Understanding the Arts
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Course Introduction
Understanding the Arts provides students with an insightful exploration into various artistic disciplines, including visual arts, music, theater, and dance. The course examines the fundamental concepts, historical development, and cultural significance of the arts, fostering an appreciation of creative expression in different societies and eras. Through analysis of artistic works and movements, students will learn to identify techniques, interpret meaning, and understand the ways in which the arts reflect and influence human experience. This course equips students with critical thinking skills and a broader perspective on how art shapes, and is shaped by, the world around us.
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Creative Impulse An Introduction to the Arts 8th Edition by Dennis J. Sporre
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Chapter 1: Introduction Understanding the Arts
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Q1) Handel's Messiah is an example of a(n)__________.
Answer: oratorio
Q2) __________ refers to wall material that is solid and continuous,rather than joined or pieced together.
A) Masonry
B) Monolithic
C) Monumental
D) Structural
E) Vaulted
Answer: B
Q3) __________ refer to arches joined end-to-end.
A) Dome
B) Skeleton frame
C) Lintel
D) Bearing wall
E) Vault
Answer: E
Q4) __________ refers to the type of music,such as a symphony or a concerto.
Answer: Genre
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Chapter 2: The Ancient World
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Q1) The largest pyramid at the Giza complex is that of Khufu.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Animals were important symbols in Sumeria.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) __________ is a word meaning "all the gods."
A) Plutos
B) Aristos
C) Kouros
D) Pantheon
E) Acropolis.
Answer: D
Q4) The __________ are the oldest existing buildings in the world.
Answer: pyramids
Q5) In Sumer,the festival of the goddess of fertility,__________,involved drunken,orgiastic dancing involving self-mutilation with knives.
Answer: Ashtoreth
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Chapter 3: The Aegean and Archaic Greece
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Q1) The Greeks referred to cities by the collective name of their citizens.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) What were the criteria for being a Greek citizen?
Answer: male,free,adult,and native-born
Q3) Achilles and Odysseus were both figures drawn from Mycenaean culture.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Athenian pottery can be divided into two types: black-figure and __________.
A) white-figure
B) decorative
C) red-figure
D) geometric
E) Gorgon
Answer: C
Q5) The Greek gods were called __________ because they dwelled on Mount Olympus.
Answer: Olympian
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Chapter 4: Greek Classicism and Hellenism
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Q1) Greek astronomers were aware the earth is a sphere.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Plato believed that art derived primarily from the skill of knowing and making,or __________.
A) catharsis
B) aporia
C) historia
D) logos
E) techne
Q3) The age after Alexander's death is called __________.
A) Classical
B) Archaic
C) Imperial
D) Historia
E) Hellenistic
Q4) Socrates believed that knowledge created virtuous behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Why do we study Greek vase painting instead of wall painting?
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Chapter 5: The Roman Period
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Q1) The first great age of Latin literature is called the __________ Age.
Q2) Which Roman emperors apparently loved lewd pantomime?
Q3) __________ was the first philosopher to treat art in a comprehensive manner.
A) Marcus Aurelius
B) Diogenes
C) Epictetus
D) Seneca
E) Plotinus
Q4) The two most important officers who ruled the Roman Republic's state were called
A) patres
B) plebs
C) Caesars
D) consuls
E) priests
Q5) Analyze the design of the Roman Pantheon.What are the important engineering and stylistic qualities? What would it feel like to be inside? What was the Pantheon's purpose?
Q6) The opinions of specialized legal scholars called __________ limited the power of judges.
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Chapter 6: Judaism and Early Christianity
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Q1) The Christian __________ was not widely available until 313 C.E.
Q2) The Western Empire greatly outlasted the Eastern Empire. A)True B)False
Q3) Judaism has no official hierarchy or clergy. A)True B)False
Q4) Jews do not believe Jesus fulfilled the prophecy of Messiah. A)True B)False
Q5) Jesus' close associations with women were typical for a Jewish teacher of his day. A)True B)False
Q6) The Diaspora led to two distinct Jewish communities in Europe. A)True B)False
Q7) The Temple of Solomon served as the house of the __________ (God),rather than a place of worship.
