At the Pech-Merle Cave, humans left more than images of horses and fish, they left
____________.
A. maps
B. handprints
C. landscapes
D. portraits
What do art historians mean by the use of “hidden symbols” in the Mrode Altarpiece
(Fig. 19-10, Fig. 19-11)?
A. secret meanings in the work that only the patron would know
B. symbols obscured by extraneous details
C. ordinary objects that also possess symbolic meaning
D. symbolic meaning that has been lost over the years
The __________ is a small shrine over the spot where the apostle Peter was believed to
have been crucified.
A. Il Gesu
B. St. Peter’s
C. Stanza della Segnetura
D. Tempietto
Although a military failure, _________ helped to stimulate trade during the
Romanesque period?
A. Norman battles
B. pilgrimages
C. the crusades
D. Dover castle
__________ were widely used in Mesoamerican art.
A. Feathers
B. Papers
C. Prints
D. Diamonds
Figurative subject matter was most common during the _______period of Chinese
history.
A. Zhou
B. Tang
C. Northern Song
D. Southern Song
Demonstrating the importance of art objects as military booty, the ___________ was
taken by an Elamite king.
A. Disk of Enheduanna (Fig. 2-11)
B. Stele of Naram-Sin (Fig. 2-1)
C. Votive Statue of Gudea (Fig. 2-14)
D. Stele of Hammurabi (Fig. 2-15)
In the Book of Hours of Jeanne d”Evreux, the figures are painted in the __________
technique.
A. tempera
B. grisaille
C. opus anglicanum
D. fresco
What restrictions apply to paintings sold by Aboriginal artists in the central and western
Australian desert?
A. They do not provide explanations to the symbols used in their paintings.
B. They only depict stories that can be known by uninitiated audiences.
C. The artist of the image must remain anonymous.
D. Any profit from the sale of art is divided equally among the community’s members.
Handprints at the cave at Pech-Merle were probably created using what technique?
A. incising lines with a sharp stick
B. spraying paint onto the cave wall
C. painting the image with a brush
D. drawing with an ochre crayon
The Greeks preferred _________as a material for figurative sculpture because it
allowed for complex action poses.
A. wood
B. bronze
C. marble
D. terra-cotta
What building method was used to create the conical roof structure that characterizes
tholos tombs?
A. post and lintel
B. groin vaulting
C. mortise and tenon
D. corbelling
The __________ may have been the first group of people to work in iron.
A. Persians
B. Hittites
C. Gudeans
D. Lullubians
Neighbors in Antwerp, __________ and Jan Brueghel frequently collaborated on
paintings.
A. Hals
B. Caravaggio
C. Vermeer
D. Rubens
What aspect of the reliefs from the Wu family shrines in Jiaxiang reinforces Confucian
ideas?
A. The lack of detail given to individual figures.
B. The images demonstrating appropriate social order and respect for authority.
C. The images drawn from traditional myths and legends.
D. The use of registers as a compositional device.
Vige-Lebrun was Marie Antoinette’s favorite __________.
A. daughter
B. painter
C. model
D. hostess
How is Islamic religious belief reflected in the art of calligraphy?
A. Writing continues to extend the word of God
B. The written word promotes literacy and intellectual development.
C. Calligraphy serves as a common visual language uniting the Muslim community.
D. The variety of cursive scripts reflects the diversity of Islamic culture.
Which of the following themes is NOT found in Giotto’s program of frescoes
decorating the Scrovegni Chapel (Fig. 18-7)?
A. scenes from Dante’s Inferno
B. the virtues and vices
C. scenes from the life of Mary
D. the Last Judgment
Like the Romans, early Christians first used central-plan buildings as _________.
A. libraries
B. tombs
C. baths
D. gathering places
Which structure at Horyuji (Fig. 12-4) is not entered into because of its reliquary
function?
A. the kondo
B. the pagoda
C the repository for sacred texts
D. the stupa
Why is Sofonisba Anguissola unusual among women artists in the sixteenth century?
A. She painted miniatures.
B. She became a lady in waiting.
C. She was not the daughter of an artist.
D. She was from Bologna.
Based on the text’s discussion of Greek art, why is the Tomb of the Diver (Fig. 5-30)
significant to art history?
A. It is an example of Greek wall painting
B. It depicts Greek funerary ritual
C. It includes a landscape
D. It was the tomb of a foreigner
In contrast to some of the other Impressionist painters, Renoir focused on the
__________.
A. marketplace
B. street light
C. racecar
D. figure
A contemporary of Robert Campin, __________, was a painter of renown in the court
of Philip the Good.
A. Jan van Eyck
B. Hugo van der Goes
C. Master Theodoric
D. the Mary of Burgundy painter
The pharaoh __________ built temples out of the natural rock at Abu Simbel.
A. Hatshepsut
B. Djoser
C. Rameses II
D. Imhotep
The Greek myth of creation involved a battle between the earth gods, or __________,
and the sky gods.
A. Cretans
B. Olympians
C. Titans
D. Muses
In contrast to earlier images of the good shepherd, Christ _______________ in the
Oratory of Galla Placidia.
A. appears as an adult emperor
B. is clothed in a humble tunic
C. commands the disciples to follow him
D. is surrounded by a mandorla of light
How does the equestrian scene from Holofernes’ Army Crossing the Euphrates River in
the Sainte-Chapelle (Fig. 17-20) demonstrate pictorial innovation in the stained glass
medium?
A. the overlapping figures to create a colorful pattern
B. the use of bar tracery
C. by diluting the paint to create modeling washes
D. the use of foreshortening to create illusionistic space
Although initially a revolutionary style, _____________ architecture came to stand for
corporate wealth and power.
A. International Style
B. Deconstructivist
C. High Tech
D. Postmodern
In Burma, the _________, which enshrines relics of the Buddha, continues to be a
center of Buddhist devotion.
A. Taj Mahal (Fig. 24-1)
B. Luna Vasahi (Fig. 24-3)
C. Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Fig. 24-19)
D. Shwedagon stupa (Fig. 24-18)
The wall painting Girl Gathering Saffron Crocus Flowers (Fig. 4-1)
demonstrates Aegean cultural practices related to ____________.
A. a woman’s entry into adolescence
B. domestic role of women
C. the harvesting of food
D. marriage
Which of the following is NOT true of Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party (Fig. 33-23)?
A. It was made collaboratively by hundreds of volunteers.
B. It includes art forms that have traditionally been the work of women.
C. It is meant to commemorate the accomplishments of women artists from the past.
D. Abstracted designs based on female genitalia symbolize women from all times and
ethnicities.
The biggest problem with concrete is _____________.
A. it is expensive
B. it requires highly skilled workers
C. it deteriorates if exposed to water
D. it is difficult to transport
Raphael’s portrait of Maddalena Strozzi imitates _____________.
A. the Mona Lisa
B. Venus of Urbino
C. the Pieta
D. Tintoretto
One of the fundamental changes that took place in the prehistoric period in man’s
relationship with the environment was man’s ________________.
A. ability to survive the Ice Age
B. exertion of more control over the land
C. migration to mountain caves
D. absence of interest in burying the dead
The beautiful Olpe (Pitcher) (Fig. 5-4) is decorated with stylized flowers called
__________.
A. lilies
B. roses
C. rosettes
D. caliphs
Mondrian’s interest in abstraction was an attempt to distill the __________ from objects
in nature.
A. essential form
B. universal beauty
C. dynamic equilibrium
D. opposing forces