Survey of Western Art Final
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Survey of Western Art provides an overview of the major developments, movements, and masterpieces of Western visual art from antiquity to the modern era. Students will explore key works, artists, and styles within their historical, cultural, and social contexts, tracing the evolution of artistic expression from classical Greece and Rome through the Renaissance, Baroque, Romanticism, Impressionism, and into the twentieth century. Emphasis is placed on visual analysis, critical thinking, and understanding how art both shaped and reflected Western societies and ideologies.
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Art A Brief History 6th Edition by Marilyn Stokstad
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Chapter 1: Prehistoric Art in Europe
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Q1) The term "megalithic" means
A)small stone.
B)large stone.
C)old stone.
D)new stone.
Answer: B
Q2) The top rock on a dolmen is called the
A)bridge.
B)henge.
C)capstone.
D)cairn.
Answer: C
Q3) What formal technique was used to create a very lifelike quality in Bison from Le Tuc d'Audoubert in southern France?
A)human figures surrounding the herds
B)small footprints in the clay floor
C)engraved short parallel lines below their necks
D)low-relief carvings of thin,active animals
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Art of the Ancient Near East
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Q1) The world's oldest recorded code of law is found on the
A)Stele of Naram-Sin.
B)Votive Statue of Gudea.
C)the Carved Vessel from Uruk.
D)Stele of Hammurabi.
Answer: D
Q2) Describe the purposes and medium for cylinder seals.
Answer: Essay responses should include these points:
The cylinder seals were made from hard stone and semiprecious stones.
One example shows the use of lapis lazuli.
They were used to secure and identify documents, including to seal jars, bundles, and doors.
The low-relief designs were elaborate and could not be easily reproduced or forged.
Q3) Which adjective would best describe Sumerian votive figures?
A)cylindrical
B)spherical
C)rectangular
D)triangular
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Art of Ancient Egypt
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Q1) Who was the first king of Egypt to use the title "Pharaoh"?
A)Djoser
B)Tutmose III
C)Narmer
D)Khafre
Answer: B
Q2) Which was the function of the Palette of Narmer?
A)a breastplate
B)a shield
C)a place to grind paint for eye makeup
D)a stele to honor the king
Answer: C
Q3) Which Third Dynasty king is buried at Saqqara?
A)Senusret III
B)Djoser
C)Ramses II
D)Hatshepsut
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Early Asian Art
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Q1) In Buddhism,which of the following symbolizes spiritual purity,the wholeness of creation,and cosmic harmony?
A)a mandala
B)a wheel with spokes
C)a lotus flower
D)elongated earlobes
Q2) In Buddhism,female spirits associated with beauty and fertility are known as A)mudras.
B)yakshis.
C)bodhisattvas.
D)toranas.
Q3) What are the small,unglazed ceramic sculptures called that are found in Japanese tombs?
A)taotie
B)haniwa
C)chakra
D)kami
Q4) Discuss how the purpose and design of Horiyu-Ji reveals the influence of China.
Q5) How is the colossal Seated Buddha from Sanxi,China,different from its earlier Indian counterparts?
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Chapter 5: Art of Ancient Greece and the Aegean World
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Q1) Which of the following is an aspect of the Lion Gate at Mycenae that shows a Minoan influence?
A)the lions
B)the column
C)the plinth
D)the bulls
Q2) The Panathenaic festival procession is depicted on the Parthenon's A)Ionic frieze.
B)west pediment.
C)northern metopes.
D)cella doors.
Q3) Which of the following best describes the shape of a volute?
A)a spiral scroll
B)concentric circles
C)a golden rectangle
D)a floral pattern
Q4) What subtle adjustments or refinements were made in the Parthenon that gave it a more organic appearance? Speculate about the possible reasons for these refinements.
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Chapter 6: Etruscan and Roman Art
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Q1) What device is used inside the dome of the Pantheon to lighten its weight?
A)coffers
B)columns
C)groin vaults
D)pilasters
Q2) The term "impluvium" refers to
A)a pool for catching rainwater.
