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ART HISTORY 1
ART HISTORY 1
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1
Which of the following materials would NOT endure in the climate of West Africa?
bronze
stone
wood fiber
fired clay
2
Which ancient locations house cave paintings with a human figure?
Chauvet Cave
Altamira
Lascaux
Great Serpent Mound
3
Which of the following fields of study would be most appealing to a Roman artist?
engineering
mathematics
aesthetics
history
4
Which materials did the Archaic Greeks use for making sculptures?
plaster and wood
marble and limestone
gold and silver
granite and bronze
5
What style of color was employed by Henry Matisse and the Fauves?
local color
optical color
arbitrary color
matte color
6
What is another name for the Old Stone Age?
Paleolithic Culture
Neolithic Period
Upper Paleolithic Period
Lower Mesolithic Culture
7
Which of the following aristocrats was Diego Velazquez's patron?
Philip IV
Henry VIII
Madame Pompadour
Louis XIV
8
Which artist won second place in the competition for the Florence baptistery?
Filippo Brunelleschi
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Giotto di Bondone
Raphael
9
What do art historians consider to be Matthias Grunewald's greatest masterpiece?
The Tempest
Isenheim Altarpiece
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Sistine Madonna
10
Which Renaissance painting motif did Rafael Sanzio perfect?
the Madonna
Judgement Day
the Last Supper
the crucifixion
11
Which of the following animals is NOT depicted in the Chauvet Cave paintings?
mammoth
lion
monkey
bison
12
Which architectural factor would NOT appear in a Gothic church?
buttressing
barrel vault
stained glass
ribbed vaults
13
Which of the following factors was the central aspect of Mesopotamian Sumerians' lives?
art
war
religion
hunting
14
Through which of the following periods did Giorgio Vasari live?
Romantic
Classic
Baroque
Renaissance
15
Which artistic movement was inspired by the democracies of Greece and Rome and Enlightenment philosophy?
Art Nouveau
Neoclassicism
Realism
Romanticism
16
How do artists use horizontal lines to elicit emotions?
to suggest activity
to convey stability
to cenvey curiosity
17
Which of the following groups FIRST centralized control under one legal code?
Assyria
Babylonia
Sumer
Akkad
18
Which Baroque artist was most noted for dramatic contrast of light and dark?
Caravaggio
Tintoretto
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Peter Paul Rubens
19
Which of the following fields of study would be MOST relevant in studying cultures with oral history?
aesthetics
semiotics
anthropology
linguistics
20
Many African groups used masks:
as a form of mourning
to frighten enemies
as oritectionagainst bad medicine
during community performances
21
Which of the following factors led to the creation of rock shelters in the Middle Stone Age?
population explosion
warmer climates
cave pests
22
Which of the following techniques is NOT characteristic of Mannerism?
elongated limbs
contrapposto
chiaroscuro
acidic colors
23
Which philosophical movement MOST strongly influenced modern art history?
Enlightenment
Neoclassicism
Renaissance
Modernism
24
Which text did Pliny the Elder write?
Natural History
Lives of the Artist
Images
25
Which ruling body MOST influenced the art of the Akkadian period?
the city-state
the monarch
the priesthood
the council of elders
26
"Fine Art" does NOT include:
architecture
sculptures
prints
pottery
27
In which of the following fields of art did the Persians specialize?
painting
architecture
metalworking
sculpting
28
Which of the following artists made ready-mades?
Duchamp and Picasso
Miro and Albers
Rauschenberg and Braque
Cornell and Dali
29
Which scientist invented the first color wheel?
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Tycho Brahe
Albert Einstein
30
Which Impressionist painter especially encouraged painters to work outdoors?
Courbet
Monet
Pissarro
Manet
