Art History - AHIST 1401

An aisle in the apse behind the altar to allow for the movement

Ambulatory

Semi-circular extension at the end of the nave, holds the altar

Apse

The area around the altar, reserved for clergy

Choir/Chancel

A row of windows near the top of the nave

Clerestory

Area where the nave and transept intersect

Crossing

Entrance foyer of a church

Narthex

The central space in a Christian church

Nave

__________ made paintings and prints that condemned the Napoleonic occupation of Spain. a. Jacques-Louis David b. Eugene Delacroix c. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres d. Francisco Goya

d. Francisco Goya

A diverse population led to a greater range of subject matter in which period of Greek history? a. Classical b. Archaic c. Geometric d. Hellenistic

d. Hellenistic

"Everyone is an artist" was a belief of the performance artist: a. Marcel Duchamp b. Robert Smithson c. Andy Warhol d. Joseph Beuys

d. Joseph Beuys

Both Pop Art and __________________ can be described as reactions against Abstract Expressionism. a. Performance Art b. Conceptual Art c. Postmodernism d. Minimalism

d. Minimalism

Sculpture was the main form of: a. Performance Art b. Conceptual Art c. Postmodernism d. Minimalism

d. Minimalism

The Gross Clinic is an American example of which artistic style? a. Impressionism b. Japonisme c. Photography d. Realism

d. Realism

All of the following were artists of the Italian Renaissance EXCEPT: Select one: a. Michelangelo b. Raphael c. Donatello d. Rogier van der Weyden

d. Rogier van der Weyden

In general, Expressionism uses which of the following to convey meaning? a. Religious themes b. A painterly technique c. Mythological subject matter d. The formal elements

d. The formal elements

The Dada movement had its beginning in the city of ____________ . a. Paris b. Cologne c. Berlin d. Zurich

d. Zurich

The type of building adapted for use by the early Christian church was the: a. colosseum b. catacomb c. temple d. basilica

d. basilica

The biography and intentions of the artist, as well as political and/or economic concerns are examples of the ___________ of a work of art. a. content b. color c. contrast d. context

d. context

Which characteristic of Bernini's David is most characteristically Baroque? a. nudity b. marble medium c. contrapposto d. dynamic movement

d. dynamic movement

In discussing art, ________ refers to how the object is made. a. content b. scale c. function d. form

d. form

In contrast to Baroque art, Rococo paintings show a life of romance and ________ . a. politics b. seriousness c. religion d. leisure

d. leisure

The artists of the Northern Renaissance preferred ________________ as their medium. a. tempera b. fresco c. sculpture d. oil paint

d. oil paint

To help make divine concepts accessible, Northern artists used: a. naturalism b. spirituality c. abstraction d. symbolism

d. symbolism

__________ is the surface quality, or feel, of a work of art a. context b. composition c. mass d. texture

d. texture

The degree of lightness or darkness of a color is known as its: a. color b. hue c. saturation d. value

d. value

Small wings extended from the nave

Transept

An arched roof or ceiling

Vault

Perspective and foreshortening are ways that artists convey: a. space b. content c. style d. mass

a. space

The _____________ style of Roman portrait sculpture often showed all the wrinkles and imperfections of the subject. a. veristic b. classicizing c. Hellenistic d. Doric

a. veristic

John Singleton Copley was the most skilled of painters in: a. France b. America c. Spain d. Holland

b. America

_____________ was a wealthy American who painted with the French Impressionists. a. Degas b. Cassatt c. Morisot d. Eakins

b. Cassatt

The contemporary movement that sought to remove all trace of the artist's authorship was: a. Performance Art b. Conceptual Art c. Postmodernism d. Minimalism

b. Conceptual Art

Which Italian Renaissance artist was best known for uniting the real and the spiritual? a. Donatello b. Da Vinci c. Michelangelo d. Raphael

b. Da Vinci

The French artist Henri Matisse is associated with the style of painting called: a. Surrealism b. Fauvism c. Cubism d. Dada

b. Fauvism

The mid-fifth century B.C. is referred to as the ________of Greece. a. Pinnacle b. Golden Age c. Downfall d. Parthenon

b. Golden Age

Elongated pictorial formats, asymmetrical compositions, and aerial perspective were stylistic techniques the Impressionists learned from: a. Realism b. Japanese prints c. Photography d. The Royal Academy

b. Japanese prints

The Oath of the Horatii by David was made under a commission from the a. King of England b. King of France c. École des Beaux-Arts d. François Boucher

