Art Exam 4

The Parthenon was dedicated to ​. a) the Pantocrator b) Athena Parthenos c) the Emperor Constantine d) all the Roman gods

Athena Parthenos

Following the Eightfold Path to attain enlightenment, or Nirvana, is a central tenet of. a) Buddhism b) Daoism c) Hinduism d) Shinto

Buddhism

Early Southeast Asian art and architecture was primarily ​. a) Hindu b) Buddhist c) Confucian d) Daoist

Buddhist

Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism influenced the art and culture of ​. a) India b) Southeast Asia c) China d) Japan

China

Which of the following styles emphasizes rational simplicity, order, and idealized human forms? a) Hellenistic b) Byzantine c) Roman d) Classical

Classical

Which of the following demonstrates the stylistic characteristics of the Archaic period? a) the purse cover from the Sutton Hoo ship burial b) Euphronios Krater c) Head of Constantine d) Polykleitos of Argos' Spear Bearer (Doryphoros)

Euphronios Krater

Which of the following cultures strove to create the ideal individual in both art and culture? a) Roman b) Byzantine c) Greek d) Gothic

Greek

Art that combines Christian theology and science with calm, balanced, and idealized forms characterizes the a) Baroque period b) Rococo style c) High Renaissance period d) Mannerist style

High Renaissance period

The art and architecture of the Kandarya Mahadeva Temple is ​. a) Buddhist b) Shinto c) Hindu d) Daoist

Hindu

Mesopotamia was located in ​. a) Egypt b) Iraq c) France d) England

Iraq

The Neolithic period developed in ​_. a) Mesopotamia b) France c) Egypt d) Iraq

Iraq

Which of the following civilizations first developed writing? a) ancient Egypt b) Mesopotamia c) Neolithic d) Paleolithic

Mesopotamia

The protective prow figure from a war canoe is an example of art from ​. a) Mesoamerica b) Africa c) Oceania d) North America

Oceania

Which of the following cultures believes that ancestors are intermediaries between people and the gods and can influence future events? a) Oceanic b) African c) Native American d) Mesoamerican

Oceanic

Which of the following artists contributed to the development of the High Renaissance art? a) Peter Paul Rubens b) Raphael c) Sandro Botticelli d) Caravaggio

Raphael

Which of the following periods is characterized by a renewed interest in the arts and ideas of Classical Greece? a) Renaissance b) Rococo c) Baroque d) Mannerist

Renaissance

In Hindu art and architecture, the most venerated god is ​. a) Shiva b) Vishnu c) Brahma d) Krishna

Shiva

Which of the following structures features a ring of posts and lintels? a) the Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu b) the Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut c) Stonehenge d) the Great Pyramids

Stonehenge

What distinguishes the Bust of Emperor Vespasian from the Venus de' Medici? a) The bust is an individualized portrait. b) The facial features are idealized. c) The eyes are stylized and enlarged. d) The figure's pose is rigid and emotionless.

The bust is an individualized portrait.

Kuba cut-pile embroidery is an example of art from ​. a) Africa b) Mesoamerica c) Oceania d) North America

a) Africa

How is the Hellenistic period different from the Classical period? a) Art, especially sculpture, became more expressive and less idealized. b) Luxury items were produced exclusively for Greek patrons. c) The artistic style shifted towards rationalism, clarity, and emotional restraint. d) Art and architecture was practical and often intended for public works projects.

a) Art, especially sculpture, became more expressive and less idealized.

How is the Pantheon different from Greek temples, like the Parthenon? a) It was designed for indoor religious ceremonies. b) The exterior is not built according to the architectural orders. c) Wall paintings from Pompeii decorate the circular walls. d) The focal point of the building is the semi-circular apse.

a) It was designed for indoor religious ceremonies

The Neolithic period is also known as the ​. a) New Stone Age b) Bronze Age c) Old Stone Age d) Nomadic Age

a) New Stone Age

Sandro Botticelli's Birth of Venus is an example of ​. a) Renaissance art b) Mannerism c) Baroque art d) the Rococo style

a) Renaissance art

Which of the following was found at Stonehenge? a) burial sites b) wall paintings c) carved figures d) bronze weapons

a) burial sites

In Islamic culture, the artform most revered for its ability to enhance the word of God is a) calligraphy b) carpet design c) the mihrab d) Persian illustration

a) calligraphy

In Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the hazy atmosphere around the figure is created by using a) chiaroscuro b) linear perspective c) foreshortening d) emotional realism

