Renaissance to Modern Art Test Questions
Course Introduction
This course traces the development of Western art from the Renaissance through the modern period, exploring the major movements, artists, and works that shaped the artistic landscape from the 15th to the early 20th century. Students will study the evolution of styles, techniques, and themes in painting, sculpture, and architecture, considering the cultural, political, and technological influences that drove artistic innovation. Attention will be given to figures such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso, and others, as well as the broader historical context in which their work was produced. By critically analyzing landmark artworks and examining shifting aesthetics and philosophies, students will gain an understanding of the rich visual heritage that underpins contemporary 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) A cantilever is a vertical projection into space.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Controlled city designs,such as the Forbidden City in Beijing,imply:
A) notions of utility within society.
B) a centralized authority.
C) notions of efficiency.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Answer: D
Q3) Mondrian's Composition No.8,1939-42,with Red,Blue,and Yellow reinforces the flatness of the picture plane.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The level of richness or saturation of a color is termed value.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Prehistoric Art
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Q1) Mesolithic rock painting shows scenes of human conflict.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The term Paleolithic means "Old Iron Age."
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The first European Paleolithic cave paintings were discovered in 1879 near
Answer: Altamira
Q4) The axis at Stonehenge,established through the horseshoe by the heel stone,leads the eye to the point on the eastern horizon where the sun rises on the dawn of the
Answer: summer solstice
Q5) The term Neolithic means "New Stone Age."
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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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) Egyptian temple architecture stresses:
A) monumentality.
B) durability.
C) stability.
D) weight.
E) all of these.
Answer: E
Q3) The Sumerian Storm God and two Stags lintel represents Imdugud as:
A) a mud-covered human.
B) a lioness-headed eagle.
C) a gigantic fist.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Answer: B
Q4) Mycenaean kings were buried with their personal treasures and weapons in large round structures called ____________.
Answer: tholos tombs
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Chapter 4: Later Ancient Art
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Q1) How did the Roman architect solve the problem of lighting the vast interior space of the Pantheon?
Q2) The wedge-shaped blocks that make up the parts of an arch are called voussoirs.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Regarded as one of Rome's most important temples,the Pantheon joins what two disparate architectural designs?
Q4) In Roman engineering,how has the transition from the circular base of the dome to the piers or walls below been traditionally handled?
Q5) The Bacchic Mysteries from Pompeii is one of the first examples of a painted wall decoration integrated with the physical space and architecture of its setting; this is called a(n) ____________.
Q6) A Buddhist stupa,like the Great Stupa at Sanchi,acts to:
A) be the symbol of nirvana.
B) commemorate a sacred place.
C) be a monumental burial mound.
D) be the center of a Buddhist religious compound.
E) all of these.
Q7) 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) Throughout the period covered by this chapter,religious books were written by hand,usually on treated animal skins called vellum or parchment.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The plan of the Carolingian monastery at St.Gall included:
A) a refectory.
B) a cloister.
C) novitiate housing.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q3) One common element of Islamic mosques from all periods is the marking of a wall that indicates which direction Muslims should turn when they pray,called the ____________.
Q4) The Buddhist temple called Borobudur was:
A) sited in central Java.
B) designed legendarily by a divine architect.
C) originally considered sacred by Hindus.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q5) 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) A continuation of Anglo-Saxon interlace motifs is visible in the Bayeux Tapestry image of King Harold Receiving a Messenger in the:
A) abstracted undulating tree.
B) fleece of the lion.
C) design on the saint's robes.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q2) In the apse fresco from San Clemente in Tahull,Spain,the drapery flutters and folds in a(n) ____________.
Q3) The interior elevation of the typical Gothic church is composed of what three parts?
Q4) 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.
Q5) In what fashion is blue usually applied in a fresco painting?
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Chapter 7: Fifteenth-Century Art
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Q1) Humanistic studies in Renaissance Italy involved what disciplines in its curriculum?
Q2) Both della Francesca's Resurrection and van der Weyden's Deposition show a characteristic not seen in painting since Roman times,which is:
A) abstract decoration.
B) naturalism.
C) miniaturization.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q3) In his portraits of the rulers of Urbino,Piero della Francesca suggests:
A) the vast extent of ducal power.
B) their elevation above the everyday.
C) their almost omnipotent presence.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q4) In Brunelleschi's Church of Santo Spirito,instead of towering Gothic verticality,we perceive a measured ____________ and ____________.
Q5) Discuss the idea of the Renaissance. What does it mean literally, historically, culturally, and artistically?
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Chapter 8: Sixteenth-Century Art
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Q1) In Titian's Venus of Urbino,the identification of the nude female figure as Venus is supported by symbolism of the ____________ and the ____________.
