MCC ART TEST 2

When a large hall is built using post-and-lintel construction methods, the resulting "virtual forest of columns" is called a ________. Barrel vault Groin vault Portico Hypostyle hall

Hypostyle hall

What genre conceives of a space and everything in it as a work of art? In the round Minimalism Installation Bas-relief

Installation

________ is a pattern or patterns formed by intricately interwoven ribbons or bands. Ambulatory Narthex Interlace Illumination

Interlace

Why is wood such a popular craft material? It's extremely durable It's likely to withstand natural disasters It's abundant and relatively easy to work with It's well suited for casting

It's abundant and relatively easy to work with

During what time period did experiments with the camera obscura first begin? Early 20th century Classical Greece Italian Renaissance Industrial Revolution

Italian Renaissance

What material is made from the sap of a tree? Jade Glaze Lacquer Porcelain

Lacquer

What term is used to describe how text and images appear on a page? Logotype Processing Lithograph Layout

Layout

A ________ is often the first and key element in creating a complete corporate identity. Composite Logo Layout Title

Logo

What term is used to describe sculpture in which figures project only slightly from the background? Low relief High relief Molded In the round

Low relief

What work is a good example of how screenprinting may be used to produce broad areas of flat, uniform color? Singing Their Songs by Elizabeth Catlett Standard Station by Ed Ruscha The Steerage by Alfred Stieglitz The Caress by Mary Cassatt

Standard Station by Ed Ruscha

What artist often blurred the line between commercial design and fine art? Andy Warhol Paul Rand Johannes Gutenberg Harvey Milk

Andy Warhol

What is the primary subject matter of the cave paintings at Chauvet? Human figures Botany Animals Stars

Animals

Islamic cultures have focused a great deal of aesthetic attention on ________. Stained glass Tapestries Carpets Jade

Carpets

What technique shapes metal through hammer blows? Warping Forging Casting Crafting

Forging

What is an example of a liquid medium? Pastel Silverpoint Graphite Ink

Ink

In metalpoint, lines are drawn with a silver ________ onto a surface coated with a preliminary coating of paint. Coin Wire Dagger Dart

Wire

What characteristic helps to define the style of "pure" or "straight" photography? A photograph is not cropped or manipulated in any way. A photograph's subject should reference photography itself. A photograph should explore poetic effects. A photograph's meaning should refuse to make sense in traditional ways.

A photograph's meaning should refuse to make sense in traditional ways.

What animal is repeatedly found in the art of ancient Mesopotamia? Dragon Elephant Turtle Bull

Bull

Which work is a prime example of art from the Hellenistic era? Wall-painting, from Villa of the Mysteries Andokides and the "Andokides Painter" Laocoön Group Toreador fresco

Laocoön Group

What is pigment in paint? Powdered color A binder A vehicle A solvent

A powdered color

What medium, invented in the twentieth century, resembles oil paint, but dries very quickly and is far more durable? Collage Tempera Acrylic Gouache

Acrylic

For what purpose was color photography first widely used? Portraiture Dada art Photojournalism Advertising

Ads

In 1525, with the advent of moveable type, ________ created a unified alphabet that could be mass-produced. Albrecht Dürer Paul Rand Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec J. Howard Miller

Albrecht Dürer

________ was a photographer who became dissatisfied with Pictorialism and promoted the idea that photography should be true to its own nature rather than trying to imitate painting. Alfred Steiglitz Julia Margaret Cameron Gertrude Käsebier Thomas Ruff

Alfred Steiglitz

Architects of Romanesque churches began installing ________ around the apse, which allowed the overflow of pilgrims to circulate freely around the interior of the church. Transepts Ambulatories Choirs Scaffolding

Ambulatories

Under the reign of ________, a new, more naturalistic style of Egyptian art developed. Tutankhamun Narmer Amenhotep IV Nefertiti

Amenhotep IV

The Taj Mahal was built by the 17th-century Moslem emperor for what purpose? As a home As a mosque As a tomb for his wife As a monument

