Art final

Guardian beast

A lamassu is a _______?

False

All Islamic manuscripts include a page with a portrait of Allah? T/F

A kouros

An archaic Greek sculpture portraying a nude male is called _______?

Caravaggio

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

The Middle Ages

Artists in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherehood were inspired by works from _______?

All of the other answers

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

Building such an enormous dome was a technological challenge

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

Sacrifices where victims hearts were extracted

Ceremonies including _________ took place at the top of Aztec pyramids?

Bronze

Donatello's David is made in what medium?

Turkey

Early wall paintings have been found in Catalhoyuk in modern _______?

False

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

Architect

Filipino Brunelleschi has been widely regarded as the first Renaissance _______?

It was associated with the sun's energy and power

Gold was important to the Moche culture because _______?

Yin and yang

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

A symbol of freedom

In Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, liberty is _______?

For contemplation

Japanese tearooms are designed ________?

Sfumato

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

Represent the illusion of three-dimensional space in two dimensions

Linear perspective is used to ________.

False

Manuscripts in the Middle Ages were produced in factories in which hundreds of duplicate pages were made quickly using a printing press? T/F

All of the other answers

Neoclassical paintings, such as those by Jacques Louis David and Angelica Kauffman, ________?

It represented the ideals to which they aspired

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

True

Prehistoric female figurines that refer to reproduction are called fertility figures? T/F

True

T/F Abstract designs and patterns can convey information that is as important, recognizable, and specific as both representational and narrative imagery?

False

T/F Buddha is always represented as a seated figure with a raised hand and one finger pointing up toward the sky?

True

T/F Bulls were often shown in the art of the Babylonians and Minoans?

False

T/F Figures in Australian rock art are only ever depicted in outline?

True

T/F Iconoclasm is the destruction of images ?

False

T/F In the French academy, individual portraits and landscapes were considered as more valuable than any other subject matter?

True

T/F Kente cloth is now worn by non royal members of the Asante and Akan groups as well as people living entirely outside of Ghana?

False

T/F The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir to celebrate the birth of his son Shah Jahan?

True

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

False

T/F an amphora is the name for any female Greek goddess?

False

T/F in Greek mythology, powerful ruler King Minis was said to have built a small, modest palace on Knossos (Crete) because of his humility toward the gods?

True

T/F the Greeks often used ideal proportions in their sculpture and architecture?

True

T/F the dome of the rock was built on a site sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims?

True

T/F the earliest surviving paintings in the world are found in caves?

True

T/F the lamassi sculptures made for Ashurnasirpal II's palace each have five legs?

False

T/F the ornate and fanciful style called Rococo was only fashionable in France ?

True

T/F the term Ukiyo-e means "pictures of the floating world."

True

T/F when an Egyptian pharaoh died, his organs were removed and stored in canonic jars?

Nok......Nigeria

Terra cotta heads with prominent holes in the pupils, nostrils, mouth, and ears were made by the _________ culture of ________?

The Northern Renassaince

The Anrolfini Portrait is part of which period in art?

Holds the Buddha remains

The Great Stupa _________?

Llamas

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

Nebuchadnezzar II

The Ishtar Gate was built under whose rule?

Persians

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

Peace and war

The Sumerian Standard of Ur shows scenes of:

Is surrounded by gardens that represent Paradise

The Taj Mahal?

Catacombs

The earliest examples of Christian art have been discovered in ________?

All of the previous answers

The following are architectural orders developed by the Greeks:

Fresco

The medium of the artwork that decorated the Sistine Chapel ceiling is ________?

Deified ancestors who were chiefs

The moai of Easter Island represent:

False

The palace and gardens of Versailles were built by Marie Antoinette? T/F

The Trojan war

The story of Laocoon takes place during ________?

Ancient Rome

The structure of Romanesque churches recalls architectural elements from _______?

The July revolution of 1830 in France

The subject of Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People is _______?

Hieroglyphs

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

Egyptians

The written language used by the _______ is hieroglyphics?

Condor

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

That the couples are wealthy and faithful

What does the dog in the Arnolfini Portrait symbolize?

Cycladic

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

Flying buttresses and rib vaults

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

Louis XIV

Who called himself the Sun King?

Tipis

________ we're portable dwellings made by Plains Indians?

Renaissance

a rebirth or revival?