Art Quizzes Ch 3

Which of these cultures was not part of Mesopotamia?

all of these are Mesopotamian cultures (Assyrians, Babylonians, Akkadians, Sumerians)

The structure of Romanesque churches recalls architectural elements from ________.

ancient Rome

Match the term with its definition: impasto

application of thick paint

Which term refers to part of a church doorway?

archivolt lintel jamb tympanum

Leonardo da Vinci indicates that Christ is the most important figure in his painting of The Last Supper by ________.

arranging the vanishing point directly behind Christ's head creating a stable triangular form for Christ, in contrast to the activity of the other figures locating Christ at the center of the composition framing Christ's head with light from the windows behind

Giorgio Vasari believed that ________.

artists were elevated above the position of manual laborers artists needed to have intellectual ability artists should be considered creative geniuses an artist's talent might be divinely inspired

Alexandre Cabanel's Birth of Venus is an example of a(n) ________ painting.

Academic

The Hudson River School painted ________.

American landscapes

Neoclassicism recalls subject matter and imagery from which culture(s)?

Ancient Greece and Rome

Which of the following are the cultures from the "Classical past" that Renaissance thinkers and artists admired?

Ancient Greece and Rome

Constantine's victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge is commemorated by which famous Roman monument?

Arch of Constantine

Match the artwork with the culture that made it: Iamassu, palace of Ashurnasirpal II

Assyrian

The Parthenon in Athens used to house a huge gold-and-ivory statue of:

Athena

Match the artwork with the culture that made it: Ishtar Gate

Babylonian

Match the statue of the biblical hero David with its period: Bernini's David

Baroque

Which of the following terms refers to the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries in Western Europe, a period when there was a general increase in motion and emotion in artworks?

Baroque

Which artist from the Netherlands was known for his depiction of peasant life in a humorous manner?

Bruegel

The Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy, is from this period.

Byzantine

Artemisia Gentileschi was influenced by the style of which other artist?

Caravaggio

To which location did Emperor Constantine move the center of the Roman empire in 330 CE?

Constantinople

Carvings of acanthus leaves are found on the top of which kind of columns?

Corinthian

The Pantheon uses which architectural order for its columns?

Corinthian

Where did the Minoan civilization thrive?

Crete

Metopes are an element of which architectural order?

Doric

The following are architectural orders developed by the Greeks:

Doric Ionic Corinthian

In which work of art is the figure portrayed in a "contrapposto" stance?

Doryphoros by Polykleitos

Match the artwork with the culture that made it: statue of Khafre

Egyptian

Where is Vierzehnheiligen located?

Germany

Cimabue's student was ________.

Giotto

What is one major difference between Cimabue's Virgin and Child Enthroned and Giotto's painting of the same name?

Giotto creates a realistic space, while Cimabue focuses on the spiritual aspect

Henry Ossawa Tanner was influenced by ________.

Gustave Courbet

Which artist shocked critics by creating a painting of poor workers on large-sized canvas?

Gustave Courbet

Late nineteenth-century painters who conveyed the sensations of the modern city and the effects of light are called:

Impressionists

Which of the following influenced Degas's Blue Dancers?

Japanese art

A "deposition" scene shows which of the following?

Jesus's body being removed from the cross

Who called himself the Sun King?

Louis XIV

Sofonisba Anguissola was part of which of the following movements?

Mannerism

This artistic style is characterized by exaggerated poses, proportions, and gestures:

Mannerist

What is the period that followed the end of the Western Roman Empire known as?

Middle Ages

Match the artwork with the culture that made it: Bull-Leapers fresco

Minoan

What word means "Temple of all the Gods"?

Pantheon

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?

Renaissance

Balthasar Neumann's Basilica of Vierzehnheiligen is an artwork that exemplifies:

Rococo

The nineteenth-century European art movement that was concerned with the power of the imagination and that greatly valued intense feelings is called:

Romanticism

Which of these churches features a central-plan?

San Vitale

Surrealist artists used techniques that the psychologist ________ had originally pioneered to access his patients' unconscious minds.

Sigmund Freud

Match the artwork with the culture that made it: Standard of Ur

Sumerian

Which civilization developed cuneiform writing?

Sumerians

Giorgio Vasari wrote which of the following texts?

The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

Mesopotamia means "the land between the rivers." Which rivers does this phrase reference?

Tigris and Euphrates

Iconoclasm is the destruction of images.

