Gateways to art: introduction, 3.1-3.7

spirits

"Mimis" in Australian rock art represent:

minaret

A ___________ is a tower on a mosque, used to call the faithful

1) wealth 2)power 3)luxury 4)high status

Agnolo Bronzino's portrait, Elenora di Toledo and her Son Giovanni conveys a sense of:

False (his name is ONLY ever written)

All Islamic manuscripts include a page with a portrait of Allah (T or F)

Cambodia

Angkor Wat, the world's largest religious monument, is located in

All are true

As seen in the Bonampak mural and the page from the Codex Magliabechiano, what beliefs did the Maya and Aztecs have in common? 1)expecting human sacrifice to appease the gods 2)wanting to spill as much blood on the temple steps as possible 3)wearing regalia and using ceremonial objects 4)waging wars in order to capture sacrificial victims or are all true?

corinthian

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

designs in which lines describe more than one thing at the same time

Contour rivalry refers to:

fertility

Cowrie shells in artworks by both African and Pacific Island peoples often represent:

the Protestant Reformation

Dürer's print The Last Supper reflects the ideas of ________.

achieves higher social status and secures prosperity for the village

For the Abelam of Papua New Guinea, the person who grows the largest yams:

looted by the Nazis

Gustav Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer was famous partly because it was ________.

Bernini

Identify the artist of this David

Donatello

Identify the artist of this David

Michelangelo

Identify the artist of this David

yes, standing at his easel

In Francisco Goya's Family of Charles IV: is the artist in the painting?

false

In Virgin and Child Enthroned, does the artist Cimabue seem to wish to create a more realistic space, more like the world in which we live in?

True

In Virgin and Child Enthroned, does the artist Giotto seem to wish to create a more realistic space, more like the world in which we live in?

True

In the 6th century Christ icon from the monastery of St. Catherine at Mt. Sinai, the artist represented the dual nature of Christ as both human and god. (T or F)

more valuable than

In the Andes, textiles were considered ________ gold and silver.

stones stacked precisely without mortar

Inca structures were made with:

The Rosetta Stone

It was possible to decipher hieroglyphs because of what object?

tenebrism

Italian Baroque artist Artemesia Gentileschi employed __________, a dramatic use of intense darkness and light to heighten the impact in her painting, Judith Decapitating Holofernes.

the sacrifices of an ancient Roman family

Jacques Louis David's painting The Oath of the Horatii is about:

False

Jeff Koons made his sculpture, Rabbit, himself. (T or F)

True

Joseph Mallord William Turner's Romantic style painting of Slave Ship portrays the slave ship Zong in 1781, based on a book about a historical event. (T or F)

the inca ruler pachacuti

Machu Picchu was built for ________.

False (MIDDLE AGES! No printing press at that time)

Manuscripts in the Middle Ages were mass produced which hundreds of duplicate pages were made quickly using a printing press. (T or F)

all of the above

Masaccio used which of the following elements and principles in Tribute Money? 1)linear perspective 2)naturalistic 3)atmospheric perspective 4)continuous narrative 5) 1 and 4 or all of the above

Thomas Jefferson

Monticello was built for:

False (The last part is true but remember this is Mount Fuji!)

Mount Shenjo, the Japanese mountain that's featured in Hokusai's famous print "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa," believed to have a powerful kami (or spirit), is sacred to followers of Shinto.

1)America's territorial expansion, 2)the presence of God in nature, 3)grandeur, 4) and the beauty and power of nature

Niagara Falls was a popular subject for North American artists in the second half of the nineteenth century, because it symbolized...

register

On each side of the Sumerian Standard of Ur, there are three sections. Each of those sections is called a ___________

according to hierarchy

Pietro Martini's print The Salon, of 1785, shows how the paintings were displayed ________.

contrapposto

Polykleitos's statue Doryphoros, or Spear Bearer, demonstrates a new naturalistic stance called ________.

False (it's Buddha sacrificing himself to save a starving Tigress and her cubs. They devour him! )

The "Hungry Tigress" panel from the shrine in the Horyuji Temple depicts a tigress sacrificing her life to feed her cubs. (T or F)

1)composite view 2)bierarchial scale 3)hieroglyphs

The Egyptian fresco from Nebamun's tomb utilizes

holds the remains of Buddha

The Great Stupa serves what purpose?

American Landscapes

The Hudson River School painted

all are true

The Kwakiutl late 19th century Eagle Transformation Mask was opened and closed during performances to 1)used in public coming-of-age ceremony 2)represent the transformation the wearer was undergoing 3)suggest ancestral connections between eagles and humans or all of the above?

a royal tomb

The Moche earspool from Sipán was found in ________.

Chavin Stone sculpture (Chavin-->one of the oldest cultures in south america)

The Raimondi Stela is a ________.

False

The Sumerian Standard of Ur shows scenes of summer and winter. (T or F)

False

The abstract designs and colors of kente cloth are purely decorative and has no meaning. (T or F)

false (shows him caught b/w two worlds: his ancestry on his right and the presence of new white settlers on his left)

The buffalo in Wo-Haw's self-portrait show the effect of the presence of European settlers on the Plains Indians of North America. (T or F)

upper realm of the sky and the realm of the earth below

The cross bars on the Kanaga mask made by the Dogon people of Mali represent ________.

false (Coatlicue (Earth) gives birth to Huitzilopochtli (sun), who then slices up his sister (moon) as their siblings (stars) stand by. This shows that event in the Aztec mythology.

