Art History Exam Review

The cave of Lascaux is in the country

The ____is located within a mestaba and acts as a chapel for offerings and mourners

The content of Paik's work, Electronic Superhighway

Which of the following would NOT be seen in a Greek Kore figure?

Sumerian votive figures possess_____that reflect Mesopotamian devotional beliefs.

The sculptor Polykleitos wrote a treatise called____a set of rules for the ideal human figure

Claes Oldenburg created sculptures from__________of consumer culture during the Vietnam War.

The Great Pyramids at Giza were originally faced with a veneer of polished

____was the first architect of Il Gesu

How is the Renaissance a combination of past time periods?

The Code of Hammurabi is significant as both a work of ancient Mesopotamian art and as

Helen Frankenthaler influenced other artists with her innovative process and technique of

The artist of the Alexander Mosaic likely intended to celebrate ancient Greek art by

A bronze sculpture called____was created based on The Canon of Polykleitos

Oppenheim's Object relates to Duchamp's Fountain because they both...

Why were feathers considered such prestigious objects in Hawaii?

A ____is literally a "city of the dead"

The animals at Lascaux were painted following a style called

An atrium is...

Pathos is a characteristic of which period of Ancient Greece?

____was commissioned to paint the Scrovegni Chapel

The Hawaiian feather cape was created to be a

What religious theme unites the mosaics at the Church of San Vitale

The content and themes of Mariko Nori's Pure Land

The simplest form of construction used to span space is______and _______

Which of the following is NOT a characteristics of Mannerism?

Alfred Steiglitz was the chief proponent of European Modern art in

Why did Romans use concrete?

Like most New Kingdom temples, the Temple of Hatshepsut is built along a

The wall of the prayer hall that is closest to Mecca is called the ___wall

A_____or fully enlightened being that chooses to guide people to Nirvana.

The paintings of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo are ________than those by Diego Rivera

The Great Sphinx is thought to be a portrait of

What are the 3 periods of Greece in order?

In the 15th century Italy, wealthy families, such as the ____in Florence, were powerful patrons

Which feature of Etruscan temples most resembled temples built in Greece?

In both red and black figure vase painting, the areas that were painted in slip would be ____

Guardian figures, called lamassus, combined features from all of the following EXCEPT____

The_____was created for a hospital that specialized in the care of patients with skin diseases

David's painting Oath of the Horatti became an emblem of the French_____

What divided the city of Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City, into four quadrants?

How was Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon innovative?

The name of still-life paintings with a moralizing theme were very popular in the 17th century

The Umayyad architects of the Great Mosque of Cordoba borrowed from Roman architecture by

Where is the vanishing point in Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper?

The word megalithic means

What allows the dome of Hagia Sophia to appear to float mysteriously?

_____was the subject of the East Pediment of the Parthenon

Mondrian's interest in abstraction was an attempt to bring___________ to the world

How does the Augustus of Primaporta differ from Greek Classical sculpture?

______were huge stepped structures surmounted by a shrine or temple

The word "Neolithic" means

Painted for an unknown patron, Fragonard's The Swing suggests the _____ of his clientele.

Communities during the Romanesque Period sought to own___because it enhanced their prestige

The technique of painting on a wet plaster surface is called

Frank Lloyd Wright's use of flat, horizontal planes in Fallingwater characterize what movement?

The themes implied in Bill Viola's The Crossing speak to all of the following, except

Who ran the Roman Republic?

The text that is included in Rebellious Silence is

Prehistoric images of people wearing masks, like Running Horned Woman indicate interest in

Gothic cathedrals differ from those built in the Romanesque period in their

Which object symbolizes the unification of Egypt and the beginning of the dynastic period?

_____was painted in the refectory of a monastery

After the Russian Revolution, artists collectively created propaganda art called

In the Old Kingdom, pharaohs were typically portrayed as____in sculptures