Art History Final

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47) The moai of Easter Island represent: (a) animals at the top of the food chain (b) abstract designs based on the sea (c) deified ancestors who were chiefs (d) hieroglyphic texts with important historical information (e) none of the other answers

C)Deified ancestors who were chiefs

104) 1980's artists like Keith Haring and Jean Michele Basquiat were influenced by: a) Hitler and the Nazi party b) High fashion in New York c) 1980's Street Culture and graffiti d) a nostalgia for the 1950's e) Japanese culture

C) 1980's street culture and graffiti

32) Contour rivalry refers to: a) a situation where an artist cannot decide where to place a line (b) artists who compete to make important artworks (c) designs in which lines describe more than one thing at the same time (d) maps that do not clearly distinguish between two places (e) all of the other answers

C) Designs in which lines describe more than one thing at the same time

Fragonard's The Swing depicts: a) a competition between two boys for a girl's attention (b) an allegory of the victory of the French Republican party (c) a flirtation between two young lovers (d) an environmental message showing the grandeur of nature (e) none of the other answers

C)A flirtation between two young lovers

35) The Peruvian city of Machu Picchu was built for this Inca ruler: ________.

Pacha Cuti

39) This ancient Mesoamerican civilization carved multiple colossal heads, all with similar rounded features. ______

The olmec

The gates at the four cardinal directions on the great stupa are called ________.

Torana

Vincent van Gogh used thick swirls of paint in his work Starry Night. This technique is called ________.

impasto

97) Fluxus artists believed that __________________. a) art could not be a performance b) art had to be a spiritual experience c) anything can be art, and it can be done by anyone d) art only exists in our sleep and dreams e) They believed nothing

C)anything can be art, and it can be done by anyone

58) Artemisia Gentileschi was influenced by the style of which other artist?

Carravagio

108) The Young British Artists, including Rachel Whiteread, Damien Hirst, and Jenny Sevile, are: (a) Child prodigies from 18th century Europe (b) Francis Bacon's youth arts program attendees c) A Gay Rights group in England (d) A group of artists from MFA programs that often exhibit together, and whose artwork was often collected by Charles Saatchi (e) None of the above

D) A group of artists from MFA programs that often exhibit together and whose artwork was often collected by Charles Saatchi

37) The Mesoamerican ballgame was played by the Mayans for the purpose of ________. a) recreation (b) political ceremony (c) religious ritual (d) all of the previous answers (e) none of the previous answers

D) All of the previous answers

42) Twin figures were traditionally made by the Yoruba of western Nigeria: (a) because there is a high infant mortality rate for twins amongst the Yoruba (b) so that if one twin died, the sculpture could be cared for along with the surviving infant (c) because the dolls would help Yoruba children, especially girls, learn to care for babies (d) all of the previous answers (e) none of the previous answers

D) All of the previous answers

In this class we studied artworks that can be found in India and are based on which of these religions? (a) Buddhism (b) Hinduism (c) Islam (d) both Buddhism and Hinduism (e) all of the other answers

D) Both Buddhism and Hinduism

50) Which of the following statements is true of Michelangelo? (a) he preferred the medium of sculpture to painting (b) he painted two very important commissions in the Sistine Chapel (c) he loved to depict the nude body (d) all of the previous answers (e) none of the previous answers

D)All of the above

100) Ana Mendieta uses ________ as an artistic medium in her work Imagen de Yagul. (a) her body (b) dirt and flowers (c) natural elements (d) all of the previous answers* (e) none of the previous answers

D)All of the previous answers

40) The Kwakiutl late-nineteenth-century Eagle Transformation Mask was opened and closed during performances to ________. (a) create a dynamic visual experience (b) represent the transformation the wearer was undergoing (c) suggest ancestral connections between eagles and humans (d) all of the previous answers (e) none of the previous answers

D)All of the previous answers

Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch makes skillful use of: a) chiaroscuro (b) tenebrism (c) dramatic lighting (d) all of the previous answers (e) none of these

D)All of the previous answers

This artist is known for is posters and advertisements for various products and companies that feature ethereal, sensuous women, curving lines, and art nouveau-style patterns _____________. a) Francisco Goya b) Michaelangelo c) Fred Wilson d) Alphonse Mucha e) Claude Monet

D)Alphonse Mucha

54) Which of the following terms is used to describe the mid- to late-sixteenth-century style of art that elongated human figures and elevated grace as an ideal? (a) Renaissance (b) Baroque (c) Enlightenment (d) Mannerism (e) none of the answers

D)Mannerism

95) Donald Judd's Untitled 1967 is part of what art movement, known for artworks made of industrial materials? a) Impressionism b) Cubism c) Futurism d) Minimalism e) Art Nouveau

