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The word __________ means 'submission to God's will."
A. Qur"an
B. Islam
C. Torah
D. Maqamat
The active pose of the Butcher (Fig. 3-11) may signify both ___________ and
_______________.
A. equality with the pharaoh; member of the royal family
B. ability to perform a task; low social standing
C. high social standing; great intellect
D. high status among laborers; relationship to gods
Bronze is an alloy of __________ and __________.
A. pewter; tin
B. gold; silver
C. tin; copper
D. silver; copper
Titian created a painting of __________ for the Duke of Urbino.
A. Piet
B. a reclining nude
C. Madonna
D. landscape
The earliest use of metal objects was as _________________.
A. tools
B. ornamentation
C. money
D. weapons
For most of the fifteenth century, the __________ were the most powerful rulers and art
patrons in northern Europe.
A. dukes of Normandy
B. earls of Hampden
C. dukes of Windsor
D. dukes of Burgundy
Which statement best describes the interests of Native American Jaune Quick-to-See
Smith (Fig. 27-24)?
A. She wants to revive native traditions and art forms in contemporary art.
B. She emphasizes the functional/craft role of Native American art.
C. She makes art that reflects her ethnic identity, as well as its relationship to Western
culture.
D. She argues her Native American ancestry is irrelevant to her role as a contemporary
artist.
Who is the designer of the Victoria Terminus (Fig. 24-13), the massive train station built
in Mumbai in 1887?
A. Sir Bartle Frere
B. King George V
C. George Wittet
D. Frederick Stevens
When she moved to London, Angelica Kauffmann was welcomed into the inner circle
of artist __________.
A. Benjamin West
B. Joshua Reynolds
C. John Constable
D. Thomas Cole
The youthful, beardless Jesus, depicted in the Catacomb of Commodilla, holds a book
to emphasize his role as______.
A. King of Heaven
B. a teacher
C. the son of God
D. a judge
In its subject matter and stylistic treatment, the Camel Carrying a Group of Musicians
(Fig. 11-19) conveys what aspect of Tang Dynasty China?
A. an interest in other cultures
B. a love of naturalism and expressive detail
C. a willingness toward experimentation and spontaneity
D. all of the above
________________ is the term for artists' use of actions, movements, and gestures of
their own bodies.
A. Process art
B. Pop art
C. Feminist art
D. Happenings
By the end of the sixteenth century, the city of __________ was regarded as the "queen
of the Adriatic."
A. Florence
B. Venice
C. Rome
D. Bologna
The nave of the Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe (Fig. 16-15) shows the biblical
story of _________.
A. the Creation
B. Noah and the Flood
C. the Expulsion
D. Tower of Babel
The Female Figure Holding a Fly Whisk (Fig. 10-7) is characteristic of Mauryan period
sculpture in the ______________.
A. figure's fleshy sensuality
B. high polished sandstone
C. representation of a yakshi figure
D. all of the above
____________ was the subject of the East Pediment of the Parthenon.
A. The birth of Athena
B. The marriage of Zeus
C. The panathenaic procession
D. The death of King Kekrops
The belief that Shinto _________ were emanations of Buddhist deities demonstrates
how the Japanese integrated Buddhist ideas into their indigenous belief systems.
A. haniwa
B. kami
C. kofun
D. nara
English artists excelled in which field during the seventeenth century?
A. portrait painting
B. landscape painting
C. architecture
D. stained glass
A member of the Blue Rider Group, Kandinsky believed that abstraction would lead
humanity to a deeper awareness of _______________.
A. the paranoiac-critical method
B. spirituality
C. the animal world
D. the Enlightenment
Although paper became a popular medium for manuscripts, Qur"ans were usually
written on __________ and vellum.
A. carpet
B. silk
C. ceramics
D. parchment
What influence was introduced into Japanese ink painting during the Muromachi
period?
A. Zen Buddhism's emphasis on historical figures
B. Pure Land Buddhism
C. traditions of Chinese landscape painting
D. humor
__________ was the most famous of all Athenian black-figure painters.
A. Amasis
B. Praxiteles
C. Exekias
D. Hippodamus
Work by contemporary artist Fukami Sueharu shows that ___________continues to be
a vibrant and lucrative field of Japanese artistic production today.
A. printmaking
B. ceramics
C. drawing
D. painting
The earliest printed books were __________ books.
A. intaglio
B. engraving
C. block
D. textile
The different architectural style and art emphasizing military conquests seen at the city
of __________ demonstrates the influence of Central Mexico on the Maya in the
post-classic period.
A. Chichen Itza
B. Yaxchilan
C. Palenque
D. Tikal
__________ is a type of ceramic pottery made by hand, coated with a thick dark glaze,
fired at a low heat and prized for use in the tea ceremony.
A. Fusuma
B. Raku
C. Asuka
D. Vishnu
The Gateway of India in Mumbai is a ____________designed by the British architect
George Wittet.
A. triumphal arch
B. coliseum
C. statue
D. wall
Which was NOT a factor in the destruction and knocking over of moai at Rapa Nui?
A. contact with European explorers
B. warfare among the islanders
C. overpopulation strained the island's resources
D. the emergence of the bird-man cult
Which artist was NOT commissioned by Pope Julius II to help him realize his vision of
a revitalized Rome as the center of a new Christian architecture?
A. Bramante
B. Raphael
C. Michelangelo
D. Leonardo da Vinci
What distinguished Venetian painting of the late sixteenth century from works done in
other Italian cities?
A. the use of oil paint on canvas
B. an emphasis on formal clarity and technical perfection
C. an interest in color, light, and loose expressive brushwork
D. the frequent use of nude figures