As a tomb for his wife

_______ is a sculptural process of bringing together individual pieces, segments, or objects to form a sculpture. In the round Assemblage Collage Contrapposto

Assemblage

In oil painting, linseed oil acts as a ________. Ground Binder Support Pigment

Binder

What substance allows drawing media to be shaped into sticks (for dry media) or suspended in fluid (for liquid media), and to adhere to the drawing surface? Binder Wash Pigment Ground

Binder

What is the most common way to shape a hollow glass vessel? Staining Lacquering Blowing Forging

Blowing

What type of drawing medium is most likely to produce a line that swells in the middle, but tapers at both ends? Brush and ink Metalpoint Rapidograph Crayon

Brush and ink

What structure is a horizontal form supported at only one end? Flying buttress Cantilever Cornice Keystone

Cantilever

Honoré Daumier used the lithographic process for his masterly work in ________. Black and white photography Serigraphy Etchings Caricatures

Caricatures

In fresco painting, a drawing called a ________ is transferred to the prepared surface prior to applying the pigment. Sketch Cartoon Gouache Collage

Cartoon

The lost-wax process is what type of sculptural method? Carving Modeling Assembling Casting

Casting

________ is the suppression of words or pictures that a group or individuals find offensive, indecent or dangerous. Auteur Dada Pictorialism Censorship

Censorship

Vonne Jacquette's Three Mile Island, Night I uses the medium of ________. Chalk Pastel Brush and ink Charcoal

Charcoal

The Palace Chapel at Aachen was built for ________ as his personal place of worship. Saint Denis Abbot Suger Constantine Charlemagne

Charlemagne

The ________ are credited with the invention of paper around 105 C.E. Persians Chinese Egyptians Greeks

Chinese

In sculpture, what is the most popular modeling material? Clay Marble Wood Gold

Clay

Sculptors will often create a "sketch" out of ________ to test ideas before proceeding to their medium of choice. Terra cotta Bronze Fresco Clay

Clay

1. The walled, upward extension of the nave that is pierced with windows is called the ________. Apse Narthex Transept Clerestory

Clerestory

Pueblo potter María Martínez used what method to create her striking blackware? Weaving Coiling Carving Blowing

Coiling

Romare Bearden's Mysteries can be considered what type of work? Acrylic Pointillist Collage Watercolor

Collage

Where could Romans watch gladiators fight to the death, along with other sporting events? Parthenon Acropolis Colosseum Pantheon

Colosseum

What aspect of Christianity required a fundamental change in the architecture of religious buildings? Congregational worship Private worship Elaborate iconography Hierarchy of gods

Congregational worship

Alexsandr Rodchenko worked in the ________ style, his works marked by abstraction and geometric shapes that emphasized the formal elements of line, color, and texture. Wordmark Constructivist Graffiti Commercial

Constructivist

What characteristic can be seen in the sculpture, Apoxyomenos (Scraper)? Low relief Assemblage High relief Contrapposto

Contrapposto

What term is used to describe the pose used by Greek artists that expresses the potential for motion inherent in a standing human? Contrapposto Entasis Techne Ziggurat

Contrapposto

________ was developed by ancient Greeks as a naturalistic pose for sculptures of the human figure. Contrapposto Terra cotta Assemblage Relief

Contrapposto

Georges Seurat used what medium in his pointillist work, Café-concert? Conté crayon Pastel Watercolor Pencil

Conté crayon

In a daguerreotype, what type of surface is used to record light? Plate of glass Gelatin silver print Copper plate covered with silver iodine Rayogram

Copper plate covered with silver iodine

What early writing system, marked by wedge-shaped marks, was used in Mesopotamia? Ziggurat Techne Rhyton Cuneiform

Cuneiform

The work of Hannah Höch is considered to be a part of what artistic style? Pure photography Photojournalism Dada Pictorialism

Dada

What twentieth-century master of the fresco technique created the work Mixtec Culture? Georges Braque Picasso Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo

Diego Rivera

Why is there variety in the color and consistency of different types of crayons and pastels? Crayons are made for children, while pastels are made for artists. Liquid pigmentation is used. Pigment quality is better for crayons. Different binders are used.

