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Art test #3 Flashcards

1
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Some believe that the sculpture Woman of Willendorf was associated with which Paleolithic god?

A

The Great Mother Goddess

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2
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Where was the earliest art, we know of found in 2002?

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Blombos cave

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3
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Which Neolithic structure features a ring of posts and lintels?

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stoneheng

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4
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The Mesopotamians built their temples, such as that of Ur-Nammu, on a type of structure called a _____.

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Ziggurat

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5
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Define Ziggurat.

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rectangular or square pyramid that is stepped

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Early stone tools were developed about ________________.

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2,000,000 years ago

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7
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The word “Neolithic” means_______.

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new stone age

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The ancient Sumerians developed the world’s first wheel, plow, and ________.

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writing system

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9
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The Pyramids of Egypt are among the world’s best-known examples of __________.

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dry massenry

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10
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Art from which culture portrays objects and parts of the human body from what that culture identified as their most characteristic angle?

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Egyptian

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Why is Tutankhamen the best-known pharaoh today?

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tomb was found intact

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12
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Why did the characteristics of ancient Egyptian art change relatively little over time?

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isolation

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13
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What is a “Maiden.” Statue of a standing of a standing clothed young woman?

A

Kore

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14
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Portrait Head of and Old Man is an example of _________ sculpture.

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Roman

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15
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Which building was designed to honor the goddess of wisdom and prudent warfare?

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The Parthenon

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16
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The meeting of decorative nomadic style and Christianity can be seen most clearly in illustrated books from which country?

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Ireland

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17
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Which cathedral demonstrates all three phases of Gothic architecture

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Notre Dame

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18
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The first Christian churches were patterned after basilicas that were used by the Romans as____________________.

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Government buildings

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19
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The first large sculptures, such as Christ of the Pentacost, since Roman times can be found in what part of Romanesque churches?

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above the central doorway

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20
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Early Christian art was created in private homes and underground burial chambers called __________.

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catacombs

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21
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Which piece is a Roman copy of a Hellenistic work, featuring a Trojan priest?

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Laocoon

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22
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Which country was never Romanized, but became Christianized, and after the fall of Rome became the major center of learning and arts in Europe?

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Ireland

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23
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Define “iconoclast.”

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one who apposes creation of images of God. idolatry

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24
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What was the function of the Roman Colosseum?

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amusement

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25
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Masaccio’s The Holy Trinity fresco is considered to be the first painting based on the systematic use of ______ _______.

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linear perspective

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26
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Michelangelo’s David has a naturalistic pose, set in contrapposto, demonstrating the influence of _________________.

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Classical Greek art

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27
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In Jan van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Portrait, the woman is wearing a green dress to symbolize _________.

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Fertility

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28
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In The Conversion of Saint Paul, Caravaggio created drama through the high contrast of lights and darks and the use of extreme ___________.

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foreshortening

29
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The influence of Neoplatonism would be most likely when, in a painting, a Renaissance artist highlights a ________ ______ _______.

A

Nude Paigen Goddess

30
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Many Baroque characteristics developed as propaganda for the ________ _________.

A

Counter reformation

31
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In the seventeenth century, in the Netherlands, the major patrons of paintings were _____ _______.

A

Wealthy merchants

32
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With its decorative and sensual qualities, the Rococo style was particularly suited to the extravagant and often frivolous life of ________________.

A

The French Airostocrasy

33
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In her painting Judith and the Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi demonstrates the close influence of which artist?

A

Caravaggio

34
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Which period in Europe Art was the artist Artemisia Gentileschi instrumental in turning toward the depiction of female religious heroes?

A

Baroque

35
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Define “Renaissance.”

A

Rebirth of art and science

36
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Which artists created the first life-size free standing statue since Roman times?

A

Donatello

37
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What style of painting was developed by Pieter Bruegel after the Protestant Reformation as a new style of Northern European landscape painting?

A

Genre painting

38
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Which period in European art was dismissed by the following generations as “fluffy”, and socially irresponsible?

A

Rococo

39
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Which style is characterized by emotion, drama, and interaction of sculptural forms with the surrounding space?

A

hellenistic

40
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Art style characterized by small-scale and ornate decoration, pastel colors, and asymmetrical arrangement of curves?

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Rococo

41
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Which artist created a series of work in the style set by the illuminators of medieval calendars?

A

Pieter Bruegel

42
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The Protestant reformation gave way to which style of painting?

A

Genre painting

43
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What language became the language of scholarship for many Muslims, Christians, and Jews from the 8th to the 11th century?

A

Arabic

44
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Buddhist sculptors in which area developed a distinctive style, due to Alexander the Great conquering the area?

A

Gandhara

45
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What was the ancient religion of Japan, which was a form of ancestor and nature worship?

A

Shinto

46
Q

Where is the Court of the Lions located?

A

Grenada, Spain

47
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In what empire was a new religion created, combining elements from all the religions practiced in the empire?

A

Mughal

48
Q

In the Hindu religion, the god of destruction and creation is _________.

A

Shiva

49
Q

Who is one of the most famous monuments of Cambodia, built during the Khmer Empire?

A

Angkor Wat

50
Q

The Terra Cotta Warriors were found in the tomb of ___________________.

A

Qin Shi Huangdi

51
Q

Sesshu Toyo painted in a style that was called haboku, meaning _______ _____.

A

flung ink

52
Q

The Indus Valley is located primarily in the present-day country of ___________.

A

Pakistan

53
Q

In the evolution of Buddhist architecture, early burial mounds led most directly to the Indian ________.

A

Stupa

54
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What features abstract shapes commonly found on ancient bronze vessels that represent a composite animal whose symbolism is unknown?

A

Taotie Mask

55
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Which culture has traditionally held ceramic arts in high regard, was primarily sponsored by imperials, and had nearly continuous technical advances?

A

Chinese

56
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Because it alone could survive the very high heat of the kilns, which color did the Chinese use to decorate porcelain?

A

blue

57
Q

Japanese ukiyo-e prints depicted _____________.

A

every day life

58
Q

A new style of painting created by artists who refuse to teach for the new Mongol government?

A

Literat

59
Q

Korean potters use “liquid clay,” known as ______, to fill in etched surface decorations

A

slip

60
Q

The technique of decorating architecture with tiles reached a peak of achievement in which country?

A

Persia

61
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Which culture was highly nationalistic, but experienced periods of borrowing culture and art that greatly influenced its development?

A

Japanese

62
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One of the greatest sculptors of Japan, who created a life size sculpture of a legendary Buddhist priest from India?

A

Unkei

63
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What technique did the Islamic culture perfect long before the Chinese?

A

luster pottery

64
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Shah Jahan commissioned this structure as a tomb for his favorite wife.

A

Taj mahal

65
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In a mosque, what form is used to mark the building’s location and allow the faithful to be called to prayer?

A

Minaret

66
Q

In religious contexts, traditional Muslims disfavor ________________.

A

depicting the human form

67
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What is a Muslim theological school in which the history of Islam and the interpretation of the Qur’an are taught?

A

Madrasa

68
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The _______ is the niche in the wall of a mosque that points to Mecca.

A

Mihrab

69
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A high vaulted porch to mark an important building or entrance?

A

Iwan

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