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Contents
1 Visual Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1 Introduction to Western Art History - Prehistoric to High Gothic . . . 2
1.2 Introduction to Western Art History - Proto-Renaissance to Contempo-
rary Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.3 Art of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
1.4 Art of Ancient Greece and Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
1.5 The Italian Proto-Renaissance To Mannerism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
1.6 Baroque Art to Neoclassicism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
1.7 Modern Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
1.8 20th Century Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
1.9 American Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
1.10 Art Historical Methodologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
1.11 Art of the Islamic World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
1.12 African Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
1.13 Arts of Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
1.14 Early Christian and Byzantine Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
1.15 Buddhist Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
1.16 Contemporary Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
1.17 Roman Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
1.18 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
1. Visual Arts
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1.1 Introduction to Western Art History - Prehistoric to
High Gothic
1. A henge is a Neolithic monument found B. As a part of ritual or initiation
only in which geographic area? C. To assist in hunting practice
A. Africa D. All of the above
B. Spain E. None of the above
C. The British Isles
4. Stonehenge is an early example of which
D. France type of architectural construction sys-
tem?
2. Fill in the blank. A relief sculpture can best
be described as A. Post and lintel
A. a sculpture formed by carved lines B. Arcuated
B. an independent sculpture fully carved C. Hypostyle
on all sides D. Vaulted
C. a sculpture that is carved out from or E. Mastaba
into an unsculpted background
5. The Neolithic town of Çatalhöyük is de-
D. a sculpture carved into a cave wall
signed according to which unusual for-
E. a sculpture that makes you feel better mat?
when you view it
A. All buildings were underground so that
3. Scholars believe that cave paintings like the town could remain hidden.
those in Chauvet, Lascoux, and Altamira B. Buildings were built directly next to
caves may have been created for which of one another and there are no streets, al-
the following reasons? lowing for greater defensibility.
A. As a form of sympathetic magic (i.e. to C. Buildings were placed on tall plat-
bring about what is depicted) forms to protect from flooding.
1. C 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. B
1.1 Introduction to Western Art History - Prehistoric to High Gothic 3
D. All structures were built into existing 9. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
natural elements (trees, boulders, etc.) in Composite View is a system of represen-
the environment. tation whereby figures are shown

E. Structures were portable and were A. with uneven proportions
routinely deconstructed.
B. in as little detail as possible, emphasiz-
6. Which major development in human his- ing an impossible “magical” world
tory is credited with the rise of permanent
settlements? C. from multiple points of view, partially
from the front and partially from the side
A. Agricultural development
B. Improved hunting techniques D. as if in a twisting motion
C. Greater religious stability E. with the most important people on a

larger scale than less important people
D. The development of written language
E. The use of metal tools 10. Darius I was a powerful king who ruled
7. Which of the following describes the Venus which city?
of Willendorf? A. Persia
A. The statuette is not truly a representa- B. Babylon
tion of a venus figure.
B. The statuette overemphasizes female C. Greece
sexual elements in order to suggest fertil- D. Macedon
ity.
E. Sumer
C. The statuette is not interested in indi-
vidualistic features.
11. In the art of the Ancient Near East, a vo-
D. The statuette is made from stone not tive statue served which purpose?
native to the place where it was found.
A. It stood in for a patron, usually in a con-
E. All of the above stant posture of prayer.
8. Our understanding of prehistoric art and B. It served a dual purpose as statue and
culture remains somewhat elusive for lamp.
which of the following reasons?
C. It was a gift for the king.
A. There are not enough surviving arti-
facts to provide a coherent sense of Pre- D. It was a gift from the king to a priest.
historic art.
E. It was a container for written prayers.
B. Prehistoric art was created before the
development of writing systems. 12. The Ishtar Gate was a gate to which city?
C. Scholars have not yet deciphered the
A. Lagash
written languages of prehistoric peoples.
B. Uruk
D. The documents left by Prehistoric peo- C. Babylon
ples contradict themselves.
D. Ur
E. Prehistoric art was altered by subse-
quent civilizations. E. Akkad
6. A 7. E 8. B 9. C 10. A 11. A 12. C

13. The relief sculpture of Ashurnasirpal II 17. Art created in Amarna period Egypt differs
Hunting Lions from the Assyrian Palace at from the arts of earlier Egypt in which of
Nimrud conveys the power of the king by the following ways?
which of the following? A. There is greater emphasis on rounded
A. The use of hieratic scale and elongated forms.
B. The fact that the king wears a promi- B. There is a “feminine” quality in male
nent crown figures.
C. The fact king wears bold colors C. There is a move towards abstraction.
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D. The presence of a god gesturing to- D. A and B only
ward the king
E. A and C only
E. The king’s obvious power and fearless-
ness in the hunt 18. During the Amarna period in Egypt, official
religious practice changed in which signifi-
14. Which of the following best describes the cant way?
Stele of Naram-Sin?
A. The practice of mummification began.
A. It is a law-code of the Akkadian king.
B. Egyptians no longer believed in an af-
B. It represents the Akkadian king’s de- terlife.
feat of his enemies.
C. Only one god, Aton, was recognized,
C. It depicts the Akkadian gods in a ritual rather than many gods.
ceremony.
D. Many gods, rather than the one god
D. It is a diplomatic treaty. Aton, were recognized.
E. All of the above E. None of the above
15. Which of the following best describes the 19. How is Ti’s high social status made evident
Stele of Hammurabi? in the painted relief “Ti Watching a Hip-
A. It depicts the Babylonian king receiv- popotamus Hunt” from his tomb?
ing the right to rule from his god. A. Ti is shown in composite view,
B. It shows Hammurabi defeating his en- whereas his servants are more lifelike.
emies.
C. It includes Hammurabi’s written code B. The scene employed hieratic scale, Ti
of laws. being the largest figure.
D. Both A and C C. Ti is still and looks on, while his ser-
E. Both A and B vants are actively working.
D. Both A and B
16. The Sumerians are credited with develop-
ing which of the following? E. All of the above
A. Cuneiform, one of the earliest forms of 20. The Hypostyle Hall in the Temple of Amun
written language in Karnak has which of the following ele-
B. The wheel ments?
C. Arithmetic A. Sunken relief on the columns
D. All of the above B. A clerestory
E. None of the above C. Columns that imitate lotus plants
13. E 14. B 15. D 16. D 17. D 18. C 19. E 20. D

D. All of the above 25. What unconventional approach did Queen

E. A and C only Hatshepsut take to assert her authority as
Queen of Egypt?

21. The Ka can best be described as which of A. She killed all of her rivals.
the following?
B. She took on male attributes, even call-
A. An individual’s spirit, which continues ing herself king.
to live after death
C. She moved her capital to Tel el Amarna.
B. An elaborate tomb for a king’s remains
D. She called herself god of all Egypt.

C. The sculpture of an important person
buried with them in their tomb E. She named her son co-regent.
D. A measurement tool used to build pyra- 26. What was the intended function of the
mids great pyramids at Giza?
E. The king’s crown A. They were places of worship.
22. The Middle Kingdom Egyptian tombs at B. They were tombs for the kings.
Beni Hasan are an example of which style
C. They were ceremonial centers for pub-
of tomb?
lic use.
A. Mastaba
D. They housed grain.
B. Pyramid
E. All of the above
C. Rock-cut
D. Mortuary chapel 27. Which of the following best describes
Mummy portraits in Late Period Egypt?
E. Subterranean
A. They tend to exaggerate the size of the
23. The overwhelming majority of Ancient eyes.
Egyptian art relates to which theme? B. They are painted in encaustic.
A. Death and the afterlife C. They are molded from plaster and
B. Wars and political power gilded.
C. Agriculture D. All of the above
D. Religious enlightenment E. A and B only
E. Diplomacy
28. The Palette of King Narmer represents
24. The Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel is which historical event?
decorated with four colossi representing A. The yearly flooding of the Nile River
which four figures?
B. The death of King Narmer
A. Osiris, Ra, Aton, and Ramses II
C. The coronation of King Narmer
B. Four identical images of Ramses II
D. The unification of Upper and Lower
C. Ramses II’s wives Egypt
D. Ramses II’s ancestors E. The emancipation of Egyptians from
E. Ramses II’s children slavery
21. A 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. B 26. B 27. E 28. D

29. Although the Parthenon is a Doric order B. Exact right angles were used, without
temple, it strays from typical Doric tem- exception, throughout the building.
ples in which way? C. The sides of the temple were curved,
A. It has more columns across the front to make up for optical illusions.
than is typical in Doric temples. D. All of the above
B. It has a continuous frieze. E. A and C only
C. It has some ionic columns in the inte- 34. The Bull Leaping fresco from the Palace at
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rior. Knossos was created by which culture?
D. All of the above A. Etruscan
E. None of the above B. Minoan
30. An Ionic capital is made up of which of the C. Cycladic
following elements? D. Mycenaean
A. Scrolled volutes and palmette designs E. Late Egyptian
35. The Corinthian capital is made up of which
B. Acanthus leaves of the following elements?
C. Geometric patterns A. Scrolled volutes and palmette designs
D. Female figures
E. Both B and C B. Acanthus leaves
C. Geometric patterns
31. Fill in the blank. Greek sculpture from the
Hellenistic period can best be described as D. Female figures
E. Both B and C
A. rigid and formal 36. The Equestrian Portrait of Marcus Aurelius
B. abstracted and unnatural suggests the emperor’s power in which of
C. calm and peaceful the following ways?
D. dramatic and naturalistic A. He looks fierce and imposing.

B. He is calmly in control of his horse and
E. unconcerned with the human form
gestures authoritatively.
32. Fill in the blank. The Pont du Garde is one C. He raises a sword to the sky.
of the most famous examples of a(n)
D. All of the above
A. Roman amphitheater E. None of the above
B. Greek theater
37. The keystone and springer, components of
C. Roman aqueduct the voussoir, are elements of which archi-
D. Etruscan temple tectural feature?
E. Roman basilica A. An arch
B. A vault
33. How was a sense of harmony and balance
achieved in the Parthenon in Athens? C. A foundation
A. A ratio was employed throughout the D. A column
building. E. A pediment
29. D 30. A 31. D 32. C 33. E 34. B 35. B 36. B 37. A 38. A
38. The Lion Gate at Mycenae famously uti- E. Four identical images of the Emperor
lizes which engineering technique? Constantine

A. A relieving arch 43. The Temple of Hera I at Paestum is an early
B. Vaulting example of which of the following?
C. A clerestory A. A Doric order temple
D. Concrete B. An Ionic order temple
E. All of the above C. A domed temple
39. The Mycenaean Treasury of Atreus is an D. A Corinthian order temple

example of which kind of structure? E. An Etruscan temple
A. Pyramid 44. The term “wet drapery” refers to which
B. Mastaba Greek High Classical technique?
C. Palace A. The use of wet fabrics to shape clay
D. Tholos tomb models for final sculptures
E. Megaron B. The depiction of dramatic scenes as if

they took place in a marine setting
40. The Nike of Samothrace is a product of C. The method of depicting drapery to re-
which Greek period? veal the body rather than conceal it, with
A. Geometric drapery that appears wet
B. Archaic D. The method of attaching sculptures to
C. High Classical a temple pediment, by way of wet adhe-
sives
D. Late Classical
E. None of the above
E. Hellenistic
45. The terra cotta Apollo from the temple at
41. The sculptor Polykleitos is responsible for Veii is a product of which of the following
which of the following sculptures? cultures?
A. The Spear Bearer A. Egyptian
B. The Augustus of Prima Porta B. Hellenistic
C. The Last Judgment Tympanum C. Minoan
D. The New York Kouros D. Etruscan
E. Virgin and Child E. Roman
42. The sculpture of the Four Tetrarchs repre- 46. What advantage did the Romans gain
sents which of the following? when they began using concrete?
A. The four co-rulers of the Roman Em- A. Structures could be constructed more
pire quickly.
B. The sons of Philip the Arab B. More complicated shapes could be
C. The four leading generals of the late constructed.
Roman Empire C. Structures could be constructed less
D. The founders of Rome expensively.
39. D 40. E 41. A 42. A 43. A 44. C 45. D 46. D

D. All of the above 51. Which of the following is a Greek sculp-

E. None of the above ture from the Classical period that uses a
canon of proportions as well as a contrap-
47. Which element of the Pantheon would posto stance?
have surprised the Roman visitor?
A. New York Kouros
A. The use of Corinthian columns
B. The dome B. Anavysos Kouros
C. The coffers C. The Dying Warrior
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D. The porch D. The Spear Bearer
E. All of the above
E. Peplos Kore
48. Which mythological figure is the subject of
the sculpted pediment from the Temple of 52. Which of the following statements about
Artemis at Corfu? the Augustus of Primaporta is false?
A. Athena
A. It suggests the influence of the Classi-
B. Zeus cal Greek Spear Bearer by Polykleitos.
C. Hera
B. It suggests the influence of the Roman
D. Medusa Republican sculpture of Aulus Metellus.
E. Artemis
C. It includes a Cupid, referring to Augus-
49. Which of the following best describes one tus’s divine ancestry.
significant way in which Greek architec-
ture differed from Egyptian architecture? D. It shows Augustus as a military leader.
A. Greek architecture used post and lintel
construction. E. It depicts Augustus’s face with intense
B. Greek architecture imposed on and realism, showing age, worry, and experi-
dominated the surrounding landscape. ence.
C. Greek architecture used rounded
arches. 53. Which of the following statements about
the Flavian Amphitheater (Colosseum) in
D. Greek architecture used concrete. Rome is false?
E. Greek architecture worked with the
natural landscape, instead of dominating A. It was built on land confiscated from
it. an unpopular emperor.
50. Which of the following describes an Ar- B. It extensively used both barrel and
chaic Greek kouros? groin vaults.
A. It depicted a male youth. C. Much of the building’s interior was
B. It usually depicted its figure as nude. made of concrete.
C. It served as a grave-marker. D. It was an excellent example of true
D. It was indebted to Egyptian sculpture. post and lintel construction.
E. It used more than one of the classical
E. All of the above orders on the exterior.
47. B 48. D 49. E 50. E 51. D 52. E 53. D 54. B

54. Which of the following statements best C. A peristyle

describes Rome’s relationship with Greek D. A thermopolium
art?

E. A tablinum
A. Roman art sought to faithfully imitate
Greek art. 58. Which of the following were the most
B. Roman art borrowed certain details highly prized values of the leaders of Re-
from Greek art, but adapted those details publican Rome, as depicted in its portrai-
to their own needs. ture?
C. Rome actively sought to differentiate A. Youth and athleticism
itself from Greek art, barely using any B. Authority and experience
Greek elements at all.
C. Bravery and military might
D. Roman art only borrowed from Greek
D. Wealth
architecture.
E. Religious faith
E. Roman art only borrowed from Greek
sculpture. 59. Which Roman emperor was responsible for
the construction of the Flavian Amphithe-
55. Which of the following statements de-
ater (Colosseum)?
scribes The Ara Pacis (or Altar of Augustan
Peace)? A. Vespasian
A. The altar aims to suggest the bounty B. Augustus
and peace of Rome under Augustus. C. Nero
B. The altar includes portraits of real Ro- D. Hadrian
man people.
E. Julius Caesar
C. The altar includes images of children,
a reference to Augustus’s family values 60. Sculpture from the period known as Early
program. Cycladic II most typically follows which
format?
D. All of the above
A. Male figures engaged in battle
E. B and C only
B. Female figures with babies
56. Which of the following subjects is depicted
C. Female figures with arms folded
in relief sculpture on the Arch of Titus?
across the chest
A. The Apotheosis of Titus
D. Priests and priestesses dressed in
B. The Spoils from the Temple of Solomon long robes
in Jerusalem
E. Male figures holding funerary urns
C. The Triumph of Titus
D. All of the above 61. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
The Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia can
E. A and C only be said to be
57. Which of the following was NOT a typical A. a combination of a centrally-planned
element of a house in Pompeii? and basilican building
A. An atrium B. a careful imitation of a Roman temple
B. An impluvium C. the smallest church built by Justinian
55. D 56. D 57. D 58. B 59. A 60. C 61. A

D. a poor example of Byzantine architec- D. Christian art produced in Medieval

ture Jerusalem
E. more of a palace residence than a E. Objects stolen by the Vikings and made
place of worship into new works of art
62. English Gothic architecture differs from 66. Romanesque depictions of the human form
French Gothic in which of the following tend to do which of the following?
ways? A. Be elongated
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A. English Gothic emphasizes length B. Focus on linear details, especially in
more than height. describing hair and drapery folds
B. English Gothic façades are low and C. Seem removed from any contextual
wide, rather than narrow and tall. setting, rather seeming to float in space
C. English Gothic uses materials of con-
trasting colors to articulate the interior D. Twist and contort to fit the shape of the
space. space provided for them
D. All of the above E. All of the above
E. A and B only 67. The artistic tastes of the Cistercian monas-
tic order can best be described as which of
63. Gothic art came about simultaneously with the following?
the rise of all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Ornate and decorative
A. cities.
B. Minimalist and austere
B. monasteries.
C. Naturalistic
C. an increasingly wealthy middle class.
D. Inspired by Islamic art
D. guilds.
E. Secular
E. universities.
68. The barrel-vaulted nave typical of Ro-
64. Interlace is a decorative style found in all manesque churches had which drawback?
of the following objects EXCEPT: A. It exerted force on the outer walls, re-
A. The Book of Durow quiring buttressing and limiting window
size.
B. The Purse Cover from Sutton Hoo
B. It was less attractive than a flat timber
C. The Virgin of Vladimir
roof.
D. The Book of Kells C. It was tremendously expensive and
E. The South Cross at Ahenny time-consuming to build.
D. All of the above
65. Mozarabic art can best be defined by
which of the following? E. A and B only
A. The art of Medieval Sicily 69. The Bayeux Tapestry depicts which of the
B. Christian art influenced by the arts of following?
Islamic Spain A. The Norman conquest of England
C. Art produced in the Umayyad Dynasty B. The death of the English King, Harold
62. D 63. B 64. C 65. B 66. E 67. B 68. A 69. E

C. The coronation of King Harold 73. The Gero Crucifix is an example of which
D. Halley’s Comet of the following types of art?

E. All of the above A. Mozarabic
B. Gothic
70. The church of Sant’Ambrogio in Milan com-
bines Southern Romanesque tradition with C. Carolingian
which of the following innovations? D. Byzantine
A. The use of ribbed, groin vaults in the E. Ottonian
nave
B. The use of a clerestory 74. The majority of Viking and Barbarian art
can be identified as which of the follow-
C. Flying buttresses
ing?
D. All of the above
A. Small, portable objects, especially
E. B and C only metalwork
71. The Coronation Gospels and the Ebbo B. Large-scale stone statuary
Gospels both depict and image of St. Mark. C. Architecture
Which of the following describes one of the
differences of how St. Mark is presented D. Fresco painting
in each of these gospels? E. Stained glass
A. In the Coronation Gospels, Mark sits in
a library, whereas in the Ebbo Gospels he 75. The mosaic panels of Justinian and
stands in a desert. Theodora in San Vitale depict which of the
following?
B. In the Coronation Gospels, Mark is
writing, whereas in the Ebbo Gospels he A. The emperor and empress as if they
is contemplating a vision. are participating in the church ceremony
C. The Coronation Gospels is a diptych,
while the Ebbo Gospels is a book. B. The emperor and empress as Christ
and the Virgin
D. The style of the Coronation Gospels is
calm and classicizing, whereas the Ebbo C. The emperor and empress as they ap-
Gospels is somewhat abstracted and filled pear in the afterlife
with a sense of energy.
D. All of the above
E. All of the above
E. A and C only
72. The earliest Christian churches (excluding
the “house church” type) appropriated 76. The Romanesque art of Spain in Catalonia
which Roman building type? combines which different styles?
A. The temple A. Mozarabic, Classical, and Norman
B. The bath house B. Mozarabic, Byzantine, and Classical

C. The basilica C. Classical, Gothic, and Byzantine
D. The amphitheater D. Classical and Viking
E. All of the above E. Mozarabic and Ottonian
70. A 71. D 72. C 73. E 74. A 75. A 76. B 77. C

77. The stained glass window known as the B. An arcade that is hidden behind an
“Tree of Jesse” is in which church? iconostasis, and thus can only be seen by
A. Santiago de Compostela priests
B. Cologne Cathedral C. A free-standing arcade, independent

of any other architectural structure
C. Chartres Cathedral
D. A row of arched windows
D. Amiens Cathedral
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E. The Abbey Church of Saint-Denis
82. What is a “historiated capital?”
78. The style of the French court in the Late
Gothic period is best exemplified by which A. An important cultural center in the Ro-
of the following? manesque period
A. Sainte-Chapelle in Paris B. A capital with images sculpted in relief,

rather than the traditional capitals of the
B. The façade of Amiens Cathedral Classical orders
C. The Angel Gabriel from the façade of C. A decorative program in which style is
Reims Cathedral deliberately retrospective
D. All of the above D. Both B and C
E. A and C only E. None of the above
79. The “Hell Mouth” is depicted in which of 83. What is the overall unified theme of the
the following medieval manuscripts? tympanum sculpture on the Royal Portal
A. The Winchester Psalter at Chartres?
B. The Ebbo Gospels A. Christ
C. The Worcester Chronicle B. The Virgin Mary
D. The Coronation Gospels C. The Twelve Disciples
E. The Book of Kells D. The Four Evangelists
E. Heaven
80. What distinctive architecture is the Great
Mosque of Cordoba in Spain known for? 84. What is the significance of the location of
A. Hypostyle hall the Dome of the Rock?
B. Horseshoe arches A. It was built on the site of the Temple
of Solomon.
C. Double arcades
B. It is the site from which Muhammad is
D. Domed mihrab believed to have ascended to the heavens.
E. All of the above
81. What is a “blind arcade”? C. It is the site where the creation of

Adam is thought to have taken place.
A. A decorative architectural feature in
which arcades are embedded into a wall D. It is believed to be the site where Abra-
surface and do not open up onto any space ham prepared to sacrifice his son, Isaac.
E. All of the above
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85. What purpose does a flying buttress serve 89. Which element was NOT found in early
in the architecture of a Gothic church? Christian churches (as exemplified in Old
St. Peter’s)?

A. It is a purely decorative feature.
B. It provides added support for the nave A. Nave
vault. B. Atrium
C. It creates the illusion of height in an C. Transept
otherwise low nave.
D. Impluvium
D. It is a form of articulation that divides
up a nave bay. E. Apse
E. It is a drainage system. 90. Which feature would you be most likely to

encounter in a Romanesque church?
86. What was a benefit to using a pointed
arch, rather than a rounded arch? A. Pointed arches
A. Pointed arches could be taller than B. Rounded arches

rounded arches. C. Radiating chapels
B. Pointed arches required less skill to D. Stained glass
construct.
E. Both B and C
C. Pointed arches allowed for arches of
different widths, though with keystones at 91. Which of the following best describes the
the same level. function of a Byzantine icon?
D. Pointed arches were faster to con- A. It was meant to be worshipped as an
struct. idol.
E. All of the above B. It sought to faithfully imitate the real
world.
87. What was the goal of portal sculpture on
medieval cathedrals? C. It was meant to be used as a tool to
better access the divine world.
A. To intimidate the viewer
D. All of the above
B. To educate the viewer
E. A and B only
C. To confuse the viewer
D. A and B only 92. Which of the following describes the
E. A and C only Monastery of Cluny?
A. It was the largest monastery ever built
88. What were the main objects that a pilgrim in the West.
hoped to see in a pilgrimage church?
B. It was one of the most powerful reli-
A. Stained glass gious centers in the Romanesque period.
B. Statues
C. Relics C. It was a Cistercian monastery.
D. Paintings D. All of the above
E. Prayer candles E. A and B only

93. Which of the following is a characteristic 97. Which of the following statements best de-
feature of Gothic architecture? scribes the Carolingian Palatine Chapel at
A. Post and lintel construction Aachen?
B. The rounded arch A. It is modeled after the church of San
Vitale in Ravenna.
C. The pointed arch
D. The narthex B. It uses stained glass to bring in an
other-worldly light.
E. Westwork
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C. It incorporated spolia from Rome and
94. Which of the following is considered to be Byzantium.
the most successful High Gothic (or most
representative of the goals of the High D. All of the above
Gothic) cathedral façade? E. A and C only
A. Chartres Cathedral
98. Who sculpted the Last Judgment tympa-
B. The Abbey Church of Saint-Denis num at the Cathedral of Autun?
C. Sainte-Chapelle in Paris A. Iktinos
D. Notre Dame in Paris
B. Anthemius of Tralles
E. Reims Cathedral
C. Polykleitos
95. Which of the following is one drawback D. Gislebertus
of the engineering style of so-called “First
Gothic” churches, as exemplified at Notre E. Agrippa
Dame in Paris, is:
99. Who was the first Christian emperor?
A. Low ceilings
A. Constantine
B. A lack of light
B. Justinian
C. Clumsy stonework
D. Excessively thick walls C. Charlemagne
E. All of the above D. Maxentius
96. Which of the following statements about E. Saint Peter

the church of St. Sophia in Kiev is false?
100. Much of early Christian art is syncretic.
A. It was likely built by architects from Which of the following best describes
Constantinople. what this means?
B. It has some of the best-preserved ex- A. It was kept hidden from the public.
amples of Middle Byzantine mosaic deco-
ration. B. It was fused with older, established
artistic traditions.
C. It is a smaller version of Hagia Sophia.
C. It was illegal.
D. It is an excellent example of early D. It was not part of the repertoire of pro-
Gothic architecture. fessional artists.
E. Both C and D E. All of the above

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1.2 Introduction to Western Art History - Proto-Renaissance

to Contemporary Art

1. Giotto’s frescoes for the patron, Enrico 6. Which of the following statements about
Scrovegni, are located in which city? the sculptures created by the Pisano fam-
A. Sienna ily is true?
B. Pisa A. They show the influence of Classical

art.
C. Florence
B. They exaggerate stylistic elongation
D. Padua associated with the Gothic.
2. In early Renaissance painting, the term C. They reflect the maniera greca.
“maniera greca” most directly reflects D. They were all created for sites in Flo-
which stylistic influence? rence.
A. Byzantine
7. Which statement about the “true fresco”
B. French Gothic technique is true?
C. Romanesque A. Egg tempera is applied on dry walls.
D. Roman B. Small portions of the design are com-
3. The artist Duccio is most closely associated pleted daily.
with which city? C. Both A and B
A. Padua D. None of the above
B. Florence 8. “Humanists” of the early Renaissance
C. Rome were most closely with which endeavor?
D. Sienna A. Studying the Old Testament
4. Which characteristic of Giotto’s known B. Studying Greek and Roman texts

work is most innovative for the period? C. Translating the New Testament from
A. The iconography Hebrew to Latin
B. The fresco technique D. Interpreting the Gospels
C. The variation in perspectives of the fig- 9. Engraving typically uses which material as
ures a matrix?
D. The use of color A. Metal
5. Which of the following statements about B. Wood

the “Maestà” altarpiece is true? C. Stone
A. It can be described as a polyptych. D. Fabric
B. It includes narrative elements. 10. Fill in the blank. The basic aesthetic of
C. It was created around in the early four- the “Ghent Altarpiece” would best be de-
teenth century. scribed as
D. All of the above A. Proto-Renaissance

B. Medieval 16. Which of the following statements about

C. International Gothic artists in the era of the Limbourg Brothers
is true?
D. Byzantine
A. They were trained to specialize in one
11. Fill in the blank. The format of the craft.
“Merode Altarpiece” is best described as B. Art was often a family profession.
a
C. Most artists created works for sale
A. Canvas without patrons.
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B. Triptych D. All of the above
C. Polyptych
17. Which of the following statements about
D. Panel oil paint, as opposed to tempera, is true?
12. Jan van Eyck’s portrait of the merchant A. Oil dries quicker than tempera.
Arnolfini and his wife was painted close B. Rendition of light is more subtle in tem-
to which date? pera.
A. 1230 C. Both A and B
B. 1330 D. None of the above
C. 1430 18. Which region is best known for carved
D. 1530 wood altarpieces of the fifteenth cen-
tury?
13. The illustrations in the fifteenth-century
Nuremberg Chronicles were printed in A. Italian peninsula
which medium? B. Kingdom of France
A. Etching C. Flanders
B. Woodcut D. Holy Roman Empire
C. Engraving 19. Which of the following is an especially in-
D. Lithograph novative aspect of the Limbourg Brothers’
illuminations at the time they were cre-
14. The “Merode Altarpiece” was commis- ated?
sioned for which purpose?
A. The religious iconography
A. A church altarpiece
B. The emphasis on landscape
B. Private devotion
C. The Book of Hours type
C. A diplomatic gift
D. The use of gold leaf
D. A portrait
20. Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus” is based on
15. Which of the following most accurately de- which concept most explicitly related to
scribes a polyptych? subject matter?
A. Multi-colored A. Religious narrative
B. Multi-paneled B. Classical sculpture
C. Single-paneled C. Portraiture
D. Screen D. Allegory

21. Fill in the blank. Trompe l’oeil elements in 26. The term “orthogonal” refers to which of
Renaissance painting are most pronounced the following?
in depictions of

A. A multi-panel altarpiece design
A. Water B. A marginal design in illuminated
B. Landscape features manuscripts
C. Figures C. A schematic element of linear perspec-
tive
D. Architecture
D. None of the above
22. Linear perspective was originally devel-
oped as a complement to which other art 27. What does “camera picta” mean?
form? A. Painted room
A. Painting B. Marriage room
B. Music C. Painted illusion
C. Architecture D. None of the above
D. Sculpture
28. What is a predella?
23. Mantegna’s “Camera degli Sposi” is lo- A. The votive central panel of an altar-
cated in which city? piece
A. Florence B. The narrative scenes painted at the
bottom of an altarpiece
B. Padua
C. The wings of an altarpiece with images
C. Mantua
of the patrons
D. Sienna
D. The decorative framing of an altar-
piece
24. Of the answer choices given, which char-
acteristic of Donatello’s “David” was the 29. What is the most unique aspect of Man-
most innovative at the time it was cre- tegna’s technique in “Dead Christ”?
ated?
A. Color
A. The use of cast bronze
B. Anatomical detail
B. The subject matter
C. Foreshortening
C. The contrapposto stance
D. Tenebroso
D. The dark patina of the bronze
30. What was the subject of the competition
25. Of the choices given, which best describes to design doors for the baptistery in the
Botticelli’s style? Duomo complex around 1400?
A. Geometric A. Life of Jesus
B. Volumetric B. Life of Mary
C. Curvilinear C. Abraham and Isaac
D. Asymmetry D. The Crucifixion

31. Which best describes the style of Piero 36. Which of the following statements about
della Francesca? Masaccio’s famous work, “Holy Trinity,”
A. Dark and shadowy is true?
B. Still and geometric A. God, depicted as the Father, is seen

standing.
C. Flowing and dramatic
D. Detailed and dark B. Lines of string were used to create an
underlying layout.
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32. Which medium did Mantegna use in his dec- C. The medium is fresco.
oration of the “Camera degli Sposi”?
D. All of the above
A. Fresco and carved ornament
B. Oil paint and plaster relief 37. Who is credited with inventing linear per-
C. Fresco spective?
D. Terracotta relief A. Brunelleschi
33. Which of the following materials are em- B. Ghiberti

ployed in the “cire perdue” method of C. Masaccio
bronze casting?
D. Donatello
A. Wax
B. Metal 38. Leonardo’s “Last Supper” is located in
C. Clay which city?
D. All of the above A. Florence
34. Which of the following statements about B. Pisa

Donatello’s “David” is true? C. Milan
A. Donatello’s “David” is known as the D. Mantua
first free-standing nude since antiquity.
B. Donatello’s “David” has been inter- 39. Martin Luther is associated most closely
preted as a symbol of the Republic of Flo- with which ideology?
rence. A. Counter Reformation
C. Both A and B
B. Reformation
C. Humanism
D. Neo-Platonism
linear perspective is true?
A. It is based on a geometric grid for 40. Of the choices given, which most accu-
placement of images. rately characterizes Mannerist style?
B. It is an intuitive mode perfected by few A. Symmetrical composition
artists.
B. Geometric form
C. It is employed to flatten the illusion of
space on the picture plane. C. Elongation of anatomy
D. All of the above D. Chiaroscuro

41. Pope Julius II was a patron of which B. Leonardo used symmetrical composi-
artist? tion to create the work.

A. Michelangelo C. Leonardo used linear perspective to
B. Raphael create the work.
C. Bramante D. All of the above

D. All of the above 47. Which of the following statements about
Michelangelo’s “Pietà” is true?
42. Raphael’s “School of Athens” fresco is fo-
cused on which two historical figures? A. The sculpture is signed.
A. Pope Julius II and Cosimo de Medici B. The work was done early in Michelan-
gelo’s career.
B. God the Father and Jesus
C. The scale of Mary is not realistic.
C. Plato and Aristotle
D. All of the above
D. Leonardo and Michelangelo
43. The Sistine Ceiling program was based on
Michelangelo’s “David” is true?
which of the following?
A. “David” is larger than life size.
A. Genesis, from the Old Testament
B. The Passion from the New Testament B. The sculpture was intended to be
placed on the exterior of the Duomo.
C. The Life of Christ
C. Both A and B
D. Exodus, from the Old Testament
44. Which artist is NOT associated with Re-
naissance Venice? 49. Which of the following statements about
St. Peter’s Basilica is true?
A. Titian
A. The original plan was based on a
B. Veronese squared, symmetrical cross.
C. Bellini B. Michelangelo worked on the design.
D. Bronzino
C. Bramante worked on the design.
45. Which is a prominent religious context for D. All of the above
the style of Michelangelo’s “Last Judg-
ment”? 50. Which of the following statements about
the design for Pope Julius II’s tomb is
A. Establishment of monastic orders
true?
B. New debates about the immortality of
A. It was finished before the Pope died.
the Virgin
B. Raphael worked on the design.
C. A new pope from the Medici family
C. It included a sculpture of Moses.
D. The Counter-Reformation
D. All of the above
Leonardo’s “Last Supper” is true? 51. Who designed the sixteenth-century Villa
A. “Last Supper” reflects mathematical Rotunda in the Veneto region?
symbolism. A. Bramante

B. Palladio C. Elongation of figures

C. Brunelleschi D. Chiaroscuro
D. Michelozzo 57. Which artist was most closely associated
with the ideas of Martin Luther?
52. Which of the following is considered the
most unique aspect of Leonardo’s “Virgin A. Grünewald
on the Rocks”? B. Dürer
A. The grotto setting C. Bernini
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B. The inclusion of John the Baptist D. Rubens
C. The use of blue for the Virgin’s cloak 58. Which Northern European Renaissance
D. Gestures of the figures painter was most influenced by Italian
art?
53. Fill the blank. The Isenheim Altarpiece was A. Grünewald
commissioned for a
B. Dürer
A. Hospital
C. Bosch
B. Private patron D. Altdorfer
C. Cathedral
59. Which of the following statements best
D. Franciscan monastery describes the composition of Dürer’s print
“Melencolia 1”?
54. In a comparison of traditional woodcut and
engraving techniques, which statement is A. It is a meditation on Protestantism.
true? B. It is a classical myth on the arts.
A. Woodcut is more labor-intensive than C. It is an allegory of the artistic temper-
the engraving technique. ament.
B. Engraving enables more detail than D. It is a dream of the artist.
the woodcut technique.
60. What was the Council of Trent?
C. Both A and B A. A meeting of Humanist philosophers
D. None of the above across Europe
55. The unique form in the foreground of Hol- B. A meeting of clergy that ushered in the
bein’s painting, “The Ambassadors,” is Counter-Reformation
most symbolic of which idea? C. A meeting of religious dissenters that
ushered in the Reformation
A. Christian love
D. A meeting of cardinals to elect a new
B. Self-knowledge
pope
C. Remembrance of death
61. Artemisia Gentileschi is best known for
D. Scientific discovery her paintings of which biblical figure?
56. What is the most distinguishing character- A. Judith
istic of El Greco’s style? B. Susannah
A. Bright color C. Eve
B. Detail in representations of objects D. Mary

62. As exemplified in the work of Caravaggio, B. The central dome

which of the following best characterizes C. The flanking domes
Baroque paintings?

D. The grand colonnades in the piazza
A. Diagonal thrust and close-up action
B. Distance of figures and symmetry 68. Which best describes the fundamental
genre of “Las Meninas” by Velázquez?
C. Idealization of figures and strong out-
lines A. Religious allegory
D. Elongation of figures and attention to B. Royal portraiture
natural daylight C. Mythological
63. Dutch painter Vermeer is best known for D. History painting
which broad genre?
69. Which is a term explicitly associated with
A. Landscape the palette of Caravaggio?
B. Politics A. Colorito
C. Interiors B. Tenebroso
D. History painting C. Sfumato
64. In comparing Bernini’s “David” to D. Designo
Michelangelo’s “David,” which is true?
70. Hogarth is best known for which broad
A. Bernini’s is larger. genre?
B. Michelangelo’s has more dynamic A. Landscape
movement.
B. Satire
C. Both are the same medium.
C. Still life
D. Both were commissioned for Roman
patrons. D. History
65. Rembrandt is a native of which country? 71. John Singleton Copley’s painting “Watson
and the Shark” is best associated with
A. Holland
which genre?
B. Flanders
A. Portraiture
C. France
B. Classical history
D. England
C. Contemporary history
66. Rubens is a native of which country? D. Religion
A. Holland
72. Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello estate is
B. Flanders most influenced by which early Renais-
C. France sance architect?
D. England A. Brunelleschi
67. What was Bernini’s architectural contribu- B. Michelangelo

tion to the Basilica of St. Peter’s? C. Palladio
A. Renovation of the Sistine Chapel D. Veronese

73. Which best describes the aesthetic of Ro- 78. Honoré Daumier is best known for his im-
coco architecture? ages in which medium?
A. Ornamental A. Oil painting
B. Carved marble B. Sculpture
C. Classical C. Lithographs
D. Severe D. Woodcuts
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74. Which best describes the “Grand Tour”? 79. In a comparison of Impressionist and Post-
Impressionist painting overall, which is
A. European artists making a trip to the
generally true?
Americas
A. Impressionist painting is more struc-
B. European artists and patrons congre-
tural in form.
gating in Italy
B. Lighting is more prominent in Impres-
C. European artists travelling for commis-
sionist painting.
sions to courts throughout Europe
C. Impressionist painting is more natural-
D. Patrons touring art studios throughout
istic.
Europe
D. Impressionist painting is more sym-
75. Which historical context is most closely bolic.
associated with the subject matter of
Jacques-Louis David’s work? 80. In traditional lithography, the printing
plate is made of what material?
A. The death of Louis XIV
A. Wood
B. The first French Revolution
B. Metal
C. The fall of Napoleon Bonaparte
C. Plastic
D. The Revolution of 1848
D. Stone
76. Which is most specifically associated with
Rococo painting as compared to the earlier 81. Photography became widely available to
Baroque? the French public in which year?
A. Spiritual love A. 1799
B. Sensual romance B. 1839
C. Portraiture C. 1869
D. Still life D. 1900
77. Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the People” 82. Romantic painting in England and America
was painted in what year? is most prominent in which broad genre?
A. 1789 A. Religion
B. 1815 B. History
C. 1830 C. Landscape
D. 1870 D. Adventure

83. The Crystal Palace in London was created 88. Which best describes the partially nude fe-
originally for which purpose? male in Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the
People”?

