first semester ap art history MC

____ is a Korean burial object.

"Gold and Jade Crown"

Containing many Buddhas, stupas , and carvings, ______ served as a gateway to a Emperor's palace.

"Longmen Caves"

Fan Kuan created ___

"Travelers among Mountains and Streams"

is an example of Ukiyo-e.

"Under the Great Wave off Kanagawa"

The overall effect of _____ is primarily due to its artist's expansive use of gold leaf.

"White and Red Plum Blossoms"

The Camelid Sacrum in the shape of a canine was created

14,000-7000 BCE

A ground line is

A baseline on which figures appear to stand

The artist intended the kwakwaka'wakw transformation mask to be experienced in all of the following ways EXCEPT as

A representation of powerful female ancestors

From where is it believed that humanity originated

Africa

The Egyptian Pharaoh, ____, was a monotheist and forced changes in spiritual and artistic practices.

Akhenaton

___ was symbolic of nobility and used for ceremonies and battle

An 'aha 'ula

An emphasis in the ________ of the nude woman figurine (Venus of Willendorf) suggests early mans interest in _______

Anatomy, health and fertility

________ contains influences of Chinese landscape painting.

Bahram Gur Fights the Karg

Which of the following is an example of an indigenous culture adapting European forms into their artwork?

Bandolier bag

Which term below relates to this site?

Bent axis

Which of the following is unique in that it would have been worn by a woman?

Bundu mask

Which of the following was most motivated by politics?

Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan

The Hindu creation story, ____, is depicted at ____

Churning of the Ocean of Milk, Angkor Wat

This sculpted lintel from yaxchilan reflects maya tradition by

Combining writing about and images of elites

_______________ is one of the primary characteristics of Neolithic society

Farming and domestication of animals

Which of the following has distinct areas that are private or public and regions defined by social hierarchy?

Forbidden City

Figures sculpted in the round can be defined as

Freestanding

Which of the following by use of horizontal registers depicts the mortal world, the afterlife, the underworld, and the heavenly realm?

Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)

Which of the following contain four gateways or toranas that align to the cardinal directions and contain reliefs depicting the story of Buddha's life and tales of his past lives?

Great Stupa at Sanchi

Which of the following is an example of an artwork that is transformed or given "new life" due to a repeated cultural ritualistic interaction?

Great mosque of Djenne

The Fang Byeri are primarily

Guardians of ancestral remains

The Mesopotamian king who codified the law and prescribed penalties for infractions was _____

Hammurabi

The bamilekes celebration and performance while wearing the Aka Elaphnag masks was intended to

Honor the king and bring about social harmony

The Chokwe's performance while wearing the "the female (pwo) masks" was intended to

Honor young fertile women who had not yet given birth, honor women that had, and represent female ancestors

Objects such as this were primarily found where (Jade Cong)

In burial sites in Liangzhu, China

For greater stability (possibly from seismic activity), the inks builders of the walls at Saqsa Waman used

Irregularly sized stones fitted together without any Mortar

How does the rulers feather headdress (probably of motecuhzoma II) make an explicit statement about the power of the Mexica Empire

It was maker of rare materials, demonstrating the control of the Mexica over distant peoples and trade networks

Running horned Woman, Tassilli n 'Algeria, 6000-4000 B.C.E , pigment on rock is easily identifiable as Neolithic as opposed to Paleolithic due to

Its figurative and natrative qualities

Stonehenge. Wiltshire, UK. Neolithic Europe. 2500-1600 BCE. Sandstone, and many similar structures are considerd

Monumental architecture

_________ would have been rubbed with oil and brought out to ensure successful child birth

Ndop (portrait figure)

This object (terra cotta fragment) comes from an ancient _____ culture

Pacific

Ancient works such as these (Amblum Stone) are considered sacred and believed to have supernatural powers by the people of

Papua New Guinea

The Conical Tower and Circular Wall of Great Zimbabwe was

Part of a city that was an important trading center that predates the European middle ages

Used in the building of Stonehenge, _________ is the simplest and oldest method of spanning a passage way

Post and lintel

____ honors the deceased subject by recording his likeness, important deeds, and rank.

Protrait of a Sin Sukju

Which of the following according to a Spanish chroniclers is known to have contained traditional ritual objects made of metals

Qorikancha

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Bamiyan Buddhas that reflects the influence of other artistic traditions fostered by Bamiyan's location on the Silk Road?

Realistically draping folds of the robes, influenced by Hellenistic Greek style

Which of the following is a place for Zen Buddhists to pursue enlightenment by a means of self-introspection.