Different binders are used.

What type of medium is frequently used in post-Internet art? Installation Digital software Acrylic Tapestry

Digital software

What type of structure is generated by rotating an arch 360 degrees about a vertical central axis? Vault Dome Portico Cantilever

Dome

What late-medieval artist used architecture to define space and direct movement in his paintings? Constantine Giotto Duccio Suger

Duccio

Serpent Mound and Spiral Jetty are what type of works? Sculptures in the round Earthworks Installations High-relief sculptures

Earthworks

Built for the World's Fair in 1889, the ________ was an early experiment in iron construction. Crystal Palace Eiffel Tower Lever House Wainwright Building

Eiffel tower

How is high-relief sculpture different from low-relief sculpture? High-relief is installed high upon the wall of a building. High-relief is a freestanding work that can be viewed from any angle. High-relief projects only slightly from the background. Elements of high-relief may be in the round, unattached to the background.

Elements of high-relief may be in the round, unattached to the background.

What painting technique, used in the first century in Egypt, Greece, and Rome, involves the use of wax? Oil paint Encaustic Tempera Acrylic

Encaustic

What two ancient painting media are still in use today? Encaustic and fresco Gouache and oils Acrylics and tempera Acrylics and oils

Encaustic and fresco

To compensate for the natural visual distortion in which tall columns appear to bend inward, the Greeks gave them a slight bulge, which is known as ________. Entasis Frieze Entablature Kouros

Entasis

What type of statues were common in Classical Rome? Kouros Amphora Sphinx Equestrian

Equestrian

What did gold signify in ancient Egyptian culture and art? Eternity Earthly leisure Monotheism death

Eternity

What is one result from the passage of NAGPRA, in 1990? Museums and universities sponsored excavations of Native American sites. Native American art was given marginalized status. Excavation of native graves or sacred sites was prohibited. Museums were given the right to preserve native artifacts.

Excavation of native graves or sacred sites was prohibited.

How can Mia Pearlman's installation Inrush, best be described? Delicate silhouettes Exploded drawing Papier colle Spatial collage

Exploded drawing

What subject matter informs the abstract artworks of the Cycladic culture? Lion hunts Equestrian portraits Female nude figures Domestic scenes

Female nude figures

What material did Shigeru Ban use in his Centre Pompidou-Metz, that updated the ancient idea of fabric architecture? Silk Fiberglass Bamboo CATIA

Fiberglass

Unlike their Greek and Roman predecessors, Byzantine artists preferred what type of aesthetic? Geometric patterns and forms Monochromatic color schemes Flattened, abstracted style of art Realism and anatomical detail

Flattened, abstracted style of art

What feature is an important aspect of Gothic architecture? Roman arches Flying buttresses Mosaic decor in church interiors Barrel vaults

Flying buttresses

Fallingwater (the Kaufmann House in Mill Run, Pennsylvania) is a prime example of the "organic" architecture of what designer? Shigeru Ban Zaha Hadid Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Gehry

Frank Lloyd Wright

________ is most famous for his design of the geodesic dome. Frank Lloyd Wright R. Buckminster Fuller Louis Sullivan Frank Ghery

Fuller

What is the most common product of woodworking art? Building tools Cooking pots Furniture Jewelry

Furniture

In oil painting, thin veils of translucent color applied over a layer of opaque paint are known as ________. Gesso Synthetics Glazes Tesserae

Glazes

A flying buttress is an arched exterior support system found on what style of building? Gothic Postmodern Romanesque Geodesic

Gothic

Which is NOT one of the four basic printmaking processes? Gouache Screenprinting Intaglio Lithography

Gouache

________ is watercolor that has been made opaque by adding inert white pigment to it. Gouache Fresco Impasto Encaustic

Gouache

The Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian styles are known as what architectural style? Shell style Hypostyle Greek orders International

Greek orders

What structure used digital fabrication in its construction? Lever House, New York Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain

