Acadeca 2017-18 Art Practice Test

Question 1

What prevented William Kentridge from adopting racism of many privileged white South Africans?

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His parents worked to support oppressed blacks

Question 2

Mub of sub-Sahara Africa speaks Bantu due to

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a 1000 years of the Great Bantu Migration

Question 3

Large scale Nok terracotta figures are hollow. The artist would have shaped the wet clay over

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An internal framework of wood

Question 4

In Rococo painting, the subject of the fête galante included

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members of the nobility at leisure

Question 5

Who is an Ethiopian-born photographer?

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Aida Muluneh

Question 6

Exploration of an artwork in terms of its cultural and historic origins is called

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contextual analysis

Question 7

Perhaps the best-known photographic documentation of Africa late 19th century was done by

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the National Geographic Society

Question 8

The culture that had the GREATEST contact and exchange with ancient Egypt was

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Nubia

Question 9

In metal casting, the indirect method of the lost wax process allows for

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multiple copies of the same sculpture

Question 10

An early painter of total abstraction was

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Vasily Kandinsky of Der Blaue Reiter

Question 11

The Yombe finial for a royal scepter includes a figure below the carved king. Who is this?

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a captured enemy or slave

Question 12

One of the oldest examples of Islamic architecture is the

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Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

Question 13

The Italian Renaissance designer Filippo Brunelleschi is well-known for the completion of

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the dome of the Florence Cathedral

Question 14

The king in Yoruba culture established his authority on

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descent from the creator of life and humankind

Question 15

In the late 20th century, African women first expressed feminist activism with a focus on

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economic independence

Question 16

In history, Western Africa was home to powerful cultures of the ___

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Asante, Ife and the Kingdom of Benin

Question 17

When ceramic pots are "thrown," the clay has been

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Shaped on a potter's wheel

Question 18

The "Benin Bronzes" were originally made for what purpose?

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to decorate a royal palace

Question 19

On the brass head from Ife, regular incised lines over the face may suggest

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a royal veil

Question 20

What luxury item was exported on a large scale from Africa by the Portuguese? (15-16th century)

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ivory

Question 21

The "Lydenburg Heads" have the form of inverted vessels and ornamentations that links them to

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decorated pottery

Question 22

The religious art of India reflects the prevalence of both Hinduism and

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Buddhism

Question 23

Which 19th-century Realist artist outraged conventional audiences with scenes of working class?

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Gustave Courbet

Question 24

While the kente cloth was originally made with raffia, during the 17-18th century it was ___

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silk

Question 25

The broad area drained by the Congo River system is generally referred to as

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Central Africa

Question 26

Some of the earliest evidence of African culture is found in what region?

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Eastern Africa

Question 27

Which artist creates assemblages out of found objects like aluminum bottle caps?

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El Anatsui

Question 28

A sculptural subject that dates to the Old Stone Age is the ___

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female figure, with exaggerated belly and breasts

Question 29

The abolitionist movements in Europe and the US resulted in ___ at the end of the 18th century.

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an end to the slave trade era

Question 30

Between 1885 and 1960, Congo was under the control of what European country?

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Belgium

Question 31

The animals seen in the Stone Age petroglyphs from the Twyfelfontein Valley in Namibia share

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strict profile silhouettes

Question 32

Pastels are used as a medium for ___

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Drawing

Question 33

Which of the following is NOT a consistent characteristic of African art?

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realism that stems from observation of nature

Question 34

Ife bronze sculptures were first analyzed and described by

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Frank Willett of the Nigerian Department of Antiques

Question 35

The Great Bieri is an example of a ___

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Reliquary statue

Question 36

Many of traditional palaces of the Cameroon Grassland culture were rebuilt repeatedly because

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they were highly flammable

Question 37

Which animal was often used to symbolize African chieftainship?

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leopard

Question 38

Incised lines representing both scarification and tears can be found on which sculpture?

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the Pwo or Female mask of the Chokwe

Question 39

The fantasy coffin tradition in Ghana began with a coffin in the shape of a

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cocoa pod

Question 40

The Nok bas-relief sculpture includes scenes that relate to

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everyday life activities

Acadeca 2017-18 Art Practice Test

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Acadeca 2017-18 Art Practice Test

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