Art Test #2

Q: A mangaaka power figure personifies the force of.... A) justice. B) piety. C) destruction. D) creation

A) justice

Q: "Zimbabwe" means..... A) "ancient dwelling." B) "post-and-beam construction." C) "dressed masonry." D) "stone house."

A: "stone house"

Q: In her painting Judith and the Maidservant w ith the Head of Holofernes , Artemisia Gentileschi demonstrates the close influence of..... A) Caravaggio. B) Raphael. C) Paolo Veronese. D) Masaccio.

A: Caravaggio

Q: The name "Impressionism" derives from a critics's derogatory remark about a painting by.... A) Mary Cassatt. B) Edgar Degas. C) Pierre-Auguste Renoir. D) Claude Monet.

A: Claude Monet

Q: Many Baroque characteristics developed as propaganda for the.... A) Renaissance. B) Counter-Reformation. C) Protestant Reformation. D) Enlightenment.

A: Counter=Reformation

Q: Which artist is considered a leader in the revival of fresco painting in the 1920s and 1930s? A) Tom Wudl B) Diego Rivera C) Joan Mitchell D) Anne Truitt

A: Diego Rivera

Q: All of the following artists epitomize the High Renaissance EXCEPT..... A) Leonardo da Vinci. B) Donatello. C) Raphael. D) Michelangelo Buonarroti.

A: Donatello

Q: "Metallic flower" is the description given by..... A) Michelle Kaufmann to her mkSolaire Home. B) Jean Gang/Studio Gang Architects to their Aqua Tower. C) Atelier Bow-Wow to their BMW Guggenheim Lab. D) Frank Gehry to his Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

A: Frank Gehry to his Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Q: Michelangelo's David has a naturalistic pose, set in contrapposto, demonstrating the influence of..... A) Gothic frescoes. B) Flemish painting. C) Byzantine mosaics. D) Greek sculpture.

A: Greek sculpture

Q: Edgar Degas's paintings reveal his interest in the candid attitudes found in street photography and the asymmetry of..... A) Neoclassical painting. B) Japanese prints. C) African masks. D) African-American painting.

A: Japanese prints

Q: Who led the Chicago school and is generally regarded as the first great modern architect? A) Walter Gropius B) Philip Johnson C) Joseph Paxton D) Louis Sullivan

A: Louis Sullivan

Q: Which architect famously stated "less is more"? A) Louis Sullivan B) Mies van der Rohe C) Frank Lloyd Wright D) Frank Gehry

A: Mies van der Rohe

Q: Eternal Dreamtime is an important concept for...... A) the Pueblo. B) the Navajo. C) Native Australians. D) the Maori.

A: Native Australians

Q: Angelica Kauffmann's paintings are in what style? A) Romantic B) Neoclassical C) Realist D) Rococo

A: Neoclassical

Q: The Maori are the indigenous people of..... A) New Zealand. B) Easter Island. C) Australia. D) Hawaii.

A: New Zealand

Q: One of the oldest surviving examples of sub-Saharan art comes from the..... A) culture. B) Nok culture. C) Ife culture. D) Yoruba culture.

A: Nok culture

Q: The Hopewell people built large mounds, such as the Great Serpent Mound, in what is now the state of.... A) Kansas. B) New Mexico. C) Arizona. D) Ohio.

A: Ohio

Q: In a search for spiritual truth, which Post-Impressionist artist moved to Tahiti? A) Georges Seurat B) Paul Gauguin C) Paul Cézanne D) Vincent van Gogh

A: Paul Gauguin

Q: The technique of decorating architecture with tiles reached a peak of achievement in..... A) Persia. B) Spain. C) India. D) Tunisia.

A: Persia

Q: Which structure features an arcade of round arches? A) Notre-Dame de Chartres B) Pont du Gard C) the Crystal Palace D) the Seagram Building

A: Pont du Gard

Q: Rosa Bonheur's The Horse Fair is an example of..... A) Realism. B) Symbolism. C) Impressionism. D)Postimpressionism.

A: Realism

Q: Keltie Ferris demonstrates a contemporary approach by finishing her works with.... A) spray paint. B) digital manipulation. C) impasto. D) trompe l'oeil effects.

A: Spray paint

Q: African textiles, such as Kente cloths, feature long narrow strips of cloth that are...... A) dyed and glued together. B) crocheted and knitted together. C) pasted together and stenciled. D) woven and sewn together.

A: Woven and sewn together

Q: A very thin, transparent film of color painted over an already-painted surface is called..... A) a support. B) an overpainting. C) a glaze. D) a wash.

A: a glaze

Q: In a mosque, what form is used to mark the building's location and allow the faithful to be called to prayer? A) a minaret B) a madrasa C) an iwan D) a mihrab

A: a minaret

Q: Joan Mitchell's Untitled is an example of..... A) an acrylic painting. B) a fresco. C) an oil painting. D) a tempera painting.