What celebrated nineteenth-century artist created posters for the cabarets and dance halls of Paris? Johannes Gutenberg Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Shepard Fairey Albrecht Dürer

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

What term is used to describe the convention of representing social importance by size, often found in Egyptian art? Hierarchical scale Contrapposto Entasis Krater

Hierarchical scale

The Indian sculpture Durga Fighting the Buffalo Demon is an example of ________ sculpture. Low relief Earthwork Assembled High relief

High relief

What message was conveyed in Shepard Fairey's immensely popular poster that became the unofficial symbol of Barak Obama's presidential campaign? Obey Create Hope Ideal power

Hope

What does the rainbow symbolize on the LGBT flag? Persecution of homosexuals throughout history Patriotism Artificial nature of consumer culture Inclusion and acceptance

Inclusion and acceptance

Casting is known as a(n) ________ method. Modeling Indirect Additive subtractive

Indirect

The Arts and Crafts movement came about as a reaction to what event? The 1960s The Industrial Revolution The Renaissance The fall of the Roman empire

Industrial Revolution

What technology has changed printmaking, making the traditional use of a matrix increasingly obsolete? Monotype Registration machines Inkjet printers Serigraphy

Inkjet printers

What qualities are common in the artwork of Christo and Jeanne-Claude? Installations are temporary and transitory. The works seek to express the subjective emotions of the artists. The works are produced mainly through public funding. The process is kept secret, allowing for a surprising reveal of the finished work.

Installations are temporary and transitory.

What are some elements of J. Howard Miller's We Can Do It! poster that speaks to its design? Sans serif typeface Interactivity Gestalt principles Motion

Interactivity

What aspect of media design has been introduced by the digital revolution? Gestalt principles Colors Interactivity Lithography

Interactivity

What are the Lumière brothers known for? Originating the concept of the auteur in filmmaking Spearheading the New Wave film movement Producing the first science fiction film Inventing the first workable film projector

Inventing the first workable film projector

What is a characteristic of Minimalist art? It conceives of a space and everything in it as a single work of art. It attempts to offer a pure experience by letting the materials speak for themselves. It favors natural and earth-based materials. It attempts to influence people through images.

It attempts to offer a pure experience by letting the materials speak for themselves.

What is a characteristic of relief sculpture? It is finished on all sides It is only meant to be viewed in the round It typically uses the lost-wax process It is often used to decorate architecture

It is often used to decorate architecture

In printmaking, when an edition is complete, what will typically happen to the matrix? It will be registered so that the artist may rework his or her ideas anew. It will be restored so that a new image may be printed from it. It will be registered so that the edition may be copyrighted. It will be canceled so that no more prints can be made from it.

It will be canceled so that no more prints can be made from it.

The ancient Olmecs of Mesoamerica prized ________ for its translucence, which they associated with rainwater. Lacquer Glaze Jade Aquamanile

Jade

What is the source material for Thomas Ruff's work, Substratum 12 III? Digital photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope Abstract patterns in textile weavings Muybridge's series of animal movements Japanese manga

Japanse manga

The skeleton-and-skin structure of the Crystal Palace was designed by ________ in 1851. Gustav Eiffel Frank Lloyd Wright Joseph Paxton Louis Sullivan

Joseph Paxton

What artist used traditional woodcut printing to create art with modern subject matter? Käthe Kollwitz Albrecht Dürer Ed Ruscha Alfred Stieglitz

Käthe Kollwitz

What feature is NOT typical of Romanesque architecture? Barrel-vaulted stone ceilings Large stained glass windows Thick stone walls Round arches

Large stained glass windows

What 16th-century development allowed the camera obscura to focus the image it projected? Lenses Daguerreotypes Celluloid film Dark rooms

Lenses

One of the main differences between the intaglio and the relief printing processes is that with intaglio the ink ________ the surface of the printing plate. Lies above Is forced through Is even with Lies below

Lies below

Which of the following is NOT one of the techniques of intaglio printing? Aquatint Mezzotint Linocut Engraving

