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Matthias Grunewald's BEST-known work takes the form of a
a) sculpture
b) triptych
c) landscape painting
d) nine-paneled altarpiece
The use of light in Ecstasy of Saint Teresa is BEST described as
a) Caravaggesque
b) abstract
c) muted
d) theatric
d) theatric
The word sfumato is used to describe
a) blurred outlines
b) religious imagery
c) abstract subject
d) vibrant coloring
a) blurred outlines
Japanese artists are BEST known in the West for
a) wood carving
b) oil painting
c) stone statuary
d) textile art
e) printmaking
e) printmaking
Which of the following sites is MOST religiously significant?
a) Himeji Castle
b) the Dome of the Rock
c) the Colosseum
d) the Forbidden City
e) the Taj Mahal
b) the Dome of the Rock
With what concept is Giorgio Vasari MOST associated?
a) artistic genius
b) contextual analysis
c) contextual analysis
d) chronological development
a) artistic genius
The Laocoon Group and the Venus de Milo both focus on
a) love
b) wealth
c) beauty
d) education
e) war
c) beauty
Who would use a qibla?
a) a professional artist
b) a Mayan sculptor
c) a devout Muslim
d) a Japanese woman
c) a devout Muslim
What are combines?
a) environmental artworks
b) moving assemblages
c) found sculptures
d) post-and-lintel structures
c) found sculptures
Which of the following civilizations originated in Melanesia?
a) Asmat
b) Inca
c) Axtec
d) Maya
a) Asmat
Which group overthrew the Akkadian dynasty?
a) Sumerians
b) Babylonians
c) Assyrians
d) Persians
e) Guti
e) Guti
Which of the following works was contemporaneous with the Ishar Gate?
a) Knossos labyrinth
b) pyramids of Giza
c) palace of Persepolis
d) hanging gardens of Babylon
d) hanging gardens of Babylon
To which movement is the development of acrylic paint MOST linked?
a) Die Brucke
b) Minimalism
c) Dada
d) De Stijl
b) Minimalism
Which of the following elements MOST suggests tranquility?
a) rough texture
b) horizontal lines
c) vertical lines
d) arbitrary color
b) horizontal lines
Which English county is home to Stonehenge?
a) London
b) Wiltshire
c) Essex
d) Cheshire
e) Manchester
b) Wiltshire
With what innovation is Jean-Antoine Watteau associated?
a) chiaroscuro
b) fresco secco
c) pointillism
d) fete galante
d) fete galante
What work inspired the Salon des Refuses?
a) Luncheon on the Grass
b) Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
c) The Night Watch
d) Oath of the Horatii
a) Luncheon on the Grass
Which tool(s) does an artist need for lithography?
a) acid; squeegee
b) cutter; linoleum
c) echoppe; copperplate
d) waxy pencil; matrix
e) silkscreen; mesh
d) waxy pencil; matrix
The AT&T Building's finial rejects the notion that
a) art should react to society
b) form should follow function
c) architecture should be minimalistic
d) artists should remain anonymous
b) form should follow function
Which museum houses the stele of Hammurabi's code?
a) Metropolitan Museum of Art
b) Vatican Museum
c) Louvre Museum
d) Uffizi Gallery
c) Louvre Museum
Which of the following artists was a Color Field Painter?
a) Paul Klee
b) Kazimir Malevich
c) Josef Albers
d) Alfred Sisley
c) Josef Albers
Which of the following works is titled MOST ironically?
a) Impression, Sunrise
b) Fountain
c) Monogram
d) The Stonebreakers
b) Fountain
Which of the following pairs of art traditions are MOST closely connected?
a) Igbo; Maori
b) Benin; Bwa
c) Nok; Yoruba
d) Dan; Edo
c) Nok; Yoruba
Early American civilizations constructed
a) public baths
b) brink buildings
c) vaulted ceilings
d) large pyramids
d) large pyramids
To what nations does the name "Hiberno-Saxon" refer?
a) Scotland and Britain
b) Italy and Greece
c) England and Ireland
d) Norway and Sweden
c) England and Ireland