A: an oil painting

Q: Encaustic is an ancient painting medium in which the pigments are suspended in..... A) olive oil. B) beeswax. C) sand. D) elephant dung.

A: beeswax

Q: The Chinese regard painting to derive from the art of.... A) drawing. B) calligraphy. C) printmaking. D) sculpture.

A: calligraphy

Q: In the Crystal Palace, Joseph Paxton made use of.... A) barrel vaults. B) a balloon frame. C) a steel frame. D) cast iron.

A: cast iron

Q: In painting media, the pigment most notably provides.... A) form. B) color. C) texture. D) liquidity.

A: color

Q: In letters to his brother Theo, Vincent van Gogh expressed his ideas about color as a force to show.... A) emotion. B) political opinion. C) intellect. D) religious feeling.

A: emotion

Q: Romantic artists emphasized.... A) reason. B) emotion. C) structure. D) abstraction.

A: emotion

Q: LEED gives awards to architects for..... A) environmental design. B) the integration of computer technology. C) innovative use of centilevers. D) the revival of ancient building techniques.

A: environmental design

Q: In Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait , the woman is wearing a green dress to symbolize.... A) marital fidelity. B) purity. C) fertility. D) the presence of Christ.

A: fertility

Q: In religious contexts, traditional Muslims disfavor.... A) the use of wood. B) courtyards. C) the use of mosaic tiles. D) figural imagery.

A: figural imagery

Q: Gothic builders were able to open large areas for windows, because they used pointed arches and.... A) flying buttresses. B) pendentives. C) domes. D) curtain walls.

A: flying buttresses

Q: In The Conversion of Saint Paul , Caravaggio created drama though the high contrast of lights and dark and the use of extreme...... A) foreshortening. B) color combinations. C) linear perspective. D) symmetry.

A: foreshadowing

Q: Opaque watercolor is also called.... A) tempera. B) encaustic. C) gouache. D) acrylic.

A: gouache

Q: Viewers were shocked by Edouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) , because of the...... A) heavy reliance on the color green. B) vastness of the landscape. C) juxtaposition of nude and clothed figures. D) lack of a religious message.

A: juxtaposition of nude and clothed figures

Q: The Native American Hopis and Zunis identify invisible life force spirits as..... A) mana. B) totems. C) moai. D) kachinas.

A: kachinas

Q: Masaccio's The Holy Trinity fresco is considered to be the first painting based on the systematic use of.... A) contrapposto. B) chiaroscuro. C) linear perspective. D) foreshortening.

A: linear perspective

Q: A Muslim theological school in which the history of Islam and the interpretation of the Qur'an are taught is a...... A) madrasa. B) mihrab. C) qibla. D) mosque.

A: madrasa

Q: The influence of Neoplatonism would be most likely when, in a painting, a Renaissance artist highlights a... A) genre scene. B) donor portrait. C) nude classical goddess. D) representation of the Virgin Mary.

A: nude classical goddess

Q: Eugène Delacroix differs from Neoclassical painters in using carefully organized...... A) compositions. B) large-format canvases. C) literary subjects. D) painterly brushstrokes.

A: painterly brushstrokes

Q: The Post-Impressionists felt that the Impressionists did not allow room for.... A) momentary impressions. B) emphasis on everyday life. C) personal expression. D) a single style.

A: personal expression

Q: The term used to discuss how a building stands up is.... A) structure. B) form. C) method. D) function.

A: structure

Q: A type of paint utilizing egg yolk as a binder is.... A) tempera. B) watercolor. C) encaustic. D) fresco.

A: tempera

Q: With its decorative and sensual qualities, the Rococo style was particularly suited to the extravagant and often frivolous life of..... A) Protestant reformers. B) Catholic Church officials. C) the Dutch middle class. D) the French court and aristocracy.

A: the French court and aristocracy

Q: Which people built with huge, carefully cut and fitted stones? A) the Pomo B) the Inca C) the Navajo D) the Tlingit

A: the Inca

Q: Shah Jahan commissioned this structure as a tomb for his favorite wife. A) Fatehpur Sikri B) Mir-i-Arab Madrasa C) the Alhambra D) the Taj Mahal

A: the Taj Mahal

Q: Which of these was at Teotihuacan? A) Machu Picchu B) the Great Serpent Mound C) a Nazca Line drawing D) the Pyramid of the Sun

A: the pyramid of the sun

Q: In the seventeenth century, in the Netherlands, the major patrons of paintings were.... A) the nobility. B) the wealthy merchant class. C) other artists. D) the clergy.

A: the wealthy merchant class

Q: In buon fresco, the pigments, combined with water, are applied to..... A) canvas. B) wet plaster. C) wood. D) paper.

A: wet plaster

Q: Olembe Alaye's House Post demonstrates the Yoruba's tradition of...... A) cloth weaving. B) bronze casting. C) wood carving. D) clay modeling.

A: wood carving