The earliest extant and dated Joseon secular painting is __________ by An Gyeon.
A. Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land
B. A Landscape with Swans
C. The Lotus Pond
D. Snowy Mountain and Lake
The Book of Hours of Jeanne d”Evreux by __________ contains special prayers to be
recited during the day and into the evening.
A. Jean Pucelle
B. Jan van Eyck
C. the Rohan Master
D. Gislebertus
How do Andrea Pisano’s doors for the Florentine Baptistery of San Giovanni (Fig. 18-3)
reflect a stylistic shift in Italian art of the fourteenth century?
A. the use of gilded bronze for architectural sculpture
B. the curved forms and courtly posture of the figures
C. the emphasis on the three-dimensional mass of the figures
D. the spatial ambiguities of the settings
_____________ are often found on canyon walls where artists could scrape away the
dark brown bacterial staining called “desert varnish” and expose the lighter sandstone
beneath.
A. Hieroglyphs
B. Petroglyphs
C. Pictographs
D. Stereographs
What characterizes the Northern Song court style of painting under Emperor Huizong?
A. a sophisticated melding of Buddhist and Daoist ideas through a complex
iconography
B. precise, exquisitely detailed paintings of a variety of subjects
C. simplified forms, stark contrasts of light and dark, asymmetry and empty spaces
D. extensive copying of paintings from the Tang dynasty
The technical skills of the Nok culture in western Sudan are demonstrated by their use
of _______to make the earliest known sculpture in sub-Saharan Africa.
A. bronze
B. terra-cotta
C. glass
D. ivory
The approach of the artist __________ has been likened to the preaching of Filippo
Neri, who sought ordinary people to make Christian doctrine and history meaningful.
A. Caravaggio
B. Gaulli
C. Ribera
D. Bernini
The architect __________ described the accomplishments of the Roman builders in his
Ten Books of Architecture.
A. Pausanias
B. Apollodorus
C. Pliny
D. Vitruvius
The word megalithic means __________.
A. middle stone
B. new rock
C. old stone
D. large stone
According to Joan Connelly, the subject of the Parthenon’s Ionic frieze is
____________.
A. Athenian superiority
B. the defeat of the Persians
C. the battle between the Greeks and Trojans
D. the sacrifice of the daughters of King Erectheus
One of the tests that Egyptians had to undergo to enter successfully into the afterlife
was to _________________.
A. have their heart weighed against the feather of truth
B. create an inventory of all of their possessions
C. list their good deeds
D. speak with their ancestors
What detail of the Mrode Altarpiece indicates that the scene of the Annunciation is a
religious vision of the donors?
A. the enclosed garden
B. the opened door to the other room
C. the mousetrap
D. the turned pages of Mary’s book
Although Caravaggio was extremely influential on Spanish artists in the seventeenth
century, their work is distinguished by __________.
A. the predominance of secular subject matter
B. a use of vivid color and expressive brushwork
C. an ecstatic religiosity combined with realistic surface detail
D. the use of decorative patterns and designs based on Islamic art
Which building gave rise to a new style of French Classicism that combined
Renaissance ideals with Classical details and rich sculptural decoration?
A. the Louvre
B. the Chteau of Fontainebleau
C. the Chteau of Chenonceau
D. None of the above
__________ combined Neoclassicism with realism in his many sculpted portraits of the
heroes of the Enlightenment.
A. Boucher
B. Houdon
C. Reynolds
D. Kauffmann
Eshu’s image always appears at the top of the __________ board for the Yoruba.
A. divination
B. accounting
C. game
D. jumping
What do scholars know for certain about Jan van Eyck’s Double Portrait of A Giovanni
Arnolfini and his Wife (Fig. 19-1)?
A. the work celebrates the couple’s wedding
B. the couple was quite wealthy
C. the couple’s identity
D. the painting originally hung in the couple’s home
The German preference for realism in the thirteenth century may have contributed to
the earliest surviving depiction of St. Maurice as a _____________ at Magdeburg
Cathedral.
