Interdisciplinary Studies in Art Exam Questions
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Interdisciplinary Studies in Art explores the dynamic intersections between visual arts and other academic disciplines, such as literature, history, science, and technology. This course encourages students to analyze and create works that transcend traditional boundaries, fostering innovative thinking and collaborative problem-solving. Through a combination of lectures, discussions, and hands-on projects, students examine how artistic practices interact with diverse fields to address contemporary issues, enhance cultural understanding, and inspire new forms of creative expression.
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Gardner s Art Through the Ages A Concise Global History 3rd Edition by Fred S. Kleiner
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Chapter 1: Prehistory and the First Civilizations
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Q1) How is the Akkadians concept of royal power illustrated in their art?
Answer: Their unwavering loyalty to the king rather than the city-state; governors became servants to the king,who in effect,became the ruler of the earth and kin to the gods.The power of the king is illustrated in the hierarchy of scale in the Victory Stele of Naram Sin.
Q2) Paleolithic artists produced many ____ figurines.
A) narrative
B) female
C) deity
D) megalithic
Answer: B
Q3) Paleolithic artists usually represented animals in ____.
A) frontal views
B) profile views
C) narrative scenes
D) hunting scenes
Answer: B
Q4) Explain the significance of the Neolithic period and its art and architecture.
Answer: HumAnswer began to settle in fixed abodes and began to domesticate plants and animals.
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Chapter 2: Ancient Greece
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Q1) Assess the significance of the grave stele of Hegeso.
Answer: It is a grave stele marking the grave of a wealthy Athenian woman,Hegeso.Her father is named but not her mother¾not unusual in 5th-century Athenian society.The scene shows the woman's secluded quarters in the Greek household.This is significant because the scene also provides insight into contemporary Greek social behavior.The slave girl attending Hegeso is not so much a companion but rather a possession in same the sense as the jewelry box and jewels.The jewelry box is also significant as it represents Hegeso's dowry.The entire scene illustrates patriarchal dominance and the social norm of accepting slavery as normal and natural.
Q2) Which part of the Greek temple contained sculpture?
A) stylobate
B) architrave
C) pediment
D) cornice
Answer: C
Q3) How did Greek artists revive the art of storytelling?
Answer: Narrative was restored to art by the Geometric era vase painters who depicted stories on their pots.
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Chapter 3: The Roman Empire
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Q1) You are standing at the door of a Pompeian home.What rooms and types of art will you find inside? Cite specific examples in your answer.
Answer: As you enter a Pompeian home, you will find various rooms such as the atrium, the tablinum, the triclinium, and the peristyle. In the atrium, you will find a large open space with a central pool called the impluvium, surrounded by columns and often adorned with statues and mosaics. The tablinum is a room used for conducting business and would typically feature frescoes depicting scenes of daily life or mythology. The triclinium is a dining room with couches for reclining during meals, and it would be decorated with colorful frescoes and mosaics. The peristyle is an open courtyard surrounded by columns and would often feature a garden and more elaborate frescoes and sculptures.
Specific examples of art found in Pompeian homes include the "Alexander Mosaic" depicting the Battle of Issus, found in the House of the Faun, and the "Venus in a Shell" fresco found in the House of the Vettii. These artworks showcase the intricate and detailed artistry that adorned the walls and floors of Pompeian homes, depicting a wide range of subjects from historical events to mythological figures.
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Chapter 4: Early Christianity and Byzantium
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Q1) Assess the contributions of Justinian during the Early Byzantine period.What is his artistic legacy?
Q2) Describe a templon and explain its function.
Q3) Explain the function of icons.Then discuss iconoclasm and its effect on artistic production.Use specific examples to support your essay.
Q4) Compare the mosaic programs developed for church interiors during the Early Christian and Byzantine periods.Include in your essay the political as well as religious significance of the choice of themes and styles.Use specific examples to support your essay.
Q5) What Roman imperial attributes were used to identify Christ?
Q6) St.Peter's relics were located in the ____ of Old St.Peter's.
A) atrium
B) apse
C) nave
D) transept
Q7) One of these buildings is Early Christian and the other Byzantine.Identify them,describe the structural system used for each,and note the historical factors that might account for their similarities and differences.
Q8) How does Santa Costanza mirror Imperial Roman architecture?
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Chapter 5: The Islamic World
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Q1) The 165 foot tall Malwiya minaret is in ____.
A) Mshatta, Jordan
B) Samarra, Iraq
C) Kairouan, Tunisia
D) Córdoba, Spain
Q2) What is the only thing Muslims require for prayer?
A) minaret
B) minbar
C) imam
D) qibla
Q3) Compare the role religious ritual played in the design of the Islamic hypostyle mosque and the Early Christian basilica.Use examples to support your essay.
