AP Art History Final Exam
Which of the following artists is know for his/her "naturalistic" portraits?
Vigee-Lebrun
What were the most common themes in Assyrian art?
Warfare and hunting
Which is not true of the Great Sphinx?
female deity
Which of the following is characteristic of Romanesque sculpture?
figural elongation
What was not associated with barrel vaulting?
flying buttresses
Which is NOT a characteristic of the sculpture of the Hellenistic period of Greek art?
frontal
With the addition of flying buttresses, Gothic architects eliminated which of the following from the Gothic elevation?
gallery
Which is the oldest work?
Head of an Akkadian ruler
Carpet pages in manuscript illuminations are characteristic of
Hiberno-Saxon art
Which is not true for Etruscan art?
Highly detailed
Which is not true for Byzantine painting?
Illusionistic depth
The jamb statues on the Royal Portal of the Chartres cathedral represent which of the following?
Kings and Queens in the Old Testament
Fan vaulting was most popular in the
Late English Gothic
Which Pop Artist derived his subjects from comic books?
Lichtenstein
What is not characteristic of the International Style?
Linear perspective
Mark the Evangelist is represented with which iconographic symbol?
Lion
The influence of the Amarna period is evident in the work done for which Pharaoh?
Tutankhamen
Which is the oldest work?
Venus of Willendorf
Which Roman emperor was not commemorated with a monumental column?
Vespasian
Which artist developed the "quadro riportato" technique?
Carracci
Which is the oldest site for town planning?
Catal Huyuk
Which settlement had no streets?
Catal Huyuk
A cross with a circle intersecting its arms is a product of which culture?
Celtic
What site of Paleolithic cave paintings caused scholars to re-evaluate long head assumptions about prehistoric art?
Chauvet
Which artist's works impacted the development of the Surrealist movement?
Chirico
Which is not a trait of Neo-Expressionism?
Combines elements of painting, sculpture and architecture
Which mosque has "horseshoe" arches?
Cordoba
All apply to Etruscan architecture except
Corinthian capitals
Which artist is known for his dramatic painting compositions often filled with swirling clouds?
Correggio
Which Postmodern architect's works are also considered Deconstructivist?
Gehry
What is not true of Romanesque sculpture?
Generally high in relief
Which artist is counted among the Caravaggisti?
Gentileschi
Which statement correctly characterizes Assyrian art?
Great emotion in animal figures
Which Roman emperor was an accomplished architect in his own right?
Hadrian
Which king is known for his code of laws?
Hammurabi
The Roman work known as the Pont-du-Gard is a/an
aqueduct
How was Christ most often portrayed in Early Christian art?
as a youth
Which is not an element of Gothic architecture?
compartmentalized interior space
Twisted perspective is
descriptive
Egyptians used all of the following except
engaged columns with disc-shaped capitals
Etruscan tomb paintings most often depicted
everyday events
Which Greek temple style is most appropriate for smaller temples?
prostyle
Which figural arrangement was most popular during the Renaissance?
pyramid
Which is the correct chronological order for Greek vase painting types?
Geometric, Black Figure, Bilingual, Red Figure
Which artist painted the series of frescoes in the Arena Chapel?
Giotto
Which artist innovatively created structure and perspective in his paintings through color rather than by traditional means?
Cezanne
How many buildings on the Athenian Acropolis date to the fifth-century BCE?
4
Which Roman painting style combines architectural fantasy with illusionistic depth?
4th style
Which is NOT characteristic of the High Classical period of Greek art?
All are characteristics
How did the Byzantine portrayal of Christ differ from the Early Christian portrayal?
All of the differences
Which selection is most appropriate regarding Assyrian palaces?
All selections are equally appropriate
Who is credited with inventing the red-figure technique?
Andokides painter
What is NOT an appropriate description of Egyptian art?
Asymmetrical
Which emperor's commissions reflect the influence of Classical Greek art?
Augustus
Which is the greatest achievement of Hiberno-Saxon art?
Book of Kells
Which is the greatest work of Hiberno-Saxon art?
Book of Kells
Which artist painted a series that depicts the labors of the months?
Bruegel
Name the artist who competed with Ghiberti for the commission for bronze doors of the Florence Cathedral Baptistery.
