Midterm Study Guide Art 100

the Laocoön Group.

A prime example of art from the Hellenistic era is:

Neo-Babylonian

A true arch was developed by __________ architects long before Romans came up with the idea.

the founding of the Roman Republic

According to historians, the Roman era began in 510 B.C.E with:

the Minoan

All of the following cultures were Mesopotamian EXCEPT:

large windows of stained glass

All the following are features of Romanesque architecture EXCEPT:

They were melted down to make weapons and other objects.

Although bronze was the favored material for freestanding sculpture in Greece, most bronze statues have not survived because:

female nude figures

Although we know almost nothing about the culture that created them, the abstract _________ of the Cycladic culture appear extremely sophisticated for five thousand year old works

ambulatories

Architects of Romanesque churches began installing ________ around the apse, which allowed the overflow of pilgrims to circulate freely around the interior of the church

Botticelli, Donatello, and Ghiberti.

Artists working in the Early Renaissance period included:

Architectural design of places of worshop

Because Christianity emphasized congregational worship, a fundamental change in the __________ was needed.

sun-dried brick.

Because they lacked stone, the ancient Summerians built their cities from:

creating figures and settings with an increased naturalism

Duccio and Giotto were two artists whose innovations in _______ greatly influenced Renaissance painting styles.

landscape paintings.

Giorgione's painting The Tempest paved the way for future:

their stained glass windows.

Gothic cathedrals are known especially for:

hierarchical scale.

In Egyptian art, the convention of representing social importance by size—for example, where the pharaoh is shown much larger than his subjects—is known as:

Venus.

In Neo-Platonic thought, the Biblical character of Eve was identified with:

Howard Carter

King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in 1922 by:

Engineer, painter, inventor, architect, All of these answers are correct

Leonardo da Vinci was a skilled:

the Medici family.

Michelangelo, Raphael, and Botticelli were all commissioned to make art for:

About 75 years after it was first developed.

Northern European Renaissance artists began using the system of linear perspective:

redesigning St. Peter's Cathedral.

One of Michelangelo's major achievements was:

skilled crafts workers to intellectuals.

One of the effects of the Renaissance was to

Late Geometric

One of the many standard Greek pottery shapes is a krater and belongs to the period known as:

Colosseum.

Romans could watch gladiators fight to the death, along with other sporting events, at the:

Gothic cathedrals

Soaring open spaces, pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, flying buttresses, and stained glass windows are characteristics of:

Romanesque

The Abbey Church of Saint-Foy is one of the earliest ________ churches ever built.

pharaoh.

The Great Sphinx at Giza, in Egypt, has the body of a lion and the head of a a(n):

a hospital for patients with skin disease.

The Isenheim Altarpiece, with its gruesome details of Christ's flesh wounds, originally hung in:

Charlemagne

The Palace Chapel at Aachen was built for _________ as his personal place of worship.

color and light.

The Renaissance artists from Venice, such as Giovanni Bellini, Titian, and Giorgione, were especially known for their mastery of:

narthex

The _________ is the walkway directly in front of a church that serves as the entry porch.

Romanesque; Gothic

The art and architecture of the high Middle Ages is generally divided into two periods, the ________ and the ________

Naturalism

The bronze head of an Akkadian ruler is a rare example of _________ in ancient art.

It was made of durable materials, it was located where access from the outside world was limited, the local climate is conductive to preservation, the culture from which it came was stable and organized. All of the above

The chances that a work of art from ancient times will be found or preserved are greatly increased if:

transept.

The cross-shaped floor plan of a church is formed by the combined shapes of the nave and the:

the Sumerians

The earliest-known writing system from which a recorded language developed was the invention of:

Giorgione

The iconography of The Tempest, by _________, is unknown, but the painting made an important contrabution to Renaissance art in the way it was composed

Vertical

The major axis of a central-plan church, such as the church of San Vitale in Ravenna, is:

both Greek and Roman

The mosaic Christ as the Sun exemplifies early Christian artists' appropriation of _________ iconography.

Stonehenge in England.

The most notable example of Neolithic architecture in Europe is:

the Reformation

The movement that divided all of Europe into Protestant and Catholic camp is called:

Egyptian, Greek, and Roman

The mummy of Artemidoros, from Fayum, shows the influence of the _________ culture(s).

Pieter Brugel the Elder

The painting The Harvesters, which formed part of a cycle depicting the months of the year, was painted by _________, a 16th-century Netherland painter

Nefertiti

The portrait bust of ___________ is present in a naturalistic and elegant style that is timeless.

Lorenzo Ghiberti

The sculptor of the panel The Story of Jacob and Esau, Donatello's Teacher, is:

sunken relief

The sculpture Akhenaten and his family is an example of the _______ technique.

embroidery.

The technique in which colored yarns are sewn to an existing woven background is called:

multiple layers of glazes

The technique of sfumato involves the use of:

by Northern Europeans

The technology of painting with oils was developed:

None of the answers is correct

The theme of the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes comes from:

clerestory.

The walled, upward extension of the nave that is pierced with windows is called the:

"Rebirth."

The word renaissance means:

Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean

Three major cultures that preceded the Greeks in and around the Aegean Sea were the _________ cultures.

Entasis

To compensate for the natural visual distortion in which tall columns appear to bend inward, the Greeks gave them a slight bulge, which is known as:

Amenhotep IV

Under the reign of _________, a new, more naturalistic style of Egyptian art developed.

a flattened, abstract style of art.

Unlike their Greek and Roman predecessors, Byzantine artists preferred:

The eruption of a volcano

What destroyed the Roman colonies of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 C.E

They serve as reminders that one is entering a sacred space

What purpose is served by the carved figures that adorn the entry ways at Chartres Cathedral?

The printing press

Which 15th-century invention lead to the decrease in the practise of illumination by hand?

Artist brothers

Who were the Limbourgs?

Interlace

_________ is a pattern or patterns formed by intricately interwoven ribbons or bands.

Triangular

__________ organization, as seen in Masaccio's Trinity with the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, and Donors, was a popular device among Renaissance artists of Italy