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Which group of artists was described by a critic as "Wild Beasts?"
fauves
Which of the following helps the viewer to recognize the importance of both negative and positive shapes to perception?
figure-ground reversal
What allowed the structures of the early Indus Valley cities, such as Harappa and Mohenjo-daro to survive?
fired bricks
What process is required to transform pliable clay into a permanent form?
firing
What Japanese technique did ceramic artist Peter Voulkos employ?
firing in an anagama
Pliable clay is made to hold its form permanently through the process of?
firing it.
What formal characteristic adds to desperation of Zulaykha in The Seduction of Yusuf?
flat pictorial space
What formal quality is shared by Kumano Mandala and Muhammad Placing the Black Stone on His Cloak?
flat space
Bamboo in Chinese painting symbolizes
flexibility
The ancient Egyptians belief in the afterlife was aided by the
flooding of the Nile
Which artist was known for using flat and silhouette figures?
Aaron Douglas
reception, extraction, inference
According to Sayre what are the three steps in the process of "seeing"?
Einsteins Theories
According to Sayre, our notion of space has changed abruptly and even become "fluid" since the beginning of the twentieth century due to
They should educate the public about the value of art.
According to the National Endowment for the Arts what activist role should artists take?
Which artist is known for establishing the ideals of the Renaissance in northern Europe?
Albrecht Durer
Which of these artists produced many pieces of kinetic art?
Alexander Calder
What is God called in Islam?
Allah
They are both positive forms that contain negative space.
Although created for different purposes, Barbara Hepworth's Two Figures and the African feast-making spoon share a similar trait. What is it?
Which of the following characterizes the idea of streamlining?
American and modern
What distinguishes an installation from an assemblage?
An installation encourages the viewer to enter or walk around it
What do artists Mel Chin and LaToya Ruby Frasier have in common?
Both deal with the effects of pollution on poor populations
What do Honore Daumier's Rue Transnonain and Hartmann Schedel's The Nuremberg Chronicle: View of Venice have a common?
Both depict imagined scenes of real places and events.
Which of the following is true of both Duccio's Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin and Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper?
Both have receding lines that emphasize the main figure
What do Rembrandt van Rijn's etching The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds and Erich Heckel's woodcut Franzi Reclining have in common?
Both rely on light/dark contrast to create drama.
What do Suzuki's Harunobu's Two Courtseans, Inside and Outside the Display Window and Edouard Manet's The Gare Saint-Lazare share in the approach to the role of women?
Both suggest confinment
What do Elizabeth Catlett's Sharecropper and Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe have in common?
Both use an abstract style to represent women who have been exploited.
What does J.M.W. Turner's Rain, Steam, and Speed-The Great Western Railway and Thomas Ahshutz's Steamboat on the Ohio have in common?
Both use atmospheric perspective
What inspired both William Morris and Frank Lloyd Wright to design furniture?
Both wanted to furnish homes they designed
How do Andrea Bowers's United States v. Tim deChristopher and Albert Bierstadt's The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak differ?
Bowers encouraged preservatio of natural resources
What does Diamond Sutra suggest about Buddhist art in this era?
Buddha has been given human form
Which of the following is an example of a non theistic faith?
Buddhism
how did the Japanese treat the introduction of the buddhist religion
Buddhist ceremonies were incorporated into Shinto court ritual
How does the Brockholes Visitor Center embody the green principle of integration and compatibility with the natural environment?
It floats on the surface of water in the wildlife refuge
What distinguishes Hellenistic sculpture from works of previous Greek periods?
Emotionalism
What inspired Frederick Law Olmstead as he was developing New York's Central Park?
English country estates
Motion Pictures
Etienne-Jules Marey was a pioneer in the then burgeoning art of what?
Contingent is a typical work by the artist?
Eva Hesse.
Which of the following artist was influenced by Chinese porcelain?
Francois Boucher
Which artist made the brutal so-called "Black Paintings?"
Fransisco Goya
Which architect first conceived the idea of the suburb?
Frederick Law Olmstead
How does Whitfield Lovell enliven the drawings in his installation Whispers from the Walls?
He incorporated smell and sound.
What is the most plausible interpretation of why Time is included in Bronzino's An Allegory with Venus and Cupid?
He represents the fleeting aspect of erotic love
What design concession was Eero Saarinen forced to make to maintain the structural integrity of his Tulip Pedestal furniture?
He used cast aluminum bases
What was the significance of Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese House being moved to Salem, Massachusetts?
It becomes an example of Chinese art history
How does assemblage primarily differ from other sculptural processes?
It brings together many individual objects
What does the winged god Eros suggest about the Greeks' belief in sex?
It can be an act of love and cruelty
What does Laura Knapp's Selfie suggest about the contemporary self portrait?
It captures the complex nature of our identities
Why was the MTV logo so appealing during the early years of the Music Television network?
It constantly changed
How does Gianlorenzo Bernini's design for the oval piazza at St. Peter's in Rome reflect the contemporary religious and Baroque ideals?
It inspires faith in the papacy
How does St. Bavo's church in Haarlem compare with Catholic churches of the 17th century?
It is aesthetically more simple
Which of these statements is NOT true about the Qing Dynasty masterpiece Yu the Great Taming the Waters?
It is carved into the largest piece of marble ever quarried.
What does Yanagi Yukinori's Hinomaru Illumination suggest about the Japanese idea of nationalism?
It is closely linked to the imperial family
What was the effect of two molded-plywood forms floating on simple steel rods, as seen in the Side Chair, Model DCM, 1946?
It is dynamic
Which of the following statements best describes Frank Gehry's design process?
It is fluid and experimental
Ernesto Neto's sculptural space TorusMacroCopula is considered an installation because
It is indoors
How does the concept of sex in Plato's Republic differ from the Hindu tradition?
It is only for procreation
What distinguishes modeling from other additive forms of production?
The object can be manually formed
a composition
The organization of visual elements in an artwork is called
How does Paul Strand emphasize the formal play of visual elements in Abstraction, Porch Shadows?
The overhead shot makes real space appear flat
What characteristic do John Singer Sargent's Rushing Brook and Helen Frankenthaler's The Bay have in common?
The paint is absorbed into the support.
How did Sandro Botticelli's interest in Neoplatonism impact his painting The Birth of Venus?
The painting uses the pagan goddess of love, Venus, to imply love for God
Works done in the animal style combine Christian art with
abstract Celtic designs
Jackson Pollock's paintings that were poured and flung onto the canvas were labeled as
action painting
Jackson Pollock's "drip" paintings are also called
action paintings
What must be considered to achieve balance in sculpture and architecture?
actual weight
When a sculpture is created by building up the form with a material such as clay, the process is called?
additive.
The intention of Carolee Schneemann in her work Eye Body: 36 Transformative Actions was to
address the rift between men and women in the art world
What did the Moche use to create large mound temples?
adobe
Pablo Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror is considered a Surrealist work because it
adresses the self in all its complexity
In Rain, Steam, and Speed-The Great Western Railway, J.M.W. Turner employs
aerial perspective
In Rain, Steam, and Speed - The Great Western Railway, J.M.W. Turner employs
aerial perspective.
Harley Earl incorporated fins into the design of the 1948 Cadillac as a symbol of
aerodynamics
What issue is commonly addressed in Suzanne Lacy's performances?
aging issues faced by women
What did Alexander Calder employ to create movement in Untitled (1976)?
air currents
which objects show the relationship between tradition and modernity in david p. bradley's indian country today?
airplanes versus clouds
How did Gothic architects compensate for the lateral thrust of the interior arches used in cathedrals?
flying buttresses
In Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna on the Rocks, the mountains in the background are an example of
atmospheric perspective
In Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna of the Rocks, the mountains in the background are an example of
atmospheric perspective.
The rising water in To Raise The Water Level in a Fishpond symbolizes the
attempt to raise the government's consciousness
The giant vases in John Singer Sargent's The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit represent
authority
When a style of line becomes associated as an artist's work, we say it is?
autographic.
Richard Meir's Atheneum and the Pantheon are both based on the principles of
balance and harmony
which of the following artists is known for graffiti art
banksy
Which Christian ritual does Bill Viola incorporate into The Reflecting Pool?
baptism
La Grande Odalisque by Lalla Esaydi differs fundamentally from Grande Odalisque by Jean-Auguste-Dominique-Ingres in that Essaydi's figure seems to
be a real person with a real story to tell
According to the film critic Laura Mulvey, the traditional role of women in Hollywood films is to
be looked at
As a graduate student, what did Ana Mendieta use to signify her separation from her native country of Cuba and her naturalization?
beard
The keloidal scars in Ugonachomma are meant to enhance the figure's
beauty
The stereoscope was invented to imitate
binocular vision
What formal characteristic dominated Joan Miro's Painting?
biomorphic shapes
what theme is shared by janine antoni and stephen petronio's honey baby and leonardo da vinci's embyro in the womb?
birth
Dale Chihuly's Mille Fiori is an example of what type of glass
blown
What color is often considered by artists, including Wassily Kandinsky to be a symbol of divinity?
blue
In which of these pairs are the colors analogous?
blue-violet and blue
In which of these pairs are the colors analogous? (next to each other on color wheel)
blue-violet and blue
One of the major items that the Benin imported from the Portuguese was
brass
By the late fourteenth century, the African kingdom of Benin had developed tremendous refinement in the art of?
brass casting
What materials were used to erect the Djingareyber Mosque in Timbuktu?
brick and mud
The material most commonly associated with casting is
bronze
Which sculptural material is sometimes formed as separate pieces and then welded together in the final pieces?
bronze
The material most often associated with the process of "casting" is?
bronze.