A. A royal residence
B. An international exposition A. A portrait of a real heroine of the scene
depicted
C. A government building
D. A theater B. A representation of the goddess
Athena
84. The Impressionists got their name from re-
views of an exhibit in which year? C. A personification
A. 1845 D. A Classical statue

B. 1863
89. Which best describes the stylistic sensibil-
C. 1874 ity of Goya?
D. 1884 A. Renaissance
85. When was Goya’s painting “Third of May B. Neoclassical
1808” completed?
C. Romantic
A. Immediately after the event depicted,
in 1808 D. Realistic
B. Before Napoleon became Emperor of
90. Which element is common to the paintings
France
“The Family of Charles IV” by Goya and
C. During Napoleon’s official reign in “Las Meninas” by Velásquez?
Spain
A. Both include self-portraits.
D. After Napoleon was forced out of
Spain B. Both are set outdoors.
86. Which artist is widely credited with initi- C. Both A and B

ating Realism in French painting? D. None of the above
A. Jacques-Louis David
B. Géricault 91. Which historical painting type is recalled
most strongly in Impressionism?
C. Courbet
A. Baroque ceiling frescos
D. Manet
B. Rococo fêtes galantes
87. Which best describes the artistic aims of
Monet? C. Renaissance illusionism
A. To create an imaginary reality in each D. Romantic history painting
work
B. To experiment with color patterns 92. Which Impressionist was also a sculptor?
throughout a canvas A. Degas
C. To add strong gesture to traditional B. Renoir
painting methods
C. Morisot
D. To create the real experience of seeing
in various atmospheric conditions D. Monet

93. Which Post-Impressionist is sometimes C. Influence of African art

tied to Symbolism?
D. Pure abstraction
A. Seurat
B. Van Gogh 99. Fill in the blank. The aesthetic of “Demoi-
selles d’Avignon” is best described as
C. Gauguin
A. Peaceful
D. Cezanne
B. Organic
94. Who is the American painter most closely
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associated with the Civil War era? C. Aggressive
A. John Singleton Copley D. Colorful
B. Henry Ossawa Tanner
100. Frank Lloyd Wright considered Robie
C. Winslow Homer House to be which style?
D. John Singer Sargent A. Bauhaus
95. Canova’s sculpture of Pauline Bonaparte is B. Romantic
best described as which style?
C. Prairie style
A. Neoclassical
D. Classical
B. Baroque
C. Mannerist 101. Futurism is a style closely associated
D. Romantic with which country?
A. France
96. Around 1910, what is the prominent style
of painting in America? B. Italy
A. Cubism C. Germany
B. Abstraction D. United States
C. Fauvism
D. Realism 102. Marcel Duchamp is best known for which
medium?
97. Artistically, Picasso deals with which of A. Painting
the following most prominently in his Cu-
bist collages? B. Bronze sculpture
A. Mass C. Collages
B. Still life detail D. Readymades
C. Lighting
103. Overall, what is the most obvious subject
D. Pictorial space
of Surrealist art?
98. Fauvism was a style most closely associ- A. The unconscious
ated with which of the following charac-
teristics? B. Nature
A. Expressive color C. Reason
B. Elongation of anatomy D. Romantic love

104. The art movement known as Dada 110. Which is an important element of Dada?
emerged during which period?
A. Chance

A. 1900-1910
B. Careful drawing
B. WWI
C. 1930s C. Historical references
D. WWII D. Chiaroscuro
105. What is the fundamental main subject of 111. Which of the following best characterizes
Picasso’s “Demoiselles d’Avignon”? a distinguishing feature of Le Corbusier’s
A. Classical nude bathers design for the Savoye House?
B. Prostitution A. Lack of ornamentation
C. Marriage B. Classical porch
D. Dancers
C. Marble exterior
106. Which abstract style is associated with
D. Palazzo style
the Russian painter Malevich?
A. Fauvism 112. Which painter is most closely associated
B. Futurism with the style known as De Stijl?
C. Suprematism A. Malevich
D. Abstract Expressionism B. Braque
107. Which artist is known as a Surrealist C. Kandinsky
sculptor?
D. Mondrian
A. Magritte
B. Dali 113. Which photographer was influential to
C. Giacometti the advancement of modern European
styles in New York?
D. Ernst
A. Steichen
108. Which best describes the style of Ernst
Kirchner’s painting, “Dresden Street”? B. Stieglitz
A. Cubism C. Muybridge
B. Expressionism D. Cameron
C. Realism
D. Romanticism 114. Which style is considered unique to the
United States between World Wars I and
109. Which best describes “The Bauhaus”? II?
A. A painting academy A. Regionalism
B. An art school and broad design style
B. New Realism
C. An architectural firm
C. Abstract Expressionism
D. The German seat of government be-
fore WWII D. Muralism

115. Which is most prominent in Matisse’s C. Flavin

work overall? D. Serra
A. Volume
121. Which best describes the construction of
B. Color Judy Chicago’s work, “The Dinner Party”
C. Anatomy (1970s)?
D. Detail A. Painting and sculpture
B. Collage
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116. In general, which is a main feature of
Postmodern painting? C. Mix media
A. Figuration D. Cast metals
B. Geometric form 122. Which best describes the fundamental
C. Use of photographic transfer nature of content in Abstract Expression-
ism?
D. Use of flat color
A. Personal
117. Minimalism is characterized by which of B. Political
the following?
C. Narrative
A. Geometric form
D. Academic
B. Industrial materials
C. Commercial production 123. Which is considered the most unique in-
terest of early Pop Art?
D. All of the above
A. Sex
118. The construction of modern skyscrapers B. Consumer culture
relies on which type of construction?
C. Urban landscape
A. Masonry
D. Self-expression
B. Steel frame
124. Which Pop artist is best known for sculp-
C. Brick and mortar
ture?
D. Reinforced concrete
A. Pollock
119. Which artist is best viewed as a precur- B. Warhol
sor of Conceptual Art of the 1970s?
C. Oldenburg
A. Duchamp
D. Lichtenstein
B. Picasso
125. What was most unique about Jackson
C. Matisse
Pollock’s work at the time it was cre-
D. Dali ated?
120. Which artist worked primarily with light- A. The idea of abstraction
ing fixtures? B. His palette (color)
A. Morris C. His painting method
B. Judd D. His interest in music

1.3 Art of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East 27
1.3 Art of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East

1. What monument is depicted in this image? 4. What are the basic structural elements of
Egyptian art?
A. The cube and the horizontal and verti-
cal axes
B. The circle and the oval
C. Square forms with emphasis placed on
the vertical axis
D. The pyramid
Egyptian hieroglyphs is false?
A. The Step Pyramid of Djoser
A. Some hieroglyphs represent actual ob-
B. The Great Pyramid jects.
C. The Meidum Pyramid B. No hieroglpyhs represent individual
sounds.
D. The Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep II
C. As much care was taken in drawing hi-
erogplyphs as in creating images in art.
E. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
D. Writing and art are inseperable in An-
2. Egyptian gods are usually not depicted as cient Egypt.
which of the following? E. Hieroglyphs can be written from left to
A. As human beings right or from right to left.
B. With the head of an animal and the 6. Which king is depicted on this image?
body of a human
C. As animals
D. As natural phenonmenon, such as the
sun or moon
E. All of the above
3. Which of the following is a traditional sym-

bol of ancient Egyptian royalty?
A. The royal kilt with ornamental bull’s
tail
B. A rectangular false beard A. Mentuhotep II
C. The crook and flail B. Narmer
D. The double crown with the sacred C. Khufu
uraeus D. Ramses II
E. All of the above E. Khafre

7. Which of the following statements about 10. In the development of Egyptian pyramids,
the Narmer Palette is false? which of the following came first?
A. At its top, the name of the king is in- A. The Great Pyramid
scribed between two bovine heads. B. The Meidum Pyramid
B. It depicts the king’s victory over his en- C. Mastabs
emies. D. The Step Pyramid of Djoser
C. It shows the king’s enemies in a E. The Bent Pyramid of Dashur
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marshland.
11. Many high-ranking Old Kingdom officials
D. It was found at Thebes.
were buried at which of the following
E. It is made of grey schist. sites?
8. Which pharaoh built this monument, A. Saqqara
known as the Great Sphinx of Giza? B. Beni-Hassan
C. Deir el-Bahri
D. Abu Simbel
E. Dashur
12. Which Eleventh Dynasty ruler built a ter-
raced tomb at Deir el-Bahri?
A. Mentuhotep II
B. Amenemhat I
C. Seti I
D. Pepi II
A. Khafre E. Ramses II
B. Khufu 13. During the Twelfth Dynasty the capital of
C. Mentuhotep II Egypt was moved to what site?
D. Ramses II A. Thebes
E. Seti I B. Hierakonopolis
C. Alexandria
9. Which of the following is true about the
D. Abu Simbel
Great Pyramid?
E. El-Lisht
A. It was orginally covered with graite
stones. 14. Which of the following is the name of the
B. It was built by Khafre. Middle Kingdom site where provincial gov-
ernors were buried?
C. It can not be entered.
A. Beni Hasan
D. It was part of a large set of monu-
B. El-Lisht
ments and rituals to help the pharaoh as-
cend to the gods in the heavens. C. Deir el-Medina
E. The Great Sphinx was built by the same D. Amarna
ruler who commissioned it. E. Giza

15. Which of the following statements about 17. These colossal images depict which ruler
New Kingdom temples is true? who built the Peristyle Hall at Luxor Tem-
ple?

A. Only cult temples were built during the
New Kingdom.
B. Few texts survive that describe the
construction, circumstance, and function
of New Kingdom temples.
C. The standard temple followed a tripar-
tite plan, cons isting of an outer court, a
hypostyle (or columned) hall, and the sanc-
tuary itself.
D. Temples are never depicted in New
Kingdom art.
E. The reliefs that decorate New Kingdom
temples were not painted. A. Ramses II
16. This image depicts the remains of the B. Seti I

Grand Colonnade of Amenhotep III at C. Amenhotep III
which Egyptian Temple?
D. Amenhotep IV
E. Mentuhotep II
18. This image shows the remains of the

columns of the Hypostyle Hall of the
Precinct of Amun-Re in which temple?
A. Karnak
A. Luxor
B. Luxor
B. Abu Simbel
C. Karnak C. The Mortuarty Temple ot Seti I
D. The Temple Complex at Philae D. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

E. The Temple of Horus at Edfu E. Abu Simbel

19. This image depicts which pharaoh’s mortu-

ary temple?
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A. Hatshepsut
B. Seti I
C. Akhenaten
D. Ramses II
E. Khufu

Hatshepsut’s Mortuary Temple is false?
A. It is a multi-terraced temple.
B. It was designed by the architect Sene-
mut. A. Abydos
C. Its terraced form was unprecedented. B. Deir el-Bahri
C. Giza
D. It was built into the cliffs at Deir el-
Bahri. D. Beni Hasen
E. It contains a chapel devoted to the god- E. Deir el-Medina

dess Hathor.
23. Where were New Kingdom pharaohs
21. Which of the following is depicted in Hat- buried?
shepsut’s mortuary temple? A. The Valley of the Kings
A. The divine birth of Hatshepsut B. In tombs near their mortuary temples
B. Hatshepsut’s co-regent, Thutmose III C. Beni Hasen
C. An expedition to Punt D. In pyramids at Giza and other sites
D. Festival scenes E. Saqarra
E. All of the above
24. This depiction of Tutankhamen is heavily
22. This image of Seti I is from his mortuary influenced by depictions of the pharaoh
temple located at what site? during which time period?

B. Akhenaten
C. Senusret III

D. Seti I
E. Hatshepsut

Amarna Period art is false?
A. It was focused on the sun disc Aten.
A. Amarna B. At this time, the pharaoh was fre-

B. Old Kingdom quently depicted with his wife and chil-
dren.
C. Middle Kingdom
D. First Intermediate Period C. Humans are usually depicted with
swelled bellies and hips, as well as thin
E. None of the above shoulders and arms.
25. What is the name of the village where the
D. The pharaoh is frequently depicted
workers on the tombs in the Valley of the
with the godess Maat.
Kings lived and were buried?
A. Deir el-Medina E. Official inscriptions reflected everyday
B. Beni Hasen spoken language.
C. Abydos
D. Deir el-Bahri 28. Which of the following statements about
Third Intermediate Period Egyptian art and
E. El-Lisht architecture is false?
26. This image depicts which Egyptian
A. The Third Intermediate Period was a
pharaoh?
time when many great temples were con-
structed.
B. Temple networks were the center of

artistic production.
C. Temple precincts were favored burial

sites.
D. The king was often emphasized in art

as the child/son of a divine pair.
29. These colossal images of Ramses II are

A. Ramses II part of which Egyptian temple?

E. Twenty-fifth dynasty
31. Which ruler of the Kushite or Nubian dy-
nasty introduced Egyptian elements into
the burial practices of Kushite/Nubian roy-
alty?
A. Piye
B. Tantamani
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C. Shabako
D. Taharqa
A. Karnak
B. Luxor
Ptolemaic art and culture is false?
C. Osireion
A. During this period, Egyptian art was in-
D. Abu Simbel fused with Hellenisitc elements.
E. The Mortuary Temple of Seti I B. Many temples were built during this
period.
30. This sphinx of King Taharqa is from which
Egyptian dynasty? C. The Ptolemys did not promote Egyp-
tian art and culture.
D. The Ptolemy were worshipped as gods
while they were living.
E. All of the above
33. This ring depicts an Egyptian pharaoh from
which period?
A. Thirtieth Dynasty
B. Eleventh Dynasty
C. Eighteenth Dynasty
D. Nineteenth Dynasty

A. The New Kingdom 36. This image of the Temple of Hathor is from
which Egyptian site?
B. The Ptolemaic Period

C. Third Intermediate Period
D. Second Intermediate Period
E. Late Period
34. What type of portrait was painted on a

wooden board and attached to a mummy?
A. Shabti portrait
B. Oinochoai portrait
C. Fayum portrait
D. Mummy masks
E. None of the above A. Dendera
B. Abydos
35. This type of portrait was made during
C. Deir el-Bahri
what period in ancient Egypt?
D. Abu Simbel
E. Thebes
37. This image depicts the entrance to what

Ptolemaic Egyptian temple?
A. Abu Simbel
B. The Temple of Philae
C. Luxor Temple
A. New Kingdom D. The Temple of Horus at Edfu
B. Third Intermediate Period E. None of the above
C. Late Period
38. Which of the following gods was the focus
D. Ptolemaic Period of the Temple Complex at Philae?
E. Roman Period A. Amun

B. Maat
C. Isis
D. Horus
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E. Osiris
39. Megaliths with reliefs have been found at

what Ancient Near Eastern Neolithic site?
A. Göbekli Tepe
B. Jericho
C. ’Ain Ghazal
D. Uruk
A. Göbekli Tepe
E. Nevali Çori B. ’Ain Ghazal
C. Jericho
D. Uruk
E. Nevali Çori
41. Which of the following is the site of a large

40. This image is of a figurine from which Near Neolithic village in Turkey that flourished
Eastern prehistoric site? from about 9400-7700 years ago?

A. Jericho 45. Nippur was the sacred city of what

B. Nevali Çori Mesopotamian god?

C. ’Ain Ghazal A. Ashur
D. Çatalhöyük B. Enlil
E. Uruk
C. Dumuzi
42. Which of the following is the name of the D. Gula
first ”true city” in Mesopotamia that had
monumental mud-brick buildings? E. Ianna
A. Ain Ghazal
46. This object was found at what Ancient
B. Jericho
Near Eastern site?
C. Uruk
D. Çatalhöyük
E. Nevali Çori
43. This image is an example of what kind of

Ancient Near Eastern object? Terms of Use:
This image is in the public domain.
A. Nippur
B. Ziggurat of Ur
C. The Royal Graves of Ur
D. Uruk
A. A cylinder seal
E. Tell Asmar
B. A portion of a cone mosaic
C. A stamp seal amulet 47. Which of the following statements about
D. A papyrus Early Dynastic Mesopotamian sculpture is
false?
A. The majority of these statues were vo-
44. Which of the following, although never tive figures.
a capital, was an important sacred cen-
ter that often played an important role in B. They only depict female worhsippers.
Mesopotamian politics?
C. They are made of gypsum or limestone.
A. Pasargadae
B. Babylon
D. Many have inlaid eyes and painted hair.
C. Nippur
D. Nimrud E. Facial characteristics show little varia-
E. Ninevah tion between statues.

48. This statue, discovered at the Temple of

Ishtar at Mari, is from what period?
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A. A step pyramid
B. A ”true” pyramid
A. Old Babylonian Period

B. Early Dynastic Period
C. A ziggurat
C. Neo-Sumerian Period
D. Neo-Assyrian Period
E. Neolithic Period
D. A royal palace
ziggurats is true?
A. They can be entered through a door at
their base. E. A royal tomb with a mortuary temple at
B. They are mud-brick stepped towers its top
with temples at their top.
C. They were only built during the Early
Dynastic Period.
D. They were royal tombs.
50. This image is an example of what type of 51. This royal portrait head is from what pe-
Ancient Near Eastern structure? riod?


A. Stele with the Law Code of Hammurabi
B. The Royal Standard of Ur
C. Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
D. A modern impression of a cylinder seal
53. In which of the following ways is Naram-

A. Early Dynastic Period Sin’s status and power shown in the Vic-
tory Stele of Naram-Sin?
B. Akkadian Period A. His horned helmet
C. Neo-Sumerian Period B. The many weapons he carries
C. His size
D. Old Babylonian Period
D. His physcial closeness to the gods
E. Neo-Assyrian Period
E. All of the above
52. This image is a detail of what larger An- 54. This is a statue of what Ancient Near East-
cient Near Eastern work? ern ruler?

NARAYAN CHANGDER
A. The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
B. A relief from the Northwest Palace of
Ashurnasirpal II
C. The Standard of Ur
D. Stele with the Law Code of Hammurabi
A. Gudea
56. The following is an example of zoomorphic

B. Sargon II
art created by what group of people?
C. Hammurabi
D. Ashurnasirpal II
E. Ur-Nammu
55. This image depicts a detail of what Ancient A. Babylonians

Near Eastern object? B. Sumerians

C. Assyrians
D. Persians

E. Hittites
57. Which of the following was the site of an

ancient Hittite capital?
A. Lagesh
B. Yazilikaya
C. Hattusha
D. Uruk
E. Nippur
58. These carvings were found at what Hittite

A. Labbu
site?
B. Sirrush
C. Gidim
D. Lamassu
E. Allu

the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II
is false?
A. Hattusha
A. The palace was organized around
B. Çatalhöyük three large courtyards.
C. Uruk
B. The king does not appear in any of the
D. Yazilikaya
reliefs that decorate the palace.
E. Tell Asmar
C. It was built in the ancient city of Kahlu.
59. King Ashurnasirpal II’s Northwest Palace
was built on what modern site?
A. Nimrud D. State apartments and the major throne
room were situated around the first court-
B. Tell Asmar yard.
C. Ninevah
E. The living quarters were located in the
D. Susa
innermost courtyard.
E. Pasargadae
60. This is a representation of what type of 62. This relief, excavated from Khorsabad, de-
Ancient Near Eastern mythological crea- picts which Neo-Assyrian ruler with a dig-
ture? nitary?

NARAYAN CHANGDER
A. The entrance to Sargon II’s throne
room
B. Ziggurat of Ur
C. The Ishtar Gate
D. The hypostyle hall of Ashurnasirpal II’s
palace
E. Nineveh’s Processional Way
65. What do the animals that decorate the

A. Ashurnasirpal II Ishtar Gate and Nebuchadnezzar II’s Pro-
cessional Way symbolize?
B. Sargon II
A. The patron gods of Babylon
C. Tiglath-Pileser III B. The power of the king
C. The king’s subjects
D. Sennacherib
D. Nature spirits
E. Esarhaddon
E. People who the king has conquered in
battle
63. Which Neo-Assyrian ruler moved the capi-
66. This image depicts what Ancient Near East-
tal to Nineveh?
ern structure?
A. Sargon II
B. Sennacherib
C. Ashurbanipal
D. Ashurnasirpal II
E. Tiglath-Pileser III
64. This image is a reconstruction of what An-

cient Near Eastern architectural feature?

A. The Tomb of Cyrus the Great 70. Which of the following structures was
B. Ziggurat of Ur NOT built at Persepolis?
A. The Apadana

C. The Yazilikaya rock-cut sanctuary
B. The Palace of Darius
D. The Prison of Solomon
C. The Tomb of Cyrus the Great
E. Tall-i Takht
D. The Palace of Xerxes
67. Which of the following cities was the cap- E. The Throne Hall or Hundred Column
ital of Cyrus the Great? Hall
A. Susa
71. Which of the following is true about mor-
B. Persepolis tuary art and architecture of the First In-
C. Cyropolis termediate Period?
D. Pasargadae A. This is the time when the Great Pyra-
mid at Giza was constructed.
E. Estakhar
B. High-ranking officials during this pe-
68. Darius I and Xerxes built large palaces and riod were buried in mastabas.
other buildings at which major Persian dy- C. During this time kings were buried in
nastic center? the Valley of the Kings.
A. Pasagardae D. During this period many local artistic
B. Estakhr and architectural styles developed.
C. Cyropolis E. Art and architecture from this period
does not show many regional variations.
D. Persepolis
E. All of the above 72. The Narmer Palette is traditionally con-
nected to which historical event?
69. This image depicts the remains of what an- A. The defeat of the Hyksos
cient Near Eastern capital?
B. The unification of Upper and Lower
Egypt
C. Ramses II’s conquest of Nubia
D. Ramses II’s first Syrian campaign
73. Which of the following is NOT a develop-
ment in Egyptian mortuary art and archi-
tecture during the Second Intermediate Pe-
riod?
A. Ur A. Hysksos-style burials for high-ranking
officials
B. Ninevah
B. Rishi or human-shaped coffins deco-
C. Hattusha
rated with vulture’s wings
D. Babylon C. The construction of royal rock-cut
E. Persepolis tombs near Thebes

D. The end of the tradition of royal burial

in pyramids
E. The development of regional art styles
74. This type of coffin that is human-shaped

with vulture wings that wrap the body
first appeared during which period?
NARAYAN CHANGDER
A. Rishi
B. Canopic jars
C. Shabti
D. Mastaba
76. This is a diagram of what kind of structure

in which many Old Kingdom high-ranking
officials were buried?
A. Pit grave
A. Second Intermediate Period B. Rock-cut tomb
B. New Kingdom C. Mastaba
C. Early Dynastic D. Bent pyramid
D. Middle Kingdom E. Ziggurat
E. Third Intermediate Period 77. Which of the following statements about

the tombs of high-ranking Old Kingdom of-
75. This image shows examples of what kind ficials is false?
of figures that were substitutes for the de- A. They contain reliefs, paintings, and
ceased? statuary that were often created by the

same craftsman who worked on the 80. The pharaoh in this relief holds what Egyp-
tombs of the pharaohs. tian hieroglyph that is the symbol for life?

B. Their hieroglyphic inscriptions record
the tomb owner’s titles and rank.
C. Their reliefs depict the daily activity
of producing food and other provisions
needed by the deceased’s spirit.
D. They were not constructed near royal
tombs.
E. They have a rectangular superstruc-
ture.

the Tomb of Meketre is true?
A. It was constructed during the Old King-
dom.
B. It is famous for its many models of
boats and scenes of daily life.
C. It was built in Saqarra.
D. It has a rectangular superstructure.
79. This image depicts which Egyptian god

mummifying the body of the deceased?
A. Djet
B. Kheper
C. Shen
D. Ankh
E. Djed
A. Anubis
B. Thoth
C. Amun
81. This statue of Hatshepsut from her mor-
D. Mut tuary temple depicts the pharaoh as what
E. Osiris Egyptian god?

D. They were recovered from one of the

first ”true” cities.
E. Similar statues have been recovered
from nearby sites.

the site of Jericho is false?
A. The remains of its earliest structures
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date to the Akkadian period.
B. It is one of the world’s longest inhab-
ited sites.
C. The first major settlement there in-
cluded a large tower with an internal stair-
case.
D. Painted skulls have been recovered
from the ancient site.
E. The first settlement there dates back
to about 9000 BCE.

the site of Uruk is false?
A. Amun
A. It included monumental mud-brick
B. Mut
buildings, decorated with mosaics of
C. Osiris painted clay cones embedded in the walls.
D. Anubis
E. Horus B. It was the largest settlement in the
world c.3200 BCE.
82. Where were obelisks in New Kingdom C. Large-scale sculpture in the round and
temples typically erected? relief carving was created in Uruk for the
A. Flanking the entrance to the temple first time.
B. Lining the processional way D. Simple pictographs drawn on clay
C. In the Inner Sanctuary tablets have been recovered from this site.
D. Inside the Outer Court

E. It is the largest Neolithic site exca-
E. All of the above vated to date.
83. Which of the following statements about 86. What was the primary goal of much of
the statues found at ’Ain Ghazal is true? the art that was created in the Ancient
A. They are dated to the Early Dynastic Near East from the Third Millennium BCE
Period. onward?
B. They were formed by modeling wet A. To help the dead in the afterlife
plaster on a reed core. B. To obtain power over the forces of na-
C. They do not include human figurines. ture

C. To capture the relationship between D. An underground tunnel connecting it to

the divine and terrestrial realms a nearby temple

D. To be used as everyday utilitarian ob- E. The king’s tomb constructed in the in-
jects by the royal household terior of the palace
E. None of the above 90. Which of the following frequently decorate
the interior of Neo-Assyrian palaces?
87. Who was the occupant of the most com-
plete Royal Tomb of Ur who may have A. Winged beings/deities
been a queen or a high priestess? B. The king or princes hunting lions
A. Semiramis C. Lamassu
B. Pu-abi D. Tribute-bearers
C. Ur-Nammu E. All of the above
D. Ishtar 91. What were the images that decorate the

Ishtar Gate and the Processional Way
made of?
88. Which of the following statements about A. Alabaster
Akkadian art is true ? B. Sandstone
A. Early Akkadian art drew on the style C. Glazed ceramic tiles
and iconography of Early Dynastic Period
D. Granite
art.
E. Mud-bricks with mosaics of painted
B. Very little large scale Akkadian sculp-
clay cones
ture has survived.
C. Many Akkadian seals survive and have 92. Which of the following is NOT found deco-
a rich iconography demonstarating inter- rating the Ishtar Gate and the Processional
actions between the terrestrial and divine Way?
worlds. A. Nebuchadnezzar II
D. When fully developed, Akkadian monu- B. Lions
mental sculpture emphasized naturalism C. Aurochs
through subtle modeling.
D. Dragons
E. All of the above
E. Symbols of the gods Ishtar and Marduk
89. Which of the following elements, stan- 93. Which of the following are often found on
dard in later Assyrian palace architecture, the reliefs commissioned by Darius I and
is first seen in the Northwest Palace of his successors at Persepolis?
Ashurnasirpal II?
A. Animals that symbolize Mesopotamian
A. A large throne room gods
B. Huge carved alabaster panels deco- B. The construction of the buildings at
rated with reliefs that lined the interior Persepolis
walls C. Tributatires from different parts of the
C. A plan organized around three large Empire processing toward the enthroned
halls king

D. Musicians and dancers
E. Scenes of daily life
94. Achaemenid rulers built palaces at which

of the following sites?
A. Babylon
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B. Susa
C. Persepolis
D. Pasargadae
E. All of the above
95. This image depicts a symbol of which Baby-

lonian god?
A. Cuneiform
B. Hieratic
C. Hieroglyphs
A. Ishtar D. Aramaic
B. Marduk
C. Enlil E. Phoenician
D. Sin
E. Apsu
96. This image depicts what kind of script that 97. This royal portrait head possibly depicts
was developed in Mesopotamia? what Ancient Near Eastern ruler?


A. Achaemenid Period
B. Akkadian Period
C. Neo-Assyrian Period
D. Early Dynastic Period
E. Neo-Sumerian Period
99. What Neo-Assyrian ruler named the
palace he built in his new capital city, ”The
A. Sargon Palace Without Rival”?
A. Sennacherib
B. Hammurabi
B. Ashurnasirpal II
C. Sargon II
C. Naram-Sin
D. Tiglath Pileser III
D. Ashurnasirpal II E. Shalmeneser III

100. What Neo-Babylonian ruler built the
E. Ur-Nammu Ishtar Gate?
A. Nebuchadnezzar II
B. Hammurabi
98. Silver or gold objects such as this one were C. Nabopolassar
popular drinking vessels during which pe- D. Amel-Marduk
riod? E. Neriglissar

1.4 Art of Ancient Greece and Rome 48
1.4 Art of Ancient Greece and Rome

1. Based on its formal attributes and what A. The king of all the Olympian gods
you learned in the course about the stylis- B. The deity who controls the sky
tic developments of ancient Greek art,
C. The deity who controls the sea
when was the vessel below produced?
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C
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3. What is of special significance in Greek art
of the 7th century B.C.?
A. Artistic conventions started breaking
away from Near Eastern and Egyptian in-
fluence.
B. A more naturalistic style started
emerging.
C. Animal hunts and composite beasts
were some of the preferred subjects of
pottery painting.
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C
4. Which Greek architectural order displays
a simple capital on the top of its columns
and a frieze divided into triglyphs and
metopes?
A. During the 8th century B.C. A. The Ionic order
B. During the 7th century B.C. B. The Corinthian order
C. During the 6th century B.C. C. The Doric order
D. During the 5th century B.C. D. The Composite order
E. During the 4th century B.C. E. The Tuscan order
5. Which of the following best describes the
2. The image below shows remains of pedi-
artistic achievements of the archaic period
ment sculptures from the temple of Zeus
in Greece?
at Olympia. Who is the central figure?
A. Monumental sculpture emerged.
B. Architectural styles were established
in temple architecture.
C. The Corinthian order replaced the
Doric order as a preferred style of archi-
tecture.
D. Both A and B
E. Both A and C

6. Which of the following best describes the 9. Which of the following statements accu-
Geometric period of Greece? rately characterizes Geometric art?

A. As trade with other Mediterranean lo- A. Geometric artifacts can take the form
cations increased and city-states devel- of bronze votive offerings.
oped, artistic activity was revived in the
B. Large-scale stone sculpture was devel-
form of painted pottery and bronze stat-
oped.
uettes.
C. Geometric painting tends to empha-
B. The Geometric period witnessed the
size the roundness of the human body.
development of writing and Homer’s epic
poems. D. Both A and B
C. During the Geometric period in Greece, E. Both B and C
colonies were established.
10. Which of the following statements best de-
D. All of the above scribes black and red-figure techniques of
E. None of the above ancient Greek vase painting?
7. Which of the following describes a differ- A. Red-figure techniques were used as

ence between a ”Kouros” and a ”Korai”? early as the geometric period while black-
figure techniques only started to be used
A. The Kouros is always a male figure, in the archaic period.
while the Korai is always a female figure.
B. In the black-figure technique, the back-
ground of the represented scene is left
B. The Kouros is always nude, while the the color of the clay, while the figures are
Korai is always clothed. applied with a slip that turns black during
C. The Kouros is always the representa- firing.
tion of a God, while the Korai is always the C. In the black-figure technique, details
representation of a mortal. of the figures are applied with a slip.
D. Both A and B
D. In the red-figure technique, details of
E. Both B and C the figures are achieved through incision.
8. Which of the following statements accu-
rately characterizes the period surround- E. All of the above
ing the ”Dark Age” of Greece?
A. The beginning of the ”Dark Age” of pre- scribes Orientalizing pottery?
historic Greece coincides with the waning
of the Mycenaean civilization. A. Orientalizing pottery painting tended
to show less detail in the representation
B. Following the ”Dark Age” of Greece, of human and animal figures than Geomet-
city-states started to emerge in the Pelo- ric pottery painting did.
ponnese and in Attica.
B. Orientalizing pottery showed the in-
C. Following the ”Dark Age” of Greece, creased eastern influence in the 7th cen-
the Mycenaean civilization emerged tury B.C.
stronger than it had been previously.
C. Orientalizing pottery painting dis-
D. Both A and B played many floral motifs such as lotuses,
E. Both B and C palmettes, or rosettes.

D. Both A and B A. It is commonly referred to as the ”Eu-

E. Both B and C phronios Calyx-Krater.”
B. It displays an increasing interest for
narration.
scribes the Hellenistic age?
A. Under Alexander the Great, Greek in- C. The details of its represented figures
dependent city-states thrived. were applied with slip.
B. Alexander the Great’s rule inaugu- D. Based on its monochromatic quality, it
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rated an era of peace and unification in can be recognized as a Corinthian vessel.
the Mediterranean basin.
C. The spread of Hellenism under Alexan- E. Based on the color of the background,
der resulted in a hybrid and cosmopolitan it can be recognized as a Corinthian ves-
culture. sel.
D. Both A and B
15. Which of the following statements cor-
E. Both B and C rectly represents ancient Greek temple
13. Which of the following statements best de- decoration?
scribes the ”Kouros”? A. Temples and their sculptures were
A. The Kouros is a type of monumental decorated in brightly colored paints.
sculpture produced during the archaic pe- B. Ancient Greek temples and their sculp-
riod of ancient Greece. tures were often decorated with gold and
B. The stylistic elements of the Kouros silver objects.
are in large part inherited from Egyptian
C. Sculptures could fill friezes and pedi-
statuary.
ments.
C. The Kouros is a representation of an
ideal male figure in a contrapposto posi- D. All of the above
tion. E. None of the above
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C 16. Which of the following statements DOES
NOT accurately describe classical Athens?
A. Classical Athens can be seen as the
rectly describes the vase below?
birthplace of democracy.
B. Greece’s failure to help defeat the Per-
sians during the Persian wars put democ-
racy on hold.
C. Athens became the head of the Delian
League in a defensive effort against the
Persians.
D. The Peloponnesian war put an end to
Athens’ classical age.

17. Which of the following statements DOES A. Classical Antiquity generally refers to
NOT accurately describe the Greek tem- ancient Greece and Rome.
ple?

B. Ancient Romans adopted many ancient
A. Greek temples were often built on high Greek traditions.
ground. C. Ancient Romans frequently made mar-
B. A Greek temple usually stood on its ble copies of Greek sculptures.
own, at a large distance from any other D. Classical Antiquity proved to be foun-
building. dational to Western art and culture.
C. Greek temples were oblong in shape E. All of the above
and had a peristyle running around them.
21. What elements of 4th century B.C. Greek
sculpture were introduced by Praxiteles?
D. Both A and B
A. The female nude
E. Both B and C
B. Slender proportions
18. Which of the following statements DOES C. ”Contrapposto”
NOT correctly associate a vessel type with D. Both A and B
its intended function?
E. Both B and C
A. Amphoras were used to mix wine with
water. 22. What is the name of the temple below?
B. Kraters can often be linked to funerary
traditions.
C. The panathanaic prize amphora con-
tained oil for the victors of the Pana-
thenaic games.
D. The Oinochoe was a pouring vessel.
E. Painted plates were often suspended
and displayed.
19. Who was the sculpture made by Phidias

for the ”cella” of the Parthenon a repre-
sentation of?
A. A deity of war
B. Zeus’s daughter
C. A personification of wisdom and inge-
nuity
D. The patron goddess of Athens
E. All of the above
20. Which of the following statements ac-

curately characterizes ”Classical Antiq- A. The Temple of Zeus
uity?” B. The Erechtheum

C. The Temple of Athena Nike C. It was larger than any previous temple
D. The Parthenon on the Greek mainland had been.
D. It was built completely out of marble.
E. The Propylaia
E. All of the above
23. What was the colossal statue of Athena
inside the Parthenon made of? 27. Which of the following statements accu-
rately characterizes the ”Charioteer of
A. Bronze Delphi?”
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B. Ivory A. It is a marble sculpture.
C. Gold B. The represented figure exuberantly
D. Both A and B communicates emotion tied to his victory.
E. Both B and C
C. It was created in the style of Phidias.
24. What were Athens and other Greek city- D. His hair and beard are represented in
states occupied with in the first half of the a very schematic fashion.
5th century B.C.?
A. Maintaining its grip over the Aegean
B. Organizing the defensive Delian
rately describes the Parthenon and its de-
League
sign?
C. Entering into war with Persia
A. The temple design combines the Doric
D. All of the above and Ionic styles.
E. None of the above B. The temple is made of marble.
25. Where and how did the architects of the C. In the ”cella”, visitors could walk all
Parthenon use optical ”refinements?” around the statue of Athena.
D. The temple had more columns in its
A. The columns of the peristyle tilted out-
colonnade than previous temples.
wardly.
E. All of the above
B. The column shafts swelled.
C. The floor of the temple was curved con- 29. Which of the following statements accu-
vexly. rately describes the sculptural program of
the Parthenon?
D. All of the above
A. It was created under the direction of
E. None of the above the sculptor Phidias.
26. Which of the following DOES NOT B. The frieze and pediments were deco-
constitute one of the ways in which rated with gold statues.
the Parthenon expressed and asserted C. The pediment sculptures depicted the
Athens’ dominance over the Aegean? Panathenaic processions.
A. The statue of Athena Parthenos was D. The metope reliefs recounted the story
probably nearly 40 feet tall. of the struggle of Athena against Posei-
B. Its large pediments presented larger- don over Athens.
than-life sculpted figures expressing E. The sculptures on the pediments are
Athena’s power. examples of relief sculptures.

30. Which of the following statements ad- C. The ”sever style” can be seen as an
equately characterizes Greek red-figure early stage in the development of classi-
pottery painting? cal sculpture.

A. Euphronios was one of the first D. The new style of carving exemplified by
painters to use this technique. Phidias was made possible by using clay
B. With the red-figure technique, models.
painters always incised details such as E. All of the above
facial features.
33. Which of the following statements is a mis-
C. With the red-figure technique, it is
characterization of the philosopher Aristo-
harder to represent anatomy than with
tle?
the black-figure technique.
A. He lived and worked in the 4th century
D. Both A and B
B.C.
E. Both B and C
B. He was a pupil of Plato.
31. Which of the following statements best C. His pioneering work and thought prof-
describes the difference between Classi- ited from a corpus of knowledge made ac-
cal Greek sculpture of the 5th century B.C. cessible through Alexander’s conquests.
and classical Greek sculpture of the 4th
D. He was a pioneer in embryology, biol-
century B.C.?
ogy, and physiology.
A. Generally speaking, there began to be
E. He is most famous for his thoughts on
less emphasis on individual features.
metaphysics and the ”world of essences.”
B. Generally speaking, there began to be
more of an interest in the sensual render- 34. Which of the following statements is false
ing of the female nude. in regard to bronze and the techniques
used to make statuary with it?
C. Generally speaking, there began to be
less emphasis on the rendering of emo- A. Ancient Greeks realized that bronze
tion. had greater tensile strength than copper.
D. Both A and B
B. The technique of ”sphyrelaton” was
E. Both B and C
the preferred technique during the classi-
32. Which of the following statements cor- cal period of Greek art.
rectly describes a change of emphasis from C. The lost-wax technique became the
archaic Greek to classical Greek sculp- preferred technique of producing bronze
ture? statuary during the classical period of
A. During the classical period, the human Greek art.
figure began to be represented more real- D. The lost-wax technique is a cast-
istically. ing technique in which bronze replaces
B. During the classical period, artists be- molten wax.
gan to apply principles of complemen- E. ”Sphyrelaton” is a method that in-
tarity in the representation of the hu- volves hammering sheets of metal.
man body by rendering contrasts between
rigid, working limbs and relaxed, at rest 35. Which of the following statements is true
limbs. about the Erechtheum?

A. It is part of the complex on the Acrop- D. Corinth

olis of Athens. E. Knossos
B. The Panathenic Procession ended in
one of its ”cellas.” 39. Who was Perikles?
C. The Porch of the Caryatids features re- A. A statesman who launched a building
clining nudes. program for the Acropolis of Athens
D. Both A and B B. The Architect of the Parthenon
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E. Both B and C C. The sculptor who created the statue of
Athena for the Parthenon
36. Which of the following statements is true
D. A philosopher
of the art of Classical Greece?
A. The Parthenon is an example of Classi-
cal Greek architecture. 40. Who was the Berlin painter?
B. The red-figure technique of vase paint- A. A pottery painter who abandoned the
ing was developed during the era of clas- use of superposed registers so that the
sical Greek art. vases themselves framed his figures
C. Bronze became the preferred medium B. A black-figure vase painter
for freestanding sculptures.
C. A vase painter who worked in the 6th
D. All of the above century B.C.
E. None of the above D. Both A and B
37. Which of the following statements misrep- E. Both B and C
resents Greek sculpture of the 5th century
B.C.? 41. The end of which of the following wars in-
augurated the era of 5th century classical
A. Freestanding statuary was frequently
art in Greece?
made of bronze.
A. The Trojan War
B. There was usually a stong emphasis on
individual features in freestanding statu- B. The Peloponnesian War
ary. C. The Persian Wars
C. Sculptors, such as Phidias, suggested D. The Punic Wars
a new kind of vitality through the repre-
sentation of the human figure.
D. Many sculptures expressed ideal pro- 42. According to Rachel Mairs, which of the
portions and harmony. following statements is accurate?
E. None of the above A. At Ai Khanoum, there was flexibility in
religious practice in Hellenistic times.
38. Who came out victorious from the Pelopon-
nesian war at the beginning of the 4th cen- B. Some artifacts from the Temple of the
tury B.C.? Indented Niches at Ai Khanoum display
recognizably Persian traits.
A. Athens
C. A contemporary local observer might
B. Messene not have recognized an indented niche as
C. Sparta a Mesopotamian trait.

D. Asserting Greek identity in Ai Khanoum B. The desire for ostentation resulted in

was only important in certain contexts. the creation of very intricately and com-
plexly designed jewelry.

E. All of the above
C. A lot of gold was circulated due to
43. According to Rex Martienssen, which of Alexander having seized Babylonian ob-
the following statements correctly de- jects.
scribes Hellenistic architecture and urban-
D. In the Persian fashion, bracelets were
ism as they are exemplified in Delos?
frequently worn in pairs.
A. The example of Delos shows how Hel- E. All of the above
lenistic houses conformed to a standard
arrangement. 46. What were the effects of Hellenistic impe-
B. The Hellenistic city broke with the ge- rialism on the art of Cyprus?
ometry that had been experimented with A. Portraiture, used in the representation
during previous centuries. of members of royalty, became the most
C. The contrast in between complex civic prominent type of stone sculpture.
architectural programs and modest do- B. Stylistically, there was as strong Egyp-
mestic architectural programs reflects tian influence.
the fact that Ancient Greeks’ world re- C. The rule of the Ptolemies was ex-
volved around public life. pressed through great uniformity in artis-
D. Both A and B tic style, with the Alexandrian style as its
model.
E. Both B and C
D. Both A and B
44. According to Rex Martienssen, which of E. Both B and C
the following aspects of the Hellenistic
Greek lifestyle is reflected in its domestic 47. Which of the following best describes the
architecture? Hellenistic ”Soldiers’ Tomb” of Alexan-
A. Contact with the open air was impor- dria?
tant. A. It was built to commemorate foreign
B. The preparation of a meal and its serv- mercenaries who fought for the Ptolemaic
ing and enjoyment were not to be experi- kingdom.
enced as separate. B. It mostly displays representations of
gods.
C. Though there was a focus on privacy,
it was relaxed as compared with previous C. It reverts back to more ”archaic” tech-
eras. niques of painting.
D. All of the above D. It displays a restricted palette due to
the use of strictly local pigments.
45. How was the art of jewelry affected by
the social-historical context of the Hel- 48. Which of the following is a Hellenistic in-
lenistic era? novation in the domain of pottery?
A. Economic prosperity resulted in a big- A. The red-figure technique

ger demand for luxurious gold jewelry. B. The white-ground technique

C. Mould-made relief C. Often, the new trends and techniques

D. Both A and B developed during the Hellenistic era can
be said to have stemmed from the desire
E. Both A and C to imitate the opulent objects that were
being created to decorate royal palaces.
49. Which of the following is false in regard to
Hellenistic mosaics? D. All of the above
A. Starting in the second century B.C., E. None of the above
mosaics were a widespread medium in
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the interior decoration of wealthy homes
rately describes trends in Hellenistic sculp-
in every part of the Hellenistic empire.
ture?
B. The increase in mosaic production can A. With the construction of palaces and
be seen as a result of economic prosper- very ambitious architectural programs,
ity. sculptural decoration was important.
C. The increase in mosaic production can B. Many copies of Classical Greek master-
be seen as a result of the desire to live works were made during the Hellenistic
lavishly and fashionably. period.
D. Starting in the second century B.C., C. There was an interest in representing
tessellated mosaics became an exclusive historical figures, such as philosophers of
medium of interior decoration used only in the past.
royal palaces.
D. All of the above
E. All of the above
50. Which of the following is false in regard
to the ”Temple with indented Niches” at
scribes Athens’ architecture and planning
Ai Khanoum?
during the Hellenistic age?
A. It had a typical Greek plan. A. Athens adopted new Hellenistic trends
B. It had a cult statue in its ”cella.” while retaining its core and self.
C. Its niched decorations recall the art of B. Modernization of buildings in the
Mesopotamia. Agora reflected the Hellenistic interest
for functionality.
D. Both A and B
C. The arch started to be used in a more
E. Both B and C
obvious and symbolic way.
51. Which of the following is false in regard to D. All of the above
trends in Hellenistic pottery?
A. Hellenistic pottery seems to have
sometimes emulated other media, such as 54. Which of the following statements best de-
metal vessels, ”gold glass” bowls, or the scribes the shift from Classical to Hellenis-
sculpture and architecture of the period. tic as it applies to sculpture?
B. Generally speaking, the colors of poly- A. There was a shift from harmony and
chrome pottery were usually more sub- balance to ”pathos” and emotion.
dued than those of the older red-figure B. There was a shift toward more secular-
style. ism in the representation of Greek gods.

