Quiz Review

Question 1

The Mesopotamians built their temples, such as that of Ur-Nammu, on a type of structure called a

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ziggurat.

Question 2

The Pyramids of Egypt are among the world’s best-known examples of

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commemorative monuments.

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Some believe that the sculpture Woman of Willendorf was associated with

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The Great Mother Goddess

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Which of these is from the Neolithic period?

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the earthenware beaker from Susa

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Petroglyphs are made by

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scratching an image onto a stone surface.

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The word “Neolithic” means

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New Stone Age.

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The ancient Sumerians developed the world’s first wheel, plow, and

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writing system

Question 8

Which structure features a ring of posts and lintels?

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Stonehenge

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During the Neolithic period, art went from

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naturalistic to abstract.

Question 10

Early stone tools were developed about

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two million years ago.

Question 11

In The Conversion of Saint Paul, Caravaggio created drama though the high contrast of lights and dark and the use of extreme

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foreshortening.

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Many Baroque characteristics developed as propaganda for the

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Counter-Reformation.

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Portrait Head of an Old Man is an example of

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Roman sculpture.

Question 14

Which building was designed to honor the goddess of wisdom and prudent warfare?

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the Parthenon

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Which of these structures is Gothic?

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Notre-Dame de Chartres

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The meeting of decorative nomadic style and Christianity can be seen most clearly in illustrated books from

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Ireland

Question 17

The first large sculptures since Roman times can be found in what part of Romanesque churches?

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over the central doorway

Question 18

In her painting Judith and the Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi demonstrates the close influence of

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Caravaggio.

Question 19

In Jan van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Portrait, the woman is wearing a green dress to symbolize

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fertility.

Question 20

Early Christian art was created in private homes and underground burial chambers called

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catacombs

Question 21

The influence of Neoplatonism would be most likely when, in a painting, a Renaissance artist highlights a

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nude classical goddess.

Question 22

All of the following artists epitomize the High Renaissance EXCEPT

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Donatello

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One feature that set Gothic architecture apart from Romanesque was the extensive use of

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stained glass

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The first Christian churches were patterned after basilicas that were used by the Romans as

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government buildings

Question 25

In the seventeenth century, in the Netherlands, the major patrons of paintings were

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the wealthy merchant class

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With its decorative and sensual qualities, the Rococo style was particularly suited to the extravagant and often frivolous life of

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the French court and aristocracy.

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Masaccio's The Holy Trinity fresco is considered to be the first painting based on the systematic use of

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linear perspective

Question 28

Michelangelo's David has a naturalistic pose, set in contrapposto, demonstrating the influence of

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Greek sculpture.

Question 29

Shah Jahan commissioned this structure as a tomb for his favorite wife.

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the Taj Mahal

Question 30

A Muslim theological school in which the history of Islam and the interpretation of the Qur'an are taught is a

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madrasa.

Question 31

In the Hindu religion, the destroyer god is

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Shiva

Question 32

Which of these is one of the most famous monuments of Cambodia?

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Angkor Wat

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Sesshu Toyo painted in a style that was called haboku, meaning

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"flung ink."

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The Terra Cotta Warriors were found in the tomb of

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Qin Shihuangdi.

Question 35

The Indus Valley is located primarily in the present-day country of

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Pakistan

Question 36

The technique of decorating architecture with tiles reached a peak of achievement in

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Persia

Question 37

In the evolution of Buddhist architecture, early burial mounds led most directly to the Indian

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stupa

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In religious contexts, traditional Muslims disfavor

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figural imagery.

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Japanese ukiyo-e prints depicted

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the everyday world.

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Sexual ecstasy as a metaphor for divine love is found in the

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Hindu art of India.

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The indigenous religion of Japan is an ancient form of nature and ancestor worship called

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Shinto

Question 42

Because it alone could survive the very high heat of the kilns, which color did the Chinese use to decorate porcelain?

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blue

Question 43

In a mosque, what form is used to mark the building's location and allow the faithful to be called to prayer?

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a minaret

Question 44

Eugène Delacroix differs from Neoclassical painters in using

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painterly brushstrokes.

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Which people built with huge, carefully cut and fitted stones?

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Inca

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Which of these was at Teotihuacan?

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the Pyramid of the Sun

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African textiles, such as Kente cloths, feature long narrow strips of cloth that are

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woven and sewn together.

Question 48

A mangaaka power figure personifies the force of

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justice.

Question 49

Eternal Dreamtime is an important concept for

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Native Australians.

Question 50

Angelica Kauffmann's paintings are in what style?

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Neoclassical

Question 51

In letters to his brother Theo, Vincent van Gogh expressed his ideas about color as a force to show

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emotion.

