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1
Many of Bill Viola's work feature the element of water because
he witnessed his mother drown at a young age
he nearly drowned while vacationing with his family
his childhood home was destroyed in a flood
cuz water is, like, totally dope in slow-motion
2
Where was the White Temple and its ziggurat located?
Amarna
Babylon
Eshnunna
Uruk
3
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
King Attalos' victory over the Gauls
Rome's control over the Mediterranean
4
Who painted this?
Edward Muybridge
Claude Monet
Édouard Manet
Gustave Courbet
5
The main room in a Greek or Roman temple where the cult statue is placed is called the
cella
stylobate
portico
pediment
6
This artist was the official court painter for...
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
Henry IV and Marie de Medici
Philip IV and Elisabeth
Charles IV and Maria Luisa
7
Matisse was inspired to paint goldfish after he visited
Japan
Morocco
America
China
8
What is this called?
A functional dog
A large rodent
A yorkshire terrier
A non-functional dog
9
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater demonstrates his conviction that this building should
be an integrative part of the landscape
be uninhabitable upon completion
reflect the most advanced building technologies
elevate the individual above worldly concerns
10
The sculpted lintel from Yaxchilan reflects Maya tradition by
referring to the capital city of the empire
privileging the male role over all others
combining writing about and images of elites
featuring a powerful woman ruler in battle
11
What type of "pose" is displayed in this sculpture?
Contrapposto
Orator
Symmetrical
Composite
12
Osorio's work is inspired by experiences, spaces, and people of what culture?
Mexican culture in San Antonio
Native American culture in Phoenix
Puerto Rican culture in New York
Cuban culture in Miami
13
The type of pose, shown in the figures here, is known as
contrapposto view
counter-pose view
camera obscura view
composite view
14
In
Lying with the Wolf
, Kiki Smith makes reference to both "Little Red Riding Hood" and
Sainte Genevieve
Eve
Lilith
Sainte Michelle
15
Figurines such as the one shown can be considered most similar in context to the
Anthropomorphic Stele
Ambum Stone
terra cotta fragment from Lapita
jade cong
16
The Pyxis of al-Mughira is allowed to feature figural images because
it is not used for an Islamic purpose
it was not carved by a Muslim
it was created before figural imagery was outlawed
it was never owned by a Muslim
17
Yinka Shonibare included cultural references in this work by doing which of the following?
Reusing materials employed by a Romantic sculptor
Using a modern textile in the style of Dutch wax fabric
Alluding to the setting of an English garden landscape
Basing his work on a scene from a popular theatrical play
18
What period is responsible for the creation of the Great Sphinx and the Great Pyramids?
Late Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
Old Kingdom
New Kingdom
19
Who was the patron of the Athenian acropolis and the Parthenon?
Sophocles
Trajan
Augustus
Pericles
20
Where were the Apollo 11 stones found?
Africa
Europe
Asia
North America
21
Varvara Stepanova was
employed by the anti-communist group to create protest art
employed by the Russian art academy to create photomontages
employed by the Russian Government to create cute scrapbooks
employed by the Russian government to create propaganda art
22
What was the significance of the use of Neoclassicism in the U.S. during the late 1700s?
The U.S. was obsessed with Greek Art and Literature
The style was trendy, making the U.S. artistically competent
It defined America's ideals in politics, education & art
It was relevant to the emotion and drama in the young nation
23
Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian are examples of
Greek columns
Etruscan columns
Roman columns
Egyptian columns
24
This building is
a second generation, deconstructivist skyscraper
a second generation, International Style skyscraper
a first generation, International Style skyscraper
a third generation, postmodern, Prairie Style skyscraper
25
The use of gold and jewel-like patterning in this work reflects the artist’s interest in
illuminated manuscripts
Japanese woodblocks
Gothic stained glass
Byzantine mosaics
26
Who said, "Form follows function"?
Louis Sullivan
Zaha Hadid
Mies van der Rohe
Frank Gehry
27
This work reflects the artist's interest in
mixed media
the human figure
multiple viewpoints
dream imagery
28
These functioned as what?
earrings
clasps for robes
hair clips
belt buckles
29
What is depicted on the Grave Stele of Hegeso?
Historical events
Mythological events
Athena's death
Domestic life
30
What is this?
Athenian acropolis
Templo Mayor
Chavin de Huantar
Athenian agora
31
The Great Wave was influenced by technical innovations, as demonstrated through the artist's
use of a camera obscura
use of perspective
use of a printing press
use of oil paints
32
What is it called when a greater size equals greater importance?
Perspective scale
Heirarchical scale
Scale of importance
Proportional weight
33
This building is in which style?