C. There was a shift toward a more re- D. Both A and B

stricted range of subject-matter. E. Both B and C

D. Both A and B
58. Which of the following statements DOES
E. Both B and C NOT accurately describe the ”Maison de
55. Which of the following statements best de- la Colline” in Delos?
scribes the Hellenistic interior treatment A. Like most Hellenistic houses, it has
of houses in Delos according to Rex Mar- only one floor.
tienssen?
B. The main rooms can be entered from a
A. Wall decoration was formally orga- portico that spans the whole width of the
nized according to structural elements of house.
architecture.
C. Most of the rooms had windows that
B. Interior walls displayed bright colors. faced the street.
C. Within one room, only analogous col- D. Both A and B
ors were used.
E. All of the above
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C 59. Which of the following statements mis-
characterizes Hellenistic Ai Khanoum?
56. Which of the following statements de- A. Its Hellenistic name is ”Alexandria on
scribes an aspect of Hellenistic art? Oxus.”
A. The everyday and ordinary became B. It was founded over a previously Per-
worthy of being represented in art. sian city and is located in present-day
B. Individuality became a more promi- Afghanistan.
nent feature of figural representations. C. It was central to the empire.
C. Overall, Hellenistic art seems to re-
D. Both A and B
main fairly static.
E. Both B and C
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C 60. Which of the following statements, on the
topic of Greek sculpture, is true?
57. Which of the following statements de-
A. While Hellenistic female figures of
scribes the way Hellenistic mosaics func-
deities were much inspired by those of the
tioned within homes?
classical era, they seem to draw less fo-
A. Though many mosaic-related innova- cus on the sensuality of their bodies than
tions took place in the Hellenistic period, it those of the classical era do.
seems as though mosaics became less nu-
merous within houses than they had been B. While Hellenistic male figures were
during the classical era. much inspired by those of the classical
era, their faces and unbridled hair ex-
B. Unlike classical mosaics, Hellenistic press more intensity.
mosaics were mostly enjoyed privately, in
spaces usually only used by their owner. C. In Hellenistic sculpture, large narra-
tive groups are usually set in a frieze.
C. The materials used and the complex-
ity of design implied either the mosaics’ D. Both A and B
lesser or greater significance. E. Both A and C

61. Which of the following is false in regard to C. Was inspired by Hellenisitc painting
the Hellenistic period of Greece? D. All of the above
A. The Hellenistic period was a time of
turmoil in Greece, when many traditional
structures, such as the city-state, were 65. The people of which city-states were in-
shaken. volved in the Punic Wars 3rd and 2nd cen-
B. In Greece, there developed a trend, tury B.C.?
most famously with Epicureanism, to A. Athens and Rome
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avoid politics and active participation in
public life and to conquer fear of gods. B. Carthage and Rome
C. Alexander the Great established well- C. Athens and Sparta

structured and stable administrations in D. Rome and Vulci
the regions he conquered.
E. Rome and Tarquinii
D. Alexandria became a great center of
research, science, and commerce. 66. The second style of Roman painting did
E. All of the above.
A. Emerged with the Roman colonization
62. According to Francesca Tronchin, which of of Pompeii
the following is an important aspect of Ro-
man art? B. Rendered architectural forms
A. Its exclusively Greek-inspired style C. Lacked the use of shading or perspec-

tive
B. Its focus on the depiction of specific in-
dividuals D. Both A and B
C. Its focus on the depiction of specific E. Both B and C
historical events
67. What are some common characteristics of
D. Both A and B Etruscan statuary?
E. Both B and C A. Etruscan sculpted figures often display
more implied motion than Greek sculpted
63. Individuals of which age and gender were
figures.
most prominently represented in Roman
Republican portraiture? B. Terracotta is one of its common mate-
A. Young men rials.
B. Elderly men C. Figures are often depicted smiling.
C. Young women D. All of the above

D. Elderly women E. None of the above
E. Children of both genders 68. What are some of the Greek-inspired ele-
ments of the Roman Republican Temple of
64. The first style of Roman painting did which
Portunus?
of the following?
A. Columns with Ionic capitals
A. Most significantly tried to emulate
marble B. A raised podium
B. Often divided walls into three parts C. Stairs on only one side

D. Free-standing columns all around the D. Both A and B

temple
E. Both B and C

E. All of the above
69. Which approximate area of Italy did the rately describes the difference between
Etruscans dominate before they were con- Etruscan and Greek archaic temples?
quered by the Romans?
A. Statuary decorated Etruscan temple
A. Southern Italy friezes and pediments, while Greek tem-
B. Central Italy ples displayed statuary on their roofs.
C. Eastern Coastal Italy B. Unlike Greek temples, Etruscan tem-
D. Both A and B ples displayed marble statuary.
E. Both B and C C. Archaic Etruscan temples were made

of wood, mud and brick, while archaic
70. Which of the following accurately charac- Greek temples were made of marble.
terizes Etruscan temples?
D. Unlike Etruscan temples, Greek tem-
A. They had wooden columns. ples sat on a large podium.
B. They usually had two chambers, each E. None of the above
one dedicated to one of the two main Etr-
uscan Gods. 74. Which of the following statements accu-
C. They had stairs on all sides. rately describes the ”Porticus Aemilia” in
Rome?
D. Both A and B
A. It was a warehouse in ancient Rome.
E. Both B and C
B. Its vaulted interior allowed lateral as
71. Which of the following accurately de- well as axial movement on the inside.
scribes an aspect of the social-political
structure that the Roman Republic C. Its construction was facilitated by the
brought? use of concrete.
A. There were no slaves. D. It had barrel vaults.

B. The senate became a permanent part E. All of the above
of the government.
C. Elected consuls replaced kings. rately describes the art of portraiture dur-
D. Both A and B ing the Roman Republic?
E. Both B and C A. Most portrait busts emphasized the
youth of the sitter.
72. Which of the following is false of Roman
portrait busts of the Republican period? B. Idealization is usually associated with
the Republican style of portraits.
A. They were often very realistic.
C. Portraits of the Roman Republic were
B. They were often associated with a fu-
usually made for private use.
nerary context.
D. All of the above
C. They mostly emphasized the youth of
the sitter. E. None of the above

76. Which of the following statements best de- 79. Who were the most powerful citizens dur-
scribes the ”Altar of Domitius Ahenobar- ing the early Roman Republic?
bus?” A. The Plebs
A. It is a sculpted relief, probably a statue B. The Patricians
base.
C. The Equites
B. It depicts exclusively mythological
scenes. D. The Slaves
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C. The side depicting the wedding of Nep-
tune is less Greek in style than the other 80. Whom is this a portrait of?
side.
D. The side depicting the wedding of Nep-
tune is carved in very low relief.

rectly describes Roman concrete?
A. It began to be experimented with in
the 2nd century A.D.
B. It is a composite of natural elements
mixed with wax.
C. Its composition includes stone rubble,
lime, and sand.
D. Concrete is cut and quarried.
E. The use of concrete results in exclu-
sively rectilinear architecture.
78. Which of the following statements DOES A. Augustus

NOT accurately describe Etruscan art? B. Julius Caesar
A. Though Etruscans were much inspired C. Plato
by Greek art, they did not use bronze as a
D. Alexander the Great
sculptural media.
E. Pompey the Great
B. Sarcophagi often featured a reclining
figure of the deceased on its lid. 81. Which of the following is false about the
C. Sarcophagi and tomb paintings can ancient Etruscan people?
show wives and husbands together. A. They were admirers of Greek painted
D. The Etruscans developed their coun- vessels.
terpart to the Greek ”Korai.” B. They had an alphabet adapted from
E. Etruscan art, like Greek art, went Greek letters.
through an orientalizing period in the 7th C. They achieved great engineering feats.
century B.C.

D. Their alphabet served as a basis for B. Their sunken courts with mosaics can
the Latin alphabet. be considered African in style.
C. They were often used to display status

and Greek culture.
82. How did Augustus advertise his author- D. Both A and B
ity?
E. Both B and C
A. As functioning within Rome’s frame-
work of magistracies 86. What has fieldwork at Portus, the main
port of Rome in ancient times, uncovered?
B. As a combination of magistracies
A. The Trajanic harbor was hexagonal in
C. As a dictatorship shape.
D. Both A and B B. Luxurious temples were built on the
E. Both B and C water front to impress visitors.
C. The cisterns were made with marble.
83. In his ”Ten Books of Architecture,” how
does Vitruvius describe the symmetry of D. Both A and B
a building? E. Both B and C
A. As what could be called ”strict bilat- 87. What is the monument below? How does
eral symmetry” it fit into history and the history of art?
B. As what could be called a ”unified and
balanced whole”
C. As similar to the harmony of the human
body
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C
84. In his ”Ten Books of Architecture,” Vitru-

vius does which of the following?
A. Makes a dedication to Augustus
B. Describes the good architect as being A. This monument is a triumphal arch ded-
learned, among other things, in history, icated to Constantine.
philosophy, music, and astronomy
B. In its relief depicting the emperor dis-
C. Makes ”order” an indispensable at- tributing money, there is a stylistic evolu-
tribute of good architecture tion that can be considered transitional in
D. Makes ”economy” an indispensable at- between Roman and Medieval art.
tribute of good architecture C. Its reliefs of the emperor distributing
E. All of the above money can be seen as signaling a 4th-
century shift in the way an emperor repre-
85. What can be said of the houses at Bulla sented himself in relation to his subjects.
Regia?
A. Overall, they are not symmetrical in D. All of the above
the Roman style. E. None of the above

88. Which of the following best describes tech- be tied to mythological figures in Roman
nology and infrastructure used throughout culture.
the Roman Empire? C. They illustrate the way in which Roman
A. A network of roads was constructed art absorbed Classical Greek art.
for warfare purposes. D. They illustrate the typical Roman char-
B. City streets featured sidewalks. acteristic that is a focus on actual events
C. Water power was used to make flower. and people.
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E. All of the above
D. Water was transported from hill tops 92. Which of the following can be said of Au-
via aqueducts. gustus’s building objectives?
E. All of the above A. He wanted to transform Rome on the
89. Which of the following best describes the model of Athens.
Colosseum? B. At the time of his building projects,
A. It is a Julio-Claudian amphitheater. marble was available.
B. It has three stories of arches with Tus- C. He wanted to transform Rome in the
can columns. way Perikles had transformed Athens.
C. It was made possible by the use of D. All of the above

molded concrete. E. None of the above
D. All of the above 93. Which of the following correctly describes
E. None of the above the free-standing sculpture below?
90. Which of the following best describes The

Pantheon?
A. It was conceived as a temple to Venus
Genitrix.
B. It used coffers to lighten its dome.
C. Its walls are 20 feet thick from top to
bottom.
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C
91. Which of the following best summarizes

why the ”Ara Pacis” reliefs are often used
to illustrate Roman style in the visual
arts?
A. They are on an important monument
made during a pivotal moment in Roman
history and commissioned by the first Ro-
man Emperor.
B. They illustrate the importance of an-
cestral lineage and how this lineage can

A. It is a representation of the emperor

Trajan.

B. The represented figure holds a spear,
a symbol of imperial power.
C. The pose of the figure is reminiscent
of a sixth century B.C. Greek Kouros.
D. There are no traces of individualiza-
tion; the representation is purely archety-
pal.
A. It was built in honor of the Emperor
E. This is a realistic depiction of a spe- Trajan.
cific emperor; it shows what the emperor
B. It was made of concrete.
looked like at the time when the statue
was made. C. An altar was located in its center.
D. It featured two staircases.
94. Which of the following DOES NOT accu- E. Its relief sculpture depicts exclusively
rately describe Augustus’s forum? depicts the emperor’s family.
A. In an effort to associate himself with 97. Which of the following statements ade-
Julius Caesar, Augustus had his forum quately describes the city of Thugga?
built right next to Caesar’s.
A. Before becoming a Roman province, it
B. Its plan follows the plan of Julius Cae- was an urban center of the kingdom of Nu-
sar’s forum. mibia.
C. A temple to Jupiter was made the fo- B. Previous to Roman colonization,
cus of the forum and was symbolic of Au- Thugga had been exposed to Hellenistic
gustus’ avenge of Caesar. influence.
D. He made specific references to Greek C. The plans of its temples of Saturn and
reliefs and sculptures of the Acropolis. Mercury are typically Roman.
D. Both A and B
E. All of the above
E. Both B and C
95. Which of the following empires were com- 98. Which of the following statements DOES
pletely or partially absorbed by the Roman NOT accurately describe the age of the
Empire? ”Five Good Emperors?
A. The Greek Empire A. Ambitious building programs were un-
dertaken.
B. The Carthaginian Empire
B. The gap between Romans and provin-
C. The Hellenistic Empire cials narrowed, and this was reflected in
D. All of the above sculpture.
C. Augustus was the first of the ”Five
Good Emperors.”
96. Which of the following is an accurate char- D. Both A and B
acterization of the monument below? E. Both B and C

1.5 The Italian Proto-Renaissance To Mannerism 64
99. Which of the following statements DOES E. Both B and C

NOT describe the monument below?
100. Which style did the Romans particularly
like to use in their capitals?
A. Doric
B. Ionic
C. Corinthian
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D. Tuscan
E. Composite
101. Which of the following statements mis-

characterizes the dome shown here?
A. It was built to commemorate Titus and

the sack of Jerusalem.
B. One of its reliefs shows the Roman A. It is the dome of the Pantheon.
army taking a menorah from the temple
B. It is made of cut stone.
of Jerusalem.
C. Its relief sculptures are very C. It made use of a mold.
schematic in style. D. All of the above
D. Both A and B E. None of the above
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1. All of the following statements accurately
characterize the relief sculpture shown be-
low, EXCEPT:

A. It was carved by Donatello. 3. All of the following statements accurately

B. It was made in the first half of the four- describe the painting shown and its place
within art history, EXCEPT:

teenth century.
C. It represents the industry of sculpture.
D. It can be considered an expression of

the willingness to elevate the status of the
artist.
E. It was made for the bell tower of the
cathedral of Florence.
describe the painting shown below, EX-
CEPT:
A. It represents a “Madonna Enthroned.”
B. It was painted by Giotto.
C. It was innovative in its use of a gold

background.
A. It was made by Duccio during the D. The monumentality of the painted fig-
Proto-Renaissance. ures was innovative at the time of the
B. Compared with Byzantine art, there is painting’s creation.
more of an emphasis on human emotion
E. It was innovative in its use of overlap-
and psychology.
ping figures to suggest three-dimensional
C. The parapet in front of the figures space.
is taken from prototypes gleaned from
Byzantine icons.
D. Both A and B describe the structure shown below, EX-
E. Both B and C CEPT:

A. The modeling of figures and clothes

with white highlights in some paintings
can be seen as taken from Byzantine pro-
totypes.
B. The representation of folds of cloth

rendered through the use of a series of
very fine gold lines and the flat gold back-
grounds of some paintings can be seen as
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taken from Byzantine prototypes.
C. The plasticity and monumentality of

the figures in some paintings can be seen
as taken from Byzantine prototypes.
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C
7. In which city-state was this structure built

during the fourteenth century?
A. It is a baptistery.
B. It is a bell tower or “campanile.”
C. It was decorated with reliefs by
Pisano.
D. It is in Florence.
E. All of the above
5. For Bernard Smith, which of the follow-

ing artists best represents the first full ex-
pression of the innovations of “Trencento”
art? A. Siena
A. Cimabue and Giotto
B. Mantua
B. Giotto and Duccio
C. Florence
C. Giotto and Masaccio
D. Masaccio and Donatello D. Milan
E. Giotto and Gentile da Fabriano E. None of the above
6. How was the Byzantine influence mani-
fested in certain paintings of the Proto- 8. What Byzantine elements are visible in
Renaissance in Italy? this painting by Berlinghiero?

E. Both B and C
10. Which of the following artists is the

best representative of the “International
Gothic Style” in Italy?
A. Gentile da Fabriano
B. Duccio
C. Ambrogio Lorenzetti
D. Cimabue
E. Pierro della Francesca
the process of panel painting in the Proto-
Renaissance is true?
A. The support was made with wood
planks.
B. Often, a piece of linen soaked with glue
was applied over the panel.
C. An application of gesso served as a
ground for the first drawings.
A. The iconography of the Madonna point- D. Before painting, the panel was often
ing to the child as a way to salvation, or gilded with gold leaf.
the “Madonna Hodegetria” E. All of the above
B. The starburst-like motifs on the
Madonna’s head and shoulder 12. Which of the following statements accu-
rately characterizes the cycle of frescos in
C. The flatness of the Madonna’s hands the Upper Church of San Francesco at As-
D. The gold background sisi?
E. All of the above A. It depicts different episodes of the leg-
end of Saint Francis.
9. Which of the following accurately de-
B. The backgrounds to the scenes are de-
scribes the mendicant orders’ impact on
void of architectural or natural elements.
art in the late Middle Ages and early Re-
naissance?
C. It was painted by Masaccio.
A. Saint Francis became a common figure
in the art of that era. D. Both A and B
B. The travelling friars contributed to the E. Both B and C
Byzantine influence in devotional images. 13. Which of the following statements accu-
rately describes the era of the Italian Re-
C. The representation of Christ’s physical naissance?
suffering was avoided in the art of that A. During the era of the Italian Renais-
era. sance, Italy was made up of independent
D. Both A and B city-states.

B. The Italian Renaissance was charac- B. Paintings in the “International Gothic

terized by a new focus on the individual style” tend to create an illusionistic deep
and his/her perfectibility. space.
C. The Italian Renaissance mostly af- C. Paintings in the “International Gothic
fected rural areas. style” tend to show elegant, rather than
sculptural, figures.
D. Both A and B
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C
E. Both B and C
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14. Which of the following statements accu- 17. Which of the following statements accu-
rately describes the Church in the Late Mid- rately describes Florence during the Proto
dle Ages in Italy and Europe? Renaissance?
A. The mendicant friars became impor- A. During the thirteenth century, church
tant spiritual figures. building by the mendicants had a great im-
B. There was a new focus on a more per- pact on the city-scape of Florence.
sonal relationship with God. B. Florence was the site of great demo-
graphic and economic expansion in the
C. The Papacy lost some of its spiritual
thirteenth century.
dominance.
C. During the fourteenth century, a pe-
D. All of the above riod of peace led to an accelerated pace
E. None of the above in building.
D. Both A and B
rately describes the innovations of “Tren- E. Both B and C
cento” art, according to Bernard Smith? 18. Which of the following statements accu-
A. They were mostly based on Byzantine rately describes the fresco below?
prototypes.
B. They included a move toward greater
naturalism, tactile value, plasticity, and
volume within the representation of fig-
ures or things.
C. They were encouraged in part by the
willingness to produce narrative art.
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C

rately describes the “International Gothic
style”?
A. Paintings in the “International Gothic A. It was painted in the Arena Chapel in
style” tend not to display much surface de- Padua in the early fourteenth century.
tail in the representation of landscapes or B. It represents the “Lamentation” of
costumes. Mary.

C. It is part of a larger cycle of frescos 21. Which of the following statements does
depicting the life of Christ and the life of NOT accurately describe Sienese painting
Mary. of the Proto-Renaissance?

D. It was painted by Giotto. A. It was much influenced by the style of
Duccio.
E. All of the above
B. Overall, it tended to be more realistic
19. Which of the following statements accu- in style than Florentine painting.
rately describes early Renaissance human- C. The most characteristic representa-
ism? tive of the “International Gothic style” in
A. Humanists differentiated themselves Siena was Simone Martini.
from certain monastic texts on the lowly D. The artists who most characteristically
and miserable nature of earthly life by em- incorporated innovations in the treatment
phasizing the beauty and order of nature of space in Siena were the Lorenzetti
and man. brothers.
B. Humanists valued civic involvement. E. All of the above
C. Humanists rediscovered ancient clas-
22. Which of the following statements does
sical texts.
NOT describe the mendicant orders?
D. All of the above A. The Franciscans and Dominicans were
E. None of the above important mendicant orders.
B. They vowed to poverty.
rectly describes the structure below? C. To survive, they depended upon their
listeners or followers.
D. They stayed in seclusion from society.
E. Some orders tried to imitate Christ and

draw attention to his physical suffering.
of the painting shown?
A. It is an example of late Gothic architec-

ture in Italy.
B. It is located in Florence.
C. It typifies Italian cathedral architec-
ture of the fourteenth and fifteenth cen-
turies.
D. All of the above

A. It was painted by Cimabue. create Christian art were justified by ac-

B. It represents the death of St. Francis. tors of early Christianity and the Renais-
sance?
C. It was innovative in its treatment of

space, because it made use of a normal
eye-level in its lower portion. A. From the beginning, in the fourth and
D. It was one of the first oil on canvas fifth centuries, the justification of Chris-
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paintings. tian art had been to make manifest, show
that God had been made man (through
Jesus Christ), using Classical prototypes
24. Which political units became the largest compatible with Christian ideals, such
and most important in Italy over the as the “Good Shepherd,” or the face of
course of the fourteenth and fifteenth cen- Apollo that could signify divinity.
turies?
A. The city-states of Rome and Florence,
and the kingdom of Sicily
B. Although Brunelleschi studied the
B. The city-states of Florence, Venice, work and engineering of ancient archi-
and Milan; the kingdoms of Naples and tects to design a dome for the Cathe-
Sicily; and the Papal States dral of Florence, he repurposed them in a
C. The city-states of Padua, Genoa, and dome that was not Roman in form and that
Florence, and the Papal States served the function of celebrating Mary.
D. The city-states of Rome and Mantua,
and the kingdom of Naples
E. None of the above C. Although Donatello studied ancient
nude statuary to create figures that had
25. Which of the following statements ac- corporeality, he never sculpted a nude fig-
curately characterizes thirteenth and ure.
fourteenth-century Italian society?
A. In the thirteenth century, Florence
was the center of a small empire.
B. For most of the fourteenth century, D. Both A and B
there was a pope in Avignon, France, as
well as in Rome.
C. The Black Death killed tens of thou- E. Both B and C
sands of people in the fourteenth century.
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C
26. According to Elizabeth Lev, what are some

of the specific ways in which art produc- 27. All of the following accurately characterize
tion and the use of classical prototypes to the sculpture shown below, EXCEPT:


A. It is a fresco by Masaccio.
B. It depicts the “Holy Trinity.”

A. It was made by Donatello.
B. It represents David, victorious over C. It incorporates figures of contempo-

Goliath. rary donors.
C. It was conceived for a niche of the

Cathedral of Florence. D. It displays the use of aerial perspec-
tive.
D. It was the first free-standing nude

sculpted figure since classical antiquity. E. It incorporates certain elements taken
from the material culture of Roman antiq-
E. The figure is depicted in a “contrap- uity.
posto” position.
28. All of the following statements accurately 29. All of the following statements accurately
describe the painting shown below, EX- describe the artist Antonello da Messina,
CEPT: EXCEPT:

C. The nude free-standing sculpture

made its reappearance in “Quattrocento”
Italy.
D. Artists developed ways to better rep-
resent three-dimensional space on a two-
dimensional surface.
E. All of the above
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31. Which fifteenth-century painter is usually
considered to have been the first to use
true linear perspective to create an illusion-
istic space on a two-dimensional surface?
A. Giotto
B. Masaccio
C. Leonardo da Vinci
D. Fra Filippo Lippi
E. Sandro Boticelli
A. He was influenced by Flemish and 32. Which of the following does NOT accu-
Netherlandish artists. rately describe the 1401 competition to
B. He was a Venetian painter. decorate the Florence Baptistery doors and
Ghiberti and Brunelleschi’s submissions to
C. He painted the “Saint Jerome in His this competition?
Study” above.
A. In the competition guidelines, it was
D. Structure, geometry, light, and tone as stated that the artist needed to show
visual elements of art, can be said to have knowledge of Antiquity.
been particularly mastered in the later B. The subject-matter of Ghiberti and
work of this artist. Brunelleschi’s submissions was “The Sac-
E. In his later works, the backgrounds to rifice of Isaac.”
his scenes were generally devoid of de- C. They both used classical Roman proto-
tails. types to represent the nude body or torso.
30. What are some ways by which artists of D. The winning Ghiberti relief was the one
the “Quattrocento” incorporated their re- that departed most from the elegant lines
discovery of classical antiquity into their of the Gothic tradition.
artwork?
E. The winning Ghiberti relief was cast
A. Painters sometimes placed their from one single piece of bronze and was
painted narratives in architectural set- much lighter than Brunelleschi’s.
tings displaying ancient classical features,
such as rounded arches. 33. Which of the following figures was the
first to develop linear perspective?
B. Painters sometimes incorporated clas-
sical motifs gleaned from Roman sculp- A. Andrea Mantegna
tures or cameos into their artworks. B. Giotto

C. Filippo Brunelleschi B. It represents sculptors who became

D. Lorenzo Ghiberti Christian martyrs for refusing to sculpt a
Roman deity.

E. Fra Angelico
C. The sculpted figures seem weightless,
34. Which of the following statements about as if to signify their spiritual nature, and
Alberti and his work is false? they hold the symbol of martyrdom: a
palm leaf.
A. He was an architect and art theorist.
D. A and B
B. He incorporated Roman temple and tri-
umphal arch motifs into the design of Sant’ E. B and C
Andrea in Mantua.
C. His façade of Basilica of Santa Maria Sienese painting in the 1400s is false?
Novella in Florence is treated as a reflec-
A. Compared to Florentine painting, it
tion of the interior space it encloses.
was more medieval in style.
D. All of the above
B. It was influenced by the innovations
E. None of the above taking place in Florence.
35. Which of the following statements about C. The influence of Duccio and Simone
early Renaissance painting in Venice is Martini can be identified in the 1400s.
false? D. Many images were made of the Virgin,
A. In a general sense and compared to because she was Siena’s patron saint.
painting in other regions, it is distin- E. Fra Angelico is an important represen-
guished by its colors and rendition of light. tative of fifteenth-century Sienese art.

B. Because of its links to the east, com-
rately describes the influence of the pa-
pared to Florentine painting, Venetian
pacy during the fifteenth and early six-
painting held on to its Byzantine heritage
teenth centuries?
longer.
A. Popes were increasingly seen as the
C. Through links with Northern Europe,
promoters of humility and renunciation of
Venetian painters were introduced to oil
“worldly” pursuits.
painting.
B. Popes sometimes took part in
D. Giovanni Bellini was an important “worldly” matters and collected ancient
Venetian painter in the later fifteenth cen- art.
tury.
C. During the fifteenth century, Rome
E. Sandro Boticelli was an important again became the seat of the papacy.
Venetian painter in the later fifteenth cen-
tury. D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C
Nanni di Banco’s “Four Crowned Martyrs” 39. Which of the following statements accu-
is true? rately describes linear perspective?
A. It was created for the stone and wood A. When it is used in painting, it depicts
worker’s guild’s niche at Orsanmichele, in space as seen from multiple points of view.
Florence.

B. In linear perspective, orthogonals D. Both A and B

merge at a vanishing point.
E. Both B and C
C. In linear perspective, the vanishing
point is on the horizon line. 42. Which of the following statements accu-
D. Both A and B rately describes the painting below?
E. Both B and C
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rately describes the structure below?
A. It was built for Cosimo Medici (Cosimo

Vecchio) by Michelozzo.
B. It was partly defensive in nature.
C. It had a rusticated first story, imposing
cornice, and interior court.
D. Its private spaces displayed more
wealth than its public ones. A. The general “softness” of the image,
for example the soft, delicate and curvi-
E. All of the above
linear lines of the Madonna’s veil, show
41. Which of the following statements accu- Masaccio’s influence on the artist.
rately describes Fra Angelico’s contribu- B. It was painted by Fra Fillipo Lippi in the
tion to the history of art? mid-fifteenth century.
A. He represents the full expression of
C. Compared to medieval examples, the
the “International Gothic style.”
painting displays more willingness to re-
B. He is known as the first painter produce elements of the visible world
to effectively use linear perspective to faithfully.
create an illusionistic space on a two-
dimensional surface. D. Both A and B
C. He was one of the early Renaissance E. Both B and C
innovators for treatment of space as well
as for the arrangement and modeling of 43. Which of the following statements best de-
figures. scribes the painting below?

B. It was larger than any dome that had

been constructed previously.

C. Its construction began in the early fif-
teenth century.
D. It has a herringbone pattern.
E. It is not a completely rounded dome.

NOT accurately describe Florence in the
Early Renaissance?
A. All segments of society could partici-
pate in government.
A. It was painted by Bellini. B. Florence was a republic in which the
B. It represents a “Dead Christ.” nobility had limited power.
C. It makes use of exact mathematical lin- C. During the early fifteenth century, Flo-
ear perspective to for-shorten the repre- rence accumulated a few victories against
sented body. the military of other Italian kings and
dukes.
D. Both A and B
D. Florentines tended to see their city as
E. Both B and C a new, Christian, Rome.
44. Which of the following statements cor- E. Florence became the cradle of the
rectly describes Platonism or Renaissance artistic Renaissance.
Platonism?
47. Which of the following statements fairly
A. It is founded on the figure of Plato, characterizes Andrea Mantegna and his
whose fundamental philosophy rested on art?
the perceived superiority of empirical
knowledge. A. According to Keith Christiansen, he
achieved extraordinary status as an artist,
B. It is founded on the figure of Plato, and thus helped change the way by which
who believed that true knowledge was to artistic genius was measured during the
be gleaned from a world of eternal forms Renaissance as well as change the status
rather than from the visible world. of the artist itself.
C. It developed into a widely taught and B. He painted a ceiling fresco, “Camera
disseminated study program during the degli Sposi,” that shows an elaborate illu-
fifteenth century. sionistic architecture.
D. Both A and B C. He painted a “Saint Sebastian,” now
E. Both B and C conserved in Vienna, in which a martyr is
taking place in front of a church.
45. Which of the following statements does D. Both A and B
NOT accurately describe the dome of the
Cathedral of Florence and its construc- E. Both B and C
tion? 48. Which of the following statements fairly
A. It was designed by Alberti. describes the painting below?

D. Though the Venetians were inspired

by the architectural Renaissance taking
place in Florence, lack of prosperity in the
early fifteenth century made the undertak-
ing of large construction projects dwindle.

50. Which of the following statements ac-
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curately explains why it is argued that
the Renaissance began in the Italian city-
states? A. The Renaissance began in Italy,
because it was the location where ancient
Roman remains were.
A. With their position in between east
and west, the Italian city-states became
the site of trade, mercantilism, exchange
of knowledge, and the development of
a new wealthy class that could pursue
knowledge and fund artistic endeavors.
A. It represents a member of the Medici B. The Renaissance began in Italy, be-

family painted by Fra Fillipo Lippi. cause the printing press and movable type
were invented there.
B. It is a manifestation of the reemer-
gence of portrait art and the emphasis on C. Both A and B
individuality in the Renaissance. D. Both B and C
C. It is part of a double portrait in which 51. According to John Freed, why does
the portrait of the figure’s wife is facing it. Michelangelo’s “David” embody the shift
from the medieval to the early mod-
D. Both A and B ern world when compared to Donatello’s
“David”?
E. Both B and C
A. Because of its greater anatomical real-
49. Which of the following statements is true ism
of Venetian architecture of the fifteenth
B. Because Donatello’s “David” is
century?
clothed, while Michelangelo’s “David” is
A. For most of the century, Venetian ar- nude
chitecture had a distinctive style, in which
C. Because Michelangelo’s “David”
oriental, Veneto-Byzantine, and Gothic in-
speaks more of Michelangelo than of
fluences cohabitated.
“David”
B. Early on, Venetian architects tried to
D. All of the above
rival the “innovative reemergence” of the
classical tradition in the architecture of E. None of the above
Florence and build classical structures. 52. All of the following are considered to be
C. There was a strong Gothic influence characteristics or ideals of High Renais-
but only in church construction. sance art in Italy, EXCEPT:

A. A focus on human psychology and in- E. Although the background shows a lot
terrelations in painting. of detail, Leonardo did not use atmo-
spheric perspective.

B. A new interest for irrational space.
C. An interest for the “natural” and natu-
ralism.
D. Careful compositions based on ideal 54. All of the following statements accurately
geometric forms. describe the painting shown below, EX-
CEPT:
E. An interest in human anatomy.

describe the painting shown, EXCEPT:
A. It was painted by Bellini and Titian.
B. It represents a “Feast of the Gods” in

which Priapus, the God of virility, was hu-
miliated after trying to lift a nymph’s skirt.
A. It represents the Virgin Mary, John the C. Priapus is the figure near the center,
Baptist, Christ, and an archangel. wearing the green robe.
B. It was painted by Leonardo da Vinci
during the High Renaissance. D. Both A and B
C. The garden and the water, as well as
being depicted in a way that is very close E. Both B and C
to nature, could symbolize the Virgin’s pu-
rity.
D. The “sfumato” technique used tends 55. All of the following statements correctly
to soften the image. describe Palladio, EXCEPT:

D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C
57. In what ways can one distinguish the

styles of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci,
and Raphael?
A. Unlike da Vinci and Raphael, Michelan-
gelo, first and foremost a sculptor, tended
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to emphasize the musculature of his fig-
ures, and more generally, the linear and
the sculptural.
B. Raphael was influenced by the style
of Leonardo da Vinci; he created very
harmonious compositions, but in general,
the colors he used were darker than da
Vinci’s, and he created hazier, unclear at-
mospheres than Leonardo da Vinci.
C. Leonardo da Vinci created very har-
monious compositions based on geometri-
A. He was the architect who designed the cal forms in which figures interrelate with
“Tempietto,” pictured above. one another, but compared to Raphael
B. He wrote a treatise on architecture and Michelangelo, he used much lighter
that contained practical advice for archi- colors and created images with clearer
tects. outlines.
C. He was a Venetian architect. D. All of the above
D. He built villas that were symmetric in E. None of the above
plan.
58. Which architect designed the structure be-
E. He built churches that featured temple low?
front designs.
56. In what way was Leonardo da Vinci’s

“Mona Lisa” innovative?
A. It was innovative, because da Vinci
was more interested in the perceived
physical flaws of the sitter than in her per-
ceived beauty.
B. It was innovative in that the focus was
less on the status of the sitter and more
on her personality when compared to por-
traits of the era.
C. It was innovative, because in the early A. Palladio
Renaissance, portraits were usually done
in profile, and the arms and hands were B. Alberti
usually cut off. C. Michelangelo

D. Sansovino
E. Bramante

59. Which of the following accurately charac-
terizes the “School of Athens” painted by
Raphael?
A. The Venetian High Renaissance began

with Giorgione’s work.
A. It shows Leonardo da Vinci, Michelan-
gelo, and Bramante’s traits, in the guise B. It can be argued that Giorgione, like
of ancient artists of Greece. other Venetian artists, focused more on
color, textural effects, and representing
B. According to Timothy Verdon, because the surface of things, and focused less on
it was more important in its original con- structure than artists in Central Italy.
text than the “Disputa del Sacramento,” it C. Among other things, he painted mytho-
was seen first when one entered into the logical scenes and pastorals.
space enclosing the two frescoes.
D. He painted the “Assumption of the Vir-
C. According to Timothy Verdon, “School gin,” pictured above.
of Athens” and the “Disputa del Sacra- E. He was innovative and intuitive in his
mento” both show figures moving toward painting techniques; he liked to use can-
the viewer of the artworks. vas and he did not make detailed prepara-
tory drawings.
D. It symbolically placed the viewer en-
tering the space enclosing it and the “Dis- 61. Which of the following statements ac-
puta del Sacramento” in a grand proces- curately describes the “Lives of the
sion, taking its roots in classical Antiquity Artists”?
and moving toward the kingdom of God. A. Though this treatise retraces the stylis-
tic development of many artists, it gener-
E. All of the above ally gives no clue as to each artist as a
person and personality.
60. Which of the following statements about B. This book was written by Vasari in the
the painter Giorgione is false? sixteenth century.

C. It was written to immortalize and tell

the lives of artists and thus is a testimo-
nial to the changing status of the artist
and the individual.
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C
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rately describes the painting below?
A. It was to be part of Pope Julius II’s

tomb.
B. His transitional position (he seems
about to rise) can be seen as character-
istic of Michelangelo’s art.
A. It is an oil painting on canvas by C. His pronounced musculature can be
Raphael. seen as characteristic of Michelangelo’s
style.
B. It depicts the “Last Supper” with
Christ in the center at the vanishing point. D. The complex positioning of Moses can
be seen as characteristic of High Renais-
sance art.
C. In this painting, and as is characteris- E. All of the above
tic of High Renaissance art, the focus on
depicting objects and architecture realisti- 64. Which of the following statements accu-
cally tends to eclipse spiritual symbolism rately describes the “School of Athens”
to an afterthought. painted by Raphael?
D. Judas is the figure to Christ’s left,

wearing green.
E. It was painted for the Duke of Milan’s

palace.

rately describes this sculpture of Moses by
Michelangelo?

A. It was painted for the library of Pope A. Titian and Veronese, two important
Julius II. forces for sixteenth-century painting in
Venice, were known for their striking use

B. The two central figures are Plato and
Aristotle. of color.
C. It represents “poetry,” while other B. Compared to Florentine painting, Vene-

frescos in the same room represent other tian painting was known to emphasize the
areas of human knowledge (namely theol- linear aspect of figures and scenes more.
ogy, jurisprudence, and philosophy).
D. Both A and B C. Tintoretto, an important force for
sixteenth-century art in Venice, was
E. Both A and C
known for his very tight, almost invisible
65. Which of the following statements accu- brushstroke.
rately describes the “Disputa del Sacra- D. Both A and B
mento” painted by Raphael?
E. Both B and C

rately describes the work of the architect
Jacopo Sansovino?
A. It was painted for the library of Pope

Julius II and represents theology.
B. According to Robert Baldwin, it re-
asserts the authority of the pope.
C. C. According to Robert Balwin, it jus- A. He studied Roman and classi-
tifies Catholic Church dogma and sacra- cal architecture and incorporated Ro-
ments as divine in origin. man/classical motifs into Venetian archi-
tecture.
D. According to Robert Baldwin, Raphael
deliberately contrasted figures of emo- B. He was popular in Venice because of
tional lay people against the calm and the desire to make Venice a new Rome
knowledgeable figures of theologians. and dominate the Mediterranean.
E. All of the above C. In his “Loggetta” pictured above,
stones from faraway places were used to
66. Which of the following statements ac- show and suggest wealth.
curately describes sixteenth-century
D. All of the above
painters and painting in Venice and the
Veneto? E. None of the above

68. Which of the following statements accu- “disegno” was the most important in rep-
rately describes Michelangelo’s work on resenting nature and those who thought
the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel beside St. “colorito” was?
Peter’s in Rome?
A. While in Florence, color and its inge-
A. The realization of the painting of the
nious application were judged of prime im-
ceiling was a great challenge to Michelan-
portance to render nature life-like, Vene-
gelo, because he considered himself more
tians thought that drawing was the only
of a sculptor, he had to be on a scaffolding
indispensable facet of an artwork that
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in an uncomfortable position, and the ceil-
aimed to render nature well.
ing is curved.
B. The painting on the ceiling is done in B. While in Venice, color and its ingenious
fresco. application were judged of prime impor-
tance to render nature life-like, Floren-
C. The ceiling features many biblical
tines thought that drawing was the most
scenes separated by illusionistic painted
important aspect of an artwork that could
stonework.
render nature well.
D. In the ceiling decoration, he uses fig-
ures from classical Antiquity, the Sybills. C. Vasari thought that color was the foun-
dation of art.
E. All of the above. D. Artists who thought color was of more
fundamental importance usually made
more preparatory studies.
describes how Renaissance artists studied
and illustrated the human anatomy? E. Artists who thought drawing was
A. Pollaiuolo, Leonardo da Vinci, of more fundamental experience often
Michelangelo, and other artists per- painted directly on the canvas, without
formed anatomical dissections and incor- preparatory studies.
porated their discoveries into the repre-
sentation of the human figure.
71. Who are some of the most important
B. Some artists printed studies of the hu- protagonists of the High Renaissance in
man body devoid of skin, or the human Italy?
skeleton and developed anatomical illus-
trations. A. Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci,
C. Leonardo da Vinci borrowed from the Raphael, and Bramante
architect to illustrate the make-up of the
B. Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Alberti, and
human body by representing human forms
Brunelleschi
in elevation, section, plan, and perspecti-
val view. C. Giotto, Duccio, and Cimabue.
D. All of the above
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C
describes the debate that took place be-
tween artists and theorists who thought 72. Who created the painting below?


A. Raphael
B. Michelangelo A. One of the most important Roman

artists of the sixteenth century.
C. Leonardo da Vinci B. A painter known, among other things,
for his use of color, his painterly style, and
D. Titian his poetic landscapes.
C. A painter who painted the “Assump-
E. Veronese tion of the Virgin” above.
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C
73. Who was the first architect to work for 75. How did the Reformation and Counter-
Julius II on St. Peter’s Church in Rome? Reformation define the role of art in the
Church?
A. Michelangelo
A. For the protagonists of the Reforma-
tion, there was no place for art in the
B. Bramante Church.
B. For the protagonists of the Reforma-
C. Palladio tion, art in the church could violate one of
the ten commandments that forbids mak-
D. Alberti ing idols of God.
C. For the Counter-Reformation, art in
E. Bernini the Church was permitted and valued but
was not to be worshipped itself.
D. All of the above
74. Who was Titian? E. None of the above

76. According to Bernard Smith, how can A. Titian

Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” be com-
pared with Tintoretto’s “Last Supper” of B. Pontormo
1592?
C. Tintoretto
A. While Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Sup-
per” is in the High Renaissance style, Tin-
D. Bronzino
toretto’s is Mannerist in style.
B. Tintoretto’s painting is much more E. Rosso
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nervous and dramatic than Leonardo Da
Vinci’s.
C. Tintoretto’s scene is very static when 80. All of the following statements accurately
compared to Leonardo da Vinci’s. describe the structure shown, EXCEPT:
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C
77. According to Bernard Smith, what are

the characteristics of Michelangelo’s Pietà
that make it a good representative of High
Renaissance art by Heinrich Wöllflin’s def-
inition?
A. Most of its compositional lines point to
places outside of itself, opening it up to
the space surrounding it.
B. It is very clear in design.
C. The body of the Virgin and that of
Christ are not perceived as separate en- A. It was conceived by Giulio Romano.
tities.
D. Both A and B B. It was built as a pleasure and enter-
tainment villa for the Duke of Mantua.
E. Both B and C
78. According to Bernard Smith, which Vene- C. It was built according to the idea that
tian architect was both a classicist and a form should follow function.
Mannerist architect?
D. It violates many classical ideals; for
A. Bramante example, the four facades that can be
B. Palladio seen from the courtyard are all different.
C. Sansovino
E. Compared to structures of the High Re-
D. Brunelleschi naissance, this structure is not as unified
E. Alberti and symmetric.
79. According to Bernard Smith, who could be

considered the best representative of the 81. All of the following statements accurately
Mannerist style in Venice? describe the architecture shown, EXCEPT:


A. It was designed by Giulio Romano.
B. It is part of the Laurentian Library in

Florence.
C. It was mostly conceived under a

Medici turned pope.
A. Thirteenth, High Renaissance
D. It displays many architectural ele- B. Fifteenth, Mannerist
ments, such as the volutes, that confuse
us as to their potential supportive func- C. Fifteenth, High Renaissance
tion. D. Sixteenth, High Renaissance
E. Its stairway does not feature rails on E. Sixteenth, Mannerist

its sides. 84. How does Giulio Romano’s interior decora-
tion in the Pallazo del Te interact with the
82. During the early to mid-sixteenth century, exterior treatment of the same palace?
what role did the Medici fulfill? A. Giulio Romano made frescos that dis-
play illusionistic architecture.
A. They were promoting Republican ide-
als. B. In the so-called “Hall of Giants,” the
dominating depiction of dismantled ar-
B. A Medici became pope in the early six- chitecture gives one the sense that the
teenth century. Palazzo del Te is falling.
C. They wanted to create a very sophisti- C. Though the exterior facades confuse
cated court. the viewer by their unconventional use
of classical elements, the interior can be
D. Both A and B considered a “refuge” in its ordered and
serene painted compositions.
E. Both B and C
D. Both A and B
E. Both C and D
83. Fill in the blanks. The portrait shown be-
low was made in the century, in the 85. The sixteenth century in Italy was marked
style. by which of the following?

A. Invasions by foreign entities

B. The bloody “Sack of Rome”
C. Disease
D. All of the above
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86. What makes the sculpture, shown below,
a mannerist sculpture?
A. Nanni di Banco
B. Giambologna
C. Donatello
D. Michelangelo
E. Bronzino
88. Which characteristics of High Renaissance

art did Mannerism turn away from?
A. The focus on technical virtuosity
B. Naturalism and rational compositions
C. Elegant lines and figures
A. It downplays the artist’s skill.
D. Both A and B
B. It can be seen in the context of an
E. Both B and C
erudite and intellectual game of cross-
referencing in which Michangelo’s neigh- 89. Which of the following accurately de-
boring “David” and by extension the Re- scribes Mannerist architects and architec-
public of Florence are conquered. ture?
C. It makes no reference to classical an- A. Mannerist architecture creates a
tiquity. sense of confusion as to the function of
the architectural devices it uses or dis-
D. All of the above plays.
E. None of the above B. Mannerist architects tried to eradicate
any reference to classical prototypes in
87. Which artist made the sculpture below? their designs.

