Art

Question 1

Which emperor was”the tiger”?

Answer 1

Babur

Question 2

The Jesuits’ primary mission was to

Answer 2

Convert people to the Church

Question 3

Indian influence is present in the Qubbat-ul-Islam mosque’s

Answer 3

Corbeling

Question 4

The charter act of 1833 extended the charter of ________

Answer 4

The East India Company

Question 5

The Paramashiva aspect of a god

Answer 5

cannot be comprehended by humanity

Question 6

Henry Irwin’s father was an

Answer 6

archdeacon

Question 7

Which artist introduced the medium of collage?

Answer 7

Pablo Picasso

Question 8

Which Subject did the scholar Edward Said help outline?

Answer 8

postcolonial theory

Question 9

Which scholar suggested that attempts to categorize Indian art by religion were invalid?

Answer 9

T. Richard Blurton

Question 10

In The Location of Culture, Homi K. Bhabha describes how

Answer 10

colonized cultures resisted colonization

Question 11

The India Act of 1784

Answer 11

Limited the power of the East India Company

Question 12

Where would an artist place larger objects to create balance in an artwork?

Answer 12

near the center of the work

Question 13

Which of the following church designs was a commodity copied in British colonies?

Answer 13

St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Question 14

A votive stupa serves as an

Answer 14

offering

Question 15

How did World War I affect the development of Dada?

Answer 15

Disillusioned by the war, Dada artists attacked and protested accepted norms

Question 16

Lakshanas indicate that the Buddha

Answer 16

is different from ordinary mortals

Question 17

Before becoming a photographer, Bourne worked at a

Answer 17

bank

Question 18

Which of the following adjectives BEST describes the Maharajas’ response to the arrival of the British?

a. dismissive
b. hostile
c. suspicious
d. relieved
e. welcoming

Answer 18

e. welcoming

Question 19

At the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, P.K. Kelkar was a

Answer 19

director

Question 20

Two Indian art genres that use strong lines and flat areas of color are _________

Answer 20

Kalighat and Mithila

Question 21

Early depictions of the Buddha could be said to be_________

Answer 21

Westernized

Question 22

A portrait of a grimacing man with a green face was most likely to be painted by an ___________.

Answer 22

Expressionist

Question 23

Which artwork most obviously looks backwards for the source of its style?

Answer 23

A holy man in the forest

Question 24

Monets painting of the same subject at different times of the day reveals his interest in _____.

Answer 24

Optical colors

Question 25

What was said to be even more enduring than the “dyed colors of India” in Saint Jerome’s fourth century Latin translation of the Bible?

Answer 25

Wisdom

Question 26

Mahadeva, Mahayogi, Pashupati, and Bhairava are various names for _______

Answer 26

Shiva

Question 27

What artist would most likely have created a completely abstract art work?

Answer 27

Dan Flavin

Question 28

If you were even – tempered, what color of Mike the artist use to depict you in a Kerala mural?

Answer 28

Green

Question 29

Which of the following best explains why its occupants did not make the Viceregal Lodge more comfortable?

Answer 29

They wanted the building to be grand and imposing

Question 30

Why did the British think the Greco Roman forms were appropriate to Indian churches?

Answer 30

They reflected a more “evolved” way of living

Question 31

Exaggerated contrasts between light and dark to the chief dramatic effects are most associated with________.

Answer 31

Baroque art

Question 32

The architectural style of modernism “when the day” in the late 20th century India for all of the following reasons except________.

Answer 32

Modernist buildings looked similar to traditional Indian buildings

Question 33

Buddhist building types include _________.

Answer 33

Stupas and pagodas

Question 34

The Chamber of Princes was developed by the___________.

Answer 34

Maharajas to provide a unified governing body to relate to the British