The most important factor that contributed to a fascination with death and contemplation of mortality during the Middle Ages was the
bubonic plague
How does Pat Steir use line to express pleasure in The Brueghel Series: A Vanitas of Style?
by combining a variety of styles
The concept of mathematical harmony was most directly incorporated in the Parthenon in the use of
columns
Edouard Manet's Chez le Pere Lathuille would be considered a Realist painting because it
comments on the true social conditions of the day
Josiah Wedgwood donated his Pegasus Vase to the British Museum to
compare it to the Greek original
What element is used to contrast the lives represented in George Bellows's paintings Cliff Dwellers and A Day in June?
composition
What element remains consistent in Nicholas Nixons's The Brown Sisters series?
composition
Which allowed artists to move beyond the frame and traditional boundaries of time and matter?
computers
What allowed the Romans to build such large and sturdy domes, such as the one on the Pantheon?
concrete
Barbara Kruger's photographic silkscreen Untitled is critique of
consumer culture
The representation of the Buddha in the frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra is an invitation to
contemplate the Buddha's aphorisms
Ellsworth Kelly's Brier exhibits which type of lines?
contour
The spiral in Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty represents the
contradictory forces of the universe
The Greek Kouros illustrates the idea of shifting or counter positioning weight around the axis of the spine in figurative sculpture. This pose is called?
contrapposto
Which of the following terms refers to a dynamic pose in which the weight falls on one foot?
contrapposto
The Nok people most likely included holes in the eyes and noses of their clay figures to
control temperature during firing
How can we describe Sol LeWitt's use of line in Wall Drawing No. 681 C?
controlled
What "temperature" is associated with the color blue-green?
cool
The abstract figure and navel of Woman of Willendorf suggests that the artists
could image something beyond the realistic
Anish Kapoor used the form of a gate for his site-specific sculpture Cloud Gate to
create a space that could reflect what is above and what is below
Jan de Heem used oil paint for his vanitas themed painting, Still Life with Lobster, because of its ability to
create luminous color and texture.
16. Line can be used to delineate edges of form in space, imply movement, and?
create value by hatching and cross-hatching
The key function of repetition in art is to
create visual rhythm
Henri Matisse almost completely eliminiated any sense of three-dimensionality in the painting Harmony in Red (The Red Room) by
creating one large field of uniform color and design
The Chinese symbols within a red square on Hung Liu's Relic 12 represents the
creation goddess
The mast in The Raft of the Medusa by Theodore Gericault represents the
crucifix of Christ
The famous essayist and reformer John Ruskin called Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace a
cucumber frame
which movement took up the call for the annihilation of art in the traditional sense of the world
dada
many artists who embraced realism during the Great Depression thought that art should
deal with the problems of daily life
Nishiki-e prints initially appeared as
decorated calendars.
According to Thomas Jefferson, the Greek orders of architecture symbolized
democratic ideals
How does Rembrandt create shadow in The Three Crosses?
denser line
What defines the level of high and low relief?
depth
What is Terry Winter's Color and Information attempting to transform into this painting?
digital information
Postmodernism stresses the theme of
discontinuity
The purpose of the Lunar Society was to
discuss technology
The area where line almost disappears in Rembrandt van Rijn's The Three Crosses represents
divine light
What does the color blue represent in Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna of the Rocks?
divinity
What does the color blue represent in Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna on the Rocks?
divinity
What does the color blue represent in The Last Supper by Julie Green?
divinity
Gold has been associated with the eternal soul and kingship because it
does not corrode or tarnish
Edouard Manet deliberately rejected traditional painting techniques to
draw attention to his modernity
What medium did Umberto Boccioni use to create a metaphor for exposing the limitations of a single point of view?
drawing
Renoir hides the working-class girls' origins in Bal du Moulin de la Gallete by
dressing them in bright fashions
One of the basic signatures of contemporary abstract painting is the
dripping line
Which of the following is a method of intaglio printmaking?
drypoint
Leonardo da Vinci saw correspondence between the human body and
earth
Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels are generally referred to as?
earthworks
It is difficult to label El Greco as a Mannerist painter because of his
eclectic and individual style
What is the similar theme in William Kentridge's History of the Main Complaint and Shahiza Sikander's The Last Post?
effects of colonalism
A rumal is a type of
embroidered Indian textile
Instead of focusing on a visual recording of the Maine coast in Untitled (The Blue Sea), John Marin uses watercolor to record
emotion.
Which of the following was associated with Art Nouveau?
emotional abandon
Villa La Rotonda is sited on the crest of a hill to
emphasize the radial views
An artist would be most likely to use an afocal composition to
encourage the viewer to look at all areas of the work
What image does Matthew Ritchie use in the Iron City to suggest that humankind is doomed to extinction
engine nozzles of NASA's Saturn V
The ultimate goal of the Buddhist practices, as taught by Siddhartha Gautama, is
enlightenment
The Egyptian pyramids of Giza differ from the Moche Pyramid of the Sun in that they
ensure the king's passage to the afterlife
Robert Smithson's inspiration for Spiral Jetty was
environmental entropy
What isssue is Latoya Ruby Frazier addressing in Self-Portrait?
environmental racism
What does Karen McCoy's Considering Mother's Mantle say about the environmental movement?
environmentalists can work with land developers
Andrea Bowers includes herself in United States v. Tim deChristopher to
establish scale of landscape
Archaeologists speculate that Stonehenge represents the
eternity of ancestral life
Mark Rothko incorporated triptychs on three of the walls of the Rothko Chapel to
evoke Renaissance altarpieces
Peter Voulkos's ceramic work challenged the idea of ceramics as "craft" with his
experimental forms and techniques
the main purpose of the surrealists artists was to
express the unconscious mind
Georgia O'Keeffe's Purple Hills near Abiqui seems to reflect the influence of what European style?
expressionism
What distinguishes Kathe Kollwitz's use of charcoal in Self-Portrait, Drawing from Georgia O'Keeffe's in Banana Flower?
expressive emphasis
The Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh, indicates the power of the artist's?
expressive line.
What heightened the drama of Tintoretto's painting The Miracle of the Slave?
extreme foreshortening
The design on the chest made in Ipswich, Massachusetts, represents the
exuberance of the natural world
What led 14th century Chinese artists to focus on traditional values in painting, poetry, and calligraphy?
foreign domination in the Chinese court
In order to adjust the distortion created by the point of view in The Dead Christ, Andrea Mantegna utilizes
foreshortening
The technique used to counter the oddly weird and disquieting imagery produced when the foreground of an image is up close is known as
foreshortening
Sacrifice of Isaac by Fillipo Brunelleschi is an example of
high-relief sculpture
The felt cocoon in Joseph Beuys's I Like America and America Likes Me referred to
his own origin myth
What concept is explored in Edmund Clark's Camp 5, Detainee's Call?
home
Triumphal arches were created in ancient Rome to
honor victories
The inspiration for the elaborate patterns found in Maori tattooing was the
human form
The Maya probably derived their 260-day calendar from their observations of
human gestation
The animal style is most likely to be used in
illuminated manuscripts
The Wheel of Life represents
impermanence of existence
What similar theme is found in The Brown Sisters, Truro, Massachusetts, and Body of a Courtsean in Nine Stages of Decomposition?
impermanence of physical body
In Giacometti's Man Pointing, our eye is directed down his right arm and past his pointed finger to some imagined point of interest beyond. This is an example of which formal element?
implied line
Lines that create a sense of movement and direction are called?
implied lines.
What allows the viewer to understand a larger sequence of events from a single image?
implied motion
What formal characteristic is shared by Toreador and Flying Horses Poised On One Leg on a Shallow?
implied motion
What formal characteristic suggest Futurist influences in Umberto Boccioni's Unique Forms of Continuity in Space?
implied motion
Which allows the viewer to understand a larger sequence of events from a single image?
implied motion
Which of the following does Nikolai Buglaj use along with value scale to communicate ideas about injustice in "Race"ing Sideways"
implied movement
The negative space in the Rubin vase is the
in both white and dark areas, depending on how you look at it
Auguste Rodin's The Burghers of Calais is a remarkable example of which type of sculpture?
in-the-round
Herbert Bayer emphasizes the Bauhaus movement on the cover of the first issue of Bauhaus magazine by
incorporating a pencil and a triangle
What was the intention of the Action Office?
increase productivity
The Marlboro Man represents
independence
The primary function of an outline is to
indicate a dimensional shape
What characteristic distinguishes figures in the Annunciation and Visitation at Reims Cathedral from earlier Romanesque sculpture?
individualism of figures
In the Alba Madonna, the baby Jesus's nudity suggests his
innocence
which artist combined European influences of Surrealism and Expressionism to create her nonobjective paintings?
lee krasner
what distinguished Impressionist paintings from much of earlier nineteenth-century French art?
leisure as a subject matter
What can be inferred from both Jan van Eyck's Eve panel and Jan de Heem's Still Life with Lobster?
life is transient
Emphasis is created in both Georges de La Tour's Joseph the Carpenter and Artemesia Gentileschi's Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes by using
light
In chiaroscuro, the highlight is directly next to the
light
What formal element of landscape painting was most interesting to Joseph Mallord William Turner?
light
What material does Dan Flavin use to make art?
light
Which design element can contribute to a viewer's sense of space, as seen in medieval cathedrals?
light
What does Childe Hassam use to balance the asymmetrical composition in Boston Common at Twilight?
light and dark
Emphasis is created in both Georges de La Tour's Joseph the Carpenter and Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes by using
light.
Which medium would best be suited for a subtractive process?
limestone
Which of these visual elements is most obvious in Andy Goldsworthy's Hazel Leaves?
line
By the end of the Baroque period, what two opposing styles were most established among painters?
linear and painterly
Titian's Assumption and Consecration of the Virgin demonstrates the power of?
lines of sight.
