Gateways to Art Quiz Questions

guardian beast

A lamassu is a ________.

adobe brick

In Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, an architect might opt to use this construction material in order to keep the aesthetic appearance of their building consistent with the surrounding architecture.

organic

In the Vesperbild (or Pietà) from fourteenth-century Germany (1.32), the shrunken, twisted body of Jesus and the oversized, anguished head of Mary are accentuated for expressive effect. This distortion of the human body, ________ form that we can all understand, makes the viewer feel uneasy and impresses on us the suffering of a mother and son.

geometric

It is still not fully understood how the ancient Egyptians created such huge feats of engineering. The ________ form of the pyramids contrasts with the surrounding organic landscape, and shows the Egyptians' power and control over the natural world around them.

mass

Marisol was commissioned to create a sculpture of the Catholic missionary Father Damien. A stout figure in heavy bronze, that statue possesses a weighty ________ which communicates the strong beliefs and courageous determination of the priest.

Abstraction

Match the artwork with a good description of its style: Allan Houser's Reverie

idealism

Match the artwork with a good description of its style: Audrey Flack's Marilyn Monroe

naturalism

Match the artwork with a good description of its style: Ingres's Grande Odalisque

superrealism

Match the artwork with a good description of its style: Velazquez's Las Meninas

Pope Julius II

Michelangelo planned a grand sculptural scheme for the tomb of _______, although it was never completed.

to heal an individual

Navajo sand paintings are made ________.

it took a highly organized team to construct them

One important similarity between Stonehenge and The Gates is that ________.

mass

Our experience of objects in the natural world often leads us to assume that a large object will be heavy, but in fact this is not necessarily the case. This element of art is called ________.

an acrobatic

The Bull-leaping fresco from Knossos is ________ scene.

able to hold 55,000 people

The Colosseum is known for being:

all of the previous answers

The Egyptian fresco from Nebamun's tomb utilizes:

false

The Egyptians were the only ancient civilization to create load-bearing constructions.

Ionic

The Greek architect Kallikrates designed the Temple of Athena Nike using this style of column, named after a region in coastal Greece.

Persians

The Parthenon that still stands today in Athens was built after an invasion of the city in 480/479 bce by the:

peace and war

The Sumerian Standard of Ur shows scenes of:

Karnak

The Temple of Amun-Re, an ancient Egyptian hypostyle hall built over almost 3,500 years ago, is still one of the largest religious structures in the world. It is located at ________.

1 3/4 inches

The ancient Egyptians created huge structures like The Great Pyramid of Khufu. The precision with which these buildings were constructed is evident in that the greatest difference in the length of the sides is ________.

world trade center

The architect Fumihiko Maki began the process of designing a building for this New York City site by making a simple drawing.

lost-wax casting

The name of this bronze casting process relies on a modeled original form made from a pliable material. This method is known as ________.

goodness and light

The organic form and abstract quality of Lino Tagliapietra's sculpture, Batman, allow it to express the idea of ________.

all of the other answers

The panels of the sound box from a lyre found in the Royal Cemetery of Ur are believed to show ________.

a vulture and a cobra

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

Guatemala

The remarkable load-bearing Maya pyramid Temple I at Tikal can be found in this modern country.

dynamism

The spiraling open volume of Vladimir Tatlin's Monument to the Third International was intended to give the design a feeling of ________.

compression

This kind of stress pushes on the structure of a building and must be countered by a pulling stress.

susan durant

This nineteenth-century female British sculptor, who created the Memorial to King Leopold of the Belgians in a church in Esher, England, was a favorite sculptor to the British royal family.

stylized

Thomas Struth's Museo del Prado 7 is ________.

foreground

To imply greater depth, the sculptor who created the relief carvings on the outside of the Ara Pacis Augustae carved the figures in the ________ more deeply than those that are in the background in order to make them stand out more.

a Nazi rally and the speeches of Adolf Hitler

Triumph of the Will is a film about ________.

fresco paintings

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

that he was a member of the Order of Santiago

What does the cross on Velázquez's tunic in Las Meninas signify?

to guard the emperor in the afterlife

What function were the terra-cotta warriors inside Qin Shi Huangdi's tomb intended to serve?

it has a poor drainage system

What is not true about the interior of the Pantheon?

all of the previous answers

What is true about the Minoans?

high relief

When a sculpture is designed to be viewed from one side, and protrudes dynamically from its background plane or is carved with deeply incised marks, this is called ________.

false

When an artist is using the subtractive method of carving in stone, it makes no difference whether or not the intended final shape extends beyond the dimensions of the original stone.

San Francisco, California

Where is the Precita Valley Vision mural located?

sculptor

Which of these artists is not involved with the creation of architecture?

all of these are Mesopotamian cultures

Which of these cultures were not part of Mesopotamia?

casting

Which of these is not a subtractive method of sculpting?

to give the building a weightless quality

Why did Zaha Hadid decide to use glass as the primary building material for the ground level of the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati?

because the artist included elements inspired by communist beliefs

Why was Diego Rivera's mural for the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center controversial?

all of the other answers

Why was Tilted Arc controversial?

actual

By using objects that most viewers would be familiar with, Nam June Paik's TV Buddha draws on our previous experience of ________ texture.

open

American sculptors Carol Mickett and Robert Stackhouse created the work In the Blue (Crest) to imply the presence of water. The work's many empty spaces, which were created using many irregular horizontal members, are an example of ________ volume.

the break-up of her marriage

Amongst the events in her life that might have inspired Eva Hesse's work Hang-Up is ________.

unrecognizable

An artwork can be described as non-objective if its subject matter is ________.

in the round

Another name for freestanding sculpture is ________.

its entry into WWII

Edward Hopper's Nighthawks reflects the solemn mood of the USA at ________.

false

If a sculptor wanted to create a relief that was visible from more than one angle, bas-relief would be a good method to use.

pendentive

If an architect wanted to build a large square building with a domed roof, they would use this structural feature to transfer the load of the roof.

true

If the intention of Giovanni Bologna's Rape of the Sabine Women was to show off Florentine political might, then a large-scale sculpture in-the-round was a good choice as it can be displayed to many people.

all of the other answers

Gèlèdé masquerades give communities the opportunity to:

inspired people to make pilgrimages to see them

Holy relics located in churches ________.

it is motorized

How does the American artist George Rickey ensure that his kinetic sculpture Breaking Column moves even when there is no wind?