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Artwork ID
100
Leon Battista Alberti compared this spatial system to looking through an “open window.”
What is linear perspective
100
This scholar coined the term The Black Atlantic to describe the cultural exchange shaped by the transatlantic slave trade.
Who is Paul Gilroy
100
Brass heads of Obas were displayed on shrines to maintain a connection between the living ruler and these figures.
Who are past Obas or ancestors
100
This 1990 legislation requires the return of Indigenous human remains and sacred objects to the affiliated tribes.
What is NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act)
100
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Raphael's The School of Athens is an example of this painting technique that involves applying pigment to wet plaster.
What is fresco
200
This type of Dutch still-life is focused on mortality and features items such as skulls, extinguished candles and decaying fruit
What is vanitas
200
This British artist painted a dramatic scene of enslaved people thrown overboard during a storm.
Who is J. M. W. Turner
200
Benin bronze sculptures were created using this technique involving wax models and molten metal.
What is lost-wax casting
200
These robes were used as visual documentation of events, such as battles, rather than for practical use.
What are Mandan painted robes
200
This artist designed the Vitruvian Man to reflect the Renaissance belief that the human body follows classical proportion and mathematical order
Who is Leonardo DaVinci
300
This slow-drying medium allowed artists to build up layers and create detailed reflective surfaces
What is oil paint
300
This British-Nigerian artist used Dutch wax fabric in The Wanderer to reference the slave trade and colonial histories.
Who is Yinka Shonibare
300
A ritual specialist activates this by driving nails or metal blades into the standing figure, which served as a reservoir for spiritual properties.
What is Nkisi Nkondi
300
In this drawing, domesticated cattle and plowed fields represent this Anglo-American influence on Plains life.
What is Wo-Haw Between Two Worlds by Wo-Haw
300
This Bernini sculpture shows David twisting in motion at the moment before he releases his sling and is inspired by what biblical story that now symbolizes an underdog battle.
What is David and David and Goliath
400
Objects such as Persian rugs, pearls, maps, and globes in Dutch paintings are indications of what economic advantage
What are Dutch trade routes and colonial wealth
400
This woven cloth from the Akan peoples traditionally signified royalty and political authority.
What is Kente cloth
400
These are associated with the Yoruba culture and are known for their naturalistic style, expressing composure and authority.
What are the Ife portrait heads
400
These ledger drawings allowed Indigenous artists to record conflicts from an Indigenous perspective to represent the mass death of horses, which was central to their culture, wealth, and identity.
What are the Battle of Little Bighorn ledger drawings
400
In this Vermeer painting, a man studies a map, reflecting Dutch scientific and geographic interests
What is The Geographer ca. (1668-1669)
500
In vanitas still-life paintings, this is included to represent that death is inevitable and a universal human fate
What is a human skull
500
The Black Atlantic is described as a fusion of what cultures
What are the African, American, and European
500
This mask contains symbolically carved mudfish and white ivory to represent Olokun and ritual purity
What is a Lyoba pendant mask
500
The Eagle Transformation Mask opens and closes during this ceremonial gathering among the Kwakwaka'wakw to represent clan identity and ancestral spirits.
What is a potlatch ceremony
500
This artist portrayed Judith actively beheading Holofernes rather than showing a quiet aftermath.
Who is Artemisia Gentileschi