a) chiaroscuro

Donatello's David exemplifies a revival of the ideals of Classical Greek art in its use of a) contrapposto pose b) an idealized human form c) naturalistic physical features d) a mythological figure

a) contrapposto pose

The thin body of the pitcher (spouted ewer) from Kashan indicates that it was most likely intended for ​ a) decorative purposes b) religious ceremonies c) practical use d) a royal gift

a) decorative purposes

At the Kandarya Mahadeva Temple, spiritual unity with the divine is expressed by the a) erotic scenes carved in relief b) stories of the journey to Nirvana c) sacred form of the stupa d) energy of natural elements

a) erotic scenes carved in relief

The Greek kouros statue was created to ​. a) honor an individual's achievements b) commemorate a ruler c) inspire devotion and worship of a deity d) serve as political propaganda

a) honor an individual's achievements

The Mangaaka power figure personifies the force of ​. a) justice b) chi wara c) mana d) kachina

a) justice

The male portrait head from Ife is different from the male figure from the Nok culture because it is . a) naturalistic b) stylized c) abstract d) nonrepresentational

a) naturalistic

In the protective prow figure from a war canoe, the bird functions as a ​. a) protective spirit that watches out for shoals and reefs b) symbol of the bond between spirits and man in Dreamtime c) kachina, a spirit of invisible life forces used in tribal ceremonies d) personification of the god of the feathered serpent, Quetzalcoatl

a) protective spirit that watches out for shoals and reefs

The architectural form of the Great Stupa at Sanchi symbolizes the ​. a) sacred World Mountain b) eternal realm of deceased ancestors c) spiritual love of the divine d) harmonious forms of nature

a) sacred World Mountain

Archaeologists speculate that the human figures painted in the Great Gallery of Horseshoe canyon portray a) shamanic rituals b) deities c) royal figures d) hunting events

a) shamanic rituals

The male portrait head from Ife demonstrates the Ife tradition of creating art for a) the court b) ritual purposes c) burials d) meeting houses

a) the court

The sculptural program of the Parthenon, including The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs, celebrates the ​ a) triumph of the Greeks over the Persian invasion b) influence of the Roman empire c) artistic style of nomadic German tribes d) Alexander the Great's conquest of Egypt

a) triumph of the Greeks over the Persian invasion

Which of the following is considered the first painting to systematically use linear perspective? a) Paolo Veronese's Feast in the House of Levi b) Masaccio's The Holy Trinity c) Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa d) Peter Paul Rubens' The Raising of the Cross

b) Masaccio's The Holy Trinity

Stone tools and cave paintings are characteristic of ​. a) Neolithic art b) Paleolithic art c) Mesopotamian art d) Ancient Egyptian art

b) Paleolithic art

What distinguishes the imagery in the Chauvet Cave from that of the Great Gallery in Horseshoe Canyon? a) The images are pictographs. b) The figures are naturalistic. c) The figures are in hierarchic scale. d) The artist included hieroglyphs.

b) The figures are naturalistic.

Which of the following has a basic plan based on the design of the Prophet's house? a) a madrasa b) a mosque c) a mihrab d) a minaret

b) a mosque

A columned porch attached to a building is known as ​. a) an apse b) a portico c) a nave d) a colonnade

b) a portico

Which of the following architectural elements is visible on the exterior of the Colosseum? a) an apse b) a round-arch colonnade c) coffers d) a portico

b) a round-arch colonnade

Because Muslims allowed the peoples of conquered lands to keep their religions and cultures, Islamic culture ​ a) rejected scientific achievements b) adapted earlier artistic traditions c) embraced Classical knowledge d) developed representations of the human form

b) adapted earlier artistic traditions

In the Neolithic period, the production of clay storage pots was the direct result of the a) needs of hunting and gathering b) agricultural revolution c) development of burial practices d) increase in ritual offerings at temples

b) agricultural revolution

The male figure from the Nok culture was created by using the technique of ​. a) modeling b) carving c) bronze casting d) painting

b) carving

A type of textile woven with raffia fibers and featuring dyed strips that are laced through the warps and wefts is called ​. a) Kente cloth b) cut-pile embroidery c) a feather basket d) a chief blanket

b) cut-pile embroidery

Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper demonstrates the influence of humanism in High Renaissance art through the ​. a) dynamic contrasts of light and dark b) depiction of a tense biblical moment c) detailed realism of surface textures d) compression of the figures in space

b) depiction of a tense biblical moment

Which of the following is rare in Islamic art? a) writing b) human form c) geometric shapes d) floral motifs

