Art quiz 14

What is Shiva Nataraja responsible for doing?

balancing contradictory qualities, for example creation and destruction bringing to life the endless cycle of birth and rebirth dancing the world into existence

What does Rineke Dijkstra's series Mothers focus on?

depicting mothers with their newborn children

True or false: Mayan bloodletting rituals were only enacted on slaves.

false

Which statement is true of the Stela of Hammurabi?

it has an entire law code written on it

Which statement is true of the oculus in the Camera degli Sposi in the Ducal Palace in Mantua, painted by Andrea Mantegna?

it is just a painted illusion

Which of these terms applies to Georges Seurat's Sunday on La Grande Jatte?

pointillism

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

sunken-relief carving

What elements have an ambiguous reflection in Edouard Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergere?

the barmaid the bar topliquor and wine bottles

What does the term "vanitas" in art reference?

the fleeting nature of life

True or false: because restorers accidentally removed the original varnish, the Sistine Chapel ceiling looks brighter than it was in Michelangelo's time.

False

Who advised artists in his treatise On Painting that paintings should look like illusionary windows?

Leon Battista Alberti

Who is the artist of Dead Christ?

Mantegna

True or false: astrolabes were used by Muslims to determine the direction of Mecca.

true

True or false: the term "iconic" refers to something that has become famous and has widely recognizable characteristics.

true

Which of these artworks reveals a culture's understanding of astronomy?

Muhammad Mahdi al-Yazdi's astrolabe The Aztec Sun Stone The Maya flint depicting a crocodile canoe with passengers

True or false: William Hogarth's False Perspective demonstrates incorrect applications of the laws of perspective

True

True or false: artists have often been influenced by scientific discoveries.

True

Bis pole sculptures were made by which culture?

Asmat

What is it called when columns are intentionally designed to swell at the midpoint?

entasis

True or false: "Trompe l'oeil" means "fool the eye."

true