Renaissance to Modern Art Exam Review
Course Introduction
This course explores the major movements, artists, and artworks from the Renaissance through the modern era, tracing the transformation of visual culture in Europe and beyond. Students will examine how social, political, and technological changes influenced artistic production from the 14th to the 20th century, considering key developments in painting, sculpture, and architecture. Through analysis of masterpieces by figures such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Monet, Picasso, and others, the course highlights evolving approaches to representation, the emergence of new artistic philosophies, and the impact of patrons and institutions. Emphasis is placed on historical context, stylistic innovation, and the enduring legacy of these traditions in shaping modern art.
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Art Past Art Present 6th Edition by David G. Wilkins
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Chapter 1: Experiencing Art
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Q1) In northeast Nigeria Wodaabe women carve gourds into calabashes; most of these are treasured as:
A) ceremonial possessions.
B) utensils to hold porridge.
C) vessels to carry milk.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Answer: A
Q2) Because Mondrian's Composition No.8 leads us to the periphery without concentrating on any single area or element,the composition could be described as ____________.
Answer: decentralized
Q3) The particular manner of visual expression created by an individual artist is known as individual style.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Davis Smith's Cubi XIX is nonrepresentational because it does not ____________ actual figures or real objects.
Answer: imitate
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Chapter 2: Prehistoric Art
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Q1) In a tradition characteristic of much of African art,the features of the Nok head are emphatically naturalistic and:
A) strictly realistic.
B) powerfully abstracted.
C) incredibly illusionistic.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Answer: B
Q2) Prehistory is defined as the period before:
A) architecture.
B) domesticated animals.
C) writing.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Answer: C
Q3) The term Paleolithic means "Old Iron Age."
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Ancient Art
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Q1) As seen on the Fang ding,the most famous pattern used on early Chinese bronzes was the taotie,or ____________.
Answer: monster mask
Q2) The Great Pyramids at Giza functioned as:
A) royal tombs.
B) navigational signposts for desert travelers.
C) battlements for defense.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Answer: A
Q3) In most ancient civilizations,artists were counted among the ranks of:
A) priests.
B) scholars.
C) laborers.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Answer: C
Q4) The earliest large-scale Greek sculptures are indebted to ____________ prototypes.
Answer: Egyptian
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Chapter 4: Later Ancient Art
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Q1) The wedge-shaped blocks that make up the parts of an arch are called voussoirs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Useful in Roman engineering,____________ was a silicate that functioned as a natural,fast-drying cement.
Q3) ____________ is a wooden support structure upon which arches and vaults are constructed.
Q4) Regarded as one of Rome's most important temples,the Pantheon joins what two disparate architectural designs?
Q5) In Roman fresco technique,what is the difference between buon fresco and fresco secco?
Q6) The scenes depicted on the Flying Banner found in Lady Dai's Han Dynasty Tomb near Changsha,China represent the passage of the souls of the dead to the realm of the immortals.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Describe the probable meanings of the feathered serpents at Teotihuacán.
Q8) At Teotihuacán,the builders used ____________ as a temple base.
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Chapter 5: Art From 200 to 1000
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Q1) What was the central rite of the Medieval Christian church and what did it reenact and promise?
Q2) The interior space of the Mosque at Córdoba functioned as a place for liturgical worship.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Pendentives are curving triangular segments that transition from square plan supporting piers to the circular base of a dome.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the Christian tradition,what is the Transfiguration? What and who did it involve?
Q5) In his painting Sailboat in the Rain,Xia Gui does what instead of concentrating on literal depiction?
Q6) The exterior of Old St.Peter's was elaborately and exquisitely adorned with precious materials,including gold,jewels,and mosaics.
A)True
B)False
Q7) What does the word catacomb mean,and from where is it derived?
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Chapter 6: Art From 1000 to 1400
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Q1) The main subject of Ife art is the human head,rendered how?
Q2) In Romanesque sculpture,arches of decorative or narrative motifs that enframe the tympanum are called:
A) jambs.
B) trumeaux.
C) buttresses.
D) archivolts.
E) none of these.
Q3) By transferring the thrust and weight to an exterior support,what does the flying buttress permit in a Gothic cathedral?
Q4) The structure of a Gothic cathedral is aptly described as "skeletal."
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the spires of the ideal Gothic church.How do the spires serve the motivations and aspirations of the builders?
Q6) The dramatic core of the narrative in Giotto's Lamentation exists in the lower left in the heads of the ____________ and ____________.
Q7) The interior elevation of the typical Gothic church is composed of what three parts?
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Chapter 7: Fifteenth-Century Art
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Q1) In the Self-Portrait of Shen Zhou,the gesture of the hands suggests that the picture was painted from life.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Humanistic studies in Renaissance Italy involved what disciplines in its curriculum?
Q3) Originally,the Inka mountain retreat of Machu Picchu included:
A) ceremonial plazas.
B) housing for various classes.
C) sectors devoted to agriculture.
D) temples.
E) all of these.
Q4) What factors contributed to the sad state of Leonardo's Last Supper before restoration?
Q5) Donatello's treatment of St.Mark is non-medieval because it emphasizes:
A) divine inspiration.
B) a pantocrater type.
