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1
What do the eyes symbolize in these votive statues?
The sight of God
Mystical visions
Great knowledge and truth
Eternal wakefulness
2
Who painted this?
Edward Muybridge
Gustave Courbet
Édouard Manet
Claude Monet
3
This creature guarded the gates and entrances of Mesopotamian cities and homes
Unicorn
Sphinx
Lamassu
Griffin
4
The sculpted lintel from Yaxchilan reflects Maya tradition by
referring to the capital city of the empire
combining writing about and images of elites
featuring a powerful woman ruler in battle
privileging the male role over all others
5
The depiction of the gigantomachy on the Great Altar of Zeus may have served as an allegory of
King Attalos' victory over the Gauls
Alexander the Great's military campaigns
Athens' defeat of Sparta
Rome's control over the Mediterranean
6
Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian are examples of
Roman columns
Etruscan columns
Greek columns
Egyptian columns
7
The medium Ai Weiwei used here comments on an artistic tradition exemplified by the
Great Buddha at Todai-ji
Jade cong
Funeral banner of Lady Dai
David vases
8
This building shares which of the following design characteristics with the Seagram Building?
A steel-frame structure
A Target store on the street level
Cast-iron ornamentation
The integration of a public plaza
9
The artist of this painting is associated with an art-historical movement known as the
Royal Academy of San Carlos
Ashcan School
Bauhaus
Hudson River School
10
This artist was the official court painter for...
Philip IV and Elisabeth
Charles IV and Maria Luisa
Henry IV and Marie de Medici
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
11
How an artist organizes forms in an artwork by placing shapes on a flat surface is known as
form
composition
content
intuition
12
Varvara Stepanova was
employed by the Russian government to create propaganda art
employed by the anti-communist group to create protest art
employed by the Russian art academy to create photomontages
employed by the Russian Government to create cute scrapbooks
13
Memorial Sheet of Karl Liebknecht was
a work of propaganda
a political statement supporting his ideology
commissioned by his family
a fictional narrative
14
The type of pose, shown in the figures here, is known as
camera obscura view
counter-pose view
contrapposto view
composite view
15
Yinka Shonibare included cultural references in this work by doing which of the following?
Reusing materials employed by a Romantic sculptor
Alluding to the setting of an English garden landscape
Using a modern textile in the style of Dutch wax fabric
Basing his work on a scene from a popular theatrical play
16
What is depicted on the Grave Stele of Hegeso?
Domestic life
Mythological events
Athena's death
Historical events
17
In sculpting his statue of
David
, Donatello created
the sassiest David ever made
the first David wearing a fancy hat
the first free-standing nude sculpture since antiquity
the first bronze sculpture since antiquity
18
Where were the Apollo 11 stones found?
North America
Asia
Europe
Africa
19
A conversation over coffee with which artist inspired Meret Oppenheim to create this
Salvador Dali
Gustav Klimt
Vincent Van Gogh
Pablo Picasso
20
In
Lying with the Wolf
, Kiki Smith makes reference to both "Little Red Riding Hood" and
Sainte Michelle
Lilith
Sainte Genevieve
Eve
21
This work reflects the artist's interest in
the human figure
dream imagery
mixed media
multiple viewpoints
22
Who said, "A house is a machine for living in"?
Frank Lloyd Wright
Le Corbusier
Louis Sullivan
Mies van der Rohe
23
The
Bayeux Tapestry
culminates in the famous
Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Hastings
Battle of Winterfell
Battle of Little Big Horn
24
This is...
garbage
misunderstood garbage
25
Helen Frankenthaler used diluted paint primarily to
demonstrate the spontaneous flow of paint across a surface
create the illusion of distance and depth in her work
form hard-edged geometric compositions using tonal variants
reveal the expressive power of vigorous brushwork
26
The use of gold and jewel-like patterning in this work reflects the artist’s interest in
illuminated manuscripts
Byzantine mosaics
Gothic stained glass
Japanese woodblocks
27
In this particular painting from the series, the artist intended to convey the
poor conditions of the lower class in the U.S.
discrimination that African Americans found in the U.S.
separation of slaves and slaveholders in the United States
Effects of urban settings breaking down rural communities
28
A broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration on a wall near the ceiling
Pediment
Triglyph
Metope
Frieze
29
The Great Wave was influenced by technical innovations, as demonstrated through the artist's
use of oil paints
use of a camera obscura
use of a printing press
use of perspective
30
Many of Bill Viola's work feature the element of water because
cuz water is, like, totally dope in slow-motion
he nearly drowned while vacationing with his family
his childhood home was destroyed in a flood
he witnessed his mother drown at a young age
31
Works, such as the
Virgin (Theotokos) and Child
, are specifically known as
icons
secular paintings
altar paintings
frescoes
32
The main room in a Greek or Roman temple where the cult statue is placed is called the
cella
stylobate
portico
pediment
33
What period is responsible for the creation of the Great Sphinx and the Great Pyramids?
