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Most Neolithic architecture in Germany and central Europe consisted of wood posts
supporting a central beam or __________.
A. supporting rail
B. ridgepole
C. major post
D. common beam
__________'s keen understanding of linear perspective can be appreciated in his
frescoes in the Camera Picta (Fig. 20-32).
A. Alberti
B. Brunelleschi
C. Verrocchio
D. Mantegna
The jewel-like effect of the colors and materials used in the Sainte-Chapelle suggests a
giant stone and glass ____________for Louis X's collection of relics.
A. reliquary
B. jewelry box
C. altar
D. mauoleum
Mary Colter found great inspiration in the architectural traditions of _____________.
A. the Acadmie des Beaux-Arts
B. Russian constructivism
C. Native Americans
D. Japan
__________ was devoted to anarchist philosophies and developed an exhibition for
Impressionists apart from the official Salon.
A. Pissaro
B. Manet
C. Eakins
D. Morris
What feature distinguishes Korean porcelains from those of the Ming dynasty in China?
A. asymmetrical designs reflecting a taste for unornamented space
B. the use of iron-brown underglazing
C. vessels with bulging shoulders, slender bases and short, vertical necks
D. all of the above
As a symbol of the generosity of the gods, the Female Figure Holding a Fly Wisk (Fig.
10-7) reflects Mauryan society's ideal of upholding _____________.
A. shakra
B. mundi
C. dharma
D. brahma
What detail of The Last Judgment at the Church of Saint-Lazare in Autun demonstrates
a level of human interests that encourages viewers to identify with the events depicted?
A. the angels
B. the figures awaiting judgment
C. the demons
D. all of the above
King Tutankhamun's mummified body was enclosed in three nested coffins with the
innermost made of __________.
A. silver
B. gold
C. wood
D. bronze
What product of Abelam society is associated with clan ancestry and serves as the focus
of an important tribal cult?
A. bark cloth
B. yams
C. canoes
D. pigs
The Edict of __________ granted toleration to Protestants.
A. Paris
B. Wrzburg
C. Nantes
D. Munich
Wiligelmo, who carved horizontal reliefs across the west faade of Modena Cathedral,
may have been influenced by Roman ___________.
A. equestrian portraits
B. triumphal arches
C. sarcophagi
D. imperial portraiture
Hans Holbein is best known for his ________________________.
A. detailed engravings and woodcuts
B. portraits of nobles and diplomats in the Tudor court
C. polychromed wooden sculptures
D. written survey of art history detailing the lives of artists in Northern Europe
The entrance hall at Hardwick Hall (Fig. 22-30) includes all of the following decorative
details EXCEPT:
A. a set of Flemish tapestries
B. an ornately carved fireplace
C. enormous windows
D. mosaic floors in the Roman style
An altarpiece may be placed on a base, known as a __________.
A. mensa
B. diptych
C. manuscript
D. predella
How did the artists convey that the angel Gabriel is speaking to Mary in the
Annunciation (Fig. 18-13) by Simone Martine and Lippo Memmi?
A. They included iconographic details that symbolize Gabriel's message.
B. They placed the figures in a conversational pose.
C. They incised scriptural text into the gold leaf.
D. They reference the chapter and verse from Luke in the framework.
__________ created some smaller, bronze sculptures, designed for interior spaces, for
the Medici family.
A. Masaccio
B. Brunelleschi
C. Alberti
D. Pollaiuolo
Rubens was known for __________________.
A. his large studio with assistants who specialized in particular details
B. his humble demeanor and private working habits
C. his extensive financial problems that resulted in his dying penniless and alone
D. emphasis on linear clarity in drawing
The Roman home generally consisted of small rooms arranged around one or two open
courts called the __________ and the ________.
A. atrium; peristyle
B. narthex; atrium
C. peristyle; garden
D. narthex; conundrum
The _______________ is an arcaded passage between the clerestory and nave arcade.
A. triforium
B. pinnacle
C. quatrefoil
D. tracery
In Burial of Count Orgaz (Fig. 22-19), El Greco has crowded the pictorial field with
figures and obscured the spatial setting of the scene in a way that recalls
___________paintings in Italy.
A. medieval
B. Raphael's
C. Venetian
D. Mannerist
The image of Christ in the Cubiculum of Leonis is iconic because _______________.
A. it is located in a catacomb
B. Christ appears as the good shepherd
C. he performs miracles
D. it symbolizes an idea
The Buddhist phrase __________ was used in the middle and later Edo periods to
describe the taste for life's pleasures.
A. ukiyo
B. fusuma
C. tatami
D. tokonoma
The _________period saw dramatic changes in the conventions used in royal art.
A. Intermediate
B. Aswan
C. Kush
D. Amarna
Before the fifteenth century, printed images from woodblocks _____________.
A. did not exist
B. were sold as souvenirs for pilgrims
C. were used as designs on cloth
D. were considered a lower-class art form
Which of the following is NOT a technique used in Aegean metalworking?
A. filigree
B. repouss
C. faience
D. niello
__________ won the competition to design the new doors for the Baptistery in Florence
(Fig. 20-10).
A. Donatello
B. Ghiberti
C. Masaccio
D. Nanni di Banco
How are Hamatsa masks of the Northwestern Kwakwaka"wakw culture traditionally
used?
A. They hang on a dividing screen in the tribe's great house.
B. They sit on a 'spirit altar" during ritual ceremonies.
C. They are worn in ritual dances.
D. They act as guardians outside the entrance of buildings.
The spectacular discovery of 65 bronze _______in the tomb of Marquis Yi suggests that
music may have played a part in rituals for communicating with the supernatural.
A. scrolls
B. bells
C. drums
D. figures
The term _____________described artists in the French Royal Academy of Painting
who thought the application of color should be valued over drawing skills.
A. poussinistes
B. rubnistes
C. Caravaggisti
D. Titians
Viewing themselves as defenders of the faith, the Hindu rulers in the south expressed
their religious zeal, as well as secular power, by building enormous temple complexes,
such as the __________.
A. Taj Mahal (Fig. 24-1)
B. Minakshi-Sundareshvara Temple (Fig. 24-4)
C. Luna Vasahi (Fig. 24-3)
D. Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Fig. 24-19)
Most of the earliest surviving examples of Jewish art date from the
__________period(s).
A. Neo-Babylonian
B. Hellenistic and Roman
C. Minoan and Mycenaen
D. Achaemenid Persian
