Which of the following terms is the name for the study and evaluation of art based on
formal, visual, and stylistic analysis in order to deduce its maker?
a. contextualism
b. iconography
c. connoisseurship
d. aesthetics
What is the term for art that has been created using a gouge to make high-relief areas
for the image?
a. intaglio
b. lithograph
c. engraving
d. woodcut
In Christian architecture, which of the following is a building over a grave that was
traditionally circular in plan?
a. martyrium
b. hemicycle
c. mausoleum
d. cenotaph
Which is the term for a section of fresh plaster that could be prepared and painted in
one day?
a. sinopia
b. intonaco
c. sgraffito
d. giornata
Where are Cycladic figurines usually found?
a. in and around graves
b. in megarons
c. in temples
d. in homes
Which of the following best describes Cycladic sculpture?
a. It has been reduced to geometric essentials.
b. It is rounded and fleshy.
c. Sculptures are in the shape of houses, boats, birds, and animals.
d. The glazes are splashed freely over the sculptures and allowed to run.
Why were ceramic figurines produced by the thousands during the Tang dynasty?
a. for houses
b. for tombs
c. for courts
d. for trade
What united the Inca Empire?
a. a common language
b. a unified ethnic group
c. a state religion
d. wheeled vehicles
A circle formed by stones or wooden posts is called a
a. henge.
b. dolmen.
c. cairn.
d. corbel.
Raphael gained early fame from his paintings of
a. Virgin and Child.
b. the life of Jesus.
c. Old Testament themes.
d. Greek mythology.
Which artist contributed most significantly to the emergence of expressionism?
a. Georges Seurat
b. Vincent van Gogh
c. Paul Czanne
d. Paul Signac
Describe the idea ofallegory as it demonstrated in the Augustus of Primaporta.
From where does the world’s oldest surviving fired pottery come?
a. Japan
b. Korea
c. China
d. India
What is the subject matter of Column of Trajan?
a. Trajan’s successful campaign against the Dacians
b. Rome’s victory of Jerusalem
c. a dedication to the Roman gods Mars and Venus
d. a decorative signpost for Trajan’s market
Even though archeologists and art historians are unsure of the meaning of Lion-Human,
which of the following statements is true?
a. Early humans were excellent hunters.
b. Early humans reconstructed what they observed in nature.
c. Early humans had complex rituals involving masks.
d. Early humans were very creative and imaginative.
Who was Saint Serapion?
a. a Christian martyr
b. a Christian monk
c. a Spanish artist
d. a Spanish monarch
Which work personifies the new Italian man rushing headlong into the brave new
Futurist world?
a. Electric Light
b. Torso of a Young Man
c. Unique Forms of Continuity in Space
d. Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons)
The French Academy was based upon the art of which style?
a. Mannerist art
b. Baroque art
c. Renaissance art
d. Classical art
Which of the following describes Harriet Hosmer’s Zenobia in Chains?
a. submissive
b. defiant
c. seductive
d. erotic
Which art movement was particularly interested in moral incorruptibility, patriotism,
and courage?
a. Romanticism
b. Rococo
c. Realism
d. Neoclassicism
Who changed Florentine painting more than anyone since Giotto?
a. Fra Angelico
b. Paolo Uccello
c. Sandro Botticelli
d. Masaccio
In a rare introduction to a medieval artist who is also a woman, Guda introduces herself
as
a. an artist whose work shines forth.
b. a sinful woman.
c. painter and servant of God.
d. without equal.
David’s Oath of the Horatii became an emblem of
a. the French Revolution.
b. the monarchy.
c. Napoleon.
d. Paris Commune of 1871.
What art form influenced the bowl with kufic border from Samarkand?
a. Chinese porcelain
b. Korean celadon
c. Greek pottery
d. Byzantine mosaic
The Egyptian convention of depicting shoulders and torso in a frontal manner and hips,
legs, and feet in profile was used
a. when depicting slaves.
b. when depicting priests.
c. when depicting royalty.
d. when depicting commoners.
Which two new religious orders arose to serve the urban populations in the twelfth and
thirteenth centuries?
a. the Augustinians and the Benedictines
b. the Cluniacs and the Cistercians
c. the Franciscans and the Dominicans
d. the Jesuits and the Trappists
Which was the function of the Palette of Narmer?
a. a breastplate
b. a shield
c. a place to grind paint for eye makeup
d. a stele to honor the king
Which is the place where the nave and the transept intersect?
a. bailey
b. buttress
c. crossing
d. tympanum
What was the primary subject of Jacob Lawrence’s early work?
a. factories and skyscrapers
b. migrant farm workers
c. farms and small-town life
d. black history
Mondrian thought that the beauty we see in nature is
a. sensual and subjective.
b. rational and universal.
c. ideal or perfect.
d. picturesque or sublime.
Which is the term for putting disparate elements together to construct a work of art?
a. collage
b. appropriation
c. femmage
d. assemblage
Which of the following is a name for the first four books of the Christian New
Testament?
a. the Gospels
b. the Torah
c. the Psalms
d. the Qur”an
Describe the architectural elements and symbolism of the Great Stupa at Sanchi.
Define, describe, give an example, and explain the purpose of a continuous ambulatory
in a pilgrimage church.
Discuss the International Style of Architecture and its expression in the Seagram
Building in New York. Include its use of materials and ideas of aesthetics.
List and describe the architectural elements that combined to make the Gothic style and
describe the overall effect that was achieved.
Compare and contrast the architectural style of the Opra and the Wainwright Building.
Describe the influence of multiculturalism as seen in the burial at Sutton Hoo.
Describe the composition and style of Jean-Honor Fragonard’s The Swing.
Discuss the style and function of the illuminated manuscripts produced by the Persians
and provide an example.
Describe the iconography of Still Life with Fruit and Flowers by Clara Peeters.
Explain the composition of Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Jacob and Esau panel from the “Gates of
Paradise.” Describe the narrative as it is told through relief.
What were the inspirations for Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’s Large Odalisque?
Discuss the subject matter and style.
Describe the Silk Road and its use and effect in China and the West.
How does Hyacinthe Rigaud represent the figure of the king? How is this typically
Baroque?
Describe the purpose of how a nkisi nkonde changes over time to become a visual
record of a community.