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Course Introduction
Introduction to Art History provides students with a foundational understanding of the major developments, styles, and movements in visual art from prehistoric times to the present. Through the examination of significant works of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other media, the course explores cultural, historical, and social contexts that have shaped artistic expression. Students will learn to analyze visual elements, understand art historical terminology, and appreciate the diversity of artistic traditions across different periods and regions. This course establishes essential skills for critical observation and interpretation of artworks and fosters an appreciation for the role of art in human experience.
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Chapter 1: Prehistoric Art in Europ
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Q1) Many megalithic structures are associated with _________________.
A) reproduction
B) the coming of the Ice Age
C) death
D) painted decoration
Answer: C
Q2) The potter's wheel developed in approximately 4000 BCE in __________________.
A) Japan
B) China
C) Egypt
D) India
Answer: C
Q3) The Human Figures from Ain Ghazal give the impression of living individuals who
A) were gods
B) are unable to speak
C) can communicate with the dead
D) were leaders of their site
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Art of the Ancient Near East
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Q1) To keep business records, the Sumerians pressed a __________ into clay tablets to produce cuneiform writing.
A) stylus
B) seal
C) picture stamp
D) chisel
Answer: A
Q2) The ruler, __________, conquered the Persian Empire in 334 BCE.
A) Sargon II
B) Xerxes
C) Alexander the Great
D) Gudea
Answer: C
Q3) In the Stele of Naram-Sin , what artistic device is used to signal Naram-Sin's importance and reinforce his divine right to rule?
A) Relative perspective
B) Hierarchic scale
C) Registers
D) Silhouetting
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Art of Ancient Egypt
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Q1) Egyptians who could not afford elaborate tombs commissioned funerary _________ as personal monuments meant to memorialize them and to inspire the living to make them offerings.
A) ka statues
B) chapels
C) stelai
D) mummy portraits
Answer: C
Q2) The __________ is the symbol of everlasting life.
A) scarab
B) ankh
C) faience
D) wedjat
Answer: B
Q3) Canopic jars were special containers in tombs that were used to hold
A) food
B) bodily organs
C) jewels and gold coins
D) all of the above
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Art of the Ancient Aegean
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Q1) What was the layout of the city of Mycenae and how did it maximize defensive qualities?
Q2) The Statuette of a Male Figure was ___________.
A) made from clay
B) a multi-media work
C) life-size
D) similar to Egyptian faience
Q3) The years 1900 to 1700 BCE marks the __________ Palace period in Minoan art.
A) New
B) Theran
C) Old
D) Pylos
Q4) The walls of the city of _______________ were rebuilt three times.
A) Knossos
B) Mycenae
C) Pylos
D) all of the above
Q5) What imagery appears on the Lion Gates at Mycenae, and what was its possible significance?
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Q6) What are two reasons why the Harvester Rhyton is exceptional?
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Chapter 5: Art of Ancient Greece
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Q1) In contrast to Egyptian temples, Greek temples encouraged the visitor to ______________.
A) stay outside
B) walk around the exterior
C) pass through a gate
D) admire guardian figures
Q2) The sculpture of the Dying Gallic Trumpeter dates from the __________ period.
A) Hellenistic
B) Geometric
C) High Classical
D) Late Classical
Q3) What are some of the characteristics of the Geometric period?
Q4) Clothed women in the form of columns are called __________ and are found on the Treasury of the Siphnians .
A) volutes
B) caryatids
C) entasis
D) kouroi
Q5) How would you compare the kore and kouros with Egyptian sculpture?
Q6) How and why was the Akropolis built?
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Chapter 6: Etruscan and Roman Art
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Q1) What were the purposes of the atrium and the peristyle in the Roman house?
Q2) How do The Tetrarchs show a turn toward symbolic representation?
Q3) Etruscan temples were built on a(n) __________ or platform.
A) tholos
B) podium
C) canopus
D) triclinium
Q4) Trace the development of the Roman portrait bust from 509 BCE to 337 CE.
Q5) What was the government structure of the Roman republic?
Q6) What is the difference between atmospheric perspective and intuitive perspective?
Q7) How and when did the Romans form a republic centered in Rome?
Q8) In the first century BCE, the innovative use of __________ in architecture was considered to be a technological breakthrough.
