Although __________ was one of the glories of Mesoamerican art, it was fragile and
very little survives today.
A. sculpture
B. textile work
C. featherwork
D. painting
What city attracted some of the greatest Italian artists of the sixteenth century at the
beginning of their careers?
A. Rome
B. Florence
C. Venice
D. Mantua
King __________ commissioned the earliest known monumental architecture in Egypt.
A. Ramses
B. Akhenaten
C. Djoser
D. Tutankhamun
Egyptian sculptors relied on ____________to guide them in proportioning the human
figures when carving reliefs
A. a squared grid
B. a mathematical formula
C. the measurement of the king’s arm
D. a system of perspective
Which of the following is an example of an Indian painting on paper?
A. Hour of Cowdust (Fig. 24-12)
B. Seated Buddha (Fig. 24-17)
C. Sukhothai Buddha (p. 787)
D. Vedic (Fig. 24-21)
The development of __________at Reims Cathedral made possible even larger areas of
stained glass in relation to wall surface.
A. plate tracery
B. flying buttresses
C. bar tracery
D. a central division of the clerestory
The earliest appearance of the taotie motif in Chinese art dates to ___________.
A. a ritual vessel from the Zhou dynasty
B. a bronze fang ding from the Shang dynasty
C. a jade cong from the Liangzhu culture
D. a bell from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng from the Zhou dynasty
How do the mosaics in the central dome of the Great Mosque of Cordoba (Fig. 9-8)
demonstrate cultural and artistic exchange in the medieval period?
A. Just as with Christian churches, they probably symbolize a celestial canopy.
B. They were installed by a Byzantine master sent by the emperor in Constantinople.
C. The imagery was appropriated from pagan and Christian sources.
D. All of the above
What impact did the suppression of the Paris Commune have on art after 1871?
A. There was a resurgence in political art.
B. Artists turned to lithography and other printed formats for social critique.
C. Overt political commentary diminished in the art of the avant-garde.
D. Avant-garde artists produce politically charged work anonymously and under
pseudonyms.
The Maori tradition of building a large wooden meeting house evolved after
_______________.
A. the population experienced dramatic growth
B. contact with Westerners
C. the introduction of steel tools
D. Raharuhi Rukupo introduced a new design
Minoan cities were generally unfortified; on the other hand, the Mycenaeans
constructed strongholds of megaliths called __________ to protect their palaces.
A. towers
B. citadels
C. crenellations
D. bunkers
Archaeologists link the emergence of image making to the arrival of __________.
A. Homo sapiens
B. Paleo sapiens
C. Homo sapiens sapiens
D. Neo sapiens
What element of the standing gilt-silver Virgin and Child (Fig. 18-20) is distinctive of
French sculpture in the fourteenth century?
A. the use of the fleur-de-lis as a reliquary
B. the s-curve of the Virgin’s figure
C. the use of gold, silver and enamel
D. the child’s tender gesture
The Incas utilized __________ as pack animals to help negotiate the steep mountain
slopes of Cuzco.
A. llamas
B. dogs
C. cats
D. bears
How is Andean culture distinguished from the artistic developments in other parts of the
world?
A. the early production of textiles
B. the extensive of gold in secular and ritual objects
C. the early manufacture of functional ceramic vessels
D. the lack of monumental architecture
Current scholarship suggests that early stone tools functioned socially as
______________.
A. status symbols
B. tomb markers
C. road maps
D. weapons
__________ is the bodhisattva of greatest compassion.
A. Avalokiteshvara
B. Mahavira
C. Palas
D. Agra
The Blue Rider artist, Franz Marc, painted mainly ______________ because they were
more “primitive” than humans
A. landscape elements
B. abstract shapes
C. animals
D. still lifes
What allows the dome of Hagia Sophia to appear to float mysteriously?
A. A ring of windows at the dome’s base
B. The use of gold mosaic to cover the surface of the dome and pendentives
C. The obscured support piers
D. All of the above
At the end of the sixteenth century, __________ made it a major goal of the
Counter-Reformation to embellish the church and renew Rome.
A. Pope Francis I
B. Pope Domenico
C. Pope Sixtus V
D. Pope Julius II
What element of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Virgin of the Rocks best embodies the
principles of art in the High Renaissance?
A. the references to classical subject matter
B. the balanced pyramidal grouping of figures
C. the somber mood created through darkened tones
D. the unusual landscape of the background
Renewed interest in __________ provided the funds necessary to expand the faade of
the Cathedral of St. James, Santiago de Compostela (Fig. 23-23).
A. pilgrimages
B. wealth
C. Madrid
D. dueling
The Lamentation at Nerezi focuses on _____________
A. the Virgin’s anguish
B. the activities of the onlookers
C. the background landscape
D. the moment of the Crucifixion
__________ are beings who are well advanced on the path to buddahood.
A. Buddhas
B. Bodhisattvas
C. Lotuses
D. Tantrics
The bronze sculpture The Spirit of Haida Gwaii (Fig. 27-25) outside the Canadian
Embassy in Washington, D.C. was created by which artist?
A. Bill Reid
B. Hosteen Klah
C. Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
D. Ramona Sakiestewa
Which painting format was NOT favored by members of the literati?
A. handscrolls
B. album leafs
C. hanging scrolls
D. wall paintings
The major work of the Limbourg brothers was __________ commissioned for Jean, the
Duke of Berry.
A. the Ghent Altarpiece
B. the Tres Riches Heures (Very Sumptuous Book of Hours)
C. the Merode Altarpiece
D. the Portinari Altarpiece
The highly disciplined samurai of the Muromachi period particularly admired the
austere ideals of __________.
A. Pure Land Buddhism
B. Theravada Buddhism
C. Zen Buddhism
D. Tibetan Buddhism
The __________, surrounded by a court of angels and Siena’s patron saints, are the
subject of the Maest’s (18-10) central panel.
A. Virgin and Christ Child
B. Angel Gabriel and the Virgin
C. Angels Gabriel and Michael
D. John the Baptist and the Virgin
Why did Philip the Bold commission the Chartreuse de Champmol?
A. to hold his manuscript collection
B. to attract Franciscan monks
C. to rival local churches
D. to house his family tombs