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1
The Five Pillars of Islam include all of thefollowing
except
Professing that Muhammad is god andAllah is his prophet
Give alms to poor
Make a pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj)
Fast during month of Ramadan
2
InEgypt and Mesopotamia, figures were often arranged in ____, as indicatedby ground lines
black-figure style
terracotta
registers
symmetrically
3
The most important factorinfluencing the prosperity of ancient Egypt was
Its warlike nobles
The predictable flooding of theNile
Its position as a tradingintermediary
Its position between two rivers
4
The Chinese interest in landscape was most stronglyinfluenced by
Daoism
Confucianism
Hinduism
Buddhism
5
The
Rottgen Pietá
was intended to elicit which emotional responses from viewers?
Empathy
Awe
Admiration
Respect
6
Martin Luther’s Reformation split Christendom in half and produced conflict between the
Protestants and Catholics
Lutherans and Calvinists
Christians and Catholics
Protestant and Lutherans
7
The animal figures of the Lascaux Caves are seen in both profile and frontal views called
negative perspective
twisted perspective
anthropomorphic perspective
positive perspective
8
A Buddhist stupa
was a type of cosmic diagram (mandala)
all of the above
often contained relics
was circumambulated by pilgrims
9
The
Allegory of Law and Grace
was an OK for Protestants because all of the following EXCEPT
it was Catholic propaganda
artist was BFFs with Martin Luther
cheap to produce
mass producible
10
The orientation of all mosques, no matter periodor country, must be oriented toward
Mecca
Jerusalem
Damascus
Medina
11
Roman portrait sculpture shows a fluctuation betweenthe following opposite artistic tendencies
veristic and stylized
veristic and ideal
ideal and frontal
ideal and rigid
12
All of thefollowing are characteristics of the Byzantine style EXCEPT
flat
phat
frontal
floating
13
Thepost-and-lintel system is demonstrated in the creation of
the Ambum Stone
Stonehenge
Easter Island moai
Rapa Nui
14
Byzantinechurch interiors are typically decorated with
tapestries
stained glass
monumental sculpture
mosaics
15
The HagiaSophia was built under the patronage of
Trajan
Constantine
Leo III
Justinian and Theodora
16
The Roman atrium house was specifically designed to
Feature cold, warm, and hot water baths
Include three cellas to feature statues of Roman gods
Showcase the relationship between patron and clients
Combine the tholos and cubicula
17
The function of most of the art from the Prehistoric times
must be dismissed as random
is totally unknown
is conjectural based on inquiry and estimation
can be easily verified by examining modern cultures
18
What revolutionary material found its fullest expression in the RomanPantheon?
concrete
marble
terra cotta
granite
19
The earliest known example of the use of
contrapposto
is the sculpture known asthe
Diskobolos
Anavysos Kouros
Spearbearer
Kritios Boy
20
The most venerated pilgrimagesite in the West, outside Rome and Jerusalem, was the
Tomb of Saint Foy at Conques
Tomb of Lazarus at Autun
Tomb of St. James atSantiago de Compostela in Western Spain
Tomb of St. Martin at Tours
21
Which of the following would be located in a forum and would house thelaw court for the city?
atrium
tholos
arena
basilica
22
Constantine issuedthe Edict of Milan in 313 which
established Christianity as the official religion
forbade pagan worship
forced Christians to worship in private
ended persecution against Christians
23
15th-16th c. Northern European art features all of the following EXCEPT
genre painting
nature
Crucifixion scenes
portraits
24
Giotto is known for all of the following EXCEPT
weighted (3D) figures
flatness
placement of figures
narrative setting
25
A campanile is a
bell tower
garden
third-story window
center aisle
26
All of the following is true of iconography
except
a cross is a type of icon symbolizing religion
a. refers to the context not content of an artwork
a. includes the study of symbols
a. it is defined as the “writing of images”
27
Who was the politician most responsible for the re-building of the Acropolis?