What kind of color is being used if apples are being painted red?
local
What kind of color is being used if apples are painted red?
local
For Vincent van Gogh, the figure of The Sower represents
longing for the infinite
The tossed shoe and naked foot in Jean-Honore Fragonard's The Swing represent
lost virginity
What kind of sculpture is Maidens and Stewards from the frieze on the Parthenon?
low relief
The Egyptian limestone carving, Senwosret I led by Atum to Amun-Re, is an example of
low relief sculpture
What medium does Katharina Grosse use in her installation Cincy?
luminescent spray paint
What issue is Bansky addressing in his work Kissing Coppers?
macho stereotypes
What are practitioners of the Muslim faith required to participate in?
making a pilgrimage to Mecca
which of these is a pillar of Islam?
making a pilgrimage to Mecca once
the figures in Diana al Hadid's Nolli's Orders were inspired by
mannerist paintings
The Limbourg Brothers are known for their work in
manuscript illumination
Design as a profession can be traced back to the beginnings of the industrial age, when it originated largely in opposition to
mass production
What kind of structures did the Shona erect in the city known today as Great Zimbabwe?
massive stone buildings, walls, and ceremonial platforms
the original function of the santa costanza was a
mausoleum
Josiah Wedgwood changed the look of functional everyday objects when he
mechanized the ceramic process
Linear perspective is not considered accurate in depicting how we see "real" space because
our vision is not monocular, but rather, binocular
In Vincent van Gogh's The Sower, the line showing the circular shape of the sun would best be considered a(n)
outline
According to Grace Ndritu, Henri Matisse creates a hallucinogenic quality by
overlapping patterns
According to Grace Ndiritu, Henri Matisse creates a hallucinogenic quality by
overlapping patterns.
Peter Paul Rubens's paintings celebrating the life of Marie de' Medici can best be described as
painterly
What medium does Terry Winters use in Color and Information to explore boundaries of chaos and order in our contemporary world?
painting
Which of the following combination f media can be compared to the composition of Henri Matisse's Venus?
painting, drawing, and sculpture
The range of colors that an artist chooses to use in a work is referred to as
palette
Which of the following drawing supports was created by the Egyptians around 4000 BCE?
papyrus
Kerry James Marshall finds inspirations for his compositions in
pastoral paintings
What is the name for the social system in which males predominantly hold power?
patriarchy
What design element does Jacob Lawrence use to unify the painting Barber Shop?
pattern
What combination of design principles is used in the cross page from the Lindisfarne Gospels?
pattern, symmetrical balance, and variety
The Impressionists preferred plein-air painting because it allowed them to experiment with
perceptual color
Which Western convention was learned by Chinese artists in order to make exported blue-and-white porcelain more appealing?
perspective
sol lewitt's wall drawings were inspired by
photographic sequences
The parrot in Shiva Seated with Uma symbolizes
physical passion
What attributes did Greek gods commonly possess?
physical perfection
Which of the following colors is considered a tint?
pink
the simultaneous presence of diverse traditions in a single work is a characteristic of
pluralism
What defines contemporary design?
plurality
What technique did George Seurat use instead of mixing colors on the palette or canvas?
pointilism
Don Gray views his paintings in the series Nine Stones as
portraits
questions of race, gender, and identity are addressed most directly by artists involved with
postmodernism
What allows the terminal at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan to withstand earthquakes?
potential for movement within the roof
What began to flourish with the advent of agriculture?
pottery
Applying a ground refers to
preparing a surface to accept paint.
The mirror in Ugonachomma symbolizes
prestige
What do kente cloths symbolize among the Ewe and Asante societies of Ghana?
prestige
What trait did the ancient Greeks find most undesirable?
pride
What kind of colors are red, yellow, and blue?
primary
What does Zhang Dali use in Dialogue and Demolition No. 50 as a metaphor for the individual's place in society?
profiles
what might have triggered the collapse of the Indus Valley civilizations?
prolonged drought
The artist of Doryphoros (The Spear Bearer) and The Vitruvian Man both were concerned with
proportion
What refers to the relationship between the parts of an object and the whole?
proportion
Doryphoros most thoroughly embodies the principles of Polyclitus's canon in the
proportion of the body parts to the whole
The artists of Doryphoros (The Spear Bearer) and The Vitruvian Man both were concerned with
proportion.
The original intention for the hypostyle space of all Muslim mosques was to
protect against the sun
A skirt was added to the yoroi worn by the samurai warriors to
protect their legs
Why did the Olmec build their cities on great earthen platforms?
protection from rain and flood
The ancient Egyptians placed statues in their tombs to
provide a home for their ka
what subject is addressed in kerry james marshall's many mansions?
public housing projects
What did the "primitive" cultures symbolize to Paul Gauguin?
purity
What does the sink symbolize in Robert Gober's Untitled from 1999?
purity
What architectural feature of Hagia Sophia contributed most to the spiritual effect of the sculpture?
row of windows at base of dome
What did the tiger-dragons symbolize in ancient Chinese cultures?
royal authority
The double-headed serpent on the tree on the sarcophagus of Pacal represents
royal lineage
The colossal head found at La Venta in Mexico represents a
ruler
Kara Walker's A Sublety maniupulates which design principle for expressive effect?
scale
Kara Walker's A Subtlety manipulates which design principle for expressive effect?
scale
An Ionic column can be distinguished by its
scroll
Zhang Huan's Three-Legged Buddha is an example of
sculpture in the round
What qualities characterizes Venetian painting during the Renaissance?
sensuous light and color
The cool colors in Romare Bearden's She-ba provide
serenity
The cool colors in Romare Bearden's She-ba provide
serenity.
Which of these print making techniques was most recently developed?
serigraphy
The Guerilla Girls draw attention to
sexism in the art world
Which of the following is a characteristic of Mannerism?
shallow or disorienting depictions of space
What formal element does Ellsworth Kelly focus on in Three Panels: Orange, Dark Grey, Green?
shape
John Gast included a schoolbook in the hands of Progress in American Progress to
symbolize that education is necessary in westward expansion
Chris Burden's Urban Light and Faith Ringgold's Tar Beach both
symbolize the urban environment
Stone was used by the Egyptians because it
symbolized permanence
The interior spaces of the Great Mosque of Damascus and Cologne Cathedral share
symmetrical arcades
The design of the Taj Mahal uses which of the following to express distribution of visual weight?
symmetrical balance
What element of design contributes to the religious content of Enguerrand Quarton's Coronation of the Virgin, showing a unified theological universe?
symmetrical balance
what invention helped drive Impressionism?
synthetic paint
The highest-ranking courtesans in the Edo period in Japan were the
tayu
What do April Greiman's installations suggest about making art in the twenty-first century?
technology is always evolving
What principle was used in Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House allowing for greater distances to be spanned without sagging or breaking?
tensile strength
What is Diego Velasquez suggesting about our role as the viewer in Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor)?
that we are a focal point
What does the Range Rover represent in Sarah Tynan's A Good Day for Cyclists?
the British royal family
What example of streamlining in design was the subject of the movie The Silver Streak?
the Burlington Zephyr
What forced sex in the Western world to go underground?
the Church
What did the stained-glass windows symbolize in the design of medieval churches and cathedrals?
the Divine Spirit
During the isolation of Japan, which group was allowed to trade on a limited basis?
the Dutch
What acted as the civic center in the city of Rome?
the Forum
which culture began the belief in the elysian fields, where humans enjoy an afterlife comparable to that of the gods?
the Greeks
The form of many northern Hindu temples is inspired by
the Himalayas
Where did Neoclassical architecture become an almost official Federal style?
the United States
What trait differs between the imperial procession from Ara Pacis Augustae and the tomb of emperor Qin Shihugandi?
the agenda of propaganda
Which culture's gods did not present principles of behavior or doctrines?
the ancient greeks
The bridge of the great western railway shown in J.M.W. Turner's rain, steam and speed and the pont du gard both utilized
the arch
What building device is employed in the Pont du Gard?
the arch
Which of the following elements reflects the postmodern attitude of Elizabeth Murray's Just in Time?
the tension between the two panels
Why are modern artists interested in new ways of representing space?
to draw attention to the complex conditions of contemporary culture
Aquatint is similar to etching in that both proccesses
use acid.
Isaac Julien creates juxtaposition in Ten Thousand Waves by
using multiple screens in the same installation
Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe draws attention to the harsh reality of female stereotyping by
using vibrant, contrasting colors
Decorative patten is commonly associated with
utilitarian objects
Decorative pattern is commonly associated with
utilitarian objects.
The artist of Augustus of Primaporta included the small Cupid riding a dolphin to
validate Augustus's rule
Jean-Auguste-Dominique-Ingres associated Napoleon with Greek Gods, God the Father, and Charlemagne to
validate Napoleon's reign
During the Renaissance, the newfound philosophy of humanism turned the attention from God's will to the
value of the individual
How does William Morris's "workaday furniture" differ from "state furniture?"
"State furniture" is more elaborate and elegant than "workaday" furniture
pop art became popular in America in the
1960s
Which of the following best reflects the integral relationship between people and their natural surroundings?
Anasazi cliff dwellings
Which artist's writing was the inspiration of Ann Hamilton's the event of a thread?
Anni Albers
How do Edouard Manet's Mademoiselle V...in the Costume of an Espada and Eleanor Antin's My Kingdom is the Right Size differ in their depictions of women dressed as men?
Antin's figure seems to engage the viewer
The Egyptian god who oversees funerals and cemeteries is the
Anubis
Which of the following did Napoleon build in the Neoclassical style?
Arc de Triomphe
How had the art market changed by the end of the 17th century?
Art became available to the middle class
The subject of Constantin Brancusi's The Kiss was inspired by
Auguste Rodin
Which period is characterized by bringing together various media to achieve the most theatrical events?
Baroque
the shapes, forms, and bright colors of Brazilian culture
Beatriz Milhazes' Carambola is based on
How are time and motion treated similarly in Claude Monet's Water Lillies, Morning: Willows and Jackson Pollock's No. 32, 1950?
Both compositions force the viewer's eye to keep moving
How are time and motion treated similarly in Claude Monet's Water Lilies, Morning: Willows and Jackson Pollock's No. 32, 1950?
Both compositions force the viewer's eye to keep moving.
The treatment of light and shadow in Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Marat suggests the influence of
Caravaggio
Which artist created an experience of the infinite by painting a vast, dark, and lonely space?
Caspar David Friedrich
The Tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuangdi shows an extraordinary grouping of what type of work?
Ceramics
The most reproduced painting in history is
Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan
What event inspired Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix?
Charles X's restrictions on democratic institutions and the revolt that followed
The finest examples of modeling originate in
China
Which of the following artists depends on optical color mixing to construct representational images composed of abstract squares
Chuck Close
Which of the following artists depends on optical color mixing to construct representational images composed of abstract squares?