Q4) How does the Great Mosque of Kairouan owe much to Greco-Roman and early Christian architecture?
Q5) Compare these two images.How do they respond to their functions and reflect their respective periods?
Q6) How do these images reflect Islamic design?
Q7) Describe the Alhambra.
Q8) Compare and contrast these two works and their contexts.
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Chapter 6: Early Medieval and Romanesque Europe
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Q1) Which monastic order rejected figural sculpture?
A) Carthusians
B) Franciscans
C) Dominicans
D) Cistercians
Q2) The refined and rational plan of Saint-Sernin reflects which prototype for this approach?
A) Saint Michael's, Hildesheim
B) Monastery Church, Saint Gall
C) Santa Mark's, Venice
D) Old Saint Peter's, Rome
Q3) The building system using heavy square piers alternating with columns is known as the ____ system.
A) revived modularity
B) modular alternation
C) alternate support
D) squared support
Q4) Explain the importance of the plan for the monastery at Saint Gall
Q5) Summarize the importance of Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim to the development of Ottonian art.
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Chapter 7: Gothic and Late Medieval Europe
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Q1) What role did politics and economics play in the creation of Gothic churches and in the spread of the Gothic style throughout Europe? Use examples to support your essay.
Q2) Abbot Suger is credited with introducing Gothic forms at ____.
A) Saint-Sernin
B) Saint-Denis
C) Sainte-Chapelle
D) Notre-Dame, Paris
Q3) Compare the style and subject matter of the Arena Chapel by Giotto with Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country.What are the differences and how does each artist reflect his environment? Use examples to support your essay.
Q4) How does the fresco cycle Ambrogio Lorenzetti created for the government of Siena participate in the new ideas introduced by Giotto and Duccio?
Q5) Images of the Visitation illustrate ____.
A) Mary's meeting with Elizabeth
B) Christ's visit to Jerusalem
C) Joseph and Mary's journey to Bethlehem
D) Moses' trip out of Egypt
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Chapter 8: The Early Renaissance in Europe
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Q1) Why is Rogier van der Weyden's Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin thought to be a comment on the painting profession?
Q2) How does this work reflect the interests of its patron?
Q3) How does Perugino's Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter represent the power of the papacy?
Q4) Select four examples that illustrate the Northern European desire to place religious scenes in contemporary settings.Explain your selections.
Q5) Who won the 1401 competition to design the Baptistery doors for the Cathedral of Florence?
A) Ghiberti
B) Brunelleschi
C) Donatello
D) Masaccio
Q6) Masaccio made the figures in his Tribute Money appear bulky by modeling with a/an ____.
A) specific light source outside the picture
B) flat neutral light
C) identifiable light source within the picture
D) light source shining directly on the figure of Christ
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Chapter 9: High Renaissance and Mannerism in Europe
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Q1) Venetian painting is known for its ____.
A) colorism
B) monumental figures
C) rational design
D) disegno
Q2) What elements in this work make it recognizable as Catholic rather than Protestant?
Q3) Leonardo's Last Supper breaks with traditional iconography by ____.
A) placing Judas on the same side of the table as Christ and the other Disciples
B) including the Magdalene next to Christ
C) including the Virgin seated at the table
D) including a money bag as symbol of Judas' betrayal
Q4) Which subject is not represented in the Stanza della Segnatura fresco paintings by Raphael?
A) rhetoric
B) law
C) theology
D) philosophy
Q5) Who painted this,and what is being represented?
Q6) How did Dürer promote Italian ideas in Northern Europe?
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Chapter 10: Baroque Europe
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Q1) How does this church reflect current architectural style?
Q2) How does this image represent the Church Triumphant?
Q3) How does this interior reflect the power of the absolute monarch?
Q4) You have been asked to assemble an exhibition of seventeenth-century paintings addressing the theme of power and authority.Which five works will you include (you may use fresco paintings)? Explain your selections.
Q5) Jacob van Ruisdael specialized in ____.
A) landscapes
B) genre scenes
C) still lifes
D) portraits
Q6) Discuss art's role played in the revitalization of the Catholic Church and the expression of Catholic beliefs during the seventeenth century.Use examples to support your answer.
Q7) Seventeenth-century Italian architecture was ____.
A) painterly
B) sculptural
C) sober
D) all of these choices
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Q8) What was the relationship of the French Royal Academy of Art and Versailles?
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Chapter 11: Rococo to Neoclassicism in Europe and America
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Q1) How did the work of Hogarth present a "moral tone"?
Q2) What social and historical issues does this painting illustrate?
Q3) How does this depict a successful "history" painting?
