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Course Introduction
Visual Arts Survey provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the major forms, styles, and historical developments in the visual arts, including painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, and contemporary multimedia. Through the examination of significant works from various cultures and time periods, students will learn to identify artistic techniques, interpret visual symbolism, and understand the cultural context in which art is created and appreciated. The course emphasizes visual literacy, critical thinking, and the development of skills to analyze and discuss art both orally and in writing.
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Art Across Time Combined 4th Edition by Laurie Schneider Adams
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Chapter 1: The Art of Prehistory
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Q1) Which term is NOT related to making sculpture?
A)carving
B)modeling
C)relief
D)post-and-lintel
E)incising
Answer: D
Q2) Stonehenge dates from the ________ period.
A)Paleolithic
B)Late Jurassic
C)Mesolithic
D)Neolithic
Answer: D
Q3) The tip of an obelisk is called a A)pylon.
B)taper.
C)benben.
D)pyramidion.
E)hypostyle.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: The Ancient Near East
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Q1) The seated statue of Khafre dates to around
A)3000 B.C.
B)2500 B.C.
C)2000 B.C.
D)3500 B.C.
Answer: C
Q2) Hammurabi is known for
A)the Epic of Gilgamesh.
B)building the walls of Uruk.
C)worshipping the sun god.
D)making stelai.
E)a law code.
Answer: E
Q3) The staring,wide eyes of the Tell Asmar statues are believed to indicate that the figures are
A)apotropaic.
B)praying.
C)in the presence of a god.
D)terrified by evil spirits.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Ancient Egypt
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Q1) Imhotep was
A)the sun god.
B)an architect.
C)a sculptor.
D)a painter.
E)a pharaoh.
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following was NOT significant in Nubian culture?
A)elephants
B)tombs
C)arrows
D)pottery
E)Aten
Answer: E
Q3) The temple at Abu Simbel honors
A)Ramses II.
B)Hatshepsut.
C)Akhenaten.
D)Nefertiti.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The Aegean
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Q1) Minoan features suggest that although found in Mycenae,the ________ is/are Minoan.
A)the Vapheio Cups.
B)the Harvester Vase.
C)the Octopus Vase.
D)the Agamemnon Mask.
Q2) Minos was the son of
A)the Minotaur and Europa.
B)Zeus and Ariadne.
C)Theseus and Ariadne.
D)Europa and Theseus.
E)Zeus and Europa.
Q3) Minoan Civilization is generally dated
A)4000 to 1000 B.C.
B)3000 to 1500 B.C.
C)3500 to 1000 B.C.
D)2500 to 1500 B.C.
E)4500 to 2000 B.C.
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Chapter 5: The Art of Ancient Greece
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Q1) Who wrote The Republic?
A)Homer
B)Plato
C)Socrates
D)Perikles
E)Herodotos
Q2) Which is NOT an aspect of Athena?
A)virginity
B)victory
C)fertility
D)war
E)wisdom
Q3) The supervisor of the sculptural decorative work of the Parthenon was A)Praxiteles.
B)Polykleitos.
C)Myron.
D)Phidias.
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Chapter 6: The Art of the Etruscans
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Q1) A popular Etruscan building material was A)concrete.
B)tufa.
C)travertine.
D)terracotta.
Q2) Which of the following make the best pair?
A)tombs and temples
B)mirrors and media
C)urns and sarcophagi
D)frescoes and finials
Q3) The arch was invented in A)Etruria.
B)Mesopotamia.
C)Greece.
D)Rome.
E)Egypt.
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Chapter 7: Ancient Rome
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Q1) Which of the following is the best pairing?
A)Virgil and Odysseus
B)Ovid and the Metamorphoses
C)Trajan and the Meditations
D)Marcus Aurelius and the Commentarii
Q2) The Goths were
A)Gauls.
B)Dacians.
C)Germans.
D)Trojans.
E)Greeks.
Q3) Which is NOT a feature of the Pantheon?
A)an oculus
B)a rectangular cella
C)a rotunda
D)a portico
E)a curved entablature
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Chapter 8: Jewish, Early Christian and Byzantine Art
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Q1) A homunculus is
A)an imp.
B)a devil.
C)an evil spirit.
D)a little man.
E)a midget.
Q2) One result of the Iconoclastic Controversy was
A)a decline in painted images.
B)a decline in mosaics.
C)a decline in architectural innovation.
D)a decline in sculpture.
Q3) Jesus was crucified around the year
A)A.D.30.
B)A.D.35.
C)A.D.32.
D)A.D.33.