International Modern
Deconstructivism
Postmodern Bauhaus
Brutalism
34
In sculpting his statue of
David
, Donatello created
the first David wearing a fancy hat
the first free-standing nude sculpture since antiquity
the sassiest David ever made
the first bronze sculpture since antiquity
35
How an artist organizes forms in an artwork by placing shapes on a flat surface is known as
intuition
composition
form
content
36
What scene is depicted on the East Pediment of the Parthenon?
Athena's contest with Poseidon
Athena's victory over the Titans
Athena's victory over the Amazons
Athena's birth
37
Istanbul has been known by what other names?
Byzantium and Constantinople
New Rome and Constantinople
Byzantium and New Rome
Constantinople and Ravenna
38
A conversation over coffee with which artist inspired Meret Oppenheim to create this
Salvador Dali
Vincent Van Gogh
Gustav Klimt
Pablo Picasso
39
The red and yellow colors on feather capes symbolized
family bloodlines and divinity
wealth and family bloodlines
divinity and personal strength
wealth and divinity
40
Auguste Rodin is most associated with which artistic movement?
Realism
Romanticism
Impressionism
Expressionism
41
Who said, "A house is a machine for living in"?
Mies van der Rohe
Frank Lloyd Wright
Le Corbusier
Louis Sullivan
42
The medium Ai Weiwei used here comments on an artistic tradition exemplified by the
Jade cong
Funeral banner of Lady Dai
Great Buddha at Todai-ji
David vases
43
Julie Mehretu intentionally underscores the art-making process by
collaging printed material to create texture
layering drawing with painting
applying paint mechanically
using screen printing techniques in addition to paint
44
This building shares which of the following design characteristics with the Seagram Building?
A steel-frame structure
Cast-iron ornamentation
A Target store on the street level
The integration of a public plaza
45
What do the eyes symbolize in these votive statues?
Great knowledge and truth
The sight of God
Eternal wakefulness
Mystical visions
46
The
Bayeux Tapestry
culminates in the famous
Battle of Hastings
Battle of Winterfell
Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Little Big Horn
47
This creature guarded the gates and entrances of Mesopotamian cities and homes
Sphinx
Lamassu
Unicorn
Griffin
48
The function of a
Bibles moralisées
was to compare
Old Testament stories to New Testament stories
Biblical stories to people and events in the world
Biblical kings to contemporary and historical kings
Biblical stories to Islamic stories
49
What event caused the beginning of the Classical period in Greece?
Construction of the Colosseum
Victory over the Egyptians
Death of Alexander the Great
Destruction of the Acropolis by the Persians
50
In this particular painting from the series, the artist intended to convey the
poor conditions of the lower class in the U.S.
Effects of urban settings breaking down rural communities
separation of slaves and slaveholders in the United States
discrimination that African Americans found in the U.S.
51
This is...
garbage
misunderstood garbage
52
The Kaaba proved influential on later Islamic architecture because it
serves as the orientation for the qibla wall in all mosques
inspired the enclosed cubic interiors of all mosques
replicates the house of the Prophet Muhammad at Medina
exemplifies a hypostyle hall used in all mosques
53
The theme of
The Stonebreakers
is most strongly related to the
writings of Karl Marx
speeches of Napoleon III
hypotheses of Isaac Newton
theories of Charles Darwin
54
A broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration on a wall near the ceiling
Frieze
Triglyph
Metope
Pediment
55
Works, such as the
Virgin (Theotokos) and Child
, are specifically known as
icons
secular paintings
frescoes
altar paintings
56
The architecture depicted in School of Athens was
Raphael's strategy to acquire architectural commissions
an idealized recreation of a classical gymnasium
a reflection of the excavated markets of Trajan
modeled on the plans for the pope's palace
57
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
endow the painting with symbolism of the Virgin of Guadalupe
emphasize her role as both a nun and an intellectual
reference her famous translation of the Bible into Spanish
58
The painting shown was created by
Diego Rivera
Jacob Lawrence
Wifredo Lam
Frida Kahlo
59
The artist of this painting is associated with an art-historical movement known as the
Hudson River School
Bauhaus
Ashcan School
Royal Academy of San Carlos
60
Memorial Sheet of Karl Liebknecht was
a fictional narrative
a political statement supporting his ideology
a work of propaganda
commissioned by his family
61
What biblical story is represented here?
Judith and Holofernes
Judith and Nebuchadnezzar
Samson and Delilah
Marge and Homer
62
What style did the artist use to create this work?
Hellenism
Classicism
Verism
Expressionism
63
Who sculpted this?
Constantin Brâncuși
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
Jean-Antoine Houdon
Auguste Rodin
64
The Swing by Fragonard is an example of which artistic movement?
Rococo
Romanticism
Neoclassicism
Baroque
65
Helen Frankenthaler used diluted paint primarily to
demonstrate the spontaneous flow of paint across a surface
form hard-edged geometric compositions using tonal variants
reveal the expressive power of vigorous brushwork
create the illusion of distance and depth in her work