Middle Kingdom
Late Kingdom
Old Kingdom
New Kingdom
34
What is this called?
A functional dog
A large rodent
A yorkshire terrier
A non-functional dog
35
The Kaaba proved influential on later Islamic architecture because it
serves as the orientation for the qibla wall in all mosques
exemplifies a hypostyle hall used in all mosques
replicates the house of the Prophet Muhammad at Medina
inspired the enclosed cubic interiors of all mosques
36
What type of "pose" is displayed in this sculpture?
Contrapposto
Orator
Symmetrical
Composite
37
The function of a
Bibles moralisées
was to compare
Biblical stories to people and events in the world
Old Testament stories to New Testament stories
Biblical stories to Islamic stories
Biblical kings to contemporary and historical kings
38
What biblical story is represented here?
Samson and Delilah
Marge and Homer
Judith and Nebuchadnezzar
Judith and Holofernes
39
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater demonstrates his conviction that this building should
reflect the most advanced building technologies
be an integrative part of the landscape
be uninhabitable upon completion
elevate the individual above worldly concerns
40
The theme of
The Stonebreakers
is most strongly related to the
hypotheses of Isaac Newton
writings of Karl Marx
speeches of Napoleon III
theories of Charles Darwin
41
Matisse was inspired to paint goldfish after he visited
China
America
Morocco
Japan
42
Julie Mehretu intentionally underscores the art-making process by
using screen printing techniques in addition to paint
collaging printed material to create texture
applying paint mechanically
layering drawing with painting
43
Where was the White Temple and its ziggurat located?
Eshnunna
Amarna
Babylon
Uruk
44
Who sculpted this?
Constantin Brâncuși
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
Jean-Antoine Houdon
Auguste Rodin
45
What event caused the beginning of the Classical period in Greece?
Construction of the Colosseum
Destruction of the Acropolis by the Persians
Death of Alexander the Great
Victory over the Egyptians
46
Auguste Rodin is most associated with which artistic movement?
Impressionism
Romanticism
Expressionism
Realism
47
The red and yellow colors on feather capes symbolized
divinity and personal strength
wealth and divinity
wealth and family bloodlines
family bloodlines and divinity
48
What is this?
Athenian agora
Athenian acropolis
Templo Mayor
Chavin de Huantar
49
The Swing by Fragonard is an example of which artistic movement?
Baroque
Rococo
Romanticism
Neoclassicism
50
This building is
a second generation, deconstructivist skyscraper
a third generation, postmodern, Prairie Style skyscraper
a second generation, International Style skyscraper
a first generation, International Style skyscraper
51
What style did the artist use to create this work?
Classicism
Verism
Hellenism
Expressionism
52
Osorio's work is inspired by experiences, spaces, and people of what culture?
Puerto Rican culture in New York
Mexican culture in San Antonio
Native American culture in Phoenix
Cuban culture in Miami
53
What scene is depicted on the East Pediment of the Parthenon?
Athena's birth
Athena's contest with Poseidon
Athena's victory over the Amazons
Athena's victory over the Titans
54
The iconography used by Miguel Cabrera in his portrayal of Sor Juana suggests his intention to
reminder of her martyrdom & role as patron saint of learning
emphasize her role as both a nun and an intellectual
reference her famous translation of the Bible into Spanish
endow the painting with symbolism of the Virgin of Guadalupe
55
Who was the patron of the Athenian acropolis and the Parthenon?
Augustus
Pericles
Trajan
Sophocles
56
What was the significance of the use of Neoclassicism in the U.S. during the late 1700s?
It defined America's ideals in politics, education & art
It was relevant to the emotion and drama in the young nation
The U.S. was obsessed with Greek Art and Literature
The style was trendy, making the U.S. artistically competent
57
Who said, "Form follows function"?
Zaha Hadid
Frank Gehry
Louis Sullivan
Mies van der Rohe
58
The Pyxis of al-Mughira is allowed to feature figural images because
it was created before figural imagery was outlawed
it is not used for an Islamic purpose
it was not carved by a Muslim
it was never owned by a Muslim
59
This building is in which style?
International Modern
Deconstructivism
Brutalism
Postmodern Bauhaus
60
The painting shown was created by
Diego Rivera
Wifredo Lam
Jacob Lawrence
Frida Kahlo
61
The architecture depicted in School of Athens was
a reflection of the excavated markets of Trajan
an idealized recreation of a classical gymnasium
modeled on the plans for the pope's palace
Raphael's strategy to acquire architectural commissions
62
What is it called when a greater size equals greater importance?
Scale of importance
Heirarchical scale
Proportional weight
Perspective scale
63
Istanbul has been known by what other names?
Constantinople and Ravenna
Byzantium and Constantinople
New Rome and Constantinople
Byzantium and New Rome
64
These functioned as what?
belt buckles
earrings
hair clips
clasps for robes
65
Figurines such as the one shown can be considered most similar in context to the
Ambum Stone
terra cotta fragment from Lapita
Anthropomorphic Stele
jade cong