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__________ emerged as a leader in Chinese painting during the 1980's for his synthesis
of Chinese and Western ideas and techniques.
A. Yin Hong
B. Shitao
C. Wu Guanzhong
D. Wen Hong
What traditional institution does Fred Wilson critique in his interventionist
installations?
A. universities
B. museum exhibitions
C. courts of law
D. banks
Mendieta's Tree of Life (Fig. 33-25) celebrates the notion that women ___________.
A. have a deeper identification with nature than men
B. reproduce life
C. are more intellectual than men
D. have great physical strength
__________ was an esteemed Zen monk-artist of the Muromachi period who traveled
in China.
A. Weh Lin
B. Shubun
C. Sesshu
D. Bunsei
What common practice of early photographers, which seems problematic today, did not
concern nineteenth century viewers?
A. Subjects were required to sit for extremely long exposure times.
B. Developments in photography were commercially motivated.
C. The chemicals used in photography were extremely toxic.
D. Documentary photographs were sometimes staged.
Cycladic marble figures were originally ___________.
A. clothed
B. painted
C. adorned with jewelry
D. all of the above
Juan de Herrera was the second architect on __________.
A. Santiago de Compostela
B. Fontainebleau
C. The Escorial
D. the Louvre
Probably made by Anglo-Saxon women, the Bayeux Embroidery was produced by what
technique?
A. weaving with warp and weft
B. hand-knotting
C. stem and laid-and-couched stitches
D. none of the above
The Greek marketplace is also called the __________.
A. stoa
B. agora
C. akropolis
D. Panathenaic way
The doors for the Florentine Baptistery (Fig. 18-3) are made of __________.
A. carved wood
B. gilded bronze
C. molded stucco
D. a brick core
A __________ is an alcove, usually found in a tea house, where a Zen scroll or a simple
flower arrangement may be displayed.
A. Tokonoma
B. Fusuma
C. Bhakti
D. Stupa
The conceptual art of Josef Kosuth examined the conceptual relationships between
visual images and ________.
A. music
B. language
C. physical experience
D. national identity
The decoration of Etruscan tombs suggests a _________ attitude towards death and the
afterlife.
A. fearful
B. celebratory
C. somber
D. mournful
Sinan's crowning achievement as an architect was the __________.
A. Hall of the Abencerrajes
B. Madrasa-mausoleum-mosque
C. Mosque of Sultan Selim
D. Court of the Lions
The undulating faade and building of the Church of San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane
(Fig. 23-6) is the work of __________.
A. Pietro da Cortona
B. Caravaggio
C. Borromini
D. Maderno
What element of tattooing is most sacred to people of the Marquesas islands?
A. the symbolism of the designs and patterns
B. the process of shedding blood
C. the display of status and wealth
D. the ceremony involved upon the completion of the tattoo
The Northern artist regarded as being as self-confident as Michelangelo was
__________.
A. Riemenschneider
B. Stoss
C. Drer
D. Grnewald
Rachel Ruysch created still-life paintings, which capitalized on the Dutch
preoccupation with ________ to make her one of the most sought after and highly paid
artists of the period.
A. classical themes
B. flowers
C. dogs
D. religious images
The text suggests that Dutch artist Caterina van Hemessen probably specialized in
paintings of __________.
A. religious subjects
B. flowers and other botanical specimens
C. moral allegories
D. portraits of women
The __________ in Drer's Adam and Eve (Fig. 22-8) symbolically represent the human
temperaments.
A. animals
B. castles
C. types of trees
D. flowers
Czanne's professed aim of painting was to ______________.
A. evoke a strong emotional reaction from the viewer
B. create an image of pure aesthetic pleasure
C. make of Impressionism something solid and durable
D. capture transitory effects of light and atmosphere
In the fourth state of the Three Crosses, Rembrandt modified the scene
________________.
A. adding God the Father at the top
B. increasing the amount of figures
C. expanding it to include more landscape
D. making it darker and simpler
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Byzantine churches from the Middle
period?
A. emphasis on verticality
B. multiple geometric forms
C. rich use of mosaic decoration
D. plain exteriors
Which of the following technological innovations did NOT contribute to the
development of the first skyscrapers?
A. steel structural supports
B. reinforced concrete
C. the elevator
D. the integration of heating, ventilation, plumbing and electrical systems
Prior to the Song dynasty, _________ had set the tone for artistic taste.
A. the scholarly class
B. Buddhist monks
C. the imperial court
D. foreign influences
Winslow Homer employed an unadorned realism in depicting the heroic struggles of
____________.
A. African-Americans
B. the working poor
C. soldiers in the Civil War
D. young male athletes
An altarpiece which has multiple, movable wings, attached to the altar's central,
stationary section is known as a __________.
A. diptych
B. triptych
C. predella
D. polyptych
The Pont du Gard (Fig. 6-17), part of an aqueduct in southern France, demonstrates the
use of which common Roman building structure?
A. the round arch
B. the vault
C. the bridge
D. the buttress
The _______________ was created for a hospital that specialized in the care of patients
with skin diseases.
A. Altarpiece of the Holy Blood
B. Isenheim Altarpiece
C. Four Apostles
D. Garden of Earthly Delights
Charles V was elected __________ in 1519.
A. King of France
B. Duke of Milan
C. Holy Roman Emperor
D. Duke of Florence
According to the artist Cennino Cennini, painting on panel may involve all of the
following EXCEPT___________.
A. gesso
B. gold leaf
C. giornata
D. drawing with charcoal
