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Art History A Final Exam Review
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1
Where are the oldest examples of human art ever found?
The Lascaux Cave
The carvings in Hohle Fels cave
All of the above
The Altamira cave
2
What was the capitol of the Assyrian Empire?
Persia
Babylon
Mesopotamia
Nimrud
3
The Law Code of Hammurabi is a big black stele with laws on it.
True
False
4
When was the Altamira cave found and where?
None of the above
1886 Spain
1902 Italy
1999 Spain
5
Who created the Ishtar gate?
Nebuchadnezzar's Builders
Both
NEITHER
Hammurabi's Builders
6
What animals were on the walls of the Altamira cave?
Porcupine, elk, horses
None of the above
Dogs, cats
Bison, goats, aurochs, horses, deer and hinds
7
What are the elements of art?
Line, shape, space, texture, color and value
Line, shape, space,color and value
Line, color, shape, form, texture,value, and pattern
None of the above
8
What type of art do we see at Newgrange, Ireland?
Neither answer
Rock carving
Both answers
An entrance to a tomb
9
Who are the Imitationalists?
They imitate nature
They imitate other artists
They favor realistic representation in their art.
All of the above
10
Where is Lascaux located?
Italy
Spain
None of the above
Southern France
11
Most Sumerian art was created for what purposes
Aesthetics
Both religious reasons and propaganda
Religious
Propaganda
12
A Megalith is
Both answers
None of the above
Large monuments created from huge stone slabs
Stonehenge
13
Who was Gudea of Lagash?
Nabopolassar
Nebuchadnezzar
An Assyrian ancient ruler
A Sumerian ancient ruler
14
Stonehenge was
not
built over three phases
True
NEITHER
False
15
What were some of the Sumerians’ contributions to the world
Cuneiform writing
All of these
The Wheel
A legal system
16
Which of these are some of the principles of art?
Balance, Disharmony, Rhyming
Emphasis, Melody, Cadence
Balance, Emphasis, Texture
Balance, Emphasis, Harmony
17
What are the three characteristics that define art?
It should reflect some aspect of life
It should be visually appealing or stimulating
All of the above
The ideas and feelings of the artist
18
How long ago did a work of art have to be created to be called Prehistoric?
1000 years
More than 5,000
5000 years ago
100 years
19
How do archaeologists know when humans lived in the Altamira cave?
Carbon-14 dating of organic remains.
Coins found near the paintings
The date was written on the cave wall
All of these
20
Assyrian art has mainly a hunting or warfare theme.
False
True
21
Mesopotamia is the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
NEITHER
False
True
22
Who are the formalists?
They imitate nature
They imitate other artists
They value how well the artist uses the elements of art.
All of the above
23
A Monolith is
An entrance to a tomb
A tall block of stone standing by itself
A group of stones arranged to be a monument
None of the above
24
Who are the Emotionalists?
All of the above
They favor emotion
They imitate other artists
They value communication of ideas, feelings and moods
25
A Ziggurat is a pyramid shaped religious structure
True
False
26
Humans create art for what reasons?
Spiritual reasons
All of the above
Historical reasons and propaganda
Moral reasons and beauty