D)Minimalism

99) Joseph Kosuth's One and Three Chairs consists of ________. (a) three chairs belonging to world leaders (b) one chair reflected in a three-way mirror (c) copies of chairs from three famous artworks (d) three things that a chair could be (e) three things that a chair could never be

D)Three things that a chair could be

52) Raphael used these two Renaissance artists as models for his depictions of Plato and Heraclitus in The School of Athens:

Da vinci and michelangelo

Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon was revolutionary because: (a) it is not a naturalistic re-creation of the way we see the world (b) it includes simplified forms and bodies as geometric shapes (c) the space of the background and foreground meld together (d) it shows frontal and profile views at the same time (e) all of the other answers

E) All of the other answers

87) Marcel Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel and Fountain are examples of ________. (a) a silkscreen print (b) an automatic drawing (c) a collage (d) a photomontage (e) a readymade

E) a readymade

Gustav Klimt's work The Kiss features: (a) gold leaf (b) flattened figures (c) decorative patterning (d) none of these answers (e) all of the other answers

E) all of the answers

Which of the following influenced the art made from 1700 to 1900?revolutions in France and America (b) the Enlightenment (c) the Age of Reason (d) industrialization (e) all of the other answers

E)All of the other answers

92) Robert Rauschenberg's Bed, which incorporates found objects like DADA and drips of paint reminiscent of Abstract Expressionism, merges the art disciplines of __________ and __________, to question the definition and meaning of art. a) earthworks and printmaking b) advertising and painting c) sculpture and quilting d) craft and architecture e) painting and sculpture

E)painting and sculpture

Hieroglyphic is the written language used by which ancient culture:_______.

Egyptian

105) Jeff Koons is very concerned with "the artist's hand" and therefore carefully crafts all of his own artwork. True False

False

49) Only one artist in the Renaissance and Baroque periods ever painted the subject of The Last Supper. True False

False

Animals were never shown in cave paintings. True False

False

For the Chinese, calligraphy, painting, and poetry were three entirely separate art forms. True False

False (called the 3 perfections and often seen on the same piece)

51) The medium Michelangelo used for the Sistine Chapel ceiling is ________.

Fresco

21) Cimabue's student was ________.

Giotto

**Laocoon and his Sons, unknown artist, marble copy of bronze original, 150 BCE

Medium: Marble Year:150 BCE The figures are near life-size and the group is a little over 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in height, showing the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being attacked by sea serpents. "one of the finest examples of the Hellenistic baroque" It is a marble copy of a bronze sculpture the Laocoon statue, standing some 8 feet in height, is made from seven interlocking pieces of white marble

Who painted Impression Sunrise, the painting from which Impressionism got its name?

Monet

Neoclassicism means: _____________.

New classical

Which post-impressionist artist repeatedly painted studies of the mountain, Mont St. Victoire, which he had seen throughout his childhood and later observed from his studio window, breaking down the scene into color and shape

Paul Cezanne

What event is the subject of Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People? ________.

Revolution of 1830

The Swing, by Fragonard, is an example of painting from this period in Europe which reflects the extravagance and power of the ruling classes with elaborate curves and ornamentation, gold, pastels, and fanciful light-hearted scenes. ____________.

Rococo

Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People and Goya's The third of May, 1808, are both examples of artwork from this artistic period/movement, which emphasized emotion over reason ______________.

Romanticism

45) "Mimis" in Australian rock art represent: __________.

Spirits

38) The colossal sculpture of the Aztec mother goddess Coatlicue is made of ________.

Stone

44) The parts of the Great Zimbabwe in southern Africa that remain today are made of

Stone

59) Carravagio created a style of painting in which the scene has an almost entirely black background and a strong spotlight that creates high contrasting values on the subjects of the painting. This style can be seen in his painting, Judith Decapitating Holofernes, and is called: ______________.

Tenebrism

36) The Pyramid of the Sun is found in this ancient city: ________________.

Teotiahucan

103) The Times Square Show in 1980 was "DIY" in style and showed work from over 100 artists True False

True

17) In very early Jewish artworks, of which there are few examples, if God is depicted, it is only by hands reaching down from heaven. True False

True

86) Egon Schiele often used himself as the subject of his expressionist paintings and drawings: True False

True

Art Nouveau is a style that emphasized decorative patterns and organic forms. True False

True

Edgar Degas was fascinated by observing ballet dancers, both in practice and during performances. True False

True

Prehistoric female figurines that refer to reproduction are called fertility figures. True False

True

The Japanese tea ceremony has its roots in Zen Buddhism. True False

True

The term Ukiyo-e means "pictures of the floating world." True False

True

William Hogarth had many of his Rococo Era paintings made into prints. True False

True

In what building is the Hall of Mirrors located?

Versailles

Gustave Courbet's The Stonebreakers is from this artistic period/movement, which tended to depict the real lives of the low/middle classes ______________.

