History of Modern Art Pre-Test Questions
Course Introduction
History of Modern Art explores the major movements, artists, and cultural contexts that shaped visual art from the late nineteenth century to the present. The course examines the evolution of styles such as Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop Art, considering how historical events, technological advances, and shifting social values influenced artistic innovation. Students engage with key works, critical debates, and theoretical frameworks to deepen their understanding of modern arts impact on contemporary culture and its ongoing relevance to issues of identity, politics, and aesthetics.
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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) Discuss the techniques of buon fresco and fresco secco,citing examples of each.
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Q2) Who was Master Theodoric? Characterize his style.
Answer: Master Theodoric was a renowned medieval architect and sculptor known for his innovative Gothic style. His work was characterized by intricate and detailed designs, soaring arches, and delicate tracery. He was known for his use of natural light and his ability to create a sense of grandeur and awe in his buildings. Master Theodoric's style was influential in the development of Gothic architecture and has had a lasting impact on the design of cathedrals and churches throughout Europe.
Q3) What stylistic element of The Book of Hours of Jeanne D'Évreux suggests that the artist was familiar with contemporary Sienese art?
A) the use of grisaille
B) the softly modeled folds of drapery gathered around elegant forms
C) his depiction of figures within discrete architectural settings
D) the inclusion of secular amusements and off-color jokes
Answer: C
Q4) How did the Holy Roman Empire change during the fourteenth century?
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Chapter 2: Fifteenth-century Art in Northern Europe
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Q1) How does the manuscript page Mary at Her Devotions from the Hours of Mary of Burgundy reflect religious practice of the period?
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.
Answer: C
Q2) Intaglio is a technique associated with __________.
A) oil painting
B) Books of Hours
C) engraving
D) Chartreuse de Champmol
Answer: C
Q3) What symbolic meaning is NOT suggested in Hunt of the Unicorn series of tapestries?
A) the Incarnation of Christ
B) moral character and bravery
C) romantic love
D) Christ's death on the cross
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Renaissance art in fifteenth-century Italy
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Q1) __________ by Pollaiuolo reflects the taste among the wealthy for collectibles that were reminiscent of ancient Greece and Rome.
A) David
B) The Four Crowned Martyrs
C) Equestrian Statue of Erasmo da Narni
D) Hercules and Antaeus
Answer: D
Q2) Identify a specific commission that drew artists to Rome in the fifteenth century.Name an artist that was part of this commission and describe his contribution to the project.
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Q3) The family of artist Andrea della Robbia is best known for their
A) distinctive glazes and ceramic production
B) skillful metalworking practice
C) elaborate carved woodwork on cassoni
D) revival of the lost-wax method of bronze casting
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Sixteenth-century art in Italy
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Q1) Raphael's well-known fresco The School of Athens summarizes the ideals envisioned by __________in both its subject matter and harmonious formal arrangement.
A) the Medici Family of Florence
B) the Renaissance Popes
C) the Doni Family of Florence
D)the Holy Roman Emperor
Q2) Discuss the emergence of Mannerism in the sixteenth century.Consider its similarities and differences to art of the High Renaissance and its influence on subsequent Italian art.
Q3) Why is Michelangelo's David so well regarded and revered?
Q4) Cellini's fanciful ____________made for King Francis I demonstrates how Mannerist practices in painting were transferred into exquisite sculptures.
A) apple
B) saltcellar
C) facade
D) engraving
Q5) What is the arrangement of images on the Sistine Chapel Ceiling and why are the scenes ordered in that way?
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Chapter 5: sixteenth-century art in northern Europe and the Iberian peninsula
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Q1) Tilman Riemenschneider had the largest workshop in __________.
A) Würzburg
B) Vienna
C) Munich
D) Berlin
Q2) The German artist ___________ is known for different visualizations of women such as Death and the Matron
A) Tilman Riemenschneider
B) Hans Baldung Grien
C) Lucas Cranach
D) Mathias Grünewald
Q3) The enthusiasm of __________ for all things Italian meant that the Italian Renaissance style soon appeared in French architecture.
