Art History Final Exam

What is the message written on the scroll in the upper left corner of this fresco?

A promise of safety to those who lives under the rule of law

This lion capital was made during the reign of which king?

Ashoka

What is the location of this Buddhist temple?

Bayon, Angkor Thom

Which of the following is the modern-day region that was occupied by the Classic Maya?

Belize, southern Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala

Which style of 12th-century Korean pottery was recognized worldwide and highly sought after?

Celadon ware

Which of the following roofing materials did the Japanese builders of the Kondo, or Golden Hall, of the Horyuji derive from the Chinese model?

Ceramic tile

Which church remained the largest in Europe until the new Saint Peter's in Rome was constructed in the 17th century?

Cluny III

Which manuscript do art historians believe was produced in the scriptorium at Moissac?

Codex Colbertinus

Which of the following forms would support the belief that West Mexican tombs were filled with elaborate offerings?

Deep shafts with chambers at the base

The Perpendicular style prevailed in which of the following countries?

England

Which of the following elements unites all three doorways of the west portal of Chartres Cathedral?

Episodes from the lives of the Virgin and Christ are carved on the capitals.

Which of the following has NOT been suggested as an identification of the Kofun haniwa figures set up around burial mounds?

Family of the deceased

What was the most typical object of prestige adornment in the medieval period?

Fibula

Which Heian period clan had a strong influence in the imperial court over several generations?

Fujiwara

Who of the following coined the term Gothic?

Giorgio Vasari

Which artist sought to reconcile the illusion of a weighty, three-dimensional body with the illusion of the space that contained it?

Giotto

What was Bernard of Clairvaux's main criticism about the sculptural decoration in Romanesque cloisters?

It distracted the viewer from reading and prayer

How does the story told in the Tale of Genji handscrolls differ from that of Chinese prototypes such as Gu Kaizhi's Admonitions scroll?

It focuses on emotionally charged personal relationships

Who is the name of the artist who painted this image.

Master Honore

The colorful animal-based interlace patterns that appear in so many illuminated manuscripts are attempts to imitate which premier medieval art form?

Metalwork

The facial types and hairstyles of which artist's figures reveal the influence of classical relief sculpture?

Nicola Pisano

Paintings and sculptures of the Amida Buddha descending with a retinue to greet his followers were popular with members of which of the following sects?

Paradise sects

Which of the following facts provides support for the claim that Paris was the intellectual center of Gothic Europe?

Paris was a center for fine and book production.

In the Adena culture of Ohio, what treasured item was often buried with the deceased?

Pipe

The Neolithic Majiayao Culture is notable for which art form?

Pottery

What were the pilgrims who made journeys to faraway churches hoping to see?

Relics

What is the name of this church?

Saint-Suvin-sur-Gartempe

Which of the following is the site of an extensive Buddhist monastery?

Sanchi

Which component of a monastic building complex is depicted in this image?

Scriptorium

What is absent from Cistercian churches such as Notre-Dame at Fontenay?

Scriptural decoration

What technique was used to decorate this vase?

Sgraffito

Which Hindu god is depicted in this relief at Badami?

Shiva

Korea's artistic golden age occurred during which of the following periods?

Silla kingdom

What is the date of the Shakyamuni Buddha, the earliest precisely datable Chinese image of the Buddha?

Six Dynasties

Which element of Giotto's new style appears in the Madonna Enthroned?

Statuesque figures that cast shadows

A chaitya hall was built to contain what object(s)?

Stupa

Which site did the Aztec visit with a deep sense of reverence?

Teotihuacan

Which of the following embodies the Carolingian-Ottonian taste for costly portable objects?

The Lindau Gospels

Many Gothic Cathedrals were dedicated to which of the following figures?

The Virgin Mary

Which of the following buildings does not have the monumental facade type referred to as a westwork?

The abbey church of Saint Michael at Hildesheim

Simone Martini's rendition of Gabriel in the Annunciation may have been inspired by which contemporary phenomenon?

The etiquette of chivalric courts

It has been theorized that the author-portrait of Saint Matthews from the Lindisfarne Gospels shows classical influences. What supports this statement?

The figure is seated as a philosopher or poet reading or writing,.

Who commissioned Andrea Pisano's south doors for Florence's Baptistery?

The guild of wool importers

The Carolingian architectural plan that demonstrated the beginnings of the modular system was found at which place?

The monastery of Saint Gall

As a reference to the mission Christ gave to the apostles, what figures are depicted in the lintel and tympanum compartments at Vézelay?

The world's heathens

Who is thought to have conceived the complicated iconographical portal program for Chartres Cathedral?

Thierry of Chartres

The Aryans composed hymns for priests that were compilations of religious learning and were called what?

Vedas

In what medium did the Kamakura sculptor Kosho fashion his figures, such as the Buddhist priest Kuya?

Wood

In addition to spatial illusionism, what innovation appears in this painting by Pietro Lorenzetti?

Worldly realism

Zhou Jichang uses color in this painting for symbolic purposes, in accordance with the writings of which individual?

Xie