Q4) Explain the impact of the Enlightenment and its major thinkers on art.Use examples to support your essay.
Q5) Which artist made portraits in the grant manner?
A) Vigée-Lebrun
B) Hogarth
C) David
D) Reynolds
Q6) Which answer best describes the paintings by John Singleton Copley?
A) down to earth and informal
B) theatrical and majestic
C) graceful and sophisticated
D) moralizing and grandiose
Q7) Why did Thomas Jefferson choose a Neoclassical style for Monticello and Washington,D.C.?
Q8) What is a fête galante?
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Q10) What type of subject matter did "veduta" painting portray?
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Chapter 12: Romanticism, Realism, and Photography,1800 to 1870
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Q1) How does this work convey the Romantic attitude?
Q2) Compare Manet's Olympia and Millais's Ophelia for how each work represents the artist and his period.
Q3) What topic did Constable avoid in the Haywain?
A) love of the land
B) civil unrest
C) colonialism
D) debt peonage
Q4) The statement,"The plan borrowed much from ancient Roman and Christian basilicas...provided ample interior space to contain displays," refers to which of the following buildings?
A) Opéra, Paris
B) Monticello, Richmond
C) Crystal Palace, London
D) Houses of Parliament, London
Q5) Compare and contrast the goals of Romanticism and Realism.Use examples to support your essay.
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Q6) What moral question was the artist raising in this image?
Q7) What important process was introduced by Louis Daguerre and William Henry Fox Talbot in 1839?
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Chapter 13: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Symbolism,1870 to 1900
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Q1) What factor gave birth to the American skyscraper?
Q2) How does this painting participate in modernity's honesty?
Q3) How did industrialization and urbanization affect art in the late nineteenth century?
Q4) What did Cézanne seek in his paintings?
Q5) Cassatt's style of work owes much to which of the following?
A) Giorgione
B) Japanese prints
C) Leonardo's sketchbooks
D) Michelangelo
Q6) Why is Rousseau unlike the other artists discussed in this chapter?
Q7) Vincent van Gogh attempted to communicate the/a ____ in his Starry Night.
A) fearsome nighttime darkness
B) birth of a galaxy
C) vastness of the universe
D) comet streaking through the sky
Q8) In what way is this work typical of Impressionism?
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Q9) How is this painting both an example of Impressionism and a departure from Impressionist principles?
Q10) How does this work reflect the influence of Japanese prints?
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Chapter 14: Modernism in Europe and America,1900 to 1945
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Q1) Franz Marc claimed that Fate of the Animals was like a premonition of ____.
A) World War II
B) the Great Depression
C) the Russian Revolution
D) World War I
Q2) Who wrote,"What is real is not the external form but the essence of things."?
A) Picasso
B) Brancusi
C) Moore
D) Balla
Q3) Who created this model,and what was its purpose? Why is an important precursor of things to come in the later twentieth century?
Q4) Brancusi said,"What is real is not the external form but the essence of things." How is this statement reflected in the work of artists active between 1900 and 1945? Use examples to support your essay.
Q5) What is a "a machine for living"?
Q6) How do these works reflect the early twentieth century?
Q7) How does this photograph participate in avant garde art?
Q8) What is a mobile and who made them?
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Chapter 15: Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980
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Q1) British art critic Lawrence Alloway coined the term ____ to refer to artists who combined mass consumer culture with familiar imagery from everyday life.
A) Pop Art
B) Minimalist Art
C) Abstract Expressionism
D) Performance Art
Q2) A good example of Postmodernist architecture is the ____.
A) The Portland Building, Oregon
B) Guggenheim Museum, New York
C) Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp
D) Seagram Building, New York
Q3) Which artist is known for his/her environmental art?
A) Robert Rauschenberg
B) Robert Smithson
C) Richard Hamilton
D) Roy Lichtenstein
Q4) How did the principles and the techniques of the Minimalists differ from those of the Abstract Expressionists? Use specific works to illustrate your discussion.
Q5) What is Performance Art?
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Chapter 16: Contemporary Art Worldwide
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Q1) Compare and contrast the style of Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao with the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Q2) How does this work make reference to jazz music?
Q3) Discuss the influence of Deconstruction on the field of architecture.Use examples to support your answer.
Q4) Whose work does Jeff Koons' art recall?
Q5) Why did Barbara Kruger adopt the slick design of contemporary advertising?
A) To expose the deceptiveness of media messages
B) To expose bad design
C) To prepare her images for publication
D) To reinforce stereotypes
Q6) Why was Rachel Whiteread's Holocaust Memorial so controversial?