Linocut

The Great Sphinx at Giza, in Egypt, has the head of a man and the body of a ________. Lion Woman Snake Horse

Lion

What printing process is considered the most direct and effortless, features that lead to its use in daily newspapers? Etching Intaglio Lithography Serigraphy

Lithography

What printing technique uses a grease-based crayon, known by its German name, tusche? Mezzotint Drypoint Screenprinting Lithography

Lithography

"Stacking and piling" is another term for what structural system? Arch and vault Post and lintel Corbelling Load-bearing construction

Load-bearing construction

How is Cassidy Curtis's Graffiti Archaeology organized, in order to effectively display its subject? Location and style Location and time Artist and style Style and time

Location and time

When the name of a company, institution, or product is given a distinctive graphic treatment, it is known as a ________. Poster Screenprint Typeface Logotype

Logotype

In printmaking, a(n) ________ is a surface on which a design is prepared before being transferred through pressure to a receiving surface such as paper. Matrix Edition Impression Burin

Matrix

What drawing material was the predecessor of the graphite pencil and was especially popular during the Renaissance? Charcoal Ground Metalpoint Pastel

Metalpoint

Pope Julius II employed which two Italian Renaissance artists to paint frescoes for him? Van Gogh and Gauguin Michelangelo and Raphael Vermeer and Van Eyck Donatello and Titian

Michelangelo and Raphael

What method of sculpture illustrates the additive process? Casting Carving Molding Modeling

Modeling

Except in the case of ________, identical multiple impressions are printed to create editions in printmaking. Intaglio prints Monotypes Relief prints Screenprints

Monotypes

What technique was used to complete the work, Empress Theodora and Retinue? Mosaic Interlace Collage Fresco

Mosaic

What type of art decorates the interior of San Vitale? Frescos Marble sculptures Encaustic paintings Mosaics

Mosaics

What subject was the study of Eadweard Muybridge's photographic experiments? Light WWI The Great Depression Motion

Motion

The ________ is the walkway directly in front of a church that serves as the entry porch. Narthex Transept Nave Apse

Narthex

Andy Goldsworthy uses ________ materials to create sculptures that are ephemeral. Artificial Synthetic Imaginary Natural

Natural

A true arch was developed by ________ architects long before the Romans came up with the idea. Minoan Neo-Babylonian Egyptian Assyrian

Neo-Babylonian

What part of the pen determines the quality of the line (thick, thin, even in width or variable, coarse, or flowing)? Ground Wash Brush Nib

Nib

What design form—unique to Byzantinian architecture—is seen in the church of San Vitale? Cross Sphere Pyramid Octagon

Octagon

The round opening in the dome of the Pantheon is called a(n) ________. Oculus Cantilever Rotunda Coffer

Oculus

Which of the following is an example of a nonaqueous medium? Fresco Watercolor Acrylic Oil paint None of these

Oil paint

Early examples of art photography often imitated what genre? Painting Rococo sculpture Screenprinting Renaissance mosaics

Painting

Marble sculptures from what ancient Greek structure were removed and sent to England in the hopes of preservation? Nanna Ziggurat Parthenon Pantheon Colosseum

Parthenon

In Howling Wolf's ledger drawing from your text, Ute Indian, what mediums are used? Crayons and pastels Brush, ink, and pastels Crayons, charcoal, graphite Pen, ink, and watercolor

Pen, ink, and watercolor

Chris Ofili used what medium in his work, Prince among Thieves with Flowers? Pencil Charcoal Pen and ink Brush and ink

Pencil

The creation of a photographic body of work around an event, place, or culture is known as ________. Continuous-motion photography Pictorialism Photojournalism Censorship

Photojournalism

Because this 20th-century artist dated most of his drawings over the course of his lifetime, we have nearly a complete visual record of his mind at work. Ingres Rembrandt Picasso Degas

Picasso

The coloring material in virtually all drawing media is known as ________. Pastel Binder Wash Pigment

Pigment

What characteristic is associated with lithography? Intaglio Engraving Stone relief Planographic process