Chuck Close
political symbolism.
Considered a masterpiece of Renaissance art, Michelangelo's David came under attack upon first viewing due to its
Francis Picabia's Machine Tournez Vite (Machine Turn Quickly) is a work within which artistic movement?
Dadaism
Who was the first artist to work with fluorescent light?
Dan Flavin
What inspired Auguste Rodin's The Kiss?
Dante's Divine Comedy
How does Donatello emphasize the newly conceived idea of humanism in his sculpture David?
David's attention is turned inward, toward himself
How does the representation of the class system differ in Edgar Degas's The Glass of Absinthe and George Bellows's Cliff Dwellers?
Degas highlights isolationism; Bellows highlights overcrowding
Which painting was removed from its original site because of its political undertones?
Diego Rivera's Man, Controller of the Universe
The god of wine and intoxication is
Dionysus
What does Chim Pom's Radiation- Exposed Flowers Harmony, made in collaboration with flower artist Junichi Kakizaki, suggest about environmental understanding?
Disregard for nature can have monstrous consequences
Which artist was inspired by basalt boulders in Grande Ronde Valley in northeastern Oregon?
Don Gray
Where is the tallest free-standing structure in the world?
Dubai
Which artist was a flaneur?
Edouard Manet
Who wrote about Orientalism, defined as a Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient?
Edward Said
The Mycenaeans' burial practices were similar to those of the
Egyptians
The art of which of the following cultures was defined by rigorous geometric forms and idealized symbols of power?
Egyptians
Which artist worked with Pablo Picasso to pioneer cubism?
Georges Braque
Pablo Picasso's painting Guernica was inspired by
German air raid during the Spanish Civil War
The earliest record of the public admiring a drawing was recounted by
Giorgio Vasari.
Why did Jacob Lawrence use gouache for his work You can buy bootleg whiskey for twenty-five cents a quart?
Gouache can create brilliant, abstract blocks of color.
Which culture perfected the technique of lost-wax casting?
Greek
The Romans took artistic ideas from the
Greeks and Etruscans
Which artist mounted an exhibition of his own work outside the Universal Exposition of 1855 as a sign of protest against the French art establishment?
Gustave Courbet
What term did Allan Kaprow coin to describe his works in the 1950s?
Happenings
How does Maneul Teri create rough texture in the sculpture from the Mujer Pegada Series?
He adds paint
What did Josiah Wedgdwood change about the production process of ceramics?
He cast liquid clay in molds
How does Albrecht Durer create the illusion of space in Draftsman Drawing a Female Nude?
He employs a one-point linear perspective
How does Jeff Koons's Puppy differ from other assemblage and installation?
He uses a living medium
How has Martin Puryear changed his approach to works of art from Self, 1978 to Untitled IV, 2002?
He uses a two-dimensional medium to create space
How does Juan Gris's work The Table challenge what we believe to be "real"?
He uses collage to alter our perception of space.
How does Gustave Caillebotte emphasize the Haussmannization of Paris in Place de l'Europe on a Rainy Day?
He uses two point perspective
Why did Jackson Pollock place his canvas on the floor?
He wanted to be able to walk all around it and work from all four sides
Why did Jackson Pollock place his canvas on the floor?
He wanted to be able to walk around it and work from all four sides.
What does Head of Catherine Lampert VI by Frank Auerbach suggest about the artist's intentions?
He wanted to capture the dynamics of the sitter from the multiple viewpoints.
Franz Marc drew inspiration for paintings such as Die grossen blauen pferde (The large blue horses) from
Henri Matisse's sensuous line
Who wrote that John Singer Sargent conveyed a depth and sense of assimilated secrets in The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit?
Henry James
They have little context in which to view the work.
Historically, why do many people receive new and innovative work with reservation?
The feather headdress worn by Aztec priests representing deities was presented to
Holy Roman emperor Charles V
controlled
How can we describe Sol LeWitt's use of line in Wall Drawing No. 681 C?
All were initially misunderstood by the public.
How is Maya Ying Lin's Vietnam Memorial similar to works by Edouard Manet and Marcel Duchamp?
drawn structural lines and uncontrolled drip lines
Hung Liu's paintings, such as Three Fujins, rely on contrasts between two very important elements
Which of the following structures incorporates several different architectural styles in its environment
I.M. Pei's Glass Pyramid
What does Auguste Rodin's The Three Shades suggest about repetition?
Identical images can provide variety
What does Auguste Rodin's The three Shades suggest about repetition?
Identical images can provide variety.
Scarification can be seen in the sculpture of
Ife
What creates a sense not only of enclosure and connection, but also movement and direction?
Implied Line
Paul Cezanne's emphasis on the formal relationships of line and plane in Still Life with Cherries and Peaches demonstrates his departure from
Impressionism
modernity
In 1863, Edouard Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe was rejected by the public due to its
implied line
In Giacometti's Man Pointing, our eye is directed down his right arm and past his pointed finger to some imagined point of interest beyond. This is an example of which formal element?
His interests were in things other than pure verisimilitude.
In Harmony in Red (The Red Room), Henri Matisse deliberately intended to violate the laws of perspective. Why?
simple black outlines and ironic messages
In House, how does Jaune Quick-to-See Smith evoke the simplicity of traditional Native American lifestyles that have disappeared?
foreshortening
In The Dead Christ, Andrea Mantegna utilizes what technique in order to adjust the distortion created by the point of view?
what the work expresses or means.
In a work of art, "content" refers to
How does Chris Ede's Illustration for Clear Channel Online Music & Radio take advantage of the new computer-based design process?
It is seen in two different contexts
How does Claude Monet's Bridge over a Pool of Water Lillies differ from Edgar Degas's The Glass of Absinthe?
It lacks a moral message
What was the historical significance of the Edict of Milan?
It legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire
What purpose does simultaneous contrast serve?
It makes colors appear more intense
What does Joseph Beuys suggest about contemporary society in I Like America and America Likes Me?
It needs to be healed
What is the advantage of the potter's wheel?
It provides greater control
What is the significance of Rembrandt's use of light and dark in The Resurrection of Christ?
It represents true knowledge vs. ignorance
What does the Knoll Toboggan chair suggest about modern furniture?
It should be stylish and useful
What is the function of the rooftop meadow on the Sea Ranch house?
It stabilizes interior temperature
What does Claude Lorrain's A Pastoral Landscape suggest about his views on nature?
It symbolizes majesty and harmony
How does Robert Mapplethorpe's photograph Lisa Lyon use line to subvert conventional representations of women?
It uses strong horizontal and vertical lines`
How does "assemblage" primarily differ from other sculptural processes?
It utilizes "found" objects.
What was the significance of the Head of a King sculpture for the Ife culture?
It was a symbol of the king's capacity to organize the world and to prosper
Which of these processes best describes the one used by Rodin in sculpting The Burghers of Calais?
It was cast in several pieces and then welded together
Why was crocheting an appropriate medium for The Coral Reef Project?
It was the best way to model hyperbolic geometry
What quality of marble led Michaelangelo to choose it as his medium for Pieta?
Its ability to mimic flesh
The first black artist to be represented by a prestigious New York gallery was
Jacob Lawrence
it reiterates the rationality of Socrates' actions
Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Socrates is set up in a system of right angles on a grid structure. How does this affect the content of the piece?
iconography.
Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami depicts many objects that have symbolic meaning. The use or study of these symbols is called:
The Japanese style of "superflat" takes inspiration from
Japanese prints
his proclivity for things seen but not examined
Jasper Johns chose to paint his image of the American flag to express:
Which artist served as an inspiration for Lalla Essaydi's La Grande Odalisque?
Jean-Auguste-Dominique-Ingres
Mme. de Pomopadour's favorite artist was
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Which craftsperson distinguished between his or her "ornamental ware" and "useful ware" ?
Josiah Wedgwood
What belief system was the basis for both Christianity and Islam?
Judaism
Which emperor was responsible for the production of some of the most significant Byzantine monuments?
Justinian
The shift in the cultural acceptance of painting as a high art form and an important practice was signaled by the emergence of
La Pittura during the Renaissance.
Which painting by Diego Velasquez is known for having competing points of emphasis?
Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor)
Who famously referred to the house as a "machine for living?"
Le Corbusier
one point linear perspectives
Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is based on what specific type of perspective?
create value by hatching and cross-hatching
Line can be used to delineate edges of form in space, imply movement, and
Which of these designers was a major influence in American "organic design?"
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Whom did Alexander the Great hire to do all of his portraits?
Lysippus
Which artist practiced cross-dressing as a strategy for challenging conventions of gender identity?
Marel Duchamp
Which artist creates projects-such as self-sustaining barges-designed to show us how we might survive in the light of what seems like almost inevitable ecological doom?
Mary Mattingly
was controversial at first because of its non-traditional style.
Maya Ying Lin's Memorial in Washington, D.C.
In which city did ceramists learn to make their own porcelain, developed after the Chinese style?
Meissen
Who inspired Raphael in his treatment of figures for The School of Athens?
Michaelangelo
What seafaring culture was based on the island of Crete?
Minoan
What architectural structures may have inspired the Greek legend of the half-human and half-bull Minotaur?
Minoan palaces
How do Joan Miro's Surrealist paintings differ from those of Salvador Dali?
Miro's paintings are more abstract
Which of the following principles and ideas was not embraced by William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement?
Modern technology enables progress in product design and construction
Cheng Sixiao's Ink Orchids was made to protest
Mongol rule in China
Which person is known for creating structures that are stacked to maximize privacy and access to views of the St. Lawrence River?
Moshe Sadfie
How do Native American ceramics differ from ceramics in most other parts of the world?
Native American cultures rely on the coiling techniques, whereas peoples of most other parts of the world used the potter's wheel
What does Hon'ami Koetsu's Raku Tea Bowl suggest about Japanese aesthetics?
Natural forms inspire spontaneity
Which style found official favor under Napoleon Bonaparte?
