The richest kind of __________ was made almost entirely of silk and gold.
A. tapestry
B. manuscript
C. painting
D. porcelain
Which media was NOT used by Conceptualist artists of the 1960s?
A. performance
B. painting
C. written and spoken words
D. photography
White-ground technique is most common on vessels used for ___________.
A. drinking wine
B. funerary purposes
C. domestic tasks
D. storage of grain
Reynolds developed a type of historical portraiture called ____________.
A. the Grand Manner
B. Academic
C. capriccio
D. moralizing
There are 32 ____________that distinguish the Buddha, some of which are reflected in
the iconography.
A. lakshanas
B. mudras
C. bakti
D. toranas
Artist Zhao Mengfu was a descendant of the imperial line of Song who chose to serve
the Yuan government. Zhao was well-known for his finely rendered paintings of what
animal?
A. birds
B. horses
C. turtles
D. cats
The academicians were so impressed with Watteau’s Pilgrimage to the Island of
Cythera that they created a new category of painting for it called ___________.
A. capriccio
B. veduta
C. fte galante
D. Rome Prize
Most of the buildings in Kalhu were built from __________ and covered with limestone
and alabaster.
A. cut marble
B. alabaster
C. bitumen
D. mud bricks
What commercial technique did Roy Lichtenstein imitate in his paintings?
A. silkscreening
B. benday dots
C. photography
D. digital imaging
Albrecht Altdorfer emerged as one of the great German painters of _________, a genre
that grew in popularity in the sixteenth century.
A. landscapes
B. still-lifes
C. religious narratives
D. moralizing parables
_________________ was a Roman official who commissioned an elaborate
sarcophagus.
A. Junius Bassus
B. Augustine
C. Galerius
D. Dionysos
A beautiful copper alloy head, which is the earliest major work of hollow-cast sculpture
known in the ancient Near East, dates from the time of __________.
A. Darius
B. Nebuchadnezzar
C. Ashurbanipal
D. Sargon
Romans relied primarily on building materials that were ____________.
A. durable and easily worked
B. imported from their colonies
C. expensive and visually pleasing
D. all of the above
The play of flickering light against mirrors in the Hall of Mirrors (Fig. 22-50) at
Versailles created __________________.
A. a conduit between the King’s original hunting lodge and the lateral wings added later
B. a sacred space where God’s presence is symbolized through reflected light all around
C. a tableau in which the king and courtiers saw themselves as they promenaded
D. a grand entrance meant to awe visitors to the palace
The elaborate steel armor with gold inlay made for George Clifford (Fig. 22-29) would
have been ____________________.
A. used as sculptural decoration in Clifford’s study
B. worn at royal functions to demonstrate his family’s military legacy
C. worn in jousting competitions at festivals and public celebrations
D. worn only once at the ceremony when the queen knighted him
______________ decorated the Hittite gates at Hattusha.
A. Bears
B. Lions
C. Horses
D. Elephants
Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain (Fig. 33-60) is an example of
Deconstructivist __________.
A. architecture
B. furniture
C. telephone
D. language
Why do memorial sculptures of the oba represent only the ruler’s head?
A. The brass head would have originally been attached to a wooden body.
B. The head is the symbolic center of a person’s wisdom and ability to communicate
with spiritual forces.
C. The facial features give the most accurate representation of the ruler’s actual
appearance.
D. Lost-wax casting could not be used for full figures.
Eternal Shiva at the Temple of Shiva at Elephanta (Fig. 10-22) is an example of what
type of relief?
A. rock-cut relief
B. mountain-cut relief
C. clay relief
D. wood-cut relief
The term used to describe Italian works of art in the style of ancient Greek and Roman
art is __________.
A. giornata
B. sinopia
C. albarello
D. all”antica
The only information about Han dynasty architecture comes from models. What
material was used to create the Tomb Model of a House and Tower (Fig. 11-9)?
A. granite
B. bronze
C. wood
D. clay
Sculptures of the leader Gudea emphasize ______________.
A. his power
B. the power centers of the body
C. his relationship to his queens
D. his law code
Judgment of the Egyptian dead was presided over by the god __________.
A. Hathor
B. Osiris
C. Anubis
D. Thor
The Etruscans built their homes around a(n) __________ or a central courtyard.
A. fauces
B. cubiculum
C. atrium
D. basilica
Hyacinthe Rigaud painted a 1701 portrait of __________.
A. Louis XIV
B. Charles V
C. Julius II
D. Francis I
The painting of Jahangir and Shah Abbas (Fig. 24-8) is a strong reminder of the power
of what period in India?
A. Ancient
B. Modern
C. British Colonial
D. Mughal
What was the original function of almost 900 brass plaques, depicting a variety of
subjects, which were made in Benin during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
A. They were placed at ritual altars.
B. They decorated the tombs of obas
C. They were traded with the Portuguese.
D. They decorated the royal palace in Benin.
In many African cultures, a diviner is someone who ______________.
A. makes sacred art including masks, sculptures, and ceramic wares
B. speaks for the tribal elders
C. maintains cultural secrets regarding ritual ceremonies
D. mediates between this world and the supernatural
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Baroque art?
A. an interest in Classicism
B. heightened dramatic effects
C. an appeal to the viewer’s intellectual interests
D. different media used in a single work
What social issue motivated David Wojnarowicz’s Untitled (Hands) (Fig. 33-51)?
A. the Vietnam War
B. the AIDS crisis
C. housing for the urban poor
D. funding for the arts
The performance of children in Yoruba masquerades is viewed as _____________.
A. entertainment for the adults
B. training for the future
C. a taboo practice
D. a rite of passage
In the fifth century BCE, one of the major proponents of the ideal city plan was
__________.
A. Lysippos
B. Epigonos
C. Iktinos
D. Hippodamos of Miletos
Scholars dismissed the sympathetic magic interpretation of cave paintings because
______________.
A. early man did not eat meat
B. the animals used most for food were not portrayed
C. only humans were painted
D. animals are painted like stick figures
Olodumare of the __________ peoples is almost never depicted or portrayed in art.
A. Baule
B. Ifa
C. Yoruba
D. Bwa