Q2) The Mannerist qualities in Michelangelo's The Last Judgment are believed to result from:
A) the leaden psychological climate of Rome.
B) the Reformation.
C) the brutal sack of Rome in 1527.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q3) In Michelangelo's Creation of Adam fresco,what aspect suggests the vital energy soon to be released?
A) Adam's powerfully muscled figure
B) the lightning bolt streaking across the sky
C) Adam's laurel crown
D) all of these
E) none of these
Q4) In most printmaking media,the surface of the print form can be re-inked to produce a number of additional prints,called a(n) ____________.
Q5) Why is Titian's technique known as having a painterly quality?
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Chapter 9: Seventeenth-Century Art
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Q1) Baroque painting is characterized by:
A) strong lighting.
B) asymmetrical compositions.
C) powerful effects of movement.
D) dramatic subject matter.
E) all of these.
Q2) During the seventeenth century in China,the Ming Dynasty fell and was succeeded by the ____________ Dynasty,which ruled until 1912.
Q3) Why is Teresa of Ávila depicted barefoot in Bernini's sculpture Ecstasy of Saint Teresa?
Q4) Why is realistic still-life painting considered to be a democratic art?
Q5) On the interior of the dome for San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane,Borromini creates a floating,levitating sensation by:
A) adding hidden windows at the base.
B) leaving an oculus open to the sky.
C) actually stretching the dome high upward.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
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Chapter 10: Eighteenth-Century Art
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Q1) The term "Rococo" was first used to designate what style?
Q2) David's Death of Socrates offered a guide for ____________ in the troubled social climate of France in the late 1780s.
Q3) Fragonard's Happy Accidents of the Swing reaffirms the pleasures of:
A) lovers' games.
B) playing chess.
C) idyllic partying.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q4) The eighteenth century in European cultural history is sometimes called the Age of Enlightenment.
A)True B)False
Q5) Why would Thomas Jefferson's Virginia State Capitol have surprised many Richmond residents?
Q6) Jefferson's use of the combination of pedimented entrance and dome at Monticello can be traced back to the Pantheon in Rome.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Nineteenth-Century Art
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Q1) Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère exhibits new nineteenth century issues of the individual in a modern,urban society,most particularly:
A) stoic virtue.
B) isolation and alienation.
C) vainglorious heroism.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q2) Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa is a history painting,and its subject is a heroic event.
A)True
B)False
Q3) 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.
Q4) Seurat systematized contemporary scientific advances in color theory to create what he termed ____________.
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Chapter 12: Art From 1900 to 1949
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Q1) Alfred Stieglitz's 1907 photograph The Steerage balances the relationship between form and ____________,and thus should be understood as a work of art in itself.
Q2) 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.
Q3) In his Schröder House of 1923-24,how does Gerrit Rietveld establish a series of complex relationships?
Q4) Picasso used the African masks in Les Demoiselles d'Avignon because to him they were:
A) reminiscent of Greek vases.
B) exotic, magic things.
C) references to Goya.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q5) Brancusi's Bird in Space draws us close not to the essence of a natural form,but to what instead?
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Chapter 13: Art From 1950 to 1999
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Q1) Komar and Melamid's America's Most Wanted was produced based on the aesthetic preferences of America's 100 most famous art critics.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How are Bilbao's shipbuilding and port activities reflected in Frank Gehry's 1997 Guggenheim Museum building in that city?
Q3) In his photographic essay The Americans,Robert Frank employed his "snapshot aesthetic" in producing many commercial glamour photos.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How do works in the style called Color Field Painting operate?
Q5) Warhol's multiple images of Marilyn Monroe are born from the aesthetic numbness produced by the commercial environment.
A)True
B)False
Q6) 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?
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Chapter 14: Art in the New Millennium
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Q1) To create the Tate Modern museum,into what did the Swiss architectural firm of Herzog and DeMeuron transform an abandoned London power plant?
Q2) With Richard Serra's Torqued Ellipses,the enormous sheets of steel seem to deny their materiality as they flow and billow like fabric.
A)True
B)False
Q3) At the Prada Flagship Store in New York City designed by Rem Koolhaas,the "big wave" functions as a huge:
A) skateboard ramp.
B) metaphor for sliding consumption.
C) minimalist sculptural form.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q4) An example of "destination architecture," which brought revitalization to a fading industrial center,is Frank Gehry's ____________ in Bilbao.
Q5) What is the metaphor used by Santiago Calatrava to describe his design for the World Trade Center Transportation Hub?
Q6) How will James Turrell's Roden Crater project be like Stonehenge?
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