Art Appreciation Final Exam
Artemisia Gentileschi was influenced by the style of which other artist?
Caravargio
Some of the oldest human-made objects found in the Americas are
Clovis points
The Ishtar Gate was built under whose rule?
Nebuchadnezzar II
Terra-cotta heads with prominent holes in the pupils, nostrils, mouth, and ears were made by the ______ culture of ________
Nok, Nigeria
The Parthenon that still stand today in Athens was built after the city invaded in 480/479 BCE by the:
Persians
The protective goddesses of Upper and Lower Egypt are represented on the headdress of the mask of King Tutankhamun by:
Vulture and Cobra
El Greco was
a Greek artist who worked in Italy and Spain during the Renaissance
Fragonard's The Swing depicts
a flirtation between two young lovers
marcel duchamp's fountain is an example of
a readymade
Why were the Greek god Apollo and the goddess Athena included in The School of Athens?
Because Renaissance artists admired Greek mythology
The Great Stupa
Buddha's remains
The Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy, is from this period
Byzantine
The cliff dwellings built by the Anasazi in Mesa Verde were constructed using which materials available in the area?
adobe, timber, and stone
The medium of Umberto Boccioni's Unique Forms of Continuity in Space is ________.
bronze
The Egyptian fresco from Nebamun's tomb utilizes
composite view, hierarchical scale, and hieroglyphs
Which of the following concerns would be most important for contemporary Native Americans basket weavers?
connecting with traditions used for generations
Xenobia Bailey established herself as an artist by making
crocheted hats
The moai of Easter island represnet
deified ancestors who were chiefs
Jackson Pollock made paintings by
dripping paint onto a canvas on the floor
Which of the following is not true about the Kandariya Mahadeva?
exterior is very simple with few sculptures
All Islamic manuscripts include a page with a portrait of Allah.
false
Angelica Kauffmann Cornelia Pointer to her Children as her Treasure is an excellent example of the style known as realism
false
Because they were made of durable materials such as stone, almost every building ever made on the continent of Africa survives
false
Buddha is always represented as a seated figure with a raised hand and one finger pointing up toward the sky
false
In Islamic faith, gardens are symbolic of Paradise on Earth
false
Only one artist in the Renaissance and Baroque periods ever painted the subject of The Last Supper.
false
The Sumerian elite did not believe in lavish burials; they preferred riches to be enjoyed only by the living.
false
The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir to celebrate the birth of his son Shah Jahan.
false
There have been many more male Cycladic sculptures found than female.
false
William Blake avoided imagery that addressed colonialism and the slave trade
false
What does the dog in The Arnolfini Portrait symbolize?
fidelity
The medium of Matthew Barney's Cremaster 5 is
film
Marcel Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel is an example of
found object sculpture
Over time, Nok sculptures of human figures have:
had parts broken off many of them
Vincent Van Gogh used thick swirls of paint in his work Starry Ngiht. This techique is called
impasto
The cult houses of the Abelam of Papua New Guinea are designed to
impress initiates with power and complexity of their culture
What does the text in the lintels of Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc tell us?
information about historic events related to the ritual
Jolene Rickard's Corn Blue Room is an example of ________.
installation art
What makes Frida Kahlo's work a part of the surrealism movement?
it's not part of the Surrealism movement
An Archaic Greek sculpture portraying a nude male is called ________.
kouros
In Matisses's Joy of Life the artist is emphasizing
leisurely day in a landscape with music and dancing
Which of the following terms is used to describe the mid to late 16th century style of art that elongated human figures and elevated grace as an ideal?
mannerism
objects made by Pacific Island cultures often have both
practical usefulness and sacred significance
The process used to create the beaten-silver face of the 12th century reliquary of the Head of Saint Alexander is called
repousse
The painting The Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel includes a
self portrait of Michealangelo skin
Leonardo da Vinci invented a painting technique that consisted of applying a hazy or misty glaze over the painting. This technique is called
sfumato
Aaron Douglas's Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery Through Reconstruction reflects the impact of ______________ on American art in the early twentieth century.
