Gateways to Art, ART 111~ Final Exam

The aftermath of a shipwreck off the coast of West Africa.

"The Raft of the Medusa" depicts...

mock sea battles

Amongst other forms of entertainment, Roman citizens watched _______ in the Colosseum.

architect

Filippo Bruneschelli has been regarded as the first Renaissance...

Spanish civilians attacking French soldiers.

Francisco Goya's "The Second of May" depicts...

more valuable than

In the Andes, textiles were considered ________ gold and silver.

represent the illusion of three dimensional space in two dimensions.

Linear perspective is used to...

Thomas Jefferson

Monticello was built for...

an abstract portrait

Pablo Picasso's "Girl Before a Mirror" can best be described as...

All of these answers.

Spirituality encompasses...

India

The Ajanta caves are located in...

Khafre

The Great Sphinx is associated with which Pharoah's pyramid?

Frank Lloyd Wright

The Guggenheim Museum in New York City was designed by...

stories from Buddha's life, teachings and beliefs.

The subject matter of Buddhist art includes...

All of these answers.

The term vanitas in art includes references to what?

Leonardo Da Vinci

Which Renaissance artist drew "Vitruvian Man"?

Emperor Constantine

Which emperor created a large statue of himself to be placed in the center of the Basilica in Rome?

Renaissance

Which of the following terms translates to "rebirth" and is an art movement that highlights Greek and Roman culture?

All of these answers.

Artwork from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries can be called...

All of these answers.

Artworks based on which of these religions can be found in India?

fertility

Cowrie shells and artworks by both African and Pacific Island people often represent...

llamas

The Inca made figurines of ______ because they wanted to recognize the role these creatures have played in day-to-day life.

surrounded by gardens that represent paradise.

The Taj Mahal is...

The Catacombs

The earliest examples of Christian art have been discovered in...

silkscreen printing

The technique used by Andy Warhol to make "Thirty are Better than One" is known as...

borrowed from newspaper printings and comics.

The technique used by Liechtenstein in "Girl with Mirror" was...

stone

The walls and towers of the Great Zimbabwe are made of...

Hieroglyphics

The writing system created by the Maya is known as...

The American Civil War

Timothy O'Sullivan's photograph of bodies of soldiers was taken during...

False

True or False? All Islamic manuscripts include a page with a portrait of Allah.

False

True or False? Art can only be made by a single individual.

True

True or False? Edgar Degas was fascinated with observing ballet dancers.

True

True or False? Iconoclasm is the destruction of religious images.

False

True or False? Interpretations of "The Last Judgement" have only been depicted by a single culture.

True

True or False? Kente Cloth--originating in Africa-- is now worn by non-royal groups and people outside of the Ghana region.

True

True or False? Prehistoric figurines that depict females/reproduction are referred to as fertility figures.

False

True or False? The Portrait of Mao Zedong was never taken down for the entirety of its exhibition.

True

True or False? The earliest surviving paintings are found in caves.

False

True or False? The ornate and fanciful style of Rococo was popular only in France.

True

True or False? Trompe l'oeil techniques are used to make artworks appear extremely realistic.

False

True or False? When the restoration of the Sistine Chapel was completed, scientists and analysts universally praised the restoration efforts.

All of these answers.

Usc Rodin's "The Kiss" was...

She brought his sculpture to life.

What did the goddess Venus do for Pygmalion?

The unfair treatment of women by art institutions.

What does the title "Do Women Have to be Naked to Get into the Met Museum" refer to?

painting

What medium is Kehinde Wiley's Portrait Bust of Cardinal Richelieu?

Versailles

Where is the Hall of Mirrors?

Leon Battista Alberti

Who advised artists, in his "Treatise on Painting", that artworks should be illusionistic windows?

Sandro Botticelli

Who created the Birth of Venus?

Paul Cezanne

Who repeatedly created studies of the mountains he viewed in his childhood and from his studio window?

Vincent Van Gogh

Who was the artist who made a self portrait of himself with a pipe and bandaged ear?