Prehistoric female figurines that refer to reproduction are called fertility figures.
True False
True
Animals were never shown in cave paintings. True False
False
Match the artwork with the culture that made it:
Ishtar Gate
statue of Khafre
bull-leaping fresco
Standard of Ur
Lamassu, palace of Ashurnasirpal II
Egyptian (b) Sumerian (c) Babylonian (d) Assyrian (e) Minoan
Ishtar Gate=Babylonian
Statue of Khafre=Egyptian
Bull-Leaping fresco=Minoan
Standard of Ur=Sumerian
Lamassu, Palace of Ashurnasipal II=Assyrian
Hieroglyphic is the written language used by which ancient culture:_______.
Egyptian
The Ishtar Gate was built under whose rule?
Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II circa 575
The Parthenon in Athens used to house a huge gold and ivory statue of _________.
Athena
The following are architectural orders developed by the Greeks:
A)Corinthianb) Doric c) Ionicd) all of the previous answers e) none of the previous answers
all of the above
Hellenistic Greek sculptures, like the Laoco�n and his Sons, are known for the following characteristics:
a) detailed patterning, stiff bodies b) idealized/athletic/nude bodies, highly dramatic poses c) exaggerated body parts, Christian iconography d) all
B) Idealized athletic nude bodies highly dramatic poses
An Archaic Greek sculpture portraying a nude male is called ________.
Kouros
The statue of a Roman with busts of his ancestors shows that:
(a) Roman artists were able to make individualistic portraits
(b) family members treasured portraits of their ancestors
(c) important ancestors would reinforce a person's social status
(d) all
D) All of the previous answers
16) The Christ Icon encaustic painting from the 6th century depicts Christ:
a) Dualistically, as a human and as a deity b) On the cross c) As a mythological creature d) As a new-born baby e) It does not depict Christ, which would have been a sin.
A) Dualistically, as a human and as a diety
17) In very early Jewish artworks, of which there are few examples, if God is depicted, it is only by hands reaching down from heaven. True False
True
18) The Dome of the Rock is located in ________.
Jerusalem
19) Some characteristics of Byzantine art are:
a) stark outlines, flattened and elongated figures, religious imagery b) one point perspective, stark outlines c) religious imagery, stark outlines, humans depicted only as nudes d) all of the other answers,
A) Stark outlines, flattened and elongated figures, religious imagery
20) The floor plan of the Romanesque church of St. Sernin in Toulouse, France, resembles what religious symbol ________.
A cross
21) Cimabue's student was ________.
Giotto
In this class we studied artworks that can be found in India and are based on which of these religions?
(a) Buddhism (b) Hinduism (c) Islam (d) both Buddhism and Hinduism (e) all of the other answers
D) Both Buddhism and Hinduism
The Great Stupa ________. (a) contains the bones of Ashoka's enemies (b) holds remains of Buddha (c) is the living quarters for priests of Buddha (d) resembles the form of a snake (e) does not allow visitors inside
B) Holds remains of Buddha
A work of art that depicts a story from the Buddha's life is called a ______.
Jataka
The gates at the four cardinal directions on the great stupa are called ________.
Torana
A being, depicted in princely clothes and often with lotus flowers in Buddhist art, who has given up their enlightenment status to stay and educate others about the Buddha and the way to enlightenment is called a _________.
Bodhisattva
For the Chinese, calligraphy, painting, and poetry were three entirely separate art forms. True False
False (called the 3 perfections and often seen on the same piece)
The burial mound of the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huangdi was discovered in 1974 and contained:
8,000 terracotta soldiers
The Japanese tea ceremony has its roots in Zen Buddhism. True False
True
The scene illustrated in an early scroll of the Tale of Genji shows a prince holding a baby. What is taking place?
(a) the prince is mourning the death of his firstborn
(b) the prince is sad because he knows the baby he is holding is not his own
(c) the p
B) The prince is sad because he knows the baby he is holding is not his own
The term Ukiyo-e means "pictures of the floating world." True False
True
In "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa," the curl of the wave intertwines with the sky to create an abstract ________.
a) yin and yang (b) human face (c) t'ao t'ieh (d) temple (e) ice-cream cone
A) Yin and Yang
32) Contour rivalry refers to: a) a situation where an artist cannot decide where to place a line (b) artists who compete to make important artworks (c) designs in which lines describe more than one thing at the same time (d) maps that do not clearly dist
C) Designs in which lines describe more than one thing at the same time
33) South Americans valued this material more than gold or silver _____________.
wool
34) The Moche earspool from Sip�n was found in ________. (a) a royal tomb (b) a tree (c) a riverbed (d) Machu Picchu (e) a bathhouse
A) A royal tomb
35) The Peruvian city of Machu Picchu was built for this Inca ruler: ________.
