Final Exam

The results of a shipwreck off the coast of West Africa

Theodore Gericault's painting Raft of the Medusa depicts:

Feminist posters and pamphlets

What kind of artworks do the Guerrilla Girls make?

Sunken relief carving

What technique was used to create the portrait of King Akhenasten, his wife Nefertiti, and their three daughters?

False

When the restoration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling was completed in 1989, artists, scholars, and scientist throughout the world universally applauded the restorers' efforts.

Versailles

Where is the Hall of Mirrors?

Cycladic

Which of the following cultures did not have a written language?

Renaissance

Which of the following terms mean "rebirth" and is used to describe an artistic movement characterized by renewed interest in the Classical world of Greece and Rome?

All of the other answers

Why did Rembrandt make so many self-portraits?

Because she wanted to depict distinct aspects of her identity

Why did the artist of the Two Fridas paint two of herself?

made with the artist's finger- and thumbprints.

Fanny/Fingerprinting was ________.

Spanish civilians attacking French soldiers

Fansisco Gays's The Second of May, 1908 depicts

A symbol of freedom

In Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, Liberty is ____________.

False

In the French Academy, individual portraits and landscapes were considered as more valuable than any other subject matter.

Dripping paint onto a canvas on the floor

Jackson Pollock made paintings by:

A sidewalk chalk artist working today

Julian Beever is _________.

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.

Represent the illusion of three-dimensional space in two dimensions

Liner perspective is used to _____________.

False

Buddha is always represented as a seated figure with a raised hand and one finger pointed up toward the sky.

All of the other answers

Community art may _________.

The ideas behind the artwork over its realization

Conceptual art emphasizes __________.

The Inca ruler Pachacuti

Machu Picchu was built for _________.

The states of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico meet.

Many examples of indigenous art from the southwest US came from the four-corners area, the place where _________.

To heal an individual and restore balance to the community

Navajo sand paintings are made ________.

False

Pablo Picasso's Guerrica was an invented vision he made to express the terror he felt after waking from a nightmare.

Atmospheric perspective

Paul Cezanne used __________ in his work Mont Sainte-Victoire.

Limestone

The Woman from Willendorf is made from which medium?

Able to hold up to 55,000 people

The Colosseum is known for being:

To welcome visitors to the World Fair

The Eiffel Tower was made ___________.

Nebuchadnezzar II

The Ishtar Gate was built under whose rule?

Is surrounded by gardens that represent paradise.

The Taj Mahal _________.

Catacombs

The earliest examples of Christian art have been discovered in ________.

True

The earliest surviving paintings in the world are found in caves.

Classical Greek sculpture

The form of the goddess's figure in The Birth of Venus ws based on _________

Wood

The medium of the Yoruba twin figure is ____________.

Fresco

The medium of the artwork that decorates the Sistine Chapel ceiling is __________.

Tessarae

The small pieces of glass that make up mosaics are called __________.

Stories from Buddha's life, teachings, and beliefs.

The subject matter of Buddhist art consist of ________.

Transient sights, smells, and sounds

The term "vanitas" in art includes reference to _______.

True

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