b. King of France

The sculptor best known for creating a set of ideal human proportions to be used in sculptures of the body was: a. Perikles b. Polykleitos c. Petrarch d. Pliny

b. Polykleitos

Which contemporary style originated in post-World War II Great Britain? a. Abstract Expressionism b. Pop Art c. Conceptual Art d. Postmodernism

b. Pop Art

The period term "Renaissance" originated from a French word meaning: a. Restoration b. Rebirth c. Resurrection d. Reformation

b. Rebirth

The Middle Ages (or Medieval period) began with the end of the: a. Egyptian New Kingdom b. Roman Empire c. Romanesque period d. Gothic period

b. Roman Empire

The Dada style originated primarily as a reaction to a. the Salon b. World War I c. World War II d. the Vietnam Conflict

b. World War I

All of the following are Imperial Roman monuments, EXCEPT: a. Pantheon b. Colosseum c. Parthenon d. Arch of Titus

c. Parthenon

The Neoclassical style can be seen as a reaction against which artistic style? a. Baroque b. Dutch Realism c. Rococo d. English Tudor

c. Rococo

The Salon was an art exhibit sponsored by the: a. Impressionists b. Realists c. Royal Academy d. Photographers

c. Royal Academy

The Abstract Expressionists were most directly influenced by: a. Impressionism b. Post-Modernism c. Surrealism d. Conceptual Art

c. Surrealism

Automatism was the main process for the creation of ______________ art. a. Cubist b. Dada c. Surrealist d. Fauvist

c. Surrealist

The preferred medium for Greek sculptures was: Select one: a. marble b. wood c. bronze d. fresco

c. bronze

David's Death of Marat uses _________ imagery to memorialize the murdered publisher. a. Classical b. Romantic c. Pagan d. Christian

d. Christian

Which if the following painters believed if they could not see something, they could not paint it? a. Daguerre b. Monet c. Degas d. Courbet

d. Courbet

Who is considered to be the inventor of modern Photography? a. Nadar b. Gaucheraud c. Renoir d. Daguerre

d. Daguerre

The three main architectural styles in ancient Greece were the _________ , Ionic and Corinthian. a. Veristic b. Classic c. Tuscan d. Doric

d. Doric

Spontaneity and improvisation were valued highly in: a. Abstract Expressionism b. Pop Art c. Conceptual Art d. Postmodernism

a. Abstract Expressionism

Which earlier artist was most influential to Fauvism and Cubism? a. Cezanne b. David c. Raphael d. Monet

a. Cezanne

Which author was influential in the development of Realism? a. Charles Baudelaire b. Emile Zola c. Charles Dickens d. Gustave Courbet

a. Charles Baudelaire

Collage became a popular technique for artists beginning with: a. Cubism b. Expressionism c. Surrealism d. Fauvism

a. Cubism

Fractured, simultaneous views of an object are commonly found in: a. Cubism b. Expressionism c. Surrealism d. Fauvism

a. Cubism

Which of the following painters worked in both the Neoclassic and Romantic style? a. Ingres b. Goya c. David d. Delacroix

a. Ingres

Artificiality and elegance are key characteristics of which of the following styles? a. Mannerism b. Baroque c. Proto-Renaissance d. Renaissance

a. Mannerism

The Athenian statesman responsible for the rebuilding of the Athenian Acropolis (including the Parthenon) was: a. Perikles b. Polykleitos c. Petrarch d. Pliny

a. Perikles

Impressionist paintings focused on ______________ conditions. a. atmospheric b. economic c. social d. political

a. atmospheric

The weight shift seen in the David sculptures of Donatello and Michelangelo is known as: a. contrapposto b. cellini c. chiaroscuro d. counter-reformation

a. contrapposto

Jackson Pollock is best known for _____________ abstraction. a. gestural b. expressionist c. color field d. objective

a. gestural

According to the standards of the Royal Academy ____________ painting was the most noble. a. history b. still-life c. genre d. portrait

a. history

In many early societies art was used for teaching purposes since many people were: a. illiterate b. poor c. hunter-gatherers d. polytheistic

a. illiterate

Ingres' technique and style is best described as ____________ . a. linear b. painterly c. monotone d. sublime

a. linear

Renaissance art displayed a new interest in: a. naturalism b. spirituality c. abstraction d. symbolism

a. naturalism

The earliest images of Jesus Christ in art depict him as a: a. philosopher b. king c. fisherman d. prophet

