Quiz Review Flashcards
The Mesopotamians built their temples, such as that of Ur-Nammu, on a type of structure called a
ziggurat.
The Pyramids of Egypt are among the world’s best-known examples of
commemorative monuments.
Some believe that the sculpture Woman of Willendorf was associated with
The Great Mother Goddess
Which of these is from the Neolithic period?
the earthenware beaker from Susa
Petroglyphs are made by
scratching an image onto a stone surface.
The word “Neolithic” means
New Stone Age.
The ancient Sumerians developed the world’s first wheel, plow, and
writing system
Which structure features a ring of posts and lintels?
Stonehenge
During the Neolithic period, art went from
naturalistic to abstract.
Early stone tools were developed about
two million years ago.
In The Conversion of Saint Paul, Caravaggio created drama though the high contrast of lights and dark and the use of extreme
foreshortening.
Many Baroque characteristics developed as propaganda for the
Counter-Reformation.
Portrait Head of an Old Man is an example of
Roman sculpture.
Which building was designed to honor the goddess of wisdom and prudent warfare?
the Parthenon
Which of these structures is Gothic?
Notre-Dame de Chartres
The meeting of decorative nomadic style and Christianity can be seen most clearly in illustrated books from
Ireland
The first large sculptures since Roman times can be found in what part of Romanesque churches?
over the central doorway
In her painting Judith and the Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi demonstrates the close influence of
Caravaggio.
In Jan van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Portrait, the woman is wearing a green dress to symbolize
fertility.
Early Christian art was created in private homes and underground burial chambers called
catacombs
The influence of Neoplatonism would be most likely when, in a painting, a Renaissance artist highlights a
nude classical goddess.
All of the following artists epitomize the High Renaissance EXCEPT
Donatello
One feature that set Gothic architecture apart from Romanesque was the extensive use of
stained glass
The first Christian churches were patterned after basilicas that were used by the Romans as
government buildings
In the seventeenth century, in the Netherlands, the major patrons of paintings were
the wealthy merchant class
With its decorative and sensual qualities, the Rococo style was particularly suited to the extravagant and often frivolous life of
the French court and aristocracy.
Masaccio’s The Holy Trinity fresco is considered to be the first painting based on the systematic use of
linear perspective
Michelangelo’s David has a naturalistic pose, set in contrapposto, demonstrating the influence of
Greek sculpture.
Shah Jahan commissioned this structure as a tomb for his favorite wife.
the Taj Mahal
A Muslim theological school in which the history of Islam and the interpretation of the Qur’an are taught is a
madrasa.
In the Hindu religion, the destroyer god is
Shiva
Which of these is one of the most famous monuments of Cambodia?
Angkor Wat
Sesshu Toyo painted in a style that was called haboku, meaning
“flung ink.”
The Terra Cotta Warriors were found in the tomb of
Qin Shihuangdi.
The Indus Valley is located primarily in the present-day country of
Pakistan
The technique of decorating architecture with tiles reached a peak of achievement in
Persia
In the evolution of Buddhist architecture, early burial mounds led most directly to the Indian
stupa
In religious contexts, traditional Muslims disfavor
figural imagery.
Japanese ukiyo-e prints depicted
the everyday world.
Sexual ecstasy as a metaphor for divine love is found in the
Hindu art of India.
The indigenous religion of Japan is an ancient form of nature and ancestor worship called
Shinto
Because it alone could survive the very high heat of the kilns, which color did the Chinese use to decorate porcelain?
blue
In a mosque, what form is used to mark the building’s location and allow the faithful to be called to prayer?
a minaret
Eugène Delacroix differs from Neoclassical painters in using
painterly brushstrokes.
Which people built with huge, carefully cut and fitted stones?
Inca
Which of these was at Teotihuacan?
the Pyramid of the Sun
African textiles, such as Kente cloths, feature long narrow strips of cloth that are
woven and sewn together.
A mangaaka power figure personifies the force of
justice.
Eternal Dreamtime is an important concept for
Native Australians.
Angelica Kauffmann’s paintings are in what style?
Neoclassical
In letters to his brother Theo, Vincent van Gogh expressed his ideas about color as a force to show
emotion.
Viewers were shocked by Edouard Manet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), because of the
juxtaposition of nude and clothed figures.
