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APAH full 250 review 1
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1
Gustave Courbet was a leading figure in what 19th century movement?
Neoclassical
Post-Impressionism
Realism
Expressionism
2
The principal subjects of Mary Cassatt’s paintings were
couples in love
women and children
ballet dancers
rural peasants
3
In Buddhist art, a bodhisattva is a
divine attendant
sacred tower
monastic structure
symbolic hand gesture
4
Which of the following is a distinctive feature of the mosque at Cordoba?
horseshoe arches
undulating staircases
groin vaulting
lancet windows
5
Which artist made flower arrangements suggesting the fleeting nature of beauty and human life?
Jan Steen
Frans Hals
Judith Leyster
Rachel Ruysch
6
The Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock rejected artistic convention by
pouring and dripping paint
collaging magazine imagery
applying pigments with an airbrush
silkscreening images onto canvas
7
Artwork's location and religion
Japan; Buddhism
Korea; Shamanism
Japan; Shamanism
China; Buddhism
8
The bas relief sculpture seen in a spiral frieze on the Column of Trajan depicts
the founding of Rome
mythological narratives
a funeral procession
a military victory
9
Which architectural innovations made Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater possible?
cantilevers
pilasters
ribbon windows
ashlar masonry
10
The Taj Mahal serves as a
mausoleum
temple
palace
mosque
11
The dome of the Hagia Sophia is supported by what architectural innovation?
ribbed vaults
pendentives
flying buttresses
cantilevers
12
The structure’s layout can BEST be described as a
four iwan plan
hypostle hall plan
central plan
basilica plan
13
Picasso’s
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
was innovative in its
reception by the public
size and scope
use of materials
treatment of its subjects
14
The round, central opening of the hemispherical dome in the Pantheon is called a/an
coffer
oculus
portico
cella
15
The use of hierarchical proportion in this work is primarily an indication of
divine status
foreign birth
advanced age
artistic skill
16
The work on the right is an example of
sculpture in the round
sunken relief
fresco
high relief
17
A tower from which the faithful are called to worship at an Islamic mosque is called a/an
minaret
hamam
mihrab
iwan
18
The painting is associated with the Romantic movement due to its
emotionally charged representation of a current event
idealized treatment of the human form with heroic overtones
strict application of academic/ classical rules + principles
allusion to biblical subjects showing the horrors of war
19
Where are the mosaics of Justinian and Theodora found?
Santa Sabina
San Vitale
Chartres Cathedral
St. Foy
20
The liquefied clay used to create the blackfigure technique on Greek pottery is called
glaze
slip
faience
encaustic
21
What was placed in front of the entrance of an
Assyrian
palace to intimidate visitors?
a lamassu
a sphinx
a centaur
a yakshi
22
The painting of Las Meninas by Velázquez includes a self-portrait of the artist in order to
protest against the injustices of a corrupt papacy
draw attention to his elevated status in society
reflect on the fleeting, transient pleasures of life
demonstrate his religious piety and convictions
23
The Bayeux Tapestry depicts
the events leading to Battle of Hastings
Battles against Darius I
funerary practices of the English
processions to the king of France
24
The exterior design of the Parthenon exemplifies which of the following architectural orders?
Composite
Ionic
Doric
Corinthian
25
The painting refers to what historical event?
The Thirty Years' War
The July Revolution of 1830
The American Revolution
The French Revolution
26
A stupa is usually understood to be a
an Islamic hall devoted to prayer
a Hindu temple with multiple towers
a rectangular Egyptian tomb
a mound-shaped Buddhist shrine
27
The artwork pictured is
Victory Stele of Naram Sin
Stele of Hammurabi
Standard of Ur
Palette of Narmer
28
Changes to the Romanesque church layout (addition of aisles and chapels) happened to
accommodate increased number of pilgrims
meet the growing demand for icon worship
provide burial for plague victims
educate the illiterate masses
29
This structure was built on a site sacred to all of the following EXCEPT
Christians
Muslims
Buddhists
Jews
30
Which work elicits empathy due to the sorrowful physical appearance of the work’s subject?
Doryphoros
Seated Boxer
Grave Stele of Hegeso
Nike of Samothrace
31
Early Christian catacombs were often decorated with
terracotta statuary
frescoes
bronze reliefs
mosaics
32
A “daguerreotype” is a
type of photograph
prefabricated cast-iron structure
series of related images
tool used to mix pigments
33
Images of Buddha are often depicted with a hand gesture known as a/an
urna
ushnisha
mudra
yakshi
34
Two intersecting barrel vaults form a
groin vault
pendentive
transverse vault
squinch
35
The Doryphoros, or Spear-Bearer, is a canonical Classical Greek statue attributed to
Polykleitos
Lysippos
Phidias
Praxiteles
36
The American architectural structures designed by Thomas Jefferson can BEST be described as
Neoclassical
Romantic
Victorian
Baroque
37
The imagery on this work is organized with the use of
spandrels
pediments
ketstones
registers