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Which of the following terms is the name for the study and evaluation of art based on formal, visual, and stylistic analysis in order to deduce its maker? a. contextualism b. iconography c. connoisseurship d. aesthetics What is the term […]

The Ara Pacis Augustae or Altar of Augustan Peace brings together what two cultural and stylistic traditions? a. Greek and Roman b. Etruscan and Egyptian c. Etruscan and Roman d. Babylonian and Greek Which is the first free-standing bronze equestrian […]

Which is the strongest and most obvious influence on Thomas Jefferson’s design for his home at Monticello? a. Bernini b. French Rococo c. Early American clapboard homes d. Palladio Who made the oldest signed self-portrait by a woman in Western […]

Which Shinto shrine has been ritually rebuilt every 20 years? a. Inner Shrine, Ise, Japan b. Horyu-ji, Japan c. Nanchan Temple, China d. Great Stupa, Sanchi, India Which is the first great Islamic building? a. Great Mosque, Kairouan b. Dome […]

Which of the following describes the roads built around Pueblo Bonito? a. wide and straight b. concentric c. radiating d. following the terrain What did Duchamp call found objectsthat is, ordinary manufactured items? a. readymades b. collage c. Suprematism d. […]

A seven-branched Jewish candleholder is called a. a menorah. b. a mandorla. c. a codex. d. an exedra. What are the magical or medicinal objects and ingredients called that are added to a Power Figure in the Kongo culture? a. […]

The artist Shirin Neshat” “Women of Allah” series of photographs explores how Iranian women are ______________. A. stereotyped in the West B. treated in Iran C. violent D. devoutly religious Etruscan temples were built on a(n) __________ or platform. A. […]

The Nankani people have gender-specific projects when creating domestic architecture. Men build the structures, what main role do women undertake? A. stock the kitchen B. decorate the structure C. prepare the garden D. search for materials Rococo paintings reflected the […]

Although __________ was one of the glories of Mesoamerican art, it was fragile and very little survives today. A. sculpture B. textile work C. featherwork D. painting What city attracted some of the greatest Italian artists of the sixteenth century […]

The Pueblo artist Maria Montoya Martinez is known for the distinctive _________ceramic style she developed with her husband in the early twentieth century (Fig. 27-21). A. stoneware B. whiteware C. roundware D. blackware The Dogon dama is a collective __________ […]

The word __________ means ‘submission to God’s will.” A. Qur”an B. Islam C. Torah D. Maqamat The active pose of the Butcher (Fig. 3-11) may signify both ___________ and _______________. A. equality with the pharaoh; member of the royal family […]

Brunelleschi’s arcade of the Ospedale degli Innocenti deviates from Roman architecture, which ___________________. A. employed post and lintel architecture B. featured pointed arches C. combined columns with straight architraves D. used only solid walls The burial site discovered at Sutton […]

In her works addressing contemporary gender issues, Vanessa Beecroft uses the medium of ____________ to subvert the normal relationship between viewer and object of art. A. photography B. video C. performance D. all of the above What is unusual about […]

Shoin interiors were found in the homes of _________________. A. samurai B. aristocrats C. well-to-do commoners D. all of the above The column and entablature on the Lion Gate most likely _____________. A. suggests it was built by Minoans B. […]

During the period known as Japonisme in nineteenth-century Europe, Western artists were greatly influenced by Japanese _________________. A. pottery B. fusama C. woodblock prints D. lacquer How did the city planning of Ife reflect the oni’s importance to the culture? […]

Diverging from traditional artistic conventions the artist who decorated the walls of Nerfertari’s tomb used ____________. A. new proportions for the figure B. a new hue C. shading and highlights D. numerous landscape elements Drer’s The Four Horsemen of the […]

The recognizable cityscape in Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s The Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country (Fig. 18-15) is a tribute to his patron_____________. A. Enrico Scrovegni B. King Charles IV C. The Florentine Signoria D. The Siena […]

The architectural design for the Palazzo del T (Fig. 21-20) plays on the patron’s knowledge of _____________. A. Classical orders and proportions B. building materials and techniques C. contemporary Italian literature D. Christian symbolism Barbara Kruger’s signature style combines black […]

The radical use of perspective on the domed ceiling in the Camera Picta (Fig. 20-32) is termed __________. A. di sotto in s B. trompe l”oeil C. all” antica D. aerial perspective The first ruler to call himself pharaoh was […]

The Baldacchino (Fig. 23-3) by __________ is a canopy over the high altar of St. Peter’s. A. Maderno B. Bernini C. Borromini D. Mansart William Blake designed and printed his ___________ in the mid 1790s, which brought together painting and […]

Under the Ottoman rulers, elaborate _______were used on coins, seals, buildings, and imperial edicts that supplemented Muslim law to denote the sultan’s authority. A. firmans B. tugras C. tiraz D. barakas Dong Qichang based his ideas about China’s Northern and […]

The _________________ of Duccio’s representation of the Raising of Lazarus (Fig. 18-11) contrasts with Giotto’s portrayal of the same subject. A. simplification to only a few characters B. expressive gestures and charged glances C. monumentality of the figures D. the […]

Buddhist monastic communities made two types of rock-cut halls; one was called the __________, used for the monks’ living quarters, and the other was the __________, which meant ‘sanctuary.” A. shikhara; amalaka B. mandapas; plinth C. vihara; chaitya D. torana; […]

Mesopotamian sculptors told stories clearly and economically by organizing visual narratives in horizontal bands called______________. A. registers B. hierarchic scales C. grids D. steles The subject of__________ in the pages of “Those who work; those who fight; those who pray,” […]

Critics of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Fig. 33-46) were especially outraged by the use of ____________. A. the color black B. the setting C. the minimalist treatment D. the listing of names In the early part of the fifteenth century, […]

