is this confusing for art audiences today,or does the wide-range of arts make it easier to enjoy them because there's "something for everybody"? If this diversity is a good thing,do you think it is possible to assess the "quality" of such a wide range of arts-how can anything be "good" or "bad"?
Q3) Modernism,Postmodernism,Pluralism,and Traditional are each separate,bounded categories of postwar music.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is the name of the program created at the California Institute of Arts in response to the difficulties of women within the art world,including art schools?
Q5) Vladimir Nabokov's novel __________ utilizes an antihero.
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Q6) Arab nationalism intensified after the loss of the 1967 __________ War.
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