Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a
a. Bauhaus architect.
b. De Stijl architect.
c. Purist architect.
d. Neo-Baroque architect.
Which of the following is the organization of Bishop Bernward’s doors?
a. the saved on the right and the damned on the left
b. the Old Testament on the left and the New Testament on the right
c. heaven on the left and hell on the right
d. monks on the right and nuns on the left
In Toulouse-Lautrec’s Jane Avril, which of the following is a particularly strong
influence?
a. pointillism
b. synthetism
c. japonisme
d. passage technique
Two influences on the work of Hugo van der Goes are the work of
a. Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden.
b. Petrus Christus and the Limbourg brothers.
c. Martin Schongauer and Antonia del Pollaiuolo.
d. Masaccio and Fra Angelico.
Which is an extremely refined white clay made from kaolin?
a. stoneware
b. earthenware
c. porcelain
d. guan ware
During the Heian period, Japan was culturally influenced by
a. China and India.
b. India and Korea.
c. China and Cambodia.
d. China and Korea.
Why did William Hogarth create reproduction prints of his painting series Marriage a
la Mode?
a. to include in his essays
b. to divide between his children
c. to elevate his status
d. to reach a greater audience
Which is often the subject of Shirin Neshat’s photographs?
a. Islamic history
b. Islamic landmarks
c. Islamic men
d. Islamic women
In Islamic architecture, which of the following is a large vaulted chamber with one side
being an open arch?
a. iwan
b. madrasa
c. muqarna
d. mihrab
What formal device leads the viewers’ eyes directly to Christ in Leonardo’s The Last
Supper?
a. the family crest
b. the contrasting colors
c. the white tablecloth
d. the regularly spaced tapestries
Which of the following is an image of a holy person?
a. mandorla
b. icon
c. cherub
d. cloison
In the ancient world, how were painters and sculptors viewed?
a. as educated elite
b. as individuals
c. as gods
d. as laborers
Which of the following is a philosophy that emphasizes a just and harmonious society
based on respectful fulfillment of your social roles as husband or wife, elder sibling and
younger sibling, and so on?
a. Confucianism
b. Shintoism
c. Daoism
d. Hinduism
Another word for a page or leaf in a book is
a. a folio.
b. a manuscript.
c. an illumination.
d. a codex.
Which is the term for the effect in painting of softer or smoky edges?
a. chiaroscuro
b. tenebrism
c. sfumato
d. trompe l”oeil
What is the word for strong contrasts of light and dark on an object?
a. sfumato
b. chiaroscuro
c. trompe l”oeil
d. poesie
Who was the most well-known Neo-Babylonian ruler?
a. King Croesus
b. Nebuchadnezzar II
c. Xerxes I
d. Darius I
When discussing temple architecture, the word podium is used to refer to
a. a raised platform on which a small temple is built.
b. an altar within the early Etruscan temples.
c. the Vitruvian convention of repetitious arcades.
d. the use of engaged columns to support temple construction.
Whose work was hated by conservative critics because of its focus on the common
people and its disregard for traditional composition and traditional standards of beauty?
a. Gustave Courbet
b. Rosa Bonheur
c. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
d. Adlade Labille-Guiard
Which subject was of special interest to Neo-Confucian artists?
a. portraits
b. still lifes
c. histories
d. landscapes
What is the significance of the belt curling across the counter in A Goldsmith in His
Shop by Petrus Christus?
a. It symbolizes the success of the couple’s international business.
b. It symbolizes the upcoming marriage of the couple.
c. It symbolizes the wealth of the customers.
d. It symbolizes the piety of the couple.
In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when rival warfare caused the decline of the city
of Old Jenn, which of the following traditions came to an end?
a. weaving
b. stone architecture
c. bronze casting
d. ceramic sculpture
What does the erection of Le Corbusier’s Notre-Dame-du-Haut symbolize?
a. the end of a war and hope for the future
b. the power of nature
c. the prevailing religion
d. the kingdom of heaven
Which term describes a massive gateway to a sanctuary, such as the Great Temple of
Amun at Karnak?
a. clerestory
b. dolmen
c. capital
d. pylon
Which is used at the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi to visually separate the three different
stories?
a. the roughness of the stone
b. varying classical orders
c. arched windows, square windows, and no windows
d. a wide entablature between them
Which of the following is a central goal of art history?
a. to realize the worth of the work
b. to apply current artistic theories to past works
c. to investigate the artist’s reputation
d. to explore the cultural factors that contributed to the initial reception of the work
According to Robert Venturi, what is wrong with the International Style of architecture?
a. It is too heterogeneous.
b. It is too complex.
c. It is too contradictory.
d. It is too inflexible.
Which art movement was particularly influenced by literary fantasies infused with a
spirit of sensationalism and melancholy?
a. Romanticism
b. Rococo
c. Realism
d. Neoclassicism
Where was the bust of Nefertiti discovered?
a. on the prow of a ship
b. in her tomb
c. in a sculptor’s studio
d. in the palace of neighboring Nubia
The term “Mesopotamia” means land
a. outside the rivers.
b. between the rivers.
c. North of the rivers.
d. South of the rivers.
Which building particularly inspired Ottoman architects like Sinan?
a. The Alhambra, Granada
b. The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
c. The Great Mosque, Cordoba
d. Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
What does “anastasis” mean?
a. hell
b. resurrection
c. ascension
d. entombment