Planographic process

When clay is wet, it becomes moldable and cohesive, or ________. Porcelain Plastic Clay Forged

Plastic

Built almost 2000 years ago, the ________ is an enduring testament to the Roman use of the arch. Pont du Gard at Nîmes Acropolis in Athens Reims Cathedral Hagia Sophia

Pont du Gard at Nîmes

The secret of ________ was discovered and perfected in China, and for hundreds of years potters elsewhere failed to duplicate it. Ivory Terra cotta Stained glass Porcelain

Porcelain

What quality of the Kodak camera helped change the history of photography? 3D film Immediately developed film Colorization Portability

Portability

Julia Margaret Cameron is renowned for her ________. Portraits Video art Pop-art films Collages

Portraits

The Byodo-in Temple in Kyoto, Japan, is an elegant example of what structural system? Load-bearing Post and lintel Balloon-frame Dome

Post and lintel

What is the fastest method of creating a hollow, rounded clay form? Hot forging Potter's wheel Loom Coiling

Potter's wheel

After building a canvas and before painting it, an artist generally applies a(n) ________ to improve adhesion of paints. Binder Impasto Cartoon Primer

Primer

What invention made it possible to devise a notice that could be reproduced in large numbers and distributed widely? Computer Printing press Lithography Typography

Printing press

What are the two main differences between prints and most other forms of art? Prints are always machine-made and relatively inexpensive. Prints have very little resale value and are a poor investment for collectors. Prints are copies of works of art and don't involve artists in the production process. Prints are made using an indirect process and this process results in multiples of the same image.

Prints are made using an indirect process and this process results in multiples of the same image.

In her work, Untitled from 2011, what medium does Julie Mehretu use to intentionally evoke architectural drafting? Pastel and ink Rapidograph Pastel Metalpoint

Rapidograph

What characteristic of Hellenistic Roman art can be seen in the Funerary Portrait of Gratidia M. L. Chrite and M. Gratidius Libanus? Idealized portrayals of types of people Simplified abstract figures Realistics portrayals of individuals Use of hierarchical scale

Realistics portrayals of individuals

What feature of video appeals to many artists? Recorded footage can be instantaneously displayed on a monitor. Pixelation that allows for animating objects. A short exposure time of around thirty seconds. The warm quality of celluloid film.

Recorded footage can be instantaneously displayed on a monitor.

________ is the precise alignment of impressions made by two or more printing blocks or plates on the same sheet of paper. Photogravure Registration Serigraphy Linocut

Registration

A rubber stamp creates what type of print? Silkscreen Relief Intaglio Lithograph

Relief

What purpose is served by the carved figures that adorn the entryways at Chartres Cathedral? Reminders of the sacred space within Reflect glory of Charlemagne Structural support for doorways Tell the story of the Bible

Reminders of the sacred space within

What Carolingian feature can be found in the chapel of Charlemagne? Triangular core Roman arches Large stained glass windows Flying buttresses

Roman arches

The Abbey Church of Saint-Foy is one of the earliest ________ churches ever built. Carolingian Gothic Romanesque High Renaissance

Romanesque

The art and architecture of the high Middle Ages is generally divided into two periods, the ________ and the ________. Romanesque; Gothic Romanesque; Renaissance Gothic; Carolingian Romanesque; Carolingian

Romanesque; Gothic

What traditional craft does contemporary artist Faig Ahmed incorporate into his art? Metal casting Metal forging Rug weaving Glass blowing

Rug weaving

What is the principal ingredient in glass? Lead Sand Resin Kaolin

Sand

In typography, what are the short cross-lines that end the principal strokes of individual letters? Wordmarks Serifs Signs Logotypes

Serifs

What term is used to describe "silk writing"? Lithography Intaglio Serigraphy Registration

Serigraphy

Ideas quickly jotted down for later development are called ________. Media Sketches Binders Grounds

Sketches

The Tree of Jesse is what type of work? Stained glass Wood sculpture Chinese porcelain Persian carpet

Stained glass

What is the most notable example of Neolithic architecture in Europe? Roman Colosseum Tassili n'Ajjer Ishtar Gate Stonehenge