In a search for spiritual truth, which Post-Impressionist artist moved to Tahiti?
Paul Gauguin
The Maori are the indigenous people of
New Zealand.
Romantic artists emphasized
emotion.
Rosa Bonheur’s The Horse Fair is an example of
Realism
One of the oldest surviving examples of sub-Saharan art comes from the
Nok culture.
Edgar Degas’s paintings reveal his interest in the candid attitudes found in street photography and the asymmetry of
Japanese prints.
The Post-Impressionists felt that the Impressionists did not allow room for
personal expression.
The name “Impressionism” derives from a critics’s derogatory remark about a painting by
Claude Monet.
Olembe Alaye’s House Post demonstrates the Yoruba’s tradition of
Wood Carving
The Native American Hopis and Zunis identify invisible life force spirits as
kachinas.
The Hopewell people built large mounds, such as the Great Serpent Mound, in what is now the state of
Ohio
All of the following are characteristic of International Style architecture EXCEPT
decorative ornamentaion.
Jacob Lawrence was a product of a community art center in
Harlem
Between the wars, totalitarian governments officially required a socially and politically “correct” form of art, social realism, which had as its goal to
retreat from modern art and communicate official positions to the public
Which artist believed himself to reveal the essence of his forms in his work?
Constantine Brancusi
Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 demonstrates the influence of
stroboscopic photography.
The technique of papier collé is most closely associated with
Synthetic Cubism.
Which artist most notably felt that abstract and nonrepresentational art led to a new spirituality?
Wassily Kandinsky
All are true of the group called The Bridge EXCEPT:
They relied most heavily on the lessions of Paul Cézanne
Developed in the Netherlands, De Stijl (The Style) had what as its goal?
universal harmony
René Magritte’s depiction of ordinary subjects in absurd or unusual juxtapositions is characteristic of
Surrealism.
Which artist used straight lines, primary colors, and rectangles as universal elements?
Piet Mondrian
Fauvist artists extended the visual vocabulary of Post-Impressionism by making their primary subject matter
color
Although not a member of the Surrealists, this artist used a similar approach to the Surrealists in autobiographical works.
Frida Kahlo
In creating Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon, Pablo Picasso combined lessons from Paul Cézanne with
African masks.
Marcel Duchamp was responsible for bringing motion to
Cubism
In the Futurist sculpture Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, Umberto Boccioni attempts to
fuse the sculptural form with space.
Edward Hopper differed from the Impressionists in his
use of light to organize compositions.
Focused on developing a new visual language for a new industrial age, Constructivism developed in
Russia.
Modern art arrived in America by way of exhibitions and promotions by
photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
Marcel Duchamp’s L.H.O.O.Q. is an example of
Dada.
In Mining the Museum, Fred Wilson rearranged a museum collection to convey ideas primarily about
race
Judy Chicago and Nancy Spero have in common
an interest in feminism.
Joseph Kosuth’s One and Three Chairs is an example of
Conceptual art.
In performance art, the collective Asco engaged the
problem of gang violence in Los Angeles.
In formulating a theory of postmodernism, architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott-Brown professed architectural inspiration from the city of
Las Vegas.
Niki de Saint Phalle’s works, which she “killed” with nails, dirt, darts, and other objects, most closely show the continuing influence of
Dada
Jackson Pollock’s Autumn Rhythm is an example of
Abstract Expressionism.
The works of Joseph Beuys and Ana Mendieta are examples of
performance art.
Artists associated with which movement most stressed that viewers should see their paintings as objects, not pictures?
Minimalism
Which of these artworks was intended to mourn the dead and also express hope in the fertility of the soil?
Doris Salcedo’s Plegaria Muda
Which of these works exemplifies the Neo-Expressionist style?
Anselm Kiefer’s Osiris and Isis
This artist reflects on identity and cultural heritage in works that negotiate Egyptian male identities.
Khaled Hafez
Which artist has created work by arranging garbage and then photographing it?
Vik Muniz
Richard Hamilton’s Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing? and James Rosenquist’s F-111 are examples of
pop art
In Monogram, Robert Rauschenberg put everyday objects together with collage and painting to form what he called
combine-paintings.
In Old Mole, Martin Puryear asks questions about the
symbolism of shape.
The Gutai manifesto proclaimed an end of
traditional art making
