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The pulpit from which the imam speaks is a
a. minaret.
b. madrasa.
c. minbar.
d. mihrab.
The term "megalithic" means
a. small stone.
b. large stone.
c. old stone.
d. new stone.
Where was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance?
a. Rome
b. Siena
c. Venice
d. Florence
What was the significance of pearls as seen in Empress Theodora and Her Attendants?
a. They were donated to the church.
b. They represented the position of empress.
c. They were symbols of piety.
d. They were thought to protect the wearer from disease.
The "Books of the Dead" were
a. books of prayers.
b. collections of magic spells.
c. collections of songs.
d. lists of ancient kings.
What makes Lion-Human so unusual for early figurines?
a. the size
b. the medium
c. the subject
d. the technique
Whose rule of Byzantium does the author call a "golden age"?
a. Constantine
b. Charlemagne
c. Justinian
d. Muhammad II
From which trade did engraving apparently develop?
a. banking
b. woodworking
c. brick laying
d. goldsmithing
The Gupta monarchs promoted
a. Islam.
b. Hinduism.
c. Jainism.
d. Buddhism.
In Cairo, mosques were primarily illuminated with
a. candles.
b. glass lamps.
c. metallic lamps.
d. electric light bulbs.
At this time, Italian painters working in tempera paint most often mixed powdered
pigments with water, a touch of glue, and
a. beeswax.
b. gum arabic.
c. linseed oil.
d. egg yolk.
The original idea of the avant-garde, as applied to art, was that it would prepare people
for
a. social change.
b. intellectual ideas.
c. unusual designs.
d. new subject matter.
What was the function of the Salon in a French residence?
a. It was a room for conversation and entertainment.
b. It was an entry room for returning hunters.
c. It was a private room for conducting business.
d. It was a studio for working artists.
Where was the great royal center of book production under the Persian Timurid
dynasty?
a. Herat
b. Byzantium
c. Grenada
d. Rome
Which of the following are thick masses of masonry that counter the thrust of vaults?
a. groin vaults
b. westworks
c. buttresses
d. spandrels
Which movement was deeply affected by the ideas of Surrealism and the teaching of
Hans Hofmann?
a. Action Painting
b. Pop art
c. Abstract Expressionism
d. Minimalism
Why was Caravaggio's work sometimes rejected?
a. It was too brutally naturalistic.
b. It was too idealized.
c. His patrons wanted larger work.
d. His patrons wanted greater realism.
Which of the following is a specialist in ritual that opens the lines of communication
between the supernatural and human worlds?
a. diviner
b. oba
c. iyoba
d. oni
Which group would be most likely to use dream analysis, free association, automatic
writing, word games, and hypnotic trances?
a. Dada
b. Futurism
c. De Stijl
d. Surrealism
What do tulips symbolize in Dutch still life s from the seventeenth century, such as
Flower Piece with Curtain?
a. beauty
b. nature
c. wealth
d. permanence
Which of the following artists inspired Peter Paul Rubens' technique in The Raising of
the Cross?
a. Michelangelo
b. Caravaggio
c. Diego Velzquez
d. Annibale Carracci
What is significant about the Altneuschul in Prague?
a. It is the oldest synagogue in Europe.
b. It was the first central-plan church.
c. It was the first university in Europe.
d. It is the tallest synagogue in the world.
Which of the following refers to the illusion on a flat surface of objects projecting
sharply into space?
a. foreshortening
b. shading
c. undercutting
d. modeling
What suggests that Olmec sculptures may have been dressed and adorned with
perishable materials?
a. figure placement
b. earring holes
c. elaborate forms
d. large figures
Which of the following is the term given to female figures acting as columns?
a. caryatids
b. metopes
c. kouros
d. kore
Largely because of Jasper Johns, which artist came to be thought of as important as
Picasso?
a. Salvador Dali
b. Marcel Duchamp
c. Henri Matisse
d. Paul Czanne
A painting that portrays inanimate objects is called a
a. canon.
b. lithograph.
c. still life.
d. trompe l"oeil.
Which event marked the beginning of the Classical period in Greece?
a. the end of the Persian Wars
b. the death of Alexander the Great
c. the Greek conquest of Egypt
d. the Roman conquest of Greece
Which of the following is the world's oldest novel?
a. Beowulf
b. The Iliad
c. The Tale of Genji
d. Gilgamesh
Which is a decoration made by scratching through plaster or glaze?
a. sgraffito
b. engraving
c. rustication
d. intaglio
Where did the pope and his court move in 1309?
a. Rome
b. Constantinople
c. Avignon
d. Athens
Which is the hybrid style developed by Christian artists living in Islamic Spain?
a. Mozarabic
b. Arabesque
c. Romanesque
d. ukiyo-e