Women (maybe even street walkers)

Match the statue of the Biblical hero David with its period: 55) Michaelangelo's David a) Baroque 56) Donatello's David b) High Renaissance 57) Bernini's David c) Early Renaissance

55=Michaelangelo's David= High Renaissance 56=Donatello's David= Early Renaissance 57=Bernini's David= Baroque

The Parthenon in Athens used to house a huge gold and ivory statue of _________.

Athena

The Great Stupa ________. (a) contains the bones of Ashoka's enemies (b) holds remains of Buddha (c) is the living quarters for priests of Buddha (d) resembles the form of a snake (e) does not allow visitors inside

B) Holds remains of Buddha

The statue of a Roman with busts of his ancestors shows that: (a) Roman artists were able to make individualistic portraits (b) family members treasured portraits of their ancestors (c) important ancestors would reinforce a person's social status (d) all of the previous answers (e) none of the previous answers

D) All of the previous answers

Match the artwork with the culture that made it: Ishtar Gate statue of Khafre bull-leaping fresco Standard of Ur Lamassu, palace of Ashurnasirpal II Egyptian (b) Sumerian (c) Babylonian (d) Assyrian (e) Minoan

Ishtar Gate=Babylonian Statue of Khafre=Egyptian Bull-Leaping fresco=Minoan Standard of Ur=Sumerian Lamassu, Palace of Ashurnasipal II=Assyrian

A work of art that depicts a story from the Buddha's life is called a ______.

Jataka

18) The Dome of the Rock is located in ________.

Jerusalem

An Archaic Greek sculpture portraying a nude male is called ________.

Kouros

The following are architectural orders developed by the Greeks: A)Corinthianb) Doric c) Ionicd) all of the previous answers e) none of the previous answers

all of the above

98) Performance art came to the forefront of the art world in the 1960's and 1970's when______________. a) artists could no longer afford to buy paint b) traditional mediums like painting and sculpture were no longer enough to communicate the artists' ideas c) printmaking was made illegal d) most artists were sent to war e) art wasn't in fashion anymore

b) traditional mediums like painting and sculpture were no longer enough to communicate the artists' ideas

33) South Americans valued this material more than gold or silver _____________.

wool

34) The Moche earspool from Sipán was found in ________. (a) a royal tomb (b) a tree (c) a riverbed (d) Machu Picchu (e) a bathhouse

A) A royal tomb

16) The Christ Icon encaustic painting from the 6th century depicts Christ: a) Dualistically, as a human and as a deity b) On the cross c) As a mythological creature d) As a new-born baby e) It does not depict Christ, which would have been a sin.

A) Dualistically, as a human and as a diety

106) Francis Bacon's paintings are usually a) Influenced by surrealism, photography, and art history b) Boring and unimportant in the history of painting c) Just color fields d) Basically identical to Velasquez' work e) All of the above

A) Influenced by surrealism photography and art history

19) Some characteristics of Byzantine art are: a) stark outlines, flattened and elongated figures, religious imagery b) one point perspective, stark outlines c) religious imagery, stark outlines, humans depicted only as nudes d) all of the other answers, e) none of the other answers

A) Stark outlines, flattened and elongated figures, religious imagery

Jacques-Louis David's painting The Oath of the Horatii is about: a) the sacrifices of an ancient Roman family (b) the swearing-in of Ignatius Horatius (c) the Spanish rebels who fought Napoleon's army (d) the Trojans preparing for the Battle of Troy (e) none of the other answers

A) The sacrifices of an ancient Roman family

In "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa," the curl of the wave intertwines with the sky to create an abstract ________. a) yin and yang (b) human face (c) t'ao t'ieh (d) temple (e) ice-cream cone

A) Yin and Yang

Which painting was included in the first Salon des Refusés (Salon of the Rejected)? a) Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) (b) Jean-Honoré Fragonard's The Swing (c) Jacques-Louis David's The Oath of the Horatii (d) Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night (e) all of these paintings were in this exhibition

A)Edouard Manet's Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe (luncheon on the Grass

102) Bettye Saar's The Liberation of Aunt Jemima transforms traditionally racist icons of African Americans in order to: _____________. a) make statements of political and social protest about civil rights b) offend everyone c) talk about the formal aspects of the work d) to make a self portrait e) to alienate the viewer

A)Make statements of political and social protest about civil rights

96) Eva Hesse's Post-Minimalist sculptures using manipulated industrial materials primarily on ______________ qualities. a) material/textural b) straight, symmetrical c) architectural d) natural/organic e) animal-like

A)Material/texture

48) 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? (a) Renaissance (b) Baroque (c) Enlightenment (d) Mannerism (e) none of the answers