Pacha Cuti
36) The Pyramid of the Sun is found in this ancient city: ________________.
Teotiahucan
37) The Mesoamerican ballgame was played by the Mayans for the purpose of ________. a) recreation (b) political ceremony (c) religious ritual (d) all of the previous answers (e) none of the previous answers
D) All of the previous answers
38) The colossal sculpture of the Aztec mother goddess Coatlicue is made of ________.
Stone
39) This ancient Mesoamerican civilization carved multiple colossal heads, all with similar rounded features. ______
The olmec
40) The Kwakiutl late-nineteenth-century Eagle Transformation Mask was opened and closed during performances to ________.
(a) create a dynamic visual experience
(b) represent the transformation the wearer was undergoing
(c) suggest ancestral connections b
D)All of the previous answers
42) Twin figures were traditionally made by the Yoruba of western Nigeria:
(a) because there is a high infant mortality rate for twins amongst the Yoruba
(b) so that if one twin died, the sculpture could be cared for along with the surviving infant
(c) be
D) All of the previous answers
43) In Africa, a ________ would activate a nkisi Mangaaka by ________. (a) king . . .setting it on fire (b) ritual specialist . . . driving metal objects into it (c) dog . . . peeing on it (d) child . . . breaking it (e) none of the other answers
B) Ritual specialist driving metal objects into it
44) The parts of the Great Zimbabwe in southern Africa that remain today are made of
Stone
45) "Mimis" in Australian rock art represent: __________.
Spirits
46) The Abelam of Papua New Guinea hold festivals in which:
(a) mummies are carried into the streets
(b) water is collected for several months at a time
(c) yams wear masks
(d) dangerous spirits are called to dinner
(e) none of the other answers
C)Yams wear masks
47) The moai of Easter Island represent: (a) animals at the top of the food chain (b) abstract designs based on the sea (c) deified ancestors who were chiefs (d) hieroglyphic texts with important historical information (e) none of the other answers
C)Deified ancestors who were chiefs
48) Which of the following terms means "rebirth" and is used to describe an artistic movement characterized by renewed interest in the Classical world of Greece and Rome?
(a) Renaissance (b) Baroque (c) Enlightenment (d) Mannerism (e) none of the answers
A)Renaissance
49) Only one artist in the Renaissance and Baroque periods ever painted the subject of The Last Supper. True False
False
50) Which of the following statements is true of Michelangelo?
(a) he preferred the medium of sculpture to painting (b) he painted two very important commissions in the Sistine Chapel (c) he loved to depict the nude body (d) all of the previous answers (e
D)All of the above
51) The medium Michelangelo used for the Sistine Chapel ceiling is ________.
Fresco
52) Raphael used these two Renaissance artists as models for his depictions of Plato and Heraclitus in The School of Athens:
Da vinci and michelangelo
53) D�rer's print The Last Supper reflects the ideas of ________. (a) the Protestant Reformation (b) the Counter-Reformation (c) Buddhism (d) his friend Michelangelo (e) the Pope
A)The protestant reformation
54) Which of the following terms is used to describe the mid- to late-sixteenth-century style of art that elongated human figures and elevated grace as an ideal?
(a) Renaissance (b) Baroque (c) Enlightenment (d) Mannerism (e) none of the answers
D)Mannerism
Match the statue of the Biblical hero David with its period:
55) Michaelangelo's David a) Baroque
56) Donatello's David b) High Renaissance
57) Bernini's David c) Early Renaissance
55=Michaelangelo's David= High Renaissance
56=Donatello's David= Early Renaissance
57=Bernini's David= Baroque
58) Artemisia Gentileschi was influenced by the style of which other artist?
Carravagio
59) Carravagio created a style of painting in which the scene has an almost entirely black background and a strong spotlight that creates high contrasting values on the subjects of the painting. This style can be seen in his painting, Judith Decapitating
Tenebrism
Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch makes skillful use of: a) chiaroscuro (b) tenebrism (c) dramatic lighting (d) all of the previous answers (e) none of these
D)All of the previous answers
Which of the following influenced the art made from 1700 to 1900?revolutions in France and America (b) the Enlightenment (c) the Age of Reason (d) industrialization (e) all of the other answers
E)All of the other answers
In what building is the Hall of Mirrors located?