Neoclassicism
How does Manuel Neri's Mujer Pegada Series No. 2 differ from Max Ernst's The Horde?
Neri's work has actual texture
How does Manuel Neri's Mujer Pegada Series No. 2 differ from Max Ernst's The Horde?
Neri's work has actual texture.
Which artist's views were installed by Charles Le Brun as the official, royal style at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture?
Nicolas Poussin
The Nok people resided in what is now
Nigeria
How does an artist use scale to help the viewer measure visually the space in a scene?
Objects meant to appear in the distance are scaled down to help the viewer measure visually the space in a scene
aesthetic
Objects that are intended to stimulate a sense of beauty in the viewer are thought to be _______ rather than functional.
Bridget Riley's Drift No. 2 is an example of
Op Art.
Bridget Riley's Drift No. 2 is an example of
Op art
What type of art manipulates the viewer's perception to create the sensation of movement in a static image?
Op art
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon was painted by
Pablo Picasso
Unique expressives lines
Pat Steir's series The Drawing Lesson Part 1, Line # 1 is about various artists'
Which 19th century artist was most instrumental in influencing Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Georges Braque?
Paul Cezanne
Which Post-Impressionist painter most directly affected artists of the 20th century?
Paul Cezanne
What political leader initiated major construction on the Athenian Acropolis in the fifth century BCE?
Pericles
Which Impressionist painter was interested in capturing the life of Parisians in theaters and cafes?
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
What allegorical figure represented American nationalism, as shown in John Gast's American Progress?
Progress
How does Andy Warhol's Lance Loud differ from Man Ray's Marcel Duchamp as Rrose Selvay?
Ray challenges biological identities
Self-Sufficient
Renzo Piano's Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center is an example of "green architecture." Such buildings are praised for their:
What does Russel Wright's American Modern dinnerware suggest about contemporary American style?
Right angles had been abandoned
Which period was known for sexual intrigue and decadence?
Rococo
Which of the following artists has used silkscreen technique to play off its Pop Art associations?
Roger Shimomura
Carolingian art reflects Charlemagne's desire to emulate the greatness of what previous civilization?
Roman
The invention of glassblowing techniques has its origins in the first century BCE and is thought to have been developed by the
Romans
In its painterly style and emotional undertones, Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People exemplifies which movement in painting?
Romanticism
The belief that reality is a function of each individual's singular point of view is commonly associated with
Romanticism
Which artist was well known for rendering extraordinarily accurate images of animals?
Rosa Bonheur
What aspect of Elizabeth Murray's Just in Time contributes to the sense of stylistic coherence?
Rounded lines runs throughout the piece
Hung Liu studied and taught to paint with a strict classical line that is associated with the style of?
Russian Social Realism.
The central domed layout, use of round arches, and ambulatory make the Dome of the Rock most resemble which Christian structure?
Santa Costanza
The most popular pilgrimage during the 11th through the 13th centuries was to
Santiago de Compostela
artist are critical thinkers, meaning they question assumptions and explore new directions
Sayre states that he believes that all people are creative, but artists possess qualities that most don't. Which of the following best describes these qualities?
What does the composition and arrangement of Elefon helmet mask suggest about the lyalode depicted?
She can exercise power over the man who wears the mask
How did Kiki Smith work to create a sense of animation in her print Ginzer?
She developed it in states.
How did Adrian Piper deal with racist or unwelcome remarks?
She handed out cards
What is the role of the figure in Delacroix's Odalisque?
She is an object of desire
How does Carrie Mae Weems visually align the feminist movement with power in Untitled?
She places the woman under the poster of Malcolm X
How does Suzanne Lacy emphasize the isolation of her subjects in Whisper, the waves, the wind?
She places them on a beach
How is Marjane Satrapi's drawing style especially appropriate for her graphic novel Persepolis?
She uses only black and white, which may be interpreted to reflect the Iranian political outlook.
How does the message of Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty differ from that of Mary Mattingly's Triple Island?
Smithson's work suggest that nature will overtake humanity
Which artist writes instructions allowing placement and arrangement of lines to be determined by museum staff?
Sol LeWitt
The birds-and-flowers genre of painting was extremely popular in
Song dynasty China
What effect do video artists Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler create by incorporating "long photographs" and sound?
Space is extended beyond the frame
Which country tried to convert Native American cultures of the Southwest to Christianity?
Spain
Wood and stone carvings are examples of
Subtractive Sculptural Processes
What festival celebration takes places in the countryside on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar to commemorate the start of summer and the promise of a bountiful harvest?
Tano Day
Which early civilization influenced the beliefs and social practices of later cultures in Mexico?
Teotihuacan
What is Diego Velazquez suggesting about our role as the viewer in Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor)?
That we are a focal point.
The form of Gustav Stickley's settee suggests an affinity to
The Arts and Crafts Movement
Expressive line
The Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh, indicates the power of the artist's
Which of the following suggest a contemporary shift in subject matter seen in Carolee Schneemann's Eye Body: 36 Transformative Actions?
The artist becomes the image
What is the effect of two-point linear perspective?
The composition becomes more dynamic
What is the effect of using greater contrast between light and dark?
The dramatic impact is greater
How does Constatin Branucsi's The Kiss reflect the contemporary views of form and subject matter?
The figures are abstract
What do The Alba Madonna and Zeus share?
The figures are realistic
What has helped drive the public's interest in prints?
The growing appeal of mass-produced items.
Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.
The imagery in Faith Ringgold's God Bless America was inspired by the:
How does the artist use the medium of Room No. 2 to deny the viewer a vocal point?
The mirror fragments the viewer's body
How do the Scrovengi Chapel frescoes reflect the Renaissance ideals in the visual arts?
The paintings create the illusion of real three-dimensional space.
What is a primary difference between the ritual dances of the San people and the Pueblo peoples?
The san spirit leaves the body
Mundra
The symbolic hand gestures that refer to specific states of mind or events in the life of Buddha are called
Representational Art
The terms naturalistic or realistic art are sometimes used to describe
What evidence is there that the work of women artist remains undervalued today?
The work of women artists brought in less than 5 percent of the total sale of contemporary art at a large auction house
How can we determine that Jean Dubuffet did not use a wash in Corps de Dame?
There are no broad, flat, and pale areas.
What is a shared function of The Hunt of the Unicorn, VII: The Unicorn in Captivity, embroidered rumal, and Tar Beach?
They all tell stories
What effect does the atmosphere have on objects placed farther away from the viewer?
They appear less distinct
What do Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty and the Great Serpent Mound have in common?
They are both earthwork
What is similar between Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler's Detached Building and Isidro's Escamilla's Virgin of the Guadalupe?
They are both narratives
What is similar between Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler's Detached Building and Isidro Escamilla's Virgin Guadalupe?
They are both narratives.
What does Theodora and Her Attendants suggests about the role of women in contemporary politics?
They are capable of exerting control
What do Vincent van Gogh & Sol LeWitt's lines have in common?
They are recognizably their own
What is shared by Yanagi Yukinori's Hinomaru Illumination and Dread Scott's What is the Proper Way to Display a US Flag?
They both address national identity
What is similar in Shirn Neshat's Fervor and Michaelangelo's Head of a Satyr?
They both employ contrast
What is simiar in Shirin Neshat's fervor and Michelangelo's Head of Satyr?
They both employ contrast.
How are Coatlicue and Moche Lord with a Feline similar?
They both had a symbolic function
How are the cultures of the Pueblo and Japanese similar today?
They both have syncretic religions
What formal qualities do William A. Garnett's Erosion and Strip Farms East Slope of the Tehachapi Mountains and Michaelangelo's' Pieta have in common?
They both highlight areas of light and dark
What formal qualities do William A. Garnett's Erosion and Strip Farms East Slope of the Tehachapi Mountains and Michelangelo's Pieta have in common?
They both highlight areas of light and dark.
What do Ana Mendieta's Untitled and the statue Woman have in common?
They both illustrate an association to fertility
How are Phillip K. Smith III's Lucid Stead and Alexander Calter's Untitled similar?
They both rely on actual movement
How are Phillip K. Smith III's Lucid Stead and Alexander Calder's Untitled similar?
They both rely on actual movement.
What is the artistic significance of the unusual forms used by Peter Voulkos in The Eagle Has Landed and Wayne Higby in Lake Powell Memory-Seven Mile Canyon?
They emphasize objects as works of nonfunctional art
How are the Egyptian pyramids and Lion Gate at Mycenae, Greece similar?
They employ load-bearing construction
What did people object to about What is the Proper Way to Display a US Flag?
They had to walk on the flag
How did Japanese artists such as Utagawa Hiroshige approach the idea of foreshortening?
They ignored the middle ground
What characterizes the art and design of the Dutch art group known as De Stijl?
They only used primary colors plus black and white
What do Paul Strand's Geometric Backgrounds, New York and Paul Cezanne's Mme. Cezanne in Red Armchair have in common?
They resist traditional perpsective
What is the significance of the black bands at the top and bottom of the quilt Black Lung?
They suggest death
How did the band a-ha incorporate drawing into their work?
They used drawing in their music video.
What do Charles Bulfinch's Harrison Gray Otis House and Christian Gladu's The Birch have in common?
They were both created using wood-frame construction
What do Napoleon Crossing the Saint Bernard and Ashurnasirpal II Killing Lions have in common?
They were both imagined and works of propaganda
The work of which painter moved Congress to declare Yellowstone the world's first national park?
Thomas Moran
Which of these buildings is the most ambitious in scale?
Toms Wills-Wright Burj Al-Arab
Titian uses which implied shapes in Assumption and Consecration of the Virgin to link the separate horizontal realms of his composition?
Triangles
Standardization and simplification are two basic tenets of Constructivism that are reflected in
Typography
What element of Winslow Homer's a Wall, Nassau is distinctive to watercolor?
Unpainted areas are used as highlights.
Which of these pieces illustrates the use of "expressive" line?
Van Gogh's The Starry Night
Which artist described his work as "almost a cry of anguish?"
Vincent van Gogh
Which artist first proposed that abstraction could offer the viewer a religious experience?