True

Reliquaries often look like the body part they contain.

True

Where is the Hall of Mirrors?

Versailles

The floor plan of the Romanesque Church of St. Foye in Conques, France, is ________.

a Latin cross

Fragonard's The Swing depicts:

a flirtation between two young lovers

An important feature of late Renaissance artwork, compared to art created during the early and high Renaissance, is ________.

a greater emphasis on dissonance over harmony more dynamic compositions and subjects greater emotional intensity an increase in imaginative elements as opposed to strict believability

An Archaic Greek sculpture portraying a nude male is called ________.

a kouros

In Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, Liberty is ________.

a symbol of freedom

Expressionist artists tried to depict what they ________ rather than what they ________.

felt . . . saw

Which two Gothic architectural innovations allowed cathedral walls to be built higher than before?

flying buttresses and rib vaults

The medium of the artwork that decorates the Sistine Chapel ceiling is ________.

fresco

We have found that many Roman houses in Pompeii had ________ covering the walls.

fresco paintings

What type of art decorated the interior walls of Dura Europos?

frescoes

What purpose are kouros sculptures believed to have served?

grave markers

Which of the following architectural features did Renaissance artists borrow from the Classical tradition?

hemispherical domes pediments semicircular arches columns

The Egyptian fresco from Nebamun's tomb utilizes:

hierarchical scale composite view hieroglyphs

Match the statue of the biblical hero David with its period: Michelangelo's David

high Renaissance

In the French Academy, which type of painting was considered to be the finest in the hierarchy of genres?

historical or mythological

Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night was painted while the artist was:

in an asylum

The following is true of the art movement Dada:

it began in Switzerland it emphasized chance and irrationality the name was chosen at random from the dictionary it was anti-art, and refused to call itself a movement

What is not true about the interior of the Pantheon?

it has a poor drainage system

New North American cities in the late eighteenth century chose neoclassicism as their architectural style because:

it represented the ideals to which they aspired

The tall towers surrounding a mosque, from which the faithful are called to prayer, are called ________.

minarets

Masaccio used which of the following elements and principles in Tribute Money?

naturalism atmospheric perspective linear perspective continuous narrative

What is the central space of a cathedral called?

nave

Match the term with its definition: en plein air

painting outdoors

Salons, such as the one depicted in Pietro Martini's print of 1785, were visited by:

public, painters, and critics

The process used to create the beaten-silver face of the twelfth-century reliquary of the Head of Saint Alexander (3.2.14) is called ________.

repoussé

Which of the following influenced the art made from 1700 to 1865?

revolutions in France and America the Age of Reason industrialization the Enlightenment

Which of the following is a characteristic of Romanesque architecture?

rounded arches

Leonardo da Vinci invented a painting technique that consisted of applying a hazy or misty glaze over the painting. This technique is called ________.

sfumato

People of all ages were included in Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People in order to:

show the sacrifice made by the entire community

The small pieces of glass that make up mosaics are called ________.

tesserae

The subject of Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People is ________.

the July Revolution of 1830 in France

Artists in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood were inspired by works from ________.

the Middle Ages

The Arnolfini Portrait is part of which period in art?

the Northern Renaissance

It was possible to decipher hieroglyphs because of ________.

the Rosetta Stone

What common characteristics do artworks influenced by the movement of Cubism share?

they feature many abstract shapes

Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii depicts:

three brothers who vow to fight for Rome

In a Romanesque church, such as Chartres or Sainte Foy, designed in the shape of a Latin-cross, what is the shorter axis located near the east end of the church called?

transept

During the Renaissance and Baroque periods, patrons made many of the decisions about how an artwork would look. For example:

what colors to use how big to make an artwork what would be depicted in a piece what important aspects of the piece would look like

Which painting was included in the first Salon des Refusés (Salon of the Rejected)?

Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)

Which type of Greek vase painting was invented first?

black-figure

Donatello's David is made in what medium?

bronze

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

catacombs

Neoclassical paintings, such as those by Jacques-Louis David and Angelica Kauffmann, ________.

convey a moral message place an emphasis on civic duty are serious in tone are inspired by ancient Greece and Rome

Match the statue of the biblical hero David with its period: Donatello's David

early Renaissance

Match the term with its definition: fin de siècle

end of the century

Fin de siècle, French for "end of the century," refers to the art of the:

end of the nineteenth century

The colors of Henri Matisse's Joy of Life were intended to:

express emotions