B)an entrance to an interior atrium.
C)a series of engaged columns used for decorative purposes.
D)a formal reception room within a luxurious Roman home.
Q3) A cistae is known as
A)a cylindrical container used by wealthy Etruscan women to carry personal items.
B)an oven used for firing and curing terra cotta sculpture.
C)a figural group of Dionysus between two satyrs seen in sculpture and later mosaic.
D)an image that is prominent within Etruscan art,referencing the Argonauts.
Q4) Discuss the details of the domestic life as seen through the remnants of Pompeii.
Q5) How do an Etruscan temple and a Greek temple compare in form?
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Chapter 7: Jewish, early Christian, and Byzantine Art
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Q1) Which of the following was in the Ark of the Covenant?
A)tablets with the Ten Commandments
B)the bones of Abraham
C)Moses' staff and robe
D)a weapon of unimaginable destructive power
Q2) Discuss Andrey Rublyov's art and style as an example of Byzantine art.What are its characteristics? How does it relate to the naturalism and idealization of the ancient Greeks?
Q3) Where was the synagogue at Dura-Europos located?
A)private home
B)catacomb
C)palace
D)marketplace
Q4) Discuss the theme of the "good shepherd" in Early Christian and Byzantine art.What was its importance to Christians? What antecedents did it have? How did it change over time?
Q5) The icon Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels from the Monastery of St.Catherine is among the oldest images of Mary in a position of importance.Discuss her image.How is Roman realism combined with stylization and two-dimensional pattern?
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Chapter 8: Islamic Art
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Q1) Which Islamic art form was most well known and accepted best in Europe?
A)tugras
B)carpets
C)ceramics
D)silks
Q2) What was the name for the angular Islamic script that developed first?
A)tugra
B)iwan
C)muqarnas
D)kufic
Q3) Which design element was used to create a narrative on the Baptistery of St.Louis?
A)registers
B)faience
C)symmetry
D)perspective
Q4) How does the Dome of the Rock reveal the presence of outside architectural and decorative influences?
Q5) Relate the Islamic idea of paradise to the Alhambra's Court of the Lions.
Q6) Who are Muhammad,Abu Bakr,and Ali,and what was their role in the Islamic faith?
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Chapter 9: Later Asian Art
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Q1) Who was the first Mughal emperor,who conquered an empire stretching from Afghanistan to Delhi?
A)Suryavarman II
B)Shah Abbas
C)Jahangir
D)Babur
Q2) Which of the following is the Japanese name for the popular art,usually woodcuts,that literally means "pictures of the floating world"?
A)fusuma
B)ukiyo-e
C)shikara
D)li
Q3) What does the royal complex of Angkor Wat symbolize?
A)a cosmic mountain that is home to the deity and axis of the world
B)the Hindu god,Vishnu
C)the power of Emperor Suryavarman II
D)the wealth of Silk Route trade
Q4) What are the physical characteristics of the axis mundi of an Indian temple,and what is its symbolism and meaning?
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Chapter 10: Early Medieval and Romanesque Art
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Q1) Which is a wood-frame church that has four huge timbers that form the structural core of the building?
A)stave church
B)basilica
C)hall church
D)cottage church
Q2) In the Dream of Henry I from the Worcester Chronicle,Henry promises to A)rescind taxes.
B)defeat the French.
C)go on crusade.
D)marry Anne of Cleves.
Q3) Describe the influence of multiculturalism as seen in the burial at Sutton Hoo.
Q4) Which of the following modern geographical areas was part of Charlemagne's empire?
A)eastern Germany
B)England
C)Belgium
D)northeastern Spain
Q5) Describe the style and characteristics of the page with Matthew the Evangelist from the Ebbo Gospels.
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Chapter 11: Gothic Art
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Q1) Which is the real subject of the ivory box showing the attack on the Castle of Love?
A)military tactics
B)romantic love
C)physical prowess
D)athletic competition
Q2) Which of the following is the pose that was a stylistic signature of the Gothic period?
