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One of the grandest of all the Elizabethan houses was __________, designed by Robert
Smythson for the Countess of Shrewsbury.
A. Hardwick Hall
B. Fontainebleau
C. Chenonceau
D. Villa Rotunda
In Degas' The Rehearsal on Stage the seeming arbitrary cropping of figures suggests the
influence of _____________.
A. synthetism
B. historicism
C. photography
D. medieval stained glass
Which of the following does NOT apply to Giotto's frescoes of the Scrovegni Chapel
(Fig. 18-7)?
A. Their placement complements the building's architectural details.
B. They are organized to create symmetrical pairings that encourage viewers to relate
biblical events.
C. They distill complex narratives into compelling moments.
D. They emphasize human emotion in their details.
Vermeer's images of women performing domestic tasks such as Woman Holding a
Balance (Fig. 23-40) are sometimes interpreted as references to his
________________.
A. Catholic faith
B. daily life at home
C. Protestant upbringing
D. mistresses
What about Dejeuner sur L"Herbe (Fig. 31-17) was particularly shocking?
A. the depiction of the female nude
B. the references to important artworks of the past
C. the "immoral" subject matter
D. all of the above
People in the Marshall Islands relied on stick charts called wapepe or mattang (Fig.
28-9), which ____________.
A. show navigational routes connecting islands
B. show a schematic diagram of ocean currents and wave patterns
C. are shells and sticks held together by coconut fibers
D. all of the above
What is the term for horns exported to Europe and created by carvers from Sierra Leone
(Sapi in Portuguese)?
A. bullhorns
B. vuvuzelas
C. oliphants
D. trumpets
El Greco's distinctive style _________________.
A. demonstrates his humanist interest in the use of ancient sources
B. was based on mathematical systems of proportions and perspective
C. reveals the influence of Byzantine icons and Venetian painting techniques
D. provided an appropriate aesthetic for Protestant zealots of the period.
Sonia __________ not only produced paintings with her husband, but also designed
fabric and clothing on her own.
A. Lissitzky
B. Delaunay
C. Malevich
D. Mondrian
Which of the following was NOT a material used in the production of medieval
manuscripts?
A. gold leaf
B. semiprecious stones
C. vellum
D. colophon
Prehistoric cave painting was an unknown art form until the 1879 discovery of a cave in
__________ in northern Spain.
A. Altamira
B. Chauvet
C. Lascaux
D. Dordogne
The Book of Kells (Fig. 15-1) was produced on __________, an animal skin prepared
for writing.
A. papyrus
B. paper
C. deckles
D. vellum
The Horizontal Wine Bottle with Decoration of a Bird Carrying a Newly Caught Fish
(Fig. 25-16) is an example of sixteenth-century __________ware.
A. Qing
B. bronze
C. buncheong
D. Yuan
Evidence of the geological changes in the Saharan region of Africa is found in vivid
images of _____________seen in rock art from around 8000 BCE.
A. figures dancing
B. primitive masks associated with rituals to ensure rainfall
C. round thatched houses
D. hippopotamus, elephant, and other wildlife
The readymade was a concept of the artist __________, where he could transform any
object into art simply by deciding to do so.
A. Brancusi
B. Boccioni
C. Lger
D. Duchamp
The term __________ derives from the word Atzlan, a mythical place northwest of the
Valley of Mexico.
A. Arizona
B. Aztec
C. Atlanta
D. Attica
The Taj Mahal is a(an) __________structure.
A. Islamic
B. Hindu
C. Buddhist
D. secular
Rather than being a product of invaders the destruction of houses at some sites in the
Neolithic period was part of ______________.
A. a ritual killing of the house
B. a rival family's attempt to gain property
C. the selection of a new leader
D. ritual celebrating a birth
To communicate with __________ many African societies rely on a diviner.
A. shamans
B. animals
C. neighbors
D. spirits
How was the career of Angelica Kauffmann distinctive among female painters of the
eighteenth century?
A. She was trained by her father
B. She painted history paintings.
C. She was restricted to still life subjects.
D. She quit painting after having children.
Characteristic of a bodhisattva are his __________ garments.
A. princely
B. monk's
C. merchant's
D. laborer's
Where would the congregation have focused their attention during religious services at
Hagia Sophia?
A. the altar
B. the dome
C. the emperor
D. the apse
The language of the Qur"an is __________.
A. Mandarin
B. Greek
C. Hebrew
D. Arabic
The bargeboards in the Maori meeting house are symbolic of the outstretched arms of
the tribe's __________.
A. founding ancestor
B. ancient ruler
C. mother goddess
D. artist's elder brother
Judy Baca was influenced by the Mexican __________ in making her large-scale
socially relevant paintings.
A. folk artists
B. muralists
C. weaving
D. religious art
Both the figures and the backdrop of the mosaics in the rotunda of St. George possess
______________ features.
A. tetrarchic
B. highly abstract
C. classical
D. pagan
Clients drive a __________ or other pointed object into a nkisi nkonde to activate its
powers by getting its attention.
A. nail
B. stick
C. pen
D. finger
__________ created sculpture out of terra cotta for Florence's Foundling Hospital
(Ospedale degli Innocenti) (Fig. 20-6).
A. Brunelleschi
B. Ghiberti
C. Andrea della Robbia
D. Alberti
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the building of the Scrovegni Chapel
(Fig. 18-7)?
A. to atone for the Scrovegni family's sins
B. to show the patron's power and sophistication
C. to mark the site of an ancient Roman ruin
D. to have a private chapel at the Scrovegni residence
The ancient Olmec culture produced____________________.
A. colossal heads with individualized features
B. stone mosaics and objects buried beneath ritual sites
C. jade objects and tools
D. all of the above
When the Umayyads replaced the Abbasids in 750, they moved their capital from
Damascus to __________.
A. Medina
B. Cordoba
C. Baghdad
D. Samarkand
Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro collaborated with their students on the creation of
__________, a collaborative art environment.
A. Women of Allah
B. Third Text
C. Cremaster
D. Womanhouse
Wall paintings found at Akrotiri demonstrate in color and detail the sophisticated
decorative sense characteristic of _________ art
A. Minoan
B. Trojan
C. Mycenaean
D. Cycladic