Stonehenge

In what way does Caledonia Curry, better known as Swoon, use linocuts and woodcuts in a modern way? Street art Color screen printing Blog decor Internet art

Street art

The carving method is what type of process? Modeling Subtractive Additive Assembling

Subtractive

What material was the basis for most ancient Sumerian buildings? Wood Stone Concrete Sun-dried brick

Sun-dried brick

What technique is illustrated in the sculpture Akhenaten and His Family? Sunken relief Contrapposto Fresco Amphora

Sunken relief

________, such as directional arrows, convey information and embody ideas. Layouts Symbols Typefaces Logos

Symbols

What object was the most treasured of medieval possessions for royal and noble households, as well as wealthy merchant families? Paintings Sculptures Tapestries Mosaics

Tapestries

What term is used to describe the ability of a material to withstand tension? Entablature Sheathing Compression Tensile strength

Tensile strength

What is another term used to describe fired clay? Terra cotta Contrapposto Pewter Haut relief

Terra cotta

Mosaic is made of small, closely spaced particles called ________. Easels Weaves Impasto Tesserae

Tesserae

Photojournalists were hired by the Farm Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to record what historical event? WWI Produce merchants The Great Depression Animal motion

The Great Depression

What painting, by the artist Giotto, shows his pioneering use of a "window" effect in painting? Icon with the Crucifixion Christ Entering Jerusalem The Lamentation Pantokrator

The Lamentation

What innovation, as practiced by Jackson Pollock, helped move painting away from the easel? Acrylic paints were spread around the borders. Installations that were meant to be experienced from inside, moment by moment. The canvas was placed on the floor. Computer software was used to digitally alter images.

The canvas was placed on the floor

The Dada movement was formed as a reaction to what historical happening? The racial aftermath of the American Civil War The horrors of World War I The dominance of machines in twentieth-century life The emergence of television

The horrors of WWI

What drawback hindered the success of the daguerreotype? The inability to make multiple copies from the captured image A strict international patent The invention of the motion picture The cost of silver

The inability to make multiple copies from the captured image

What description best summarizes Andy Warhol's film Empire? Epic battle scenes Early space travel The daily life of the artist The passage of time

The passage of time

Identify the two developments that created graphic design, as we know it today. Motion pictures and television The discovery of the Rosetta Stone and the printing press The discovery of the Rosetta Stone and the invention of the camera obscura The printing press and the Industrial Revolution

The printing press and the Industrial Revolution

Why have most ancient Greek bronze statues not survived, even though bronze was the favored material for freestanding sculpture? They were melted down for weapons They have corroded entirely The Romans destroyed them when making marble copies They were destroyed by Christian iconoclasts

They were melted down for weapons

What is the key difference between the process of lost-wax casting as practiced in ancient times and that same process today? The ancient method used mud, rather than wax. Today, multiples can be created from the process. The modern method no longer uses wax. There is no difference between the modern and the ancient methods.

Today, multiples can be created from the process.

The cross-shaped floor plan of a church is formed by the combined shapes of the nave and the ________. Transept Narthex Clerestory Apse

Transept

What is the primary characteristic of watercolors? Textual qualities Permanency Transparency Ease of revision

Transparency

What work illustrates the pinnacle of stained-glass art? Lion aquamanile Sasa Chair of Hetepheres Tree of Jesse

Tree of Jesse

Using a steel framework with masonry sheathing, the ________, designed by Louis Sullivan, is thought by many to be the first genuinely modern building. Chrysler Building Wainwright Building Crystal Palace Lever House

Wainwright building

In buon fresco, or true fresco, pigment is mixed with water and applied to what surface? Stretched canvas Dry plaster Hot beeswax Wet plaster

Wet plaster

Images from the world's earliest known printed book, a copy of the Diamond Sutra, was made using what process? Woodcut Drypoint Lithography Mezzotint

Woodcut

The sculptor Olowe of Ise is associated with what culture? Pueblo Egyptian Indian Yoruba

Yoruba