The recognizable cityscape in Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s The Effects of Good Government
in the City and in the Country (Fig. 18-15) is a tribute to his patron_____________.
A. Enrico Scrovegni
B. King Charles IV
C. The Florentine Signoria
D. The Siena City Council (The Nine)
The earliest known evidence for copper alloy or bronze casting in sub-Saharan Africa is
found at ______________.
A. Jenn
B. Igbo Ukwu
C. Ethiopia
D. Lalibela
Stories of the Buddha’s past lives are called _________ tales.
A. toranas
B. mandapas
C. garbhagriha
D. jataka
The twentieth-century Korean painter __________ visited Paris as well as lived and
worked in New York City.
A. Gim Hwangi
B. Nam June Paik
C. Sin Yunbok
D. Jeong Seon
Why is the art of Benin considered “royal art”?
A. All artistic subject matter relates to the oba, his family, and court life.
B. Only the oba could commission works in brass.
C. Only members of the most elite class could become artists.
D. All of the above.
What traditional practice in Yoruba culture is used to determine the source of a client’s
problem?
A. rituals involving a medicinal herb that induces visions
B. a session where opposing forces of order and disorder are mediated through a diviner
C. a trial of endurance enacted as part of an initiation ceremony
D. consult with a tribal shaman
Andrea Pisano enhanced the sense of ______________ through the curving folds of
drapery in the Baptism of the Multitudes (Fig. 18-4).
A. patterning
B. action and movement
C. three-dimensionality
D. scale of the figures
According to the text, how did Augustus use his government to facilitate the Empire’s
development and administration?
A. He convinced the people that he was a god.
B. He implemented martial law.
C. He revived an interest in Greek Classical ideals.
D. He initiated massive building projects to improve city life.
Gauguin’s interest in __________ led him to give up his affluent lifestyle in search for
the more simple pleasures.
A. Japonisme
B. the “primitive”
C. peasants
D. medieval cathedrals
The basic design of a mosque derived from what building prototype?
A. the Dome of the Rock
B. Muhammad’s home
C. the Roman atrium
D. ziggurats in the ancient Near East
The reading room at the Bibliothque Nationale in Paris (Fig. 31-51) demonstrates the
tendency of late nineteenth century architects to ______________.
A. fuse a historicizing approach to form with new technologies
B. reject the use of mass-produced and industrial materials in design
C. explore new architectural forms that could reflect the modern world
D. adhere to the dictum that “form ever follows function”
More than 40,000 examples of ______________ produced during the Bronze Age have
been found at sites in the northern Swedish region of Bohusln.
A. metal helmets
B. rock art
C. jewelry
D. cave paintings
What traditional folk art form does Kara Walker use in her provocative installations
exploring historical issues of race?
A. glassblowing
B. cut-paper silhouettes
C. quiltmaking
D. dollmaking
Courbet’s A Burial at Ornans (Fig. 31-13) was criticized at the Salon for its disrespect
of _________________.
A. his father’s death
B. the rules of academic composition
C. his allegiance to the Catholic Church
D. the death of the Academy
__________ are warriors.
A. Literati
B. Samurai
C. Krishna
D. Gopti
Very large pieces of bark cloth were commonly used in western Polynesia as
______________.
A. ceremonial gifts
B. domestic objects
C. carpets
D. wall coverings
___________help support nave vaults by transferring their outward thrust over the
aisles to massive, free-standing upright external buttresses.
A. compound piers
B. plate tracery
C. Flying buttresses
D. rose windows
Upper Paleolithic inhabitants of Russia and Ukraine built houses using _____________.
A. large shells
B. timber beams
C. pottery roof tiles
D. woolly mammoth bones
How is the relief carving of Lady Xok’s Vision (Accession Ceremony) characteristic of
Mayan sculpture?
A. The relief is very high.
B. It depicts a scene of courtly life.
C. The key figures shown are human.
D. All of the above.
Orant figures are associated with which religious group?
A. Christians
B. Jews
C. Pagans
D. All of the above
The Paracas culture is best known for its beautiful __________, which were found
wrapped around bodies of the dead.
A. belts
B. necklaces
C. textiles
D. bracelets
Prehistoric cave paintings were first discovered in Spain in the________________.
A. 20th century
B. 19th century
C. Middle Ages
D. Roman Empire
In the Gothic period, Thomas Aquinas made __________ the intellectual center of
Europe.
A. Rome
B. Milan
C. Paris
D. London
The Church of Sant Vincenc (Fig. 16-3) is an example of the “First Romanesque”
because _____________.
A. it is laid out on a pilgrimage plan
B. it is laid out on a basilica plan
C. it relies on stone-vaulting and masonry construction
D. the design allowed for flat-wall continuity along the nave
The emperor Akbar established an imperial workshop of painting that transformed
_________traditions into a distinctive Mughal style of painting.
A. Afghan
B. Thai
C. Persian
D. Indian
“Arts of the brush” were practiced by scholars and even emperors, and include
calligraphy and __________.
A. painting
B. ceramics
C. drawing
D. architecture
Both crosses and _________ appear on the gables of the Borgund Stave Church in
Norway (Fig. 15-14) to guard the church and its congregation from trolls and demons.
A. angels
B. eagles
C. orbs
D. dragon heads
The ________________ of Fontana’s Noli me Tangere (Fig. 21-35) is typical of Late
Mannerist painting.
A. diagonal plunge into depth
B. monumentality of the figures
C. focus on clarity and simplicity
D. muted color palette
The sculptor __________ probably made the beautiful bust of Nefertiti as a model for
sculptures or paintings of the queen.
A. Imhotep
B. Thutmose
C. Akhenaten
D. Butcher
Flemish painters used an __________ to convey the illusion of forms becoming smaller
and closer together as they recede in the distance.
A. symbolism
B. intaglio
C. hierarchy
D. intuitive perspective
Which feature at the Benedictine Church of San Clemente in Rome was designed
because of changes in the twelfth-century liturgy?
A. An ornate ceiling was added to cover the timber roof.
B. The choir for monks, set off by a low barrier of relief panels, was extended into the
nave.
C. A baldachin was added to cover the main altar in the apse.
D. All of the above.
Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Indus Valley site of Mohenjo-Daro?
A. a large pool, perhaps for public bathing or ritual function
B. a city plan based on a grid of wide avenues and narrow streets
C. multi-family dwellings in three- and four-story structures
D. a network of covered drainage systems for waste and rainwater
Although associated with the Academy, Gustave Moreau’s sensuous treatment of
biblical themes served as a precursor to which art movement?
A. Neo-Impressionism
B. Symbolism
C. Impressionism
D. the Pre-Raphaelites