4.1 art app
Jean-Paul Marat was a:
French revolutionary
Who advised artists in his treatise On Painting that paintings should look like illusionary windows?
Leon Battista Alberti
Who is the artist of The Morgue (Gun Murder)?
Andres Serrano
What is the medium of Henry Moore's Recumbent Figure?
green Horton stone
Théodore Géricault's painting Raft of the Medusa depicts:
the results of a shipwreck off the coast of West Africa
The fleur-de-lis is a symbol of the French monarchy
true
Tierney Gearon is dealing with issues of age and mental illness in The Mother Project.
true
Timothy O'Sullivan was a photographer whose images were the result of random snapshots
true
William Hogarth's False Perspective demonstrates incorrect applications of the laws of perspective.
true
When were the walls of Lascaux painted?
15,000-13,000BCE
What is the date of Hermaphrodite with a Dog?
1968 CE
The Bayeux Tapestry is approximately ________ long.
290 feet
Michael Fay's Storm and Stone was inspired by his experiences as a Marine in:
Afghanistan
Bis pole sculptures were made by which culture?
Asmat
The sculpture of the goddess Tlazolteotl giving birth to the maize god (4.40) was made by which culture?
Aztec
The artist of Ancestral Spirit Chair is:
Betye Saar
Who is the artist of The Ecstasy of St. Theresa?
Gianlorenzo Bernini
The Templo Mayor honored which two gods?
Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc
Who is the artist of Loving Care?
Janine Antoni
The ziggurat at Ur was dedicated to:
Nanna
Which constellation is the arrangement of the Great Pyramids thought to mimic?
Orion
Which of the following artworks does not address social class:
Raft of the Medusa
Which artist created a three-dimensional sculpture of his own face?
Ron Mueck Ron Mueck
Qin Shi Huangdi ordered construction on his burial complex to begin when he was aged thirteen, and it continued for thirty-six years.
True
Which two ancient Greek painters were masters of illusion?
Zeuxis and Parrhasius
Spirituality encompasses ________.
all the other answers
The Guggenheim Museum in New York City was designed to:
be a temple of spirit, a monument
Why is the building at Ise Jingu rebuilt every twenty years?
because nature is cyclical and the shrine, too, must be renewed and refreshed
Maya rituals such as bloodletting were only enacted on slaves.
false
Nick Ut never found out what happened to the Vietnamese girl he photographed running away after a napalm attack in which she had been burned.
false
Roman sculptors, such as the artist of the Augustus of Primaporta, liked to leave their figures unpainted so that viewers could appreciate the natural color of the material.
false
The Tula warrior columns (4.108) once supported an Aztec temple.
false
The identity of Dorothea Lange's migrant mother has never been discovered.
false
The portrait of Mao Zedong that hangs over Tiananmen has never been taken down since the day it was first hung.
false
When Buddha was born he sprang miraculously from the sea as a full-grown man.
false
What kind of artworks do the Guerrilla Girls make?
feminist posters and pamphlets
The title of Shigeo Fukuda's artwork Encore refers to the fact that:
he work can be seen again from a different angle
What is the woman doing in the painting Woman Holding a Balance?
holding scales as if she is weighing her jewelry
What medium was used in the making of Wenda Gu's United Nations—China Monument: Temple of Heaven?
human hair
In In Hunefer's book of the Dead, how is his heart depicted?
in a canopic jar, being weighed against a feather,as a symbol that he lived an honorable life
Holy relics located in churches ________.
inspired people to make pilgrimages to see them
The oculus in Andrea Mantegna's Camera degli Sposi in the Ducal Palace in Mantua:
is just a painted illusion
Ernest Meissonier's painting Remembrance of Civil War was removed by the French government from the 1850 Salon exhibition because:
it was too powerful a reminder of recent events
Eastern Orthodox icons like The Virgin of Vladimir display similar visual characteristics:
linear outlines, stylized but believable poses,gold backgrounds
Ziggurats were made of what material?
mud-brick
Where is Monks Mound located?
near present-day St. Louis
How are the dual genders of the Hermaphrodite with a Dog made visible?
one side of the body is clean shaven while the other is hairy
Why were the Roman catacombs of sacred importance?
pagan, Christian, and Jewish Romans used them
What happened to the woman featured in Migrant Mother after Dorothea Lange photographed her?
she was ashamed of the photograph
Muqarnas are ________.
stalactite vaults
The subject matter of Buddhist art consists of ________.
stories from Buddha's life, teachings, and beliefs
What does the text accompanying the image of the woman in You're Fine indicate?