Versailles
Fragonard's The Swing depicts: a) a competition between two boys for a girl's
attention (b) an allegory of the victory of the French Republican party (c) a flirtation between two young lovers (d) an environmental message showing the grandeur of nature (e)
C)A flirtation between two young lovers
The Swing, by Fragonard, is an example of painting from this period in Europe which reflects the extravagance and power of the ruling classes with elaborate curves and ornamentation, gold, pastels, and fanciful light-hearted scenes. ____________.
Rococo
William Hogarth had many of his Rococo Era paintings made into prints.
True False
True
Jacques-Louis David's painting The Oath of the Horatii is about: a) the sacrifices of an ancient Roman family (b) the swearing-in of Ignatius Horatius (c) the Spanish rebels who fought Napoleon's army (d) the Trojans preparing for the Battle of Troy (e) n
A) The sacrifices of an ancient Roman family
Neoclassicism means: _____________.
New classical
What event is the subject of Eug�ne Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People? ________.
Revolution of 1830
Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People and Goya's The third of May, 1808, are both examples of artwork from this artistic period/movement, which emphasized emotion over reason ______________.
Romanticism
Gustave Courbet's The Stonebreakers is from this artistic period/movement, which tended to depict the real lives of the low/middle classes ______________.
Women (maybe even street walkers)
Which painting was included in the first Salon des Refus�s (Salon of the Rejected)?
a) �douard Manet's Le D�jeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)
(b) Jean-Honor� Fragonard's The Swing
(c) Jacques-Louis David's The Oath of the Horatii
(d) Vincent van
A)Edouard Manet's Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe (luncheon on the Grass
Edouard Manet's Olympia was not received well by the public or the Salon because _________.
Because she was a real women and not a venus, and because his unpolished painting style
Edgar Degas was fascinated by observing ballet dancers, both in practice and during performances. True False
True
Who painted Impression Sunrise, the painting from which Impressionism got its name?
Monet
Vincent van Gogh used thick swirls of paint in his work Starry Night. This technique is called ________.
impasto
Which post-impressionist artist repeatedly painted studies of the mountain, Mont St. Victoire, which he had seen throughout his childhood and later observed from his studio window, breaking down the scene into color and shape
Paul Cezanne
Gustav Klimt's work The Kiss features: (a) gold leaf (b) flattened figures (c) decorative patterning (d) none of these answers (e) all of the other answers
E) all of the answers
Art Nouveau is a style that emphasized decorative patterns and organic forms. True False
True
This artist is known for is posters and advertisements for various products and companies that feature ethereal, sensuous women, curving lines, and art nouveau-style patterns _____________.
a) Francisco Goya
b) Michaelangelo
c) Fred Wilson
d) Alphonse Muc
D)Alphonse Mucha
Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon was revolutionary because:
(a) it is not a naturalistic re-creation of the way we see the world
(b) it includes simplified forms and bodies as geometric shapes
(c) the space of the background and foreground meld togethe
E) All of the other answers
85) Expressionism focuses on:
(a) what is felt rather than what is seen
(b) the subconscious mind and dream imagery
(c) dynamic movement, progress, and modern technology
(d) stripping away emotions and underlying meaning
(e) complexity, ambiguity, and ext
A)What is felt rather than what is seen
86) Egon Schiele often used himself as the subject of his expressionist paintings and drawings: True False
True
87) Marcel Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel and Fountain are examples of ________.
(a) a silkscreen print (b) an automatic drawing (c) a collage (d) a photomontage (e) a readymade
E) a readymade
88) Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory is reminiscent of a dream, and the objects depicted in the landscape contains dream-like qualities (melting clocks, hidden portraits, ants, etc.). This was typical of the art of the __________ movement.
a) Fut
C)Surrealism
89) In his Untitled (1949), Mark Rothko wanted to emphasize ________. (a) a narrative story (b) a deep, almost religious experience (c) purely the geometric relationships (d) a popular icon of contemporary culture (e) all of the other answers
B)A deep almost religious experience
90) Jackson Pollock made his abstract paintings by:
(a) flinging paint from a pinwheel onto canvases hanging in his studio
(b) spitting glitter through a straw onto a plaster wall
(c) dripping paint onto a canvas on the floor
(d) dancing on ceramic tiles
C)Dripping paint onto a canvas on the floor
91) Jasper Johns was interested in using ________________ typically seen in everyday life to question meaning.
a) signs and symbols b) books c) bugs d) food e) famous people
A)Signs and symbols
92) Robert Rauschenberg's Bed, which incorporates found objects like DADA and drips of paint reminiscent of Abstract Expressionism, merges the art disciplines of __________ and __________, to question the definition and meaning of art.