C. Bramante’s Tempietto is a Mannerist

structure.

D. All of the above
90. Which of the following artworks by a High

Renaissance artist can be considered to
make the transition into Mannerism?
A. Raphael’s “The School of Athens”
B. Raphael’s “The Alba Madonna”
C. Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment”
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C
91. Which of the following can be considered

characteristic of mannerist portraiture?
A. He wrote an autobiography in which he
A. A focus on the sitter’s personality and gave an exhaustive picture of the histori-
psychology cal circumstances of his time, such as the
B. A focus on the sitter’s status and so- Sack of Rome or the religious battles.
phistication
C. Dynamism: the sitter is often captured B. He wrote an autobiography in which he
in motion detailed the artistic world of his times and
depicted his life as full of adventure and
D. All of the above
great accomplishments.
92. Which of the following can be considered C. He created the sculpture shown above.
common characteristics of Mannerist paint-
ings?
A. Elegance D. Both A and C
B. Focus on artificiality
C. Appeal to all segments of society E. Both B and C
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C
93. Which of the following statements accu- 94. Which of the following statements accu-
rately characterizes Benvenutto Cellini? rately characterizes the painting below?

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A. It is a bronze cast by Benvenutto
Cellini for a Medici duke.
B. The dramatic passed-down story of
this sculpture’s casting emphasized the
amazing skill of Cellini, who overcame the
many difficulties of casting such a complex
A. It is typically mannerist because of its figure.
“S” or serpentine compositional lines.
C. It represents Perseus, a figure taken
from classical mythology.
B. It is typically mannerist because of its
irrational and unnatural sense of scale D. All of the above
and proportion. E. None of the above

C. It is typically mannerist, because
of Giambologna?
Christ’s inevitable death seems to be im-
plied through the figure of the Christ Child. A. He was influenced by Michelangelo.
B. His bronze sculptures were some-
times used as diplomatic gifts by the
D. Both A and B Medici.
C. He made exclusively monumental,
E. Both B and C large-scale sculptures.
D. Both A and B
E. Both B and C
rately describes the sculpture below? 97. Who created the painting below?

1.6 Baroque Art to Neoclassicism 89
A. Martin Luther
B. John Calvin

C. St. Francis of Assisi
D. Cosimo da Medici
E. John Knox
99. Why are Giovanni da Bologna’s sculptures

significant in the history of art?
A. Because he made sculptures that were
not meant to be seen from one point of
view, rather his sculptures were intended
for a viewer in motion.
B. He made sculptures using the lost-wax
technique.
C. Because for the first time since An-
tiquity, he sculpted monumental nude fig-
ures.
D. All of the above
100. According to Peter Levine, which of the

following statements would describe man-
A. Pontormo nerism well?
B. Michelangelo A. Mannerist artists were concerned with
C. Rosso Fiorentino the issue of style in an artwork.
D. Parmigianino B. Mannerist artists were concerned with
E. Raphael their own subjectivity and originality.
C. The development of mannerism was a
98. Who was dismayed by what he saw in way to create interest in a very stable and
Rome and the Church in the sixteenth cen- peaceful society.
tury, such as indulgences, and would go on
to become the first leading figure of the D. Both A and B
Reformation? E. Both B and C
1.6 Baroque Art to Neoclassicism

1. According to most scholars, Caravaggio’s D. pastoral.
paintings can be best described as
2. As epitomized in the work of Caravaggio,
A. delicate. many of the human figures in Baroque re-
ligious paintings differ from Renaissance
B. dramatic. human figures in which important way?
C. idealized. A. They are more emotional.

B. They are less engaged with the viewer. 7. In general, Bernini’s sculpture can be said
to do all the following except
C. They are suffused with a greater sense A. emphasize motion.
of otherworldliness.
B. engage the space around it.
D. They are more down to earth and
real—to the point of being unidealized. C. remain intellectual and wholly of the
mind.
3. Bernini’s Ecstasy of Saint Theresa is un-
D. evoke moments in time directly before
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usual in which way?
and after the moment depicted.
A. It depicts a sexual story, drawing on
the personal writings of Saint Theresa. 8. Spanish Baroque sculpture can be best de-
B. It is sculpted from wood and covered scribed as
in plaster, unlike most of his sculptures. A. classicizing.
C. It involved the complete decoration B. emotionless.
and construction of a chapel, resembling
modern-day installation art. C. idealizing.
D. all of the above D. realistic.
4. Caravaggio’s art is famous for combining 9. Tenebrism is a term used to describe

A. classical literature with biblical stories. A. the drama and tension of Baroque art.
B. techniques used by French and Ger- B. the coarse reality of some Baroque
man artists. paintings.
C. biblical stories with puns on the name
C. the use of extreme lights and darks in
of the patron.
Baroque painting.
D. lowly, naturalistic details with highly
D. the system of rod construction used in
spiritual stories.
Baroque churches.
5. Caravaggio’s use of bright light in very
dark settings symbolizes 10. The appearance of the Farnese Ceiling can
be best described as
A. human ignorance.
B. a spiritual presence. A. abstract.
C. the pursuit of justice. B. illegible.

D. scientific enlightenment. C. illusionistic.
6. How did the Counter-Reformation affect D. none of the above.

the visual arts?
11. The x-shaped composition is characteristic
A. Nudity was frowned upon. of
B. Catholic values and traditions were A. Baroque art.
flaunted.
B. Neoclassical art.
C. Religious stories were made more
emotional. C. art of the Enlightenment.
D. all of the above D. all of the above

12. What event from her personal life do schol- 17. Which of the following kinds of imagery do
ars agree informed much of Artemisia Gen- you begin to see in the periods covered in
tileschi’s art? this course that was virtually absent from

A. her trip to England earlier periods in art history?
B. the death of her father A. genre paintings

B. still-life paintings
C. her rape by her teacher
C. landscape paintings
D. the birth of her first child
D. all of the above
13. What is one way in which Spanish Baroque
sculpture differed from Italian Baroque 18. Which of the following paintings is some-
sculpture? thing of a manifesto on the art of painting
and the role of the painter?
A. Spanish sculpture was inferior to Ital-
ian sculpture. A. Las Meninas by Velázquez
B. Spanish sculpture never depicted reli- B. The Nightwatch by Rembrandt
gious subject matters. C. The Oath of the Horatii by David
C. Spanish sculpture was often made of D. The Conversion of Paul by Caravaggio
wood and then painted.
19. Which of the following uses a “giant or-
D. Spanish sculpture eschewed realism in
der”?
favor of idealized, ephemeral beauty.
A. Il Gesu
14. Which of the following artists did not cre-
B. Saint Peter’s Square
ate Counter-Reformation art?
C. Sant’Andrea al Quirinale
A. Bernini
D. San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
B. Caravaggio
C. Hals 20. Which of the following was not a force of
change in the Baroque through Neoclassi-
D. Rubens cal periods?
15. Which of the following artists is known for A. the Reformation
his spiritually charged still-life paintings? B. political revolution
A. Caravaggio C. scientific discoveries
B. Cotán D. religious pilgrimages
C. Velázquez
21. Which general statement about the
D. Vermeer Catholic Church during the periods stud-
ied is true?
16. Which of the following artists painted the
famed Farnese Ceiling in Rome? A. The Catholic Church submitted to
Protestantism.
A. Caravaggio
B. The cultural significance of the
B. Carracci Catholic Church gradually declined.
C. Gentileschi C. The Catholic Church always dictated
D. Rubens political and monarchical systems.

D. The Catholic Church became an even 27. In which of the following media did Rem-
more important cultural force in the face brandt not work?
of new challenges. A. drypoints
22. A “genre painting” is a painting B. etchings
A. that is boring. C. fresco
B. that depicts an everyday scene. D. oils
C. that commemorates a historical event. 28. Jacob van Ruisdael’s The Jewish Cemetery
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is
D. that commemorates the birth of a A. a moralizing and spiritual image.
child. B. a commemoration of a historical event.
23. Frans Hals is most celebrated for his con-
tributions to C. an expression of Dutch Baroque anti-
Semitism.
A. genre painting.
D. all of the above
B. portrait painting.
29. The image below is an excellent example
C. still-life painting.
of
D. landscape painting.
24. Generally speaking, Rembrandt’s images

can be said to emphasize
A. violence.
B. material wealth.
C. the power of the male body.
D. spiritual and psychological power.
25. How did Rembrandt’s painting style

change as he got older?
A. He used more muted colors.
B. He used sharper, crisper lines.
C. He used a looser, more “painterly”
style.
D. His compositions became more compli-
cated and detailed.
A. Protestant art from the Baroque pe-
26. In which culture was still-life painting
riod.
most prolific?
B. Rembrandt’s intimate view of spiritual-
A. Neoclassical
ism.
B. Dutch Baroque
C. the use of light to convey a spiritual
C. Italian Baroque message.
D. Spanish Baroque D. all of the above

30. Vermeer is famous for his A. It was Protestant.

A. still-life paintings. B. It broke away from Spain.

B. landscape paintings. C. It had a powerful middle class.
C. paintings of domestic interiors. D. all of the above
D. all of the above 35. Which artist painted the self-portrait be-
low?
31. What advantage does drypoint have over
other methods of printmaking?
A. It is less expensive.
B. It is easier to execute.
C. It creates softer, more “painterly”
lines.
D. all of the above
32. What does Gerard ter Borch seem to sug-

gest about women in Dutch society in his
Lady at the Mirror?
A. Women were best suited to mother-
hood and nurturing roles.
B. Women are powerful matriarchs in
charge of their domestic realm.
C. Women are evil temptresses to be
feared by self-respecting gentlemen.
A. Hals
D. Women of a certain elevated social sta-
tus were virtuous and objects of desire. B. Rembrandt
C. Rubens
33. What is one reason why Dutch Baroque
D. van Dyck
paintings tended to be smaller than other
Baroque paintings? 36. Which of the following artists did not draw
A. Dutch Baroque paintings needed to be inspiration from Italian art and artists?
easily transportable. A. Jefferson
B. Art patrons in the Netherlands could B. Rembrandt
not afford larger paintings. C. Wren.
C. Paintings were illegal and therefore D. none of the above
needed to be small enough to be easily
hidden. 37. Which of the following artists influenced
the art of Rubens?
D. Smaller paintings were better suited
to the private homes for which they were A. Caravaggio
commissioned. B. Michelangelo
34. What was distinct about the culture and C. Renaissance artists from Flanders
therefore the art of the Dutch Republic? D. all of the above

38. Which of the following artists was famous 43. Which still-life painter is famous for paint-
for painting many self-portraits? ing mainly floral still lifes?
A. Bernini A. Cotán
B. David B. Heda
C. Gentileschi C. Peeters
D. Rembrandt D. Ruysch
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39. Which of the following artists was known 44. The tastes of an increasingly powerful mid-
for his chaotic, sometimes critical scenes of dle class are evident in the art of which
everyday domestic life? culture?
A. Hals A. Dutch Baroque
B. Rubens B. Italian Baroque
C. Steen C. French Baroque
D. Vermeer D. Flemish Baroque
45. Although not visible today, much of the art

40. Which of the following artists was one of
of Louis XIV’s court took the form of
the “Utrecht Caravaggisti”?
A. religious ceremony.
A. de La Tour
B. illustrated pamphlets.
B. Gentileschi
C. ceremony of courtly ritual.
C. Terbrugghen
D. A and C
D. Watteau
46. Claude Lorraine’s landscapes depict
41. Which of the following seemingly straight-
forward works of art is also a manifesto A. an idealized view of the countryside.
on the art of painting and the role of the B. politically charged symbolic land-
artist? scapes.
A. Velázquez’s Las Meninas C. religiously charged symbolic land-
B. Vermeer’s Allegory of Painting scapes.
C. Rembrandt’s self-portrait from 1658 D. ominous and threatening views of na-

(at the Frick) ture.
D. all of the above 47. In what way do the paintings of Georges

de La Tour resemble the paintings of Car-
42. Which of the following types of images be- avaggio?
came increasingly popular in the Baroque
A. They are full of violence.
period?
B. They use stark contrasts of light and
A. political paintings
dark.
B. violent and dramatic images
C. They depict extremely unidealized fig-
C. images of the Virgin and Child ures.
D. all of the above D. all of the above

48. Late in Voeut’s career, after returning to B. Hardouin-Mansart

France from Italy, his painting
C. Jones

A. looked back to Medieval art.
D. Wren
B. appealed more to a growing middle
class. 54. Which of the following Baroque artists is
C. embraced Caravaggesque ideals more known for his or her highly organized and
and more. legible compositions?
D. turned away from Caravaggism to- A. Gentileschi
wards a more classical style. B. Poussin
49. Poussin’s art is best defined as C. Rembrandt
A. classicizing. D. Rubens
B. realist.
55. In which foreign city did French artist
C. romantic. Poussin live, greatly informing his tastes
D. palladian. and styles?
50. The Palace of Versailles was designed to A. Boston
A. proclaim the glory of France. B. London
B. serve as a political meeting place. C. Rome
C. house the main leaders of the French D. Seville
church.
D. glorify the magnificence and authority 56. Although the art associated with the En-
of the king. lightenment was distinct from the art of
the Rococo, the Enlightenment and the Ro-
51. Under Louis XIV, the Royal Academy of coco were roughly contemporary. The
Fine Arts officially embraced which style? spirit of the Enlightenment is evident in Ro-
A. Caravaggesque coco art in which of the following ways?
B. classicizing A. the interest in theater

C. Protestant. B. the interest in fantasy and frivolity
D. all of the above C. the fascination with the feminine
world
52. What is considered the quintessential ex-
ample of English Baroque architecture? D. the emphasis and value placed on na-
ture
A. the Louvre
B. Buckingham Palace 57. As epitomized by Watteau, Rococo paint-
ings depict all the following except
C. St. Paul’s Cathedral
D. the Houses of Parliament A. theatrical subjects.
B. religious processions.
53. Which architect was known for creating
“Palladian” buildings? C. subjects relating to music.
A. Borromini D. scenes involving love and courtship.

58. Compositionally, the Rococo is defined by B. Hogarth

A. sharp lines and right angles. C. Le Brun
B. soft curves and diagonal lines. D. Watteau
C. bold colors and a sense of motion. 63. What is the true subject of Fragonard’s The
D. dark colors and thick paint application. Swing?
A. romantic pleasure
59. In what way did the pastoral imagery of
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the Rococo (think of Watteau’s Embarka- B. childlike innocence
tion to Cythera) differ from pastoral im- C. the role of the artist
agery in art of preceding generations?
D. scientific enlightenment
A. Portraits are included in Rococo pas-
torals. 64. Which characteristics of earlier artistic
styles declined in importance with the Ro-
B. For the first time, love and sexuality
coco?
are hinted at.
A. the traditional pastoral
C. The Rococo pastoral evoked a real
world rather than a remote arcadia. B. naturalistic representations of the
world
D. The details of the landscape were paid
closer attention to in Rococo pastorals. C. the traditional interpretation of classi-
cal mythology
60. In what way is Fragonard’s The Swing ar-
D. all of the above
tificial?
A. It is a scene derived directly from the- 65. Which of the following artists had a close
ater. professional relationship with the king’s
mistress, Madame de Pompadour?
B. It is a copy of an earlier painting by
Boucher. A. Boucher
C. The figures in the painting are peas- B. de La Tour
ants dressed up as members of the aris- C. Vouet
tocracy.
D. Watteau
D. The figures involved “play” at inno-
cence while deliberately breaking with 66. The new art of the Rococo was created for
decorum. the
A. academy.
61. Rococo art eschewed the ordered, linear
style of classicism in favor of B. aristocracy.
A. a softer, more organic style. C. bourgeoisie.
B. a disordered abstraction style. D. monarchy.
C. an even more intellectual style. 67. Canaletto was famous for his
D. a more intimately religious style. A. portraits
62. The term fête galante was coined to de- B. engravings
scribe the paintings of which artist? C. vedute paintings
A. Chambord D. still-life paintings

68. How did the emergence of the Salon C. Hogarth.

in 18th-century France change the art D. West.
world?

A. It produced a new artistic voice: the 73. Thomas Gainsborough almost always in-
art critic. corporated what other genre into his por-
traits?
B. It enabled the middle class to become
more involved in the art world. A. history painting
C. It allowed artists to create art for a B. still-life painting
general public rather than an elite patron. C. landscape painting
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
74. What was scandalous about Benjamin
69. How were Hogarth’s images able to be West’s Death of General Wolfe?
seen by a large public audience?
A. The narrative details of the story are
A. He painted large-scale public images. misleading.
B. His images were on view at public ex- B. A Native American occupies a central
hibitions. position in the image.
C. He created engravings that were C. It is a history painting, but the figures
widely circulated by subscription. are wear contemporary dress.
D. A studio copied miniature paintings of D. all of the above
his originals, which could be bought for a
minimal fee. 75. What was the most popular genre of paint-
ing in the early American colonies?
70. Joseph Wright of Derby was famous for
A. portraiture
his paintings of
B. landscapes
A. still lifes.
C. biblical stories
B. English buildings.
D. history painting
C. famous Englishmen.
D. science and industry. 76. Which artist established the Royal
Academy in England in 1768?
71. Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, an ex-
A. Hogarth
tremely successful female artist, was fa-
mous for B. Jones
A. still lifes C. Reynolds
B. history painting D. Wren
C. sculptured paintings 77. Which cultural event and/or phenomenon
D. portraits of other women helped precipitate Neoclassicism?
72. The English artist famous for his satirical A. the Grand Tour
images is B. the rule of Napoleon
A. Chardin. C. the death of Louis XIV
B. Gainsborough. D. all of the above

78. Which genre of painting was placed at the 83. David’s Death of Marat was essentially
top of the hierarchy in the Royal Academy a piece of propaganda for which political
in England? group?
A. still lifes A. the Jacobins
B. portraiture B. the Royalists
C. landscapes C. the Moderates
D. history painting D. the American colonists
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79. Which of the following artists is most as- 84. David’s Death of Socrates and Death of
sociated with the “grand manner” style of Marat depict
painting?
A. murders.
A. Boucher
B. suicides.
B. Carracci
C. extreme violence.
C. Reynolds
D. secular martyrdom.
D. Rubens
85. How did Neoclassical art (and culture) dif-
80. Which of the following genres was Chardin fer from earlier classicizing movements?
not famous for?
A. It was more politically charged.
A. still lifes
B. It promoted pagan religious beliefs.
B. history painting
C. It focused more on classical literature
C. domestic scenes and philosophy.
D. portrait painting D. all of the above
81. Which of the following painters can be 86. How might you describe the larger mes-
called “moralizing”? sage of David’s Oath of the Horatii?
A. de La Tour A. Love conquers all.
B. Fragonard B. Seeking justice is futile.
C. Greuze C. One must consider family before all
D. Jones else.
82. Which aspect of family life changed with D. It is necessary to sacrifice for a
the Enlightenment and is evident in French greater good.
paintings of this period? 87. In his role as an architect, what did
A. Women were encouraged to enter the Thomas Jefferson have in common with
workforce. the English Baroque architect Inigo Jones?
B. Nannies were brought into the home to A. He eschewed the architecture of Italy.
assist with child rearing.
C. Boys were encouraged to leave the B. He revered the architecture of Palla-
home early for apprenticeships. dio.
D. A more direct involvement in the up- C. He failed to achieve his architectural
bringing of one’s child was encouraged. vision.

D. He revered the French Baroque archi- 92. What was appealing to Americans about
tecture of Louis XIV. profile portrait drawings?

88. In their horizontal compositions, many A. They were inexpensive.
Neoclassical paintings evoked B. The profile portrait evoked the classi-
A. vedute. cal past.
B. architecture. C. They utilized technology that allowed
C. classical friezes. for a high degree of accuracy.
D. landscape vistas. D. all of the above
89. Neoclassical architecture was based on
93. When creating his sculpture of George
A. geometric shapes. Washington, Houdon wanted to depict the
B. undulating, organic aesthetics. president
C. a combination of Gothic and Greek ar- A. as a tyrant.
chitectural forms.
B. in the guise of Aristotle.
D. a combination of Gothic and Roman ar-
chitectural forms. C. as an allegory of justice.
90. Neoclassical art in France pitted itself D. with as much accuracy as possible.
against
94. Which artist is best known for his portraits
A. the Rococo.
of George Washington?
B. the Baroque.
A. Copley
C. English painting.
B. Reynolds
D. the Enlightenment.
C. Stuart
91. The painting below is a quintessential ex-
ample of which style/period of art? D. West
95. Which Baroque artist served as a model

for later Neoclassical artists?
A. Bernini
B. Chardin
C. Poussin
D. Vélazquez
96. Which Neoclassical figure is considered the

first art historian?
A. Hogarth
A. Rococo
B. Neoclassical B. Jefferson
C. Spanish Baroque C. Rosseau

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97. Which of the following characteristics was 99. Which sentence best classifies who John
not typical of Neoclassical art? Singleton Copley was?
A. shallow space A. He immigrated to London but was not
B. clear, linear brushwork a Tory.
C. sentimental subject matter B. He immigrated to London and became

a Tory.
D. horizontal and vertical emphases
C. He fought with the English in the war
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98. Which of the following statements about against America.
Angelica Kauffman is most accurate? D. He was a passionate defender of the
A. She was successful as an artist among American Revolution.
a small circle of elite woman patrons.
100. The general goal of Neoclassical artists
B. She was a very successful in her day, was
even gaining membership at the Royal
Academy. A. to spark revolution.
C. She was successful in her day but was B. to capture the realities of human expe-
never able to gain membership at the rience.
Royal Academy. C. to express a transcendent idealism in
D. She became famous only after her classical form.
death and was unable to succeed as an D. to imitate known works of art from an-
artist during her lifetime. tiquity and the Renaissance.
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1. Édouard Manet’s painting A Bar at the B. Monet moved to an estate in Giverny in
Folies-Bergere (1881-82) is considered a the French countryside
masterpiece because: C. The French Academy rejected two of
A. Its unique combination of still-life, ar- his paintings, claiming they looked “incom-
tifice and skewed perspective plete”
B. It helped incite moral and political un- D. Friend Eugene Bodin encouraged
rest in his native France Monet to begin painting outdoors and ex-
periment with plein air painting
C. Its lewd depiction of the female form
3. In his time, Gustave Courbet’s use and por-
D. Its use of broad brushstrokes, render- trayal of female nudes in his paintings was
ing the work nearly abstract in appear- widely considered to be:
ance
A. Vulgar
2. Identify the significant event in Claude B. Religious
Monet’s early career that forever changed
C. Classical
how he approached painting.
D. Urban
A. Monet was drafted into military ser-
vice to fight in the Franco-Prussian War 4. Monet’s Water Lilies series of paintings,
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strong example of: 8. Which sentence best describes why the

A. The artist’s use of a portable easel painting of Édouard Manet is considered
modern?

while working outdoors
B. An increasingly abstract perspective A. Manet was an outspoken proponent of
due to the artist suffering from cataracts new technologies and believed art should
represent these latest advancements
C. A full and varied color palette that bore
visual signs of Fauvism and Expressionism B. Manet called for the annihilation of the
French Salon
C. Manet depicted snapshots of city and
D. All of the above
rural life while maintaining traditional mo-
5. Realism is an approach to art that tifs found in Realist works of art
stresses: D. Manet had a romantic affair with his
A. The absurd and comical nature of life piano teacher, Suzanne Leenhoof, with
whom he had a child
B. Mythological and idealized subject
matter, often religious in nature 9. Which term best describes an Impression-
C. The artist’s personal expression of ist work of art?
his/her unconscious A. A painting composed using loosened
brushstrokes, and does not necessarily
D. The naturalistic representation of ob-
rely on realistic depictions of objects and
jects and figures
figures
6. The landmark painting Impression, Sunrise B. Swirling, swaying and exaggerated
(1872) was made by which Impressionist brushwork, all used to express the artist’s
artist? emotional state
A. Edgar Degas C. Lacks the appearance of the artist’s
B. Paul Cézanne touch, and is often made using industrial
“non-art” materials
C. Claude Monet
D. Stresses the artist’s interest in mytho-
D. Pablo Picasso logical and primitive subject matter
7. The originators of Impressionism orga- 10. Which term best describes the type of
nized themselves and their art in response training artists received at The French
to what? Academy?
A. The French public’s stated preference A. A concentration on working outdoors,
for art that appeared unrealistic also known as plein air painting
B. Being shunned by academic art institu- B. A concentration on drawing from an-
tions, the French Salon and other govern- tique statuary and live models
ment sanctioned art exhibitions
C. A multi-disciplinary approach that fa-
C. Art critic Louis Leroy’s scathing review vored training in all variety of artistic me-
of a Claude Monet solo exhibition dia
D. Bourgeois lifestyles that dominated D. A focus on improvisational “action”
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11. Despite the classical approach to sculpture 14. Paul Gauguin’s painting The Yellow Christ
adopted by Auguste Rodin, which example (1889) is a strong example of Symbolism
best explains why the artist’s work is dis- because:
tinctly modern? A. It was created after Gauguin had a vi-
A. In The Thinker (1880), Rodin depicts sion of being visited by Christ
the subject as the ideal, strong in both B. Gauguin’s depiction of Christ is ideal-
mind and body, but evidently lonely and ized in terms of color and form, and sit-
without purpose uated within a contemporary landscape
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B. In The Kiss (1884), the depictions of in- during fall foliage
tertwined human figures was considered C. It is a harsh commentary on organized
at the time a lewd display of physical af- religion, symptomatic of the artist’s con-
fection tempt for Christianity
C. His use of nudity in much of his sculp- D. None of the above
ture, as with The Age of Bronze (1876)
15. Pointillism is a style of the Post-
was seen as a radical departure from ac-
Impressionist movement that is best de-
cepted sculptural norms
scribed as:
D. Both B and C A. The application of rich colors to the
canvas in order to emphasize the natural
12. Georges Seurat’s painting Sunday After-
effects of light
noon on the Island of La Grand Jatte
(1884-86) is arguably the best known ex- B. A scientific approach to subject matter,
ample of what painting style? based on laws of color theory, in which
tiny daubs of paint are applied to the can-
A. Pointillism
vas
B. Surrealism C. The celebration of modern technology,
C. Abstract Expressionism with an emphasis on machinery and speed
D. Impressionism
D. A visual, dream-like style designed to
13. Paul Cézanne’s painting The Large Bathers unlock the viewer’s subconscious
(1898-1906) is a grand achievement in
16. The art of Gustav Klimt, during its time,
modern art because:
was considered dated and not in vogue by
A. The nudes in this work are rendered some, due to the artist’s what?
somewhat abstractly (though not com- A. Undying loyalty to his wife and chil-
pletely), emphasizing the human form’s dren, given that bohemian lifestyles were
two-dimensionality, treating the human the norm for artists at the time
shape as a still-life
B. His refusal to accept abstraction as an
B. The interaction of the human form and acceptable medium for painting
the natural landscape is almost Cubist in
C. Use of decorative elements in his
nature
paintings, and the combination of pre-
C. It was a direct challenge of all figu- modern (i.e. Byzantine mosaics) and
rative tradition in painting that preceded present day motifs
Post-Impressionism
D. Affinity for painting self-portraits in a
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17. The distorted, swirling forms and exagger- 20. Which is of the following is not true as
ated brushstrokes of Vincent van Gogh’s it relates to Edvard Munch’s painting The
work were in many ways a result of the Scream (1893)?

artist’s what? A. The work incorporates visual and
A. Emotional and psychological turmoil, stylistic elements of Fauvism, Expression-
brought on by depression and epilepsy ism and even Surrealism
B. Romantic pursuit of his cousin B. Munch was inspired to paint the scene
C. His fascination with optics after crossing a bridge in Oslo and, ac-
cording to him, hearing “the enormous, in-
D. His brother Theo’s insistence that van finite scream of nature”
Gogh find a new style of painting
C. This is not the only version of the paint-
18. The style known as Art Nouveau is best ing; another was painted near the turn of
described as: the century
A. A turn-of-the-century movement fo- D. The painting’s scene came to him in a
cused on modernizing architecture and vision following his admittance to a men-
the decorative arts through the use of or- tal hospital
ganic and geometric motifs
21. Which of the following best describes why
B. A mid-19th century movement of deco- Gustav Klimt and other Austrian artists
rative artists who set out to create a non- and architects founded the Vienna Seces-
idealized style of art sion in 1897?
C. A movement led by French architects A. Their desire to bring modern art from
and designers who theorized a “new art” all over Europe to a culturally-insulated
that would supplant all preceding modern Austria
styles
B. They were commissioned by the Aus-
D. A collective of European artists who trian government to create new buildings
believed painting and sculpture were su- and artworks in the city of Vienna
perior to all craft-based art
C. They eventually planned to defect from
19. Vincent van Gogh’s painting Starry Night their home country and build a new artist
(1889) is widely considered the artist’s collective in France
pinnacle achievement for what reason? D. They had been black listed by their gov-
A. Its emphasis on Pointillist composition ernment and banned from creating any
new public buildings or artwork
B. Its abundance of blue and yellow paint, 22. Works by Marc Chagall, such as The Green
which were uncommon color choices for Violinist (1923-24) and White Crucifix-
the artist ion (1938) are strong indications of the
C. Its radical departure from depicting artist’s what?
naturalistic landscapes, combined with an A. Love for and loyalty to the French Sur-
exacting order of forms and lines on the realists and the artistic style they cele-
canvas brated
D. Its sale price, which exceeded at the B. His devout Judaism and the inspiration
time any price paid for a modern work of that came from both his pastoral Russian
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C. Efforts to create a new religious order B. Its highly experimental use of line and
that focused on the divinity of painting and geometric shape in order to define each
other art forms figure’s form and contours
D. Experimentation with modes of paint- C. The women in the painting are com-
ing that combined visual elements of Cu- prised entirely of cubes and similar
bism and Expressionism shapes
23. One of the preoccupations of Impression- D. The influence of African and ancient
Iberian art which is evident in the work
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ism that the Post-Impressionist artists
were attempting to escape was:
26. The Cubist work of Fernand Léger differed
A. A strict adherence to classical painting greatly from that of Picasso and Braque,
standards mainly because:
B. A carousing lifestyle of drinking and A. He adhered too strictly to Post-
womanizing Impressionist and Fauvist styles of paint-
C. The effects of natural light over sub- ing
ject matter B. Of his fascination with things like archi-
D. Painting from still-life tecture and American culture
C. His rural upbringing inspired subject
24. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s painting Street, matter that diverged from the choices
Berlin (1913) depicts an urban scene made by his contemporaries
in which two prostitutes approach the
viewer along a narrow street. Which of D. He favored the use of primary colors
the following best describes how the artist rather than monochrome palettes
painted these subjects?
27. The Futurist artists were preoccupied with
A. Evidently with great sorrow, as sug- which of the following?
gested by Kirchner’s somber and muted
color palette A. Going to war and becoming martyrs for
their artistic cause
B. Rendered with sharp angles and mask-
like faces, and structured to resemble an B. The use of vibrant color in order to ex-
architectural composition press the power of the human spirit
C. As abstract forms, nearly unrecogniz- C. Expressing the modern experience
able as being anything representing the through depictions of speed, war and tech-
human figure nology
D. As objects of lust and desire, as ev- D. The pace of life and work as it con-
idenced by Kirchner’s depiction of their cerned rural settings and pastoral land-
nude forms scapes
25. Pablo Picasso’s painting Les Demoiselles d’ 28. Wassily Kandinsky established the group
Avignon (1907) is widely considered the Der Blaue Reiter (“The Blue Rider”) in or-
first Cubist work of art for what reason? der to achieve what?
A. Picasso published a Cubist manifesto A. Create a movement that celebrated
the same year, insisting that the painting speed, technology and the power of hu-
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B. Achieve lasting success and fortune by A. Swirling, swaying and exaggeratedly

revolutionizing modern art with wholly ab- executed brushstrokes that were imple-
stract imagery mented to express the artist’s emotional

C. Promote the power and supremacy of state
Communism as a form of government and B. Small points and daubs of paint applied
communal artistic expression to the canvas that together formed a co-
D. Promote modern art and the possibil- hesive image, but when viewed up close
ities of spiritual experience through sym- became almost abstract
bolic associations of sound and color C. Seemingly disparate lines, forms and
shapes that were juxtaposed to form
29. Which best explains why the early paint- multi-dimensional imagery
ings of Henri Matisse were considered
D. Acrylic paint applied to the canvas us-
shocking during the artist’s lifetime?
ing an improvised series of drips and
A. His method of using paper cut-outs splatters
was viewed as a direct challenge to tra-
ditional art making techniques 32. Which of the following statements best de-
scribes Georges Braque’s approach to Cu-
B. His use and application of color pat-
bist painting?
terns was deliberately disorienting to the
eye A. As an Analytical Cubist, he was inter-
ested in showing how objects look over
C. His creation of dreamlike landscapes,
time and in different spaces
which resembled nothing grounded in re-
ality B. As a Synthetic Cubist, he focused
mostly on abstract imagery and foreign
D. His refusal to deal with representa-
objects
tional subject matter
C. As a Fauvist first and foremost,
30. Which of the following best describes Um- Braque was largely unconcerned with Cu-
berto Boccioni’s approach to painting in the bism but only experimented with it be-
Futurist style? cause his friend Picasso insisted
A. He adored still-life as a medium and he D. He was only concerned with applying
strived to create a futurist approach for it paint that expressed his emotional state
33. While developing the Cubist style, Pablo

B. He loved technological advancements
Picasso and Georges Braque restricted
but generally hated war, and avoided de-
their subject matter to traditional portrai-
picting anything related to it in his work
ture and still-life, and used muted colors.
Which of the following reasons best ex-
C. He believed that the past had no bear- plains why this was so?
ing on how the present-day artist should A. Friend and patron Gertrude Stein in-
view the world around him sisted on this, otherwise she refused to
D. His chief preoccupation was with color purchase any paintings
and color theory B. The pictorial space of the painting
31. Which of the following painterly charac- would not allow landscapes
ter traits best describes the Expressionist C. The use of bright colors would have
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D. To better maintain a visual clarity be- B. Make a statement about what architec-
tween the forms’ fragmented planes ture could accomplish in the near future
34. The Fauvism movement is chiefly charac- C. Advance the supremacy of Russian
terized by what painterly trait? artists working during this time
D. All of the above
A. A focus on deconstructing the visual
perspective of different forms and ob- 38. For Marcel’s Duchamp famous readymade
jects, wherein multiple dimensions were Fountain (1917), he signed the name ‘R.
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revealed Mutt’ to what object?
B. Compositions intended to express the A. Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa
artist’s emotional state while painting
B. A bicycle wheel
C. A focus on landscapes, the figure and
C. A urinal
still-lifes, while utilizing a series of rich
and non-representational colors D. A phonograph
D. A strict adherence to formal color the- 39. László Moholy-Nagy was known as an
ory artist who:
35. Alexander Rodchenko was among a group A. Abandoned his family late in life and
of Constructivist artists who founded Pro- moved to Tahiti
ductivism, a movement that believed art B. Worked in a variety of media, including
should do what? painting, sculpture and photography
A. Be given away to the poor C. Wrote the first Dada Manifesto
B. Be promoted as a practical and socially D. Created paintings comprised largely of
relevant endeavor squares and geometric shapes
C. Serve to destroy all forms of art that 40. Man Ray’s art is considered to have repre-
preceded it sented which two modern movements?
D. Spark a political revolution A. Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism
36. Dada artist Francis Picabia was well
known for producing paintings with ab- B. Dada and Surrealism
stract imagery that was meant to mimic C. Surrealism and American Regionalism
what?
A. Renaissance-era frescoes D. Expressionism and Abstract Expres-
B. Machines sionism
C. Comic book characters 41. Surrealist Max Ernst’s rejection of tradi-
D. His dreams tional painting styles and techniques was
of great influence to which subsequent
37. El Lissitzky’s series of Proun paintings movement?
were renowned for trying to achieve A. Abstract Expressionism
B. Color Field Painting
A. Create a three-dimensional space
using abstract forms within a two- C. Washington Color School
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42. The Bauhaus school was known chiefly as C. Men in bowler hats
a place where artists could do what? D. Prostitutes sitting in cafés

A. Learn in a majestic rural setting, away
46. The oeuvre of Joan Miró can be said to
from the bustling urban center
encapsulate which of the following collec-
B. Be instructed in craft based arts only tions of artistic styles?
C. Receive practical instruction while be- A. Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism
ing allowed to pursue multiple artistic dis- and Fauvism
ciplines B. Cubism, Surrealism and Abstract Ex-
D. Master techniques in producing Cubist pressionism
portraits, in the tradition of Picasso and C. Dada only
Braque
D. Futurism, Dada and Surrealism
43. The Dada movement of the early 20th cen-
47. The subject matter of Salvador Dalí’s paint-
tury is known by which characteristic?
ings can be said to symbolize the artist’s
A. It was opposed to nationalism, author- what?
itarianism and any form of group ideology A. His sexual desires and frustrations
B. His unconscious, or what he called
B. It was Communist in nature, and was “critical paranoia”
founded on the principle of communal
ownership and creation C. His childhood
D. All of the above
C. It was comprised largely of abstract
painters who strived to achieve a new 48. The Suprematists’ interest in achieving the
artistic language ‘zero degree’ of painting can be described
D. It was shut down at the beginning of as:
World War I A. Producing a work comprised entirely
of circles and round shapes
44. The following definition is describing
which 20th-century modern art move- B. Finding the point beyond which the
ment?: “Psychic automatism in its pure medium could not go without ceasing to
state, by which one proposes to express be art
– verbally, by means of the written word, C. Seeking a primitive form art that, in a
or in any other manner – the actual func- sense, represented civilization’s return to
tioning of thought.” zero
A. Dada D. Creating a harmonious and utopian vi-
sion for the future of modern man
B. Abstract Expressionism
C. Surrealism 49. Which of the following art movements and
styles did artist and teacher Josef Albers
D. Neo-Expressionism not inspire?
45. The motif for which Surrealist artist René A. Surrealism
Magritte was best known was: B. Geometric abstraction
A. Mythological creatures C. Color Field painting
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50. Which of the following vocations practiced A. Purchasing and showing a variety of
by Paul Klee was of great influence in his Post-Impressionist works by artists such
painting? as Cézanne and van Gogh
A. Masonry B. Celebrating the work of Bauhaus art
B. Hiking and architecture
C. Recognizing the talent of Abstract Ex-
C. Architecture
pressionist artists before they became
D. Musical composition commercially viable
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51. Who among the following artists is cred- D. Compiling the largest museum exhibi-
ited as the “father” of Constructivism? tion of Cubist and early abstract art to-
date, including works by Picasso, Arp and
A. Paul Cézanne
Delaunay
B. André Breton
56. During the Abstract Expressionist period,
C. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner all of the following favored creating art
D. Vladimir Tatlin that was entirely abstract (i.e. lacking any
figurative qualities) except:
52. The Ukrainian artist Kazimir Malevich was
the founder of which modern movement? A. Jackson Pollock
A. Dada B. Willem de Kooning

C. Clyfford Still
B. De Stijl
D. Hans Hofmann
C. Suprematism
D. Surrealism 57. Franz Kline helped establish a form of
painting within the vein of Abstract Ex-
53. All of the following artists and writers are pressionism, commonly known as:
typically associated with Existentialist phi- A. Pointillism
losophy, except which one?
B. Drip painting
A. Francis Bacon
C. De Stijl
B. Alberto Giacometti
D. Gestural Abstraction
C. Jean Tinguey
58. Hans Hofmann’s “push and pull” theory
D. Maurice Merleau-Ponty
can be summed up by which of the follow-
54. All of these artists and styles were direct ing descriptions?
influences on the Abstract Expressionists A. One must physically stretch and re-
except which of the following? tract the canvas before applying paint
A. Picasso and Cubism B. Pictorial space on the canvas is best
B. Matisse and Fauvism expressed using contrasts of color, shape
and surface area
C. Ernst and Surrealism
C. The artist must “push” the viewer with
D. Boccioni and Futurism provocative subject matter in order to
55. During its early years, the Museum of “pull” them in
Modern Art was known for doing all ex- D. Art students will learn nothing unless
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59. Helen Frankenthaler’s painting Nightmare C. Pollock would blind-fold himself and
(1989) is a strong example of which paint- drop paint onto the canvas directly from
ing style that grew in popularity during the the can

latter years of Abstract Expressionism?
D. With the canvas lying flat on the floor,
Pollock would drip paint using various
utensils and allow the paint to soak in
61. Mark Rothko’s painting Number 14

(1960) is a popular example of his work
with “sectionals.” Which of the following
best describes what Rothko was trying to
achieve with these works?
A. Color Field Painting

B. Washington Color School
C. Action Painting
D. Conceptualism
60. Jackson Pollock’s One: Number 31 (1950)
is an example of a ‘drip painting.’ Which
of the following statements best describes
how Pollock went about creating such
works?
A. Encourage people to avoid watching

too much television
B. Create universal symbols of human
yearning and statements about the condi-
tion of modern man
A. With the canvas placed up against
the wall, Pollock tossed splatters of thick C. Communicate through these mystical
paint across the room, allowing them land shapes the mental and physical healing
at random power of Buddhism
B. Pollock would physically step onto the D. Express to the established art world
canvas and apply paint with his toes and that his work represented the pinnacle of
fingers Abstract Expressionism

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62. Piet Mondrian’s paintings comprised of B. “The new Guggenheim Museum’s spi-
horizontal and vertical lines, and primary ral…creates a small but bothersome de-
colors, are all key examples of which artis- gree [on par with] the fun house in
tic style? amusement parks.”
A. Dada C. “Modern art always projects itself into
B. De Stijl a twilight zone where no values are fixed.”
C. Futurism
D. “The canvas is an arena in which to
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D. Cubism
act.”
63. Richard Diebenkorn is a unique figure
among the Abstract Expressionists for 66. The mid-century art critic Clement Green-
which of the following reasons? berg’s fullest response to Abstract Expres-
sionism can be found in the essay entitled:
A. His aesthetic moved back and forth be-
tween abstraction and figural painting A. Cezanne’s Doubt
B. He was based in California instead of B. American-Type Painting
New York City, providing a West Coast C. Cubism and Its Discontents
base for abstract artists
D. The American Action Painters
C. He experimented with installation and
land art 67. The painting of Ellsworth Kelly – com-
D. A and B prised largely of large, fixed shapes of
color – heavily influenced the development
64. The art critic and philosopher Harold of these modern movements except which
Rosenberg was well known for taking of the following?
which the following stances regarding ab-
A. Hard-edge painting
stract art?
A. Abstract art should be a mixture of pic- B. Minimalism
torial realism and popular advertisements C. Color Field painting
D. Dada
B. The decorative qualities of an artwork
were of paramount importance 68. The pictorial device in painting known as
the “zip” – a vertical stripe of color run-
C. A work of art must be completely and
ning the length of canvas – was popular-
utterly devoid of figuration to merit any at-
ized by which Abstract Expressionist?
tention
D. The canvas surface was not for paint- A. Barnett Newman
ing a picture, but something on which to B. Frank Kline
record an event C. Willem de Kooning
65. The art critic Leo Steinberg, who came D. Ad Reinhardt
to prominence in the 1960s, famously as-
serted which of the following ideas in his 69. The signature abstract forms utilized in
essay “Other Criteria”? Kenneth Noland’s paintings – targets,
A. “Painting is for the birds. True artists stripes and chevrons – could be said to
must focus their skills in other media, presage which modern movement?
such as sculpture and photography.” A. Minimalism

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B. Neo-Expressionism A. Dadaists
C. Pop art B. Minimalists

D. Land art C. Conceptualists
70. Thomas Hart Benton was a popular prac- D. Abstract Expressionists

titioner and proponent of which artistic 73. All of the listed artists were associated
style? with Minimalism except which of the fol-
A. American Regionalism lowing?
B. Abstract Expressionism A. Donald Judd
C. Baroque B. Joseph Beuys
D. Futurism C. Dan Flavin
D. Carl Andre
71. Willem de Kooning’s painting, Woman I
(1950-52) can be said to incorporate the 74. Andy Warhol’s iconic set of paintings
visual characteristics of which two artistic Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962) is a key ex-
styles? ample of the Pop artist’s what?
A. His effort to increasingly erase the

artist’s hand from the production process
B. Commentary on art as a product,

seemingly no different than his subjects
C. Effort to convince Campbell’s Soups to

pay him for marketing materials
A. Dada and Pop art D. Both A and B
B. Abstraction and Figurative art
75. Carl Andre’s approach to Minimalist art
C. Bauhaus and Art Nouveau heavily recalled, in both appearance and
D. Viennese Actionism and Surrealism theory, the artistic approach of which pre-
ceding modern movement?
72. A large number of artists from which mod-
ern movement were once beneficiaries of A. Impressionism
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C. Realism A. Hans Hofmann’s “push and pull” tech-

nique
D. Neo-Dada
B. Natural light
76. Donald Judd’s iconic work Untitled (Stack)
C. Shaped canvases
(1967) was in fact part of a series of
works that he intended to achieve what? D. None of the above
78. Jasper John’s mixed-media work Target

with Four Faces (1955) – considered by
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some to be the first work of Neo-Dada art
– is a major departure from Abstract Ex-
pressionism because:
A. Appear as unique, three-dimensional

combinations of color, industrial material,
and light
B. Create an optic illusion for the viewer,
in which three-dimensional structures ap-
peared flat A. It portrays recognizable objects
C. Eventually be mass produced and used B. He was creating art that doubled as an
as bookshelves interactive game
D. Be commissioned for outdoor installa- C. The work’s surface reveals rough
tion, where the structures would be even- brushstrokes
tually deteriorate due to the elements D. It was made using only non-art mate-
rials
77. In Frank Stella’s Minimalist and - later in
life - series of abstract works, the artist 79. Which of the following can accurately be
was particularly well known for utilizing said of Roy Lichtenstein’s methods as it
which of the following? applies to painting?