The enormous relief carving of the Aztec moon goddess Coyolxauhqui shows her dismembered body resulting from a violent attack by a jealous lover. (T or F)

representational

The equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius is recognizable as a man on a horse. This is called a/an ____________ artwork.

biblical exodus of the Jews from Egypt

The fresco panel in the Dura Europos synagogue depicts the ________.

deified ancestors who were chiefs

The moai of Easter Island represent:

yellow

The most prized feather cloaks made by Hawaiians are ________ in color. (All red, red and yellow, or all yellow)

Genesis

The nine central ceiling panels of the Sistine Chapel depict stories from:

false (it's Michelangelo)

The painting Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel includes a self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci as St. Bartholomew's flayed skin.

vulture and a cobra

The protective goddesses of Upper and Lower Egypt are represented on the headdress of the mask of King Tutankhamun by:

False (it shows him at the naming ceremony of his first born son-->but unbeknownst to anyone but Genji and his wife, the child isn't his...it's his fathers son and he is being forced to raise him on his own! Look at the image! Look at how "trapped" the character feels)

The scene illustrated in an early scroll of Murasaki's Tale of Genji shows the prince mourning the death of his firstborn. (T or F)

a symbol of freedom

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

true

The tattooed facial designs of the Maori were so distinctive and specific to an individual that at times they have been used as a form of legal signature. (T or F)

plato and aristotle

The two figures depicted in the center of Raphael's The School of Athens are __________.

Nuestro Pueblo

The work now known as the Watts Towers was in fact given a different title by its creator. That title was_______

canopic jars

These held the organs of the deceased in Egyptian burial practices:

False (she was nearly 60)

Titian's portrait of the Marchesca of the city of Mantua, Italy.... shows Isabella d'Este at the age she truly was when it was painted. (T or F)

church officials objected to Christ being shown with clowns, dwarves, and dogs at this key moment in the gospels

Veronese's Christ in the House of Levi had to change the painting's name because ________.

life, abundance, and procreation

What do the female tree spirits (yakshi) hanging from the toranas at the Great Stupa represent?

that the couple are loyal and faithful

What does the dog in Van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait symbolize?

5-->she wasn't japanese! Chinese!

What is NOT true about Lady Dai's silk funeral banner? 1) it was buried with her 2) it is made of silk 3)it shows views of heaven, earth, and the underworld 4)it features both animal and human figures 5)it was found in her tomb in Japan or are all true?

mosaic

What is the medium used for the depiction of Theodora and Attendants in the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy?

1) has a coffered dome 2)has an oculus 3)has a drainage system

What is true about the interior of the Pantheon?

All are true

What is true of the terra-cotta army of soldiers found in the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China? 1)the figures were lifesize 2)there were 8,000 figures 3)molds were used for the various body pieces 4)unique features were added to each soldier or are all true?

False

When artists are censored it usually stops them from producing any further work. (T or F)

ancient Greece and Rome

Which of the following are the cultures from the "Classical past" that Renaissance thinkers and artists admired? 1)Ancient Greece and Rome 2)Medieval France 3)Prehistoric Spain 4)Present-day Italy or None of the answers shown

rounded arches

Which of the following is a characteristic of Romanesque architecture? rounded arches, flying buttresses, or rib vaults?

Hinduism

Which religion refers the largest tower of its temples as "cosmic mountains?"

flying buttresses and rib vaults

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

False!

William Blake's Elohim Creating Adam depicts the joy and celebration of the moment when God created Adam. (T or F)

1)challenging those in power 2)considered pornographic 3)offends religious beliefs 4)represents values others do not share

art can be censored for______

False (It's Christ! Not St. Peter-->trick question)

in the sculptures of the tympanum above the west door of the Church of Sainte-Foy, the artist used hierarchical scale to designate the importance of St. Peter. (T or F)

Shah Jahan

the 17th century, _________ created his own vision of heaven for the burial site of his beloved wife, Mumtaz, by building the Taj Mahal.

False

the Egyptians cremated the bodies of dead pharaohs. (T or F)

A coffin

the ancient Egyptian depiction of the journey of the Sun god Re was painted on______________

Men

the dark-skinned figures in the Minoan fresco, Bull-Leapers, are:

receiving a vision from heaven

the frontispiece of the Liber Scivias shows Hildegard of Bingen ________.

woman

the light-skinned figures in the Minoan fresco, Bull-Leapers, are:

Versailles

where is the Hall of Mirrors?

Louis XIV

who called himself the Sun King?

ALL TRUE

win figures were traditionally made by the Yoruba of western Nigeria: 1)because there is a high infant mortality rate for twins amongst the Yoruba 2) so that if one twin died, the sculpture could be cared for along with the surviving infant 3)because the dolls would help Yoruba children, especially girls, learn to care for babies or are all true?