The columns surrounding the drum on the exterior of St. Paul’s Cathedral (Fig. 23-59,
Fig. 23-60) recall _____________.
A. Bernini
B. Bramante
C. Vignola
D. Hardoin-Mansart
What natural resource was used by the people of Nan Madol to construct an
architectural complex of 92 artificial islands set within a network of canals that was
protected by massive seawalls and breakwaters?
A. volcanic stone (tufa)
B. basalt from nearby cliffs
C. mangrove trees
D. coral
The oldest functioning synagogue in Europe, the Altneuschul (Fig. 17-30), is based on
what Christian architectural form?
A. house churches like those at Dura-Europos
B. Gothic hall churches
C. the choir at the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis
D. the Sainte-Chapelle
The ambiguity and contradiction of earlier British manuscripts continued in the
________________.
A. Sheets with geometric figures
B. Shrine of the Three Kings
C. Windmill Psalter
D. Historia Anglorum
The Romanesque technique of portraying narrative scenes in the geometric confines of
column capitals is called a(n) __________.
A. narrative crest
B. canundradic field
C. historiated capital
D. arrogant frieze
The traditions of Korean buncheong pottery can still be seen today in ceramics from
what country?
A. the United States
B. China
C. Japan
D. England
Neither Picasso nor __________ wanted to break the link from reality with their Cubist
abstractions.
A. Stieglitz
B. Braque
C. Matisse
D. Sloan
Egyptians who could not afford elaborate tombs commissioned funerary _________ as
personal monuments meant to memorialize them and to inspire the living to make them
offerings.
A. ka statues
B. chapels
C. stelai
D. mummy portraits
In the Priory Church of Saint-Pierre at Moissac (Fig. 16-21), the image of __________
dominates the tympanum.
A. Christ as a Pilgrim
B. the crucifixion
C. the Virgin Mary
D. Christ in Majesty
Much of our knowledge of Merovingian art is based on the discovery of their
_________________.
A. architecture
B. jewelry
C. pottery
D. paintings
____________________ architecture rejected the purity, uniformity, and abstraction of
the International Style.
A. Pop Art
B. Postmodern
C. Deconstructivist
D. Corporate
Robert Venturi claimed “Less is a bore,” in a parody of _________ famous phrase.
A. Frank Geahry’s
B. Mies van der Rohe’s
C. Philip Johnson’s
D. Eero Saarinen
The earspools worn by the Moche warriors on the gold and turquoise Earspool (Fig.
13-20) illustrate what notable features of Moche art?
A. capacity for naturalism
B. close attention to detail
C. frequent use of gold in their jewelry
D. all of the above
Along with Perugino, ____________ was an important influence on the youthful
Raphael.
A. Michelangelo
B. Titian
C. Leonardo
D. Giorgione
The elaborate pavement mosaics covering much of Ife’s open spaces gave us the name
for the artistic time known as the __________ period.
A. Ceramic
B. Pavement
C. Roadway
D. Asphalt
Which artist did NOT produce prints emphasizing themes of social critique and political
activism?
A. Hogarth
B. Blake
C. Goya
D, Daumier
The __________ abruptly changed life on the Great Plains in 1869.
A. warriors
B. farms
C. railway
D. gold
The extensive use of marble, colored glass, and gold mosaics to decorate the interior of
the Church of San Vitale (Fig. 8-6) had what effect on the structure?
A. It served to reinforce the underlying supports.
B. It made the structure appear to dissolve into shimmering light and color.
C. It called attention to the architectural complexity seen throughout the building.
D. It disguised structural irregularities that were originally visible inside the church.
Xie-He’s writings on the importance of the ‘spirit consonance” of painting reflect the
Daoist notion of _____, the energy flowing through all things.
A. qi
B. dao
C. xizhi
D. li
The Daoist emphasis on the close relationship between humans and nature is evident
based on what major motif in early Chinese art?
A. nature
B. human figures
C. architecture
D. costumes
Enlightenment thinking is marked by the conviction that _________________.
A. all developments should have church support
B. the aristocracy is best able to rule
C. all should have equal rights
D. women should have the right to vote
A fairly recent excavation confirmed that the ceramics of _________ were shipped
throughout Southeast Asia and to Japan and parts of Western Europe.
A. Korea
B. Vietnam
C. Malaysia
D. Japan
One of the most famous Carolingian manuscripts, the __________ uses ink drawings to
illustrate the words and images of individual psalms literally.
A. Ebbo Gospels
B. Book of Durrow
C. Lindisfarne Gospels
D. Utrecht Psalter
What element of Caravaggio’s painting style was the subject of criticism and
occasionally seen deemed inconsistent with the artistic guidelines established by the
Council of Trent?
A. his dramatic lighting effects that implied a spiritual presence
B. his brutally naturalistic renderings that were deemed unsuitable for religious subjects
C. his use of common folk for models
D. the erotic undertones of his paintings of men
To give a sense of three-dimensional recession in the Battle Between the Gods and
Giants (Fig. 5-8) the artist __________.
A. place rosettes in blank spaces
B. included landscape elements
C. overlapped the figures
D. stacked the pictorial motifs
Which of the following is characteristic of Kamares ware?
A. painted military scenes
B. its extreme thinness
C. delicate glazing
D. female figurines holding serpents
Which of the following is commonly used as a decorative element in Islamic
architecture?
A. Fire
B. Sand
C. Water
D. Sky
One aspect of the Bwa initiation ceremony includes instructing the initiates about the
world of __________.
A. libraries
B. nature spirits
C. banking
D. cooking
Giorgio __________ wrote the first survey of Italian art in 1550.
A. Vasari
B. Farnese
C. della Rovere
D. della Porta
Tapestries provided both __________ and __________ for the stone walls of fifteenth
century buildings.
A. decoration; light
B. information; light
C. insulation; decoration
D. hiding; information
Popular among Venetian painters in the sixteenth century, poesie were inspired by a
trend in contemporary __________that revived ancient motifs.
A. theater
B. literature
C. music
D. dance
Based on the pyramidal towers of the seventh-century southern temple type, gopuras
evolved to take on an elegant ________silhouette.
A. rectangle
B. convex
C. concave
D. perpendicular
The technique of painting on a dry plaster surface is called __________.
A. filigree
B. buon fresco
C. niello
D. fresco secco
__________ architects developed a common formal language that transcended regional
boundaries.
A. International Style
B. Cubist
C. Dadaist
D. Surrealist