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A. He commissioned other young artists 83. All of these artists are tied to the Neo-
to produce paintings on his behalf Expressionist movement except for which
of the following?

B. Similar to Pollock, he drips paint onto
the canvas in an improvised fashion A. Philip Guston
C. Similar to Seurat’s Pointillism, he ap- B. Julian Schnabel
plied a series of dots to the canvas in near
mechanical fashion C. Francesco Clemente
D. He replied on natural light and other D. Damien Hirst
elements to inform his work, recalling the
19th-century methods of plein air painters 84. Allan Kaprow was a pioneer for which art
movement?
80. Which of the following was not a major
objective of Pop art? A. Pop art
A. To gradually blur the line that divided B. Happenings
“high” and “low” art
C. Post-Minimalism
B. To express a cool, almost ambivalent
attitude towards the academic institution D. Color Field Painting
of modern art
85. Carolee Schneemann is most commonly as-
C. To provide a new form of commentary sociated with which of the following art
on the world of commercial advertising movements?
D. To help corporations sell certain goods
A. Postmodernism
and services
B. Performance art
81. The work of Robert Rauschenberg is
widely considered to represent the be- C. Feminist art
ginnings of the Neo-Dada movement for D. All of the above
which of the following reasons?
A. He was largely rejected from the social 86. Conceptual artists like Lawrence Weiner,
circles of Abstract Expressionists Joseph Kosuth and Sol LeWitt all owe an
B. His Combine works incorporated vari- artistic debt to which preceding artist and
ous found and non-art objects movement?
C. He claimed to be the personal disciple A. Édouard Manet and Impressionism

of Marcel Duchamp B. Marcel Duchamp and Dada
D. His preferred media included inverted
C. Henri Matisse and Fauvism
urinals and bicycle wheels
D. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Expression-
82. All of these artistic genres and movements ism
are associated with Performance Art ex-
cept which of the following? 87. Eva Hesse’s work Untitled (1969), made
A. Happenings from a collection of unusual non-art mate-
B. Neo-Expressionism rials, including fiberglass, polyester resin,
and cloth-covered metal wire, provides
C. Body art a strong precursor to which modern art
D. Feminist art movement?

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C. Dinner Party (a large feminist art-

inspired installation)
D. Tilted Arc (a work of weathered steel
originally installed in downtown New York
City)
90. Jean-Michel Basquiat’s distinct Neo-

Expressionist style of painting and draw-
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ing, as with Untitled (Skull) and Flexible
(both 1982) are symptomatic of all these,
except which of the following?
A. His attempt at riffing on traditional
self-portraiture
B. The artist’s Puerto Rican and Haitian
lineage
C. His affinity for graffiti and street art
D. His close friendship with Andy Warhol
shortly before the Pop artist’s death
A. Land art
91. Joseph Beuys’ work Fat Chair (1964-85),
B. Conceptual art in which animal fat rests on a wooden
C. Process art chair, and gradually decays over time, was
composed as a metaphor for what?
D. Feminist art
88. Feminist art, particularly during its rise

in the 1960s and 70s, is celebrated for
achieving what?
A. Challenged the authority of a male-
dominated art world
B. Blurred the boundaries that divide so-
called “high” art and craft-based art
C. Incorporated elements of perfor-
mance, installation art and text
D. All of the above
89. For which of the following installa-

tion works is artist Richard Serra best
known?
A. 10,000 Oaks (a public installation of
planted trees in Germany)
B. Spiral Jetty (a land art installation in A. The artist’s struggles with weight loss
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B. The importance of fat and wood as ba- A. Bodily mutilation.

sic survival tools B. Physical endurance.

C. The transience and impermanence of C. Musical composition.
human life
D. Silence.
D. An artist’s need for quiet reflection
and mental stability while working 95. Robert Smithson’s works, such as Spi-
ral Jetty, Asphalt Rundown, and Amarillo
92. Judy Chicago’s iconic and large-scale instal- Ramp, are all examples of which move-
lation piece The Dinner Party (1979) is cel- ment that came about in the 1960s and
ebrated for doing what? 70s?
A. Neo-Dada art
B. Minimalist art
C. Land art
D. Feminist art
96. The art of John Baldessari is renowned for
which of the following characteristics?
A. Its use of land and earth
B. Its appropriation of advertisements
and images of celebrities
C. Its use of fat, felt, and other non-art
A. Highlighting the forgotten achieve- materials of personal importance
ments of women in history D. Its absence of artistic authorship
B. Emphasizing the importance of line,
97. The Neo-Expressionist artist Georg
form and geometry in postmodern art
Baselitz believed it was important to re-
C. Bringing women artists together for a vive Expressionist modes of painting for
gala event to honor their work what reason?
D. Providing an ironic statement about A. To communicate to the world that
food and large gatherings painting, above all other media, was su-
perior
93. Julian Schnabel’s early Neo-Expressionist
paintings were heavily influenced by all B. As a means of dealing with German na-
except which of the following? tional identity and art in the wake of World
War II
A. Mexican culture and early 20th-
century murals C. To call attention to the relatively new
style of graffiti art
B. Ornithology and bird watching
D. He wanted to defect from his native
C. Catholic iconography Germany
D. Conceptual art
94. Marina Abramovic’s performance art incor- represents an artistic Happening?
porated all of these elements below ex- A. They only occurred at Black Mountain
cept: College in North Carolina

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B. It’s a performance comprised entirely C. He maintained that geometric shapes

of improvised music were the simplest and most honest form
C. Performances rely on the use of fire, of artistic expression
water and other natural elements D. He created works that naturally deteri-
D. It usually requires audience participa- orated over time
tion and elements of chance
100. All of these sub-genres can be said to fall
99. Which of the following statements relates under Post-Minimalism except?
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to the work of Sol LeWitt? A. Earth art
A. He believed the idea itself could be a
B. Process art
work of art
C. Pop art
B. He believed that architecture was su-
perior to all other artistic mediums D. Body art
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1. Auguste Rodin’s sculpture contains both A. Nudes were acceptable only when
traditional and modernist elements. Which appearing in mythological or allegorical
of the following could be described as mod- paintings.
ernist innovations in Rodin’s The Gates of B. The painting was rejected because the
Hell? style was not realistic enough.
A. Religious subject matter C. Nudes were completely banned since
B. References to Dante’s Inferno 1815.
C. The fragmentation and repetition of D. The jury was upset, because Edouard
figural forms Manet placed his own brother together
with a nude, and that was considered an
D. Bronze casting
insult to the society.
E. The use of plaster models E. The painting was too large to be hung
in the Salon.
2. Impressionist artists focused on certain
themes. The subject matter (content, 4. Japanese art had many characteristics that
story) of Impressionist painting was lim- appealed to 19th-century European artists.
ited to all of the following except: Which of the following was not one of
A. industrialized landscapes. these characteristics?
B. cafes, restaurants, and dancing halls. A. Asymmetrical compositions
C. the city of Paris. B. Sinuous, decorative lines
D. boating parties. C. Bright, unmodulated colors
E. religion and mythology. D. Battle scenes

E. Depiction of everyday life
3. In 1863, the Salon rejected Edouard
Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass. Which of 5. Post-Impressionism differs most from Im-
the following statements is true? pressionism in:

A. its greater interest in scientific theo- B. Angelica Kauffmann

ries of color.
C. Berthe Morisot

B. its contemporary subject matter.
D. Mary Cassatt
C. its visible brushwork.
E. Both C and D
D. its bright colors
E. its origin in France. 10. Which of the following is true of Pointil-
lism?
6. The term “Impressionism” was coined to
describe a painting by which artist? A. The term is used to describe the tech-
A. Claude Monet nique according to which tiny dots of pure
color are placed on the canvas and the
B. Edgar Degas viewer’s eye does the “mixing” and blend-
C. Berthe Morisot ing of colors.
D. Mary Cassatt B. Toulouse Lautrec is the founder of
E. Eduard Manet Pointillism.
7. The term “Modernism” refers to which of C. Georges Seurat was interested in opti-
the following? cal effects and developed Pointillism.
A. Art created in the last decade D. Both A and C
B. Changes in Western societies in the E. Both A and B
late 19th and early 20th centuries
C. The Age of Enlightenment 11. Which of the following techniques does
not accurately describe the Impressionist
D. Renaissance art
painting style?
E. Fashion trends of the 1930s
A. Fragmentation of form
8. Which of the following best describes de-
B. Plein air painting
sign features of the Art Nouveau style?
A. Art Nouveau artists placed a strong C. The capture of the transient effect of
emphasis on clean straight lines. sunlight
B. Art Nouveau artists rejected ornamen- D. Short, thick brush strokes and free
tation. brushwork
C. Art Nouveau style relied on geometric E. Minimal use of black paint
forms and saturated bright colors.
D. Art Nouveau artists preferred sinuous 12. Which Post-Impressionist artist spent his
lines, nature-inspired curves, and rich or- most productive years in Tahiti?
namentation. A. Vincent van Gogh
E. Art Nouveau style was limited to paint-
B. Toulouse Lautrec
ing and architecture.
C. Paul Gauguin
9. Which of the following female artists was
an Impressionist painter? D. Georges Seurat
A. Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun E. Paul Cezanne

13. Which Post-Impressionist artist suggested C. illustrates the influence of Vincent van
that the natural world can be reduced to a Gogh’s brushstrokes.
sphere, a cone, and a cylinder?
D. is considered an exemplar of Picasso’s
A. Vincent van Gogh Blue period.
B. Paul Cezanne E. marks Picasso’s transition from Ana-
C. Paul Gauguin lytic to Synthetic Cubism.
D. Georges Seurat 17. Which of the following does not accurately
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E. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec describe Analytic Cubism?
A. Paintings appear almost monochro-
14. Collage is a technique that involves which
matic.
of the following?
B. The color palette is limited to browns,
A. Pasting lightweight materials or ob-
ocher, grays, and blacks.
jects onto a flat surface
C. The subject matter is limited to still
B. Fastening together heavy objects,
lifes, portraits, and musical instruments.
such as pipes and rods
C. Applying a very thick layer of paint to
canvas to get a textured painting surface D. Text never appears on the canvas.
D. Covering the canvas with layers of E. There is fragmentation of form and a

transparent glaze series of overlapping planes.
E. Placing pieces of stained glass into an 18. Which of the following statements about
iron frame Analytic Cubism is false?
15. In his essay, “Modern Painting,” Guil- A. It emphasizes the flatness of canvas.
laume Apollinaire states which of the fol- B. It reduces and fragments objects and
lowing? forms into geometric shapes.
A. In modern painting, verisimilitude no C. It is also called “hermetic.”
longer has importance.
D. It was created by Pablo Picasso alone.
B. In modern painting, the subject is very
important.
E. It predates Synthetic Cubism.
C. In modern painting, the aim of painting
is to give pleasure to the eye. 19. Which of the following statements about
D. In modern painting, the titles reflect Cubism is/are most accurate?
the narrative. A. Cubism was founded by Pablo Picasso
E. Both A and C and Georges Braque.
B. Cubism was inspired by the art of Paul
16. Pablo Picasso’s 1907 Les Demoiselles
Cézanne and African art.
d’Avignon:
C. Cubism was inspired by Impression-
A. shows the influence of African art in
ism.
the depiction of the female figures.
D. Both A and B
B. was inspired by a trip Picasso took to
Africa in 1906. E. Both A and C

20. Which of the following statements about C. Cubists and Fauvists were attracted to
Fauvism is false? African art’s deformation of form for ex-
pressive purposes.

A. Fauvism was influenced by the paint-
ing techniques and color theories of D. The abstraction Cubists and Fauvists
Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. found in African art validated their own
move to abstract form.
B. Fauve artists were interested in the
decorative abstraction of African artifacts. E. European colonialism made African ob-
jects accessible to artists in France.
C. Fauvists often used paint directly from 23. Nonfigurative painting differs from figura-
the tube without mixing and preparing col- tive painting, because nonfigurative paint-
ors. ing:
D. Fauve artists used strong, undisguised A. contains only anonymous, not named,
brushstrokes. individuals.
E. The founder and leader of Fauves was B. contains recognizable objects but no
Maurice de Vlaminck. human figures.
21. Which of the following statements about C. refers only to geometric forms.
Synthetic Cubism is false? D. contains no recognizable depictions of
any referent in the real world.
A. The technique of collage was intro-
duced. E. was practiced only in Russia in the
early 20th century.
B. The technique of papier collé was cre-
ated. 24. Which artist was the first to completely re-
C. Fragments of real newspaper, card- ject figurative imagery and any references
board, or playing cards were used for to the natural world and painted the first
paintings. modern abstract work?
D. Synthetic Cubism is less colorful than A. Pablo Picasso
Analytic Cubism. B. Henry Matisse
E. Synthetic Cubism is more colorful than C. Wassily Kandinsky
Analytic Cubism.
D. Franz Marc
22. Which of the statements below concerning E. Umberto Boccioni
the influence of African art on Cubism and
Fauvism is false? 25. Which of the following statements about
Constantin Brancusi’s The Kiss of 1916 is
A. Cubists and Fauvists were attracted false?
to the formal qualities of African art but
knew little about the cultural contexts in A. The sculpture depicts a homosexual
which African objects were produced. embrace.
B. Cubists and Fauvists carefully studied B. The fusion of the male and female fig-
the original uses of African objects in or- ures suggests the unifying power of love.
der to understand the meanings these ob-
jects had for their original, African users. C. The reduction to the essential forms is
a hallmark of Brancusi’s mature work.

D. The abstraction emphases the univer- C. Balla’s painting is similar to the pho-
sality of the theme of love. tographs of Eadweard Muybridge in its at-
E. The rough surface of the stone block tempt to convey speed and motion.
suggests premodern works of art. D. The painting shows that Balla, like F. T.
Marinetti, equated modernity with move-
26. Which of the following statements about ment.
Der Blaue Reiter is false?
E. The painting focuses only on the dog
A. Der Blaue Reiter organized an exhi- and the feet of its human owner in order
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bition that included works of premodern to emphasize dynamic motion itself.
Western art, folk art, non-Western art,
and the art of children, as well as works 29. Which of the following statements about
by contemporary European artists. Italian Futurists and manifestos is false?
B. The group revolved around Wassily A. Italian Futurists wrote only one main
Kandinsky and Franz Marc. manifesto.
C. The group was created as a response B. Antonio Sant’Elia wrote the “Mani-
to the rejection of Kandinsky’s painting festo of Futurist Architecture.”
from an exhibition. C. Italian Futurists wrote a number of
D. The group worked closely with the Die manifestos.
Brücke group in Dresden. D. Umberto Boccioni authored “The Tech-
E. The name of the group had spiritual im- nical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture.”
plications for Kandinsky. E. “Manifesto of Futurist Musicians” was
27. Which of the following statements about written in 1910.
Futurism is false? 30. Which of the following statements about
A. Futurism emerged in Italy as an artis- the art of Die Brücke group is false?
tic and literary movement. A. Their paintings and woodcuts empha-
B. The leader of Italian Futurists was Fil- sized subjectivity over objectivity.
ippo Tommaso Marinetti. B. They expressively distorted the figures
C. “The Futurist Manifesto” was first in their composition to convey psychologi-
published in 1909. cal states.
D. Futurism was an isolated Italian phe- C. Their works often express anxiety
nomenon. caused by the rapid social changes and in-
E. Italian Futurists were nationalists. creasing urbanization of modern life.
D. Many of their works illustrate their in-
28. Which of the following statements about terest in premodern German styles or the
Giacomo Balla’s Dynamism of a Dog on a art of non-Western societies.
Leash, an oil painting of 1912, is false?
E. Their art usually conveys the harmony
A. The subject matter shows that Balla and beauty of everyday contemporary life.
was more interested in animals than in hu-
man beings. 31. Which of the following statements about
B. Balla used lines of force, blurring, and the Italian Futurists is false?
the repetition of forms to convey the idea A. They admired speed and praised war
of movement in space. and violence.

B. They admired the industrial city and A. The human form has been reduced to
the machine. the essential elements necessary to con-
vey the notion of dynamic movement.

C. They dismissed art critics.
D. They rejected art of the past. B. The sculpture portrays modern man as
an anonymous and machine-like exemplar
E. They found models for their art in the
of speed and forward motion.
specifically Italian art of the Renaissance
and ancient Romans. C. The sculpture shows the influence of
Cubism’s abstraction and fragmentation
32. Which of the following statements about of form.
Wassily Kandinsky is false?
D. The sculpture is larger than life size in
A. Kandinsky was influenced by Theoso- order to show the supremacy of modern
phy and teachings of Helena Blavatsky. man.
B. Kandinsky authored a theoretical trea- E. Boccioni used a very traditional mate-
tise titled “Concerning the Spiritual in rial to portray a modern theme.
Art.”
C. Kandinsky was fascinated by Russian 34. Constructivists operated with which of the
folk art and religious architecture. following notions?
D. Kandinsky was fascinated with color A. Factura
symbolism. B. Tectonic
E. Kandinsky was a member of the Die C. Chiaroscuro
Brücke group.
D. Sfumato
33. Which of the following statements does E. Both A and B
not accurately describe Umberto Boccioni’s
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, a 35. Constructivists saw which of the following
bronze sculpture of 1913 (pictured be- as their task?
low)? A. Bringing fine arts to Russian provinces
B. Reviving Russian folk arts

C. Investigating the properties of various
materials and finding the forms and tech-
niques appropriate to each material
D. Conveying Communism’s egalitarian
ideology through the formal elements of
a work of art
E. Both C and D
36. Kazimir Malevich did all of the following

except:
A. he launched Suprematism in 1915, at
the “0,10 Last Futurist Exhibition.”
B. he designed backdrops and costumes
for the Futurist opera, “Victory over the

Sun,” staged in December 1913 in St. Pe- A. De Stijl was also known as neoplasti-
tersburg. cism.
C. he experimented with Cubist and Fu- B. De Stijl was a Dutch artistic movement.
turist styles.
D. he denied that his works had any spiri- C. De Stijl was concerned only with archi-
tual or transcendental meanings. tecture.
E. he attributed spiritual and transcen- D. Both A and C
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dental meanings to his Suprematist
works. E. Both A and B
37. The artists associated with Suprematism, 40. Which of the following statements about
Constructivism, and De Stijl all had utopian Piet Mondrian’s paintings is false?
goals for their art. Which of the following A. Horizontal and vertical lines are meant
statements best describes their utopian to suggest the balance between all possi-
goals? ble oppositions, such as life/death, mate-
A. Proceeds from the sale of their works rial/spiritual, male/female, and so forth
would be donated to feed the poor. B. Mondrian’s mature paintings use only
B. The formal elements of art would the primary colors and black and white.
change a viewer’s perception of the world C. Mondrian’s paintings were meant to
and therefore improve human life. convey his Theosophical ideas about spir-
C. The works suggest that a better life ituality.
awaits human beings after death.
D. The paint application simultane-
D. The art would provide a beautiful es- ously emphasizes the two-dimensionality
cape from the realities of modern life. of the picture plane and the three-
E. The works had clearly recognizable an- dimensionality of the painted canvas.
tiwar themes. E. Mondrian’s paintings emphasize the
reality of the material world and deny the
possibility of spiritual transcendence.
Cubo-Futurism is false?
A. It is a fusion of French Cubism and Ital- 41. “I have transformed myself in the zero
ian Futurism. of form and dragged myself out of
B. It is a uniquely Russian modernist the rubbish-filled pool of Academic art.”
style. Where is this quote from?
C. It combines Cubist fragmentation of A. Marinetti’s “The Futurist Manifesto”

form with Futurist representation of of 1909
movement. B. Apollinaire’s “Modern Painting” of
D. Natalia Goncharova was one of the 1912
finest Russian Cubo-Futurist artists. C. Malevich’s “From Cubism and Futur-
E. Wassily Kandinsky was the leader of ism to Suprematism” of 1915
Russian Cubo-Futurists. D. Breton’s “Manifesto of Surrealism” of
1924
De Stijl is/are true? E. Larionov’s “Rayonism” of 1913

42. Dada and Surrealist artists used nonart 46. Which of the following is an example of a
materials in many of their works for all readymade?
of the following reasons except:

A. Raoul Haussmann’s “ABCD”
A. to break down the barriers between
high art and everyday life. B. Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain”
B. to save money by avoiding expensive, C. Hannah Hoch’s “Cut with the Dada
artistic materials. Kitchen Knife”
C. to shock their bourgeois audiences by D. Kurt Schwitter’s “Merzbau”

using unexpected materials. E. John Heartfield’s “Adolph the Super-
D. to show that the surreal could be found man”
in everyday life and objects.
E. to incorporate the notion of chance in
Marcel Duchamp’s “readymades” is
their use of materials and processes.
false?
43. Dadaist artists used all of the following ex- A. They suggest that art is a culturally de-
cept: termined and therefore mutable category
A. collage. rather than a fixed and eternal essence.
B. assemblage. B. They prove that any object can be beau-
tiful if we take the time to look at it care-
C. readymades.
fully.
D. chiaroscuro.
C. They emphasize the artist’s act of se-
E. photomontage. lecting an object rather than the act of
making one.
44. Theories of which of the following psychol-
ogists had an impact on Surrealist artists? D. They break down the barrier between
the fine arts and all other types of human
A. John Dewey
production.
B. Harvey Carr
E. They greatly influenced the work of
C. Sigmund Freud several Neo-Dada and Pop artists.
D. Carl Jung
E. Wilhelm Wundt Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a
Staircase is false?
45. What did Andre Breton celebrate in his
“Surrealist Manifesto?” A. It was displayed at the armory show in
A. The marvelous 1913.
B. War and destruction B. It fuses Cubist and Futurist features.
C. Traditional, naturalistic painting and C. Its palette is relatively monochromatic.

sculpture
D. The world of the imagination and D. It is an example of nonfigurative art.
dreams E. The painting was rejected at the “Sa-
E. Both A and D lon des Independents.”

49. Which of the following statements about B. To teach Old Master painting and sculp-
the Dada movement is false? tural techniques
A. Dada was an international movement C. To produce handmade works that
based on a philosophy of negation. could compete with those made by ma-
B. Dada works emphasize spirituality and chine
transcendence. D. To train only architects and industrial
C. Dada artists blamed bourgeois culture designers
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for the devastation of World War I. E. To train artists in textiles, ceramics,
D. Dada was a protest against bourgeois and graphic design
nationalism and colonialism.
53. Which of the following did not have a
E. Dada was considered “anti-art.” profound influence on the art of France,
Germany, and Russia in the 1920s and
50. The paintings of Edward Hopper are char- 1930s?:
acterized by which of the following:
A. Nationalism
A. Solitude, melancholy, and alienation
B. Industrial production
B. Energy, dynamism, and speed
C. The destruction of World War I
C. Rationality, harmony, and order
D. New technologies
D. Humor and folk tales
E. Traditional folklore tales
E. War and natural disaster
54. Which of the following movements em-
51. What was the significance of the 1913 Ar- phasized nationalistic subject matter por-
mory Show? trayed in a folksy, naturalistic style?
A. It proved that American artists were A. Purism
more daring and innovative than their Eu-
ropean counterparts. B. Urban Realism
B. It inspired American artists to exper- C. Regionalism

iment more boldly with abstraction and D. The New Objectivity
nonnaturalistic colors and forms.
E. The Bauhaus
C. It was the first international exhibition
of art ever held. 55. Which of the following was not character-
istic of Purism in France?
D. It encouraged numerous American
artists to study art in Paris. A. It was influenced by technology and
machine production.
E. It displayed the art of children, the in-
sane, and the homeless along with that of B. It valued legibility and rational order.
artists. C. Classical harmony and balance were
52. What were the educational goals of the highly valued.
Bauhaus? D. It emphasized dynamic speed and
A. To train students in all the visual arts change.
and prepare them to produce objects for E. It was a reaction to the chaos of World
industrial production War I.

56. Which of the following artists was in- 59. Which of the following statements about
spired by mythology? Jackson Pollock’s paintings is false?

A. Franz Kline A. His best known works are character-
ized by drips, pours, and splashes of paint.
B. Mark Rothko
C. Willem de Kooning
B. His works were used by the United
D. Ad Reinhardt States government to promote American
E. Jackson Pollock Liberalism.
C. His paintings are characterized by an
57. Which of the following is not one of the allover format that seems to continue past
reasons that New York became the new the edges of the canvas.
center for art after World War II?
D. His paintings emphasize process and
A. Numerous European modernists fled evoke ideas of spontaneity and authentic-
to the United States during and after the ity.
war.
E. His works were directly inspired by
B. The United States emerged from the German Expressionist paintings of the
war as a global political power. 1910s.
C. New York had the best art schools in
60. Which of the following statements is/are
the world.
true of “action painting”?
D. Europe was economically devastated
A. Harold Rosenberg coined the term in
by the war.
1952.
E. The United States had the most pros-
B. It is also called “gesture painting.”
perous economy after the war.
C. Mark Rothko worked in this style.
58. Which of the following statements about D. Both A and C
Clement Greenberg’s essay, “Avant-
Garde and Kitsch,” is false? E. Both A and B
A. Greenberg argued that only the formal 61. Who created the painting below?
elements of a work of art had importance.
B. Greenberg defined “kitsch” as easily

recognizable subject matter painted in a
naturalistic style that required no thought
on the part of the viewer.
C. Greenberg claimed that art no longer
had relevance or value for modern society.
D. Greenberg argued that avant-garde

art kept culture moving.
A. Mark Rothko
E. Greenberg believed that abstract,
avant-garde art served a political purpose B. Willim de Kooning
although it had no political subject matter. C. Clyfford Still

D. Jackson Pollock D. Oldenburg wrapped buildings and

E. Franz Kline bridges in various materials
E. Oldenburg is generally associated with
62. Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and Eliza- Pop Art
beth Taylor appear in whose works?
A. Jackson Pollock’s 66. Which of the following statements about
Pop Art is false?
B. Andy Warhol’s
A. It emerged as a reaction against Ab-
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C. Roy Lichtenstein’s
stract Expressionism.
D. Willem de Kooning’s
B. It emerged in Great Britain.
E. Gustav Klimt’s
C. It attempted to continue the heroic
63. What is the significance of the Ben-Day themes found in Abstract Expressionism.
dots in Roy Lichtenstein’s work?
A. They made it easy for Lichtenstein’s as- D. It displays similarities with Dada Art.
sistants to silkscreen the work.
E. It displays the influence of mass cul-
B. They refer to the mechanically repro- ture and advertisements.
duced comics that were the source of
Lichtenstein’s subject matter. 67. Which of the following statements charac-
C. They remove the hand of the artist and terizes Pop Art’s relationship to consumer
deny personal expressivity. culture?
D. They made it easier for Lichtenstein to A. It is often hard to determine if the

produce works quickly and cheaply. works celebrate, critique, or accept con-
sumer culture.
E. Both B and C
B. Pop Art uncritically celebrates every-
64. Which earlier 20th-century artist had the thing about consumer culture.
most influence on Neo-Dada and Pop Art
of the 1950s and 1960s? C. Pop Art brought the world of consumer
culture into art museums.
A. Marcel Duchamp
D. Both A and C
B. Hannah Hoch
E. Both B and C
C. Pablo Picasso
D. Wassily Kandinsky 68. Donald Judd’s works evoke ideas of indus-
trial fabrication through all of the follow-
E. George Grosz
ing except:
65. Which of the following statements about A. the serial repetition of forms.
Claes Oldenburg is false?
B. the use of industrial materials.
A. Oldenburg is a Swedish sculptor.
C. the use of strictly geometric forms.
B. Oldenburg makes oversized sculp-
tures of everyday objects. D. the use of unpainted surfaces or
monochromatic colors.
C. Oldenburg makes soft sculptures of ev-
eryday objects. E. the lack of titles for the works.

69. How does Clement Greenberg define mod- 73. Which of the following statements best de-
ernist painting in his essay, “Modernist scribes the sculpture of Eva Hesse?
Painting”?

A. Her nontraditional materials and pro-
A. It is a complete and absolute break cesses evoke organic qualities and sug-
with all the art of the past. gest the absurdity of life.
B. It is like kitsch in its use of recogniz-
able subject matter and naturalistic style. B. Her rigidly geometric forms imply or-
der and stasis,
C. It emphasizes the tension between the C. Her large abstract works are made of
fact of the picture’s two-dimensional sur- durable materials that are impervious to
face and the illusion of three-dimensional time.
space.
D. Her sculptures were designed to be
D. It emphasizes the absolute flatness of used in performances by herself and other
the picture plane with no illusion of three- artists.
dimensional space.
E. It includes techniques borrowed from E. She used only found objects and or-
the other visual arts. ganic materials to construct her sculp-
tures.
70. Robert Morris produced work that was as-
sociated with all of the following move- 74. Which of the following statements describ-
ments except: ing Joseph Beuys’s “I Like America and
A. Process Art America Likes Me” is false?
B. Minimalism A. It contains elements found in Happen-
C. Land Art ings and in Performance Art.
D. Performance Art B. It was performed numerous times in
E. Arte Povera many American cities.
71. Which of the following artists was associ- C. It experiments with the boundary be-
ated with Arte Povera? tween human and animal.
A. Alighiero Boetti D. It has a pointed political message.
B. Donald Judd
E. It reflects his interest in the spirituality
C. Eva Hesse of animals.
D. Robert Morris
E. Joseph Beuys 75. Which artist was also a major theorist of
Land Art?
72. Which of the following is not one of the
characteristics of Minimalism? A. Nancy Holt
A. Geometric form B. Michael Heizer
B. Curvilinear lines
C. Sol LeWitt
C. Industrial materials
D. Serial repetition D. Joseph Kosuth
E. Industrial fabrication E. Robert Smithson

76. Which of the following statements about E. Most works of Land Art are subject to
Conceptual Art is/are accurate? the depredations of time and weather be-
A. Conceptual art privileges the idea of a cause they are located outdoors.
work over its execution. 79. Which of the following statements about
B. The artist conceives the idea for a the work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude is
work but the execution of it may be per- false?
formed by others. A. The artists “wrapped” bridges, build-
C. The works are always impermanent ings, and islands in various materials.
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and executed on a large scale. B. Their works focus attention on the so-
D. A and B cial and political structures in which art
E. B and C operates.
C. Their works remain at the site and al-
77. Which of the following statements about ter it permanently.
Installation Art is false?
D. Their works are ephemeral and are dis-
A. Installation Art can only be found in mantled after a specified period of time.
museums specifically built for that pur-
pose. E. The artists completely fund their
works themselves and never accept
B. Installation Art may use both tradi- grants from any source.
tional and nontraditional artistic materi-
als. 80. Who wrote “Paragraphs on Conceptual
C. Installation Art often appeals to many Art?”
of all of the senses, not just the visual. A. Sol LeWitt
D. Installation Art may be found in public B. Joseph Kosuth
and private spaces as well as museums C. Robert Smithson
and galleries.
D. Joseph Beuys
E. Installation Art modifies the traditional
relationship between the work of art and E. Eva Hesse
the viewer. 81. Which of the following is not a postmod-
78. Which of the following statements about ernist characteristic of Cindy Sherman’s
Land Art is false? “Film Still” series?
A. Many works of Land Art use materials A. Sherman is both the artist and the sub-
found at the site in which they are con- ject of her photographs.
structed. B. Sherman appropriates imagery from
B. Some Land Art is created with indus- popular culture in her art.
trial materials and processes as well as C. Sherman used photography to pro-
local organic materials. duce these works, and photography is al-
C. Michael Heizer, Nancy Holt, Robert ways postmodernist.
Smithson, and Robert Morris produced D. Sherman critiques media representa-
works characterized as Land Art. tions of women.
D. Most works of Land Art refer to spe- E. Sherman suggests that gender and
cific premodern monuments created by identity are culturally rather than biolog-
the ancient Egyptians. ically determined entities.

82. Which of the following statements about 85. Laurie Anderson is best known for which
postmodernism is false? type of art?

A. Postmodernism privileges the copy A. Performance
over the original. B. Minimalism
B. Postmodernism emphasizes plurality C. Process Art
and heterogeneity.
D. Arte Povera
C. The artists considered postmodernist
E. Land Art
only produce abstract works in nontradi-
tional materials. 86. Which of the following characteristics
D. Deconstructive postmodernism re- do Installation Art and Performance Art
jects all of modernism’s values completely share?
while constructive postmodernism at- A. Both often incorporate multisensory
tempts to revise modernism’s goals. experiences.
E. Postmodernism challenges the hierar- B. Both may use nontraditional venues
chy that places the fine arts above all and may modify the relationship between
other forms of human production. the viewer and the work of art.
C. Both always have specific political
messages.
Sherrie Levine’s appropriation of the work
of earlier male artists is false? D. Both A and B
A. Levine’s work suggests that there is no E. Both B and C

such thing as true originality. 87. Which of the following is characteristic of
B. Levine’s work critiques an art culture both traditional theater and Performance
that privileges the work of men over that Art?
of women. A. The use of live performers
C. Levine’s work highlights the impact of B. A recognizable plot or narrative
photographic reproduction on the visual
C. The use of traditional theatrical spaces
arts.
D. Levine’s work was inspired by the
D. Clear boundaries between performers
work of Cindy Sherman.
and audience
E. Levine’s work comments on copying as E. Meanings conveyed through spoken di-
a traditional artistic training practice. alogue alone
84. Which of the following values is not asso- 88. Which of the following statements about
ciated with modernism? Vito Acconci’s Following Piece is false?
A. Originality A. It highlights the social boundaries be-
B. Authenticity tween public and private spaces.
B. It breaks down the barriers between
C. Purity
art and everyday life.
D. Individuality
C. It incorporates real time and space in
E. Plurality a work of art.

D. It makes the lives of ordinary people 92. Which of the following statements about
seem heroic and worthy of attention. Betye Saar’s The Liberation of Aunt
E. It ended only when the people Acconci Jemima is false?
followed entered private spaces. A. It challenges viewers to reconsider
their own racial prejudices when they en-
89. What does the art of Romare Bearden
counter derogatory stereotypes.
have in common with that of Pablo Picasso
and Hannah Hoch? B. It questions racial and gender stereo-
types.
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A. The technique of collage
B. The use of monochromatic colors C. It highlights the relationship between
consumer culture and racial stereotypes.
C. The use of assistants to execute the
work D. It is similar to Pop Art in its appropria-
tion of advertising imagery.
D. The avoidance of political meanings
E. It shows that racial tensions in the
E. Nothing
United States are a thing of the past.
90. Which of the following characteristics of
Faith Ringgold’s quilts would be consid- 93. Which of the following statements about
ered specifically feminist? Barbara Kruger’s use of text in her work
is false?
A. The use of textiles and quilting tech-
niques A. Kruger’s text clearly indicates who is
speaking and to whom the words are ad-
B. The incorporation of narrative
dressed.
C. The depiction of the human figure
B. Kruger’s use of text was influenced by
D. The use of texts as well as visual im- her work experience with Condé Nast pub-
agery lications.
E. The use of primary colors C. Kruger often uses “shifting” pronouns
91. Which of the following does not contribute that make it hard to determine who is
to the political meanings of Judy Chicago’s speaking and to whom.
The Dinner Party. D. Kruger used text in her works on pa-
A. Chicago collaborated with other per, in her installations, on objects, and
women artists to produce this work. on billboards.
B. The work incorporates ceramics and E. Kruger’s text often critiques contempo-
textiles, materials traditionally associ- rary politics or prejudices.
ated with women.
C. The work celebrates the achievements
not describe the art of Andy Warhol and
of women in various areas and numerous
Jeff Koons?
historical periods.
A. The works often use the icons of popu-
D. All of the materials used were hand-
lar culture as subject matter.
made instead of machine made.
E. The dinner party theme emphasizes B. The works are often partially or com-
and critiques the primarily domestic role pletely fabricated by assistants.
assigned to women by contemporary soci- C. It can be difficult to tell if the works
ety. celebrate or criticize consumer culture.

D. Some of the works use or allude to in- artists to gain attention regardless of his
dustrial methods of production. or her geographic location.

E. The works unconditionally celebrate D. National economies are increasingly
consumer culture. linked to and dependent upon a global
market economy.
95. Who created the “Truisms” series of
works? E. Postmodernism’s emphasis on plural-
ity and cultural relativity has made West-
A. Barbara Kruger ern art centers more open to the art pro-
B. Jenny Holzer duced in non-Western cultures.
C. Allan McCollum 99. Which of the following statements about
D. Jeff Koons Anselm Kiefer’s work is false?
E. Damien Hirst A. Kiefer’s subject matter has focused
primarily on German history and culture.
96. Which artist coined the term “superflat”
to describe his/her work?
B. Kiefer has produced artist’s books as
A. Damien Hirst well as paintings.
B. Cai Guo-Qiang C. Kiefer’s “Occupations” is a series of
C. Barbara Kruger photographic self-portraits.
D. Takashi Murakami D. Kiefer’s references to Germany’s na-
tional socialist history have been more
E. Andy Warhol
controversial in the United States, Eng-
97. Which contemporary artist is known for land, and France than in Germany.
works produced with gunpowder? E. Several of Kiefer’s paintings show the
A. Takashi Murakami influence of 19th-century German Roman-
ticism.
B. Gerhard Richter
C. Cai Guo-Qiang 100. Which of the following statements about
Damien Hirst’s “For the Love of God” is
D. Damien Hirst false?
E. Georg Baselitz A. The title was inspired by a comment
98. Which of the following is not a reason for from the artist’s mother.
the shift from a Western to a more global B. The work comments on the way mone-
perspective in contemporary art? tary value is assigned to all works of art.
A. There are now more museums and gal-
leries in Africa and Asia than in Europe C. The work consists of a human skull en-
and the United States. crusted with diamonds.
B. The number of international contempo- D. The work refers to the tradition of “me-
rary art fairs has greatly increased. mento mori” in earlier still life painting.
C. The growth of the Internet and per- E. The work is considered an icon of
sonal websites makes it easier for all British Pop Art.