A. Roman soldier
B. peasant
C. pilgrim
D. black African
In an inscription on a marble pulpit in Pisa, _________________ identified himself as a
supremely self-confident sculptor.
A. Coppo di Marcovaldo
B. Nicola Pisano
C. Cimabue
D. Nicholas of Verdun
The social and economic changes of the Edo period saw _________ become active
patrons of the arts.
A. rural peasants
B. samurai
C. merchants
D. all of the above
How does Nanni de Banco’s The Four Crowned Martyrs (Fig. 20-12) at Orsanmichele
demonstrate a revival of classical artistic tradition?
A. The figures are individualized with highly realistic details like Roman portraiture.
B. The figures extend into the space outside of the niche.
C. Their togas reveal the solid mass of the figures’ bodies.
D. All of the above.
In about 1000 CE, the three geographical areas that continued to supply the best
metalwork for aristocratic and ecclesiastical patrons were the areas of __________,
__________, __________.
A. Lombardy, the Loire River valley, and the Mosan region
B. Normandy, Lombardy, and the Mosan region
C. the Rhineland, the Meuse River valley, and German Saxony.
D. Northumberland, Canterbury, and Westphalia
The First Crusade was promoted by Pope __________.
A. Bernard of Clairvaux
B. Alfonso VI
C. Reinier of Huy
D. Urban II
The Rock Garden at Ryoanji, Kyoto (Fig. 26-4) has been interpreted as
representing___________.
A. people on horseback
B. monsters on lands
C. animals in the sky
D. islands in the sea
A revival of Bhakti devotional practice in Northern India in the twelfth century inspired
the production of _________________.
A. Jain manuscripts
B. the Gita Govinda
C. vast temple complexes
D. tangka paintings
In contrast to Romanesque sculptures, the prophets and ancestors on Chartres’ Royal
Portal emanate ______________.
A. Byzantine qualities
B. faceted folds of drapery
C. erratic, puppet-like movements
D. tranquility and order
The Petronas Towers (Fig. 24-22) are located in what country?
A. Thailand
B. Sri Lanka
C. Malaysia
D. India
What is the function of nkisi nkonde?
A. It is a ritual object commissioned after the death of an infant.
B. It is a decorative object resembling traditional sculpture, which is popularly sold in
markets today.
C. It is an object that harnesses powers that will alleviate the specific problems of its
owner.
D. It is a special type of reliquary kept on domestic ancestral altars.
While today some Asmat bisj poles (Fig. 28-6) are sold to outsiders, traditionally they
were____________________.
A. buried with the bodies of the deceased
B. left in swamps to deteriorate
C. placed permanently in front of special houses belonging to the village men’s society
D. burned in ritual ceremonies
The Yoruba Palace Door by Olowe of Ise (29-20) depicts _____________.
A. a common Yoruba ritual
B. the king receiving a colonial administrator
C. portraits of the royal family
D. all of the above
Changes in Roman burial practice in the second and third centuries led to commissions
of elaborately decorated _______.
A. tombs
B. textiles
C. sarcophagi
D. crematory urns
The Conical Tower (Fig. 14-16) built at the palace complex of Imba Huru in Great
Zimbabwe resembled a granary, probably a reference to the good harvest and prosperity
believed to result from ___________________.
A. the benevolence of the gods
B. allegiance to the ruler
C. the collective work of the community
D. agricultural rituals performed at the site
Loosely woven netted work bags called bilum (Fig. 28-5) indicate __________ among
the Wahgi tribe of New Guinea.
A. whether a woman is eligible to marry
B. the social rank of the wearer
C. an individual’s profession
D. different ancestral affiliations
Which structure was NOT located on the Athenian akropolis?
A. the Agora
B. the Propylaia
C. the Erectheion
D. the Temple of Athena Nike