A) terracotta
B) stucco
C) concrete
D) tufa
Q9) What is Virgil's legend of the founding of Rome?
Q10) What purpose did the Baths of Caracalla serve?
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Chapter 7: Jewish and Early Christian Art
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Q1) Discoveries at Dura-Europos in the 1930s contradicted what long-held scholarly belief?
A) Early Christians did not decorate their places of worship.
B) Jews of this period did not create any sort of figural art.
C) Early Christian congregations were never more than 20-25 people for fear of discovery
D) All of the above.
Q2) The small rooms in catacombs, _______________, were frequently plastered and painted
A) cubicula
B) loculi
C) lunettes
D) ceilings
Q3) What are the basic beliefs of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims?
Q4) In the Oratory of Galla Placidia, the ____________ symbolize eternal life.
A) bookcases
B) doves flanking a fountain
C) floral designs
D) geometric patterns
Q5) What is the history of the First and Second Temple in Jerusalem?
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Chapter 8: Byzantine Art
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Q1) During the Paleologue Renaissance the administrator of the imperial treasury, __________, was responsible for numerous important structures.
A) Heraclius
B) John Komnenos
C) Justinian
D) Theodore Metochites
Q2) How does the dome of Hagia Sophia differ from the dome of the Pantheon ?
Q3) Where are many of the best examples of Christian churches of the Middle Byzantine era located?
A) Ravenna
B) Constantinople
C) Greece
D) None of the above
Q4) ____________ is related to the Harbaville Triptych in figure style and composition.
A) The Crucifixion
B) The Hospitality of Abraham
C) The Anastasis
D) Christ Crowning Emperor Romanos II and Empress Eudokia
Q5) What stories do the mosaics of San Vitale in Ravenna tell?
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Chapter 9: Islamic Art
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Q1) Islam's aniconic tradition can be traced to ______________.
A) Persian artistic traditions
B) the Ten Commandments Moses received on Mt. Sinai
C) Muhammad's destruction of pagan idols in the Kaaba
D) Islamic emphasis on the written word
Q2) What were the two roles of the written word in the Islamic culture?
Q3) How are chapter breaks indicated in early Qur'anic manuscripts, including the example in the text ?
A) red marks placed above the dark brown script
B) gold ornamentation around chapter titles and knoblike projections in the left-hand margin
C) page numbers in the lower right-hand margin
D) no breaks are necessary because readers are so familiar with the words
Q4) The elaborately decorated tombs at Shah-I Zinda in Samarkand employ the modular plan and tall blue double-shelled domes, characteristic of architecture built during the __________ dynasty.
A) Nasrid
B) Timurid
C) Mughal
D) Safavid
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Chapter 10: Art of South and Southeast Asia Before 1200
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Q1) Why did the Gandhara and Amaravati schools eventually decline?
Q2) The relief carvings that fill large central panels surrounding the garbhagriah at the Temple of Vishnu at Deogarh ___________________.
A) use symbols and abstract form to convey their meaning
B) present a dramatic narrative of the gods in superhuman form
C) provide iconic images of Vishnu in all his forms for veneration
D) serve as political propaganda in their references to Gupta rulers
Q3) At the Rajarajeshvara Temple , the significance of the axis mundi is reiterated by the _______________which is the exact same size as the garbhagriha housed below it.
A) shikhara
B) capstone
C) mandapa
D) umbrellas
Q4) Angkor Wat in Cambodia is _______________.
A) a monumental Buddhist site, conceived as a mandala in three dimensions
B) a royal complex of structures dedicated to the worship of Vishnu
C) a focal point for the preservation of traditions, texts, and practices of Theravada
Buddhism
D) the site of three colossal statues of the Buddha
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Chapter 11: Chinese and Korean Art Before 1279
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Q1) In its subject matter and stylistic treatment, the Camel Carrying a Group of Musicians conveys what aspect of Tang Dynasty China?
A) an interest in other cultures
B) a love of naturalism and expressive detail
C) a willingness toward experimentation and spontaneity
D) all of the above
Q2) Which device that appears frequently in Asian architecture supports the broad overhanging eaves of the Nanchan Temple ?
A) modules
B) brackets
C) cantilevers
D) post and lintel construction
Q3) What two vaults of terra-cotta "guards" have recently been unearthed in China?