What term did Miriam Schapiro use to describe her work that combined acrylic paint with colorful pieces of fabric? A. Pattern and Decoration B. femmage C. bricolage D. herstory paintings Sumerian votive figures were dedicated to the __________. A. people […]

The main god worshiped at the Ise Shrine is the sun goddess Amaterasu-o-mi-kami, the legendary progenitor of Japan’s _________. A. goddess B. king C. imperial family D. army During the Edo period, intellectuals in Kyoto protested against the Tokugawa shoguns […]

What Abstract Expressionist technique, pioneered by Helen Frankenthaler, had a significant influence on later artists? A. action painting B. photomontage C. staining unprimed canvas D. assemblage The Beaver Effigy Platform Pipe (Fig. 13-21) is used by the smoker in such […]

According to the text, the beginnings of Romanticism can be traced to a combination of Neoclassical ideas of civic virtue with the emotional notion of patriotism first seen in _______. A. England B. Rome C. France D. the United States […]

__________ are people from outside the empire who could only “barble” Greek or Latin. A. Celts B. Goths C. Barbarians D. Visigoths The naturalism that characterizes sculpted animal and bird heads of the Florida Glades culture demonstrates ___________________. A. the […]

The Taj Mahal is typical of Mughal funerary structures in its __________________. A. use of a four-part garden B. asymmetrical design C. elaborate decoration D. all of the above At the Rajarajeshvara Temple (Fig. 10-30), the significance of the axis […]

The Chaitya Hall at Karle (Fig. 10-10) utilizes ______________construction methods for the cave roof. A. post-and-lintel B. barrel-vault C. corbelled D. composite The Harlem Renaissance artist, Aaron Douglas, developed a _________ style that owes much to African art. A. the […]

The Latin script letters used to create illustrated books were either __________ (capitals) or __________ (lowercase). A. rune; vernacular B. majuscules; minuscules C. alpha; omega D. chi rho; incipit Gilgamesh was the legendary king of __________. A. Babylon B. Akkad […]

The earliest tomb structures on mainland Greece are _________, deep vertical pits where ruling families laid out their dead. A. tholos tombs B. shaft graves C. beehive tombs D. passage graves Michelangelo’s vestibule of the Laurentian Library in Florence foreshadows […]

A major literati painter from the Ming period, _________ painted Poet on a Mountaintop and composed a poem to accompany it. A. Shen Zhou B. Guang Zhou C. Wang Hui D. Qiu Ying In 1980, which man became the first […]

The creation of all Polynesian art is considered __________________. A. a scholarly endeavor B. a royal practice C. a demonstration of cultural loyalty D. a sacred act The Court of the Lions (Fig. 9-15) is divided into a garden form […]

In the literati tradition, _________, calligraphy, and painting were the three areas of accomplishment suited for members of the cultural elite. A. poetry B. sport C. war D. philanthropy The common household objects in the Annunciation of the Mrode Altarpiece […]

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 […]

The type of stone used for the statue of Khafre ______________ producing a rare optical effect. A. becomes transparent B. glows blue C. is opaque D. as painted What detail in Ghirlandaio’s Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds (Fig. 20-39) […]

The ceremonial entrance to the city of Babylon was the __________ Gate. A. Ishtar B. Marduk C. Anu D. Naram-Sin Which detail of the Bodhisattva Seated in Meditation (Fig. 11-28) distinguishes it as Korean? A. the gilt bronze material B. […]

Most Neolithic architecture in Germany and central Europe consisted of wood posts supporting a central beam or __________. A. supporting rail B. ridgepole C. major post D. common beam __________’s keen understanding of linear perspective can be appreciated in his […]

Yoruba palaces had elaborately decorated __________. A. lintels B. cantilevering C. corbelling D. woodcarving What feature of Bodhisattvas distinguishes them from images of the Buddha? A. the use of specific mudras B. their elongated earlobes C. their princely garb and […]

Charles V sacked __________ in 1527. A. the Netherlands B. Venice C. Rome D. Antwerp __________ was the patron saint of painters. A. Saint Francis of Assisi B. Saint Dominic C. Saint Luke D. Saint Mark Answer: C In fifteenth-century […]

The development of minuscule, _________________, was a significant contribution of the Carolingian period. A. a building material that was inexpensively produced B. a metalworking process for embedding precious stones and glass C. a new clear, lowercase script that increased the […]

A distinctive feature of Le Corbusier’s Modern architecture is its ______________. A. lack of ornamentation B. domino construction system C. emphasis on rational functional design D. all of the above Which artist in the court of Charles IV of Bohemia […]

Historians refer to the reign of Akhenaten as the _____________period. A. Intermediate B. Antiamun C. Aten D. Amarna Woodlands people used __________, which were sometimes used to keep records or exchange at the conclusion of treaties. A. wampum B. featherwork […]

In contrast to other periods of Egyptian history, some royal portraits from the Middle Kingdom appear _____________. A. confident and serene B. idealized and youthful C. distorted and out of proportion D. preoccupied and emotionally drained Although it still stands […]

The Cathedral of Pisa was designed by the master builder __________. A. John of Worcester B. Renier of Huy C. Gislebertus D. Busketos The most complete version found of the Epic of Gilgamesh was written in __________. A. Sumerian B. […]

One of the grandest of all the Elizabethan houses was __________, designed by Robert Smythson for the Countess of Shrewsbury. A. Hardwick Hall B. Fontainebleau C. Chenonceau D. Villa Rotunda In Degas’ The Rehearsal on Stage the seeming arbitrary cropping […]

The richest kind of __________ was made almost entirely of silk and gold. A. tapestry B. manuscript C. painting D. porcelain Which media was NOT used by Conceptualist artists of the 1960s? A. performance B. painting C. written and spoken […]