sillhouettes
The arts of Great Zimbabwe in Southern Africa that remain are made of
stone
The small pieces of glass that make up mosaics are called
tesserae
Artists in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood were inspired by works from ________.
the Middle Ages
Conceptual art emphasizes ________.
the ideas behind the artwork over its realization
What is not true about the soliders in Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi's tomb?
they are exactly identical
How does Gabriel Dawe's work challenge social constructs?
thread refers to textile and fashion
_____ were portable dwellings made by Plains Indians
tipis
William Hogarth's Marriage a-la-Mode series tells the story of
trials of an arranged marriage where the couple behave immorally
20th century artists continued the representational explorations started by the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists
true
Akkadian rulers were believed to be divine
true
Art Nouveau is a style that emphasized decorative patterns and organic forms.
true
Christ as the Good Shephard was a common theme in early Christian art.
true
Edgar Degas was fascinated by observing ballet dancers, both in practice and during performances
true
Henry Ossawa Tanner's Banjo Lesson challenges negative stereotypes of African-Americans
true
Iconoclasm is the destruction of images.
true
Kente cloth is now worn by non-royal members of the Asante and Akan groups as well as people living entirely outside of Ghana.
true
Symbolist painters are inspired by emotions and dreamlike images.
true
The Angkor Wat temple complex features bas-relief sculpture
true
The term Ukiyo-e means "pictures of the floating world."
true
To make their artworks appear realistic, Renaissance artists sometimes distorted the way certain objects and elements looked.
true
James Hampton is considered a
visionary artist
Expressionism focuses on
what is felt rather than what is seen
The medium of the Eagle Transformation Mask is:
wood feathers and rope
A colophon is a kind of:
writing
Picasso was influenced by art objects from ________ in his creation of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
Africa
The structure of Romanesque churches recalls architectural elements from
Ancient Rome
Piet Mondrian was a founder of which movement?
De Stijl
Machu Picchu was built for
Inca Ruler Pachacuti
The Dome of the Rock is located in
Jerusalem
The subject of Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People is
July Revolution of 1830 in France
The synongogue in Dura Europos was built in this period
Late Antiquity
What style of the Church of Sainte-Foy at Conques, France?
Romanesque
It was possible to decipher hieroglyphs because of
Rosetta stone
Mount Fuji the Japanese mountain that features in Hokusai's famous paint "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa," is sacred to followers of
Shinto
Were symbolically important to textile manufactures and served as an inspiration for an Inca creation myth.
Spiders
Kazimir Malevich was part of which movement?
Suprematism
The Pyramid of the Sun is found at
Teotihuacan
What inspired Joseph Mallord William Turner to paint Slave Ship?
Thomas Clark's book
The artistic traditions of Africa and the Pacific Islands share:
all of the other answer
Ana mendieta use _______ as an artistic medium in her work "untitled"
all of the other answers
Artworks in the 20th and 21st century can
all of the other answers
Hawaiian feather cloaks could be
all of the other answers
Neoclassical paintings, such as those by Jacques-Louis David and Angelica Kauffmann
all of the other answers
Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch makes skillful use of
all of the other answers
Thomas Cole's View from Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm- The Oxbow
all of the other answers
What aspects of Edouard Manet's Le Dejeuner sure I'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) discomforted many viewers when it was first exhibited?
all of the other answers
What does the horn-shaped object in the Venus of Laussel signify?
all of the other answers
Which of the following are qualities of most Impressionist artists and their paintings?
all of the other answers
Which of the following influenced Jean-Michel Basquiat, as seen in his painting The Nile?
all of the other answers
Which of the following influenced the art made from 1700 to 1865?
all of the other answers
Why were mirrors used as a form of protest to the Dakota Access Pipeline?
all of the other answers
William Blake
all of the other answers
Paul Cezanne used _______ in his work Mont Sainte-Victoire
atmospheric perspective
