4.1: Art and Community
1. Art can only be made by a single individual.
2. Community art may ________.
a. be made by numerous people
b. be made for large numbers of viewers
c. be situated in public places
d. represent the common interests of a group
e. all of the other answers
3. Masses of people came inside Notre Dame Cathedral to worship the goddess Athena.
4. Holy relics located in churches ________.
a. taught people about the stories of the Koran
b. inspired people to make pilgrimages to see them
c. fooled people into believing in ghosts
d. are proof that gladiator fights happened
e. holy relics were never kept in churches
5. A visitor to a Gothic cathedral would have found him or herself surrounded by:
a. cement and barbed wire
b. darkened passageways and smoke from torches
c. soaring height and spiritual light
d. traffic in the market square
e. all of the other answers
6. The Colosseum is known for being:
a. one of the first Christian churches ever built
b. one of the first and largest public libraries in history
c. built as a private residence for the emperor
d. able to hold up to 55,000 people
e. none of the other answers
7. Amongst other entertainments, Roman citizens watched ________ in the Colosseum.
a. synchronized swimming d. scholarly debates
b. mock sea battles e. art competitions
c. football games
8. The AT&T Stadium is noteworthy in the study of art and architecture because ________.
a. it is home to the Dallas Cowboys
b. it is the largest stadium since the Colosseum
c. is the world’s largest domed structure without interior columns
d. it is only important in the world of sports
e. it was designed by Brunelleschi
9. The AT&T Stadium also houses an art collection, with artworks commissioned from eighteen
contemporary artists.
10. The Guggenheim Museum in New York City was designed by:
a. Frank Lloyd Wright d. Louis Sullivan
b. Frank Gehry e. all of the other answers
c. Christo and Jeanne-Claude
11. The Guggenheim Museum in New York City was designed to:
a. look exactly like the ziggurats in the ancient Near East
b. teach young architects all the skills they would need
c. house Christian relics for safe keeping
d. be a temple of spirit, a monument
e. none of the other answers
12. Ancient Near Eastern ziggurats served as ________.
a. places of burial d. movie theatres
b. temples and civic centers e. all of the other answers
c. palaces
13. Ziggurats were made of what material?
a. marble d. sticks
b. reinforced concrete e. glass
c. mud-brick
14. The ziggurat at Ur was dedicated to:
a. Muhammad d. Nanna
b. Shamash e. Jesus Christ
c. Anu
15. Where is Monks Mound located?
a. present-day Iraq
b. Lintong, China
c. near present-day St. Louis
d. beneath what is now Mexico City
e. on the Giza Plateau in Egypt
16. Even though it has not been maintained over the years, Monks Mound looks very much as it did
when it was built.
17. The Gates remains intact, while Stonehenge has had to be dismantled because it has eroded over
the years and become a health-and-safety hazard.
18. People who gathered at Stonehenge on the summer solstice would have seen:
a. a herd of wildebeest on their way to pasture
b. the religious figures of their hometown having a debate
c. the results of the annual harvest on display
d. the sun rise over the Heelstone
e. all of their professors wearing togas
19. In order for The Gates to be made, ________, amongst others, had to get involved.
a. artists, engineers, politicians, and security guards
b. artists, curators, and wealthy patrons
c. artists, gardeners, TV crews, and prison guards
d. historians, an airplane pilot, lifeguards, and random people in the community
e. Christo and Jeanne-Claude alone made the piece
20. One important similarity between Stonehenge and The Gates is that ________.
a. they are both located in England
b. both structures have exactly the same dimensions
c. it took a highly organized team to construct them
d. only one person could experience them at a time
e. all of the other answers
21. Gèlèdé rituals are practiced by which people?
a. the Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia
b. the Navajo of New Mexico
c. the Yoruba of Nigeria
d. the elves of the North Pole
e. none of the other answers
22. Gèlèdé masquerades give communities the opportunity to:
a. communicate with the spirit realm
b. reinforce their cultural beliefs
c. combine costumes, music, and dance
d. celebrate female power
e. all of the other answers
23. What is the primary medium of Wenda Gu’s United Nations—China Monument?
a. human hair d. stone
b. concrete e. various textiles
c. sand
24. Which cultural practices are highlighted in Wenda Gu’s United Nations—China Monument?
a. Buddhist tea ceremony
b. Chinese brush painting
c. Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, and Latin alphabets
d. all of the other answers
e. none of the other answers
25. Wenda Gu makes artwork that can only be understood by viewers fluent in Chinese.
26. What is the intended message of Wenda Gu’s United Nations—China Monument?
a. China deserves to be a world power
b. connections between cultures are important
c. even ephemeral artworks matter
d. the gods are always watching
e. there is no underlying message
27. Who was the artist of Tilted Arc?
a. Diego Rivera d. Donald Judd
b. Christo and Jeanne-Claude e. none of the other answers
c. Richard Serra
28. What was the medium of Tilted Arc?
a. Cor-ten steel d. bronze
b. salvaged plastic e. none of the other answers
c. marble
29. Why was Tilted Arc controversial?
a. because some people did not want to walk around it
b. because some people thought it was ugly
c. because some people thought it would encourage criminal activity
d. because the artist made it for a specific place and moving it was the equivalent of destroying it
e. all of the other answers
30. Consider the following statement by Richard Serra:
“My sculptures are not objects for the viewer to stop and stare at. The historical purpose of placing
sculpture on a pedestal was to establish a separation between the sculpture and the viewer. I am
interested in creating a behavioural space in which the viewer interacts with the sculpture in its
context.” (Gateways to Art, p. 570)
What does Serra mean by this statement? What kind of experience might such a sculpture inspire?
How might art made in this way be used in public spaces?
31. Why was Diego Rivera’s mural for the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center controversial?
a. because the artist was inspired by Mexican murals
b. because the artist offered to add a picture of Abraham Lincoln
c. because the artist got paid without ever finishing the mural
d. because the artist included elements inspired by his communist beliefs
e. all of the other answers
32. Diego Rivera was so angry that his mural in Rockefeller Center was destroyed that he never
re-created it.
33. Which of the following artworks did Diego Rivera make?
a. Templo Mayor
b. Tilted Arc
c. Man at the Crossroads Looking with Hope and High Vision to the Choosing of a New and
Better Future
d. The Two Fridas
e. none of the other answers
34. Krzysztof Wodiczko makes video installations that comment on ________ all over the world.
a. energy crises d. social injustice
b. animal cruelty e. festivals and celebrations
c. disregard for art
35. Krzysztof Wodiczko uses the medium of video projection so that masses of people can experience
his artwork and its message.
36. People shown in Tijuana Projection share what common experience?
a. working in the maquiladora industry
b. being imprisoned
c. escaping as refugees
d. being granted US citizenship
e. they share no common experience
37. Choose three examples of community art from this chapter. Consider the imagery, the media used,
and the relationship to the communities of which they were part. How are they similar? How are
they different? What does community mean to you? How has your definition changed as a result of
studying community art in this chapter?