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Which of the following describes the work of Mark Rothko?
a. large rectangles of bleeding color
b. thinned oil paints that resemble watercolor
c. a chaotic mixture of painted and found elements
d. imagery from cartoons and advertisements
Which of the following terms best describes David Smith's Cubi?
a. abstraction
b. naturalism/realism
c. nonrepresentational
d. figurative
Later Byzantine architecture became more
a. organic.
b. simple.
c. unadorned.
d. complex.
Southern Song painting applied the concept of 'sudden enlightenment" from which of
the following philosophies?
a. Chan Buddhism
b. Neo-Confucianism
c. Daoism
d. Shintoism
Brancusi was motivated by the idea that all worldly objects are imperfect imitations of a
perfect model, which exists only as an idea. From which philosopher did he borrow that
idea?
a. Einstein
b. Rousseau
c. Freud
d. Plato
Which building was the main inspiration for the Villa Rotonda?
a. Saint Peter's Basilica
b. the Pantheon
c. Santa Sophia
d. the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
Two areas in a Roman house that are open to the sky and might have a shallow pool are
the
a. peristyle and atrium.
b. gymnasium and caldarium.
c. insula and villa.
d. solarium and tepidarium.
Which people made the oldest known sculpture from West and Central Africa?
a. Nok
b. Yoruba
c. Shona
d. Kongo
The Stele of Naram-Sin commemorates
a. a military victory.
b. the dedication of Naram-Sin's palace.
c. the first law code.
d. the grave of Naram-Sin.
What was the purpose of the painting Jahangir and Shah Abbas by Nadir al-Zaman?
a. to memorialize the emperor
b. to enhance trade between empires
c. to show strength
d. to show the mutual respect between rulers
In Egypt, which of the following would be portrayed most naturalistically?
a. a king
b. a military leader
c. a queen
d. a person of lesser social rank
Which artist's influence is particularly strong in the work of Raphael?
a. Titian
b. Botticelli
c. Mantegna
d. Perugino
Which of the following is the cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth?
a. samsara
b. castes
c. nirvana
d. vedas
Which of the following is an East Asian reliquary tower built with successively smaller,
repeated stories?
a. mausoleum
b. mastaba
c. pagoda
d. torana
Who was the first king of Egypt to use the title "Pharaoh"?
a. Djoser
b. Tutmose III
c. Narmer
d. Khafre
Which of the following is an aspect of the Lion Gate at Mycenae that shows a Minoan
influence?
a. the lions
b. the column
c. the plinth
d. the bulls
In the seventeenth century, what was the Catholic Church's reaction to the Renaissance's
Humanism rationality and independence?
a. It encouraged independence.
b. It nurtured Humanism.
c. It turned to an authoritarian position.
d. It removed art from the churches and whitewashed the walls.
What happening in Frida Kahlo's life as she was painting The Two Fridas?
a. her marriage to Diego Rivera
b. her divorce from Diego Rivera
c. her stormy engagement
d. Diego Rivera's death
What do coins generally symbolize in a still life?
a. involvement in trade
b. wealth of the owner
c. wealth of the artist
d. involvement in politics
Who is best known for severe Classical paintings that extol the antique virtues of moral
incorruptibility, stoicism, courage, and patriotism?
a. Thomas Gainsborough
b. Jacques-Louis David
c. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
d. Thodore Gricault
On Christ in Majesty from the Church of San Climent, Tahull, Spain, whose influence
is seen in the frontal pose, the repeated lines, and the alpha and omega symbols?
a. Byzantine
b. Ottonian
c. Mozarabic
d. Hiberno-Saxon
Two equal intersecting barrel vaults form
a. a buttress.
b. a spandrel.
c. a groin vault.
d. a corbeled vault.
According to the author, who was "the most uncompromising American Realist" of the
second half of the nineteenth century?
a. Winslow Homer
b. Thomas Eakins
c. Henry O. Tanner
d. Mary Cassatt
Which were the two Roman architectural orders?
a. Doric and Tuscan
b. Tuscan and Composite
c. Composite and Ionic
d. Corinthian and Ionic
Which of the following is the knob-like architectural decoration found at the top point
of a spire where earthly and cosmic worlds are thought to join?
a. axis-mundi
b. finial
c. shikara
d. mandapa
Which of the following is a characteristic of the style of the Gummersmark brooch?
a. asymmetrical designs
b. realistic human forms
c. interlaced patterns
d. careful observation of nature
Which of the following is a type of hard, glossy varnish?
a. lacquer
b. glaze
c. seal
d. enamelwork
Prince Siddhartha Gautama is the historical
a. Buddha.
b. Mahavira.
c. Brahman.
d. Shiva.
What is parchment made of?
a. animal skin
b. papyrus
c. tree bark
d. cloth
An ere ibeji is made when
a. a contract is agreed upon.
b. a youth is initiated into adulthood.
c. a woman cannot conceive children.
d. a twin dies.
As seen in the houses of atalhyk, what is the focus of many Neolithic paintings?
a. people planting crops
b. herds of animals
c. exaggerated female figures
d. violent and wild scenes
When a building or room has free-standing columns around it, it is said to be
a. archaic.
b. crenellated.
c. Ionic.
d. peristyle.
Which relic is housed at the Great Stupa, Sanchi?
a. a wheel of life
b. a piece of a bodhi tree
c. part of the cremated body of Buddha
d. a lion skull
In Byzantine architecture, which is the preferred way to support a dome?
a. with squinches
b. with pendentives
c. with a colonnade
d. with a drum
In Turkey, which dynasty brought the Byzantine Empire to an end?
a. Mughal
b. Umayyad
c. Ottoman
d. Saljuq