A) Francis I
B) Martin Luther
C) John Calvin
D) Erasmus
Q4) How is Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece arranged and why?
Q5) What kind of art and architecture did Philip II support in Spain?
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Chapter 6: Seventeenth-Century art in Europe
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Q1) What innovative device did Hals introduce in the painting of group portraits?
A) They placed the figures symmetrically according to height.
B) They included distinctive symbols that identified each sitter.
C) Figures were depicted as engaged in a lively social event.
D) Figures were shown in allegorical roles from mythology or biblical stories.
Q2) What detail of Bernini's Cornaro Chapel helps viewer identify with the event?
A) metal supports that make the sculptural grouping appear to float
B) portrait sculptures on both sides appear as viewers witnessing the event taking place before us
C) a hidden window illuminating the figures with natural light
D) all of the above
Q3) Visible through Bernini's Baldacchino,the artist also executed a shrine for ___________,which symbolized the Pope's authority.
A) St. Paul
B) St. Longinus
C) St. Peter
D) Pope Urban VIII
Q4) How did Vermeer make his paintings?
Q5) How did the patronage change in seventeenth-century art and what impact did it have on art?
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Chapter 7: art of south and southeast Asia after 1200
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Q1) Define the movement known as bhakti.
Q2) The Qutb Minar,a minaret at Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque in Delhi was begun by whom
A) Babur
B) Aibak
C) Jahangir
D) Shah Jahan
Q3) What is the Gita Govinda? Provide an example from Indian art as part of your answer.
Q4) The enormous gopuras that dominate the vast temple complexes of southern India functioned as ______________.
A) stupas
B) towers marking the garbhagriha
C) entrance gateways
D) ceremonial platforms
Q5) __________ is the bodhisattva of greatest compassion.
A) Avalokiteshvara
B) Mahavira
C) Palas
D) Agra
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Chapter 8: Chinese and Korean art after 1279
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Q1) What was the historical context for China in the first half of the twentieth century? How did it affect the arts?
Q2) The decorative arts,especially __________,thrived during the Ming dynasty.
A) sculpture
B) woodcuts
C) engravings
D) porcelain
Q3) The Horizontal Wine Bottle with Decoration of a Bird Carrying a Newly Caught Fish is an example of sixteenth-century __________ware.
A) Qing
B) bronze
C) buncheong
D) Yuan
Q4) Shitao's Landscape is characteristic of the highly personal approach of ___________painters in the Qing dynasty.
A) individualist
B) literati
C) court
D) priest
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Chapter 9: Japanese art after 1333
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Q1) During the period known as Japonisme in nineteenth-century Europe,Western artists were greatly influenced by Japanese _________________.
A) pottery
B) fusama
C) woodblock prints
D) lacquer
Q2) Chanoyu is Japanese for __________,although the word itself doesn't convey the full meaning.
A) painting ceremony
B) tea ceremony
C) bathing ceremony
D) healing ceremony
Q3) Describe the tools and materials used for ink painting.Are these only used for ink painting or are they used for other arts as well?
Q4) What was the impact of Hokusai's Thirty-Six Views of Mt.Fuji on the arts?
Q5) What is the Kano school? What artist was a product of this school?
Q6) Discuss Zen Buddhism.Consider some of its foundational principles.Relate these principles to their impact on the arts,citing specific works.
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Chapter 10: Art of the Americas after 1300
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Q1) How did the Incas regard cloth?
Q2) Many Native American cultures stage ritual dance ceremonies to call upon __________ spirits.
A) feather
B) guardian
C) neighbor
D) future
Q3) The Inca valued gold and silver because ______________.
A) They could be traded with the Spanish.
B) They saw in them symbols of the sun and the moon.
C) They could be easily worked into sacred sculptures.
D) They were symbols of personal wealth and status.
Q4) Northwest Coast people lived in family groups or __________ that claimed descent from a mythical animal or animal-human ancestor.
A) clans
B) tribes
C) herds
D) segments
Q5) What is quillwork?
