Question 1

Which of the following sites was an important commercial center for the East African gold trade?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lalibela
B)  Djenné
C)  Great Zimbabwe
D)  Benin CityE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Which of the following innovations of Gothic architecture originated at Saint-Denis?

Accepted Answer

A)  flying buttresses
B)  portal sculpture
C)  ribbed groin vaults
D)  stained-glass windowsE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Compared to Paleolithic sculptures,such as the Woman from Willendorf,the Woman and Man from Cernavoda display more __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  exaggerated features
B)  gestures and expressions
C)  idealized attributes
D)  painted colorsE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

The technique that uses pasted colored papers is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  gilding
B)  collage
C)  block printing
D)  fusumaE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 5

The English word "technique" comes from tekne,the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Latin word for artist
B)  Greek word for art
C)  French word for picture
D)  Egyptian word for skillE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

The small,unglazed ceramic sculptures found in Japanese tombs are called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  bodhisattvas
B)  haniwa
C)  toranas
D)  kamiE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 7

Who launched the Hudson River School?

Accepted Answer

A)  John Constable
B)  Thomas Cole
C)  William Hogarth
D)  Joseph WrightE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Which of the following artworks was created with tempera paint?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lorenzetti's Effects of Good Government in the City
B)  Windmill Psalter
C)  Giotto's Virgin and Child Enthroned
D)  Flight into Egypt,Saint-DenisE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Which group first organized exhibitions independent from the French Academy's Salon?

Accepted Answer

A)  Realists
B)  Impressionists
C)  Post-Impressionists
D)  Pre-Raphaelite BrotherhoodE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

The Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe is known for its __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  churches carved from volcanic tuff
B)  adobe brick mosque with projecting torons
C)  mosque with a horseshoe arched arcade
D)  concentric walls enclosing two stone towersE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Which of the following cultures referred to their empire as the "Land of the Four Quarters"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pueblo
B)  Maya
C)  Inca
D)  HaidaE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Thomas Eakins's The Gross Clinic was rejected from the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition because __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  it was in the style of Realism
B)  of its expressive use of color
C)  of the unfinished look of the painting
D)  it depicted a surgical operationE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 13

A series of paintings on a single allegorical subject is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  an altarpiece
B)  a cycle
C)  a predella
D)  a cartoonE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Which of the following peoples made pipes that resembled animals and birds?

Accepted Answer

A)  Moche
B)  Inca
C)  Pueblo
D)  HopewellE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

The first Mughal emperor,who conquered an empire stretching from Afghanistan to Delhi,was named __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Suryavarman II
B)  Shah Abbas
C)  Jahangir
D)  BaburE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Which of the following artworks best demonstrates the role of the viewer in determining the meaning of a work of art?

Accepted Answer

A)  Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper
B)  Clara Peeters's Still Life with Fruit and Flowers
C)  Hendrick Goltzius's Dutch Visitors to Rome Looking at the Farnese Hercules
D)  Kitagawa Utamaro's Courtesan Wakaume from the Tamaya in EdomachiE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

El Lissitzsky's Proun Space is an example of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  installation art
B)  a readymade
C)  De Stijl
D)  SurrealismE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 18

Which artist was known for capturing the unvarnished individuality of her sitters?

Accepted Answer

A)  Artemisia Gentileschi
B)  Georgia O'Keeffe
C)  Alice Neel
D)  Clara PeetersE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 19

The first great monument of Islamic art is the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Great Mosque of Damascus
B)  Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem
C)  Great Mosque of Córdoba
D)  Masjid-i Jami in IsfahanE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

At which of the following locations was the Burial Mask of Pakal the Great found?

Accepted Answer

A)  Temple of the Inscriptions,Palenque 
B)  Machu Picchu
C)  "Cliff Palace," Mesa Verde
D)  CahokiaE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Exam 21: Introduction

Which of the following cultures referred to their empire as the "Land of the Four Quarters"?

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Which artist was known for capturing the unvarnished individuality of her sitters?

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The small,unglazed ceramic sculptures found in Japanese tombs are called __________.

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El Lissitzsky's Proun Space is an example of __________.

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The Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe is known for its __________.

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Which group first organized exhibitions independent from the French Academy's Salon?

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Who launched the Hudson River School?

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The first great monument of Islamic art is the __________.

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The technique that uses pasted colored papers is called __________.

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Which of the following artworks best demonstrates the role of the viewer in determining the meaning of a work of art?

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Thomas Eakins's The Gross Clinic was rejected from the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition because __________.

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The English word "technique" comes from tekne,the __________.

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At which of the following locations was the Burial Mask of Pakal the Great found?

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Which of the following artworks was created with tempera paint?

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Compared to Paleolithic sculptures,such as the Woman from Willendorf,the Woman and Man from Cernavoda display more __________.

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The first Mughal emperor,who conquered an empire stretching from Afghanistan to Delhi,was named __________.

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A series of paintings on a single allegorical subject is called __________.

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Which of the following sites was an important commercial center for the East African gold trade?

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Which of the following peoples made pipes that resembled animals and birds?

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Which of the following innovations of Gothic architecture originated at Saint-Denis?

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