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Chapter 9: The Early Middle Ages
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Q1) The tree where the Norse gods held daily council was called A)Ymir.
B)Yggdrasil.
C)Utgard.
D)Norn.
Q2) Islamic artists use A)calligraphy.
B)mosaics.
C)weaving.
D)All these answers are correct.
Q3) The images in the Utrecht Psalter differ from those in the Vienna Genesis because A)they have more variety of color.
B)they illustrate the Gospels.
C)they illustrate the Pentateuch.
D)they are metaphorical rather than narrative.
E)they are straightforward narratives.
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Chapter 10: Romanesque Art
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Q1) Romanesque architects used all of the following EXCEPT A)ribbed vaults.
B)flying buttresses.
C)towers.
D)clerestory windows.
Q2) A refectory is a A)container for relics.
B)monastery kitchen.
C)monastery dining hall.
D)mirror image.
Q3) Examples of Romanesque style outside of France are found A)in Norway.
B)at Pisa.
C)in Belgium.
D)at Castel Appiano.
E)All these answers are correct.
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Chapter 11: Gothic Art
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Q1) In a Gothic cathedral,a bay consists of
A)an arch and a triforium.
B)the space between two piers.
C)clerestory windows and a section of the nave arcade.
D)the space in the crossing.
Q2) The central west portal of Chartres was
A)Late Romanesque.
B)Early Gothic.
C)High Gothic.
D)Late Gothic.
Q3) The church that contains segments built in the Early Gothic as well as the High Gothic is
A)Beauvais Cathedral.
B)Amiens Cathedral.
C)Notre-Dame, Paris.
D)Saint-Maclou, Rouen.
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Chapter 12: Precursors of the Renaissance
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Q1) Which is NOT true of Giotto's Crucifixion?
A)It refers to typology.
B)It takes place in Jerusalem.
C)It depicts the effects of gravity.
D)Christ's form is elongated.
E)It emphasizes the distinction between the Romans and Christ's followers.
Q2) Which of the following had the LEAST influence on Giotto?
A)International Style
B)Cimabue
C)Gothic French sculpture
D)art of ancient Rome
Q3) Philip the Bold's court was located at A)Siena.
B)Berry.
C)Dijon.
D)Flanders.
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Chapter 13: The Early Renaissance
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Q1) In Mantegna's Parnassus,which god does NOT appear?
A)Apollo
B)Vulcan
C)Mars
D)Juno
E)Venus
Q2) Which best describes Renaissance humanism?
A)study of human nature
B)human-based culture
C)revival of Classical texts
D)a Christian bias
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a correct match?
A)Rimini - Tempio Malatestiano
B)Brancacci Chapel - Florence
C)Sant'Andrea - Mantua
D)Gattamelata - Ravenna
E)Sir John Hawkwood - Florence Cathedral
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Chapter 14: The High Renaissance in Italy
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Q1) Which is NOT true of Leonardo da Vinci?
A)He made anatomical drawings.
B)He was an uomo universal.
C)He wrote backwards.
D)He made more paintings than drawings.
E)He made more paintings than sculptures.
Q2) The High Renaissance was centered in A)Rome.
B)Paris.
C)Florence.
D)Urbino.
Q3) What shape was associated with divinity and was an ancient notion of the ideal shape?
A)the Latin cross
B)the pyramid
C)the Greek cross
D)the circle
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Chapter 15: Mannerism and the Later Sixteenth Century in Italy
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Q1) A significant influence on the development of El Greco's style was A)Tintoretto.
B)Titian.
C)Byzantine style.
D)High Renaissance style.
Q2) Mannerism involved
A)twisted forms.
B)strange colors.
C)ambiguous space.
D)All these answers are correct.
Q3) Which is NOT a meaning related to the Mannerist style?
A)affectation
B)mannered
C)to the manner born
D)stylized
E)bizarre
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Chapter 16: Sixteenth-Century Painting in Northern Europe
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Q1) Which of the following correctly matches artist with work?
A)Bosch - Netherlandish Proverbs
B)Bruegel - the Table Top of the Seven Deadly Sins
C)Holbein the Younger - Henry VIII
D)Dürer -Peasant Dance
E)Cranach - Melencolia I
Q2) ________ created the woodcut of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
A)Dürer
B)Cranach the Elder
C)Holbein
D)Vermeer
Q3) The word "melancholy" is derived from which two Greek words?
A)choleros meaning "anger" and bilas meaning "bile"
B)melas meaning "black" and ira meaning "anger"
C)chola meaning "depression" and melas meaning "bile"
D)cholos meaning "bile" and melas meaning "black"
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Chapter 17: The Baroque Style in Western Europe
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Q1) Velázquez's main patron was A)Philip II.
