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APAH full 250 review
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1
The work on the right is an example of
sculpture in the round
sunken relief
fresco
high relief
2
What was placed in front of the entrance of an
Assyrian
palace to intimidate visitors?
a lamassu
a centaur
a sphinx
a yakshi
3
Two intersecting barrel vaults form a
groin vault
pendentive
transverse vault
squinch
4
The Bayeux Tapestry depicts
the events leading to Battle of Hastings
Battles against Darius I
processions to the king of France
funerary practices of the English
5
The exterior design of the Parthenon exemplifies which of the following architectural orders?
Composite
Corinthian
Ionic
Doric
6
Artwork's location and religion
Japan; Buddhism
Japan; Shamanism
Korea; Shamanism
China; Buddhism
7
A stupa is usually understood to be a
a rectangular Egyptian tomb
a Hindu temple with multiple towers
an Islamic hall devoted to prayer
a mound-shaped Buddhist shrine
8
A tower from which the faithful are called to worship at an Islamic mosque is called a/an
minaret
mihrab
hamam
iwan
9
The Doryphoros, or Spear-Bearer, is a canonical Classical Greek statue attributed to
Praxiteles
Lysippos
Phidias
Polykleitos
10
Changes to the Romanesque church layout (addition of aisles and chapels) happened to
meet the growing demand for icon worship
educate the illiterate masses
provide burial for plague victims
accommodate increased number of pilgrims
11
Which architectural innovations made Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater possible?
cantilevers
ribbon windows
ashlar masonry
pilasters
12
The structure’s layout can BEST be described as a
basilica plan
hypostle hall plan
central plan
four iwan plan
13
The use of hierarchical proportion in this work is primarily an indication of
advanced age
artistic skill
foreign birth
divine status
14
Gustave Courbet was a leading figure in what 19th century movement?
Expressionism
Realism
Neoclassical
Post-Impressionism
15
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
reflect on the fleeting, transient pleasures of life
protest against the injustices of a corrupt papacy
demonstrate his religious piety and convictions
16
The painting is associated with the Romantic movement due to its
idealized treatment of the human form with heroic overtones
allusion to biblical subjects showing the horrors of war
emotionally charged representation of a current event
strict application of academic/ classical rules + principles
17
The Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock rejected artistic convention by
pouring and dripping paint
collaging magazine imagery
silkscreening images onto canvas
applying pigments with an airbrush
18
Where are the mosaics of Justinian and Theodora found?
St. Foy
Santa Sabina
San Vitale
Chartres Cathedral
19
Early Christian catacombs were often decorated with
bronze reliefs
terracotta statuary
frescoes
mosaics
20
The painting refers to what historical event?
The Thirty Years' War
The French Revolution
The American Revolution
The July Revolution of 1830
21
The principal subjects of Mary Cassatt’s paintings were
women and children
couples in love
ballet dancers
rural peasants
22
The American architectural structures designed by Thomas Jefferson can BEST be described as
Baroque
Neoclassical
Romantic
Victorian
23
Which artist made flower arrangements suggesting the fleeting nature of beauty and human life?
Judith Leyster
Jan Steen
Rachel Ruysch
Frans Hals
24
A “daguerreotype” is a
type of photograph
series of related images
tool used to mix pigments
prefabricated cast-iron structure
25
Which of the following is a distinctive feature of the mosque at Cordoba?
lancet windows
horseshoe arches
undulating staircases
groin vaulting
26
Which work elicits empathy due to the sorrowful physical appearance of the work’s subject?
Doryphoros
Seated Boxer
Nike of Samothrace
Grave Stele of Hegeso
27
Images of Buddha are often depicted with a hand gesture known as a/an
yakshi
urna
ushnisha
mudra
28
The imagery on this work is organized with the use of
spandrels
registers
ketstones
pediments
29
The dome of the Hagia Sophia is supported by what architectural innovation?
flying buttresses
cantilevers
pendentives
ribbed vaults
30
This structure was built on a site sacred to all of the following EXCEPT
Jews
Buddhists
Muslims
Christians
31
The bas relief sculpture seen in a spiral frieze on the Column of Trajan depicts
the founding of Rome
a military victory
mythological narratives
a funeral procession
32
The liquefied clay used to create the blackfigure technique on Greek pottery is called
encaustic
slip
glaze
faience
33
In Buddhist art, a bodhisattva is a
sacred tower
divine attendant
symbolic hand gesture
monastic structure
34
The Taj Mahal serves as a
temple
palace
mosque
mausoleum
35
The round, central opening of the hemispherical dome in the Pantheon is called a/an
coffer
cella
oculus
portico
36
Picasso’s Guernica was created in response to an event that occurred during
World War I
World War II
the Spanish Civil War
the Mexican American War
37
The artwork pictured is
Stele of Hammurabi
Palette of Narmer
Victory Stele of Naram Sin
Standard of Ur