that the woman is lying down for a medical inspection
Who destroyed the tallest statue of Buddha in the world?
the Taliban
Which of the following artworks depict in great detail the specific wardrobe of warriors?
the Tula warrior columns
What elements have an ambiguous reflection in Édouard Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère?
the bar top,the barmaid ,liquor and wine bottles
People who gathered at Stonehenge on the summer solstice would have seen:
the sun rise over the Heelstone
To what does the title of Do Women Have to be Naked to Get into the Met. Museum ? refer?
the unfair treatment of women by art institutions
The key component of Spencer Tunick's installation at Zócalo, Mexico City, is ________
thousands of nude bodies
Navajo sand paintings are made ________.
to heal an individual
An oba is another name for king in parts of Africa.
true
Andrea Mantegna included a peacock, to represent marriage, on the ceiling of the room he painted for the Duke of Mantua.
true
In traditional African cultures, functional objects were often esteemed as status symbols
true
What are the scenes on the Palette of Narmer about?
unification
What is the medium of the Senufo mother-and-child figure (4.24)?
wood
The colossal Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan, which the Taliban destroyed, were:
carved into a cliff face
The bronze doors of the Church of Saint Michael's at Hildesheim, Germany, ________.
depict scenes from the book of Genesis, all the others answers
Rineke Dijkstra's series Mothers focuses on ________.
depicting mothers with their newborn children
The figures in Picasso's Guernica are:
distorted and in anguish
Silk hanging scrolls portraying emperors from China all include identical colors, robe designs, and facial features in their depictions.
false
The Alexander Mosaic depicts the capture of Alexander the Great by King Darius III of Persia, which led to the death of Alexander and the end of his empire.
false
The Woman from Willendorf is made out of which medium?
limestone
Amongst other entertainments, Roman citizens watched ________ in the Colosseum.
mock sea battles
When and where was the artist of Olympia working?
nineteenth-century France
Why are the bodies of the damned in the Last Judgment tympanum from the Cathedral of Saint-Lazare so graphically grotesque?
o give a strong warning to viewers that they should live a virtuous life
What was the inspiration for Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Stills series?
old movies
Ordinary Athenians are shown ________ on the Parthenon frieze.
participating in the Panathenaic Festival
Who did the Olmec believe possessed the ability to cross the threshold from one world to another?
rulers
Diego Rivera was so angry that his mural in Rockefeller Center was destroyed that he never re-created it.
False
The Greek pediment on the temple dedicated to the god Zeus at Olympia (4.21) depicts a scene from ________.
the battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs
Which part of William Harnett's The Old Violin is real and not just painted?
the blue envelope
What is unconventional about Self-portrait Sideways No. 3?
the body it shows is that of an older individual
A prominent burial mound was built in China for which of the following people?
the first emperor
Which of the following artistic tendencies and formal concerns did the artist of Recumbent Figure incorporate into his sculpture?
the integration of solid forms and voids,natural forms like mountains and valleys, both European and non-Western artistic traditions
The Hopi of the southwestern United States are responsible for making which of the following sculptures?
the kachina doll
Auguste Rodin made which of the following artworks?
Walking Man
The layout of The Dinner Party alludes to:
ancient religions that worshiped a mother goddess
The Stela of Hammurabi:
as an entire law code written on it
What is the subject matter of Myron's Discus Thrower?
a Greek athlete
What event is portrayed in the elaborately carved lintel showing the Maya ruler Shield Jaguar and his wife Lady Xoc (4.92)?
a bloodletting ritual
Which of the following was used to make the sculpture Menkaure and His Wife, Queen Khamerernebty?
a canon of proportions
What is lapis lazuli?
a semiprecious stone that has a vibrant blue color
The composition of the Alexander Mosaic is designed to convey:
action and emotion
What concepts of beauty are conveyed in the sculpture of a head, believed to represent a king of Ife (4.134)?
elegant lines, delicate features, and a composed demeanor
Both Marie Antoinette and Louis XIV had portraits of themselves painted in which they appear in front of the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles.
false
Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother shows the relationship between mother and children in an ideal way and gives no hint as to the actual concerns of daily life.
false
Giulio Romano created two unrelated decorative schemes in his designs for the exterior and interior of the Palazzo del Tè in Mantua.
false
J. M. W. Turner's painting Slave Ship uses pale colors and smooth brushstrokes to depict the serenity of life at sea.
false
Masses of people came inside the Parthenon to worship the goddess Athena.
false
Otto Dix's The War is a ________.
triptych