B)Louis XIV.
C)Philip IV.
D)Charles V.
Q2) The Baroque artist known to have used the camera obscura was A)Vermeer.
B)Rubens.
C)Leyster.
D)Rembrandt.
E)Hals.
Q3) Which is true of the interior dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane?
A)It has square coffers only.
B)It has square, hexagonal, and octagonal coffers.
C)It has hexagonal, square, and cross-shaped coffers.
D)It has hexagonal, octagonal, and cross-shaped coffers.
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Chapter 18: Rococo and the Eighteenth Century
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Q1) Which does NOT match?
A)Vivaldi - music
B)Priestly - oxygen
C)Halley - biology
D)Swift - satire
E)Watt - steam engine
Q2) Which is true of Chiswick House?
A)It was designed by Palladio.
B)It is in northern England.
C)It was originally a library and place of entertainment.
D)It is based on San Giorgio Maggiore.
Q3) The aristocracy ________ French Rococo art.
A)patronized
B)had their sensibilities reflected in
C)criticized
D)both patronized and had their sensibilities reflected in
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Chapter 19: Neoclassicism: The Late Eighteenth and Early
Nineteenth Centuries
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Q1) 1787 is the year that
A)the U.S.Constitution was signed.
B)George Washington became president.
C)Thomas Jefferson became president.
D)The American Revolution broke out.
Q2) Which LEAST inspired Jefferson's architectural style?
A)Palladio's Four Books on Architecture
B)Gothic Revival
C)Chiswick House
D)the Pantheon
E)Neoclassicism
Q3) Oath of the Horatii
A)is by Ingres.
B)is an event from Roman tradition.
C)is described in Classical texts.
D)is the subject of a tragedy by Racine.
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Chapter 20: Romanticism: The Late Eighteenth and Early
Nineteenth Centuries
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Q1) Which of the following is a correct match?
A)Coleridge - "The Solitary Reaper"
B)Shelley - "Kubla Khan"
C)Byron - "Don Juan"
D)Keats - "Ozymandias"
Q2) Which is NOT a theme in Goya's painting?
A)social injustice
B)child psychology
C)irrational thinking
D)frivolity
Q3) Géricault's Raft of the "Medusa" was based on
A)a Romantic concoction under the influence of opium.
B)an event taken from the newspapers of the day.
C)a scene from the French Revolution.
D)a mythological scene.
Q4) The Brighton Pavilion is an example of
A)Gothic revival.
B)Islamic Gothic.
C)Classical revival.
D)Indian Gothic.
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Chapter 21: Nineteenth-Century Realism
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Q1) Rosa Bonheur was particularly drawn to images of A)lions.
B)athletes.
C)horses.
D)city life.
Q2) Which was NOT among the advantages of the Crystal Palace?
A)It was fireproof.
B)It was prefabricated.
C)It was relatively inexpensive.
D)It was constructed quickly.
Q3) Which of the following correctly matches writer with work?
A)Melville - Uncle Tom's Cabin
B)Alcott - Far From the Madding Crowd
C)Thoreau - Leaves of Grass
D)Darwin - Origin of Species
Q4) ________ painted realistic scenes of poor and oppressed peoples.
A)Courbet
B)Millet
C)Daumier
D)All these answers are correct.
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Chapter 22: Nineteenth-Century Impressionism
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Q1) The philosophy of "art for art's sake" is basically
A)formalist.
B)iconographic.
C)feminist.
D)Marxist.
E)semiotic.
Q2) Berthe Morisot was
A)Manet's sister.
B)Manet's wife.
C)Manet's mother.
D)Manet's sister-in-law.
E)Manet's daughter.
Q3) The dates of the American Civil War are
A)1860 to 1867.
B)1850 to 1854.
C)1860 to 1864.
D)1800 to 1804.
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Chapter 23: Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century
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Q1) The Post-Impressionist who painted the most self-portraits was A)Cézanne.
B)Toulouse-Lautrec.
C)Munch.
D)van Gogh.
E)Seurat.
Q2) In Klimt's poster for the first Secession exhibition,the Gorgon head is A)naturalistic.
B)frontal.
C)horned and fanged.
D)Symbolist.
Q3) Art Nouveau artists used A)geometry.
B)photographic reality to show the grace in the everyday.
C)organic forms like vines drawn from nature.
D)modern technological marvels to convey progress.
