ART-1030 Section Test 3 - Chapters 3.1 - 3.9
The Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy, is from this period.
Byzantine
Which of the following cultures did not have a written language?
Cycladic
The written language used by the ________ is hieroglyphics.
Egyptians
Who called himself the Sun King?
Louis XIV
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 Gupta Seated Buddha (3.3.4) is portrayed as:
a teacher
Masaccio used which of the following elements and principles in Tribute Money?
all of the other answers
Artwork in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries can be ________.
all of the previous answers
What aspects of Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) discomfited many viewers when it was first exhibited?
all of the previous answers
The small pieces of glass that make up mosaics are called ________.
tesserae
Cowrie shells in artworks by both African and Pacific Island peoples often represent:
fertility
What role did photography play for the artist Thomas Eakins?
he used photography to study anatomy and proportion
Which of the following are qualities of most Impressionist artists and their paintings?
they rejected the traditional values of the Academy
Abstract designs and patterns can convey information that is as important, recognizable, and specific as both representational and narrative imagery.
true
Calligraphy, painting, and poetry were three entirely separate artforms for the Chinese.
true
Prehistoric female figurines that refer to reproduction are called fertility figures.
true
The Chinese have great respect for their ancestors and often make artworks for the dead to enjoy.
true
The Dome of the Rock was built on a site sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
true
The Greeks often used ideal proportions in their sculpture and architecture.
true
The tall towers surrounding a mosque, from which the faithful are called to prayer, are called ________.
minarets
In "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa," the curl of the wave intertwines with the sky to create an abstract ________.
yin and yang
Syncretism is the altering of an old artwork with modern techniques.
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 Dura Europos synagogue is from this period.
Late Antiquity
Terra-cotta heads with prominent holes in the pupils, nostrils, mouth, and ears were made by the ________ culture of ________.
Nok . . . Nigeria
Which of the following influenced Degas's Blue Dancers?
Japanese art
Mount Fuji, the Japanese mountain that features in Hokusai's famous print "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa," is sacred to followers of ________.
Shinto
Where is the Hall of Mirrors?
Versailles
Animals were never shown on cave paintings.
false
Manuscripts in the Middle Ages were produced in factories in which hundreds of duplicate pages were made quickly using a printing press.
false
Leonardo da Vinci invented a painting technique that consisted of applying a hazy or misty glaze over the painting. This technique is called ________.
sfumato
Christ as the Good Shepherd was a common theme in early Christian art.
true
Henry Ossawa Tanner's The Banjo Lesson challenges negative stereotypes of African-Americans.
true
In Islamic faith, gardens are symbolic of Paradise on Earth.
true
The decorative elements in manuscript illumination can also function to guide the reader, for example to signify headings or breaks in the text.
true
The earliest surviving paintings in the world are found in caves.
true
When an Egyptian pharaoh died, his organs were removed and stored in canopic jars.
true
Alexandre Cabanel's Birth of Venus is an example of a(n) ________ painting.
Academic
The Hudson River School painted ________.
American landscapes
The formal element that Mark Rothko focused on is ________.
color
Jackson Pollock made paintings by:
dripping paint onto a canvas on the floor
Camille Claudel's sculpture The Waltz received some criticism for being too ________.
erotic
Filippo Brunelleschi has been widely regarded as the first Renaissance ________.
architect
African masks, such as the Kanaga mask made by the Dogon of Mali (3.5.6), are most "alive" in museum cases.
false
The Bull-Leapers fresco from Knossos is ________ scene.
an acrobatic
Artworks based on which of these religions can be found in India?
all of the other answers
The artistic traditions of Africa and the Pacific Islands share:
all of the previous answers
The following are architectural orders developed by the Greeks:
all of the previous answers