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1
The painting of Las Meninas by Velázquez includes a self-portrait of the artist in order to
draw attention to his elevated status in society
protest against the injustices of a corrupt papacy
demonstrate his religious piety and convictions
reflect on the fleeting, transient pleasures of life
2
The artwork pictured is
Stele of Hammurabi
Standard of Ur
Palette of Narmer
Victory Stele of Naram Sin
3
A “daguerreotype” is a
tool used to mix pigments
series of related images
prefabricated cast-iron structure
type of photograph
4
In Buddhist art, a bodhisattva is a
symbolic hand gesture
monastic structure
divine attendant
sacred tower
5
The Bayeux Tapestry depicts
funerary practices of the English
processions to the king of France
Battles against Darius I
the events leading to Battle of Hastings
6
The Doryphoros, or Spear-Bearer, is a canonical Classical Greek statue attributed to
Praxiteles
Polykleitos
Phidias
Lysippos
7
Which of the following is a distinctive feature of the mosque at Cordoba?
horseshoe arches
undulating staircases
groin vaulting
lancet windows
8
The exterior design of the Parthenon exemplifies which of the following architectural orders?
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
Composite
9
The round, central opening of the hemispherical dome in the Pantheon is called a/an
portico
coffer
cella
oculus
10
The principal subjects of Mary Cassatt’s paintings were
rural peasants
couples in love
women and children
ballet dancers
11
The American architectural structures designed by Thomas Jefferson can BEST be described as
Baroque
Victorian
Romantic
Neoclassical
12
A tower from which the faithful are called to worship at an Islamic mosque is called a/an
minaret
iwan
mihrab
hamam
13
Which architectural innovations made Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater possible?
ribbon windows
ashlar masonry
pilasters
cantilevers
14
The bas relief sculpture seen in a spiral frieze on the Column of Trajan depicts
a military victory
a funeral procession
mythological narratives
the founding of Rome
15
Which work elicits empathy due to the sorrowful physical appearance of the work’s subject?
Doryphoros
Grave Stele of Hegeso
Seated Boxer
Nike of Samothrace
16
The structure’s layout can BEST be described as a
central plan
four iwan plan
hypostle hall plan
basilica plan
17
Gustave Courbet was a leading figure in what 19th century movement?
Realism
Post-Impressionism
Expressionism
Neoclassical
18
The use of hierarchical proportion in this work is primarily an indication of
foreign birth
artistic skill
divine status
advanced age
19
The Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock rejected artistic convention by
collaging magazine imagery
pouring and dripping paint
applying pigments with an airbrush
silkscreening images onto canvas
20
Early Christian catacombs were often decorated with
terracotta statuary
mosaics
bronze reliefs
frescoes
21
Where are the mosaics of Justinian and Theodora found?
Santa Sabina
San Vitale
St. Foy
Chartres Cathedral
22
Artwork's location and religion
Japan; Buddhism
Japan; Shamanism
China; Buddhism
Korea; Shamanism
23
Two intersecting barrel vaults form a
pendentive
groin vault
squinch
transverse vault
24
The imagery on this work is organized with the use of
spandrels
ketstones
pediments
registers
25
This structure was built on a site sacred to all of the following EXCEPT
Jews
Christians
Buddhists
Muslims
26
The work on the right is an example of
high relief
sculpture in the round
fresco
sunken relief
27
What was placed in front of the entrance of an
Assyrian
palace to intimidate visitors?
a yakshi
a sphinx
a centaur
a lamassu
28
Picasso’s Guernica was created in response to an event that occurred during
World War II
the Mexican American War
World War I
the Spanish Civil War
29
Which artist made flower arrangements suggesting the fleeting nature of beauty and human life?
Frans Hals
Rachel Ruysch
Judith Leyster
Jan Steen
30
A stupa is usually understood to be a
a rectangular Egyptian tomb
an Islamic hall devoted to prayer
a Hindu temple with multiple towers
a mound-shaped Buddhist shrine
31
The painting refers to what historical event?
The French Revolution
The Thirty Years' War
The American Revolution
The July Revolution of 1830
32
Changes to the Romanesque church layout (addition of aisles and chapels) happened to
provide burial for plague victims
educate the illiterate masses
meet the growing demand for icon worship
accommodate increased number of pilgrims
33
The liquefied clay used to create the blackfigure technique on Greek pottery is called
faience
encaustic
slip
glaze
34
The Taj Mahal serves as a
mausoleum
mosque
palace
temple
35
The painting is associated with the Romantic movement due to its
idealized treatment of the human form with heroic overtones
emotionally charged representation of a current event
allusion to biblical subjects showing the horrors of war
strict application of academic/ classical rules + principles
36
Images of Buddha are often depicted with a hand gesture known as a/an
mudra
urna
yakshi
ushnisha
37
The dome of the Hagia Sophia is supported by what architectural innovation?
flying buttresses
cantilevers
pendentives
ribbed vaults