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