A)Renaissance

91) Jasper Johns was interested in using ________________ typically seen in everyday life to question meaning. a) signs and symbols b) books c) bugs d) food e) famous people

A)Signs and symbols

53) Dürer's print The Last Supper reflects the ideas of ________. (a) the Protestant Reformation (b) the Counter-Reformation (c) Buddhism (d) his friend Michelangelo (e) the Pope

A)The protestant reformation

85) Expressionism focuses on: (a) what is felt rather than what is seen (b) the subconscious mind and dream imagery (c) dynamic movement, progress, and modern technology (d) stripping away emotions and underlying meaning (e) complexity, ambiguity, and external references

A)What is felt rather than what is seen

93) The technique used to make Andy Warhol's Thirty Are Better Than One is ________. (a) silkscreen (b) assemblage (c) collage (d) photomontage (e) readymade

A)silkscreen

Hellenistic Greek sculptures, like the Laocoön and his Sons, are known for the following characteristics: a) detailed patterning, stiff bodies b) idealized/athletic/nude bodies, highly dramatic poses c) exaggerated body parts, Christian iconography d) all of the previous answers e) none of the previous answers

B) Idealized athletic nude bodies highly dramatic poses

107) Robert Mapplethorpe's portrait photography from the 1970's- 80's often deals with: a) Grand American Landscapes b) Identity, gender, and sexuality c) Violent war imagery d) dream-scapes e) Wallstreet politics

B) Identity gender and sexuality

The burial mound of the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huangdi was discovered in 1974 and contained:

8,000 terracotta soldiers

20) The floor plan of the Romanesque church of St. Sernin in Toulouse, France, resembles what religious symbol ________.

A cross

43) In Africa, a ________ would activate a nkisi Mangaaka by ________. (a) king . . .setting it on fire (b) ritual specialist . . . driving metal objects into it (c) dog . . . peeing on it (d) child . . . breaking it (e) none of the other answers

B) Ritual specialist driving metal objects into it

90) Jackson Pollock made his abstract paintings by: (a) flinging paint from a pinwheel onto canvases hanging in his studio (b) spitting glitter through a straw onto a plaster wall (c) dripping paint onto a canvas on the floor (d) dancing on ceramic tiles with paint on the bottom of his feet (e) spilling paint onto a dust sheet while painting his living room

C)Dripping paint onto a canvas on the floor

The scene illustrated in an early scroll of the Tale of Genji shows a prince holding a baby. What is taking place? (a) the prince is mourning the death of his firstborn (b) the prince is sad because he knows the baby he is holding is not his own (c) the prince is falling asleep holding his nephew (d) the prince is stealing the baby from his sister (e) none of the other answers

B) The prince is sad because he knows the baby he is holding is not his own

101) Carolee Schneeman, Hannah Wilke, Martha Rostler, Judy Chicago, and Cindy Sherman were all artists that made work concerning: a) religion b) celebrations c) Feminism/women's issues d) the painted surface e) industrial materials

C)Feminism/ women's issues

88) Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory is reminiscent of a dream, and the objects depicted in the landscape contains dream-like qualities (melting clocks, hidden portraits, ants, etc.). This was typical of the art of the __________ movement. a) Futurism b) The Renaissance c) Surrealism d) Neo-pop e) Baroque

C)Surrealism

46) The Abelam of Papua New Guinea hold festivals in which: (a) mummies are carried into the streets (b) water is collected for several months at a time (c) yams wear masks (d) dangerous spirits are called to dinner (e) none of the other answers

C)Yams wear masks

109) Carrie Mae Weems integrates into her work references to: (a) the impact of the contemporary world on her Kiowa heritage (b) the collective African-American experience that is rooted in slavery (c) neoclassical architecture, and archaeological excavations at Pompeii (d) feminist critiques of international corporations' business practices (e) cooking shows and cult films

B) the collective African-American experience that is rooted in slavery

89) In his Untitled (1949), Mark Rothko wanted to emphasize ________. (a) a narrative story (b) a deep, almost religious experience (c) purely the geometric relationships (d) a popular icon of contemporary culture (e) all of the other answers

B)A deep almost religious experience

94) Andy Warhol's Pop Art, like his Brillo Boxes and the Campbell's Soup Can series are a comment on ________________. These pieces transform everyday objects/advertising designs into fine art. a) war b) consumer culture in the US c) religion d) gender identity e) the relationship between man and nature

B)consumer culture in the US

The Ishtar Gate was built under whose rule?

Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II circa 575

Edouard Manet's Olympia was not received well by the public or the Salon because _________.

Because she was a real women and not a venus, and because his unpolished painting style

A being, depicted in princely clothes and often with lotus flowers in Buddhist art, who has given up their enlightenment status to stay and educate others about the Buddha and the way to enlightenment is called a _________.

Bodhisattva


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