art exam 3

Monticello was built for and by

Thomas Jefferson

a lamassu is a

guardian beast

over time, Nok sculptures of human figures have

had parts broken off many of them

what role did photography play for the artist Thomas Eakins

he used photography to study anatomy and proportion

the Great Stupa

holds the Buddhas remains

the Taj Mahal

is surrounded by gardens that represent Paradise

paracas textiles have been preserved because

the climate in Peru is very dry

William Hogarths Marriage à-la-Mode series tells the story of

the trials of an arranged marriage in which the couple behave immorally

Picasso was influenced by art objects from _____ in his creation of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

africa

we know about cultures from the ancient americas through

indigenous accounts both oral and written, accounts by europeans that had direct contact with indigenous people, inscriptions on stone monuments, the archeological record

the small pieces of glass that make up mosaics are called

tesserae

what does the horn-shaped object in the Venus of Laussel signify?

a musical instrument, a phallic symbol, an animal horn used to prepare for hunt, a warning crescent moon

Marcel Duschamps Bicycle Wheel is an example of

a readymade

Filipo Brunelleschi has been widely regarded as the first renaissance

architect

neoclassical paintings, such as those by Jacques-Louis David and Angelica Kauffmann

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

which of the following terms is used to describe the mid to late sixteenth-century style of art that elongated human figures and elevated grace as an ideal

barogue

why did Jean-Michel Basquiat paint and then cross out certain words in his painting The Nile

because he wanted to challenge existing meanings

artworks based on which of these religions can be found in India?

buddhism, hinduism, islam,

the earliest examples of christian art have been discovered in

catacombs

gold was important to the Moche culture because

it was associated with the suns energy and power

the Great Sphinx of Giza is associated with the pyramid of which pharaoh?

khafre

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

the process used to create the beaten-silver face of the twelfth-century reliquary of the Head of Saint Alexander us called

repousee

artwork in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries can be

representational, abstract, non-objective, experimental

African masks are most meaningful to the groups that made them

when they are being used in ceremonial performances or masquerades

which painting was included in the first Salon des Refuses (salon of the rejected)

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

artworks in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries can

consist of recognizable objects, consist of abstract objects, draw inspiration from popular culture, draw inspiration from traditional culture

conceptual art emphasizes

the ideas behind the artwork over its realization

which of the following are qualities of most impressionist artists and their paintings

they rejected the traditional values of the academy, they evoked the sensations of everyday life, they painted outdoors and captured natural light, their brushstrokes were visible and paintings appeared unfinished

twin figures were traditionally made by the Yoruba of western Nigeria

when a twin died at birth or in infancy