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Chapter 24: Turn of the Century: Early Picasso, Fauvism,
Expressionism, and Matisse
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Q1) As far as joy and spontaneity,________'s art followed its own muses.
A)Barlach
B)Tatlin
C)Matisse
D)Picasso
Q2) As far as one can tell,the first completely non-figurative painter was A)Kandinsky.
B)Marc.
C)Matisse.
D)Picasso.
E)Nolde.
Q3) ________ admired animals and celebrated them in his work in Der Blaue Reiter.
A)Ernest Barlach
B)Paul Gauguin
C)Wassily Kandinsky
D)Franz Marc
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Chapter 25: Cubism, Futurism, and Related
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Q1) Which best fulfills the description "a machine for living"?
A)Villa Savoye
B)the Bauhaus
C)Taliesin West
D)the Lake Shore Drive Apartment Houses
Q2) Which of the following correctly matches artist with style?
A)Brancusi - Suprematism
B)Mondrian - De Stijl
C)Wright - Cubism
D)Gropius - Prairie Style
Q3) Which is NOT alluded to in the iconography of Guernica?
A)the Pietà
B)the Minotaur
C)the Crucifixion
D)the Resurrection
E)the sun
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Chapter 26: Dada, Surrealism, Fantasy, and the United
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Q1) Which is NOT a Surrealist element in Miró's Dog Barking at the Moon?
A)the colors of the ladder
B)the colors of the dog
C)the placement of the dog
D)the space occupied by the ladder
Q2) "The Wars" in the title of this chapter refer to
A)World War II and the Vietnam War.
B)the Spanish Civil War and World War II.
C)World War I and World War II.
D)the Spanish Civil War and the Vietnam War.
Q3) The so-called veristic Surrealism of Magritte means that
A)his forms are imaginary.
B)his forms are clear and realistic but their combinations are surreal.
C)his forms are surreal and fantastic.
D)his arrangements make manifest sense but latent nonsense.
Q4) "Violon d'Ingres" is a French expression
A)referring to a painting by Ingres.
B)that is the title of a painting by Man Ray.
C)meaning "hobby."
D)meaning "modern odalisque."
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Chapter 27: Mid-Century Abstraction
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Q1) What artist was best known for his/her use of the drip technique?
A)Frankenthaler
B)de Kooning
C)Gorky
D)Pollock
E)Hofmann
Q2) Which artist often depicted biomorphic shapes?
A)de Kooning
B)Noguchi
C)Gorky
D)both Noguchi and Gorky
E)All these answers are correct.
Q3) Which is LEAST true of Dubuffet?
A)He collected non-Western art.
B)He was a monochromatic painter.
C)He liked textured surfaces.
D)He was a figurative abstractionist.
E)He was French.
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Chapter 28: Pop Art, OP Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism
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Q1) The most painterly of the Minimalists was A)Hesse.
B)Flavin.
C)Martin.
D)Judd.
Q2) Who of the following created action sculpture?
A)Hesse
B)de Saint-Phalle
C)Marisol
D)Beuys
E)Segal
Q3) Which of the following correctly matches a source of imagery with the artist that utilized it?
A)comic books - Lindner
B)pinball machines - de Saint-Phalle
C)Hollywood pinups - Lichtenstein
D)Leonardo's Last Supper - Escobar
E)Prehistoric "Venuses" - Wesselmann
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Chapter 29: Innovation, Continuity, and Globalization
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Q1) Which of the following is an appropriate match of artist and artistic category?
A)Smith - Body Art
B)Basquiat - landscape
C)Kiefer - Feminism
D)Paik - environmental art
Q2) NEA stands for
A)National Esthetic Association.
B)National Endowment of Aesthetics.
C)National Endowment for the Arts.
D)National Efforts for Artists.
Q3) Which of the following correctly matches artist(s)with work?
A)the Christos - Wrapped Reichstag
B)Frank Gehry - the Whitney Museum
C)Buckminster Fuller - Lloyd's Building
D)I.M.Pei - Geodesic domes
Q4) Gilbert & George described themselves as
A)performance artists.
B)impresarios.
C)video artists.
D)living sculptures.
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Chapter 30: Introduction
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Q1) The primary colors are
A)red, yellow, blue, and green.
B)red, blue, and green.
C)blue, red, and yellow.
D)green, red, and yellow.
E)black, gray, and white.
Q2) Alexander the Great's portraitist was A)Protogenes. B)Rhodes.
C)Aristotle.
D)Apelles.
Q3) Complementary colors are
A)next to each other on the color wheel.
B)one removed from each other on the color wheel.
C)opposite each other on the color wheel.
D)not on the color wheel.
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