Question 52

Viewers were shocked by Edouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), because of the

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juxtaposition of nude and clothed figures.

Question 53

In a search for spiritual truth, which Post-Impressionist artist moved to Tahiti?

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Paul Gauguin

Question 54

The Maori are the indigenous people of

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New Zealand.

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Romantic artists emphasized

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emotion.

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Rosa Bonheur's The Horse Fair is an example of

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Realism

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One of the oldest surviving examples of sub-Saharan art comes from the

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Nok culture.

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Edgar Degas's paintings reveal his interest in the candid attitudes found in street photography and the asymmetry of

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Japanese prints.

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The Post-Impressionists felt that the Impressionists did not allow room for

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personal expression.

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The name "Impressionism" derives from a critics's derogatory remark about a painting by

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Claude Monet.

Question 61

Olembe Alaye's House Post demonstrates the Yoruba's tradition of

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Wood Carving

Question 62

The Native American Hopis and Zunis identify invisible life force spirits as

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kachinas.

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The Hopewell people built large mounds, such as the Great Serpent Mound, in what is now the state of

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Ohio

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All of the following are characteristic of International Style architecture EXCEPT

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decorative ornamentaion.

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Jacob Lawrence was a product of a community art center in

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Harlem

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Between the wars, totalitarian governments officially required a socially and politically "correct" form of art, social realism, which had as its goal to

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retreat from modern art and communicate official positions to the public

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Which artist believed himself to reveal the essence of his forms in his work?

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Constantine Brancusi

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Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 demonstrates the influence of

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stroboscopic photography.

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The technique of papier collé is most closely associated with

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Synthetic Cubism.

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Which artist most notably felt that abstract and nonrepresentational art led to a new spirituality?

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Wassily Kandinsky

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All are true of the group called The Bridge EXCEPT:

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They relied most heavily on the lessions of Paul Cézanne

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Developed in the Netherlands, De Stijl (The Style) had what as its goal?

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universal harmony

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René Magritte's depiction of ordinary subjects in absurd or unusual juxtapositions is characteristic of

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Surrealism.

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Which artist used straight lines, primary colors, and rectangles as universal elements?

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Piet Mondrian

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Fauvist artists extended the visual vocabulary of Post-Impressionism by making their primary subject matter

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color

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Although not a member of the Surrealists, this artist used a similar approach to the Surrealists in autobiographical works.

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Frida Kahlo

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In creating Les Demoiselles d' Avignon, Pablo Picasso combined lessons from Paul Cézanne with

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African masks.

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Marcel Duchamp was responsible for bringing motion to

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Cubism

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In the Futurist sculpture Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, Umberto Boccioni attempts to

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fuse the sculptural form with space.

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Edward Hopper differed from the Impressionists in his

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use of light to organize compositions.

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Focused on developing a new visual language for a new industrial age, Constructivism developed in

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Russia.

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Modern art arrived in America by way of exhibitions and promotions by

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photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

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Marcel Duchamp's L.H.O.O.Q. is an example of

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Dada.

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In Mining the Museum, Fred Wilson rearranged a museum collection to convey ideas primarily about

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race

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Judy Chicago and Nancy Spero have in common

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an interest in feminism.

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Joseph Kosuth's One and Three Chairs is an example of

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Conceptual art.

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In performance art, the collective Asco engaged the

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problem of gang violence in Los Angeles.

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In formulating a theory of postmodernism, architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott-Brown professed architectural inspiration from the city of

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Las Vegas.

Question 89

Niki de Saint Phalle's works, which she "killed" with nails, dirt, darts, and other objects, most closely show the continuing influence of

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Dada

Question 90

Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm is an example of

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Abstract Expressionism.

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The works of Joseph Beuys and Ana Mendieta are examples of

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performance art.

Question 92

Artists associated with which movement most stressed that viewers should see their paintings as objects, not pictures?

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Minimalism

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Which of these artworks was intended to mourn the dead and also express hope in the fertility of the soil?

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Doris Salcedo's Plegaria Muda

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Which of these works exemplifies the Neo-Expressionist style?

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Anselm Kiefer's Osiris and Isis

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This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works that negotiate Egyptian male identities.

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Khaled Hafez

Question 96

Which artist has created work by arranging garbage and then photographing it?

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Vik Muniz

Question 97

Richard Hamilton's Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing? and James Rosenquist's F-111 are examples of

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pop art

Question 98

In Monogram, Robert Rauschenberg put everyday objects together with collage and painting to form what he called

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combine-paintings.

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In Old Mole, Martin Puryear asks questions about the

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symbolism of shape.

Question 100

The Gutai manifesto proclaimed an end of

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traditional art making