a) earthworks and p
E)painting and sculpture
93) The technique used to make Andy Warhol's Thirty Are Better Than One is ________. (a) silkscreen (b) assemblage (c) collage (d) photomontage (e) readymade
A)silkscreen
94) Andy Warhol's Pop Art, like his Brillo Boxes and the Campbell's Soup Can series are a comment on ________________. These pieces transform everyday objects/advertising designs into fine art.
a) war b) consumer culture in the US c) religion d) gender id
B)consumer culture in the US
95) Donald Judd's Untitled 1967 is part of what art movement, known for artworks made of industrial materials?
a) Impressionism b) Cubism c) Futurism d) Minimalism e) Art Nouveau
D)Minimalism
96) Eva Hesse's Post-Minimalist sculptures using manipulated industrial materials primarily on ______________ qualities.
a) material/textural b) straight, symmetrical c) architectural d) natural/organic e) animal-like
A)Material/texture
97) Fluxus artists believed that __________________.
a) art could not be a performance b) art had to be a spiritual experience c) anything can be art, and it can be done by anyone d) art only exists in our sleep and dreams e) They believed nothing
C)anything can be art, and it can be done by anyone
98) Performance art came to the forefront of the art world in the 1960's and 1970's when______________.
a) artists could no longer afford to buy paint b) traditional mediums like painting and sculpture were no longer enough to communicate the artists' ide
b) traditional mediums like painting and sculpture were no longer enough to communicate the artists' ideas
99) Joseph Kosuth's One and Three Chairs consists of ________. (a) three chairs belonging to world leaders (b) one chair reflected in a three-way mirror (c) copies of chairs from three famous artworks (d) three things that a chair could be (e) three thing
D)Three things that a chair could be
100) Ana Mendieta uses ________ as an artistic medium in her work Imagen de Yagul. (a) her body (b) dirt and flowers (c) natural elements (d) all of the previous answers* (e) none of the previous answers
D)All of the previous answers
101) Carolee Schneeman, Hannah Wilke, Martha Rostler, Judy Chicago, and Cindy Sherman were all artists that made work concerning:
a) religion b) celebrations c) Feminism/women's issues d) the painted surface e) industrial materials
C)Feminism/ women's issues
102) Bettye Saar's The Liberation of Aunt Jemima transforms traditionally racist icons of African Americans in order to: _____________.
a) make statements of political and social protest about civil rights b) offend everyone
c) talk about the formal aspec
A)Make statements of political and social protest about civil rights
103) The Times Square Show in 1980 was "DIY" in style and showed work from over 100 artists True False
True
104) 1980's artists like Keith Haring and Jean Michele Basquiat were influenced by:
a) Hitler and the Nazi party b) High fashion in New York c) 1980's Street Culture and graffiti d) a nostalgia for the 1950's e) Japanese culture
C) 1980's street culture and graffiti
105) Jeff Koons is very concerned with "the artist's hand" and therefore carefully crafts all of his own artwork. True False
False
106) Francis Bacon's paintings are usually
a) Influenced by surrealism, photography, and art history
b) Boring and unimportant in the history of painting
c) Just color fields
d) Basically identical to Velasquez' work
e) All of the above
A) Influenced by surrealism photography and art history
107) Robert Mapplethorpe's portrait photography from the 1970's- 80's often deals with:
a) Grand American Landscapes
b) Identity, gender, and sexuality
c) Violent war imagery
d) dream-scapes
e) Wallstreet politics
B) Identity gender and sexuality
108) The Young British Artists, including Rachel Whiteread, Damien Hirst, and Jenny Sevile, are:
(a) Child prodigies from 18th century Europe (b) Francis Bacon's youth arts program attendees
c) A Gay Rights group in England (d) A group of artists from MFA
D) A group of artists from MFA programs that often exhibit together and whose artwork was often collected by Charles Saatchi
109) Carrie Mae Weems integrates into her work references to:
(a) the impact of the contemporary world on her Kiowa heritage
(b) the collective African-American experience that is rooted in slavery
(c) neoclassical architecture, and archaeological excavat
B) the collective African-American experience that is rooted in slavery
Ishtar Gate from Babylon, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE), Glazed brick, precious stones
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**Laocoon and his Sons, unknown artist, marble copy of bronze original, 150 BCE
Medium: Marble
Year:150 BCE
The figures are near life-size and the group is a little over 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in height, showing the Trojan priest Laoco�n and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being attacked by sea serpents.
