Which of the following is generally true of Chinese scholars under the Yuan dynasty?
a. They took government positions.
b. They suppressed the arts.
c. They developed the arts.
d. They educated the Yuan rulers.
Which is the central supporting post in a Romanesque church portal?
a. archivolt
b. trumeau
c. jamb
d. tympanum
Which became the most prominent religion in India during the period of c. 650″1526?
a. Islam
b. Hinduism
c. Buddhism
d. Christianity
Which of the following is the very large round window above the entrance to a Gothic
church?
a. lancet
b. oculi
c. rose window
d. grisalle
Ambrogio Lorenzetti painted his work, Allegory of Good Government in the City, on a
wall in
a. the Siena cathedral.
b. the Duke’s palace.
c. the Siena town hall.
d. the Vatican.
Which of the following best describes the meaning of “Upper” Paleolithic?
a. the earliest part
b. the latest part
c. from Northern Europe
d. the highest in elevation
The oldest dated European cave paintings are at
a. Lascaux.
b. Altamira.
c. Chauvet.
d. Cogul Lerida.
Which group of early nineteenth-century landscape painters was inspired by Thomas
Cole?
a. the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
b. the Hudson River School
c. the Barbizon Painters
d. the Wanderers
What was unusual about Egypt during the reign of Akhenaten?
a. It was monotheistic.
b. Slavery was abolished.
c. Images of gods were outlawed.
d. It was ruled by the Hyksos.
The focal point of an Early Christian church with its altar is the
a. apse.
b. clerestory.
c. nave.
d. narthex.
How were passage graves decorated?
a. realistic animal images
b. high relief sculpture
c. linear designs of rings, spirals, and diamonds
d. abstract figural forms
The Neolithic period ended with the introduction of
a. weaving.
b. metalworking.
c. cabinetry.
d. glassmaking.
Discuss the mound-building traditions of the Adena, Hopewell, and other early eastern
cultures of North America. Describe the purpose, significance, and formal
characteristics.
In some works of art, the size of the figures denotes their importance. This is known as
a. hierarchic scale.
b. iconography.
c. stylization.
d. abstraction.
Which of the following cities is considered the “third Rome”?
a. Constantinople
b. Byzantium
c. Moscow
d. Venice
In the Wainwright Building, what did Louis Sullivan adapt from the Beaux-Arts
tradition?
a. steel construction
b. a vertical emphasis
c. opulent ornamentation
d. base, body, and crowning cornice elements
Which part of Persepolis could hold thousands of people?
a. the treasury
b. the Apadana
c. the palace
d. the ziggurat
Which of the following is a characteristic of the Rococo?
a. larger-scale projects
b. more intense emotion
c. greater naturalism
d. delicately curving forms
What is the significance of the lion and the ox in the Mosaic Floor of the Beth Alpha
Synagogue?
a. They represent the emperor Justin I.
b. They represent Abraham’s sacrifice.
c. They represent a peaceful kingdom.
d. They represent the power of God.
As seen in the carved vessel from Uruk, the horizontal bands where visual narratives
are displayed are known as
a. brackets.
b. bays.
c. registers.
d. pillars.
Which of the following describes the depiction of Jesus on the Lindau Gospels outer
cover?
a. calm and Classical
b. turbulent and agitated
c. emotional
d. abstract and ornamental
Whose photographs of African Americans in Harlem in the first half of the twentieth
century conveyed a sense of racial pride and social empowerment?
a. Dorothea Lange
b. Timothy O”Sullivan
c. James VanDerZee
d. Aaron Douglas
Which style developed as a reaction to the formality and rigidity of seventeenth-century
court life?
a. Neoclassicism
b. Mannerism
c. Rococo
d. Realism
The world’s oldest recorded code of law is found on the
a. Stele of Naram-Sin.
b. Votive Statue of Gudea.
c. the Carved Vessel from Uruk.
d. Stele of Hammurabi.
What caused Modern art to be transformed from an embattled fringe movement to a
component of “high culture”?
a. the two world wars
b. the advance of capitalism
c. technological changes
d. state-supported museums of modern art
Which design element was used to create a narrative on the Baptistery of St. Louis?
a. registers
b. faience
c. symmetry
d. perspective
How many times does Zhu Da sign his work Quince (Mugua)?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Which of the following best describes the Minoan wall painting style?
a. thick outlines, abstract shapes, and war scenes
b. geometric shapes and religious scenes
c. violent hunting scenes and static figures
d. elegant lines, natural scenes, and pure color
Which is a construction method used in Japan in which a large wooden sculpture is
made from smaller carved blocks?
a. woodblock
b. system
c. joined-block
d. assemblage
The oldest and largest of the Giza pyramids is that of
a. Djoser.
b. Khafre.
c. Khufu.
d. Menkaure.
The Persians laid out Persepolis in a rectangular grid. From whom did they borrow this
tradition?
a. the Babylonians and Indians
b. the Romans and Carthaginians
c. the Greeks and Egyptians
d. the Japanese and Chinese
The Classical convention of presenting standing figures with opposing alternations of
tension and relaxation around a central axis is known as
a. chiaroscuro.
b. foreshortening.
c. modeling.
d. contrapposto.
Which of the following describes a structure in which each row of blocks or stones
projects past the one below until they come together over a window or door?
a. a dolmen
b. a cairn
c. a lintel
d. a corbel
How did Bernini incorporate the Cornaro family into his sculptural group at the
Cornaro Chapel?
a. with their family coat of arms on the base
b. with their emblemshoneybees and laurel leaves on the columns
c. as figures of angels watching from above
d. with statues of them in two balconies on either side
What did the tall Conical Tower at Great Zimbabwe represent?
a. a pyramid, symbol of stability
b. connection between the natural and supernatural worlds
c. a good harvest and prosperity
d. the king’s power