Q4) What forms blended together to create the pagoda?
Q5) What is a common feature of ritual objects from the Chinese Bronze Age?
A) They include images of taotie masks.
B) The use of piece-mold casting for bronze objects.
C) They reflect a mythocentric worldview.
D) All of the above.
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Chapter 12: Japanese Art Before 1333
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Q1) What was a haniwa used for?
Q2) The portrait of Daruma from the Kamakura period is one of the earliest surviving examples of what type of painting?
A) landscape
B) Zen
C) Raigo
D) Pure Land
Q3) Zen Buddhism's emphasis on individual enlightenment through meditation appealed to the self-disciplined nature of Japan's ____________class.
A) aristocratic
B) samurai
C) peasant
D) merchant
Q4) Which structure at Horyuji is not entered into because of its reliquary function?
A) the kondo
B) the pagoda
C) the repository for sacred texts
D) the stupa
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Chapter 13: Art of the Americas Before 1300
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Q1) Much of what we know about Mayan courtly life comes from paintings on _________________.
A) cylinder vases
B) rectangular vases
C) wall reliefs
D) wood statues
Q2) What characterized the Early Horizon period?
Q3) The Maya perfected a more sophisticated version of the Mesoamerican _____________, which was used in recording the accomplishments of their rulers.
A) burial site
B) temple
C) ballgame
D) calendar
Q4) What evidence suggests that the Hohokam culture of the American Southwest had ties with Mesoamerican culture of the period?
A) the imagery found on Hohokam pottery
B) the presence of jade objects
C) ballcourts at the Hohokam site
D) all of the above
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Chapter 14: Early African Art
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Q1) What architectural characteristic gives Great Zimbabwe its name?
A) the use of stone as a building material
B) the ornamental stonework on buildings
C) the technique of building without mortar
D) distinctive conical thatch roofs
Q2) How did the city planning of Ife reflect the oni's importance to the culture?
A) A central avenue led from the city gate's to the oni's palace.
B) Paved courtyards with central altars to the oni were located throughout the city.
C) The oni's palace was at the center of a circular plan, ringed by stone walls and moats.
D) All of the above.
Q3) Which objects were created specifically for trade with the Portuguese?
A) textiles from Kongo
B) brass plaques from Benin
C) ivory horns for Sierra Leone
D) none of the above
Q4) What are the hypothesized meanings of the rock paintings of the Sahara?
Q5) Why was ancient Africa so alluring to different cultures?
Q6) How might a person of Igbo-Ukwu be buried as exemplified in ?
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Chapter 15: Early Medieval Art in Europe
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT true of Irish high crosses?
A) They were influenced by metalworking traditions.
B) They sometimes hold sacred relics.
C) The circular form may serve as a functional support for the arms.
D) Their name is based on their large size.
Q2) What influences of the Roman Empire were seen in the Carolingian and Ottonian dynasties?
Q3) Why did Celtic Christians develop their own liturgical practices and distinctive artistic traditions?
A) They refused to accept the authority of Bishop of Rome.
B) They had little contact with Rome until the sixth century.
C) Celtic mythological beliefs prevailed over Christianity among the general population.
D) None of the above.
Q4) How did the Vikings affect the art world; what specific artistic trends did they set?
Q5) What was the result of St. Augustine's successful mission?
Q6) How did the Norse use animal style in their art?
Q7) How does the life of Galla Placidia bring the fall of the Roman Empire to life?
Q8) How do the arts of the Carolingian dynasty compare with the Ottonian dynasty?
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Chapter 16: Romanesque Art
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Q1) How did Romanesque builders change the early Christian basilica?
Q2) What affect did pilgrimages and the crusades have on Christendom?
Q3) The practical nature of the Cistercians led to what change in the traditional monastery plan?
A) the use of concrete instead of stone construction
B) key buildings were placed at right angles to the cloister
C) the church was separated from the cloister by a courtyard
D) an added clerestory provided natural light from above
Q4) The Scivias records ___________________of Hildegard of Bingen.
A) the day-to-day events in the life
B) the musical and theatrical compositions
C) the mystical visions
D) treatises on medicine and natural science
Q5) Wiligelmo, who carved horizontal reliefs across the west façade of Modena Cathedral, may have been influenced by Roman ___________.