A)contrapposto
B)figura serpentinata
C)column-like
D)graceful S-curve
Q3) At Reims Cathedral,what technique permitted the creation of even more expansive walls of glass?
A)bar tracery
B)stone tracery
C)plate tracery
D)gold tracery
Q4) Describe the style and the significance of the two-page opening with Psalm 1 from the Windmill Psalter from the thirteenth century.
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Chapter 12: Early Renaissance Art
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Q1) Discuss the different ways that Masaccio increases the illusion of space in The Tribute Money and the ways that he breaks from the International Gothic style.
Q2) Which is used at the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi to visually separate the three different stories?
A)the roughness of the stone
B)varying classical orders
C)arched windows,square windows,and no windows
D)a wide entablature between them
Q3) What was the purpose and setting for Fra Angelico's Annunciation?
A)an altarpiece in a monastery chapel
B)for meditation and prayer in monks' private living quarters
C)for a noblewoman's devotional at her home
D)for the pope's viewing in the Vatican apartments
Q4) Which is the term for a section of fresh plaster that could be prepared and painted in one day?
A)sinopia
B)intonaco
C)sgraffito
D)giornata
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Chapter 13: Art of the High Renaissance and Reformation
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Q1) Which building was the main inspiration for the Villa Rotonda?
A)Saint Peter's Basilica
B)the Pantheon
C)Santa Sophia
D)the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
Q2) How and why did the early style of Michelangelo,as seen in David,change to his later style,as seen in the Last Judgment?
Q3) What is typically Northern (rather than Italian)about Dürer's Adam and Eve?
A)the proportions of the figures
B)the inclusion of animals
C)the descriptive detail
D)the name plaque
Q4) Which artist critiqued the early drawings of Sofonisba Anguissola?
A)Bronzino
B)Michelangelo
C)Raphael
D)Titian
Q5) Describe the setting of Giorgione's The Tempest,and explain why it was an important painting from the Venetian Renaissance.
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Chapter 14: Seventeenth-Century Art in Europe
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Q1) How did Bernini incorporate the Cornaro family into his sculptural group at the Cornaro Chapel?
A)with their family coat of arms on the base
B)with their emblems-honeybees and laurel leaves on the columns
C)as figures of angels watching from above
D)with statues of them in two balconies on either side
Q2) Why was Caravaggio's work sometimes rejected?
A)It was too brutally naturalistic.
B)It was too idealized.
C)His patrons wanted larger work.
D)His patrons wanted greater realism.
Q3) Why was the figure of the Virgin Mary often shown standing on a crescent moon?
A)It signified the New World.
B)It symbolized her ability to cure the plague.
C)It represented the woman of the Apocalypse.
D)It showed her piety.
Q4) Discuss the style and result of the collaboration between Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders in Prometheus Bound.
Q5) How does Hyacinthe Rigaud represent the figure of the king? How is this typically Baroque?
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Chapter 15: Art of the Americas
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Q1) What are the Mayan half-reclining stone figures called?
A)chacmools
B)coyolxauhqui
C)talud-tablero
D)Coatlicue
Q2) Which ancient Americans developed the most advanced writing system?
A)Olmec
B)Aztec
C)Nazca
D)Maya
Q3) The battle-scene hide painting from the North Dakota Mandan Native Americans was collected by
A)Daniel Boone.
B)George Washington.
C)Alexander Hamilton.
D)Lewis and Clark.
Q4) How was the Chilkat Blanket used? Discuss the formal qualities and style.
Q5) Discuss the purpose of Inca tunics and the message,meaning,and symbolism in the Inca's use of pattern and color on cloth.
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Chapter 16: African Art
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Q1) The word for woven textiles among the Ashanti culture is A)kente.
B)ere ibeji.
C)bilongo.
D)weft.
Q2) Which method does the numumusow use to make pottery?
A)coiling
B)wheel-thrown C)molds
D)slab construction
Q3) Yoruba kings manifested their power through A)elaborate manuscripts.
B)monumental sculpture.
C)large and lavish palaces.