Brunelleschi
Which artist called his style, Art Brut?
Debuffet
Which does not apply to Minoan architecture.
Defensively positioned
Which artist became a supreme colorist at the end of his career?
Delacroix
What is NOT true of the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin?
Demonstrates piety of King
What does a squinch support?
Dome
John the Evangelist is represented with which iconographic symbol?
Eagle
Which Greek temple does not exhibit the expected proportion and symmetry found in most Ancient Greek structures?
Erectheion
Who is the master of the red-figure painting?
Euphronios
Which is NOT true in regards to Ancient Near Eastern ethnic groups?
Extensive architectural remains
The Emperor Trajan commissioned a/the
Forum
Romanesque churches do not have
Four-story elevations
Who painted "Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife"?
Jan van Eyck
The Islamic shrine built over the spot from where Muhammad is believed to have ascended into the heavens is located in which city?
Jerusalem
Which artist was not involved with the planning and construction of the Florence Cathedral?
Michelangelo
The Snake Goddess sculpture is
Minoan
Which artist's most famous works are characterized by intersecting horizontal and vertical lines?
Mondrian
Based on their art works, which society had a warrior culture?
Mycenaean
Which sculptor's work showed a tremendous influence of classical forms?
Nicola Pisano
Late Roman Imperial art is equivalent to which period of Greek art?
None of these
The church of Saint Michael's in Hildesheim and the important art work within it date to which period?
Ottonian
The Venus of Willendorf is a
Paleolithic sculpture
Which artist was an accomplished engraver?
Pallaiuolo
Which manuscript dates to the Middle Byzantine period?
Paris Psalter
Which artist was Raphael's teacher?
Perugino
Which Baroque painter's style most closely resembles classical?
Poussin
Which of the following movements were primarily American?
Precisionism
Strikingly realistic portraiture is characteristic of
Roman Republican art
Who is the Mannerist architect?
Romano
Which Baroque painter's figures have puffy, soft flesh?
Rubens
Which structure does not date to the Romanesque period?
Saint-Maclou
The frescoes recovered from the house in Dura-Europos show which of the following?
Samuel anointing David
Which structure contains the portraits of Justinian and Theodora?
San Vitale
Which is not a basilica-plan structure?
Santa Costanza
The Lamassu sculptures were recovered from where?
Sargon's palace
Which artist is known primarily for his work in engraving?
Schongauer
Which artist's most famous piece is an engraving?
Schongauer
Historical relief narratives were recovered from the Palace of
Sennacherib
Who sculpted the "Well of Moses"?
Sluter
Which work features the god Shamash?
Stele of Hammurabi
The material used in the creation of the Venus of Willendorf was
Stone
What ethnic group is credited with the first system of writing known to man?
Sumerians
Which was NOT a scene on the sarcophagus of Junius Bassus?
The Annunciation
Romans borrowed all of the following from Etruscan temples except
Three cellas
Which work does not exhibit the so-called Animal style?
Torhalle of the Lorsch Monastery
Which of the following artist was know as a Regionalist?
Wood
Which is not true for Romanesque architectural sculpture?
high relief
Hellenistic sculpture differs from Classical in all of the following except
idealization
Roman Second Style painting is characterized by
illusionistic depth
Which is NOT true for Ghiberti's style?
influenced by the International Style
What color is lapis lazuli?
light blue
The shelves on which the dead were placed in Early Christian catacombs were called
loculi
The illumination of "Christ as the Architect of the Universe" comes from the/a
moralized Bible
Which is not true for Late Byzantine painting?
naturalistic poses
Which term is related to perspective in painting?
orthogonal
The large, open area of a Roman home is known as a
peristyle
What does NOT characterize Sumerian human figure compositions?
shoulders in profile
The heel stone at Stonehenge gives credence to the theory that the ancient structure was a/an
solar calendar
The Katholikon's dome rests on
squinches
All prehistoric paintings have been found in
the deep recesses of caves
The most common subject in Romantic era painting in America was
the landscape
All of the following architects created works in the so-called organic style except
van der Rohe
The two sides of the Standard of Ur shows scenes of
war and peace