Q6) What was the goal of the Spanish in approaching the New World?
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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) What is the relationship of meeting houses such as Te-Hau-ki-Turanga to the Maori's ancestors?
A) The building is the site where tribal history and genealogy are preserved.
B) The building's framework depicts the tribal ancestors who symbolically uphold the structure.
C) The building's ridgepole and slanting bargeboards represent the tribe's founding ancestor.
D) All of the above.
Q3) What feature is NOT characteristic of Polynesian art objects?
A) They are made of ephemeral materials.
B) They are believed to have spiritual powers that could increase or decrease.
C) They frequently reflect social status.
D) They are handed down as heirlooms.
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Chapter 12: art of Africa in the modern era
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Q1) African art was frequently regarded as the work of __________ cultures and was placed in natural history or ethnographic museums.
A) primitive
B) advanced
C) european
D) aggressive
Q2) Which of the following does NOT apply to the black nowo masks worn in Sande initiation rites?
A) It is worn by the initiates as a sign of their transformation.
B) It symbolizes the ideal of feminine beauty in the culture.
C) It is worn by the person responsible for preparing girls for adulthood.
D) It compares the transformation to womanhood to the emergence of a butterfly.
Q3) The Dogon people are located in what country in west Africa?
A) Mali
B) Nigeria
C) Kenya
D) Angola
Q4) Why do some contemporary African artists continue to use indigenous traditions?
Q5) What is an example of tradition-based art produced in Africa today?
Q6) Why does African art idealize the spirits of community leaders and others?
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Chapter 13: Eighteenth-
and early-nineteenth century art
in
Europe and NORTH America
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Q1) Lithography impacted art in the nineteenth century in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
A) Artists were able to make prints without the expense or delay of an engraver.
B) Prints made art affordable to all levels of society.
C) It allowed artists to capture the subtleties of drawing.
D) It diminished the traditional status of painting.
Q2) Romantic landscape painting of the early nineteenth century involved all of the following EXCEPT ____________.
A) nationalistic interests
B) spiritual revelation
C) accurate renderings of nature
D) social and political concerns
Q3) According to the text,the beginnings of Romanticism can be traced to a combination of Neoclassical ideas of civic virtue with the emotional notion of patriotism first seen in _______.
A) England
B) Rome
C) France
D) the United States
Q4) How did Wright glorify science?
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Chapter 14:
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Q1) What innovation seen in Rodin's The Burghers of Calais signaled his departure from established traditions of sculpture?
A) The figure grouping is placed at eye-level.
B) The figures show emotional anguish and despair.
C) Rodin suggests their pain through physical discomfort.
D) All of the above
Q2) 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
Q3) A common theme among Symbolist artists was ____________.
A) Egyptian culture
B) irrational fears and desires
C) the idealized landscape
D) primitive cultures
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1900-1950
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Q1) What did Bauhaus artists do with modern mass production?
Q2) 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.
Q3) How did Modern artists in the Americas combine their experiments in form with efforts to uncover their national or cultural identities?
Q4) Surrealist painters employed a variety of techniques,known collectively as __________.
A) photography
B) automatism
C) murals
D) readymades
Q5) __________ developed in reaction to the horrors of World War I.
A) Cubism
B) Fauvism
C) German Expressionism
D) Dada
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Chapter 16: The international scene since 1950
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Q1) The ______________ led informally by Damian Hirst were among the most sensational of modern artists.
A) Neo-Expressionists
B) Young British Artists
C) Third Text
D) Womanhouse
Q2) What traditional institution does Fred Wilson critique in his interventionist installations?
A) universities
B) museum exhibitions
C) courts of law
D) banks
Q3) Allan Kaprow and Yves Klein were both associated with __________.
A) Happenings
B) Postwar photography
C) Neo-Expressionism
D) Arte Minimalism
Q4) How did Feminists impact the art world?
Q5) How has audience interaction changed in Postmodern art?
Q6) How did the Conceptual artists eliminate the art object?
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