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The Baldacchino (Fig. 23-3) by __________ is a canopy over the high altar of St.
Peter's.
A. Maderno
B. Bernini
C. Borromini
D. Mansart
William Blake designed and printed his ___________ in the mid 1790s, which brought
together painting and poetry.
A. portraits of British aristocracies
B. mythologies
C. black paintings
D. Prophetic books
The oldest and largest pyramid at the Giza site is that of __________.
A. Akhenaten
B. Menkaure
C. Djoser
D. Khufu
__________ typifies Ming court taste and is an example of the birds-and-flowers genre.
A. Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks
B. A Day in the Garden
C. The Hunt
D. On the Banks of the Yi
Die Brcke artists favored traditional northern media such as ______________.
A. woodcuts
B. fresco
C. pastel
D. stained glass
In his paintings, __________ offers new interpretations of India's traditions and his
Muslim upbringing, using modern techniques, as in Vedic (Fig. 24-21).
A. Jayavarman VII
B. Manjit Bawa
C. Maqbool Fida (M.F.) Husain
D. Shah Jahan
How is the authority of the Kuba nyim displayed publically?
A. he carries a gilded wooden scepter
B. the geometric woven decoration on the walls of royal buildings
C. elaborate kente cloth regalia characterized by a distinctive royal pattern
D. a large palace decorated with carved sculpture
The four-iwan plan of Islamic architecture was used for schools, palaces, and especially
____________.
A. madrasas
B. minbars
C. gardens
D. mosques
Although Japan has a long history of ceramic production, ____________was not
manufactured until the early seventeenth century when it became widely adopted for
everyday use in response to growing fashion for Chinese arts.
A. red-brick
B. celadon
C. stoneware
D. porcelain
Engraving on metal requires a technique called __________ in which the lines are cut
into the metal plate with sharp tools.
A. gouging
B. intaglio
C. sinopia
D. giornata
The woodhenges (circles of wooden columns) found at the Mississippian culture of
Cahokia seem related to _______________.
A. astronomical observation
B. a ritual ball game
C. food preparation and other domestic tasks
D. defending the city from enemies and wild animals
Images of ____________ were adorned with Viking jewelry, houses, beds, wagons and
more.
A. floral motifs
B. warrior figures
C. shields and weapons
D. gripping beasts
The Romans' tradition of realistic portrait sculpture probably derives from
their_____________.
A. desire to revive Greek Classical ideals
B. veneration of deceased ancestors
C. concerns about the afterlife
D. use of art as political propaganda
During the Early Dynastic period, the most common tomb structure was the
__________.
A. mastaba
B. step pyramid
C. rock-cut tomb
D. sphinx
The work of ________________in the sixteenth century continued the German
tradition of medieval mysticism and emotional spirituality to create extraordinarily
moving paintings.
A. Stoss
B. Riemenschneider
C. Grnewald
D. Fontana
Which historical site challenges previous interpretations that the Neolithic worldview
focused on representations of the female body, human fertility, and cults of the Mother
Goddess?
A. Lepenski Vir
B. atalhyk
C. Sesklo
D. Newgrange
The mosaics in the rotunda of St. George in Thessaloniki depict
A. gods and goddesses
B. Jonah and the Whale
C. Christ as the Good Shepherd
D. standing saints
__________ was first achieved in the workshop of Johann Gutenberg in Germany.
A. relief printing
B. engraving
C. movable-type printing
D. block books
One of the finest of the Umayyad surviving mosques is the __________ in Spain.
A. The Masjid-i Shah
B. Mosque at New Gournia
C. Great Mosque of Cordoba
D. The Kaaba
The term _____________ refers to an intensified interest in the styles and themes of
classical art during the Middle Byzantine period.
A. Chora revival
B. Palaeologue Renaissance
C. Macedonian Renaissance
D. Venetian period
In contrast to his father, Giovanni Pisano's interpretation of the Annunciation, Nativity,
and Adoration of the Shepherds is more ____________.
A. colorful
B. dramatic
C. classical
D. subdued
Romanesque "Throne of Wisdom" statues such as the Virgin and Child (Fig.16-26) may
have been used as _______________.
A. reliquaries
B. icons
C. "actors" in liturgical dramas
D. all of the above
As the Umayyads established their empire, they developed their structures in the style
of __________ and __________ architecture.
A. Roman; Byzantine
B. Greek; Byzantine
C. Muslim; Greek
D. Roman; Islamic
The Ara Pacis Augustae (Fig. 6-20) commemorates the triumphal return of __________
following the establishment of Roman rule in Gaul and Hispania.
A. Caesar
B. Hadrian
C. Cassias
D. Augustus
The Sumerians invented the first system of writing called ______________.
A. pictographs
B. hieroglyphics
C. cuneiform
D. inlay
Which Neolithic site is an example of a passage grave?
A. Stonehenge
B. Newgrange
C. Durrington Walls
D. Cernavoda
Sculptures portraying Hatshepsut as a __________reflect the power of tradition and
artistic convention in Egypt.
A. priestess
B. princess
C. male king
D. mother
Which German artist published theoretical writings and manuals on the technical
concerns of painting?
A. Grnewald
B. Hans Baldung Grien
C. Drer
D. All of the above
Which of the following materials was NOT used in the Great Lyre with Bull's Head
(Fig. 2-7)?
A. alabaster
B. shell
C. lapis lazuli
D. wood
The painting of Men Taunting a Deer? (Fig. 1-17) at atalhyk may represent
_____________________.
A. a belief in sympathetic magic
B. an earlier cave painting
C. the hope for more animals
D. a dangerous ritual or game of baiting
The sixteenth-century Mughal ruler, __________, was a committed and ambitious
patron of the arts.
A. Zahir
B. Akbar
C. Afif
D. Jahangir
What architectural feature distinguishes English Gothic cathedrals from those built in
France?
A. A tower at the crossing served as the focal point.
B. Lancet windows were placed over the monumental portals.
C. Pointed arches along the nave arcade directed viewers' attention upward toward the
vaults.
D. The preference for massive walls eliminated the need for flying buttresses.
Far-fetched theories regarding the origins of moai on Rapu Nui are challenged by
_______________.
A. recent archaeological evidence
B. rock paintings at the site
C. their similarity to established Polynesian traditions
D. none of the above
Which device that appears frequently in Asian architecture supports the broad
overhanging eaves of the Nanchan Temple (Fig. 11-15)?
A. modules
B. brackets
C. cantilevers
D. post and lintel construction