A) equestrian portraits
B) triumphal arches
C) sarcophagi
D) imperial portraiture
Q6) In which cathedrals did masons experiment with vaults?
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Chapter 17: Gothic Art of the Twelfth and Thirteenth
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Q1) In an inscription on a marble pulpit in Pisa, _________________ identified himself as a supremely self-confident sculptor.
A) Coppo di Marcovaldo
B) Nicola Pisano
C) Cimabue
D) Nicholas of Verdun
Q2) Gothic cathedrals differ from those built in the Romanesque period in their
A) use of massive support walls
B) shift toward more open, light-filled spaces
C) role as centers of community life
D) association with royal patrons
Q3) The Royal Portal at the Church of Notre Dame at Chartres gets its name from
A) its function as the ceremonial entrance for church officials
B) its function as the king's private entrance
C) the column statues depicting members of the French royal family
D) the column statues depicting Biblical kings, queens, and prophets
Q4) How are stained glass windows made?
Q5) Why did Abbot Suger want Saint-Denis rebuilt?
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Chapter 18: Fourteenth-century Art in Europe
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Q1) Located in the city hall in Siena, the council room was known as the __________.
A) Church of the Holy Cross
B) Sala della Pace (Chamber of Peace)
C) Exeter Cathedral
D) Scrovegni Chapel
Q2) In the buon fresco technique, the term _____________ refers to a section or day's work.
A) dado
B) grisaille
C) sinopia
D) giornata
Q3) What sociological change may have encouraged the innovative developments in Italian art of the fourteenth century?
A) the growth of the urban population
B) the guild system for artistic training
C) artists began to emerge as individuals
D) fortified cities provided a greater sense of security
Q4) Who was Petrarch? Discuss his contributions and significance.
Q5) Who was Christine de Pizan? In what ways did she contribute to her profession and to her era?
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Chapter 19: Fifteenth-century Art in Northern Europe
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Q1) How did women artists in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries learn to paint? Cite examples of individual women artists.
Q2) Explain the technique of painting with an oil medium. Include examples of artists and their work as part of your discussion.
Q3) Engraving on metal requires a technique called __________ in which the lines are cut into the metal plate with sharp tools.
A) gouging
B) intaglio
C) sinopia
D) giornata
Q4) What detail of the Mérode Altarpiece indicates that the scene of the Annunciation is a religious vision of the donors?
A) the enclosed garden
B) the opened door to the other room
C) the mousetrap
D) the turned
Q5) Discuss the achievements of Jan van Eyck. Cite specific works of art, address style, technique, subject matter, and patronage.
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Chapter 20: Renaissance Art in Fifteenth-century Italy
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Q1) Pollaiuolo's Battle of the Nudes is a(n) ____________________.
A) banner
B) fresco
C) engraving
D) intarsia
Q2) Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise demonstrate the use of linear perspective to render illusionistic space in ____________.
A) oil painting
B) fresco
C) architecture
D) relief sculpture
Q3) The Brancacci Chapel was dedicated to __________ and displays events from his life.
A) Saint Peter
B) John the Baptist
C) Jacob
D) St. Sebastian
Q4) Consider Venetian palace architecture in light of the geography of Venice. Focus your discussion on the home of the Venetian nobleman, Marino Contarini.
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Chapter 21: Sixteenth-century Art in Italy
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Q1) __________ and Michelangelo were in the service of Pope Julius II in the early years of the sixteenth century.
A) Raphael
B) Pontormo
C) Brunnelleschi
D) Tintoretto
Q2) Which artist was NOT commissioned by Pope Julius II to help him realize his vision of a revitalized Rome as the center of a new Christian architecture?
A) Bramante
B) Raphael
C) Michelangelo
D) Leonardo da Vinci
Q3) Popular among Venetian painters in the sixteenth century, poesie were inspired by a trend in contemporary __________that revived ancient motifs.
A) theater
B) literature
C) music
D) dance
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Chapter 22: Sixteenth-century Art in Northern Europe and the
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Q1) Albrecht Altdorfer emerged as one of the great German painters of
a genre that grew in popularity in the sixteenth century.
A) landscapes
B) still-lifes
C) religious narratives
D) moralizing parables
Q2) What image from the Isenheim Altarpiece emphasizes human emotion and suffering through Grunewald's graphic realism?