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1.9 American Art

1. John White (1540 - c. 1606) is best 6. Benjamin West worked for most of his pro-
known for: fessional life in which city?
A. Oil paintings from the Caribbean A. Paris
B. Sketches from New England B. New York
C. Watercolors from the Jamestown C. London
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Colony D. Philadelphia
D. Sketches from the voyage of Christo-
pher Columbus 7. The painter most renowned for portraits
of George Washington is:
2. Modern-day Mexico City was built upon A. John Trumbull
the ceremonial capital of which indigenous
people? B. Benjamin West
A. The Aztec C. Gilbert Stuart

D. John Singleton Copley
B. The Mayan
C. The Toltec 8. The painting The Death of General Wolfe
was created by which artist?
D. The Spanish
A. John Singleton Copley
3. The earliest Catholic churches in the West-
B. William Penn
ern hemisphere featured which stylistic
tendency, imported from Europe? C. Benjamin West
A. Renaissance D. None of the above
B. Baroque 9. The painting Watson and the Shark was
C. Medieval created by which artist?
D. Classical A. John Singleton Copley
B. John Trumbull
4. The Native American Great Serpent Mound
is found in which state? C. Benjamin West
A. Pennsylvania D. None of the above.
B. Wisconsin 10. The setting for Watson and the Shark is:
C. California A. Boston Harbor
D. Ohio B. Havana Harbor
5. The earliest Christians to settle in the C. Port of London
Western hemisphere were: D. None of the above
A. The English 11. Thomas Jefferson designed which build-
B. The French ing?
C. The Spanish A. The United States Capitol
D. The German B. The White House

C. The Pentagon 17. A prominent theme of the Hudson River

D. Monticello School is:
A. Domesticity

12. Which artist is best known as the “offi-
B. Early industrialism
cial” painter of the New Republic?
C. Patriotic iconography
A. John Trumbull
D. The divine in nature
B. John Singleton Copley
18. Edward Hicks is best described as:
C. John Vanderlyn
A. An academic painter
D. John Smibert
B. A landscape specialist
13. Which formal element, of those given be- C. A Realist painter
low, is most characteristic of the Neoclas-
D. A self-taught painter
sical style in painting?
A. Distorted anatomical proportion 19. Paintings of the Hudson River School are
sometimes considered also to reflect:
B. Stormy skies
A. Luminism
C. Loose brushwork
B. Romanticism
D. Strong contours C. Both A and B
14. Which is true of Benjamin West’s painting D. Impressionism
Penn’s Treaty with the Indians?
20. The most prominent elements of iconog-
A. It depicts an event that happened the raphy in paintings by Lilly Martin Spence
year it was painted are:
B. It depicts a scene from a novel A. domestic pets
C. The work was copied in many forms B. foodstuffs
D. The artist was related to William Penn C. maps
D. scientific objects
15. Which painting deals with Native Ameri-
cans in its theme? 21. The painter Thomas Cole is best known for
which genre?
A. Death of General Wolfe
A. Portraiture
B. Death of Jane McCrea
B. Still life
C. Both A and B
C. Landscape
D. Neither A or B
D. Everyday life
16. Which type of subject matter, from among 22. The painting George Washington Crossing
those given below, is most common in Neo- the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze was cre-
classical art? ated in which year?
A. Military heroism A. 1777
B. Domestic life B. 1801
C. Landscape C. 1851
D. Greek sculptural form D. 1880

23. The underlying composition of the paint- 28. After creating his famous painting The
ing George Washington Crossing the Banjo Lesson (1993), Henry Ossawa Tan-
Delaware by Emanuel Leutze is best de- ner focused mainly on which genre?
scribed as: A. Religious
A. A pyramidal form B. Still life
B. Repeated rectangular forms C. Portraiture
C. Repeated circular rhythms D. Everyday life
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D. A bird’s eye view
29. Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ sculptural mon-
24. Which is true of the artist Charles Willson ument to General Shaw and the 54th
Peale? of Massachusetts was completed and in-
stalled on the Boston Commons in which
A. He opened the first public museum in decade?
America
A. 1860s
B. He had several sons that were accom-
plished artists B. 1870s
C. He lived and worked mainly in Philadel- C. 1880s

phia D. 1890s
D. All of the above 30. Impressionism is most concerned with
which of the following formal aspects:
25. “Trompe l’oeil” effects in painting refer
to: A. The depiction of texture in still life
A. Contrasts of darks and lights B. Focus on detail in portraiture
B. Illusionistic images that trick the eye C. The capturing of outdoor lighting ef-
fects
C. Abstract backdrops
D. Emphasis on geometric forms in na-
D. Broad areas of color
ture
26. Which is most characteristic of early 19th- 31. John Singer Sargent was influenced di-
century portrait painting in America? rectly by which French Impressionist?
A. Deep space/linear perspective A. Pissarro
B. Shallow space/flatness B. Degas
C. Sculptural modeling and shadows C. Monet
D. Thick application of paint D. Renoir
27. A 19th-century genre painter who special- 32. Of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s many artistic
ized in representations of African Ameri- pursuits, which brought him the most ac-
cans is: claim?
A. William Sydney Mount A. Painting
B. George Catlin B. Leaded glass work
C. Will Harnett C. Ceramics
D. Edward Hicks D. Furniture design

33. Photography was invented closest to C. Edward Mitchell Bannister

which year? D. John Singer Sargent

A. 1800
39. The public outdoor sculpture in Washing-
B. 1840
ton, D.C. that commemorates Emancipa-
C. 1860 tion was created by:
D. 1880 A. Augustus Saint-Gaudens
34. Tanner imbues the most symbolic signifi- B. Edmonia Lewis
cance into which formal aspect of his paint- C. Thomas Ball
ings?
D. Eastman Johnson
A. Color
B. Iconographic detail 40. The setting for Eastman Johnson’s painting
Negro Life at the South is:
C. Light
A. Georgia
D. Contour
B. Pennsylvania
35. The artist who painted The Gross Clinic
C. Washington, D.C.
also painted:
D. Kentucky
A. Sports pictures of rowers
B. Market scenes 41. The style of Winslow Homer’s painting
C. Family portraits Prisoners from the Front is best described
as:
D. Architecture of Washington, D.C.
A. Impressionistic
36. The genre of Winslow Homer’s painting B. Luministic
Prisoners from the Front is best classified
as: C. Romantic
A. Landscape D. Realistic
B. History 42. The term “Impressionism” was first used
C. Photographic to define a new painting style in which
decade?
D. Still life
A. 1850s
37. The medical painting The Gross Clinic was
created by: B. 1860s
A. Winslow Homer C. 1870s

B. Eastman Johnson D. 1880s
C. Raphaelle Peale 43. The World’s Columbian Exposition took
D. Thomas Eakins place in what year?
A. 1876
38. The painter best known for society por-
traits in the Gilded Age is: B. 1885
A. Winslow Homer C. 1893
B. William Merritt Chase D. 1900

44. The World’s Columbian Exposition took 49. Which is true of Saint-Gaudens’ sculptural
place in what city? monument to General Shaw and the 54th
A. Chicago of Massachusetts?
A. Saint-Gaudens made studies of carved
B. Philadelphia
wood before casting the bronze relief
C. New York
B. From original commission to comple-
D. San Francisco tion to installation, the project took five
years
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45. Which artist is generally known as the
first major American painter to embrace C. Both A and B
Impressionism in the United States? D. Saint-Gaudens individualized the faces
A. William Merritt Chase and bodies of the African America soldiers
depicted.
B. Winslow Homer
50. Which is true of Winslow Homer’s painting
C. Eastman Johnson
Dressing for Carnival?
D. J. Alden Weir
A. It was created after the Civil War
46. Which best describes the overarching sub- ended
ject matter of Impressionist painting? B. It suggests African culture as well as
A. Loose brushwork American identity
B. Literary narrative C. It was created on a trip by the artist to

Virginia
C. Modern life
D. All of the above
D. History
51. Which painter is known as an urban Im-
47. Which is true of Edmonia Lewis? pressionist?
A. She lived her whole life in the Boston A. Mary Cassatt
area
B. Childe Hassam
B. She exhibited at the Philadelphia Cen- C. William Merritt Chase
tennial Exposition
D. J. Alden Weir
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A or B 52. “The Gilded Age” refers to:
A. A style of 19th-century painting using
48. Which is true of Henry Ossawa Tanner’s gold hues
painting The Banjo Lesson, in terms of con-
B. New wealth in America from industri-
tent?
alization at the turn of the 20th century
A. It addresses common stereotypes of
C. A popular legend of about the founded
the era
of the United States
B. It was posed carefully by Tanner, using
D. Classical Greek culture
models
C. Both A and B 53. The Civil War ended in what year?
D. It depicts family members in Tanner’s A. 1875

home at the time B. 1870

C. 1865 59. The Armory Show took place in what

D. 1860 year?
A. 1891

54. Aaron Douglas embraced the formal lan-
B. 1901
guage of which European modern art
style? C. 1913
A. Surrealism D. 1924
B. Impressionism 60. The Ashcan School artists settled in and be-

came associated mainly with which city?
C. Cubism
A. Philadelphia
D. Post-Impressionism
B. Boston
55. Alfred Stieglitz worked primarily in what C. Washington, D.C.
media?
D. New York
A. Oil paint
61. The leader of the Ashcan School is gener-
B. Photography ally considered to be:
C. Marble A. Robert Henri
D. Etching B. George Luks
56. James VanDerZee added subjective mean- C. Edward Hopper

ing to his photographic portraits through: D. Ernest Lawson
A. Lighting 62. The painter best known for images in-
B. Settings and poses spired by nightlife in Chicago’s “black belt”
is:
C. Darkroom techniques
A. Lois Mailou Jones
D. All of the above
B. Jacob Lawrence
57. The American painter best known for ab- C. Archibald Motley, Jr.
stractions of flowers is: D. William H. Johnson
A. Arthur Davies
63. Which artist specialized in boxing scenes?
B. Georgia O’Keeffe
A. Everitt Shinn
C. Marsden Hartley B. George Bellows
D. Max Weber C. John Sloan
58. The Armory Show is known for: D. Robert Henri
A. Bringing European abstract art to New 64. Which figure promoted the idea of the
York “New Negro” associated with the Harlem
B. Bringing American abstract art to Eu- Renaissance?
rope A. Alain Locke
C. Bringing Renaissance masterpieces to B. Langston Hughes
New York C. Marcus Garvey
D. None of the above. D. W. E. B. DuBois

65. Which is true of African art in connection 70. Frank Lloyd Wright designed which mu-
to the Harlem Renaissance? seum in New York?
A. It was advocated on the basis of its em- A. The Whitney Museum of American Art
brace by European artists B. The Museum of Modern Art
B. It was advocated for its long tradition C. The Guggenheim Museum
C. It was advocated as a sign of moder- D. The Asia Society
nity
71. Frank Lloyd Wright developed an architec-
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D. All of the above tural style known as:
66. Which of the following subjects did Ashcan A. International Style
School artists tend to depict? B. Prairie Style
A. Interiors of the homes of the upper C. Geometric Style
classes
D. Organic Style
B. Landscape of leisure
72. Joseph Cornell’s style is usually linked to
C. Family portraits which is European style?
D. Life in the neighborhoods of recent im- A. Surrealism
migrants
B. Cubism
67. “291” refers to: C. Impressionism
A. A gallery in New York founded by Al- D. Classicism
fred Stieglitz
73. Mural projects of the New Deal most fre-
B. An exhibition of modern European quently deal with which subject matter?
artists in New York
A. Divine providence
C. An international artist alliance formed
B. The history of a region
in 1900
C. Family legacies
D. Naturalistic style
68. The Ashcan School artists first met in
which city? 74. Stuart Davis is mainly influenced by which
European style?
A. Philadelphia
A. Surrealism
B. Boston
B. Cubism
C. Washington, D.C.
C. Impressionism
D. New York D. Classicism
69. A distorted, elongated figure style is char- 75. The government agency that put photogra-
acteristic of which artist? phers to work during the Depression was:
A. Grant Wood A. OWI
B. Alvin Albright B. FAP
C. Robert Henri C. FSA
D. Thomas Hart Benton D. None of the above

76. The most renowned American mural B. Northern urban cities

painter of the 1930s and 1940s is: C. Southern urban cities

A. John Sloan
D. Rural communities of California
B. Thomas Hart Benton
82. Which subject, of those given, is the
C. John Steuart Curry
most popular in American paintings of the
D. Isabel Bishop 1930s?
77. Which artist painted an extensive series A. Religious genre
of the “Great Migration” of African Amer- B. People at work
icans from the South to northern cities in
the 1930s? C. Bucolic landscapes
A. William Henry Johnson D. Still life
B. Archibald Motley, Jr. 83. Which term broadly describes mainstream
C. Jacob Lawrence art in America between the world wars?
D. Aaron Douglas A. Social Realism
78. Which government agency put illustrators B. Regionalism

and mural painters to work during the De- C. American Scene
pression Era? D. All of the above
A. Federal Works of Art Project
84. Whose style is the most abstract in form?
B. Works Progress Administration
A. William Henry Johnson’s
C. Farms Securities Administration
D. Both A and B B. Archibald Motley, Jr.’s
C. Jacob Lawrence’s
79. Which is the preferred media of artist
Joseph Cornell? D. Lois Mailou Jones’
A. Oil painting 85. The American president who initiated the
B. Wood and stone carving “New Deal” at the time of the Great De-
pression was:
C. Assemblage of found materials
A. Theodore Roosevelt
D. Two-dimensional works on paper
B. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
80. Which is true of Dorothea Tanning?
C. Alexander Hamilton
A. She is a protégé of Georgia O’Keeffe
D. Harry Truman
B. She is known as an abstract painter
C. She is known as a Surrealist 86. A prominent aspect of Minimalist composi-
tion is:
D. She is known as a sculptor
A. Figuration
81. Which subject is most prominent in photog-
B. Lyrical line
raphy commissioned by the FSA?
A. Farm communities around the country C. Repetition of forms
D. Use of organic materials

87. Abstract Expressionism is most closely as- B. Bruce Nauman

sociated with which city? C. Julian Schnabel
A. Paris D. Donald Judd
B. Los Angeles
93. Which artist conceived of and designed
C. New York the feminist installation work The Dinner
D. San Francisco Party?
A. Audry Flack
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88. Jasper Johns is best known for:
A. “Drip” paintings B. Hannah Wilke
B. Paintings based on the American flag C. Betye Saar
C. Paintings of Campbell’s Soup cans D. Judy Chicago
D. Paintings of popular comic book char- 94. Which artist is known primarily as a Pop
acters Art sculptor?
89. Of the choices below, which is the most A. Andy Warhol
common subject in Pop Art? B. Roy Lichtenstein
A. Consumer products C. Claus Oldenburg
B. Psychological portraiture D. James Rosenquist
C. Nature in the industrial world
95. Which is considered a component of “Post-
D. Reviving early oil painting techniques modern” art?
90. One impetus for the spread of total ab- A. An interest in earlier art forms
straction in American art was: B. The appropriation of earlier art im-
A. Regionalist painting in the Mid-West agery
B. European art styles brought by exiles C. Direct expressions of gender and eth-
from Europe before World War II nic identity in art
C. Picasso’s paintings of the 1920s D. All of the above
D. The Russian Revolution 96. Which is generally true of Abstract Expres-
sionist paintings?
91. The Abstract Expressionist painter best
known for his unconventional painting A. They often have hidden narratives
technique is: B. They often feature a single visual focal
A. Willem de Kooning point
B. Clyfford Still C. They are characterized by all-over
C. Barnett Newman compositions
D. Jackson Pollock D. All of the above
92. The renowned work of Earth Art, Spi- 97. Which is true of Minimalist art?
ral Jetty (1970), was created by which A. It is considered non-objective in con-
artist? tent
A. Robert Smithson B. It is based on geometric form

1.10 Art Historical Methodologies 141
C. Signs of the artist’s gesture are usu- B. It includes figurative components

ally obscured
C. Its style is influenced by American War

D. All of the above memorials of the past
98. Which is true of Richard Serra’s site- D. All of the above
specific sculpture Tilted Arc (1981)?
100. Which term below relates to a form of
A. It remains installed at the site for
Abstract Expressionist painting?
which it was designed in Lower Manhat-
tan A. Colorfield Painting
B. It was moved to another public site in B. Action Painting
New York City
C. Neo-Impressionism
C. It was removed and is not on view to
the public D. Both A and B
D. The artist did not have a strong opinion 101. World War II ended in what year?
about the controversy over the work and
stayed out of the debates about it A. 1940
B. 1945
99. Which is true of the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial (1983)? C. 1950
A. It was designed by a woman D. 1955
1.10 Art Historical Methodologies

1. In the 1980’s, which art critic wrote a con- 3. Which of the following statements about
temporary version of Hegel’s ”End of Art” Hegel’s Theory of Aesthetics is false?
hypothesis?
A. Hegel divided art history into three
A. Arthur Danto main periods.
B. Clement Greenberg B. Hegel did not believe that there was
any progression related to art historical
C. T.J. Clark time periods.
D. Meyer Schapiro C. Hegel believed art expressed the spirit
E. Rosalind Krauss of a particular culture.
D. Each of Hegel’s art historical periods
2. What nineteenth-century philosopher’s is defined by the relationship beween idea
aesthetic theory is largely credited as the and form that is common within it.
birth of modern art history?
E. Acccording to Hegel, art comes to an
A. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel end.
B. Arthur Danto
4. Which of the following is NOT one of
C. Giorgio Vasari Hegel’s art historical periods?
D. Heinrich Wölfflin A. Romantic
E. Sigmund Freud B. Symbolic

C. Classical A. Giorgio Vasari

D. Gothic B. T.J. Clark
5. Which of the following questions would be C. Bernard Berenson

of the most interest to an art historian? D. Heinrich Wölfflin
A. What is the relative value of an art- E. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
work?
9. Which of the following comparative pairs
B. How do ordinary works of art and mas-
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are found in Heinrich Wölfflin’s Principles
terpieces differ? of Art History
C. What is the fundamental nature of art? A. Plane/recession
B. Closed/open form
D. What is the relationship between a
C. Multiplicity/unity
work of art and the social and historical
context in which it is made? D. Clearness/unclearness
E. All of the above E. All of the above
6. Which of the following art historians are 10. Which of following ideas do NOT appear in
associated with Formalism? the works of Heinrich Wölfflin?
A. Heinrich Wölfflin A. Differences between styles can be an-
alyzed using comparative concepts.
B. Meyer Schapiro
B. Styles rise and fall cyclically.
C. Linda Nochlin
C. Using an organic analogy, styles, ”bud,
D. Giovanni Morelli
bloom, and decay.”
E. All of the above
D. All of the above
7. Which of the following would inform a for-
11. Which art historian used the terms “lin-
mal analysis of a piece of art?
ear” and “painterly” to describe the fun-
A. An analysis based only on how an art- damental change in the way European art
work is made, how it looks, and what it is from the 15th and 16th centuries looks
made from compared to that from the 17th century?
B. An analysis based on the elements of a A. Heinrich Wölfflin
composition from the vantage point of the B. Giorgio Vasari
male gaze
C. Johann Joachim Winckelmann
C. An analysis based on how art is part of
the economic superstructure D. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
D. An analysis based on the biography of E. None of the above
the artist 12. Which of the following is a kind of vi-
E. An analysis based on the historical con- sual description whose goal is to make the
text in which the artwork was made reader envision the thing described as if it
were physically present?
8. Who analyzed the development of differ-
ent artistic styles through the biographies A. Ekphrasis
of artists? B. Formal analysis

C. Axonometric projection the minor details included in compositions

D. ”Realistic” description in order to authenticate whether paintings
were the work of certain artists?

E. Linear perspective
A. Giorgio Vasari
13. Which of the following, strictly speaking, B. Giovanni Morelli
is included when writing a formal analysis
of an artwork? C. Clement Greenberg
A. An explantion of the artwork’s visual D. Aby Warburg

structure E. Heinrich Wölfflin
B. The subject matter of the artwork
17. Fill in the blank. Based on empirical ev-
C. The historical context in which it was idence and perceptions of technique and
made form, attempts to attribute author-
D. The social context in which it was ship and establish the authenticity of art-
made works.
E. The life of the artist A. Connoisseurship
B. Technical analysis
14. Which of the following is NOT associated
with post-WWII Formalism? C. Formal analysis
A. Modernism D. Iconographic analysis
B. The Parisian art world E. Stylistic analysis
C. The early twentieth century European 18. Choose the best answer to fill in the
Formalist tradition blank. Connoisseurs collect and organize
D. The art market their findings into a(n) of the work of
a single artist or school.
15. Which of the following statements is a crit-
A. Catalogue raisonné
icism of Formalism?
B. Ekphrasis
A. It realies too much on unverifiable the-
ories. C. Axonometric projection
B. By not looking at content and social D. Stylistic repertoire
context, it obscures the substantive con- E. None of the above
cerns that artists frequently often seek to
express in their works. 19. Fill in the blank. was an influential art
historian and consultant to major American
C. It can only be applied to a limited
museums and collectors in the early 20th
amount of artworks.
century. His methodology was outlined in
D. It focuses too much on the subject mat- his book, Rudiments of Connoisseurship
ter of a painting without considering its
historical context. A. Bernard Berenson
E. It places too much emphasis on the bi- B. Giovanni Morelli

ography of an artist and their artworks. C. Roger Fry
16. Who identified the characteristic ”hands” D. Aby Warburg

of painters through a close examination of E. T.J. Clark

20. Which period saw a steady rise in the sta- B. How it was made
tus of the painter, sculptor, and architect,
C. How it has been altered since it was
as well as a growing interest in the visual
first made
arts?
D. Whether it was made during a particu-
A. The Renaissance
lar time period
B. The Medieval period
E. All of the above
C. The Romantic period
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D. The Modern period 25. Which of the following is sometimes em-
ployed in technical analysis?
21. Which of the following is associated with
A. X-radiography
the idea of ”art for art’s sake?”
A. Progressive Modernism B. Raman spectrography
B. The concept of grazia C. Stable isotope ratios
C. The traditional ”liberal arts” D. Energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis

D. Psychoanalysis
E. All of the above
22. Fill in the blank. The task of the 26. An iconographic analysis of an artwork is
was the education of artists in the prac- concerned with which of the following?
tice of an idealizing art in the classical A. The meaning a work of art had at the
tradition. The goal of the artist was to time it was made
achieve perfection, ”le beau idéal,” which
B. How the elements from the artist’s un-
was learned over time by the study of the
concious informed what they created
antique and of artists in that style.
A. French Academy C. How the production of the artwork re-
lates to the economic superstructure
B. Mid-twentieh century formalists
D. How the subject matter of the artwork
C. Neoplatonists relates to the social context in which it
D. Romantics was made
E. European formalists E. How the elements of the visual struc-
ture of a composition are combined into a
23. Traditional connoisseurship differs from coherent whole
technical analysis in that it uses which of
the following to analyze works of art? 27. Who was the foremost proponent of icono-
A. Pseudo-scientific methods graphic analysis in the twentieth cen-
tury?
B. True scientific methods
C. Psychoanlysis A. Erwin Panofsky
D. Semiotics B. Edward Said

C. Meyer Schapiro
24. Technical analysis can be used to determine
more about which of the following? D. Griselda Pollock
A. Who made an artwork E. Linda Nochlin

28. According to Erwin Panofsky, which of the been challenged, although his methodol-
following would be identified as the pri- ogy has been highly influential in later
mary or natural subject matter of a paint- studies of Northern Renaissance Art?

ing of the Last Supper? A. The Arnolfini Portrait
A. Thirteen men sitting around a table B. The Ghent Altarpiece
B. Minor landscape elements such as C. The Garden of Earthly Delights
trees, rocks, etc., but also man-made land-
scapes D. All of the above
C. A description of the Biblical account of 32. Fill in the blank. is a hierarchically or-
the Last Supper dered collection of definitions of objects,
D. None of the above people, events, and abstract ideas that
serve as the subject of an image. Art his-
29. According to Erwin Panofsky, which of the torians, researchers, and curators use it
following would relate to the secondary or to describe, classify, and examine the sub-
conventional subject matter/meaning of a ject of images represented in various me-
painting of the Last Supper? dia, such as paintings, drawings, and pho-
A. Thirteen men sitting around a table tographs.
B. Thirteen men sitting around a table A. Ekphrasis

that represent the Biblical account of the B. Iconclass
Last Supper C. La petit object a
C. Outside historical, cultural, or other D. Catalogue raisonné
factors that mnay have affected the way
in which the Last Supper is depicted in the 33. Which of the following elements of Psy-
painting choanalytic theory expounded by Sigmund
D. None of the above Freud have been used by art historians to
analyze works of art?
30. According to Erwin Panofsky, which of the A. Unconscious/conscious
following would relate to the tertiary or
intrinsic meaning/content of a painting of B. Oedipus complex
the Last Supper? C. Castration complex
A. Thirteen men sitting around a table D. All of the Above
B. Thirteen men sitting around a table E. None of the above
that represent the Biblical account of the
Last Supper 34. Which of the following would be of inter-
est to a Psychoanalytic interpretation of
C. Outside historical, cultural, or other an artwork?
factors that may have affected the way in
which the Last Supper is depicted in the A. An analysis based only on how an art-
painting work is made, how it looks, and what it is
made from
B. An analysis that considers how the de-
31. Erwin Panofsky’s interpretation of which piction of the subject matter of an artwork
piece of art is an example of his work with has been conditioned by the historical con-
”hidden” symbolism, which has recently text in which it was made

C. An analysis based on how art is part of D. Biographical

the economic superstructure E. Marxist
D. An analysis based on the biography of
the artist 38. Which of the following is NOT a psycho-
analytic theory that has been used by art
E. An analysis that considers how the el- historians to analyze works of art?
ements in the artwork express the artists
latent/unconcious desires. A. Object petit a
B. The male gaze
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35. Choose the best answer to fill in the
blank. Originating in a series of lectures C. Object Relations Theory
by Jacques Lacan, initially made refer- D. Orientalism
ence to the infant’s witness in the mirror
E. Unconcious/concious
of an image of the ego-ideal.
A. Ekphrasis 39. Fill in the blank. Meyer Schapiro, one of
most famous art historians of the twen-
B. Object petit a
tieth century, adopted and adapted theo-
C. The gaze ries found in the writings of Georg Wil-
D. Linear perspective helm Friedrich Hegel and
E. The unconcious A. Karl Marx
36. Which of the following statements is a jus- B. Edward Said

tifiable criticism of using Psychoanalysis to C. Sigmund Freud
analyze works of art? D. Aby Warburg
A. It is based on pseudo-scientific theo- E. Michel Foucault
ries and often uses circular logic.
B. By not looking at content and social 40. Fill in the blank. According to , art
context, it obscures the substantive con- is part of the superstructure and is deter-
cerns that artists frequently often seek to mined by the mode of production or the
express in their works. economic system in which it is created.
C. It can lead to an overinterpretation of A. Karl Marx
a work of art in which everything that is in- B. Sigmund Freud
cluded in its composition is seen as having
C. Roger Fry
a ”hidden” symbolism.
D. Edward Said
D. This type of analysis is faced with the
problem of trying to explain the relation- E. Linda Nochlin
ship betwen the economic ”base” and the
”ideological superstructure.” 41. Fill in the blank. In “Avant-Garde Art and
Kitsch,” suggests artists are only re-
37. Which type of art historians have often in- warded by the Capitalist system for re-
cluded elements of Psychoanalytic theory sponding to societal demands that are ulti-
in their analysis of artworks? mately conditioned by Ideology.
A. Feminist A. Clement Greenberg
B. Formalist B. T.J. Clark
C. Iconographic C. Roger Fry

D. Aby Warburg B. Because although women artists exist,

E. Rosalind Krauss art historians have not placed them in the
art historical canon

42. Which of the following statements about C. Because women’s work cannot be
social art historians is false? judged by male standards, therefore
A. All social art historians are Marxists. women’s art cannot be judged according
to the same values
B. Social art historians reject the ortho-
dox Marxist determinist account in which D. Because women do not possess the
art is an element of the superstructure same artistic capabilites as men
and therefore a reflection of its economic
base. 46. Which of the following statements best
describes how T.J. Clark’s understanding
C. They are interested in the political and of Modernism differs from Clement Green-
social factors that lie behind works of art. berg’s?
A. Clark does not believe in the existence
D. Some social art historians are Neo- of transcendental aesthetic values.
Marxists.
B. Clark’s reading is heavily based on psy-
43. Who is a prominent social art historian choanalysis and semiotics.
who has argued against formalist, semi-
C. Clark views modern art as part of a
otic, and psychoanalytic interpretations of
teleological progression.
Modern art?
D. All of the above
A. T.J. Clark
B. Michael Fried 47. What type of art historians have argued
that women are frequently shown as pas-
C. Clement Greenberg
sive or negative figures objectified by the
D. Aby Warburg male gaze?
E. Linda Nochlin A. Feminist
44. Who wrote the seminal feminist art his- B. Semiotic
torical work, ”Why Have There Been No C. Marxist
Great Women Artists”?
D. Post-colonial
A. Linda Nochlin
E. Social
B. Griselda Pollock
C. Rozsika Parker 48. The discussion of the male gaze in art
historical discourse merges theory from
D. Ann Sutherland Harris which two methodologies?
E. Rosalind Krauss
A. Feminism and Psychoanalysis
45. According to the article’s author, ”Why B. Feminism and Marxism
Have There Been No Great Women
C. Psychoanlysis and Marxism
Artists?”
D. Feminism and Post-colonialism
A. Because women have repeatedly been
denied access to art institutions E. Post-colonialism and Marxism

49. Griselda Pollock’s work draws primarily D. How women have been objectified by
upon which of the following methodolo- the male gaze
gies?
53. Paintings by which artist have been cited
A. Feminism and Post-colonialism
by post-colonial critics as demonstrating
B. Feminism and Marxism how imperialist, colonialist views see the
C. Psychoanlysis and Marxism East as a timeless world allegedly absent
of Western influence?
D. Marxism and Post-colonialism
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A. Jean-Léon Gérôme
E. Psychoanalysis and Post-colonialism
B. Pablo Picasso
50. What methodology does Linda Nochlin use
in her article, ”The Imaginary Orient?” C. Jackson Pollock
A. She uses post-colonial theory to cri- D. Camille Pissaro
tique the sexist and racist depictions of E. All of the above
non-European peoples by Western artists.
54. In ”Abstract Expressionism and Third
B. She uses semiotics to critique paint- World Art: A Post-Colonial Approach to
ings by artists like Eugène Delacroix. ’American’ Art,” David Craven argues
against which of the following authors?
C. She uses semiotics to examine the
works of Pablo Picasso. A. Clement Greenberg
D. She uses iconography to analyze the B. T.J. Clark
hidden symbols found in depictions of non- C. Linda Nochlin
European peoples by Western artists.
D. Edward Said
51. Who wrote Orientalism , which laid the
E. Griselda Pollock
foundation for the development of Post-
colonial studies? 55. In ”Abstract Expressionism and Third
A. Edward Said World Art: A Post-Colonial Approach to
B. Louis Althusser ’American’ Art,” David Craven argues
which of the following points?
C. Linda Nochlin
A. Abstract Expressionism was not the
D. Sigmund Freud epitome of Modernism and the endpoint
E. Ferdinand de Saussure of the teleological development of West-
ern art.
52. An art historian following a post-colonial
approach would be interested in which of B. Abstract Expressionism was not an ex-
the following? pression of the ideology of the ruling class
in the United States.
A. The interaction between imperial and
indigenous cultures and its relaitonship to C. Abstract Expressionism was not born
art production from purely Western models.
B. How elements from the artist’s uncon- D. Abstract Expressionists did not iden-
cious informed what they created tify themselves with mainstream U.S. cul-
C. How the production of the artwork re- ture.
lates to the economic superstructure E. All of the above

56. Which of the following originally devel- A. Technical analysis

oped in the field of linguistics and has been B. Formal analysis
used by art historians to question the very

system whereby meaning and interpreta- C. Biographical analysis
tion is created? D. Psychoanalysis
A. Semiotic theory E. Iconography
B. Psychoanalysis 61. Which of the following focuses on the
C. Feminist theory themes and ideas found in artworks in or-
der to interpret them as symbolic expres-
D. Marxist theory sions of the culture that created them?
E. Iconography A. Iconography
57. Which theory allows for many different in- B. Psychoanalysis
terpretations of an artwork arguing that C. Semiotic theory
meaning is created in the act of viewing?
D. Social art historians
A. Semiotic theory
E. Formal analysis
B. Psychoanalysis
62. Fill in the blank. Based on Semiotic theory,
C. Post-colonial theory
analyzing a work of art depends upon the
D. Marxist theory identification of what called denoted
E. Iconography and connoted meaning.
A. Roland Barthes
58. The foundation of Semiotic theory is pre-
sented in whose works? B. Meyer Schapiro
A. Ferdinand de Saussure C. Ferdinand de Saussure

D. Edward Said
B. Sigmund Freud
E. Jacques Lacan
C. Karl Marx
D. Erwin Panofsky 63. The idea of the icon, index, and symbol
is central to the Semiotic theory of whose
E. Giovanni Morelli
work?
59. Which of the following art historians have A. Ferdinand de Saussure
used Semiotic theory? B. Meyer Schapiro
A. Rosalind Krauss C. Roland Barthes
B. Meyer Schapiro D. Charles Sanders Peirce
C. Mieke Bal E. Rosalind Krauss
D. Norman Bryson
64. In ”In the Name of Picasso,” Rosalind
E. All of the above Krauss rejected the idea of the artist’s
monopoly on meaning. Based on this claim,
60. Which of the following developed out of which of the following methodologies do
traditional connoisseurship and is an in- you think she used in this essay?
terdisciplinary field using modern scientific
analysis to study, preserve, and conserve A. Semiotics
artworks? B. Post-colonialism

C. Psychoanlysis 68. Who interpreted Jan van Eyck’s ”Arnolfini

Portrait” as not only a depiction of a wed-
D. Marxism
ding ceremony but also as a visual contract
E. Feminism testifying to the act of marriage?
A. Erwin Panofsky
65. The art historian Mieke Bal has argued
that meaning does not exist until the im- B. Aby Warburg
age is seen by the viewer. Based on this C. Meyer Schapiro
claim what type of methodology do you
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D. Edwin Hall
think she uses?
A. Psychoanalysis
69. Which of following art historians con-
B. Semiotics
tributed to the development of iconogra-
C. Iconography phy as a methodology?
D. Post-colonialism A. Erwin Panofsky
E. Marxism B. Aby Warburg
C. Fritz Saxl
66. In ”Avant-Garde and Kitsch” Clement
D. All of the Above
Greenberg has argued that avant-garde
and Modern art could be used to resist E. None of the above
the leveling culture produced by capitalist
70. In Europe, during what period did a taste
propaganda. Based on this claim, what
for art and for collecting art first develop
kind of methodology do you think Clement
when temples, or mouseions, were dedi-
Greenberg used in this article?
cated to the various muses of the arts and
A. Psychoanalysis sciences?
B. Marxism A. The Hellenistic period
C. Post-colonialism B. The Roman period
D. Iconography C. The Middle Ages
D. The Renaissance
E. Semiotics
67. In his analysis of sculpture from the Mid-
dle Ages and early Renaissance, Meyer 71. Fill in the blank. As society developed
Schapiro saw evidence for how capitalism under the influence of trade and prosper-
was emerging and feudalism was declining. ity during the , courts and the bour-
Based on this claim, what type of method- geoisie started collecting art and works of
ology do you think he was using? art began to be appreciated for themselves
rather than for their symbolic value.
A. Marxism
A. Hellenistic period
B. Iconography B. Roman period
C. Formalism C. Middle Ages
D. Semiotics D. Renaissance
E. Psychoanalysis E. None of the above

72. The second floor of the which building in as the manufacturing economy moves to
Florence, constructed in 1561, was the low-wage countries.
first art museum/gallery in which the pub-

A. Late 20th century
lic could view art in Europe?
A. Uffizi B. Late 19th century
B. Louvre C. Early 20th century

C. British National Gallery D. Enlightenment
D. Ashmolean Museum
76. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
E. Gemäldegalerie Since the 1970’s, the size and frequency
of have grown with museums dedicat-
73. Which of the following contributed to the
ing space specifically for them.
development of the modern art museum
during the Enlightenment? A. Exhibitions
A. Cabinets of Curiosities B. Sculpture gardens
B. The spread of art dealers and auction C. Auditoriums
houses beginning in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries D. Classrooms
C. Private art collections 77. Which of the following is an argument

D. The nationalization of the French royal against large blockbuster art exhibitions
collection of art and the establishment of held by museums?
the French Academy A. They detract curatorial and other re-
E. All of the above sources away from the museum’s own col-
lection.
74. Which of the following is NOT one of the
reasons for the boom in museum building B. They cause the public to find the mu-
in Europe and the United States in the nine- seum’s regular collection dull by compari-
teenth century? son.
A. Nation-states wanted to emphasize C. The attendant exhibition store and
their power and prestige by assembling special merchandise bring commercialism
important collections in impressive build- into the museum.
ings.
D. All of the above
B. The working class had more leisure
time and were interested in the fine arts.
C. Social reformers wanted to improve 78. Fill in the blank. Categories like ”fine arts”
the lot of the working classes and saw art and ”decorative arts” were established
as a civilizing influence. during the and continue to inform how
D. Monarchs wanted to appear more art is displayed in museums.
democratic by sharing their collections A. Enlightenment
with the public.
B. Renaissance
75. Fill in the blank. A driving force behind the
C. Middle Ages
art museum building boom of the was
a wish to stimulate the creative economy D. Twentieth Century

79. Which of the following arguments does A. Psychoanalysis

Matthew Martin make about modern art
B. Marxism
museums?
A. Museums have become too commer- C. Postcolonialism
cialized. D. Feminism
B. How art is displayed is based upon and E. All of the above
reinforces hierarchically-ordered categor-
eies that decontextualize many of the ob- 83. Which of the following questions is NOT
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jects we find in art museums. usually studied by art historians?
C. They have not tried to develop visitor- A. What are the key features of a particu-
friendly display practices. lar style?
D. All of the above
B. What is the relative value of an art-
E. None of the above work?
80. According to Ferdinand de Saussure, which C. What is an artwork’s meaning?

of the following is dyadic, arbitrary, rela- D. How does the arwork function visu-
tional, and differential? ally?
A. Ekphrasis
E. How does an artwork relate to the so-
B. The sign cial context in which it was made?
C. The gaze
84. Which of the following is a preexisting
D. Orientalism set of works of art that are taken to be
E. Ideology ”great” and included in art history sur-
vey courses and displayed in museums?
81. Patricia Simons has examined fifteenth- (Note: Traditionally it contained the works
century Florentine female profile portraits of Western male artists.)
arguing that they were not so much im-
ages of human individuals as highly ideal- A. Art Historical Canon
ized ”bearers of wealth,” and displayed a B. Art Historical Assemblage
fixed repertoire of fetishized body parts,
dress, and ornament to the appraising C. Catalogue raisonné
male eye. Based upon this argument, Si- D. Art Historical Academy
mons is using a feminist approach com-
bined with which of the following? 85. Fill in the blank. In contrast to , Wölf-
A. Psychoanalysis flin was uninterested in the biographies
of artists and proposed the creation of an
B. Postcolonialism ”art history without names.”
C. Marxism
A. Giorgio Vasari
D. Semiotics
B. Erwin Panofsky
E. Iconography
C. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
82. A reading of Caravaggio’s ”David” in
D. Immanual Kant
terms of the Oedipus complex is an exam-
ple of what kind of methodology? E. Johann Joachim Winckelmann

86. Which of the following is described as the 90. Who was an important post-WWII Formal-
discussion and evaluation of art that is of- ist art critic that promoted abstract ex-
ten based on aesthetic theory? pressionism and was among the first crit-

ics to praise the work of Jackson Pollock?
A. Art History
A. Clement Greenberg
B. Art Criticism
B. Meyer Schapiro
C. Semiotics
C. Erwin Panofsky
D. Critical theory
D. Ernst Gombrich
E. Iconography E. Rosalind Krauss
87. What is the branch of philosophy that stud- 91. Who was a British art critic who played
ies the theory of beauty and the nature of an important role in developing the lan-
art? guage we use in formal analysis today,
A. Aesthetics first outlining his analytical approach in a
published article which was later reprinted
B. Art Criticism in his book, Vision and Design?
C. Art History A. Roger Fry
D. Formalism B. Michael Fried
E. Iconology C. T.J. Clark
D. Michael Baxandall
88. In Giorgio Vasari’s Lives of Artists , he
E. Linda Nochlin
claimed that art created from the six-
teenth century down to his own time 92. In art history, the most familiar and basic
achieved perfection because art at this way of grouping art is by which of the fol-
time possessed which of the following? lowing categories?
A. Grazia A. Artist
B. Chiaroscuro B. Period
C. Sfumato C. Genre
D. Terribilita D. Medium
E. None of the above E. Style
93. After carefully examining a work of art, if

89. Who was interested in distinguishing the an art historian uses his own intuition and
differences between personal, period, and other examples as a basis for comparison
national styles. in order to determine that an artwork was
A. Heinrich Wölfflin created by an artist, this art historian is us-
ing methodologies associated with which
B. Johann Joachim Winckelmann of the following?
C. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel A. Connoisseurship
D. Aby Warburg B. Biographical analysis
E. Erwin Panofsky C. Stylistic analysis

D. Iconography A. This type of analysis is faced with the

E. Semiotics problem of trying to explain the relation-
ship between the economic ”base” and
94. Which of the following methodologies are the ”ideological superstructure.”
concerned with determining who made an
B. By not looking at content and social
artwork?
context, it obscures the substantive con-
A. Connoisseurship and technical analy- cerns that artists frequently often seek to
sis express in their works.
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B. Formal and technical analysis C. It can lead to an overinterpretation of
C. Formal and biographical analysis a work of art in which everything that is in-
D. Biographical analysis and iconography
D. It is based on pseudo-scientific theo-
E. Technical analysis and iconography
ries.
95. X-radiography is a tool used in which type
of analysis? 98. Which of the following theorists are
NOT associated with Psychoanalytic the-
A. Connoisseurship
ory used by art historians?
B. Technical analysis
A. Sigmund Freud
C. Stylistic analysis
B. D.W. Winnicott
D. Formal analysis
C. Jacques Lacan
E. Semiotics
D. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
96. Which of the following statements could
E. All of the above
be a justifiable criticism of iconographic
analysis? 99. In Orientalism , the author argued which
A. It can lead to an overinterpretation of of the following laying the foundation for
a work of art in which everything that is in- later postcolonial studies?
A. She/he argued that a long tradition of
romanticized images of the Middle East
B. This type of analysis is faced with the and Asia in Europe and North America had
problem of trying to explain the relation- served as an unspoken justification for Eu-
ship betwen the economic ”base” and the ropean and the American colonization.
”ideological superstructure.”
B. She/he argued that multiple meanings
C. It is based on pseudo-scientific theo- can be found in the works of Western
ries. artists who depicted non-European peo-
D. By not looking at content and social ples.
context, it obscures the substantive con- C. She/he argued that the works of Ab-
cerns that artists frequently often seek to stract Expressionists were not based on
express in their works. mainstream American culture.
97. Which of the following statements could D. She/he argued that Abstract Expres-
be a justifiable criticism of using Marxist sionism was not the end of a teleological
theory to analyze an artwork? history of Western art.

1.11 Art of the Islamic World 155
100. Which of the following fields of study is B. Linguistics

closely related to, but separate from, art C. Cultural studies
history?

D. Psychoanalysis
A. Aesthetics E. All of the above
1.11 Art of the Islamic World

1. Fill in the blank. A(n) is a semicircu- D. All of the above
lar niche in the wall of a mosque that in-
dicates the direction that Muslims should
face when praying. 5. Fill in the blank. The are famous for
A. Mihrab building palaces that are often referred to
B. Minaret as ”desert castles.”
C. Iwan A. Umayyads
D. Muqarna B. Ottomans
E. Madrasa C. Abbasids
D. Ayyubids
2. Elements from which of the following artis-
tic traditions were adopted in early Islamic E. Fatimids
art and architecture?
6. Which of the following is best described
A. Byzantine
as a cube-like brick structure covered in a
B. Sassanian black cloth embroidered with verses from
C. Greco-Roman the Koran that is the focus of Islamic pil-
grimage?
D. All of the above
A. Ka’ba
B. Dome of the Rock
3. Who built the Alhambra?
C. Kiswa
A. The Nasirids
D. Madrasa
B. The Abbasids
C. The Seljuks
D. The Fatimids 7. Which of the following is the oldest extant
E. The Umayyads example of Islamic architecture and was
constructed by the Umayyad Caliphate?
4. Fill in the blank. The gardens of wealthy A. Dome of the Rock
Islamic patrons were often designed based
on descriptions of B. Ka’ba
A. Islamic paradise C. Great Mosque of Damascus
B. Mecca D. Great Mosque of Córdoba
C. Medina E. Sulaybiya Mausoleum

8. This image depicts the Courtyard of Lions, 10. Fill in the blank. This image depicts ,
part of what large palace complex? the first monumental building project in Is-
lamic history.
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A. The Alhambra
A. The Dome of the Rock
B. The Red Fort
B. The Umayyad Mosque
C. The Topkapi Palace
C. The Al-Aqsa Mosque
D. Qusayr ’Amra
E. Guri Amir D. Great Mosque of Córdoba
E. Qusayr ’Amra
9. Fill in the blank. This image depicts the
prayer hall of Its arches are made of
alternating red and white wedge-shaped 11. This image shows the courtyard of which
blocks that are associated with Umayyad structure? The floor of the courtyard is
monuments, such as the Umayyad Mosque made of marble and its arcades are deco-
and the Dome of the Rock. rated with gold mosaics.
A. The Umayyad Mosque

A. The Sultan Hasan Mosque
B. The Sultan Hasan Mosque
B. The Great Mosque of Córdoba
C. The Al-Aqsa Mosque C. The Taj Mahal
D. The Süleymaniye Mosque D. The Süleymaniye Mosque

E. Qusayr ’Amra E. Maidan-I Shah

12. This image shows the honeycomb-like 14. When praying, Muslims face in the direc-
vaulted ceiling of the Hall of the Abencer- tion of which of the following?
rajes in which of the following buildings?

