ART 1301 UTA

Diego Rivera was so angry that his mural in the Rockefeller Center was destroyed that he never re-created it.

False

The scenes in Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry were inspired by the artist's imagination and dreams rather than daily life at the time he lived.

False

The Ishtar Gate was built under whose rule?

Nebuchadnezzar II

In the video I Am Your Grandma, the artist uses technology, references to existing artworks, and popular culture to explore identity.

True

Muhammad's tomb is located under the Dome of the Rock.

false

The Egyptians took a haphazard approach to building the pyramids, suggesting that they did not have a strong understanding of math and geometry.

false

The Sumerian lyre sound box was found buried under a colosseum dedicated to Dionysus.

false

The religious complex Angkor Wat is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.

false

How does Christian Marclay's video installation relate to the cycle of life?

he focuses on the construct of time as seen in popular culture

The Great Stupa ________.

holds the Buddha's remains

What is not true about Lady Dai's silk funeral banner?

it features two crossing dragons that symbolize hell and judgment

Han dynasty

mass production of lead glazed pots

Where is Monks Mound located?

near present-day St. Louis

The Sumerian Standard of Ur shows scenes of:

peace and war

Shang dynasty

piece-mold casting of bronze

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

tesserae

People who gathered at Stonehenge on the summer solstice would have seen:

the sun rise over the Heelstone

Pablo Picasso's Girl before a Mirror relates to the theme of vanitas through which of the following elements?

the woman looks in a mirror to contemplate her beauty, which will fade over time

Mark Rothko wanted his paintings at the Rothko Chapel ________.

to create an environment that transported the viewer beyond everyday reality

Ming dynasty

white porcelain with cobalt blue

What is the medium of the Senufo mother-and-child figure (4.2.4)?

wood

In "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa," the curl of the wave intertwines with the sky to create an abstract ________.

yin and yang

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

athena

When were the walls of the Lascaux Caves painted?

15,000-13,000 BCE

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

Byzantine

The emperor Justinian can be linked to which of the following major works of architecture?

all of the other answers