"one of the finest examples of t
Christ icon, artist unknown, 6th century, Encaustic paint
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Giotto, Virgin and Child Enthroned, 1310, Tempera on wood
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The Great Stupa, artist unknown, 3rd Century BCE, Sanchi, India
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The Mother Goddess, Coatlicue, 1487- 1520, Andesite (stone)
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Standing male figure [nkisi Mangaaka], late 19th century (1800's), Wood, iron, raffia, ceramic, kaolin pigment, red camwood powder, resin, dirt, leaves, animal skin, and cowrie shell.
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Moai ancestor figures, Aju Nau Nau, Easter Island [Chile], before the 5th century
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Katsushika Hokusai, Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa, 1826-33, Print, color woodcut
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**Michaelangelo, The Creation of Adam (Sistine Chapel Ceiling), 1508-12, Fresco
Artist: Michelangelo
Dimensions: 15? 9? x 7? 7?
Location: Sistine Chapel
Media: Paint, Plaster
Periods: Italian Renaissance, High Renaissance, Renaissance
On the left hand side of this particular fresco, we see Adam reclining on his back with one arm on t
**Michelangelo, David, 1501-04, Marble
The David we are presented with here is a nude man with a very muscular physique. His veins are visible in his arms and hands as he clutches the stones with one hand and the slingshot in the other. His hands and his head appear to be disproportionally lar
Raphael, The School of Athens, 1510-11, Fresco
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Albrect Durer, The Last Supper, 1523, Woodcut print
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**Artimesia Gentileschi, Judith Decapitating Holofernes, 1620, Oil on Canvas
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Bernini, David, 1623, Marble
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Fragonard, The Swing, 1766, Oil on canvas
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**Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830, Oil on canvas
Delacroix wanted to paint July 28: Liberty Leading the People to take his own special action in the revolution and his color technique combined his intense brushstrokes to create an unforgettable canvas.
Composition:
Delacroix main compositional device is
Edouard Manet, Le Dejeurner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), 1863, Oil on canvas
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**Monet, Impression Sunrise, Oil on canvas, 1872
The colour character of this painting relies on the opposition of complementaries or near complementaries - orange and blue. In the top left a brown (a mixture of the same orange and blue) gives a linking colour note. The composition, though simple, like
**Van Gogh, Starry Night, oil on canvas, 1889
Composition:
The night sky depicted in the Starry Night painting is brimming with whirling clouds, shining stars, and a bright crescent moon. These internal elements ensure fluidity and such contours were important for the artist even though they were bec
Gustav Klimt, The Kiss, 1908, Oil paint, silver, and gold leaf on canvas
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**Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907, Oil on canvas
This painting, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, was painted in 1907 and is the most famous example of cubism painting. In this painting, Picasso abandoned all known form and representation of traditional art. He used distortion of female's body and geometric fo
**Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917, Porcelain urinal (found object)
Fountain is one of Duchamp's most famous works and is widely seen as an icon of twentieth-century art. The original, which is now lost, consisted of a standard urinal, laid flat on its back rather than upright in its usual position, and signed 'R. Mutt 19
Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1949, Oil on canvas
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Donald Judd, Untitled, 1967, Stainless steel and Plexiglass
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Ana Mendieta, Imagen de Yagul, 1973, from the series Silueta Works in Mexico 1973-1977, Color photograph from 35mm slide
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***Geurilla Girls, Do Women Have to be Naked to Get Into the Met. Museum? 1989, Poster
are an anonymous group of feminist, female artists devoted to fighting sexism and racism within the art world. The group formed in New York City in 1985 with the mission of bringing gender and racial inequality in the fine arts into focus within the great
***Jean-Michel Basquiat, The Nile, 1983, Acrylic and oilstick on canvas
Basquiat's 1983 painting "Untitled (History of the Black People)", according to Andrea Frohne, "reclaims Egyptians as African and subverts the concept of ancient Egypt as the cradle of Western Civilization". At the center of the painting he depicts an Egy
**Rachel Whiteread, House, 1993, Concrete
This strange and unique sculpture by artist Rachel Whiteread was the talk of the town back in 1993, when it stood on Grove Road in London's East End. The sculpture, entitled simply House, was made by taking the Victorian building which originally stood as
Carrie Mae Weems, You Become a Scientific Profile & A Photographic Subject, from the series From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried, 1995, Chromogenic color prints with sand-blasted text on glass
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Matthew Barney, Cremaster 5, 1997, Production still
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