9 Week Art History Quiz

Question 1

What was the name of the sea that is an intercontinental sea that stretches from Asia to the Atlantic Ocean on the west?

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean Sea

Question 2

In the Stone Age, Chinese artists were experimenting with what type of art?

Accepted Answer

Pottery

Question 3

Roman Art is traditionally divided into two main periods. What are those two periods?

Accepted Answer

Art of the Republic and Art of the Roman Empire

Question 4

What did traders of the Silk Road begin to bring to China?

Accepted Answer

Blown Glass

Question 5

While the traditional view of Roman artists is that they often borrowed from and copied what precedents?

Accepted Answer

Greek Art

Question 6

How may colors did the Egyptians use to create their art?

Accepted Answer

Six

Question 7

During the Nara Period, the traditional technical methods of Japanese painting were established. What were the methods?

Accepted Answer

Chinese ink and watercolors used on gauze-like silk or soft paper

Question 8

In the Nara Period, what type of art attained great popularity during this period 710-784? What was applied to the art?

Accepted Answer

Officials, warriors, priests, & poets

Question 9

What is the name for the early period of Japanese art?

Accepted Answer

Jomon

Question 10

What subject matter did the prehistoric people draw?

Accepted Answer

Animals

Question 11

Who was the first major native painter during the Fujiwara Period?

Accepted Answer

Kanaoka

Question 12

In the Fujiwara period, who was the first major native painter?

Accepted Answer

Kanaoka

Question 13

Ancient Egyptians were ruled by whom?

Accepted Answer

A Pharaoh

Question 14

What is the name of the Giant Man/Lion that watches over the Great Pyramid of Giza?

Accepted Answer

Great Lion Pyramid of Gaza, Great Sphinx of Gaza

Question 15

The period between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and Rome&#x27;s conquest of Greece in 146 B.C. is called what?

Accepted Answer

Hellenistic Period

Question 16

Prehistoric cave art isn&#x27;t really an art movement as it is a period in mankind&#x27;s.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

What is the primary purpose of why the pyramids were built?

Accepted Answer

monuments to house the tombs of the pharaohs

Question 18

Art that is produced by wheel-thrown pots and large ritual bronze bells is called what?

Accepted Answer

Dotaku Art

Question 19

What did the Chinese artists invent?

Accepted Answer

Paper

Question 20

Greeks were known for their?

Accepted Answer

Columns

Question 21

Roman art includes what types of work?

Accepted Answer

Pen, pencil, watercolor, acrylic paint

Question 22

Constantine moved the capital of the empire to Byzantium, Roman art included what type of art to produce the B&#x27;s style?

Accepted Answer

Eastern

Question 23

The relationship between Chinese and Central Asian culture is reflected in the objects preserved in what depository?

Accepted Answer

Shosoin Depository

Question 24

Christian Era- Why did round and panel painting die out?

Accepted Answer

For religious reasons

Question 25

Kamakura Period, the country was governed by the military.It created a demand for what types of art and to portray whom?

Accepted Answer

Officials, warriors, priests, & poets

Question 26

Name the three Greek Column Styles

Accepted Answer

Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian

Question 27

Who did the Athenians honor? She was a Greek Goddess.

Accepted Answer

Athena

Question 28

How did the early artists portray women in their sculptures?

Accepted Answer

Fully clothed in draped garments

Question 29

What is the process of creating mosaic art?

Accepted Answer

Art is formed by laying small stones, pieces of marble, or glass in cement.

Question 30

Ancient Egyptian writing is written in what?

Accepted Answer

Hieroglyphs

Question 31

What type of brushwork lines did Chinese artists utilize?

Accepted Answer

Swirling Lines

Question 32

What is the name of the famous classical sculpture?

Accepted Answer

Discus-Thrower

Question 33

What is the name of the traditional head and shoulders art?

Accepted Answer

Bust Art

9 Week Art History Quiz

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9 Week Art History Quiz

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