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Q8) For the most part,Christian churches took the form of the Roman __________.
Chapter 7: Byzantium and Islam
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Q1) Unlike painting in the West,icons did not __________ biblical events.
A) ignore
B) simplify
C) illustrate
D) alter
E) define
Q2) __________ refers to a Muslim's sacred pilgrimage to Mecca.
A) Muezzin
B) Minaret
C) Hajj
D) Sunnite
E) Zalaat.
Q3) A(n)__________ places all the separate stories within a larger framework,as in The Arabian Nights.
Q4) Another word for a halo is __________.
A) hajj
B) illumination
C) deëis
D) nimbus
E) mosaic
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Chapter 8: The Early Middle Ages
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Q1) The __________ is a liturgical dramatic form that began as an elaboration of Mass.
A) trope
B) mime
C) tragedy
D) comedy
E) improvisation
Q2) Which art discussed in this chapter was an official court art?
Q3) The monastery and the __________ were unusually orderly and stable during the Middle Ages.
A) guild
B) castle
C) convent
D) field
E) fiefdom
Q4) The most widely adopted of all monastic rules is the __________.
Q5) Hildegard of Bingen's Book of Divine Works expounds on her theology of microcosm and macrocosm.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: The High Middle Ages
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Q1) The area around Paris,called the __________,was the birthplace of Gothic architecture.
Q2) __________ constituted a more feminine point of view of ethics and personal conduct than the rigid and oppressive feudalism.
A) Chivalry
B) Capitalism
C) Romanticism
D) Secularism
E) Socialism
Q3) The medieval city offered hope of escape and protection to runaway __________,among others.
A) serfs
B) lords
C) knights
D) women
E) criminals
Q4) __________ is another term for the windows in the Gothic cathedrals.
Q5) Secularism was in place by the end of the fourteenth century.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: The Early Renaissance
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Q1) The ideas of Massacio were probably most influential on his contemporary,the painter __________.
Q2) Alberti's Palazzo Recellai is clearly influenced by the Roman __________.
A) cathedral
B) basilica
C) Colosseum
D) bathhouse
E) gymnasium
Q3) __________ sculpture,which had been out of favor since Classical times,was revived in the early Renaissance.
Q4) Is the term "Renaissance" more accurately applied to artists or societies at large?
Q5) The Brancacci Chapel of the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence contains highly influential __________ by Masaccio.
A) relief sculptures
B) altarpieces
C) stained glass windows
D) frescoes
E) mosaics
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Chapter 11: The High Renaissance and Mannerism
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Q1) Castiglione's book __________ became an important guide to "goodly manners."
A) The Prince
B) The Goodly Gentleman
C) The Life of Michelangelo
D) The Courtier
E) The Chivalric Knight
Q2) Pick an example of High Renaissance art.How does it differ from early Renaissance art? How is it similar?
Q3) The __________ popes were worldly and concerned with power.
A) Renaissance
B) early
C) Mannerist
D) Gothic
E) Protestant.
Q4) The __________ Empire allowed its subjects to practice their own religions.
A) Holy Roman
B) Spanish
C) British
D) French
E) Ottoman
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Chapter 12: Renaissance and Reformation in Northern Europe
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Q1) Montaigne's book inaugurated the term __________ for a short prose composition treating a given subject in a rather informal and personal manner.
A) prose poem
B) commentary
C) dialogue
D) discourse
E) essay
Q2) Nicholas Copernicus argued for a heliocentric universe.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A work of art portraying the removal of Christ's body from the cross is called a __________ scene.
A) decomposition
B) lamentation
C) deposition
D) resurrection
E) judgment
Q4) Erasmus' The Praise of Folly is an important work of __________ in the tradition of Lucian.
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Chapter 13: The Baroque Age
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Q1) The work of John Milton was uncompromisingly Catholic.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The __________ style exalted intuition,inspiration,and the genius of human creativity.