Q7) The stylistic label that best describes Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial is
A) Abstract Expressionism
B) Colorfield Painting
C) Minimalism
D) Conceptual Art
Q8) What was the artist's goal for this work?
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Chapter 17: South and Southeast Asia
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Q1) How does the Taj Mahal resemble an Iranian garden pavilion and why is that significant?
Q2) Who was the first Maurya ruler to erect monumental stone artworks in India?
A) Kanishka
B) Chandragupta
C) Jahangir
D) Ashoka
Q3) Compare and contrast the Great Stupa at Sanchi to the gopura and Great Temple at Madurai.How are they different? Why is that difference significant?
Q4) How does the Vishvanatha Temple at Khajuraho symbolize the birthplace of Shiva?
Q5) What is the function of this building?
Q6) How is the story about the wild elephant from the Akbarnama an allegory about Akbar's early years as ruler?
A) It indicated his ability to tame even wild elephants
B) It indicated his ability to take charge of an unruly state
C) It was in praise of his graciousness in victory
D) It was an allusion indicating he would never accept defeat
Q7) How does this work define the visual vocabulary of its period?
Q8) How does this image reflect the particular religious beliefs it illustrates?
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Chapter 18: China and Korea
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Q1) What is the artist attempting to illustrate?
Q2) Bronze ritual vessels were most characteristic of which period?
A) Han
B) Song
C) Six Dynasties
D) Shang
Q3) How does this image reflect the religious and philosophical traditions of the Tang Dynasty?
Q4) Compare and contrast the Ming Dynasty with the Manchu.How are they different? Include in your essay the impact the Manchu invasion had on China.Also consider the political and social implications and the ramifications for the visual arts.Use examples to support your essay.
Q5) The Ming bureaucracy allowed China to be overrun by ____ who then established the Qing Dynasty.
A) Manchus
B) Mongols
C) native Chinese
D) Han
Q6) How does this object define the visual vocabulary of its period?
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Q7) Why was it significant that when this work was first exhibited it was anonymous?
Chapter 19: Japan
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Q1) What is the Taizokai (Womb World),and how does it reflect Shingon Buddhism?
Q2) Who was Tori Busshi?
Q3) Describe the style and subject matter of ukiyo-e.How does this style reflect its period? Use examples to support your essay.
Q4) Evaluate the innovations in technique and composition found in the Tale of Genji.Consider the Japanese imperial court at this time.What influences can be seen? How did the court influence this work?
Q5) How did haniwa figures function as grave offerings during the Kofun period?
Q6) Contrast the Tea Ceremony water jar from the Momoyama Period with the work of Hamada Shoji.How does each reflect its period and particular aesthetic vision? What influences can be seen in each work?
Q7) How does this work evoke the militarism of the time?
Q8) Contrast these two images,how are they different and how are they alike?
Q9) How does this work reflect the Kano School?
Q10) The unglazed ceramic figures placed around the Kofun tumuli are:
A) haniwa
B) guang
C) sutras
D) mandara
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Chapter 20: Native America
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Q1) Compare and contrast the Olmec colossal head and the Mississippian Serpent Mound.How does each represent its respective area? What visual elements are used to define the creating cultures? How do they each express visually the essence of their creating cultures?
Q2) Why did most Plains people focus their artistic attention on clothing and other portable objects?
A) because they wanted to sell their goods to travelers
B) they believed monumental sculpture was a waste of resources
C) because they were nomadic
D) they wanted to wear symbols of their religious beliefs at all times
Q3) How did this artist energize the tradition of Southwest pottery making?
Q4) The Serpent Mound can be found in which of the following sites?
A) Ohio
B) La Venta
C) Macchu Picchu
D) San Ildefonso
Q5) What culture created this textile? What was its purpose? What was the meaning of the symbols?
Q6) What does the location of the Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde signify?
Q7) How does this figure represent savagery and tenderness?
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Chapter 21: Africa
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Q1) The Benin ikegobo uses ____ to emphasize the king's dominance.
A) light and shadow
B) perspective
C) hierarchy of scale
D) a pyramidal composition
Q2) How does the style of this statue differ from those found at Ile-Ife?
Q3) The equestrian figure on a fly-whisk handle was created by the lost-wax bronze casting technique used much earlier in ____.
A) the Mediterranean
B) Africa
C) North America
D) Egypt
Q4) How do photographs like this allow for a fuller appreciation of African art?
Q5) What is the function of the Kongo nail figure?
Q6) The linguist's staff of the Asante people reflects the rich ____.
A) verbal tradition relating to rule
B) written tradition relating to legend and fable
C) verbal tradition relating to the visual arts
D) spoken tradition of legend and fable
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Q7) Why do scholars believe that the Great Zimbabwe had extensive trade networks?