art exam 3
Monticello was built for and by
Thomas Jefferson
a lamassu is a
guardian beast
over time, Nok sculptures of human figures have
had parts broken off many of them
what role did photography play for the artist Thomas Eakins
he used photography to study anatomy and proportion
the Great Stupa
holds the Buddhas remains
the Taj Mahal
is surrounded by gardens that represent Paradise
paracas textiles have been preserved because
the climate in Peru is very dry
William Hogarths Marriage à-la-Mode series tells the story of
the trials of an arranged marriage in which the couple behave immorally
Picasso was influenced by art objects from _____ in his creation of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
africa
we know about cultures from the ancient americas through
indigenous accounts both oral and written, accounts by europeans that had direct contact with indigenous people, inscriptions on stone monuments, the archeological record
the small pieces of glass that make up mosaics are called
tesserae
what does the horn-shaped object in the Venus of Laussel signify?
a musical instrument, a phallic symbol, an animal horn used to prepare for hunt, a warning crescent moon
Marcel Duschamps Bicycle Wheel is an example of
a readymade
Filipo Brunelleschi has been widely regarded as the first renaissance
architect
neoclassical paintings, such as those by Jacques-Louis David and Angelica Kauffmann
are inspired by ancient Greece and Rome, convey a moral message, place emphasis on civic duty, are serious in tone
which of the following terms is used to describe the mid to late sixteenth-century style of art that elongated human figures and elevated grace as an ideal
barogue
why did Jean-Michel Basquiat paint and then cross out certain words in his painting The Nile
because he wanted to challenge existing meanings
artworks based on which of these religions can be found in India?
buddhism, hinduism, islam,
the earliest examples of christian art have been discovered in
catacombs
gold was important to the Moche culture because
it was associated with the suns energy and power
the Great Sphinx of Giza is associated with the pyramid of which pharaoh?
khafre
which of the following terms means "rebirth" and is used to describe an artistic movement characterized by renewed interest in the Classical world of Greece and Rome
renaissance
the process used to create the beaten-silver face of the twelfth-century reliquary of the Head of Saint Alexander us called
repousee
artwork in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries can be
representational, abstract, non-objective, experimental
African masks are most meaningful to the groups that made them
when they are being used in ceremonial performances or masquerades
which painting was included in the first Salon des Refuses (salon of the rejected)
Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)
artworks in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries can
consist of recognizable objects, consist of abstract objects, draw inspiration from popular culture, draw inspiration from traditional culture
conceptual art emphasizes
the ideas behind the artwork over its realization
which of the following are qualities of most impressionist artists and their paintings
they rejected the traditional values of the academy, they evoked the sensations of everyday life, they painted outdoors and captured natural light, their brushstrokes were visible and paintings appeared unfinished
twin figures were traditionally made by the Yoruba of western Nigeria
when a twin died at birth or in infancy
