A Pseudo Peripteral Colonnade is....

When some of the columns are engaged

A dome shaped structure used as a Buddhist shrine

A mandala is a __________, similar to this plan of the Borobudur temple.

A spiritual symbol representing the universe

one who commissions and pays for art

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1
Is this a Tholos?
No
Yes
2
This is called the...
Atrium
Narthex
Transept
Apse
3
This is an example of...
A sculpture in the round
A stele
Stone
A monument
4
This is a ....
Mosque plan
Cathedral plan
Basilica plan
Roman Forum plan
5
The media used in Sarcophagus of the Spouses...
Porcelain
Adobe
Bronze
Terra Cotta
6
An Apadana is the porch of an Etruscan temple.
True
False
7
What is this?
A pupil
An occulus
A pendentive
A good time
8
Images that represent animals can be called...
Overdone
Zoomorphic
Primal
Zoolander
9
Media that allowed the Romans to create the Pantheon...
Iron
Concrete
Mortar
Cement
10
This is a nave arcade.
False
True
11
The concept that people are inherently good and important, as seen in Giotto's Arena Chapel.
Secularism
Idolatry
Humanism
Mankindism
12
Abbott Suger wanted to create lux nova, or new light in his style of architecture.
False
True
13
Matisse's color palette can best be described as...
Monochromatic
Complimentary
Highly saturated
Lifeless
14
Encaustic is...
used only in Afghanistan
paint made from egg
used as mortar
melted wax
15
This staircase from the Hagia Sophia is called a...
Minbar
Shoe Shelf
Minaret
Qibla
16
The stereobate is under the stylobate...
True
False
17
This is supported by two posts.
Raking Cornice
Pediment
Lintel
Tympanum
18
Kathe Kollwitz used this process in this print...
Intaglio
Silkscreen
Woodcut
Lino Cut
19
Which building features a bent axis approach?
A stepped pyramid
A ziggurat
A Greek temple
A pyramid
20
When Monet painted outside in the fields of haystacks, he was painting...
Impasto
En Plein Air
Encaustic
Impromptu
21
A religious painting, often small and portable
Sketchbook
Mural
Tesserae
Icon
22
A cruciform plan is shaped like a ________ and was popular in the ________.
Rectangle, Gothic Period
Cross, Romanesque Period
Cross, American Colonies
Rectangle, Romanesque Period
23
This column bears no weight...
A Reserved Column
An Atlantid
Ionic Column
A Doric Column
24
A Patrician is...
A politician in ancient Rome
A Pediatrician
A politician in ancient Greece
A member of the ruling class families of ancient Rome
25
The metalworking technique used here...
Molding
Gilding
Engraving
Repousse
26
This is a....
Charcoal Drawing
Etching
Polaroid
Daguerrotype
27
Name of Sumerian written language...
Heiroglyps
Telugu
Cuneiform
Sumer
28
Columns that surround a space inside a building like this are called...
Peristyle
Engaged
Courtyard
Functional
29
If a pier is a column support structure, a compound pier is...
a more complex design
a cluster of piers
a hand carved marble pillar
even better
30
A fluted column...
Has horizontal cuts surrounding the shaft
Has no capital
Is very musical
Has vertical cuts surrounding the shaft
31
This is a central plan.
False
True
32
We are examples of...
Contropposto
Caryatids
All of these are correct
Greek High Classical
33
Contropposto is Italian for....
Counter Culture
Cultured
Counter Balance
Counter Intuitive
34
A Pseudo Peripteral Colonnade is....
When some of the columns...oh, who cares?
When some of the columns are Doric
When some of the columns are Atlantids
When some of the columns are engaged
35
Matriarchy or matrilineal refers to a society in which ___________ are dominant.
Men
Kings
Queens
Women
36
Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace is an example of...
Woodblock printing
Korean scroll painting
Linear perspective
A continuous narrative
37
The Temple of Amun-Re is known for it's...
Clerestory
Paintings of proper human anatomy
Images of Jesus and the saints
Ionic capitals
38
A stupa is...
A container for the ashes of a saint
A dome shaped structure used as a Buddhist shrine
A dome created to worship Christian figures
A sculpture containing gems
39
This statue is an example of...
A Reliquary
A precious metal casting
A manuscript cover
A container for church donations
40
The ceiling of the Church of the Gesu shows a trompe l'oeil effect.
False
True
41
A horizontal line which breaks up parts of visual stories...
Altered Line
Register
Heiratic Scale
Composite View
42
