Sofonisba Anguissola’s father consulted with the artist __________ about his daughter’s
artistic talents.
A. Tintoretto
B. Michelangelo
C. Cellini
D. Veronese
Marianne Brandt and Anni Albers both worked at the __________.
A. murals
B. Bauhaus
C. Dada
D. Cubism
Jews and Christians used ___________for burials and funerary ceremonies, not as
places of worship.
A. basilicas
B. martyria
C. catacombs
D. synagogues
To what sect of Buddhism can the Altar to Amitabha Buddha (Fig. 11-13) be
connected?
A. Vajrayana
B. Theravada
C. Pure Land
D. Dharmaguptaka
Angkor Wat in Cambodia is _______________.
A. a monumental Buddhist site, conceived as a mandala in three dimensions
B. a royal complex of structures dedicated to the worship of Vishnu
C. a focal point for the preservation of traditions, texts, and practices of Theravada
Buddhism
D. the site of three colossal statues of the Buddha
Expressionism, or the artist’s attempt to evoke a specific emotion from the viewer, is
characteristic of which period of Greek Art?
A. Geometric
B. Archaic
C. Classical
D. Hellenistic
In 1586, the __________ family commissioned El Greco to paint a large altarpiece
honoring a great fourteenth-century ancestor.
A. Orgaz
B. Manuel
C. Luther
D. Augustine
Woodlands art focused on personal adornment and fragile arts such as __________.
A. altars
B. games
C. quillwork
D. sculpture
Which of the following was NOT a part of the palace complex at Alhambra?
A. a mosque
B. a madrasa
C. a mirador
D. a chahar bagh garden plan
What did Drer see on his trip to Italy in 1494 that is clearly reflected in his Self-Portrait
of 1500 (Fig. 22-1)?
A. Leonardo’s Mona Lisa
B. a conception of artists as noble intellectuals
C. Roman copies of ancient Greek sculpture
D. the art collection of the Medici family
Walls of the tomb of Queen Nefertari were covered with brilliantly colored
_____________.
A. faience panels
B. enamel work
C. relief sculpture
D. paintings
Goya’s goal with the Los Caprichos series was to _____________.
A. convey the value of Enlightenment ideals
B. alert the Spanish people to the error of their ways
C. communicate a need to maintain the monarchies of Europe
D. state the need for Christianity in a time of political unrest
Wealthy patrons of the arts, like Federico da Montefeltro, often had a __________ in
their residence, a room for private conversation and the collection of fine books and art
objects.
A. studiolo
B. cassoni
C. loggia
D. chapel
Many symbols in the art of Benin reflect the belief that the oba ________.
A. is a god
B. can mediate between the human and spirit worlds
C. is a great warrior
D. emerged from the sea
Several forms of visual art flourished during the Muromachi period, but __________
reigned supreme.
A. sculpture
B. engraving
C. oil painting
D. ink painting
Yoruba sculptural figures are typically __________ in size and static in position.
A. tall
B. rotund
C. short
D. mismatched
__________ carved an altarpiece for the Abbey of Saint Anthony in Isenheim.
A. Riemenschneider
B. Durr
C. Altdorfer
D. Hagenauer
The best-known artist to emerge from the Harlem Community Art Center was
__________.
A. Dali
B. Lawrence
C. Hepworth
D. Moore
The Unicorn is Found at the Fountain (Fig. 19-8) is evidence of the intricate details,
subtle modeling, and tonal variations that are possible in ____________.
A. manuscript illumination
B. engraving
C. woven textiles
D. oil painting
The Paris Psalter (Fig. 8-27) reflects ___________________in both its subject matter
and artistic style.
A. the continuation of pagan artistic traditions in the Christian art of Constantinople
B. the Byzantine interest in representing an otherworldly space of the mystical
C. the preference for two-dimensional surface patterns in the Middle Byzantine period
D. the spread of Christianity among the masses through the production of manuscripts
Which object could best be described as a nationalist statement of Indian identity?
A. The Taj Mahal (Fig. 24-1)
B. George Wittet, Gateway of India (Fig. 24-14)
C. Abanindranath Tagore, Bharat Mata (Mother India) (Fig. 24-15)
D. Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Fig. 24-19)
Which Japanese object was inspired by the Chinese tradition of monumental stone
Buddhist statues in cave-temples?
A. Buddha Shaka and Attendant Bodhissatvas by Tori Busshi in the Kondo at Horyuji
B. Buddha Birushana in the Great Buddha Hall, Nara
C. Amida Buddha by Jocho in the Phoenix Hall at Byodoin
D. Descent of Amida and the Twenty-Five Bohissatvas from the Kamakura period
Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (Fig. 33-26) is a permanent _______________, which is
intended to reflect the “ongoing dialectic” of constructive and destructive forces in
nature.
A. happening
B. wrap
C. earthwork
D. installation
The page with Matthew the Evangelist in the Ebbo Gospels (Fig. 15-20) shows
Matthew receiving the Word of God from his symbol, the distant __________.
A. lion
B. lamb
C. angel
D. physician
Continually rebuilt and replastered, early houses at atalhyk may have functioned as
____________.
A. observatories
B. temples
C. production centers for tools and pottery
D. historical markers
The text on the Stele of the Sculptor Userwer asks the viewer to ____________.
A. kneel before the image
B. abandon belief in Aten
C. let him rest in peace
D. make offerings
The structure of the Maori meetinghouse (whare nui) stands on an open plaza called a
____________.
A. turanga
B. hapu
C. iwi
D. marae
Which North American culture did NOT create burial and ceremonial earthworks?
A. the Adena
B. the Hopewell
C. the Mississippian
D. the Pueblo
In the tenth century, the two kingdoms of the Islamic world were the Abbasids of Iraq
and the Fatimid Shi”ite caliph ruling ____________.
A. Tunisia
B. Egypt
C. Granada
D. Cordoba
A(n) __________ specialty, pictorial needlework, gained such fame that it came to be
called __________.
A. Italian; buon fresco
B. Sienese; giornata
C. French; sinopia
D. English; opus anglicanum
During the early part of the Joseon dynasty, the Koreans invented their __________,
known as Han”geul.
A. history
B. seal
C. alphabet
D. legacy
Albrecht Altdorfer’s Danube Landscape (Fig. 22-12) _________.
A. contains no narrative subject matter or figures
B. is a small painting done on vellum over wood
C. prefigures German Romanticism
D. all of the above