b) human form

Giotto's Lamentation is considered a precursor to Renaissance art because of its a) use of linear perspective b) human-centered realism c) idealized human forms d) dramatic use of light

b) human-centered realism*

Due to the Protestant Reformation in Northern Europe, art was primarily produced for a) church interiors b) private homes c) artistic training d) public display

b) private homes

Petroglyphs are made by ​. a) painting on a rock wall or mud building b) scratching an image onto a stone surface c) carving a form into tusk or bone d) modeling designs on clay vessels

b) scratching an image onto a stone surface

Which of the following is an example of Neolithic art? a) the head of an Akkadian ruler b) the earthenware beaker with ibexes c) the Woman of Willendorf d) the group statue of King Mycerinus (Menkaura)

b) the earthenware beaker with ibexes

At Stonehenge, the "heel stone" aligns with _ ​. a) an intersecting road b) the midsummer sunrise c) a series of burial mounds d) the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

b) the midsummer sunrise

In Renaissance art, the symbol of human worth and divine perfection was ​. a) light b) the nude c) nature d) the flaming arrow

b) the nude

Which of the following is an example of lusterware? a) the Mir-i-Arab Madrasa b) the pitcher (spouted ewer) from Kashan c) Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman, from the Khamseh (Five Poems) d) the exterior of the Taj Mahal

b) the pitcher (spouted ewer) from Kashan

The Roman innovation that most greatly influenced Western architecture was a) entasis b) the rounded arch c) a system of architectural orders d) the flying buttress

b) the rounded arch

After 800 BCE, the influence of Buddhism and Hinduism spread due to ​. a) Roman conquest b) traders and merchants c) popular burial practices d) the Mongol invasion

b) traders and merchants

A person who delays achieving enlightenment in order to instruct others on Earth is called a a) Daoist b) pilgrim c) Vedic d) bodhisattva

bodhisattva

The combination of Buddhist and religious iconography often found in later Southeast Asian architecture is visible at ​. a) the Great Stupa at Sanchi b) the Shrine at Ise c) Angkor Wat d) the Kandarya Mahadeva Temple

c) Angkor Wat

The niche that points toward Mecca is known as ​. a) a minaret b) a mosque c) a mihrab d) an iwan

c) a mihrab

At the Great Mosque in Kairouan, Tunisia, chanters call the faithful to prayer by ascending a) an iwan b) a madrasa c) a minaret d) a mihrab

c) a minaret

The burial urn from Kansu Province, China, demonstrates the style of Neolithic art because of its ​. a) hierarchic scale b) naturalistic forms c) abstract decorations d) use of carved stone

c) abstract decorations

The Hawaiian human figure (ki'i 'aumakua) depicts ​. a) a court official b) a chief c) an ancestral deity d) a human sacrifice

c) an ancestral deity

The headdresses worn by the Bamana people of Mali depict figures of antelopes called a) moai b) kachinas c) chi wara d) totems

c) chi wara

Raphael's Paul Preaching at Athens demonstrates the value of reason in humanist thought by a) using dramatic contrasts of light and dark b) depicting Classical figures in contrapposto poses c) creating a well-organized composition d) employing chiaroscuro to simulate textures

c) creating a well-organized composition

Which of the following characteristics are shared by the Hohle Fels Figure and the Woman of Willendorf? a) naturalistic details b) hierarchic scale c) exaggerated female body parts d) abstract petroglyphs

c) exaggerated female body parts

Michelangelo's David represents the ​. a) ideals of the Protestant Reformation b) humanist interest in genre scenes c) freedom of the city of Florence d) rejection of Classical Greek forms

c) freedom of the city of Florence

The horizontal band of inscription in the Court of the Lions demonstrates that Arabic calligraphy combines well with ​. a) the decorative qualities of lusterware b) depictions of aristocrats and rulers c) geometric and floral design motifs d) the symbol of Islam, the crescent moon

c) geometric and floral design motifs

Which of the following techniques enabled Italian artists to place subjects in a rational and ordered three-dimensional space? a) chiaroscuro b) foreshortening c) linear perspective d) contrapposto

c) linear perspective

According to archaeologists, the first known examples of artistic creativity are a) monumental ziggurats b) cave paintings of animals c) pieces of engraved ochre d) pottery with abstract designs

c) pieces of engraved ochre

A type of earthenware with a reddish color is called ​. a) mana b) a kachina c) terra cotta d) a kero cup

c) terra cotta

Like the Great Stupa at Sanchi, Buddhist structures are usually oriented toward a) international trade routes b) moats and other sources of water c) the four cardinal directions d) sacred site within a forest

