A major literati painter from the Ming period, _________ painted Poet on a
Mountaintop and composed a poem to accompany it.
A. Shen Zhou
B. Guang Zhou
C. Wang Hui
D. Qiu Ying
In 1980, which man became the first Marquesan in modern times to be fully tattooed?
A. Raharuhi Rukupo
B. Teve Tupuhia
C. Clifford Tjapaltjarri
D. Shigeyuki Kihara
What significant change occurred in how art was conceptualized and created?
A. Political activism began to play a significant role.
B. Some artists retreated into their own imagination.
C. There was a response among artists to photography.
D. All of the above.
The first domestication of grains occurred in the area known as the __________.
A. Fertile Crescent
B. Hattusha
C. Zagros mountains
D. Persia
How does art of the Heian period demonstrate Japan’s desire to be less culturally
dependent on China?
A. the production of yamato-e handscrolls
B. hand-copied collections of waka
C. the use of kana
D. all of the above
The use of tempera gave way to __________ painting technique in the High Italian
Renaissance.
A. water
B. fresco
C. wax
D. oil
__________ was called before the Inquisition for placing Jesus in the company of
unsavory characters in the painting Feast in the House of Levi (Fig. 21-41).
A. Michelangelo
B. Romano
C. Tintoretto
D. Veronese
How does the Ise Shrine (Fig. 12-3) reflect Shinto’s emphasis on ritual purification?
A. It is repainted every spring.
B. It is rebuilt every 20 years.
C. It utilizes water.
D. Very few people are allowed inside.
Recent scholarship suggests that Titian’s “Venus” of Urbino (21-28) was meant to
represent_____________.
A. a classical goddess
B. a newly married woman
C. a Venetian courtisan
D. a specific individual
Pollaiuolo’s Battle of the Nudes (Fig. 20-36) is a(n) ____________________.
A. banner
B. fresco
C. engraving
D. intarsia
The mast that extends from the dome of the Great Stupa at Shanchi (Fig. 10-8) serves as
a symbolic _______________.
A. temple
B. axis mundi
C. circumambulatory
D. niche
Characteristically, Chinese furniture is constructed without the use of glue or nails,
relying instead on the principle of __________.
A. twisted assembly
B. bent connection
C. mortise-and-tenon joint
D. cement joining
The blind wall between the nave arcade and the clerestory in Early Christian churches
was typically decorated with paintings or __________of biblical scenes.
A. mosaics
B. stained glass
C. reliefs
D. stucco
The interiors of Muslim homes often used __________in textiles, tiled walls, and
carpets, such as the Wagner Carpet (Fig. 9-29), to bring the beauty of nature indoors.
A. arabesques
B. natural motifs
C. inscriptions from the Qur”an
D. medallion motifs
The __________ in a Christian church symbolizes both the table of Jesus’s Last Supper
and the tombs of Christ and the saints.
A. door
B. nave
C. altar
D. clerestory
__________ is the first architect known in history by name.
A. Imhotep
B. Narmer
C. Menes
D. Hasan
At the Monastery of San Marco, __________ and his assistants frescoed paintings in
the cells of the monks and their community rooms.
A. Fra Anselmo
B. Abbott Francis
C. Fra Angelico
D. Brother Lawrence
Nomadic Plains people used portable dwellings called a __________.
A. waud
B. dabble
C. clapboard
D. tipi
Jeff Wall creates his ________________ like a movie director by carefully designing
the sets and posing his actors.
A. videos
B. posters
C. femmages
D. photographs
What feature of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi recalls the design of ancient Roman
homes?
A. the rusticated exterior
B. the open loggia used to conduct business
C. the rounded arches of the windows
D. the placement of rooms around a central courtyard
What language serves as a powerful unifying force within Islam?
A. English
B. Latin
C. Arabic
D. Farsi
In England, Neoclassicism was accompanied by a __________ revival.
A. Gothic
B. Chinese
C. Mexican
D. African
How did its patron respond to Veronese’s Feast in the House of Levi?
A. The painting was praised as propaganda for the Counter-Reformation.
B. The church was offended by its grand pageantry among other reasons.
C. It was seen as a testimony of Christ’s humility and willingness to associate with
sinners.
D. None of the above.
____________ wrote a guidebook to instruct pilgrims as they traveled through France
to Santiago de Compostela.
A. Bernard of Clairvaux
B. Josef Puig I Cadafalch
C. Aymery Picaud
D. Hugh de Semur
What fostered the extensive production of art in Florence during the fifteenth century?
A. economic prosperity
B. civic patriotism and desire to express the city’s importance
C. a humanist interest in individual accomplishment
D. all of the above
Which of the following is NOT true about the Great Wild Goose Pagoda at Ci”en
Temple in Chang”an (Fig. 11-16)?
A. It is a wooden structure.
B. It originally had only five stories.
C. Its simplicity and symmetry is typical of Tang architecture.
D. Its form derives from Buddhist architecture in India.
Chinese __________are paintings that are meant to be viewed in small sections at a
time.
A. longscrolls
B. handscrolls
C. landscape scrolls
D. vertical scrolls
A popular manuscript format was the ____________, which paired selected scriptural
passages with allegorical or moralized interpretations, using pictures and words to
convey the message.
A. Psalter
B. Gospels
C. Moralized Bible
D. Biography
Where were ordinary people allowed to go in the Great Temple of Amun?
A. the sanctuary of Amun
B. the forecourt of the hypostyle hall
C. the sacred lake
D. all of the above
The __________ formed a powerful federation of five northeastern Native American
nations and played a prominent role until after the American Revolution.
A. Plains
B. Apache
C. Navajo
D. Iroquois
Kosho’s portrait sculpture of Kuya Preaching (Fig. 12-16) depicts six small Buddhas
emerging from the monk’s mouth to represent his __________.
A. age
B. chanting
C. journey
D. conversion
How did the burial chamber at Igbo-Ukwu reflect the power and authority of the
deceased?
A. The individual was dressed elaborately, placed in a seated position, and surrounded
by symbolic objects.
B. The individual was surrounded by bronze heads, probably depicting his ancestors.
C. The individual was in a gold sarcophagus.
D. The chamber was filled with ritual objects that ensured his comfort in the afterlife.
In the eighteenth century, a truly Korean style of painting emerged known as the
__________ movement, emphasizing the study of things Korean, in addition to the
Chinese classics.
A. silhak
B. guang
C. achala
D. zhou
Claude Lorraine is known for his landscapes that typically include ______________.
A. forms that zigzag through the composition to direct the viewer’s eye
B. figures
C. atmospheric lighting effects
D. all of the above