A) the Crucifixion
B) the Annunciation
C) Saint Sebastian
D) the Resurrection
Q3) How did the development of an art market impact artists in Antwerp?
A) They became more diversified in their production.
B) They began to specialize in specific genres.
C) They became art dealers.
D) They were no longer associated with guilds.
Q4) How did Dürer use printmaking to extend his reputation?
Q5) What kind of art was favored in the Tudor Court?
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Chapter 23: Seventeenth-century Art in Europe
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Q1) 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
Q2) How did the role of the viewer change in the Baroque period?
A) it was self-contained and separate from the viewer's world
B) the focus was on a fixed viewpoints
C) art sought to engage viewers as participants
D) all of the above
Q3) Although Caravaggio was extremely influential on Spanish artists in the seventeenth century, their work is distinguished by __________.
A) the predominance of secular subject matter
B) a use of vivid color and expressive brushwork
C) an ecstatic religiosity combined with realistic surface detail
D) the use of decorative patterns and designs based on Islamic art
Q4) What is remarkable about English palace design during the Baroque period?
Q5) Why did women artists gain success and notoriety in seventeenth century art?
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Chapter 24: Art of South and Southeast Asia After 1200
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Q1) What was the state of Buddhism in thirteenth-century India? Specify the particular religious beliefs and the artistic expression of those beliefs.
Q2) How did British influence enter India? Discuss the impact of the British Empire on the art and architecture of India, referencing specific works of art and monuments.
Q3) __________ is the bodhisattva of greatest compassion.
A) Avalokiteshvara
B) Mahavira
C) Palas
D) Agra
Q4) What effect did the rich tradition of Islamic book arts have on the Jains of western India?
A) They began to use paper.
B) They began to write and illustrate their own sacred books.
C) They adopted characteristics of Islamic art.
D) All of the above.
Q5) Discuss the Indian technique of painting on paper.
Q6) Discuss the work of the contemporary Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain. What artistic influences can you detect in his work?
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Chapter 25: Chinese and Korean Art After 1279
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Q1) The Joseon court dispatched artists from the royal painting academy to the kilns 30 miles southeast of Seoul to train __________.
A) landscape painters
B) porcelain painters
C) portrait painters
D) wildlife painters
Q2) The largest surviving garden of the Ming dynasty is the __________.
A) Garden of Paradise
B) Garden of the Emperor
C) Garden of the Cessation of Official Life
D) Garden of Content
Q3) Emphasis on painting's expressive nature during the Ming Dynasty brought it closer to what other Chinese art form?
A) porcelain production
B) calligraphy
C) landscape design
D) poetry
Q4) Explain the significance of the dragon in Chinese tradition; cite a specific example of its representation in the arts.
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Chapter 26: Japanese Art After 1333
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Q1) What influence was introduced into Japanese ink painting during the Muromachi period?
A) Zen Buddhism's emphasis on historical figures
B) Pure Land Buddhism
C) traditions of Chinese landscape painting
D) humor
Q2) What is the Kano school? What artist was a product of this school?
Q3) 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
Q4) Hokusai's famous The Great Wave is from a series of woodblock prints depicting
A) the sea
B) Mount Fuji
C) the seasons
D) Japan's southern coast
Q5) Who are daimyo?
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Chapter 27: Art of the Americas After 1300
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Q1) The Pueblo artist Maria Montoya Martinez is known for the distinctive _________ceramic style she developed with her husband in the early twentieth century .
A) stoneware
B) whiteware
C) roundware
D) blackware
Q2) There are three principal basket-making techniques: __________, plaiting, and twining.
A) shoving
B) brushing
C) burning
D) coiling
Q3) What are some qualities of Plains Indian art?
Q4) What changes occurred in the production of Native American beadwork after European contact?
A) Native artists began to use glass beads from Venice and Bohemia.
B) Decorative beadwork became commonplace.
C) Native artists adapted European needlework techniques and floral designs.
D) All of the above.
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Chapter 28: Art of Pacific Cultures
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Q1) Which of the following statements does NOT apply to the korambo, or spirit house, found in the Abelam culture of New Guinea?
A) The elaborate façade must be ritually repainted.
B) Secret initiation rites are performed inside.
C) Entering and exiting is the symbolic equivalent to death and rebirth.
D) A completion of the building's façade is celebrated with a six-month ceremony.