A. The Ka’ba in Mecca
B. The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem
C. The House of the Prophet in Medina
D. All of the above
15. Which of the following is part of the Five

Pillars of Islam?
A. Profession of Faith
B. Fasting
C. Alms
D. Prayer
A. The Great Mosque of Córdoba
E. All of the above
B. The Alhambra
16. Which of the following is the earliest style
C. The Great Mosque of Damascus
of Arabic calligraphy?
D. The Süleymaniye Mosque
A. Kufic
E. The Sultan Hasan Mosque B. Naskhi
13. This picture shows what important Islamic C. Thuluth
shrine that covers the site where Muham- D. Nasta liq
mad was said to have ascended into the
E. Ruqah
sky with the Angel Gabriel?
the Hajj is false?
A. It is an optional part of the Muslim
faith.
B. All Muslims, if financially and physi-
cally able, must perform it once in their
lifetime.
C. It is performed during the twelfth
month of the Islamic calendar.
D. Pilgrims wear simple clothes made of
two pieces of unstitched white cloth.
A. The Dome of the Rock
E. Its focus is on the Ka’ba in Mecca.
B. The Qibla
C. The Ka’ba
mosques are true?
D. The Great Mosque of Damascus
A. A large architectural space for prayer
E. The Sultan Hasan Mosque is central to a mosque’s design.

B. Historically, in addition to being places B. Madrasas

for prayer, mosques were community C. Iwans
meeting places.
D. Mihrabs
C. The very first mosque was believed to
E. Maqsurahs
be in the courtyard of Muhammad’s home.
23. Which of the following refers to Islamic re-
D. All of the above ligious laws and customs that govern ev-
ery aspect of a Muslim’s life?
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A. Sha’ria
19. Which of the following structures are lo- B. Hadith
cated in Haram Al-Sharif?
C. Qibla
A. The Ka’ba D. Umma
B. The Al-Aqsa Mosque E. Ramadan
C. The Great Mosque of Damascus
24. What was the capital of the Umayyad dy-
D. The Sultan Hasan Mosque nasty?
E. Qusayr ’Amra A. Damascus
20. Which of the following would you NOT find B. Jerusalem

decorating a mosque? C. Cairo
A. Vegetal scrolls D. Istanbul
B. Calligraphy E. Ishafan
C. Figural decoration 25. Art produced during which of the follow-
ing periods combines elements of Islamic,
D. Floral motifs
Persian, and Central Asian-Turkic artistic
E. Geometric patterns traditions?
21. Which of the following is a style of Spanish A. The Umayyad period
art and architecture produced in the 12th B. The Abbasid period
to 16th centuries that combines Islamic C. The Seljuk period
and Romanesque, Gothic, or Renaissance
architectural elements and decorative mo- D. The Mamluk period
tifs? E. The Fatimid period
A. Mud�jar 26. Inlaid bronze and brass objects decorated
B. Kufic with Arabic script in which letters were
transformed into human and animal fig-
C. Mashriq ures are associated with which time pe-
D. Maghreb riod?
E. Nasrid A. The Umayyad period
B. The Abbasid period
22. Which of the following can best be de-
scribed as tall towers from which the call C. The Seljuk period
to prayer is often made? D. The Ilkhanid period
A. Minarets E. The Fatimid period

27. The introduction of luster painting over a

white glaze is associated with which time
period?

A. The Umayyad period
C. The Seljuk period
D. The Fatimid period
E. The Ottoman period
28. The mud-brick mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar

occupies the center of the ruined city wall
of Merv, the capital of which dynasty?
A. Umayyad
B. Abbasid
C. Seljuk
D. Fatimid
E. Timurid
29. The tomb tower and the square domed

mausoleum are the two types of funerary
architecture most associated with what
dynasty? B. The Sultan Hasan Mosque
A. Umayyad C. The Great Mosque of Al-Mutawakkil
B. Abbasid D. The Süleymaniye Mosque
C. Seljuk E. The Ka’ba
D. Ottoman 32. What city briefly served as the capital of
E. Mughal the Abbasid caliphate from 833-883 and is
an important source of information about
30. The tradition of building royal mausoleums Abbasid art and architecture?
was introduced to the Islamic world during
A. Samarra
which time period?
B. Damascus
A. The Umayyad period
C. Baghdad
D. Istanbul
C. The Fatimid period
E. Cairo
D. The Ilkhanid period
E. The Ottoman period 33. Fill in the blank. When compared to ear-
lier Islamic art and architecture, which was
31. This image depicts the minaret of which based on Hellenistic/Late Roman forms,
mosque built by one of the rulers of the architecture shows a new monumen-
Abbasid caliphate? tal style that included elements of earlier

Sassanian architecture and massive brick B. Jerusalem

piers and arches.
C. Medina
A. Umayyad
D. Cairo
B. Abbasid
E. Istanbul
C. Mamluk
D. Ottoman 38. Fill in the blank. Vaulted halls that are
E. Mughal walled on three sides, known as , be-
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came one of the basic units of the Islamic
34. Which of the following is the Iranian term architecture during the Seljuk period.
for a portal that projects over the facade
of a building? A. Caravanserais
A. Pishtaq B. Iwan
B. Iwan C. Muqarna
C. Muqarna D. Mihrab
D. Masjid E. Madrasa
E. Mihrab
39. Architecture built under which of the fol-
35. Which of the following mosques, located lowing dynasties was made primarily of
in Fez, Morocco, is the largest mosque in stone but included doors, panels, mihrabs,
Africa as well as one of the world’s oldest and lattice-work screens that were made
universities? of wood?
A. The Qarawiyyin Mosque A. The Umayyad dynasty
B. The Ayyubid dynasty
C. The Mamluk dynasty
D. The Alhambra
D. The Ilkhanid dynasty
E. The Umayyad Mosque
E. The Timurid dynasty
36. Which of the following were built along im-
portant trade routes by Islamic rulers and 40. City planning under which of the following
wealthy patrons to provide protection and rulers centered on the palace of the ruler
lodgings to travelers? rather than a central mosque?
A. Caravanserais A. The Umayyads
B. Muqarnas
B. The Abbasids
C. Iwans
C. The Seljuks
D. Pishtaqs
D. The Fatimids
E. Madrasas
E. The Ottomans
37. Fill in the blank. The circular City of
Peace, , was the capital of the Abbasid 41. Enameled glass lamps, such as the piece
caliphate. you see here, are associated with which
A. Baghdad of the following dynasties?


E. The Al-Hakim Mosque
44. This image depicts which of the following

mosques that was first built by the Fa-
timids and later became the largest Sunni
university in the world?
A. The Ilkhanid dynasty
B. The Ottoman dynasty
C. The Seljuk dynasty
D. The Mamluk dynasty
E. The Mughal dynasty
42. Mosques built by which of the following

rulers are distinctive because of their ab-
sence of minarets?
A. The Umayyads
B. The Abbasids A. The Al-Azhar Mosque
C. The Fatimids B. The Umayyad Mosque
D. The Seljuks C. The Al-Aqsa Mosque
E. The Ottomans D. The Süleymaniye Mosque
E. The Sultan Hasan Mosque
43. This image depicts which mosque built by
the Mamluks that is part of a complex that 45. This image depicts which of the following
includes the mosque, a madrasa, and a structures built by the Ayyubid ruler Sal-
mausoleum? adin?

C. The Ayyubid dynasty

D. The Fatimid dynasty
E. The Mughal dynasty
49. Art and architecture of which period was a
fusion of Persian, Islamic, and East Asian
traditions?
A. The Ilkhanid period
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C. The Seljuk period
A. The Citadel of Cairo D. The Mamluk period
B. The Sultan Hasan Mosque E. The Umayyad period
C. The Firdawsi Mosque and Madrasa 50. The apogee of Ilkhanid illustrated
D. The Süleymaniye Mosque manuscripts is said to be which of the
following?
E. The Imam al-Shafi’i Mausoleum
A. The Great Mongol Shahnama
46. Tiraz textiles are associated with which of B. The Book of Omens
the following dynasties?
C. The Free Men’s Companion to the Sub-
A. The Umayyads tleties of Poetry
B. The Mamluks D. The Compendium of Chronicles
C. The Fatimids E. History of the World Conqueror
D. The Mughals
51. The interior and the exterior of which of
E. The Safavids the following Ilkhanid buildings was orig-
inally covered with brilliantly colored ce-
47. Which of the following is characteristic of ramic tiles?
Mamluk architecture?
A. The four iwan plan
B. Three-tiered minarets
C. The Takht-i Sulayman Summer Palace
C. Domes with cylindrical drums and
pointed profiles
E. The Imam al-Shafi’i Mausoleum
D. Stone muqarnas
E. All of the above 52. The Oljeitu Tomb is all that remains of
which of the following cities that was the
48. Which dynasty focused most of its patron- capital of the Ilkhanids?
age on constructing madrasas, some of
A. Sultaniya
which housed several Sunni schools that
were organized around a central court- B. Fez
yard? C. Merv
A. The Umayyad dynasty D. Samarra
B. The Abbasid dynasty E. Fatehpur Sikri

53. This image depicts the dome of which D. Illustrations usually depicted past real
mosque that was built by Timur in and mythical rulers dressed in contempo-
Samarkand after his conquest of Hindus- rary costume.

tan? E. Copies of the Shahnama were compila-
tions of the artwork of painters, calligra-
phers, and other craftsmen.

Timurid architecture is false?
A. It combines Persian and Central Asian
elements.
B. It can be divided into four time periods
based on the reigns of different rulers.
C. Its technique of squinch-net vaulting
was developed in Herat.
A. The Bibi Khanum Mosque D. Few Timurid architectural features
B. The Sultan Hasan Mosque were incorporated into later Safavid, Ot-
toman, or Mughal architecture.
E. Timurid rulers built madrasa-khanaqh
D. The Süleymaniye Mosque complexes.
E. The Moti Mosque
57. Which of the following was the major
54. Timur and his sons are buried at what site design innovation of the Bibi Khanum
in Samarkand? Mosque?
A. Guri Amir A. It had dome chambers beyond its lat-
B. The Amir Burunduq Mausoleum eral iwans.
C. Aq Saray Mausoleum B. It followed a four iwan plan.
D. The Bibi Khanum Mosque C. It was the first square dome mosque.
E. The Ishrat Khana Tomb D. It used cantilinear vaults.
E. All of the above
the text and illustrations of the Shahnama 58. Which of the following was an artistic and
or Persian Book of Kings is false? cultural center of the Timurid Empire?
A. Elaborate illustrations of the Shah- A. Herat
nama were commissioned to legitimize
rulers. B. Samarkand
B. The Shahnama tells the history of Per- C. Bukhara
sia up until the conquest of Alexander the D. Shahr-i Sabz
Great.
E. All of the above
C. The two most famous copies are the
Great Mongol Shahnama and the Shah 59. Pictorial space as well as motifs, such
Tahmasp Shahnama. as the peony, cloud bands, dragons, and

phoenixes, from which culture were incor- A. The Quwwat al-Islam Mosque
porated into Ilkhanid period art? B. The Moti Masjid
A. Chinese
C. The Jama Masjid of Dehli
B. Egyptian
D. The Mecca Masjid
C. Russian
E. The Atala Masjid
D. All of the above
E. None of the above 63. Ishafan was the capital of which two Is-
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lamic dynasties?
60. Ceramics produced in which of the follow- A. Seljuk and Safavid
ing modern countries were highly valued
and inspired artistic developments in the B. Seljuk and Timurid
Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal empires? C. Fatimid and Mamluk
A. China D. Ummayad and Abbasid
B. Italy E. Abbasid and Seljuk
C. Russia
64. Riza ’Abbasi is credited with bringing a
D. England new set of subject matter to Persian paint-
E. Korea ing that included which of the following?
61. Developments in Safavid architecture and A. Semi-nude figures
city planning are best known by Shah Ab- B. Languid youths
bas I’s building projects in what city?
C. Young lovers
A. Damascus
D. All of the above
B. Ishafan
C. Samarkand
D. Baghdad 65. The buildings of Fatehpur Sikri are made
from what kind of stone?
E. Samarra
A. Limestone
62. Hindu architectural forms were used in
B. Red sandstone
the building of which early Indian mosque,
part of which is depicted in this picture? C. White marble
D. All of the above
66. The city of Fatehpur Sikri was founded by

which Mughal emperor?
A. Humayun
B. Shah Jahan
C. Akbar
D. Salim Christi
E. Jahangir

67. The Ottoman ruler Mehmed II, ”The Con- 71. The Taj Mahal is made from what type of
queror,” drew on elements of which of the stone?
following traditions in his rebuilding pro-

A. Limestone
grams at Istanbul?
B. Red sandstone
A. Byzantine
C. White marble
B. Turkic D. All of the above
C. Perseo-Islamic E. None of the above
D. European 72. The trade and economic boom in the seven-
E. All of the above teenth century Safavid Empire had which
of the following effects upon the arts?
68. Fill in the blank. The Ottoman Sultan A. Urban elite and other members of
Ahmed III’s reign is also known as the Safavid society were able to commission
period, due to the popularity of this flower artworks.
in floral decorations that replaced the saz
B. Artworks began to be decorated with
style of ornamentation.
untraditional figures, such as mythical
A. Tulip beasts.
B. Rose C. Safavid artists remained committed to
their own artistic traditions and did not
C. Peony
incorporate foriegn elements in their art-
D. Gardenia work.
E. Iris D. All of the above
69. The reign of which of the following Ot-
toman rulers is usually considered to be 73. This image depicts the interior of what
the ”Golden Age” of the Ottoman Em- Mughal building?
pire?
A. Mahmud II
B. Osman I
C. Mehmed II
D. Suleiman the Magnificent
E. Selim I
70. The Safavid rulers are famous for their pa-

tronage of which of the following arts?
A. Illustrated manuscripts
A. The Taj Mahal
B. Inlaid metalwork
B. Humayun’s Tomb
C. Enameled glass C. The Jama Masjd of Dehli
D. Blown glass D. The Tomb of Salim Chisti
E. Luster painted ceramics E. The Moti Mosque

74. Fill in the blank. This image depicts the 76. This image depicts which massive mosque
of Suleiman the Magnificent. that was commissioned by Shah Jahan?
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A. The Jama Masjid of Dehli
B. The Mina Mosque
A. Tughra C. The Moti Mosque
B. Nasta’liq D. The Babri Mosque
C. Muraqqa E. The Gyanvapi Mosque
D. Diwani
77. This image depicts which Ottoman mosque
E. Thuluth that incorporates elements of French em-
pire style architecture?
75. This image depicts which early Mughal
structure that was designed by a Persian
architect yet includes Hindu domed pavil-
ions surrounding the central dome?

B. The Nusretiye Mosque
C. The Selimiye Mosque
A. The Taj Mahal
B. Humayun’s Tomb
E. The Sultan Hasan Mosque
C. The Jama Masjd of Dehli
78. This image depicts which Ottoman palace?
D. Lahore Fort
Its construction began directly after the Ot-
E. The Babri Mosque toman conquest of Constantinople.


A. The Topkapi Palace
B. Takht-i Sulayman
C. Dolmabahçe Palace A. The Tomb of Salim Chisti
D. Yildiz Palace B. The Jama Masjid of Dehli
C. The Lahore Fort
E. Hasht Behesht
D. Humayun’s Tomb
79. This image depicts which Ottoman palace E. The Moti Mosque
that is an example of neo-Baroque archi- 81. This image shows which mosque in Con-
tecture? stantinople that was designed by the Ot-
toman architect Sinan?
A. The Dolmabahçe Palace A. The Great Mosque of Córdoba

B. The Topkapi Palace
C. The Selimiye Mosque
C. Aynalıkavak Palace D. The Süleymaniye Mosque
D. The Süleymaniye Palace E. The Bibi Khanum Mosque
E. The Yildiz Palace 82. Turkish building projects in Constantinople
focused upon what?
80. This image depicts which structure that is A. The development of complexes fo-
part of Fatehpur Sikri? Originally made of cused on a mosque that combined reli-
red sandstone, its exterior was covered by gious, funerary, educational, and financial
white marble by Emperor Jahangir. institutions.

B. The construction of a new city center D. It contains the cenotaph of Mumtaz

that focused on the Ottoman Palace. Muhal and Shah Jahan.
C. The construction of a new city center E. All of the above
that focused on the Hagia Sophia, which
had been converted into a mosque.
Ottoman mosques is false?
D. The construction of a city center fo-
A. They are based on Seljuk and Byzan-
cused on a large open courtyard sur-
tine architecture.
rounded by markets, mosques, and
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palaces. B. They are distinguised by their dark in-
teriors.
C. They are based on a square dome plan.
83. Which nineteenth century Ottoman sul-
tan’s reforms brought about an increased D. The mosque constructed by Sinan
fusion of Ottoman and European elements drew inspiration from the Hagia Sophia.
in Ottoman art and architecture?
E. They have slender corner minarets.
A. Sultan Mahmud II
B. Mustafa IV
carpets in the Islamic world, c. 1600-
C. Suleiman the Magnificent 1800, is false?
D. Ahmed II A. Carpet weaving was an important
statewide industry in the Safavid, Ot-
E. Osman I
toman, and Mughal empires.
84. Which of the following characterize illumi- B. They were produced in large private
nated manuscripts made in the atelier of factories.
Jahangir? C. Carpets were traded with merchants
A. Most were part of lavishly finished al- from East Asia and Europe.
bums. D. Carpets were central to Shah ’Abbas I
B. They were usually created by a single plan to attract foreign merchants.
painter. E. Few carpets were produced in India
C. Many were plant and animal studies. before the reign of Akbar.
D. Many contained realistic portraiture 88. Which of the following statements about
and Europeanized subjects. Mughal architecture is false?
E. All of the above A. It combine local Hindu and Islamic
building traditions with the architectural
85. Which of the following statements about traditions of Iran and Central Asia.
the Taj Mahal is false?
B. Early Mughal buildings were con-
A. It represents the Islamic garden of structed from white marble.
paradise.
C. Mughal rulers commissioned many dif-
B. It is decorated with murals that depict ferent types of buildings including palaces,
Shah Jahan. mosques, gardens, and mausoleums.
C. It is decorated throughout with verses D. Mughal mosques have massive en-
from the Koran. closed courtyards.

E. Mughal mosques have domed shallow 92. Which of the following statements is true
prayer halls. of illuminated manuscripts in the Islamic
world?

Safavid architecture is false? A. Many were created in non-royal com-
mercial workshops.
A. It continues Timurid and Persian archi-
tectural traditions. B. Illustrated books were financial invest-
ments, status symbols, and objects of
B. It does not use the four iwan plan.
diplomacy.
C. It includes elements such as pishtaqs.
C. Specific workshops produced copies of
the Koran.
D. It uses brick and decorated tiles.
D. The paper used for the books was
E. It included massive city planning made of tree pulp.
projects, such as those of Shah ’Abbas
I. E. Usually only one artist worked on each
scene.
the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp is false? 93. Which of the following statements is true
A. It is written in nasta’liq script. of Ottoman architecture?
B. Its fine paper is enriched with flecks of A. Early Ottoman architecture was based
gold. on Byzantine and Seljuk traditions.
C. It was created at the royal atelier at B. Ottoman architecture remained fairly
Tabriz. uniform throughout its extensive empire.
D. It was given as a gift to an Ottoman C. Imperial patronage focused on the
sultan. construction of kulliye.
E. It was completed solely during the D. All of the above
reign of Shah Tahmasp. E. None of the above
the Topkapi Palace is false?
of Shah ’Abbas I’s building programs?
A. It was built on the tip of the peninsula
that overlooked the Golden Horn and the A. They consisted of an axial arrange-
Bosphorous. ment of new royal markets that linked
the old city to a new center of markets,
B. It was surrounded by a wall and be- mosques, and the royal palace.
hind the wall were buildings loosely laid
out in a garden like setting. B. Their new city center was comprised
of a series of concentric circles.
C. The layout of the structure was not hi-
erarchically ordered. C. They did not make use of large open
spaces but were comprised of a series of
D. It included residential, religious, edu-
closely connected structures.
cational, administrative, and service build-
ings. D. They incorporated elements of the old
E. Its construction was ordered by city behind the gates of a massive citadel.
Mehmed II, after he conquered Con-
stantinople. E. All of the above

1.12 African Art 170
95. Which of the following structures was the 98. Who commissioned the Taj Mahal?
royal palace built by Shah Jahan? A. Akbar
A. The Red Fort B. Humayun
B. The Lahore Fort C. Jahangir
C. The Taj Mahal D. Shah Jahan
D. Fatehpur Sikri E. Babur
E. The Asfarwala Complex
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99. Who was the first Mughal emperor to es-
96. Which of the following sultanates and/or tablish a royal atelier for the creation of
empires were regular trading partners illustrated manuscripts?
with the city of Venice? A. Akbar
A. Mamluk B. Humayun
B. Safavid C. Jahangir
C. Ottoman D. Shah Jahan
D. All of the above E. Babur
100. Who is one of the most famous Islamic
97. Which of the following was Russia’s architects that designed buildings through-
biggest import from the Ottoman and out the Ottoman Empire, during the reign
Safavid Empires? of Suleiman the Magnificent and Selim II?
A. Textiles A. Sinan
B. Porcelain B. Krikor Balyan
C. Enameled glass C. Garabed
D. Jades D. Nikogos
E. Luster painted ceramics E. A. Jachmund
1.12 African Art

1. Infiltration of a hegemonic group into the B. Divide rule of Africa between Euro-
power structure of another region and cul- pean nations
ture is:
C. Turn over Africa to indigenous
A. colonization. D. Divide African artifacts among Euro-
B. syncretism. pean museums
C. topology. 3. Which of the following is true of tra-

D. cosmology. ditional masquerades overall throughout
Africa?
2. The Berlin Conference was convened A. They are mainly danced by women.
mainly to do which of the following?
B. They are mainly performed in relation
A. End the slave trade to the life cycle.

C. They are only performed for funerary 9. What is the name of the region in Libya
ceremonies. where rock engravings are found?

D. Both A and B. A. Tassili N’ajjer
4. What is the former independent country of B. Fezzan

Zaire now officially named? C. Morocco
A. Congo Republic D. Drakensberg
B. Democratic Republic of the Congo 10. Which statement regarding a minaret is
C. Central African Republic true?
D. Chad A. Tuareg tents
B. Mud-based buildings
5. A willful blending of different spiritual
beliefs, cultural practices, and/or related C. A type of scarification
artistic forms is best described as: D. A mosque in Algeria
A. hegemony. E. It was derived solely for iconographic
B. colonization. purpose.
C. syncretism. F. It was derived largely for functional
purpose.
D. aestheticism.
G. It is found only in a small number of
6. The term “wadi” refers to which of the mosques.
following?
H. It was a modern addition to traditional
A. Sculpture mosques.
B. Topography
11. Which of the following is a large indige-
C. Art style nous group of North Africa?
D. Islamic belief A. Arab
7. The Western part of North Africa was B. Berber
mainly colonized by which European na- C. Fezzan
tion?
D. Fon
A. France
12. Ancient Kush lies in the territory of which
B. Spain
modern country?
C. Belgium
A. Ethiopia
D. Portugal
B. Sudan
8. What is the most common subject in earli- C. Egypt
est rock art of North Africa? D. Meroe
A. Men hunting
13. In a bas-relief, sculpted sections do which
B. Animals of the following?
C. Women A. Stand out prominently from the back-
D. Landscape drop

B. Stand out slightly from the backdrop 19. What is the tomb form that predates the
Egyptian pyramids?
C. Are incised deeply into the backdrop
A. A grave circle
D. Are incised slightly into the backdrop
B. A wadi
14. Rock-cut Christian churches are found in
C. A sphinx
which city?
D. A mastaba
A. Meroe
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B. Kush 20. What was the main function of royal tomb
sculpture in ancient Egypt?
C. Lalibela
A. To house the ka; in case it escapes the
D. Saqqara
mummified body of the deceased
15. The ancient city of Aksum is in which B. As votive; local priests would pray to
modern-day country? sculptures in a pharaoh’s tomb
A. Egypt C. As historical; to preserve a highly real-
B. Ethiopia istic portrait of the deceased
C. Sudan D. None of these answers
D. Kenya 21. When was Tutankhamen’s tomb discov-

ered?
16. The famous bust of Nefertiti, now in Berlin,
A. 17th century
was found in a(n):
B. 18th century
A. tomb.
C. 19th century
B. palace.
D. 20th century
C. artist’s workshop.
D. temple. 22. Which of the following adjectives best de-
scribes the overall aesthetic of ancient
17. Tutankhamen ruled in which broad era of Egyptian art?
ancient Egyptian civilization?
A. Rigid
A. Pre-dynastic
B. Natural
B. Old Kingdom
C. Violent
C. Middle Kingdom
D. Fragile
D. New Kingdom
23. Which of the following best identifies the
18. What is the main subject matter of early overall theme of most content of Egyptian
Coptic art? art?
A. Christianity A. War
B. Islam B. Peace
C. History from ancient Egyptian culture C. Permanence
D. Portraiture from life D. Ephemeral

24. Which term best describes the pyramid 30. The Dogon are native to a region in which
complex at Giza? modern country?

A. Acropolis A. Nigeria
B. Metropolis B. Chad
C. Necropolis
C. Algeria
D. Megalopolis
D. Mali
25. The prevalent religion of ancient Egypt is
best described as: 31. The Dogon sculptural canon is character-
A. polytheistic. ized by which of the following?
B. monotheistic. A. Elongation of form
C. atheistic. B. Mix of geometric and figurative form
D. dynastic. C. Both A and B
26. How was the Great Mosque at Djenne pri- D. None of these answers
marily constructed?
A. By using reconstituted Roman ruins 32. The Gerewol festival focuses on which so-
cial group?
B. By cutting into rock
C. By the mud brick technique A. Young women
D. None of these options B. Young men
27. The Chi Wara crest mask symbolizes a(n): C. Older men and women
A. antelope. D. Older men
B. lion.
33. The Gerewol is a festival of which ethnic
C. elephant. group?
D. lizard. A. Berber
28. The Chi Wara masquerade of the Bamana B. Bamana
tradition relates to which of the follow-
ing? C. Tuareg
A. Ancient mothers D. Fulani
B. Funeral rites
34. What does repatriation of Nok art mean?
C. Birth ceremonies
A. Scientific testing for authentication of
D. The founding of agriculture
age
29. The Do masquerade of the Bwa is charac- B. The return to Nigeria of Nok art cur-
terized by which of the following? rently owned by institutions outside the
A. Carved wooden helmet masks country
B. Woven cloth costumes C. Distributing reinterpretations of Nok
C. Costumes of natural grasses art to public museums
D. Dancers on stilts D. All of these answers

35. What is the prominent medium of Nok art 40. Goree Island is located off the coast of
that survives today? which modern country?
A. Clay A. Guinea
B. Stone B. Liberia
C. Wood C. Ghana
D. Plastic D. Senegal
41. Helmet masks of the Ejagham are distinct
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of bogolanfini cloth? from others in the region because of their
use of which materials?
A. It is associated with males of the Ba-
mana. A. Cowrie shells
B. It is associated with females of the Ba- B. Paints
mana. C. Stretched animal skins
C. It is associated with females of the Do- D. Metal studs
gon.
42. Iconography in Asante art most directly re-
D. It was first developed for the tourist lates to which of the following?
trade.
A. Functions of saint-like figures
37. Which of the following statements is true B. Dynastic history
of the Dogon Kanaga masquerade?
C. Verbal proverbs/sayings
A. It is primarily a funeral ritual.
D. Gender
B. It expresses aspects of Dogon cosmol-
ogy. 43. Ikenga is a votive type associated with
which culture?
C. The head crest is an abstract form.
A. Igbo
D. All of these answers.
B. Yoruba
38. What we refer to as “Nok” art derives C. Bamana
from which of the following?
D. Fon
A. The name of the historian who first
wrote about it 44. In ancient Ife, metal sculptures were cre-
B. The place it was found ated through which technique?
C. The language spoken in the region it A. Carving

was found B. Casting
D. None of these answers C. Welding
D. Modeling
39. Ere Ibeji are devoted to which of the fol-
lowing? 45. Indigo-dyed cloth of the Yoruba is called:
A. Ancestral mothers A. adinkra.
B. Twins B. asafo.
C. The supreme deity C. ukara.
D. The Orisa Obatala D. adire.

46. Kente cloth is associated most closely with B. Nigeria

which culture? C. Cameroon

A. Yoruba D. Ghana
B. Asante
52. The Gelede masquerade honors which of
C. Baule
the following?
D. Fon
A. Twins
47. Mami Wata can best be described as which B. Ancestral mothers
of the following?
C. The king at Oyo
A. A water spirit across cultures in Africa
D. All the Orisas
and the African diaspora
B. A supreme being in Yoruba and Igbo 53. The mbari is best identified as which of the
kingdoms following?
C. Mother Earth mainly in West Africa A. A temple for worship
D. A pan-African women’s heritage group B. A residence for the head diviner of a
community
48. Metal heads in royal art of Benin City rep-
resent which of the following? C. A spirit house
A. Monarchs D. A men’s association
B. Deities 54. The royal complex of the Fon kingdom is

C. Soldiers located in which modern nation?
D. Priests A. Nigeria
B. Benin
49. Regalia refer to which of the following?
C. Ghana
A. Styles of West African art
D. Mali
B. Objects reserved for use by royal elite
of a culture 55. The spirit Esu is associated most with
C. Objects reserved for use by religious which function below?
clerics of a culture A. Messenger
D. None of these answers B. Fertility
50. Symbolic writing of the Ejagham is known C. Agriculture
as: D. Age initiation
A. uli.
56. The study of materials and art styles to de-
B. nsibidi. termine date, technique, and place of pro-
C. ukara. duction best falls under which specialty?
D. adire. A. Art criticism
51. The ancient Kingdom of Benin is located in B. Aesthetic theory

which modern nation? C. Curatorial
A. Benin D. Connoisseurship

57. The Yoruba are native to which modern re- C. Kuduo containers
gion?
D. Wood votives
A. Northern Nigeria
B. Southern Nigeria 63. Which of the following materials has the
most spiritual significance in Akan cul-
C. Southern Mali
ture?
D. Benin City
A. Ebony wood
58. What is one main distinction of Mende
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B. Gold
masquerade traditions from others in
Africa? C. Soapstone
A. No drumming is used. D. Silver
B. Dancers do not cover their faces.
64. Which of the following object types relate
C. Women organize and perform in the
most to status and prestige in Akan cul-
prominent masquerades.
ture?
D. Men play woman’s roles.
A. Akua ma
59. Which adjective best describes the aes-
B. Personal stools
thetic of figurative art from ancient Ife?
A. Naturalistic C. Brass weights
B. Geometric D. Adinkra
C. Colossal
65. Which of the following statements is false
D. Ceramic in regard to mbari?
60. Which country was westernized by African A. It is meant to be a permanent monu-
Americans in the 19th century? ment.
A. Mauritania B. It is closely associated with the earth
B. Sierra Leone mother deity.
C. Guinea C. It is created in relation to community
D. Liberia issues.
61. Which of the following groups is not re- D. It is an ephemeral form.

lated to the Akan culture?
A. Fante of art from the Kingdom of Benin?
B. Baule
A. Most art was produced at the court of
C. Senufo the Oba.
D. Asante B. Europeans are represented in tradi-
62. Which of the following is the most tional sculpture of Benin City.
renowned object type from ancient Ife? C. Bronze plaques featured representa-
A. The bronze equestrian figure tions of the Oba.
B. The bronze head D. All of these answers.

67. Which of the following statements is true 72. “Sande” refers to which of the follow-
of the Egungun masquerade? ing?
A. A women’s society in Mende culture

A. Dancers are completely covered in tex-
tile costumes. B. A men’s society in Dan culture
B. Women are the main performers. C. A Bamana masquerade
C. It commemorates early victories of D. A type of nomoli
the Yoruba over neighboring groups.
73. Objects known as Sapi ivories come from
D. All of these answers. which region?
68. Which of the following statements is true A. West Atlantic Coast
of traditional adinkra cloth? B. Central Sudan
A. It is distinguished by a stamp printing C. Gold Coast
technique.
D. Sahara
B. It is ornamented with symbolic forms.
74. In art discourse, the term provenance
refers to which of the following?
C. It was associated with mourning.
A. The history of ownership of an object
B. The stylistic lineage of an object
69. Which of the following statements is true C. The market value of an object
of traditional adinkra cloth? D. The relative quality of an object
A. It is distinguished by a stamp printing
technique. 75. In the creation of minkisi, the nganga does
B. It is ornamented with symbolic forms.
A. Carves the core wooden votive
B. Adds organic substances to the core
C. It was associated with mourning.
votive
C. Both A and B
70. “Ijele” refers to which of the following? D. None of these answers
A. A woven textile of the Igbo 76. Lukasa are Luba objects associated with
B. The largest traditional mask type in which of the following?
Africa A. Fertility
C. The palace compound of an Igbo chief B. Funeral rites
D. A fertility votive of the Yoruba C. Historical memory
71. “Nomoli” refers to which of the follow- D. Age initiations
ing? 77. Minkisi are sculpture types of which cul-
A. Stone figures found in Sierra Leone ture?
B. Carved ivory figures found in Sierra A. Bangwa
Leone B. Kongo
C. The Senufo men’s association C. Fon
D. None of these answers D. Mangbetu

78. Reliquary guardians are prominent types 83. Which of the following is a type of body
in groups situated in which modern coun- ornamentation unique to the Mangbetu
try? among groups of central Africa?
A. Cameroon A. Scarification
B. Gabon B. Elaborate hairstyles
C. Nigeria C. Head elongation

D. Tooth shaping
D. Guinea
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84. Which of the following most directly indi-
79. The Kuba Kingdom is located in which mod- cates status in Kongo mother sculpture?
ern nation?
A. Wood type used
A. Congo Republic
B. Position
B. Democratic Republic of the Congo C. Exposed breasts
C. Central African Republic D. Represented scarification
D. Angola
of minkisi?
80. Theoretically, ownership and display of
African art in Europe can be understood as A. They have a rigid canon of form.
cultural: B. The belly is a symbolic focus.
A. syncretism. C. They are sculpture types of the
B. appropriation. Bangwa culture.
C. hegemony.
D. repatriation. 86. Which of the following groups is found in
the modern nation of Cameroon?
81. Which of the following best describes the A. Bamum
generally intended representation of cou-
B. Bamileke
ples in African sculpture?
C. Both A and B
A. Portraiture of specific individuals
D. None of these answers
B. Symbolic lineage
87. Architecture at Lamu most strongly re-
C. Anatomical abstraction
flects which outside influences?
D. Carving technique A. Egyptian and Sudanese
82. Which of the following groups has the tra- B. Arabic and Indian
dition of using complex beaded tools and C. French and English
thrones?
D. Congolese and Bantu
A. Bamum
88. Colors in Maasai beaded ornaments are de-
B. Bamileke termined by which of the following?
C. Both A and B A. The meanings associated with them
D. None of these answers B. Aesthetic judgments

C. Individual artistic decisions 94. The Lydenburg heads are of which

medium?
D. Both A and B

A. Bronze
89. In traditional weaving in Madagascar, B. Ceramic
what does the color red symbolize?
C. Wood
A. Life
D. Stone
B. Death
95. The ruined city of Great Zimbabwe was
C. Light mostly built from which material?
D. Fire A. Stacked stone without mortar
90. Most early rock painting in southern Africa B. Cement
is attributed to which group? C. Ceramic brick
A. The Khoi D. Wood
B. The San 96. Which of the following is an important site
C. The Zulu for African Rock art in the southern part of
the continent?
D. The Shona
A. Zambia
91. The architectural ruins at Great Zimbabwe B. Durban
reflect which of the following? C. Drakensberg
A. Rigid, geometric organization D. Johannesburg
B. Organic, curved structures
97. “Jumba” refers to which of the follow-
C. A series of low, small enclosures ing?
D. Knowledge of Egyptian building tech- A. A mosque in Swahili
niques B. A traditional food of the Swahili coast
92. The foundation of the Great Mosque at C. A large house
Kilwa is made of what material? D. An indigenous language in Kenya
A. Mud brick 98. Which of the following is an indigenous
B. Coral cement language on the east coast of Africa?
C. Marble A. Arabic
D. Adobe B. Mande
C. Swahili
93. The Great Mosque at Kilwa is in which
D. Zulu
country?
A. Tanzania 99. What are some of the issues that modern
and contemporary artists address in their
B. Kenya art work?
C. Uganda A. Politics
D. Madagascar B. Identity

1.13 Arts of Asia 180
C. Tradition B. Appropriation
D. All of these answers C. Allocation
100. What types of new media have contem- D. Annexation
porary artists incorporated into African
Art forms? 102. Which of the following best describes
the most appealing aspect of African sculp-
A. Installations tures for European artists of the early
B. Found objects 20th century?
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C. Video A. The abstracted anatomy
D. All of these answers B. The materials used
101. Which of the following terms can be used C. The cultural symbolism of the works
to describe the manner in which modern for the cultures in which they were cre-
and contemporary African artists incorpo- ated
rate the past into their art work? D. Their potential monetary worth as cu-
A. Alienation riosities
1.13 Arts of Asia

1. How were Chola bronzes made? 4. The Hindu temples at Mahabalipuram
A. Piece-mold method of casting were constructed during the reign of the
B. Sand casting
C. Lost wax casting A. Guptas
D. Centrifugal casting B. Pallavas
C. Mughals
2. The architecture of Fatehpur Sikri was a
synthesis of the tradition(s). D. Cholas
A. Hindu Indian E. None of the above

B. Muslim Indian
C. Timurid Iranian and Central Asian 5. The Taj Mahal is made from what type of
stone?
D. All of the above
E. None of the above A. Sandstone
3. The buildings of Fatehpur Sikri are made B. Granite

from what kind of stone?
C. Marble
A. Granite
B. Red sandstone D. Limestone
C. Marble E. None of the above
D. All of the above
E. None of the above 6. This image depicts which Hindu temple?

B. Mahabalipuram
C. Tamil Nadu

D. Ajanta
9. This image presents an example of a Bud-
dhist sculpture made in what region during
the Kushan dynasty?
A. Kailasanatha
B. Khajuraho
C. Brihadisvara
D. Ajanta
E. Mahabalipuram
7. This image is from which Indian site?
A. Fatehpur Sikri
B. Khajuraho
C. Sarnath
D. Gandhara
E. Sanchi
8. This image is of which Hindu site?
A. Mathura
A. Ellora B. Gandhara

C. Sarnath 14. What are the Khajuraho temples most

D. Kondavane well-known for?
E. None of the Above A. They are most well-known as exam-

ples of Dravidian temple architecture.
10. Under what empire did the “ideal form”
of the Buddha, which would be the model B. They are most well-known for their
for future generations, appear throughout erotic carvings on the temple’s exterior.
Southeast and East Asia?
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A. Pala Empire C. They are most well-known for their tall
pyramidal towers.
B. Mauryan Empire
C. Kushan Empire D. All of the above
D. Gupta Empire E. None of the above
E. Chalukya Empire
11. Under which empire did the first iconic de- 15. What is a gopura?
pictions of the Buddha appear?
A. A monumental tower at the entrance
A. Gupta
to a Hindu temple
B. Mauryan
B. The most sacred area of a Hindu tem-
C. Pallava
ple
D. Kushan
E. Harsha C. The name of a pool in a Hindu temple
used for ritual washing
12. What are Buddhist worship halls, made of
brick or excavated from stone, called? D. The area surrounding a Hindu temple
A. Stupas E. The inner courtyard of a Hindu temple
B. Chaitya grihas
C. Viharas 16. What is the name of the largest mosque in
D. Gorupas India?
E. None of the above A. Jama Masjid
13. What are jataka tales?
B. Badshahi Mosque
A. Stories about the lives of the Buddha’s
disciples C. Quwwat-ul-Islam Masjid
B. Stories about the lives of bodhisattvas
D. Moti Masjid
C. Stories about the life of and previous E. None of the above

lives of the Buddha
D. All of the above 17. What kind of Buddhist figure does this im-
E. None of the above age depict?

C. Hanuman
D. Krishna

E. Shiva
19. Which of the following descriptions charac-

terize(s) miniatures created at the atelier
of Jahangir?
A. They were usually created by a single
painter.
B. Many were plant and animal studies.
C. Most were part of lavishly finished al-
bums.
D. Many contained realistic portraiture
and Europeanized subjects.
E. All of the above
20. Which of the following is/are (a) basic

component(s) of a Hindu temple?
A. A garbha gihra or womb chamber
B. Four gateways
C. A prayer hall
D. A north-south axis
E. All of the above
21. Which of the following descriptions charac-

terize(s) Dravidian Hindu temples?
A. They are pyramidal in shape.
B. They are square in plan.
C. They contain tanks or wells of water.
D. All of the above
A. Bodhisattva E. None of the above
B. Aspara
22. Which of the following is a way in which
C. Buddha the Buddha was depicted in early Buddhist
D. Demon king art?
E. Arhat A. As a prayer wheel
18. Which Hindu god is often depicted dancing B. As a pair of foot prints
on a dwarf in Chola bronze statues? C. As an empty seat
A. Ganesha D. As a character in a jataka tale
B. Vishnu E. All of the above

23. Which of the following statements about 27. Which of the following is NOT depicted on
the Taj Mahal is NOT true? the gates of the Great Stupa at Sanchi?
A. It represents the Islamic garden of A. Jataka tales
paradise.
B. It is decorated throughout with verses B. Iconic representations of the Buddha
from the Koran. C. Fertility figures
C. It is decorated with murals that depict
D. Lions
Shah Jahan.
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D. It contains the cenotaph of Mumtaz E. Elephants
Muhal and Shah Jahan.
E. All of the above 28. is famous for its rock cut Buddhist
caves, which contain ancient murals of the
24. Which of the following is found at Fateh- jakata tales.
pur Sikri?
A. Khajuraho
A. Tomb of Salim Christi
B. Red Fort B. Bhimbetka
C. Taj Mahal C. Elephanta
D. All of the above D. Ajanta
E. Mahabalipuram
25. Which of the following is NOT a character-
istic of Mathuran Buddhist sculptures dur- 29. Which of the following statements about
ing the Kushan Dynasty? stupas is true?
A. The sculptures emphasized organic,
fleshy human forms. A. They are said to contain the relics of
the Buddha.
B. The sculptures were made of sand-
stone. B. Buddhists worship inside them.
C. The sculptures were influenced by C. They are usually pyramidal in shape.
Greco-Roman sculpture.
D. They are all made from stone.
D. The figures are often depicted semi-
nude. E. None of the above
E. The figures were made in workshops
in and around the city of Mathura. 30. Which of the following statements about
the Kailasanatha Temple is/are true?
26. Which of the following is NOT a character-
istic of Islamic art? A. It was carved from a single piece of
A. Frequent use of geometric patterns stone.
B. Frequent use of figural representation B. It is a Dravidian Temple.
C. It is dedicated to Shiva.
C. High regard for calligraphy
D. Frequent use of vegetal patterns D. All of the above
E. Frequent use of arabesques E. None of the above

31. Which of the following statements about C. Chandra Gupta I

the monolithic temples at Mahabalipuram D. Rajaraja Chola I
is/are true?