C) human attributes.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
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Chapter 8: Sixteenth-Century Art
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Q1) In Michelangelo's Florence Pietà,the normal Renaissance harmony is broken by the unstable composition and the ____________.
Q2) On the interior of Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights triptych,the wings show:
A) a vision of Hell.
B) the creation of Eve.
C) God the Father.
D) the Garden of Eden.
E) all of these.
Q3) Mannerist artists sought to create ____________ and ____________ constructions to demonstrate their intellectual and technical virtuosity and the sophistication of their patrons.
Q4) In Titian's Venus of Urbino,the identification of the nude female figure as Venus is supported by symbolism of the ____________ and the ____________.
Q5) In Raphael's Philosophy,what does Aristotle's right hand gesture with palm down over the earth mean?
Q6) Why is Titian's technique known as having a painterly quality?
Q7) What explains the appearance of the "onion" domes placed on Russian orthodox churches,such as St.Basil's?
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Chapter 9: Seventeenth-Century Art
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Q1) In his Arrival and Reception of Marie de´ Medici at Marseilles,how did Rubens satisfy the aspirations of his royal client?
Q2) Evidence in many Vermeer paintings suggests that he used a camera obscura.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Why and how did seventeenth-century art theorists neglect and underestimate still-life painting? Who excelled at seventeenth-century still-life painting?
Q4) In the Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq,Rembrandt offered a radical solution to the problem of the militia portrait,which was to:
A) create spontaneous groupings.
B) emphasize pictorial drama and focus.
C) subordinate the democratic ideal.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q5) In the seventeenth century,landscape became a truly popular theme in the ____________ for the first time in the history of Western art.
Q6) Why is realistic still-life painting considered to be a democratic art?
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Chapter 10: Eighteenth-Century Art
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Q1) To truly understand the "grand style," any artist who desired professional fame was almost obligated to do what?
Q2) In William Hogarth's Marriage à la Mode,Scene II,what suggests that the wife's lover is the music teacher?
Q3) What about Egid Quirin Asam's Assumption of the Virgin encourages us to gasp?
Q4) Why would Thomas Jefferson's Virginia State Capitol have surprised many Richmond residents?
Q5) The French word that refers to a European artistic style of the 17 and 18 centuries characterized by fanciful imagery of an imaginary China is called:
A) orientalism.
B) Japonisme.
C) Chinoiserie.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q6) Kim Hongdo's painting Roof Tiling shows the interest in the actual appearances of powerful Korean rulers in eighteenth-century Korea.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Nineteenth-Century Art
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Q1) Courbet's aim was to create a "living art"; his style became known as:
A) Gothic Revival.
B) Realism.
C) Romanticism.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q2) The Crystal Palace demonstrates what two innovative developments that transformed architecture in the second half of the nineteenth century? How did these developments work,and what did they demonstrate for the future of architecture?
Q3) Seurat systematized contemporary scientific advances in color theory to create what he termed ____________.
Q4) In Arles in 1888-89,van Gogh adopted what Japanese belief about the color yellow?
Q5) The style of Hiroshige's woodblock prints focuses on the subtleties of a particular ____________ and ____________.
Q6) In Thomas Cole's paintings,why is his emphasis on the uniqueness of American scenery significant?
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Chapter 12: Art From 1900 to 1949
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Q1) The duality felt by Frida Kahlo is revealed in The Two Fridas by the:
A) two hearts.
B) contrasting costumes.
C) Catholic and Aztec implications.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q2) The poetic,evocative position implied by the point of view in Georgia O'Keeffe's The Lawrence Tree emphasizes what?
Q3) Brancusi's Bird in Space draws us close not to the essence of a natural form,but to what instead?
Q4) In Hopper's Nighthawks the harsh interior light is used to:
A) reveal the personalities of the sitters.
B) encourage deep psychoanalysis.
C) expose the lack of communication.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q5) Despite its purity and reductive beauty,why did the International Style quickly reach a dead end?
Q6) Even standing still,Pininfarina's Cistalia "202" GT car gives what impression?
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Chapter 13: Art From 1950 to 1999
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Q1) In order to understand it,Le Corbusier's Nôtre-Dame-du-Haut forces us to do what?
How do the building's exterior,interior,and its site aesthetically work on a viewer?
Q2) Pollack's method of painting is derived from:
A) Picasso's synthesis.
B) Surrealist automatism.
C) Cézanne.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q3) Miriam Schapiro's multimedia Wonderland exemplifies a(n):
A) femmage.
B) Happening.
C) Ready-made.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q4) The subject of Wandjuk Marika's The Birth of the Djang'kawu Children at Yalanghara is a creation and journey myth.
A)True
B)False
Q5) On what legend was Robert Smithson's design for Spiral Jetty based?
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Chapter 14: Art in the New Millennium
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Q1) Ann Hamilton's corpus was installation art on a massive scale that proposed a contemplation on the modes of human communication.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The photographs of Andreas Gursky:
A) are visually stunning.
B) are enormous in size.
C) often present a dialogue between architecture and human presence.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q3) In Kara Walker's Insurrection! installation,projected light casts our shadows on the walls,and thus works to:
A) involve us.
B) render the work invisible.
C) scare children present.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q4) Individuality has been a hallmark of modern art,and the ____________ of 21st-century art is proof of its continued importance.
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