Is this correctly labeled?
Yes
No
43
This is called the...
Apse
Crossing Square
Basilica Square
Narthex
44
A mandala is a __________, similar to this plan of the Borobudur temple.
A spiritual symbol representing the universe
A spiritual symbol representing water
A drawing created by monks
A painting only seen in India
45
Mural technique painted onto dry plaster.
Frise
Buon Fresco
Fresco Secco
True Fresco
46
Purpose of a buttress or flying buttress...
To support a wall
To reach the Heavens
Height and Light
Lol...you said "buttress"
47
A patron is...
one who commissions and pays for art
always in a work of art
a trainer of artists
another name for an artist
48
A symbolic hand pose in Buddhism or Hinduism...
Kama
Buddha
Ayurveda
Mudras
49
This is an example of...
Pediment
Coffers
Perspective
Corbelling
50
A cemetery, especially a large one belonging to an ancient city
Anapolis
Indianpolis
Necropolis
Anypolis
51
Are these pilasters?
No
Yes
52
This Vermeer painting is an example of...
An Allegory
Alla Prima
A Genre Scene
En Plein Air
53
Who is this?
Mohammad
Shiva
Buddha
Jesus
54
This painting is an example of the French Academic style.
True
False
55
Small chapels located behind the altar of a Christian church are known as...
Holy Relic Shrines
Radiating Chapels
Gothic Chapels
Apsidal Chapels
56
A camera obscura was first used by the Mayans.
True
False
57
A broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, on a wall near the ceiling
Frieze
Triglyph
Entablature
Pediment
58
These help architects attain greater height...
Concrete
Ribs
Better plans
Carved bricks
59
A facade is a sculpture of the head and shoulders.
True
False
60
Muhammad was...
the prophet of Islam
a physical representation of God on Earth
one of Jesus' disciples
the son of God who started Islam
61
This is an example of rusticated stone on the Palazzo Medici.
True
False
62
An Iconoclast approves of making images.
True
False
63
What is the function of a fibula?
A brooch or clasp
Earrings
Holy relics
Decoration for armor
64
Which building has a dome?
The Parthenon
The Hagia Sophia
The Maison Caree
Fallingwater
65
These are...
Deep space Lines
Horizon Lines
Orthogonal Lines
Cubes
66
Karma is...
Your pre-determined destiny
A belief held by all Americans
The name for the afterlife for Hindus
Your fate based on your actions
67
The process used by Durer in this piece.
Intaglio
silkscreen
lino cut
woodblock
68
I'm a Roman who wrote De Architectura
Trajan
Colossus
Vitruvius
Alberti
69
Mathematical equation used in most Greek works...
Zeus' formula
Polykleitos' rule
The silver section
The golden ratio
70
A diptych is three panels presented as one piece.
False
True
71
Having a portico at each end and no columns along the sides...
Amphiprostyle
Classic
Engaged
Peripteral
72
A mosaic is made up of...
Shells
Glitter
Tesserae
Craftsmanship
73
Corbelling is when...
Concrete is poured to form a dome
Bricks are stacked and form an arch/dome
Mortar is used
Mortar is not used
74
This is an example of...
Jewish temple plan
Hypostyle Hall
A basilica plan
An occulus
75
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is actually a...
Campanile
Minaret
Home for Quasimodo
Castle
76
The name for the spirit of a dead Pharoah
Pa
Ra
Ka
Da
77
This is called the...
Aisles
Ambulatory
Transept
Apse
78
Verism is...
Exaggerated realism
Only used in Italy
Variety of forms of realism
Very special
79
This creature guarded the gates of Mesopotamian cities...
Unicorn
Angel
Gryffin
Lamassu
80
This is a...
A burial chamber
A ziggurat
A pyramid
A stepped pyramid
81
The Composition often used in the Renaissance by Christian artists.
Square or Quad
Circle
Pyramid or Triangle
Open
82
The job of the Muezzin is to...
Guide believers, similar to a priest
Make social media posts
Call others to prayer
Maintain the grounds in a mosque
83
Composition is...
The media used to make the art
The layout and arrangement of elements on the page
The idea the art is composed of
Not really important
84
Patriarchy or patrilineal refers to a society in which _________ are dominant.
Kings
Queens
Women
Men
85
This close up of Starry Night by Van Gogh shows...
Tenbrism
Chiarascuro
En Plein Air
Impasto
86
When size equals importance...
Perspective
Proportion
Heiratic or Heirarchal Scale
Sizing
87
The name for small pieces of glass, ceramic, or shell in a mosaic
Tiles
Chips
Shards
Tesserae
88
This is a...
