Art Appreciation final

Abstract designs and patterns can convey information that is as important, recognizable, and specific as both representational and narrative imagery.

true

An x-ray of Picasso's Girl before a Mirror showed that the artist altered the body of Marie-Therese while working on the painting.

true

Filippo Brunelleschi has been widely regarded as the first Renaissance ________.

architect

Ziggurats were made of what material?

mud-brick

People who gathered at Stonehenge on the summer solstice would have seen:

the sun rise over the Heelstone

Artworks based on which of these religions can be found in India?

Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam

The Colosseum is known for being:

able to hold up to 55,000 people

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

false

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

false

Salvador Dali's paintings 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

The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir to celebrate the birth of his son Shah Jahan.

false

The ornate and fanciful style called Rococo was only fashionable in France.

false

The Great Stupa _______.

holds the Buddha's remains

The technique used to make Andy Warhol's Thirty Are Better than One is ________.

silkscreen

Jackson Pollock's Number 1A is _______.

so large that is dominates the viewer's field of vision

The subject matter of Buddhist art consists of ________.

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

Which Renaissance artist drew the Vitruvian Man?

Leonardo

The Inca made figurines of _________ because they wanted to celebrate the role these creatures played in textile manufacture.

Llamas

Who called himself the Sun King?

Louis XIV

The Ishtar Gate was built under whose rule?

Nebuchadnezzar II

Terra-cotta heads with prominent holes in the pupils, nostrils, mouth, and ears were made by the _______ culture of _______.

Nok ... Nigeria

The palace and gardens of Versailles were built by Marie Antoinette.

True

Marcel Duchamp's Fountain is an example of _______.

a readymade

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

Caravaggio

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

Cycladic

The written language used by the ________ is hieroglyphics.

Egyptians

The Guggenheim Museum in New York City was designed by:

Frank Lloyd Wright

Who is the artist of The Ecstasy of St. Teresa?

Gianlorenzo Bernini

______ made a Symbolist version of Judith with Holofernes's head.

Gustav Klimt

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

Renaissance

Who is the artist of Untitled (after Marcel Duchamp, A.P.).

Sherrie Levine

Bulls were often shown in the art of the Babylonians and Minoans.

True

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

True

The Greeks often used ideal proportions in thier sculpture and architecture.

True

Early wall paintings have been found in Catalhoyuk in modern _____.

Turkey

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

a kouros

The subject of Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, Liberty is ________.

a symbol of freedom

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

false

Embroidery can only be used to create basic outlines on textiles. It would not be used, for example, to make intricate details or animal figures.

false

Figures in Australian rock art are only ever depicted in outline.

false

In Greek mythology, powerful ruler King Minos was said to have built a small, modest palace on Knossos (Crete) because of his humility toward the gods.

false

Manuscripts in the Middle Ages were produced in factories in which hundreds of duplicate pages were made quickly using a printing press.

false

Navajo sand paintings are generally made to be passed down from generation to generation.

false

Vincent van Gogh commited suicide by bleeding to death after slicing off his left ear.

false

Which two Gothic architectural innovations allowed cathedral walls to be built higher than before?

flying buttresses and rib vaults

Japanese tearooms are designed ________.

for contemplation

the medium of the artwork that decorates the Sistine Chapel ceiling is ________.

fresco

A lamassu is a _____.

guardian beast

What role did photography play for the artist Thomas Eakins?

he used photography to study anatomy and proportion

The writing system developed by the Maya is known as ________.

hieroglyphs

Holy relics located in churches _____.

inspired people to make pilgrimages to see them.

the following are architectural orders developed by the greeks:

ionic, doric, and corinthian

The Taj Mahal _________.

is surrounded by gardens that represent Paradise

New North American cities in the late eighteenth century chose neoclassicism as their architectural style because:

it represented the ideals to which they aspired.

Gold was important to the Moche culture because ____

it was associated with the sun's energy and power

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

mock sea battles

Matisse's The Red Studio includes:

paintings, sculptures, and ceramics the artist had made

The Sumerian Standard of Ur shows scenes of:

peace and war

The Parthenon that still stands today in Athens was built after the city was invaded in 480/479 bce by the:

persians

Ceremonies including ________ took place at the top of Aztec pyramids.

sacrifices where victims' hearts were extracted

Leonardo da Vinci invented a painting technique that consisted of applying a hazy or misty glaze over the painting. This technique is called _____.

sfumato

What does the dog in The Arnolfini Portrait symbolize?

that the couple are wealthy and faithful

Artists in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood were inspired by works from ________.

the Middle Ages

The Arnolfini Portrait is part of which period in art?

the Northern Renaissance

The story of Laocoon takes place during _________.

the Trojan War

Which of the following are qualities of most Impressionist artists and their paintings?

their brushstrokes were visible and paintings appeared unfinished. they rejected the traditional values of the Academy. they evoked the sensations of everyday life. they painted outdoors and captured natural light.

Many ancient Greek artists made artworks to honor ______.

their gods and deities

________ were portable dwellings made by Plains Indians.

tipis

The Eiffel Tower was made _______.

to welcome visitors to a World Fair.

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

transient sights, smalls, and sounds. memento mori. the fleeting nature of life. the passing of time.

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

true

Iconoclasm is the destruction of images.

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.

true

Rituals that connect with ancestors and nature spirits are as important as the task of daily life for African people life the Yombe.

true

Salvador Dali was a member of the Surrealists, whose artworks were inspired by dreams or subconscious thoughts.

true

The Dome of the Rock was built on a site sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

true

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

true

The lamassi sculptures made for Ashurnasirpal II's palace each have five legs.

true

The tattooed facial designs of the Maori were so distinctive and specific to an individual that at times they have been used as a form of legal signature.

true

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

true

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

true

When an Egyptian pharaoh died, his organs were removed and stored in canopic jars.

true

In "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa," the curl of the wave intertwines with the sky to create an abstract _________.

yin and yang

Art can only be made by a single individual.

false

Neoclassical paintings, such as those by Jacques-Louis David and Angelica Kauffmann, ________.

are inspired by ancient Greece and Rome. convey a moral message. place an emphasis on civic duty. are serious in tone.

Why might the paintings at Lascaux be considered sacred?

because the site was visited repeatedly and painted again and again.

Donatello's David is made in what medium?

bronze

Brunelleschi's design for the dome of Florence Cathedral was a triumph over adversity because ______.

building such an enormous dome was a technological challenge

the earliest examples of Christian art have been disccovered in ________.

catacombs

This creature seems to have possesssed special significance in Machu Picchu, and is depicted throughout the site.

condor

The moai of Easter Island represent:

deified ancestors who were chiefs

Jackson Pollock made paintings by:

dripping paint onto a canvas on the floor

When were the walls of Lascaux painted?

15,000-13,000 BCE

All Islamic manuscripts include a page with a portrait of Allah.

false

An amphora is the name for any female Greek goddess.

false

The structure of Romanesque churches recalls architectural elements from _______.

ancient rome

A shaman is a person who ________.

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

Pablo Picasso's Girl before a Mirror can best be described as _______.

an abstract portrait.