Q2) The people of New Guinea are as __________ as its lands.
A) diverse
B) homogenous
C) turbulent
D) quiet
Q3) The Feather Cloak, or Kearny Cloak had a foundation made from __________.
A) coconut fibers
B) strung pearls
C) pineapple leaves
D) corn husks
Q4) How were the visual arts of the Pacific cultures connected to music, dance, and oral literature?
Q5) How were korambo (haus tambaran) houses constructed?
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Chapter 29: Art of Africa in the Modern Era
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Q1) Olodumare of the __________ peoples is almost never depicted or portrayed in art.
A) Baule
B) Ifa
C) Yoruba
D) Bwa
Q2) When first carved, nkisi nkonde are __________, but then gain power through use.
A) memories
B) neutral
C) curved
D) toys
Q3) What is the prestige attire of the Kuba nyim?
Q4) In many African cultures, a diviner is someone who ______________.
A) makes sacred art including masks, sculptures, and ceramic wares
B) speaks for the tribal elders
C) maintains cultural secrets regarding ritual ceremonies
D) mediates between this world and the supernatural
Q5) What rites of passage are commemorated in African art?
Q6) What is an example of tradition-based art produced in Africa today?
Q7) In what contexts are African art objects used?
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Chapter 30: Eighteenth-
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Q1) David's Death of Marat echoes the pose of Christ in a sculpture by ___________.
A) Reynolds
B) Boucher
C) Carriera
D) Michelangelo
Q2) Rococo ended because of Enlightenment ideas, the rising popularity of the __________ style, and imminent revolution.
A) Gothic
B) Realist
C) Neoclassical
D) Grand Tour
Q3) What does the term Rococo mean?
Q4) Which country embraced Gothic Revival architecture in the early nineteenth century as symbolic of its national tradition?
A) the United States
B) France
C) England
D) Germany
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Q5) Why did Diderot encourage artists to work for the common good?
Q6) How do scientific discoveries impact on art during the eighteenth century?
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Chapter 31: Mid-to Late Nineteenth-century Art in Europe and
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Q1) What common denominator unifies the artists considered Post-Impressionists?
A) They lived in France.
B) Impressionism served as a springboard for their experimentation.
C) They rejected Classical ideas and form.
D) Their work is characterized by heavily built-up areas of paint called impasto.
Q2) Known as synthetism, Gauguin's style involved brilliantly colored flat shapes, anti-naturalist color and _____________.
A) gold leaf
B) one point perspective
C) bold outlines
D) shading
Q3) Although associated with the Academy, Gustave Moreau's sensuous treatment of biblical themes served as a precursor to which art movement?
A) Neo-Impressionism
B) Symbolism
C) Impressionism
D) the Pre-Raphaelites
Q4) Who was William Morris?
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Q1) How did the Surrealists liberate the unconscious mind and why did they do this in their art?
Q2) In what ways did artists give their art a deeper social relevance in the period between the wars?
Q3) Hartley, Dove, and O'Keeffe were all supported by __________ and shown in his gallery.
A) Henry Moore
B) Jacob Lawrence
C) Alfred Stieglitz
D) Salvador Dali
Q4) The __________ of Gerrit Rietveld's Schröder House created the radical asymmetry sought after in the De Stijl movement.
A) exposed skeletal structure
B) large expanses of windows
C) richly encrusted surface
D) the white planes and horizontal and vertical accents in primary colors
Q5) Why and how did Dada ask radical questions about the nature of art itself?
Q6) What is the International Style?
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Q7) Why did the Futurists embrace "the beauty of speed" in their art?
Q8) How did Russian Constructivists combine Modern styles with practical needs?
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Q1) Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty is a permanent _______________, which is intended to reflect the "ongoing dialectic" of constructive and destructive forces in nature.
A) happening
B) wrap
C) earthwork
D) installation
Q2) How are Christo and Jeanne-Claude's site-specific works of art funded?
A) They are funded through grants from the National Endowment of the Arts and other funding agencies
B) They are commissioned by museums, individuals, and local governments.
C) They sell models, drawings, and other preliminary materials from the preceding project.
D) Admission fees for those who want to see the final work.
Q3) Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain is an example of Deconstructivist __________.
A) architecture
B) furniture
C) telephone
D) language
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