Wassily Kandinsky
religious art
We can clearly see the artistic impulse to "give form to the immaterial," to represent hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, and personal feelings in:
Natural materials found on site
What is generally the preferred medium of Andy Goldsworthy
It is a sublime representation of the mountain range that can be seen to encompass the spirit and character of the American West
What is the content of Albert Bierstadt's Rocky Mountains?
it pursued wrongdoers at night and punished them when nails were driven into it
What is the function of the nsiki nkonde figure?
It represents the power of the imagination to transform an everyday object into a symbolically charged container of social good.
What is the metaphorical significance of the carved sculpture, Feast Making Spoon, from the Ivory Coast
it depicts a Muslim woman in a black chador, a rifle dividing, and Farsi text inscribed over her face
What is the subject matter of Shirin Neshat's Rebellious Silence?
African masks he saw at a Paris museum
What might have affected Pablo Picasso's severe style of representation seen in The Women of Avignon?
socio-cultural issues
What motivates artists like Krzysztof Wodiczko, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, and Suzanne Lacy?
What is involved in the technique known as frottage?
a sheet of paper is placed over textured materials, then a pencil or crayon is rubbed across the paper
during the Renaissance in Italy
When and where was linear perspective first codified (studied, organized, and written down)?
in both depending on how you look at it
Where is the negative space in the Rubin vase?
At Jesus's Head
Where is the vanishing point in The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci?
Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase
Which artwork was described as "an explosion in a shingle factory"?
architects look to continue to use building techniques and materials that have been in use since the Industrial Revolution in the West
Which of these is not a principle of "green architecture"?
the ability to recognize, understand, and communicate the meaning of visual images
Which of these statements best defines visual literacy?
Richard Serra
Which sculptor eventually saw his controversial work destroyed?
ledger drawings.
While in prison, Howling Wolf made many drawings called
Depicting a human is thought to be competing with the "creator
Why are images of humans traditionally banned in Islamic art?
It mimics binocular visions
Why is the stereoscope such an effective means of describing "real" space?
Archeologist Clive Gamble suggest that portable figures such as Woman represent
a system of shared values among groups of hunter-gatherers
Louise Nevelson creates unity in her assemblage Sky Cathedral through
coloring
Which of the following works represents the idea of a voyeur?
Women on Tano Day
How does wood engraving differ from woodcut?
Wood engraving is a white-line technique, with grooves cut into the grainy end of the wood rather than the smooth side of a board.
Which African culture created distinctive Christian churches that were carved from soft rock?
Zagwe
The nudity in Shigeyuki Kihara's Ulugali'i Samoa: Samoan Couple suggests
a Western notion of primitive innocence
What existing product inspired Marcel Breuer's armchair, model B3?
a bicycle
The organization of visual elements in an artwork is called?
a composition.
The figure and color of Woman, found at Willendorf in modern Austria suggests
a connection to fertility
What was the basis for the canon of ideal proportions used for figurative sculpture in ancient Egypt?
a grid
Edward hopper uses which of the following to create a sense of american emotional isolation in his painting nighthawks?
a horizontal composition
What is written on the Stele of Hammurabi?
a law code
Which Byzantine-era work suggests that the empress Theodora was the equal of her husband Justinian?
a mosaic in the basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna
What caused the shift in the conventions of Egyptian art and culture during the rule of the emperor Akhenaten?
a new monotheistic religion
What distinguishes Walter Gropius's view of design at the Bauhaus from those of artist associated with the Arts and Craft movement?
a positive view of mass production
For which type of drawing would metal point most likely be best suited as a medium?
a precise drawing of an object
what shared characteristic links pop paintings such as roy lichtenstein's oh jeff...i love you too...but... to minimalist works such as sol lewitt's wall drawing #146a?
a rejection of expressive painting techniques
Artists working with either analogous or complementary color schemes are using
a restricted palette
Richard Serra's The Matter of Time is?
a series of installations
The banda dance is traditionally performed
at night
The symmetrical balance in Frida Kahlo's double self-portrait, Las Dos Fridas (The Two Fridas) was inspired by
altarpieces
What defines Germany's Cologne Cathedral as gothic?
ample stained glass
The first Gay Pride parade was inspired by
an act of resistance
What was the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles compared to during its renovation?
an aging dowager
A sculptural space that you can actually enter is referred to as?
an environment.
What was the inspiration for Grace Ndiritu's Still Life: White Textiles?
an exhibition of work by Henri Matisse
What was the inspiration for Grace Ndritu's Still Life: While Textiles?
an exhibition of work by Henri Matisse
What formal element contributes to the voyeuristic aspect of Jean-Honore Fragonard's The Swing?
analogous color
How is Sol LeWitt's line best described in his work, Wall Drawing No. 681 C?
analytic
What helps contribute to the violence seen in Cheri Samba's Calvary?
angular line
The subject matter most common in the earliest cave paintings in France and Spain is
animals
During the gerewol festival, the Wodaabe men decorate themselves with feathers, jewelry, and embroidery to
appeal to women
Which intaglio technique would you use if you wanted to create an image with an overall sense of texture and strong tonal contrast?
aquatint
Pierre Bonnard chose to paint with colors that are not "true" and are
arbitrary
What is the source of Chinese artist Hung Liu's painting of women?
archival photographs
Cezanne's The Basket of Apples is full of what appear to be "mistakes" but are actually?
artistic choices meant to engage the imagination of the viewer.
Bringing together individual objects or pieces into a larger sculptural whole is called
assemblage
In Sky Cathedral the artist Louise Nevelson has combined found materials to create a sculpture. What is this process called?
assemblage
What does "18K" represent in Zhang Dali's Dialogue and Demolition?
capitalism
Hung Liu's paintings, such as Three Fujins, rely on contrasts between two very important elements?
carefully drawn structural lines and uncontrolled drip lines
The courtesan in Kobayashi Eitaku's Body of a Courtesan in Nine Stages of Decomposition represent
carnal desire
Leonardo da Vinci made the drawing Madonna and Child with St. Anne and Infant St. John the Baptist for a fresco of the same title. This type of drawing is called a(n)
cartoon.
How has Barbara Hepworth created negative spaces in Two Figures?
carving
What technique was used to create the Zagwe churches in Ethiopia during the 13th century?
carving
What is the name for the distinct genre of family portraits in colonial Mexico during the sixteenth century?
casta
Which process involves replacing a temporary material with a permanent material?
casting
The focal point in a radially balanced composition is at the
center
How do we know details about domestic architecture from the Han dynasty?
ceramic models
Which of the following is a characteristic of Mannerist style?
chaotic swirls of lines
Which of these materials would likely be best suited to creating a loose, expressive gesture drawing?
charcoal
In Figure of a Woman, Paul Colin uses
chiaroscuro
In Figure of a Woman, Paul Colin uses
chiaroscuro.
Which civilization developed around the Yellow River Valley?
chinese
What term means "all things Chinese?"
chinoiserie
The clothing color in Nikolai Buklaj's "Race"ing Sideways" represents
class
Which of these artists is most known for painting "wet on wet?"
claude monet
Case of Bottles by the California Funk artist Robert Arneson illustrates the modeling sculptural process in which medium?
clay
The sculptural material most commonly associated with "modeling" or additive processes is?
clay
The emperor Qin Shihugandi's tomb demonstrates the Chinese expertise in
clay modeling
A major factor in the increasing interest in green architecture is
climate change
What shows the distinction in class between the figures in From Spaniard and Black, Mulatto?
clothing
Fred Tomaselli's use of pills, leaves, and insects in works such as Airborne Event has the most in common with
collage.
How does Peter Paul Rubens distinguish the quality of flesh between his male and female figures in the Disembarkation of Marie de' Medici at the Port of Marseilles on November 3, 1600?
color
What do Wassily Kandinsky and Mark Rothko both use in their spiritual works?
color theory
The restoration of Michaelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel has revealed that the
color was more saturated
The restoration of Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel has revealed that the
color was more saturated.
How does Alan Montgomery suggest the disintegration of the environment after the oil spill in Deepwater Horizon?
forms are blurred or abstracted
the chosen medium of diego rivera was
fresco
Maidens and Stewards, a Parthenon fragment of the Panathenaic Procession, illustrates what ancient sculptural convention?
frieze
What formal element is associated with the highly stylized animals of Neolithic painted pottery?
geometric shapes
the primary purpose of the guerilla leaders of Latin America in the 1930s was to
give land and resources back to the people
Which of the following techniques requires the material to be formed while in a liquid state?
glassblowing
Which style of church architecture is defined by an outpouring of sculptural decoration?
gothic
What propelled water across the Pont du Gard?
gravity
Allan Kaprow created "assemblages of events performed or perceived in more than one time and place." He called these?
happenings
How did the ruler Ashoka show his dedication to the Buddhist faith?
he had stupas erected
What does Muhammad Placing the Black Stone on His Cloak relate about the role of Muhammad in Islam?
he is a political leader
What distinguishes Colossal Buddha in Bamiyan, Afghanistan from earlier Buddhist art?
he is represented in figural form
How did Marcel Duchamp convince viewers that his urinal, Fountain, was a work of art?
he placed it on a pedestal
The ka of ancient Egyptian kings was reborn in the
heavens
What determined the proportions of the ideal human form according to Polyclitus?
height of the head
The purpose of Byzantine icons was to
help the faithful communicate with the divine
Where does Frieda Kahlo introduce variety in her symmetrical composition Las Dos Fridas (The Two Fridas)?
her clothes
What does Cindy Sherman hope to reveal about the subject in Untitled #96?
her emotional experience
the primary concern of the byzantine mosaic artists was
symbolism
An essential element of performance works such as Marina Abramovic and Ulay's Imponderabilia is
interaction with the viewer
what does Japanese artist kohei nawa adress in PixCell-Deer #24
interface between technology and nature
What caused the Roman Empire to fall gradually into disrepair?
invading tribes
What allowed the Assyrians to conquer much of Mesopotamia and Asia Minor?
iron weapons
What allowed for the rise of Ancient Sumer city-state?
irrigation techniques
What is the purpose of the quibla?
it indicates the direction of Mecca
What does Oh Jeff....I Love You Too....But... suggest about popular culture
it is a powerful influence
What is the significance of the Sipla Shastra?
it outlines the procedures for choosing a temple site
How did the rise of the suburban lifestyle affect cities' infrastructure?
it rapidly damaged the systems
Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Socrates is set up in a system of right angles on a grid structure. How does this affect the content of the piece?
it reiterates the rationality of Socrates' actions
the poured and flung paint seen throughout Willem de Kooning's Woman and Bicycle is also characteristic of
jackson pollock
What encouraged the Great Migration?
job opportunities related to World War I
Ancient Egyptian stone funerary figures, such as King Menkaure, were carved to bear the spirit of the deceased into the eternity of the afterlife, known as the?
ka.
