In her works addressing contemporary gender issues, Vanessa Beecroft uses the
medium of ____________ to subvert the normal relationship between viewer and object
of art.
A. photography
B. video
C. performance
D. all of the above
What is unusual about women’s role in the construction of Maori meeting houses?
A. They are responsible for painting many of the exterior details.
B. Ritual prohibitions prevent them from entering the building.
C. Their ceremonial role demands that they stay at the site for several months.
D. All of the above.
Which characteristic of Japanese art was already evident in haniwa figures of the Kofun
period?
A. innovative glazing techniques
B. technical sophistication
C. a love of asymmetry
D. the preference for wooden sculpture
Donatello’s statue of St. George at Orsanmichele was an advertisement for the
________ who commissioned it.
A. Duke of Mantua
B. ruler o Florence
C. member of the Medici family
D. guild
Where is the Great Serpent Mound (Fig. 13-22) of the Mississippian culture located?
A. Louisiana
B. Ohio
C. Mississippi
D. Indiana
Which artist explicitly addressed feminist concerns in her work?
A. Georgia O”Keeffe
B. Hannah Hch
C. Anni Albers
D. Helen Frankenthaler
__________ painting was the most important form of pictorial art, according to the
academy.
A. Portrait
B. History
C. Contemporary
D. Still life
Intellectual life in the Romanesque period involved the establishment of the first
universities in the cities of __________, __________, __________, and __________.
A. London; Florence; Rome; Madrid
B. Bologna; Paris; Oxford; Cambridge
C. Venice; Rome; Paris; Cambridge
D. Oxford; London; Florence; Rome
In 1194, a fire destroyed most of the Church of __________, but spared the Royal
Portal, its windows and the crypt.
A. Chartres
B. Reims
C. Notre Dame
D. Salisbury
Often considered the beginning of art-historical study _____________ published The
History of Ancient Art (1764), which analyzed art history as a succession of styles.
A. Johann Winckelmann
B. Alessandro Alberti
C. Horace Walpole
D. Edmund Burke
The Chinese view the stamped characters or _____ that often appear on art not as
disfigurations, but as additional layer of interest in the work.
A. coat of arms
B. punches
C. blazons
D. seals
The page illustrating Matthew Writing His Gospel from the Lindisfarne Gospel Book
(Fig. 15-17) demonstrates _________.
A. the artist intentionally suppressed classical style to emphasize local artistic tradition
B. the artist wanted to emphasize strong connections to Rome
C. the artist was not aware of the use of modeling and illusionistic techniques in
painting
D. the artist completed two similar versions of the same scene
How did Riemenschneider’s Altarpiece of the Holy Blood (Fig. 22-2) differ from earlier
German traditions for wooden sculpture?
A. his use of bright colors and gilding
B. his heightened naturalism
C. his use of natural finishes
D. his use of a Gothic framework for the sculpture
Created during the Palaeologue Renaissance, mosaics decorating the narthex of the
Church of Christ in Chora, Constantinople (Fig. 8-30) include ______________ that
reflect the period’s attitude towards the representation of religious narratives.
A. apocalyptic images
B. details from court life
C. scenes of tenderness and human interaction
D. aloof and detached facial expressions
The ______________ led informally by Damian Hirst were among the most sensational
of modern artists.
A. Neo-Expressionists
B. Young British Artists
C. Third Text
D. Womanhouse
The German artist, __________, was a skilled printmaker as well as painter.
A. Martin Schongauer
B. Hans Memling
C. Dirck Bouts
D. Petrus Christus
What is the significance of the contrast between the plain exterior of the Oratory of
Galla Placidia (Figs. 7-18, 7-19, 7-20) and its highly decorated interior?
A. It reflects the economic needs to limit the decorative programs of churches.
B. It symbolizes the transition from the real world into a supernatural realm.
C. It is the result of later generations stripping the original decoration from the exterior.
D. It symbolizes Christianity’s development from humble origins to a great religion.
What feature of Southwestern pictographs is NOT shared by the prehistoric cave
paintings found in Europe?
A. They depict animals and human figures.
B. They may record a successful hunting expedition.
C. They were made by scraping away the brown bacteria on the canyon wall.
D. They may have ritual significance.
The development of structural steel and the ________ were essential to the
development of the modern skyscraper.
A. electric elevator
B. pre-cut glass panes
C. ancient techniques of concrete
D. cable car
The Kritios Boy (Fig. 5-26) was found on the Athenian __________.
A. Agora
B. Stoa
C. Akropolis
D. theater
As demonstrated in works such as Battista Sforza and Federico da Montefeltro (Fig.
20-31) by Piero della Francesca, Italian portraiture of the fifteenth century is
distinguished by ______________.
A. the use of full profiles
B. a tendency to idealize facial features
C. confusing spatial relationships
D. exacting descriptions of texture and surface detail
What artist was most influential on George de la Tour and other French artists of the
early seventeenth century?
A. Rosso Fiorentino
B. Rubens
C. Carvaggio
D. The Carracci
The Etruscan’s production of large-scale sculpture using ________ demonstrates
exceptional technical skills.
A. marble
B. terra-cotta
C. limestone
D. stucco
How does Rogier van der Weyden’s use of space heighten the emotional impact of his
Deposition altarpiece (Fig. 19-13)?
A. The use of deep illusionistic space makes the scene seem more realistic.
B. The full-sized figures seem to press forward into the viewer’s space.
C. He used multiple perspectives so viewers could see all the figures.
D. His use of atmospheric perspective draws the viewer into the image.
Figurative imagery is most common in what type of Islamic art?
A. illuminated pages of the Qur”an
B. palaces and manuscripts
C. glass mosaics
D. architectural ornament
What did the Navajo find most controversial about shaman-singer Hosteen Klah’s
woven tapestries?
A. He was practicing a woman’s art form.
B. He was incorporating images from sand-paintings into his weavings.
C. He was selling his work to collectors and museums.
D. All of the above.
Anthony van Dyck had an illustrious independent career as a __________.
A. still-life painter
B. portraitist
C. priest
D. miniaturist
During the Byzantine era, the celebration of the Mass took place behind a(n)
_________, which separated the congregation from the sanctuary.
A. ciborium
B. screen
C. ambulatory
D. aisle
Portraits became a major art under which ruler’s court?
A. Akbar
B. Jahangir
C. Shah Jahan
D. Jayavarman VII
All of the following statements about tattooing in the Marquesas islands are true
EXCEPT __________.
A. Tattooing is considered taboo among women in the culture
B. Evidence suggests a relationship between tattooing and markings applied to pottery
C. Tattooing was a sacred process conducted in special houses built for the occasion.
D. Tattooing was done to mark passages in people’s lives and commemorate special
events.