A) neoclassical
B) rococo
C) traditional
D) baroque
E) Renaissance
Q3) The sculptures of __________ are exemplary of the baroque aesthetic.
A) Ruisdael
B) Vermeer
C) Bernini
D) Ruysch
E) Rubens
Q4) The studio of Peter Paul __________ is noted for its many assistants and high output.
Q5) The small group among whom opera developed was called the __________.
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Q6) The Well-Tempered Clavier was written by Johann Sebastian ????__________.
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Chapter 14: The Enlightenment
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Q1) The Sturm und Drang movement is considered __________.
A) classical
B) neoclassical
C) rococo
D) pre-romantic
E) romantic
Q2) Marie Anne Cupis de Camargo was the first ballerina to incorporate the technical skills typically associated with men.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What was the name of Alexander Baumgarten's book,which was the first to use "aesthetics" to refer to the "study of beauty and theory of art"?
Q4) In eighteen century literature,drama declined and the __________ began to rise.
Q5) What is the style of Frederick's Sans Souci Palace?
Q6) Who wrote the well-known poem called An Essay on Criticism?
Q7) The ballets of Georges __________ exemplified "psychological realism."
Q8) Classical music emphasizes order,simplicity,and careful attention to form.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: The Romantic Age
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Q1) __________ allowed workers to promote their own interests in the economic realm.
A) Committees
B) Elections
C) Parties
D) Newspapers
E) Unions
Q2) Hegel believed that __________ art "reaches the highest level that sensuous,imaginative material can correctly express."
Q3) Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique employed an idée fixe.
A)True
B)False
Q4) __________ was one of the first artists to complete paintings out-of-doors.
A) Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
B) Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
C) Francisco de Goya
D) Joseph Mallord William Turner
E) Théodore Géricault
Q5) Historical __________ became a standard for set design,costumes,and other aspects of theatre production in the Romantic age.
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Chapter 16: Realism, Impressionism, and Beyond
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Q1) The first well-known African-American painter was __________.
A) Thomas Eakins
B) William Holman Hunt
C) Henry O. Tanner
D) Edouard Manet
E) Daniel Hudson Burnham
Q2) Art Nouveau rejected all aspects of modernity.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Mr.Zero is a character in Elmer Rice's play entitled __________.
A) The Bank
B) Man and the Masses
C) The Ghost Sonata
D) The Adding Machine
E) The Hairy Ape
Q4) Berthe Morisot was an original member of the __________.
Q5) Robert __________ created The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari,a masterpiece of expressionist film.
Q6) "Slave morality" was criticized by __________.
Q7) What was Louis Sullivan's famous maxim?
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Chapter 17: Modernism
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Q1) Consider the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe,such as Dark Abstraction (page 537).Which aspects of the work are modernist? Do you think her work fits into the definitions of modernism given in Chapter 16? Are there other important characteristics of O'Keefe's painting that remain unaccounted for? Do you think her status as a woman in a very male-dominated art world might have given her a different sense of "modernity" and "modernism"?
Q2) A strong faith in "natural" (and "sexual")things as a means of redemption for modern society characterizes the work of __________.
A) D.H. Lawrence
B) Franz Kafka
C) T.S. Eliot
D) William Faulkner
E) John Steinbeck
Q3) Crime and gangster films became popular in Hollywood during the __________.
Q4) All abstract art is non-representational.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The composer __________ employed elements of Eastern European folk music in many of his compositions.
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Chapter 18: From Modernism to Postmodernism and Beyond
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Q1) Garland Anderson's 1925 Appearances was the first black play to open on Broadway. A)True
B)False
Q2) Reading concrete poetry aloud misses the point; it relies on visual imagery.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What was Helen Frankenthaler's signature painting process called?
Q4) Roberto Rossellini's film Rome,Open City helped develop a style of film known as
A) absurdism
B) pastiche
C) neo-realism
D) expanded
E) structural
Q5) Which of Tony Kushner's plays uses AIDS as a metaphor for the decay and salvation of America?
Q6) Pop art is universally considered critical of consumer culture. A)True
B)False
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