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1
Which of the following mathematical terms can also be used to describe a printing plate?
Integral
Matrix
Equation
Factorial
2
A 1922 excavation uncovered the long-hidden tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh
Narmer
Tutankhamun
Cleopatra
Hatshepsut
3
Which of the following Chinese dynasties is MOST frequently described as China's Golden Age?
Liao
Ming
Song
Tang
4
Which of the following media is MOST closely associated with Byzantine art?
Mosaic
Charcoal drawing
Oil painting
Earthworks
5
The two main colors of the Chauvet Cave paintings are
Red and black
Brown and black
Yellow and brown
White and yellow
6
The use of arbitrary color is a key aspect of
Romanticism
Fauvism
Impressionism
Neoclassicism
7
Which of the following terms describes the illusion of texture created on a two-dimensional surface?
Orangerie
Trompe l'oeil
Visual texture
Simulated texture
8
Which of the following African civilizations is MOST closely associated with impressive bronze artworks?
Songhai
Benin
Nok
Ghana
9
An artist mixing pink paint on a palette will combine
A primary color and a secondary color
A primary color and a neutral
A secondary color and a neutral
A neutral and a complementary color
10
A primary goal of the Crystal Palace was to
Provide protection for the Crown Jewels
Establish a stage for national theater productions
Grow exotic flora from Britain's colonies
Showcase British engineering
11
Which country was the origin of the Academy, as art historians use the term?
Spain
United States
United Kingdom
France
12
The earliest Roman art reflected the influence of the
Etruscans
Babylonians
Egyptians
Persians
13
Which of the following subsets of non-Western art shows the GREATEST influence from Ancient Greece?
Oceanic art
Indian art
Chinese art
Japanese art
14
Which artistic movement links Tintoretto and El Greco?
Rococo
Neoclassicism
Mannerism
Baroque
15
Which type of perspective BEST accounts for the presence of fog or smoke in a scene?
Riemannian perspective
Gothic perspective
Aerial perspective
Linear perspective
16
Which of the following formal qualities of art is the MOST fundamental?
Form
Texture
Line
Shape
17
What title did Marcel Duchamp give to a porcelain urinal before signing it and exhibiting it as art?
Kaiser
Death
Critic
Fountain
18
The Pre-Raphaelite art movement arose as a reaction to the
Collapse of the French Empire
Baroque Period
Industrial Revolution
Dissolution of the Monasteries
19
Doric and Ionic are types of
Temples
Columns
Sculpture
Drawings
20
Which of the following techniques is NOT one of the four basic ways of creating a sculpture?
Carving
Modeling
Developing
Casting
21
Who was the partner of Jeanne-Claude in a series of major Environmental art pieces?
Christo
Duane Hanson
Chuck Close
Dan Flavin
22
Which artistic period is MOST closely associated with the
fête galante
genre?
Mannerist
Romantic
Neoclassical
Rococo
23
Henry VIII of England had a court painter named
Matthias Grünewald
Anselm Kiefer
Hans Holbein the Younger
Albrecht Dürer
24
Which of the following ancient civilizations is MOST closely associated with ziggurats?
Rome
Greece
Sumer
Egypt
25
Which type of painting is MOST commonly associated with layers of delicate glazes?
Encaustic
Acrylic
Tempera
Oil painting
26
Due to the nature of the medium, auction houses will often use the term "multiples" to describe
Prints
Sculptures
Jewelry
Drawings
27
An open area within a form creates a
Geometric shape
Negative space
True neutral
Organic shape
28
Formal analysis of an artwork focuses on that work's
Visual qualities
Provenance
Creator
Historical context
29
The individual elements that make up a pattern are called
Quoits
Motifs
Points
Notes
30
Which present-day country is home to the Pyramid of the Sun?
United States
Honduras
Guatemala
Mexico
31
Which of the following places is the MOST likely location for a keystone?
The center of a stone circle
The base of a sculpture
The crypt of a church
The top of an arch
32
Which Roman goddess lends her name to the the
Woman of Willendorf
?
Pomona
Ceres
Venus
Minerva
33
A major branch of art history interprets art through philosophy written and later inspired by
Hildegard of Bingen
Karl Marx
Thomas Mann
Anton Webern
34
Which of the following artworks is ALSO by the painter of the
Mona Lisa
?
The Gates of Paradise
The Last Supper
David
The Birth of Venus
35
William Blake's artwork MOSTLY falls within the category of
Post-Impressionism
Futurism
Romanticism
Realism
36
Liquid clay used to join slabs of clay while creating a ceramic artwork is called
Trip
Slip
Slide
Fall
37
Which present-day country in the British Isles is home to Stonehenge?
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
England
38
Violet-blue and yellow-green are examples of
Primary colors
Neutrals
Arbitraries
Tertiary colors
39
Which artist painted the work that gave Impressionism its name?
Édouard Manet
Paul Cézanne
Claude Monet
Alfred Sisley
40
A place at which the eye lingers when viewing a composition is a
Resting group
Focal point
Vanishing point
Positive space
41
Which of the following ancient Romans wrote a key work of art history?
Pliny the Elder
Tiberius Gracchi
Nero, Emperor of Rome
Vergil
42
Both Islamic and Chinese art have a globally notable tradition of
Heroic Sculpture
Calligraphy
Portraiture
Geometric Decoration
43
The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch
or
Sortie of Captain...
is more commonly known as
The Night Watch
Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Card Sharps
Brothers in Arms
44
Harold Rosenberg and Clement Greenberg were critics MOST famous for championing
Abstract Expressionism
Earthworks
Bauhaus
Conceptualism
45
Twentieth-century American artist Joseph Cornell worked MOST often in
Fiber arts
Mixed media
Photography
Architecture
46
Giotto di Bondone lived in the Italian city-state of
Pisa
Naples
Rome
Florence
47
Which of the following Popes commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Alexander VI
Pius III
Julius II
Leo X
48
Whose legal code is the oldest that has remained intact to the present day?
Pericles's
Draco's
Ramesses II's
Hammurabi's
49
An institution or person who commissions an artist to make an artwork is the artist's
Gallerist
Muse
Agent
Patron
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Shading by making a pattern of dots in a drawing creates
Moiré
Chiaroscuro
Crosshatching
Stippling