The Kumano shrines are dedicated to
kami
Modeled clay forms can be made durable by firing them in a(n)
kiln
What characteristic is shared by the Sioux winter count and Ke Jiusi's Bamboo, after Wen Tong?
lack of perspective
A noticeable visual element in Henri Matisse's Harmony in Red (The Red Room) is
lack of spatial depth
It is impossible to represent the sculpture Capture of the Sabine Women in a single photograph because it
lacks a single predominant view
What Chinese artform reflects the philosophical concept of li?
landscape painting
What genre of the new secular subjects most decisively marks a shift in Western thinking?
landscape paintings
Utagawa Hiroshige's series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido was most renowned for its
landscape views
The subject of Jenny Holzer's Thorax is the power of
language
Wood would be an inappropriate medium for a royal Egyptian sculpture because it would not
last for eternity
Robert Campin achieved the luminous surface quality and rich detail in his painting The Annunciation (The Merode Altarpiece) by
layering transparent glazes.
Maya Lin shows the effects of climate change in Disappearing Bodies of Water: Arctic Ice through the
layers of marble
According to the artist/activist Mel Chin, what was the disaster in "the soil before the disaster"
lead
what traditional artistic practice informs the work of contemporary artist Shahiza Sikander?
miniature painting
which movement is defined by art that is about the timeless beauty of its forms?
minimalism
Which of the following printing techniques lacks the advantage of greater distribution of the image?
monotype
What technique did Spike Lee use in When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts to highlight environmental racism?
montage
Greek sculptures differ from Egyptian sculptures in that they are
more dynamic
Gothic architects preferred to use the pointed arch rather than the round arch to provide
more height
What has driven the design process of the computer industry over the last 30 years?
more versatility and speed
Which formal element contributes most to the viewer's awareness of the passage of time?
motion
Perhaps the most defining feature of Art Deco is the
movement toward geometric forms
What did Wassily Kandinsky compare to the excessive impact of line, form, and color in his paintings?
music
The gold "space rocks" in Rashid Johnson's Souls of Black Folk represent
music of Sun Ra
Many artists are offended if their work is referred to as as craft because a craft
must be functional
Encaustic is a difficult medium to work with because it
must remain hot.
What is generally the preferred medium of Andy Goldsworthy?
natural materials found on-site
Greek figurative sculpture was greatly influenced by Egyptian sculpture. What did the Greeks add?
naturalism
Which of the following shows the juxtaposition between pastoral and industrial uses of the river in Thomas Anshutz's Steamboat on the Ohio?
nude boys versus the smokestacks
Francis Picabia identifies the female and male forms in Machine Tournez Vite with
numbers
What constructions are typically created for the annual Day of the Dead celebration?
ofrendas
The use of which media would typically be least dependent on speed?
oil
What allowed Northern Renaissance painters to create dazzling effects of light and texture?
oil paint
which people erected giant pyramidal mounds?
olmec
Shonibare's Nelson's Ship in a Bottle and Alexander the Great differ in that
only Alexander emphasizes implied motion
The most profitable item traded by the British in Asia was
opium
Louise Lawler includes a Pollock painting in her photograph Pollock and Tureen to provide
opposition
The scene painted from a sketch made on-site during the 1848 Revolution can be used to identify Ernest Meissoner's Memory of the Civil War as a work in the style of
realism
The eclectic "New Design" was fueled by the
realization of niche markets
The term "Renaissance" means
rebirth
Which of the following beliefs was shared by the ancient Egyptians and Mayan?
rebirth
Among almost all Native American tribes in North America, the Native Americans of the Great Plains are unique in that they
recorded history
One of the ways architects create green buildings is by using
recycled materials
What color is considered to be beautiful in Old Russian?
red
Christo and Jeanne-Claude used fabric panels for Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado to
reflect the sunlight
What engineering invention allows for the distinctive roof extensions over the stream at Fallingwater?
reinforced concrete
According to Augustan laws, a widow was required to
remarry within a year
Pattern is achieved when an artist
repeats a formal element such as a line, shape, or color throughout a composition
Frank Ghery and Vlado Milunic's Raisin Building in Prague employs
repetition
What formal quality does Paul Cezanne use to collapse the space between foreground and the background?
repetition
Which design principle does Laylah Ali emphasize in her Untitled painting from the Greenheads series?
repetition
Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunic's Rasin Building in Prague employs
repetition.
What shows a sense of unity in Claude Monet's The Railroad Bridge, Argenteuil?
repetitive brushstrokes
What shows a sense of unity in Claude Monet's The Railroad Bridge?
repetitive brushstrokes
What technique used in metalwork involves hammering the image from the reverse side?
repousse
In his view, Matthew Ritchie uses straight lines because they
represent a wound or direction
Which of the following formal characteristics shows the influence of Roman realism in St. Matthew, from the Gospel Book of Charlemagne?
representation of space
Cedar is particularly attractive to artists because it is
resilient
There is debate about the meaning of the Snake Goddess from the palace at Knossos because it was
restored using questionable methods
What aspects of Jacques Louis-David's Napolean Crossing the Saint-Bernard are neoclassical?
right angles and clearly drawn central figure
What was the relationship between Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and Eugene Delacroix?
rivals
On the twelfth-century casket with scenes of courtly love, the knight's fidelity is signified by a
rope
what does the frontal view of the ancient sculpture of a woman seated between two felines suggest?
she is a fertility symbol
Which system uses one material that provides both the structural support and the outside covering of the building?
shell
The purpose of the Great Serpent Mound was to
show power and authority
What is used by Jane van Eyck to contrast the fertility of Eve in the Ghent Altarpiece?
shriveled fruit
In House, how does Jaune Quick-to-See Smith evoke the simplicity of traditional Native American lifestyles that have disappeared?
simple black outlines and ironic messages
What feature distinguishes the "International Style" of architecture?
simplicity and emphasis on geometry
The public associated Albert Bierstadt's The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak with the great wealth of natural resources that the West seemed to offer because of the
size of the painting
The peanuts in Untitled (Man Smoking/Malcom X) represent
slavery
Sculptors choose to work with marble because it is
soft and crystalline
If an object has mass, it is a
solid that occupies a three-dimensional volume
According to the artist Dong Quichang, which school of Chinese painting was the most experimental in its stylistic approach?
southern
The bull in the painting Guernica represents
spain
Brice Marden's Cold Mountain 6 (Bridge) represents a
spiritual quest
Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Socrates orients line so as to emphasize
stability
Which medium was important in the decoration of 12th century European cathedrals?
stained glass
What do dance performances relate to the Pueblo peoples?
stories of daily life
The design trend that led to greater emphasis on organic shapes and fluid lines in products of the 1940s and the 1950s is
streamlining
Anna Vallayer emphasizes the focal point in Still Life with Lobster through
strong color contrast
how does the artist of night attack on the sanjo palace create a sense of chaos and confusion?
strong diagonals
The primary meaning of design in art is to
structure a work into a coherent whole
The primary meaning of design in art is to
structure a work into a coherent whole.
What aspect of George Seurat's The Bathers is consistent with Impressionism?
subject matter
Artists started turning away from the Impressionist style because the
subject matter seemed trivial
Wood and stone carvings are examples of?
subtractive sculpture
The function of contour lines is to
suggest a dimensional form
Statues of worshipers and deities from the Abu temple in Tell Asmar, Iraq, all have huge eyes and clasped hands to
suggest prayer and reverence
Texture referes to
surface quality of a work
Texture refers to the
surface quality of a work.
The movement most commonly associated with Pablo Picasso's Guernica is
surrealism
The world "islam" means
surrender
What feature of Lyspissus Apoxyomenos (The Scraper) typifies a new direction in fourth-century Greek sculpture, different from past traditions?
the arm reaches out in three-dimensional space
The German Expressionist group that included Wassily Kandinsky is
the blue rider
Moshe Sadfie's Habitat was inspired by
the builders of Native American pueblos
What characteristic of Dada influenced the development of Surrealism?
the challenge to logic and rationality
Nicholas Nixon's photographs of his wife and her three sister every year document
the changing dynamics of their relationships
One of the contributing factors in the judges' decision to award Lorenzo Ghiberti the commission for the Florence Cathedral's baptistery doors was
the composition
What formal element remains consistent in the painting and studies for The Alba Madonna by Raphael?
the composition
What element emphasizes the emotion in Rogier van der Weyden's The Deposition?
the crowded space
What visual devices create the contrasting symbolic relationship between reality and utopia in Wenda Gu's united nations-china monument: temple of heaven?
the cursive writing and the table
What element of William Morris's page opening of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Newly Augmented would have most appealed to artists involved with Art Nouveau?
the decorative elements abstracted from nature
What defines the relative deepness of a shadow using hatching?
the density of the lines
What motivated Renaissance artists to mathematically codify a system of perspective?
the desire to create the illusion of real space on two-dimensional surfaces
What helped revive the interest in Greek and Roman antiquities in the 18th century?
the discovery of Herculaneum and Pompeii
The relationship between the window washer and the girl inside Ingio Manglana-Ovalle's Le Baiser/The Kiss represents
the division of social class
What acts a symbol of ironic contentment in Edouard Manet's The Gare Saint-Lazare?
the dog
Which of these elements is a traditional symbol of both fidelity and lust?