Pericles
Plato
Iktinos
Aristotle
28
Islamic ornament is characterized by all of thefollowing
except
calligraphy
Abstract geometric designs
Motifs of Muhammad
Arabesques
29
Identifying features of the Buddha include all of thefollowing EXCEPT
linga
an ushnisha (head bump)
an urna (tuft of hair as a dot on forehead)
elongated earlobes
30
What accountsfor the relatively little knowledge of Byzantine art prior to the ninthcentury?
Seljuk Turks capture of Anatolia
Ottoman Turk invasion
Iconoclasm
Roman invasion of Constantinople
31
How an artist organizes forms in an artwork by placing shapes on a flat surface is
Composition
Form
Mass
Hue
32
The open-eyed states of the votive statues ofancient Sumer is thought to represent
a. Eternal wakefulness and duty
a. The priestly class
a. Portraits of specific people
a. Vigilance against demons
33
In 3,000 BCE, the conventions for representing the human figure dominating Egyptian art was
Akhenaton, Nefertiti and ThreeDaughters
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Stele of Ramses
Palette of Narmer
34
The stalactite-like decorations on the ceiling of the Hall of the Two Sisters (Alhambra) are
mosques
minbar
muqarnas
mihrab
35
1. The land known as Mesopotamia lay between whattwo rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
Euphrates and Ganges
Ganges and Euphrates
Tigris and Ganges
36
All of the following are true of the
Reliquary of Sainte Foy
EXCEPT
Sainte Foy’s skull is housed inthe mannish looking head
Sainte Foy became a martyr by refusing to worship pagan gods
Jewels, gems, and crown addedover years by the faithful
Sainte Foy died in 1050
37
Which is NOT an element of Gothic architecture?
flying buttresses
rounded arches
stained glass
rib vaults
38
Flemish painting is characterized by all of thefollowing EXCEPT
rich symbolism
high horizon lines
tempera on fresco
crowded compositions
39
Allof the following are true of the Sarcophagus of the Spouses EXCEPT
It is painted terracotta
Thecouple is in an unrealistic L-position
Revealsthe elevated status of women in Etruscan society
Portrays a somber expression of a couple in mourning
40
This technique created a sense of distance throughshading or blurring in cooler colors
linear perspective
sfumato
foreshortening
atmospheric perspective
41
In a Roman
domus
,the open garden or courtyard surrounded by columns is known as a
impluvium
cubiculum
peristyle
atrium
42
All of the following are any prehistoric works were layered over the course of centuries EXCEPT
Lascaux
Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine
Stonehenge
Running Horned Woman
43
The construction technique/feature used to cover the nave in early Romanesque cathedrals is
a barrel vault
a dome
coffering
a colonnade
44
These cities were buried when Mt. Vesuvius erupted andpreserved information about Roman life
Pompeii and Herculaneum
Knossos and Etruria
Etruria and Pompeii
Etruria and Tuscany
45
All of the following are Giotto’s techniques to create the illusion of naturalism EXCEPT
emotional expressions and gestures
placement of figures to createforeground, center, background
use of gold backgroundto emphasize religious symbolism
using light and shade to enhancefigures’ bodily weight
46
Egyptianfigural art is stiff and idealized. Which of the following accounts for thisportrayal?
Artists did not sketch theirsubjects from life.
Artists applied a canon to the humanfigure
Egyptian religion forbade therealistic portrayal of humans
Artistsdid not understand the human figure
47
Sculptures that create a slight (low) projection is known as
Additive sculpture
High relief
Subtractive sculpture
Bas relief
48
A standing nude figure of a young man isknown in Greek art as which of the following?
ka
kore
kouros
stele
49
Many Gothic cathedrals were dedicated to which of the following?
Christ
Virgin Mary
Holy Spirit
Holy Trinity
50
Thetypical tympanum sculptural decoration sceneof Romanesque churches is the
Last Judgment
Lamentation
Nativity
Crucifixion
51
Roman art was strongly influenced by(and included many copies of at least one of these two):
Egyptian and Etruscan
Egyptian and Greek
Greek and Etruscan
Greek and Minoan
52
The Aphrodite of Knidos is known for all of thefollowing EXCEPT
Praxitelean S-Curve
Humanizes a god showing her about to bathe
Meant to be seen from the front only
First nude female sculpture