Burial chamber
Sarcophogus
Bronze sculpture
Urn
89
This is the _____ from the Chartres Cathedral.
Stations of the Cross
Mandala
Rose Window
Gothic Circle
90
If this indicates the direction of Mecca, it must be a...
Mihrab
Wall Niche
Qiblah
Minaret
91
Raphael intentionally placed _______ in between Plato and Aristotle.
thick paint
negative space
a triangle
the vanishing point
92
Name of this shape of Greek Pottery....
Amphora
Exekius
Hydra
Krater
93
From St. Denis in Paris, these are called...
The Virgin of Paris
Jamb Figures
Holy Relics
Gothic Royal Figures
94
In Velasco's Valley of Mexico, the name of the place where sky meets earth is called....
Distant Line
Horizon Line
Linear Perspective
Mountain Line
95
Verism is exaggerated realism, such as when wrinkles are emphasized.
False
True
96
Name the capitals from left to right...
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
Ionic, Doric, Corinthian
Doric, Corinthian, Ionic
97
Leonardo liked to use a smoky brownish haze, known as...
Tenebrism
Contropposto
Atmospheric Perspective
Sfumato
98
Name for the central religious text of Islam, a revelation from God...
Koran or Qu'ran
The Apocrypha
The Bible
Dunghuang Manuscripts
99
The Narthex is a transitional space, like a porch, before the entrance to a Christian church.
False
True
100
Aerial or Atmospheric Perspective uses orthoganal lines to create an illusion.
True
False
101
This is called a nave.
False
True
102
What Duchamp called his sculptures, like Fountain....
Factory Art
Found Objects
Collages
Readymades
103
These elements help to distribute weight in Gothic structures.
Wooden supports
Barrel Vaults
Concrete Ribs
Rib Vaults
104
The space above the entrance of a Christian church is called a pediment.
True
False
105
An Iconophile is in support of creating images.
False
True
106
The Imam is a prayer leader in a mosque.
True
False
107
This book, commissioned by Spanish conquistadors, can also be called a...
Storyboard
Codex
Bound paper
Scroll
108
This is an example of...
A stepped pyramid
A mastaba
A cemetery
A pyramid
109
The Merode Altarpiece is an example of...
A diptych
A triptych
A tych
A polyptych
110
Name for this type of ceiling...
Lateral Vault
Barrel Vault
Groin Vault
Vertical Vault
111
Not quite contropposto, this pose is called...
Gothic Sway
Gothic Bounce
S-Curve
the Hipster
112
This is a...
Pendentive
Corbelled Vault
Groin vault
Fresco
113
The Parthenon is...
Designed in the golden ratio
Post and Lintel construction
Peripteral
All answers are correct
114
The story of Lapiths and Centaurs was located in the _________ of the Parthenon.
Triglyphs
Pediment
Metopes
Roof
115
The main room in a temple where a statue of the god is placed...
The back room
Cella or Naos
Pronaos
Porch
116
This space is called...
A Romanesque altar
An apse
The Good Shepherd
A Byzantine mosaic
117
The name of this event...
Salon
Academy Show
King's Exhibit
Art Show
118
This Theotokos image was painted with...
Egg Tempera
Oil paint
Fresco
Chalk pastel
119
Information of a biased nature, used to promote or publicize a certain point of view...
Preferences
Fake News
Propaganda
Opinions
120
The red lines represent...
A Christian Pilgrimage Route
Jesus' Travels
A Muslim Pilgrimage Route
Border Disputes
121
The Quibla is...
The mosaic design in a wall niche
The direction that must be faced when Muslims pray
The same thing as a Mihrab
The focal point of a mosque
122
All of these are examples of...
Muhammad's home
Mihrabs
Bell towers
Minarets
123
Rembrandt uses Chiarascuro in this self portrait.
True
False
124
Type of arch that allowed Gothic architects to attain greater height.
Pointed Arch
Round Arch
Horeshoe Arch
Multifoil Arch
125
Circumambulation is...
A form of meditation
The act of moving around a sacred object
The act of sculpting a sacred object
Not used in religious practice
126
Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian are examples of...
Cities in New York
Capitals
Columns
Greek Buildings
127
Alla Prima is when a painter...
paints with watercolors
paints on canvas
paints wet on wet oil paint
paints on wet plaster
128
In Delacroix's Liberty leading the People, the main figure is...
a pesant woman
an allegory
part of the ancien regime
Venus
129
A bas relief is...
A shallow carving
A deep carving
130
What is this?
Raking Cornice
Entablature
Pediment
Cornice

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