the dog in Titian's Venus of Urbino
The hemispherical form of the Great Stupa at Sanchi symbolizes
the earth
What distinguishes Eugene Delacroix's approach to painting from that of Jacques-Louis David?
the emotional emphasis of his work
In the West, when did drawings become valued as collectible objects that offered insight into an artist's creative process?
the end of the fifteenth century
What brought on the Protestant Reformation?
the excesses of the Vatican
Which of the following acts as an iconographical element of Orientalism in Jean-Auguste-Dominique-Ingres's Grande Odalisque?
the fan
What does the relief The Goddess Durga Killing The Buffalo Deamon, Manisha suggest about Hindu beliefs?
the female aspect of divinity is as fierce as the male
Benvenuto Cellini uses the figure of Neptune in Saltcellar because Neptune is
the god of the sea, and hence overlord of the sea's salt
A contributing factor to the decrease in city populations during the 1950s and 1960s was
the growth of the suburbs
What part of the body was tattooed by the Maori because it was considered the most sacred?
the head
Which figures in John Constable's The Hay Wain symbolize the idea of permanence versus impermanence?
the house versus the clouds
What is prohibited in all Islamic texts?
the image of God
In her serires Grey Area, Julie Mehretu used place, space, and time to symbolize
the intricacies of communal space
What is essential to the structural ability of an arch?
the keystone
What feature of the Eiffel Tower was most disturbing to the Parisians?
the lack of load-bearing walls
What distinguishes Frank Lloyd Wright as the first truly modern architect?
the lack of ornamentation
What characteristic of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's Grande Odalisque most reflects the artist's association with Neoclassicism?
the linear painting style
What element shows the influence of the Realism movement in Edgar Degas's painting The Glass of Absinthe?
the look of the woman
Which site combines red brick and stone voussoirs to produce a distinctive pattern in the architectural structure?
the mosque at Cordoba
What shows the Western Impact on Japanese art in the Namban six-panel screen?
the narrative
Romanesque cathedrals were built with what practical consideration in mind?
the need to accommodate pilgrims and large crowds
What was the most radical aspect of Caravaggio's treatment of religious subjects?
the ordinary people and settings
An analysis of scale in Do-Ho Suh's Public Figures would most be most likely to address
the overall dimensions of the sculpture
An analysis of scale in Do-Ho Suh's Public Figures would be most likely to address
the overall dimensions of the sculpture.
What led to the Chinese belief that pagodas function to protect Buddhist temples?
the pagodas architectural origins in Han watchtowers
What most influenced Anni Albers's approach to woven design?
the patterns in nature
The Yoruba Display Piece produced for an oba, or king, is meant to reflect the king's power and ?
the power of the community's women
What issue does Kerry James Marshall comment on in images such as Many Mansions?
the prejudices of musesums
The light in Jacob van Ruisdael's landscape View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen represents
the presence of God
What suggest a connection to the mythological figure of Venus in Venus of Urbino?
the presentation of the figure's body
Which of the following aspects of Jim Dine's Toothbrushes #4 provides the most amount of contrast to its abstract gestures?
the printed word
What environmental feature may have served as inspiration for the pyramids of ancient Egypt?
the rays of the sun
What part of the houses seen in Thomas Coram's View of Mulberry House and Street shows inspiration from West Africa?
the roofs
Hokusai creates drama in The Great Wave off Kanagawa by manipulating
the scale of Mount Fuji
What is used to represent the spirit in Nicolas Poussin's The Shepherds of Arcadia?
the shadow
How is Josiah Wedgwood's ornamental ware such as Pegasus Vase most similar to the original Greek pottery that inspired it?
the shape of the vessels
What was used to symbolize the city of Rome?
the she-wolf
What issue lies at the heart of William Kentridge's History of the Main Complaint?
the social legacy of apartheld
Which of the following alludes to a kiss in Ingio Manglano-Ovalle's Le Baiser/The Kiss?
the sound of a squeegee
What inspired the word Rococo?
the stones and shells that decorated grottoes
What was an effect of the bubonic plague?
the strengthening of city-states
Which concept most influenced the development of Romantic landscape painting?
the sublime
What figure appears facing Hammurabi on the Stele of Hammurabi?
the sun god
What cultural conventions did Robert Mapplethorpe challenge in his photographic portrait of female bodybuilder, Lisa Lyon?
the traditional representation of the female nude
What event is depicted on the Palette of King Narmer?
the unification of Egypt
What class does George Bellows capture in A Day in June?
the upper class
Which of the following is a similarity between banda dance and Rashid Johnson's Souls of Black Folk?
the use of mixed media to symbolize cultural identity
What aspect of Fred Wilson's Drip Drop Plop was inspired by the physical features of Venice?
the watery shape of the glass
One of the complex aspects of wood carving that a sculptor must pay attention to is?
the wood's grain
Shiva Nataraja, Lord of the Dance, represents
the worlds cyclic rhythms
Which elements of Laguna Santero's Retablo show a syncretic style?
the zigzag lines and Christ
what can the viewer assume about the Mycenaean culture from examining its works of art?
their culture was dominated by military values
What do the civilizations of Mesopotamia, China, India and Egypt have in common?
they all flourished around major rivers
What trait do Barbara Hepworth's Two Figures and the African feast-making spoon (Wunkirmian) share?
they are both based on the human form
What do Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty and the Great Serpent Mound have in common?
they are both earthworks
What suggest that the human figures in wall paintings of the San people are engaged in a ritual dance?
they are holding hands
What do the Mount Auburn cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and an Ofrenda for Dolores del Rio suggest about the dead?
they are honored
How are the lines of Vincent van Gogh's The Sower similar to Eugene Delacroix's Study for the Death of Sardanapalus?
they emphasize movement
What does Charles and Ray Eamse's side chair, model DCM, and the Ford logo on display at the 2009 New York Auto Show have in common?
they emphasize organic line
How do the paintings of Mark Rothko differ from Jackson Pollock's works?
they encourage contemplation
European modernist painters in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries began to stray from the use of perspective because
they found the rules of perspective limiting and imaginatively cumbersome
How did the spread of plague affect artist?
they received more commisssions
Which of the following is true of both Lady of Dai with Attendants and Augustus of Primaporta?
they suggest a connection between the culture's rulers and the gods
In addition to serving the community religiously, what function did monasteries serve during the early Christian period in Europe?
they were educational centers
What was the significance of Moche vessels?
they were used for rituals
How did the mosaics used in early Christian and Byzantine churches differ from mosaics in ancient Rome?
they were wall decorations
Andy Warhol's film Kiss is about
time
Artists have increasingly turned to photography and video as ways of incorporating what element?
time
How does Hung Liu use drips in her painting?
to achieve a sense of liberation
Why does Gianlorenzo Berini imply movement in his figure of David?
to energize the narrative
Why does Gianlorenzo Bernini imply movement in his figure of David?
to energize the narrative
Why does Phillip K. Smith III add mirrors and lights to an old shack in Lucid Stead?
to heighten the viewer's awareness of the pace of change within the desert
What was the intention of Napolean III and Baron Georges-Eugene Haussman in widening the streets of Paris?
to make it harder for protestors to build barracades
What characterizes drawings made with charcoal, graphite, and Conte crayon?
tonal gradations of black and white
Most cemeteries in Europe and America before the nineteenth century were in
town centers
the islamic faith spread to west Africa through
trade routes
Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Bansky's Kissing Coppers both challenge
traditional ideas of desire
The purpose of installation is to
transform space
What distinguishes porcelain from other types of ceramics?
translucent appearance after firing
What industry inspired the design concept known as "streamlining?"
transportation
The classes in Utagawa Hiroshighe Hamamatsu: Winter Scene are visually divided by the
tree
The vocabulary of romantic love as we know it today was invented by
troubadour poets
What natural disaster does Matthew Ritchie invoke in The Iron City?
tsunami in Thailand
The ancient city of Catalhoyuk is located in modern
turkey
A composition can be asymmetrically balanced by placing
two small areas the same distance from the fulcrum as one large area
which artist was most inspired by the modern technologies of cars and machines?
umberto boccioni
Pat Steir's series The Drawing Lesson Part 1, Line # 1 is about various artists'?
unique expressive lines
What is created when lines are drawn on the picture plane in such a way as to represent parallel lines receding to a single point on the viewer's horizon?
vanishing point
Architect Robert Venturi's writings on Las Vegas imply the principle of
variety
What design principles are artists such as Robert Rauschenburg most interested in when creating combine-paintings?
variety
Kimsooja's videos are shot from the back so the
viewer identifies with the artist
What does the griffin, a mythological beast that is half eagle and half lion represent on the Persian griffin bracelet from the Oxus treasure?
vigilance and courage
The circle at Durrington Wells was a
village
Vincent van Gogh uses the complementary colors red and green in the painting The Night Cafe to create
visual tension
One of the primary tools of the photographer is the
visual texture
William A. Garnett's stunning aerial view of strip farms stretching across an eroding landscape is a study of
visual texture
Eve's nakedness in Jan van Eyck's panel from The Great Altarpiece suggests
vulnerability
What kind of color scheme did Artemisia Gentileschi use in Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes?
warm
What kind of color scheme did artemisia Gentileschi use in Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes?
warm
In weaving, the vertical threads are called the
warp
How are individual pieces of bronze joined together in modern times?
welding
Jade disks, or bi, were part of burials because they
were said to symbolize heaven
What kind of light results when the total spectrum of refracted light is recombined?
white
The main limitation in post-and-lintel construction is the
width between columns
Traditionally, one of the most common identities assigned to adult women was that of
wife
What contributes to the feeling of an extremely complicated, confused, and difficult situation in David Brooks's Imbroglios?
wild movements of fish
What was required of society members to succeed at the salons of the eighteenth century?
wit
What does Jan Toorop's Poster for Delftsche Slaolie suggest about contemporary sexuality?
women are objects of desire
People called "joiners" would be most likely to work in
wood
Most of the new building in suburban residential communities employs
wood-frame construction
The earliest prints were
woodcuts.
A characteristic form of Mesopotamia is the
ziggurat