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Which culture produced artwork recording the daily lives of ordinary people?
A. Saharan rock artists
B. Nok
C. Old Jenn
D. Aksumite
The format and technique of Nicola Pisano's ______________ may have been
influenced by Roman sarcophagi.
A. The Miracle of the Crib at Greccio
B. Ekkehard and Uta
C. Annunciation, Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds
D. Sheets of Drawings with Geometric Figures
What impact did the Sui dynasty's unification of China have on Buddhist art?
A. Thousands of Buddhist temples, shrines and sculpture were destroyed.
B. It helped synthesize regional styles into a distinctly Chinese aesthetic.
C. It introduced a mystical form of Buddhism characterized by complex symbols and
ritual practice.
D. It helped develop a strong middle-class.
__________ painted The Rongxi Studio (Fig. 25-3), using a dry brush technique.
A. Jenghiz Khan
B. Ni Zan
C. Zhao Mengfu
D. Kublai Khan
Akbar's private audience hall in Fatehpur Sikri included a structure probably intended
to recall what from Indian history?
A. the Great Stupa at Sanchi
B. the pillars erected by King Ashoka
C. indigenous yakshi figures
D. sacred Vedic texts
_______________ was the logical extension of the Minimalist move away from the
handcrafted object.
A. Graffiti art
B. Conceptual art
C. Earth art
D. Traditional forms of art
Becoming one of the most important stops on the Grand Tour, Cardinal Albani built the
Villa Albani to _____________.
A. find an artistic style to reflect Enlightenment ideals
B. display his vast collection of antique artifacts
C. promote the industrial revolution
D. support Romantic ideals
Pheidias represented the female goddesses in the East Pediment of the Parthenon as
____________.
A. warrior figures
B. much larger than the surrounding figures
C. fully nude
D. wearing drapery that reveals and conceals
____________ is one of the earliest known sites of prehistoric cave paintings.
A. Lepenski Vir
B. Pech-Merle
C. Altamira
D. Chauvet
The Great Sphinx is thought to be a portrait of __________.
A. Menkaure
B. Cheops
C. Khufu
D. Khafre
How does the statue of Shiva Nataraja (Fig. 10-31) signify the universe's cycle of death
and rebirth?
A. The representation of Shiva's dance
B. The symbols in his hands
C. The circular framework around the figure
D. All of the above
Whenever the okyeame or __________, for an Ashanti ruler spoke on behalf of the
ruler, he held a staff.
A. father
B. spirit
C. spokesperson
D. shaman
The potter's wheel developed in approximately 4000 BCE in __________________.
A. Japan
B. China
C. Egypt
D. India
The animated poses of the angels and mourners on the cover of the Lindau Gospels are
similar to the energetic expressionism of ____________.
A. the Book of Durrow
B. the Coronation Gospels
C. the Utrecht Psalter
D. the Gospels of Otto III
Christo and Jeanne-Claude are known for their temporary, __________ artworks.
A. projection
B. cantilevering
C. dripping
D. site-specific
The stones used in the citadel of Mycenae are so massive that they are called
__________.
A. megalithic
B. megarons
C. cyclopean
D. pylons
The focal point of the sacred precinct of the city of Tenochtitlan was the __________.
A. Great Pyramid
B. game area
C. headdress
D. scull rack
When first carved, nkisi nkonde are __________, but then gain power through use.
A. memories
B. neutral
C. curved
D. toys
What was the primary form of monumental painting during the Gothic period?
A. frescoes
B. mosaics
C. stained glass
D. manuscript illumination
Reliquaries in the form of ______________ were popular in the region around
Conques.
A. famous churches
B. saints
C. body parts
D. jewelry boxes
The picture stone ordered by Harald the Bluetooth depicts __________________.
A. a Viking ship
B. runes
C. Christ with outstretched arms
D. a battle
Particularly noteworthy among Ming porcelain are the __________ wares, such as the
fifteenth-century flask with dragons (Fig. 25-7).
A. red-and-white
B. blue-and-white
C. grey-and-white
D. green-and-white
The years 1700 to 1450 BCE marks the __________ Palace period in Minoan art.
A. Old
B. Middle
C. New
D. Late
What symbolic meaning is NOT suggested in Hunt of the Unicorn series of tapestries?
A. the Incarnation of Christ
B. moral character and bravery
C. romantic love
D. Christ's death on the cross
Evidence of the Moche culture's sophisticated metallurgy skills are the
gold-and-turquoise _________ found in the tomb of the Warrior Priest at Sipn.
A. earspools
B. headdresses
C. belts
D. necklaces
The Vikings erected large memorial ______ stones, which are covered with inscriptions
in the twig-like letters of an early Germanic alphabet.
A. rune
B. animal style
C. stave
D. celtic
Michelangelo's Piet (Fig. 21-9) was installed as a tomb monument in __________.
A. Ges
B. Palazzo
C. Old St. Peter's
D. Tempietto
A typical feature of Gothic narrative painting was to depict events from the past in
_____________settings.
A. ancient
B. contemporary
C. landscape
D. otherworldly
The doors of Yoruba palaces are often decorated with _______________.
A. complex geometric patterns indicating royalty
B. symbolic and narrative images carved in high relief
C. cast bronze relief panels depicting ancestral rulers
D. painted images of spirit beings who guard the palace
The avant-garde in Cuba was the most __________ of all the Modernist groups.
A. homogeneous
B. ignored
C. suppressed
D. interdisciplinary
The giant mosaic depicting the Virgin and Child at ______________ announced the
significance of images after iconoclasm ended.
A. St. Mark's
B. Hagia Sophia
C. Santa Sophia
D. Hasios Loukas