c) the four cardinal directions

In High Renaissance art, the revival of portraiture is attributed to the ​. a) symbolic imagery of genre paintings b) religious beliefs of the Counter-Reformation c) value of the individual in humanist thought d) frivolous lifestyles of the aristocracy

c) value of the individual in humanist thought

Early Christian art was created in private homes and underground burial chambers called a) basilicas b) catacombs c) coffers d) porticos

catacombs

The decorative recessed squares on the interior surface of a building are called a) tesserae b) entasis c) coffers d) metopes

coffers

Greek artists provided lifelike qualities to human figures by using ​. a) tesserae b) contrapposto c) entasis d) stylization

contrapposto

Which of the following exemplifies the clarity and balance of High Renaissance art? a) Albrecht Dürer's Self-Portrait with Fur Coat b) Caravaggio's The Conversion of Saint Paul c) Jan Vermeer's The Kitchen Maid d) Raphael's The School of Athens

d) Raphael's The School of Athens

After the eighth century, some of the largest libraries and centers of learning were in the Muslim cities of ​ a) India b) Persia c) Egypt d) Spain

d) Spain

Some scholars believe that the Woman of Willendorf depicts ​. a) a female ruler b) the figure of a shaman c) a hunter-gatherer d) the Great Mother Goddess

d) the Great Mother Goddess

Which of the following is an example of Paleolithic art? a) Stonehenge b) the wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun c) the Warka vase d) the Hohle Fels Figure

d) the Hohle Fels Figure

Olembe Alaye's house post demonstrates the Yoruba peoples' tradition of ​. a) bronze casting b) mask painting c) cut-pile embroidery d) wood carving

d) wood carving

The Laocoön Group exemplifies the artistic style of the Hellenistic period due to the figures' a) idealized bodies and contrapposto poses b) individualized and portrait-like physical features c) stylized gestures and spiritual gazes d) dynamic facial expressions and exaggerated movements

dynamic facial expressions and exaggerated movements

At Angkor Wat, the shapes of the towers symbolize ​. a) divine love b) the sacred world mountain c) the inner life force d) fertility

fertility

In Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait, the woman's green dress symbolizes a) fertility b) the concept of humanism c) purity d) the Protestant Reformation

fertility

In the Paleolithic period, sprinkled powders and beads were found in ​. a) gravesites b) temples c) ziggurats d) pyramids

gravesites

The Pantheon's coffered dome symbolizes ​. a) reason b) conquest c) heaven d) imperial authority

heaven

The cultural movement that emphasized the value of humans and the importance of secular pursuits is called ​ a) Neoplatonism b) mannerism c) the Counter-Reformation d) humanism

humanism

The New Ireland mask demonstrates the characteristics of Oceanic art in the a) use of animal totems b) inlaid shell eyes c) naturalism of Quetzalcoatl d) depiction of Dreamtime

inlaid shell eyes

The Bodhisattva from Gandhara can be identified because of the figure's ​. a) topknot b) simple garment c) jewelry d) meditative pose

jewelry

In The Arnolfini Portrait, Jan van Eyck achieves realistic details, rich textures, and brilliant colors by using a) chiaroscuro b) oil paint c) foreshortening d) tempera paint

oil paint

Which aspect of roman painting derives from Hellenistic art? a) stylized figures b) perspective c) complex patterns d) naturalistic forms

perspective

Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam was commissioned by a ​. a) pope b) wealthy merchant c) monarch d) nobleman

pope

Much of Roman art and architecture reflects the Roman Empire's need for ​. a) public works b) preserving history c) religious ritual d) iconoclasm

public works

Many Oceanic artforms are believed to possess mana, which refers to ​. a) spiritual power b) justice c) the bond between nature and man d) knowledge

spiritual power

A domelike structure that developed from Indian burial mounds is called a ​. a) pagoda b) garba griha c) stupa d) kondo

stupa

Which of the following buildings features the architectural elements and proportions of the Doric order? a) the Pantheon b) Notre-Dame de Chartres c) the Parthenon d) San Vitale

the Parthenon

Scholars believe that Stonehenge may have been an important funerary site because a) pictographs depict shamanic rituals and hunting scenes b) wall paintings are prevalent at several burial sites c) the site aligns with the northernmost midwinter moonrise d) the stones symbolize the mountain that links heaven and Earth

the site aligns with the northernmost midwinter moonrise

In the Standing Buddha, the Buddha's enlightenment is symbolized by his ​. a) simple monk's garment b) topknot c) elongated earlobes d) expensive jewelry

topknot