a. philosopher

The Daguerreotype was a single __________ image on a silver-plated sheet of copper, developed in mercury fumes. a. photographic b. graphic c. print d. color

a. photographic

The majority of Roman painting that has survived can be found as decoration in: a. private homes b. public buildings c. temples d. theaters

a. private homes

The use of scientific tools to make art more naturalistic is known as: a. scientific naturalism b. scientific artistry c. naturalistic science d. artistic naturalism

a. scientific naturalism

As practiced in ancient Greece and Rome, Humanism is best defined as: a. the study of human history b. a respect for human accomplishments c. a respect for diversity d. symmetry and harmony in architecture

b. a respect for human accomplishments

The ______________ style of Roman portrait sculpture allowed emperors to link their rule previous emperors. a. veristic b. classicizing c. Hellenistic d. Doric

b. classicizing

Romanticism can be described as being more ____________ than Neoclassicism a. classical b. emotional c. reasonable d. logical

b. emotional

Which formal element of art creates outline and defines space? a. scale b. line c. mass d. texture

b. line

The architectural element most commonly associated with the Romanesque style is the: a. clerestory b. rounded arch c. pointed arch d. colonnade

b. rounded arch

Representational and abstract are the two basic types of: a. composition b. style c. texture d. design

b. style

Constructive postmodernism concerns itself with: a. the rejection of modernism Incorrect b. the revision of modernism c. the resemblance of art to life d. industrial materials and processes

b. the revision of modernism

Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque collaborated a. to organize the Armory Show b. to create the Cubist style c. to form Der Blaue Reiter d. to write the Futurist Manifesto

b. to create the Cubist style

A painting consisting of three panels is known as a: a. triforium b. triptych c. triumvirate d. trinity

b. triptych

All of the following were artists of the Northern Renaissance EXCEPT: a. Jan van Eyck b. Petrus Christus c. Donato Bramante d. Albrecht Durer

c. Donato Bramante

The _________________ was a mid-18th century movement that focused on reason. a. Renaissance b. École des Beaux-Arts c. Enlightenment d. Revolution

c. Enlightenment

Art which distorts reality through exaggeration, vigorous and visible brushwork and strong color, in order to express an artist's ideas or emotions is known as: a. Dada b. Cubism c. Expressionism d. Surrealism

c. Expressionism

The Rococo style began in___________, at the end of the reign of Louis XIV. a. Italy b. Flanders c. France d. Spain

c. France

Which of the following is not a visual characteristic of Neoclassicism? a. Sober colors. b. Clarity of form. c. Highly charged emotions. d. Themes of Classical history.

c. Highly charged emotions.

"Man is the measure of all things" is a key belief of: a. Neo-Platonism b. Galileo c. Humanism d. Aristotle

c. Humanism

The Realist painter who most often shocked the Salon was: a. Courbet b. Bonheur c. Manet d. Eakins

c. Manet

The material a work of art is made of is referred to as its: a. style b. context c. medium d. mass

c. Medium

How did the emperor Constantine visually justify his power on his triumphal arch? a. by using symbolism b. by showing himself in a veristic manner c. by reusing reliefs of earlier emperors d. by making his image the largest on the arch

c. by reusing reliefs of earlier emperors

Christian churches were oriented so that the apse was to the: a. north b. south c. east d. west

c. east

What separated Cezanne from the Impressionists was his focus on _______ over color. a. light b. texture c. form d. space

c. form

History, mythology, portrait and landscape are examples of ___________ of art. a. styles b. elements c. genres d. attributes

c. genres

During the Middle Ages the interiors of churches were most commonly decorated with: a. paintings b. sculpture c. mosaics d. metalwork

c. mosaics

The method for creating a convincing illusion of space on a flat surface is called: a. pictorialism b. point of view c. perspective d. pictage

c. perspective

A fresco is a painting on: a. wood b. bronze c. plaster d. marble

c. plaster

The architectural element most commonly associated with the Gothic style is the: a. clerestory b. rounded arch c. pointed arch d. colonnade

c. pointed arch

As a part of the Catholic Counter-Reformation, the Council of Trent was significant because it a. banned the use of art in churches b. jailed offensive artists c. reaffirmed the use of religious art d. managed the rebuilding of St. Peter's

c. reaffirmed the use of religious art

The primary patron of art in the Middle Ages was: a. the emperor b. the government c. the church d. museums

c. the church