Art Appreciation Quiz #7 - Themes

What is the medium of "Julie, Den Haag, The Netherlands, February 29, 1994"?

color photography

Whirling Log Ceremony depicts:

creation myth

The oculus in Andrea Mantegna's Camera degli Sposi in the Ducal Palace in Mantua:

is just a painted illusion

Amongst other entertainments, Roman citizens watched ________ in the Colosseum.

mock sea battles

Pieter Claesz made which of the following types of artworks?

realistic still-life paintings

What did Venus do for Pygmalion?

she brought his sculpture of a beautiful woman to life

Muqarnas are ________.

stalactite vaults

Joseph Wright of Derby's An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump features this technique, which means a dramatic use of light and dark:

tenebrism

Gèlèdé rituals are practiced by which people?

the Yoruba of Nigeria

Buildings constructed for religious or spiritual worship can never be repurposed into other kinds of buildings.

False

Diego Rivera was so angry that his mural in the Rockefeller Center was destroyed that he never re-created it.

False

Giulio Romano created two unrelated decorative schemes in his designs for the exterior and interior of the Palazzo del Tè in Mantua.

False

Masses of people gather inside Notre Dame Cathedral to worship the goddess Athena.

False

The Palazzo del Tè in Mantua, Italy is falling apart (triglyphs are slipping and columns have broken in two) due to age and poor construction.

False

The scenes in Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry were inspired by the artist's imagination and dreams rather than daily life at the time he lived.

False

The sheep and trees in Hogarth's False Perspective correctly decrease in size to show that they are further away.

False

When it was completed, The Taj Mahal exactly matched Shah Jahan's original plans.

False

The site of Ise Jingu is located where?

Japan

Who is the artist of I Am Your Grandma?

Julian Mayer

What is the medium of the Senufo mother-and-child figure (4.2.4)?

wood

The AT&T Stadium also houses an art museum, with artworks commissioned from eighteen contemporary artists.

True

Trompe l'oeil techniques are used to make artworks look extremely realistic.

True

Which cultural practices are highlighted in Wenda Gu's United Nations series?

all of the other answers

Pablo Picasso's painting Girl before a Mirror reflects his knowledge of ________.

all of these

What did Heather Dewey-Hagborg gather for DNA samples?

all of these

What elements have an ambiguous reflection in Édouard Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère?

all of these

What is Shiva Nataraja responsible for doing?

all of these

What is true about the Aztec Sun Stone (4.4.5)?

all of these

Which of the following words can not be linked to the work of Yayoi Kusama?

all of these

When were the walls of the Lascaux Caves painted?

15,000-13,000 BCE

Match the Term with its definition: 1. a visual swelling at the midpoint of columns 2. a technique used to distort an image so that it is clear from only one viewpoint 3. a technique used to show the projection of an object into space 4. a round opening in the center of a dome 5. nude infant angel boys 6. a railing supported by short pillars

Answers: 1. entasis 2. anamorphosis 3. foreshortening 4. oculus 5. putti 6. balustrade

The bronze doors of the Church of Saint Michael's at Hildesheim, Germany were made under the direction of ________.

Bishop Bernward

Which of these works relates to Tonatiuh?

Sun stone

Marcia Smilack's synesthetic photograph of ripples on water made her think of the sound of ________.

a cello

A shaman is a person who ___________.

acts as an intermediary between the invisible spirit world and the physical realm of humans

Gèlèdé masquerades give communities the opportunity to:

all of the answers

Salvador Dalí's painting The Persistence of Memory shows warped clocks, ants, and a distorted face, all of which are symbols of his mother, who died the month before this was painted.

false

What do the man-made mountains in this chapter have in common?

they had a dramatic lasting impact on the geography of their locations

Navajo sand paintings are made ________.

to heal an individual and restore balance to the community

Synesthesia is when stimulation of one sense triggers an experience in another, for example visualizing color when one hears music.

true