D)a controlled artistic style.
Q4) Describe the purpose of how a nkisi nkonde changes over time to become a visual record of a community.
Q5) How is pattern used to enhance cultural identity at the Nankani compound in Sirigu,Ghana? What kinds of patterns are used and on what kinds of objects and surfaces?
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Chapter 17: European and American Art, 1715-1840
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Q1) David's Oath of the Horatii became an emblem of
A)the French Revolution.
B)the monarchy.
C)Napoleon.
D)Paris Commune of 1871.
Q2) Which artist inspired the poses and landscape in Thomas Gainsborough's Robert Andrews and Frances Carter?
A)Kauffmann
B)Watteau
C)Fragonard
D)Giorgione
Q3) Describe the composition and style of Jean-Honoré Fragonard's The Swing.
Q4) Which best describes the attitude of John Henry Fuseli?
A)He portrayed humanity as rational and good.
B)He glorified the irrational side of human nature.
C)He showed that humanity is violent,greedy and foolish.
D)He portrayed that strong leadership is needed to control the people.
Q5) What was William Hogarth's political statement about society in his painting The Marriage Contract? Which visual characteristics support this argument?
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Chapter 18: European and American Art, 1840-1910
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Q1) Which of the following describes Harriet Hosmer's Zenobia in Chains?
A)submissive
B)defiant
C)seductive
D)erotic
Q2) Why was Nocturne in Black and Gold,The Falling Rocket by James Abbott McNeill Whistler a controversial work? Discuss the formal characteristics.
Q3) Which group of artists advocated a naturalistic approach to painting and moralizing subject matter?
A)the Impressionists
B)the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
C)the Post-Impressionists
D)the Symbolists
Q4) Which style of art did Winslow Homer say he thought was most appropriate for a democracy?
A)Impressionism
B)Romanticism
C)Realism
D)Neoclassicism
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1900-1945
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Q1) What was the primary subject of Jacob Lawrence's early work?
A)factories and skyscrapers
B)migrant farm workers
C)farms and small-town life
D)black history
Q2) Describe the characteristics of the Les Fauves movement,using Le Bonheur de Vivre (The Joy of Life)by Henri Matisse as an example.
Q3) Which of the following is the name for the movement of African American writers,artists,and musicians who explored black experience and identity?
A)Precisionists
B)Harlem Renaissance
C)New Realists
D)Regionalists
Q4) In which category is the work of Frida Kahlo generally placed (even though she herself thought it was an uncomfortable fit)?
A)Mexican mural movement
B)Harlem Renaissance
C)American Scene Painting
D)Surrealism
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Chapter 20: Art Since 1945
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Q1) Which of the following eliminated the art object itself?
A)Performance artists
B)Conceptual artists
C)Minimalists
D)Pop artists
Q2) The Seagram Building in New York is one of the finest examples of which style of architecture?
A)Postmodernism
B)Historicism
C)International Style
D)Beaux-Arts
Q3) Which of the following describes Robert Rauschenberg's "combines"?
A)large rectangles that hint at a momentary resolution of our duality
B)thinned oil paints that resemble watercolor
C)a chaotic mixture of painted and found elements
D)imagery from cartoons and advertisements
Q4) Contrast the painting of Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.What is the emotional impact on the viewer and how does it differ between the two painters? What was the difference in the artists' approaches?
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Chapter 21: Introduction
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Q1) What formal device leads the viewers' eyes directly to Christ in Leonardo's The Last Supper?
A)the family crest
B)the contrasting colors
C)the white tablecloth
D)the regularly spaced tapestries
Q2) The English word "artist" comes from
A)Latin.
B)Greek.
C)Egyptian.
D)French.
Q3) Which of the following media did Hendrick Goltzius base his engravings on?
A)architecture
B)drawing
C)sculpture
D)painting
Q4) Looking at Jan Steen's The Drawing Lesson,what can we deduce about an artist's studio and apprenticeship during the seventeenth century?
Q5) Describe how the role of the artist has changed from ancient times to the present.
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