Ryoan-ji

Which of the following is known as "The Book of Kings" and contains the epic poem by the Persian poet Firdawsi

Shahnameh

The artist choice of ____ is a reflection the cultural context in which it was a created.

Social Realism

Which of the following artworks is believed to have a relationship to both astronomy and burial rituals

Stonehenge

___ is an example of Mughal architecture.

Taj mahal

This artwork is from (metamorphic stele)

The Arabian peninsula

________ contained a collection of spells that helped Egyptians in the afterlife.

The Book of the Dead

One of the most famous Paleolithic cave paintings, The Hall of the Bulls, was discovered in

The Lascaux caves

Carved directly from existing stone.

The Treasury at Petra, Jordan

The Templo Mayor relates to the Mexicans ritual re-enactment of

Their creation myth

Which of the following elements of Fang life best describes and accounts for artistic production of works such as the Fang Byeri?

Their migratory lifestyle

Which of the following is an artwork with formal properties that allude to a sense of duality, indicating the artwork had a purpose in communication with the spiritual realm?

Tlatico female figure

These all relate to the Egyptian creation myth: rays of the sun, benben stone, and a flooded delta or river.

True

Apollo 11 Stones, Namibia, 25,500-25,300 BCE, charcoal on stone, depict a

Twisted view

Which of the following exemplifies or illustrates a matrilineal society

Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (opo ogoga)

(figure of cow with horns on top of column) This is...

a capital from a persian apadana

this photo depicts (carrying tapa) _____

a large tapa being presented to Queen Elizabeth II during a significant ceremony

if you were to marry in polynesia, you could likely receive ____

a ngatu

In an Islamic context artworks containing human and animal iconography is _____.

acceptable in secular and private artworks

Over the centuries, a wide courtyard was built around the Kaaba in order to _______

allow large crowds of pilgrims to perform the prescribed ritual of circumambulation

The temples at Khajuraho are distinct in that they ___

are built onto elevated substructures

Nan Madol ____

contains artificial islets and channels

The exaggeration of the eyes on Sumerian votive sculptures likely symbolizes _____

eternal wakefulness

In Ancient Egypt approaches to portraiture and one's social rank were not related.

false

due to extensive native and spanish records we know the exact function of these Moai

false

this painting represents a common "type" of warrior and not a specific individual (tamati waka nene)

false

this portrait was painted "from life," meaning the subject posed for the artist to paint him (tamati waka nene)

false

The Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh) is known for its _____.

four vaulted iwans surrounding a courtyard

Because of the context of its discovery, beaker with ibex motifs, Susa, Iran, 4200-3500 BCE, is believed to have been associated with or used in _______

funeral practices

Which is present throughout Mesopotamian, Persian, and Egyptian art?

hierarchy of scale

Jokhang Temple was constructed to _____.

house the Jowo Rinpoche

A Staff God _______

includes male and female qualities

The terra cotta warriors from the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China used _____

interchangeable parts to make each figure appear unique

The Dome of the Rock _____.

is a shrine built as testament to the power of the new faith of Islam

facial tattooing ______

is also known as ta mako

The Code of Hammurabi ______

justifies the rulers legitimacy to rule

____ guarded Assyrian royal complexes.

lamassu

When designing the Ardabil Carpet, in consideration of the fact that it would be displayed in a sacred space, the artist decided to include a _____.

large central medallion that supports two lamps shown hanging from each end

these are known as _____

malagan sculptures

these masks are rare most likely due to ___

missionaries destruction of them after the islands' conversion to christianity

Great Pyramids (of Menkaura, Khafre, and Khufu) were meant to function as _____.

mortuary complexes

Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja) ___

reveals content through body posture

____ would be found in ____

statues of votive figures, Sumerian temple

A mound structure containing Buddhist relics is a ___

stupa

Identify the most likely culture of origin for this artwork.

sumerian

bark cloth is ____

tapa

A ziggurat can best described as a _____.

temple platform

(figure of cow with horns on top of column) this represents

the power of the king and his kingdom

_____ is believed to be contained within these

the spirit of a specific deceased person

____ attest to the sophistication of Ancient Egyptian society.

tomb remains

The Ardabil Carpet is impressive because of the quantity of knots per square inch

true

The Palette of Narmer likely commemorates the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.

true

The artistic canon of Ancient Egypt, with strict conventions of representation, use of materials, and treatment of forms, was followed for many centuries with only short-lived periods of experimentation and deviation.

true

there were burned or allowed to rot after use

true

this painting was commissioned by the patron, Henry Partridge

true

this object is unique because it ____ (buk)

uses a turtle shell

female deity sculptures from Nukuoro ___

were regarded as representations of individual deities

navigation charts ____

were used in ceremonies along with weather charms on land prior to sea journeys