A. They are also called Rathas.
B. They are made from single blocks of 36. Who founded the city of Fatehpur Sikri,
stone. which served as his Mughal Empire’s capi-
tal from 1571-1585?
C. They were commissioned by the
Pallava Dynasty. A. Akbar
D. All of the above B. Shah Jahan
E. None of the above C. Salim Cristi
D. Babur
the Nagara Hindu temples is/are true? E. None of the above
A. They have curvilinear towers. 37. Who was the first Mughal emperor to es-
B. They are pyramidal in shape. tablish a royal atelier for the creation of
miniatures?
C. They were built mainly in the north of
India. A. Shah Jahan
D. Many were built by the Cholas. B. Babur
E. All of the above C. Akbar
D. Jahangir
33. Who built the Taj Mahal?
A. Chandra Gupta I
B. Shah Jahan 38. This image is of which Buddhist monu-
ment?
C. Rajaraja Chola I
D. Akbar
34. Who commissioned large pillars topped

with lions throughout Northern India after
his conversion to Buddhism?
A. Siddhartha Gautama
B. Chandra Gupta I
C. Kanishka I
D. Ashoka
E. None of the above A. The main image hall at Hory�-ji
35. Who commissioned the Brihadisvara Tem- B. The chaitya hall at Karle
ple? C. The stupa at Bodhgaya
A. Ashoka D. The Great Stupa at Sanchi
B. Shah Jahan E. The chaitya hall at Bharhut

39. What have archaeologists found at C. Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro that indi-
cate(s) that these cities were part of an
advanced civilization? D. The Qianlong Emperor
A. A network of planned mud-brick cities

B. Seals possibly decorated with a form E. Emperor Huizong of the Song dynasty
of writing
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C. Evidence of trade with Mesopotamia
D. All of the above 42. This image depicts two Buddhas from
E. None of the above what Buddhist cave site?
40. The rulers of what dynasty initiated the

building of Buddhist caves at Yungang?
A. The Northern Wei Dynasty
B. The Sui Dynasty
C. The Northern Liang Dynasty
D. The Tang Dynasty
41. These warriors were found near the tomb

of
A. Dunhunag
B. Ellora
C. Longmen
D. Ajanta
E. Yungang
A. The First Emperor of China 43. This image is an example of what popular
B. Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty format in Chinese and Japanese painting?

A. Zhao Mengfu
B. Dong Qichang

C. Qian Xuan
D. Ni Zan
46. What is the mausoleum of the First Em-
peror of China best known for?
A. The constellations that decorate the
main tomb chamber
B. Its life-size terracotta figures
C. Its elaborate underground system of
corridors
D. Its large number of jades
E. Its large number of bronzes
47. What is the name of the glaze that deco-
rated most earthenware mingqi during the
Tang Dynasty?
A. Jian
B. Qingbai
C. Ge
D. Sancai
A. Album leaf E. None of the above
B. Hanging scroll 48. are kilns that were famous for their
C. Mural porcelain production during the Ming dy-
D. Handscoll nasty.
E. Fan A. Jingdezhen
B. Changsha
44. What are most of the vessels in the tomb
C. Ganzhou
of Lady Dai made of?
D. Zibo
A. Bronze
E. Longquanwu
B. Jade
C. Lacquer 49. The tomb of was excavated in the
1970s. His tomb is representative of a
D. All of the above
new pattern in tomb construction during
E. None of the above the Warring States Period when the tomb
began to modeled on the earthly residence
45. Which influential Yuan dynasty painter, al- of deceased.
though a prince and descendent of the
Song Dynasty, chose to serve as an offi- A. Wang Mang
cial under the Mongols? B. Marquis Yi of Zeng

C. Count Yu D. Xia Chang

D. Han Wudi E. Lu Zhi
E. Duke of Zhou 54. Which Ming dynasty painter is credited
50. What is the name of the Silk Road site with forming the Wu School and known for
where Buddhist caves with fabulous mu- his brushstrokes, which were said to be in
rals were constructed? the tradition of Yuan Dynasty masters?
A. Lin Liang
A. Chang’an
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B. Zhu Yunming
B. Dunhuang
C. Dong Qichang
C. Juyuan
D. Lu Zhi
D. Yungang
E. Shen Zhou
E. Longmen
55. Which Qing dynasty emperor was a patron
51. In the 1980s, excavations at demon-
of the arts and an avid collector of contem-
strated the existence of a strong regional
porary and historical art works?
culture contemporary to the Shang that
featured sophisticated religious practices A. Kangxi Emperor
and advanced bronze-casting technology. B. Qianlong Emperor
A. Anyang C. Yongzheng Emperor
B. Sanxingdui D. Jiaqing Emperor
C. Changsha E. None of the above
D. Xi’an 56. What site is shown in this image?
E. Luoyang
52. Which Jesuit missionary also served as a

painter and architect at the court of the
Qianlong Emperor?
A. Philippe Couplet
A. Fatehpur Sikri
B. Giuseppe Castiglione
B. Tang Dynasty Chang’an
C. Sabatino de Ursis
C. The Forbidden City
D. Matteo Ricci
D. The Imperial City of Heian
E. Alvaro Semedo
53. Which Ming dynasty painter arbitrarily
57. What Song emperor is famous for his pa-
theorized that all past painters could be di-
tronage of the arts?
vided into two lineages: the literati style
of the Southern School or the professional A. Huizong
artisans of the Northern School? B. Taizong
A. Dong Qichang C. Yingzong
B. Wen Zhengming D. Shenzong
C. Shen Zhou E. None of the above

58. What Southern Song painter was known C. They were used at seasonal communal
for his “one corner” approach to paint- festivals.
ing?

D. They were used in ancestral sacrifices.
A. Ma Lin
B. Xia Gui E. All of the above
C. Ma Yuan
63. Which Buddhist cave site features 300
D. Mi Fu carved statues commissioned by Empress
E. Zhao Mengfu Wu?
A. Dunhuang
59. What type of tomb was Prince Liu Sheng
buried in? B. Yungang
A. Rock cut cave C. Longmen
B. Vertical pit tomb D. Juyan
C. Horizontal tomb chamber with sloping E. Chang’an
passageway
64. Which of the following are depicted on the
D. Catacomb Wu Liang Shrine?
E. None of the above A. Chinese rulers
60. What was Prince Liu Sheng’s burial suit B. Sages
made of? C. The Queen Mother of the West and the
A. Lacquer King Father of the East
B. Bronze D. Historical and mythological stories
C. Ivory E. All of the above
D. Jade
65. Which of the following is a difference be-
E. None of the above tween Shang and Western Zhou bronzes?
61. What was the name of the Shang Dynasty A. The inscriptions are longer and more
queen whose tomb was discovered by ar- prominent on Western Zhou bronzes.
chaeologists in the 1970s? B. The taotie is more prominent on West-
A. Yang Guifei ern Zhou bronzes.
B. Lady Dai C. Western Zhou bronzes have only been
found in tombs.
C. Fu Hao
D. Some Western Zhou vessels have in-
D. Mawangdui
laid decoration.
E. Xiwangmu
62. What were ancient Chinese bronzes used
for? 66. Which of the following is a traditional Chi-
nese painting format?
A. They were used to cook everyday food.
A. Handscroll
B. They were used to serve food and wine B. Fan

at musical performances. C. Hanging scrolls

D. Album leaves A. Traditionalists who wanted to revital-

E. All of the above ize the Chinese painting tradition
B. Individualists whose personal art of-
67. Which of the following statements best ten expressed political protest
characterize(s) developments in mortuary
C. Courtiers, officials, and professional
art and architecture that emerged during
artists who served the Manchu court
the Warring States Period?
D. Amateurs who pursued art for art’s
A. Tombs begin to mimic the residences sake, but also sometimes sold their works
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of the living.
B. Lacquerware becomes more common
the Forbidden City is/are true?
in tombs.
A. It was built during the Qing dynasty.
C. Bronzes are more secularized and or-
nate. B. All of the building’s roof tiles are red.
D. All of the above C. It is where the emperor resided during
the summer months.
D. Its important buildings run north-
68. Which of the following statements about south.
mingqi is NOT true? E. All of the above
A. Most of them were mass-produced. 72. Which of the following statements about
B. They were placed in tombs. the Nanjing Masters of the Qing dynasty
C. They are meant to represent real is true?
things. A. They served the Manchus.
D. They were to be used by the deceased. B. They were inspired by the Yuan dy-
nasty painter, Zhao Mengfu.
E. All of the above C. Many used shading and perspective
and different Western painting techniques
69. Which of the following statements about introduced to China by the Jesuits in their
Chinese scholar officials is NOT true? compositions.
A. They created paintings that used non- D. They favored minimalist compositions.
representational brushwork.
B. Some amassed large collections of art- E. None of the above
works.
73. Which of the following painters’ works
C. They created artworks that were sometimes used an archaic blue and green
highly polished and representational. style and are thought to symbolize a de-
D. In addition to painting, many also sire to return to Chinese rule?
wrote poetry. A. Wu Zhen
E. None of the above B. Qian Xuan
C. Zhao Mengfu
three principal groups of painters during D. Ni Zan
the Qing dynasty? E. Shen Zhou

74. Which of the following types of enamel

was popular on Chinese porcelain during
the reign of the Qianlong Emperor?

A. Doucai
B. Famille verte
C. Famille rose
D. Wucai
75. Who of the following was a famous North- A. Song dynasty

ern Song dynasty painter? B. Han dynasty
A. Fan Kuan C. Tang dynasty
D. Qing dynasty
B. Mi Fu
E. Shang dynasty
C. Guo Xi
79. By 1800, which of the following modes of
D. All of the above art flourished in Japan?
E. None of the above A. Ukiyo-e
B. Rinpa
76. Who painted “Night Shining White”?
C. Literati painting
A. Wang Wei
D. All of the above
B. Wu Daozi E. None of the above
C. Han Gan 80. The plan of Nij� castle is based on what
D. Zhao Mengfu style of architecture?
A. Fusuma
E. Li Bo
B. Shinden
77. How were most bronzes made in ancient C. Buke
China? D. All of the above
A. Piece-mold method of casting E. None of the above
B. Sand casting 81. The Tale of Genji scrolls are representative
C. Lost wax casting of what style of painting?
A. Onna-e
D. Centrifugal casting
B. Otoko-e
C. Kara-e
78. Vessels like this were important during D. Rinpa

which Chinese dynasty? E. None of the above

82. This image depicts a handscroll that illus- 84. This image depicts what Buddhist temple?
trates scenes from which literary work?
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A. The Tale of Heike
B. The Tale of Genji A. Bayon
C. Legends of the Kitano Shrine
B. By�d�-in
D. The Tale of Heiji
C. H�ry�j-i
E. Legends of the Kumano Shrine
D. T�dai-ji
83. This image depicts a Japanese bronze bell
from which period? E. Borobudur
85. What are raigo paintings?

A. Handscrolls that depict the world of
the Heian court
B. Hanging scrolls used to help a dying in-
dividual enter the Western Paradise
C. Handscrolls that depict battles and his-
torical events that became popular after
the rise of the warrior class
D. Hanging scrolls or handscrolls that de-
pict events relating to the founding of a
temple
86. What are the most commonly depicted

themes in Japan’s Edo Period prints?
A. Minor gods and nature spirits
B. Courtesans, noh actors, and bunraku
A. Jomon Period puppeteers
B. Kofun Period C. Buddhas and bodhisattvas
C. Heian Period D. Kabuki actors, courtesans, and fa-
D. Nara Period mous landscapes
E. Yayoi Period E. None of the above

87. What art form is most closely identified C. A style of painting associated with the
with Zen Buddhism? warrior class

A. Ink monochrome paintings D. A style of painting favoring Japanese
B. Blue and green landscapes traditions
C. Bird and flower paintings E. None of the above
D. Gold leaf folding screens 92. What is/are dotaku?
E. All of the above A. Bronze bells
88. What is the name of the alcove in a B. A special kind of ceramic used in the
Japanese room where a work of art is dis- tea ceremony
played? C. Bronze mirrors
A. Shoin D. A highly elaborate form of decoration
B. Shinden found on folding screens, lacquerware,
and other objects
C. Tokonoma
D. Fusuma
E. Byobu 93. Which Japanese artist designed the series
“Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido”?
89. Which Edo school revived indigenous tradi- A. Ando Hiroshige
tions, including the decoration of paintings,
textiles, ceramics, and lacquerwares with B. Harunobu Suzuki
vibrant colors applied in a highly decora- C. Kitagawa Utamaro
tive and patterned manner? D. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
A. Kano E. Katsushika Hokusai
B. Kara-e
94. Which Japanese artist is famous for com-
C. Rinpa positions that depict irises with gold leaf
D. Ukiyo-e backgrounds on folding screens?
E. Nihonga A. Ogata K�rin
90. What is the oldest wooden building still B. Kano Eitoku
standing in the world? C. Hon’ami Koetsu
A. The pagoda at H�ry�-ji D. Tawaraya Sotatsu
B. The main hall at T�dai-ji E. None of the above
C. The Yumedono Hall at H�ry�ji 95. Which Japanese artist is known for bi-
D. The pagoda at K�fuku-ji jinga, woodblock prints that depict beau-
E. None of the above tiful women?
A. Katsushika Hokusai
91. What is yamato-e?
B. Ando Hiroshige
A. A style of painting based on Chinese
precedents C. Kitagawa Utamaro
B. A style of painting favored by Zen D. Harunobu Suzuki
monks E. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

96. What maligned social class played an im- 100. Which of the following is/are character-
portant role in Japan’s Edo Period of art? istic of Japan’s Asuka Period architecture
at H�ry�j-i?
A. Warriors
A. Slight curvature of columnar elements
B. Courtiers
C. Merchants B. “Cloud-pattern” bracket arms with
D. Farmers cloud-shaped holes supporting roofs
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E. All of the above C. Swastika pattern railings
D. Thin block plates beneath the brackets
97. Which powerful family dominated court at the tops of columns
politics and the cultural milieu during the
Heian Period in Japan? E. All of the above
A. Fujiwara 101. Which of the following statements about

the Taima Mandala is NOT true?
B. Genji
A. It depicts Amida Buddha in a land-
C. Heike scape of rolling hills.
D. Ashikaga B. It represents the myriad Buddhas as
E. None of the above geometric relationships.
C. This type of mandala was only made
98. What was the Phoenix Hall of the By�d�-in during the Kamakura Period.
built to represent?
D. It is used by practitioners of Zen Bud-
A. The Eastern Paradise of Yakushi Ny- dhism.
orai
E. All of the above
B. Mount Sumeru
102. Which of the following is NOT character-
C. The immortal island of Horai
istic of Zen painting?
D. The Western Paradise of Amida A. It often depicts Zen patriarchs and
E. None of the above teachers.
B. Personal expression is always more
99. Where does Japan’s Kofun Period get its important than a particular painting style.
name?
A. From the low-fired ceramics made dur- C. It draws upon secular Chinese themes
ing the period infused with scholarly symbolism.
B. From a region lying on the outskirts of D. It sometimes includes landscapes.
Kyoto
E. It sometimes includes literary figures.
C. From the name of an archaeologist
who discovered the first tombs dated to 103. Which of the following statements about
this period the garden at Ry�an-ji is/are true?
D. From the mounded tombs built for the A. It is an example of a dry rock garden.
elite at this time B. It is associated with Zen Buddhism.
E. None of the above C. It is attributed to Soami.

D. It probably originally used the concept A. Chaonoyu

of shakkei or “borrowed scenery” in its
B. Raku
design.

C. Wabi-sabi
E. All of the above
D. Sumi-e
104. Which of the following Japanese artists
was one of the first to design multicolor E. Onne-e
prints?
108. Which shogun gave the order to build the
A. Katsushika Hokusai Nij� castle?
B. Ando Hiroshige A. Oda Nobunaga
C. Kitagawa Utamaro B. Tokugawa Ieyasu
D. Suzuki Harunobu C. Toyotomi Hideyoshi
E. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi D. Emperor Go-Mizun�
105. Which of the following was NOT an im- E. None of the above
portant cultural development during the
Heian Period in Japan? 109. Who designed the Taian tearoom?
A. Development of waka poetry A. Toyotomi Hideyoshi
B. Growth of strong ties with China B. Sen no Rikyu
C. Growing popularity of Pure Land Bud- C. Ogata K�rin
dhism
D. Oda Nobunaga
D. Development of yamato-e
E. Kano Masanobu
E. A flourishing of indigeous arts and cul-
ture 110. Who designed “The Great Wave off
Kanagawa”?
106. Which of the following was NOT an im-
portant cultural development during the A. Ando Hiroshige
Kamakura Period in Japan? B. Katsushika Hokusai
A. The active proselytization of Buddhism C. Kitagawa Utamaro
among commoners
D. Harunobu Suzuki
B. The active patronage of Amida and Es-
oteric Buddhism by the warrior elite E. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
C. The blossoming of an age of realism in 111. Who is credited with expanding the Kano
the arts school’s repertoire by including bold brush-
D. A return to court styles favored by the strokes and bright colors in compositions?
Fujiwara A. Kano Masanobu
E. A strong role of the warrior class in
B. Kano Eitoku
arts and culture
C. Kano Motonobu
107. Which of the following words describe
D. Kano Sanraku
the Zen aesthetic of rusticity, melancholy,
loneliness, naturalness, and age? E. none of the above

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112. Who is well known for his series of slid- D. All of the above
ing doors and folding screens decorated E. None of the above
with large animals, figures, and natures
scenes with backgrounds of gold foil? 115. are anthropomorphic clay figurines
A. Kano Eitoku created during Japan’s Jomon Period.
B. Ando Hiroshige A. Rinpa
C. Sen no Rikyu B. Dogu
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D. Kano Masanobu C. Raku
E. Kitagawa Utamaro D. Dotaku
113. Who of the following is involved in the E. None of the above
process of making a print?
116. Which Buddhist temple is depicted in this
A. Designer
image?
B. Engraver
C. Printer
D. Publisher
E. All of the above
114. Why is the Daibutsu statue of T�dai-ji so
famous?
A. It is the oldest surviving Buddhist A. Ry�an-ji
statue in Japan.
B. Borobudur
B. It was made by the sculptor Tori
C. H�ry�j-i
Busshi.
C. It is the largest bronze statue in the D. T�dai-ji
world. E. Pagan
1.14 Early Christian and Byzantine Art

1. A house church can best be described as: A. The Eucharist.
A. A church built onto a family home. B. The resurrection.
B. A large church built to look like a house. C. Original sin.
D. The fertility of the Virgin.
C. A house that has been renovated and 3. Old St. Peter’s Basilica was believed to
reused as a church. have been built on:
D. A church that has been renovated and A. The site of Saint Peter’s martyrdom
reused as a house. and burial.
B. The site of Christ’s resurrection.
2. Images depicting the harvesting of grapes
and the brewing of wine signified what in C. The site of Christ’s birth.
Early Christian art? D. The site of King David’s palace.

4. The earliest representations of Christ (as 9. What brought about the building of many
on the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus) de- churches and the shift of Christian art from
pict Christ as: private to public?

A. A man of sorrows. A. The founding of Constantinople.
B. Young and beardless, like Apollo. B. The martyrdom of Saint Peter.
C. Old and bearded, like Zeus. C. The persecution of Christians.
D. Both B and C D. Constantine’s conversion to Christian-
ity.
5. The first Christian churches (not house
churches) were modeled on which type of 10. What is an orant figure?
Roman building? A. A priest saying mass.
A. Temples. B. An angel in flight.
B. Baths. C. A praying figure, with palms facing out.
C. Law courts.
D. A figure from the Old Testament.
D. Granaries.
11. What is the main distinction between
6. The inclusion of Adam and Eve in Early
Christian imagery created before Constan-
Christian art was intended to remind the
tine and Christian imagery created after
viewer of:
Constantine?
A. Original sin.
A. Christian imagery before Constantine
B. Human sexuality. was more vague and symbolic than it was
C. Marital love. after Constantine.
D. The continuation of the human race. B. Christian imagery after Constantine
began to incorporate the emperor into re-
7. The most famous Early Christian house ligious narrative scenes.
church is: C. Christian imagery after Constantine
A. Saint John in Lateran. was more vague and symbolic than it was
B. Old Saint Peter’s Basilica. before Constantine.
C. The Church at Dura Europos. D. After Constantine, Christian imagery

was created on a much larger scale than
D. The Basilica of Constantine and Maxen- it was before.
tius.
12. What was one major difference between
8. The Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus sug- Christianity and other mystery religions
gests the growing dominance of Christian- that were practiced in the first through
ity because: third centuries AD?
A. It was commissioned by and for a A. Adherents of Christianity believed in
member of elite Roman society. miracles.
B. It is made of marble. B. Christianity was monotheistic.
C. Christ is depicted in the relief sculp- C. Adherents of Christianity believed in
ture. an afterlife.
D. All of the above. D. All of the above.

13. What was the focal point of an Early Chris- A. Pagan religious imagery adapted for
tian basilican church? Christian use.
A. The apse end and altar. B. Images of Christian religious figures.
B. The nave. C. Images of the Nativity of Christ.
C. The vault. D. Images of the Good Shepherd.
D. The rose window.
19. Which of the following was NOT present
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14. Where would you be most likely to find in Old St. Peter’s Basilica?
Christian art in late antique Rome? A. A clerestory.
A. Public forums. B. A cruciform plan.
B. Bath houses. C. A barrel vaulted ceiling.
C. Law courts. D. Double side aisles.
D. Catacombs.
20. Which Roman emperor was the first Chris-
15. Which of the following buildings does NOT tian emperor?
have a basilican plan? A. Diocletian.
A. Santa Sabina. B. Constantine.
B. Santa Costanza. C. Justinian.
C. Santa Maria Maggiore. D. Theodora.
D. Sant’Apollinare in Classe.
21. An “Acheiropoieta” is
16. Which of the following Early Christian sub- A. An icon depicting the Virgin and Child.
jects has no precedent in ancient art?
B. An icon depicting the Virgin as interme-
A. The Good Shepherd. diary between the viewer and Christ.
B. Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem. C. A divinely created icon.
C. Christ among His Disciples. D. An icon of Christ as judge of humanity.
D. All of the subjects above have some
precedent in ancient art. 22. Emperor Justinian is best known for
A. Building the Hagia Sophia.
17. Which of the following Old Testament sto-
ries is an example of a “prefiguration” of B. Reclaiming lands on the Italian penin-
a New Testament story? sula.
A. Jonah swallowed by the whale. C. His mosaics in Ravenna.
B. Daniel in the lion’s den. D. All of the above.
C. Abraham’s sacrifice of his son Isaac. 23. Generally speaking, icon paintings:
D. All of the above. A. Do not use linear or atmospheric per-
18. Which of the following was NOT one of the spective.
‘types’ of images produced in Early Chris- B. Portray figures frontally, with an em-
tian art? phasis on flatness.

C. Seek to suggest the unreality and oth- type) was produced more and more fre-
erworldliness of the holy subjects de- quently.
picted. A. The domed church.

D. All of the above. B. The apsidal church.
24. Hagia Sophia can be considered a combina- C. The groin-vaulted church.
tion of which two types of church plans? D. The pilgrimage church.
A. Longitudinal and centralized. 29. In which of the following works of art can
B. Centralized and circular. you find a pendentive?
C. Cruciform and circular. A. Old Saint Peter’s Basilica.

B. The Virgin and Child Enthroned with
D. Centralized and pilgrimage.
Saints.
25. Hagia Sophia literally means C. The Justinian Mosaic.
A. Holy Emperor. D. Hagia Sophia.
B. Holy Wisdom. 30. Tesserae are an element of which type of
C. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. decoration?
A. Icon paintings.
D. The light of God.
B. Mosaics.
26. How did Byzantine mosaics differ from Ro- C. Windows and doorways.
man mosaics?
D. Metalwork.
A. Byzantine mosaics were more colorful
than Roman mosaics. 31. The city of Ravenna is known for its
B. Romans almost never created mo- A. Well-preserved collection of early

saics, unlike the Byzantines. icons.
B. Early Byzantine library.
C. Byzantine mosaics included figural im-
ages, whereas Roman mosaics only in- C. Well-preserved Early Byzantine mo-
cluded non-figural decoration. saics.
D. Byzantine mosaics often decorated D. All of the above.
wall surfaces, whereas Romans usually 32. The existence of Byzantine ivories is evi-
only used mosaics for floors. dence of
27. How is the dome of Hagia Sophia sup- A. Byzantine wealth
ported? B. Byzantine cruelty
A. Flying buttresses. C. Byzantine trade with Italy
B. A colonnade. D. Byzantine trade with Africa
C. A series of semi-domes, arches, and 33. The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Sinai
vaults. has what special role in the history of icon
painting?
D. Hidden scaffolding.
A. It was geographically removed from
28. In the Early Byzantine period, (in ad- Byzantium, sparing its art the destruction
dition to the already established basilican of the iconoclastic period.

B. It was the main center for iconodules C. The Church at Dura Europos.
during the iconoclastic controversy.
D. Hagia Sophia.
C. It was the main center for iconoclasts
during the iconoclastic controversy. 38. What sort of artwork would an iconoclast
have been opposed to?
D. It was a center for restoration of
icons that had been damaged during icon- A. A reliquary.
oclasm. B. A mosaic with images of plants and an-
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34. The production of which of the following imals.
art forms declined during the Early Byzan- C. A mosaic depicting the Virgin and Child.
tine period?
A. Mosaics. D. A luxurious palace.
B. Architecture.
39. What was exceptional about the way in
C. Sculpture in the round. which Hagia Sophia’s architects designed
D. Painting. the building?
35. To what does the phrase ‘Triumph of Or- A. It was not planned at all; it was rather
thodoxy’ refer? designed day by day, on the spot.
A. The conversion of the Latin Church to B. It was planned ahead in written

the Byzantine Church. sketches.
B. The defeat of enemies through the C. The architects were untrained; they
miraculous assistance of saints in an icon put together the plan based on observa-
painting. tions of other famous buildings.
C. The carrying of an icon in a procession. D. The architects flagrantly ignored the
emperor’s orders.
D. The end of the iconoclastic period and 40. What was the function of a Byzantine
the return of images of religious figures in icon?
Byzantine art.
A. To show the wealth and status of the
36. What are the names of the two architects patron.
that designed Hagia Sophia?
B. To help bring the worshipper closer to
A. Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of the spiritual world.
Miletus.
C. To tell the story of Christ.
B. Hagesandros and Athanadoros.
D. All of the above.
C. Iktinos and Kallikrates.
D. Justinian and Theodoroa. 41. When was the iconoclastic period in Byzan-
tium?
37. What building does the historian
A. The eighth century.
Prokopius refer to as having a “perplexing
spectacle?” B. The third century.
A. Old Saint Peter’s Basilica. C. The fourteenth century.
B. Hosios Loukas. D. The twelfth century.

42. Which Byzantine art form is most closely C. San Vitale in Ravenna.
associated with the “encaustic” tech-
D. The Hippodrome in Constantinople.
nique?

A. Mosaics. 47. Which of the following statements about
B. Metalwork. Hagia Sophia is NOT true?
C. Icon painting. A. It was the highest domed space in the
world until the 16th century.
D. Architectural relief sculpture.
B. Its dome collapsed in an earthquake
43. Which of the following depicts a triumphal and had to be rebuilt.
image?
C. It replaced an earlier structure that
A. The Holy Trinity by Andrei Rublev.
was burned in a fire.
B. The Barberini Ivory.
D. It was commissioned to commemorate
C. The Good Shepherd from the Mau- the Edict of Milan.
soleum of Galla Placidia.
D. All of the above. 48. Which of the following statements about
icon painting is false?
44. Which of the following features would you
be least likely to encounter in an icon paint- A. Icon paintings refer only to paintings
ing? on wood panels.
A. A gold background. B. When a worshipper prayed to an icon

painting, it was thought that his or her
B. A white background.
prayer would be communicated directly to
C. A parable. the saint depicted in the icon.
D. An image of Christ. C. Some icons were very small and
45. Which of the following images is most portable.
stylistically related to the Greco-Roman D. Some icons were thought to have been
artistic tradition? divinely created.
A. The Good Shepherd Lunette in the Mau-
soleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna. 49. Who commissioned the building of Hagia
Sophia in Constantinople?
B. The Justinian and Theodora mosaics in
San Vitale, Ravenna. A. Prokopius.
C. The apse mosaic from Sant’Apollinare B. Justinian.
in Classe, Ravenna. C. Isidorus.
D. The Virgin & Child mosaic in Ha-
D. Theodora.
gia Sophia, Constantinople.
46. Which of the following sites has the best- 50. Who founded Constantinople?
preserved collection of Early Byzantine A. Constantius Chlorus.
icons?
B. Costanza.
A. The Vatican library.
C. Constantine.
B. The Monastery of Saint Catherine at
Sinai. D. Justinian.

51. With regards to their pictorial arts, Byzan- 56. In what way does the Basilica of San
tine art can best be called an art of Marco in Venice resemble an Early Byzan-
A. Depth. tine church?
B. Color. A. It was an imperially commissioned

building.
C. Realism.
B. It contains no images of holy figures.
D. Surfaces.
C. It has a massive central space that ac-
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52. magnify the effects of light coming commodates large numbers of people.
through the windows at the base of the D. It is a choppy, many-roomed building,
dome of Hagia Sophia. not ideal for large numbers of people.
A. Mirrors.
57. Middle Byzantine architecture was most
B. Strategically placed lights. influenced by:
C. Reflective gold mosaics. A. A societal shift towards privacy.
D. Modified glass in the windows. B. Regional building traditions.
53. Early Byzantine culture and society was C. Changes in Orthodox liturgy.
most closely aligned with which other cul- D. All of the above.
ture?
58. The ninth century mosaic of the Virgin and
A. Greco-Roman.
Child is an example of
B. Islamic.
A. A hodegetria image
C. Barbarian.
B. A pantokrator image
D. Egyptian.
C. A theotokos image
54. After the sack of Constantinople in 1204, D. An ecce homo image
59. What does Professor Thomas F. Matthews

A. The Byzantine Emperors quickly re-
argue about stone relief sculpture in early
gained control of the city
Armenia?
B. The Eastern and Western (Orthodox
A. It is of inferior quality, proving its pe-
and Latin) Churches were unified
ripheral role in Byzantine society.
C. The Venetians occupied Constantino-
B. It is highly realistic, foreshadowing
ple
the interest in classical revival of the later
D. The Byzantine Empire ceased to exist Italian Renaissance.
55. Hosios Loukas Monastery is located in C. It copies (no longer extant) icons that
which region of the former Byzantine Em- once existed in Armenia.
pire? D. All of the above.
A. Greece. 60. When did the Rus’ adopt Orthodox Chris-
B. Constantinople. tianity?
C. Syria. A. The third century.
D. Kiev. B. 1453.

C. The tenth century. 66. Which of the following did NOT take place
D. 1204. during the Middle Byzantine Period?

A. A rise in monasticism.
61. When did the so-called “Macedonian Re-
naissance” occur? B. The Sack of Constantinople by the
Turks.
A. The Middle Byzantine Period.
B. After the 1453 fall of Byzantium. C. The conversion of the Slavs to Ortho-
dox Christianity.
C. The Early Byzantine Period.
D. The Twelfth Crusade.
D. The Late Byzantine Period.
62. Which church incorporated sculpture that 67. Which of the following painters did NOT
was looted from Constantinople? work in Russia?
A. The Basilica of San Marco. A. Cimabue.

B. Santa Costanza. B. Theofanes the Greek.
C. Hosios Loukas. C. Andrei Rubev.
D. Old St. Peter’s Basilica. D. Dionisy.
63. Which culture produced the “Umilenie” 68. Which of the following works of art pro-
type icon of the Virgin and Child? vides an example of the trade relationship
A. Syria. between Byzantium and the West?
B. Rus’ (Russia). A. The Black George.
C. Byzantium. B. Bishop Gunther’s Shroud.
D. Venice. C. The Good Shepherd from the Mau-
soleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna.
64. Which event marked the definitive separa-
tion of the Latin and Orthodox Christian D. The Lebanese “Two-Sided Icon.”
Churches?
69. With which culture did the Middle Byzan-
A. Their mutual excommunication of one
tine world NOT come into contact?
another in 1054.
B. The Twelfth Crusade of 1204. A. The Latin West.
C. The First Crusade in the eleventh cen- B. Kievan Rus’.

tury. C. Celtic.
D. All of the above. D. Islamic.
65. Which of the following cities benefitted
70. Which of the following is NOT a typical fea-
the most, financially, from the Sack of Con-
ture of Middle Byzantine churches?
stantinople during the Twelfth Crusade?
A. Ravenna. A. A central dome.
B. Amiens. B. Side aisles.

C. Damascus. C. A narthex.
D. Venice. D. Open, massive space.

71. After the fall of Byzantium in 1453, which 75. Art produced on the Island of Crete in the
city claimed to be new capital of Orthodox Late Byzantine period shows the influence
Christianity? of which two cultures?
A. Moscow. A. Byzantium and Russia.
B. Rome.
B. Byzantium and Egypt.
C. Jerusalem.
C. Byzantium and Italy.
D. Venice.
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D. Byzantium and Syria.
72. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453,
Hagia Sophia 76. During the Early, Middle, and Late Byzan-
A. Was destroyed tine Periods, Orthodox Christian and Is-
B. Became a palace lamic culture came into contact with one
another in which of the following ways?
C. Was extensively remodeled
D. Became a mosque A. Some Christians remained in areas
conquered by Muslims.
73. Andrei Rublev was also a(n)
B. There was a healthy trade relationship
A. Architect between Islamic and Christian culture.
B. Monk
C. Military conflict brought the two cul-
C. Prince tures into contact with one another.
D. Scholar
74. Architectural decoration in the Late Byzan-
tine Period 77. Portraits of people from Byzantium’s
A. Was more restrained than it was in neighboring regions reveal that
earlier Byzantine architecture A. The clothing of Byzantium’s neighbors
B. Typically only realized the possibilities were influenced by Byzantium
of surface details, such as pattern and
B. Artists could not depict individual fea-
color
tures
C. Was ornate, taking advantage of the
possibilities of both texture and surface C. Byzantium’s neighbors suffered
details tremendous violence at the hands of the
Byzantines
D. Typically only took advantage of the
possibilities of three-dimensional, textu- D. The Byzantine Empire enslaved many
ral details of its neighboring cultures
E. Was more restrained than it was in
earlier Byzantine architecture 78. The Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy cel-
ebrates
F. Was notable for its pronounced pat-
terns and colors. A. Idolatry
G. Was notable for its “unrestrained” B. The end of iconoclasm
quality; it featured both texture and sur-
face detail. C. The Emperor
H. Was notable for its texture only. D. The Fall of Constantinople

79. The Kahn Madonna is an example of an C. Was taken into consideration as the
icon that merges which two artistic tradi- church was designed
tions?

A. Western and Slavic.
85. The style of the pictorial imagery in the
B. Byzantine and Ottoman.
Kariye Camii is
C. Western and Byzantine.
A. Classicizing
D. Islamic and Western.
B. Slavic
80. The Kariye Camii can best be described as C. Mannered
D. All of the above
A. Complex
B. Unified 86. Theophanes the Greek is most famous for
painting
C. Symmetrical
A. The Virgin of the Don.
D. All of the above
B. The Theotokos from Hagia Sophia.
81. The Madonna and Child by Duccio is an ex-
C. The Holy Trinity.
ample of Byzantine influence in
D. The Saint Francis Altarpiece.
A. Russia
B. Italy 87. What pictorial technique was popularized
C. Crete in Italy due to Byzantine influence in the
Late Byzantine period?
D. Syria
A. Relief sculpture.
82. The main source of tension between B. Mosaic imagery.
Byzantium and the West was
C. Panel painting.
A. The language barrier
B. Political rivalry
C. Conflicting views of Christianity 88. What took place in 1453?
D. All of the above A. The fall of Constantinople to the Ot-
toman Turks.
83. The Monastery of Constantine Lips in Is-
tanbul (Constantinople) is an example of B. The Great Schism.
C. The Fourth Crusade.
A. Middle Byzantine architecture D. The conversion of the Rus’ to Orthodox
B. Late Byzantine architecture Christianity.
C. Early Christian architecture 89. Which art form was arguably the LEAST in-
D. Early Byzantine architecture novative in the Late Byzantine Period?
A. Mosaic.
84. The Mosaic decoration in the Kariye Camii
B. Painting.
A. Was never completed C. Manuscript Illumination.
B. Was not part of the original plan D. Architecture.

90. Which event inundated Venice with Byzan- A. Portraits.

tine art? B. History painting.
A. The Council of Nicea. C. Relics.
B. The building of the Basilica of San D. All of the above.
Marco.
C. The sack of Constantinople in 1204. 96. Who painted Russia’s most famous icon,
“The Holy Trinity”?
D. The end of iconoclasm.
A. Simon Ushakov
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91. Which Islamic-inspired detail is included in B. Andrei Rublev
the decoration of the Monastery of Hosios
Loukas in Greece? C. Dionisii
A. A portrait of Mehmet II. D. Wassily Kandinsky
B. A scene from the Prophet Mo- 97. Who painted the thirteenth-century Saint
hammed’s life. Francis Altarpiece in Italy?
C. Faux Arabic script. A. Theophanes the Greek.
D. All of the above. B. Berlinghieri.
92. Which of the following cities had a mer- C. Duccio.
chant colony in Constantinople? D. El Greco.
A. Genoa. 98. With which neighboring culture did Byzan-
B. Siena. tium share its iconic double-headed eagle
C. Kiev. symbol?
D. Paris. A. The Catholic Church.
93. Which period of Byzantine painting is B. Islam.

sometimes seen as “Westernizing?” C. The Normans.
A. The Late Byzantine period. D. The Visigoths.
B. The Middle Byzantine period. 99. was a thirteenth-century Italian
C. The Early Byzantine period. painter who worked in the Byzantine tra-
D. The Komnenian Dynasty. dition.
A. Rublev.
94. Which type of icons were produced in the
greatest numbers during the Late Byzan- B. Theophanes the Greek.
tine period? C. Berlinghieri.
A. Mosaic icons in church domes. D. Raphael.
B. Icons on wood panels set against a 100. Which of the following problems did the
gold background. Byzantine Empire face in the Late Byzan-
C. Icons embroidered into textiles. tine Period?
D. Miniature mosaics. A. Decreased population.
95. Which type of imagery became more and B. Political Instability.
more ubiquitous in the Late Byzantine Pe- C. Devalued currency.
riod, as the empire’s reach was most ex- D. All of the above.
pansive?
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1.15 Buddhist Art

1. Consider this image of a Buddhist sculp- D. Kondavane
ture. Based on its characteristics, in what E. None of the Above
area during the Kushan Dynasty was this
sculpture made? 2. Consider this image of a Buddhist sculp-
ture. This image depicts what kind of Bud-
dhist figure?
A. Mathura
B. Gandhara A. Bodhisattva
C. Sarnath B. Aspara

C. Buddha
D. Demon king
E. Arhat
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3. This image depicts what kind of Buddhist
architecture?
A. Sanchi
B. Gyantse Stupa
C. Bodhgaya
D. Angkor Thom
E. T�dai-ji
A. Chaitya Hall
5. This image depicts which Buddhist pilgrim-
age site? .
B. Pagoda
C. Image Hall
D. Vihara
E. Stupa
4. This image depicts which Buddhist pilgrim-

age site? . A. Bodhgaya

B. Gyantse
C. Sanchi

D. Angkor Thom
E. Pagan
6. This painted mural is from what cave site?
A. Mauryan
B. Shunga
C. Kushan
D. Gupta
8. Under what empire did the “ideal form”
of the Buddha, which would be the model
for future generations throughout South-
east and East Asia, appear?
A. Pala Empire
B. Mauryan Empire
C. Kushan Empire
A. Yungang
D. Gupta Empire
B. Ajanta E. Chalukya Empire
C. Longmen 9. Under which empire does the first iconic
depiction of the Buddha appear?
D. Ellora
A. Gupta
E. None of the above B. Mauryan
C. Pallava
7. This sculpture was created during which D. Kushan
period? E. Harsha

10. What are Buddhist symbolic hand gestures 14. Which of the following is a pilgrimage site
called? associated with events during the Bud-
A. Chaityas dha’s life?
A. Bodhgaya
B. Mudras
B. Lumbini
C. Yogas
C. Sankasya
D. Lakshanas
D. Sarnath
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E. All of the above
11. What are chaityas?
15. Which of the following is a way in which
A. Hemispherical mounds that house the the Buddha was depicted in early Buddhist
relics of the Buddha art?
B. Halls of worship made out of brick or A. As a sign
excavated from rock
B. As a pair of foot prints
C. Tower-like structures that house the
C. As an empty seat
relics of the Buddha or his followers
D. In a jataka tale
D. Large stone pillars commissioned by
Emperor Ashoka E. All of the above
E. None of the above 16. Which of the following is NOT depicted on

the gates of the Great Stupa at Sanchi?
12. What are jataka tales?
A. Jataka tales
A. Stories about the lives of the Buddha’s
B. Iconic representations of the Buddha
disciples
C. Fertility figures
B. Stories about the lives of bodhisattvas
D. All of the above
C. Stories about the previous lives of the E. None of the above
Buddha
D. All of the above core beliefs of both Theravada and Ma-
E. A and B only hayana Buddhism?
A. The Eightfold Path
13. Which of the following Indian emperors
B. Nirvana
created and inscribed laws inspired by Bud-
dhist teachings on rocks and pillars, some C. The Four Noble Truths
of them topped with sculptures of ani- D. Bodhisattvas
mals?
E. Karma and reincarnation
A. Kanishka
18. Which of the following is NOT usually a
B. Chandragupta I
distinguishing iconographic feature of the
C. Ashoka Buddha?
D. Shah Jahan A. Earrings and bodily adornments
E. None of the above B. A bulge on the top of his head

C. Elongated earlobes E. All of the Above

D. A whirl of hair between his eyebrows
23. Which of the following statements is NOT

E. Webbed hands and feet characteristic of Mathuran Buddhist sculp-
ture during the Kushan Dynasty?
19. Which of the following is the name of a
site which is famous for its Buddhist rock- A. Mathuran Buddhist sculptures appear
cut caves and murals? as organic, fleshy human forms.
A. Khajuraho B. Mathuran Buddhist sculptures are
made of sandstone.
B. Bhimbetka
C. Elephanta C. Mathuran Buddhist sculptures were in-
fluenced by Greco-Roman sculpture.
D. Ajanta
D. Mathuran Buddhist sculptures are of-
E. Mahabalipuram ten depicted semi-nude.
20. Which of the following is the site of a fa- E. All of the above
mous Buddhist monastic university?
24. Why is Bodh Gaya such an important Bud-
A. Nalanda
dhist pilgrimage site?
B. Ellora
A. It was where the Buddha was born.
C. Sanchi
B. It is where the Buddha died.
D. Sarnath
C. It is where the Buddha gave his first
E. Karle sermon.
21. Which of the following is true about the D. It is where the Buddha sat under the
rock-cut caves at Ellora? Bodhi tree until he obtained enlighten-
A. They were only made by Buddhist wor- ment.
shippers. E. All of the above
B. None of the caves contain small stupas.
25. Which of the following Buddhist pilgrim-
ages sites is famous for its stupas?
C. They are situated along an ancient
A. Sanchi
trade route.
D. All of the above B. Barhut
E. A and B only C. Amaravati

D. All of the above
22. Which of the following is true of Buddhist
stupas? E. None of the above
A. Small stupas were often incorporated 26. Based on their floor plan, what are the
into chaitya halls and monasteries. two basic types of Pagan temples?
B. They are meant to be circumambu- A. One type has an open sanctuary; the
lated. other has two open sanctuaries.
C. In East Asia, the hemispherical form of B. One type has a solid core that is ringed
the stupa evolved into the pagoda. by a corridor; the other type has parallel
D. They house the relics of the Buddha. side chambers with barrel vaults.

C. One type has a central chamber with D. The Pagans

a courtyard to its rear; the other has two
E. The Khmers
open sanctuaries.
D. One type has an open central sanctu- 30. This image depicts temple towers left after
ary; the other has a solid core that is the destruction of the capital city of which
ringed by a corridor. kingdom?
NARAYAN CHANGDER
27. The Ayutthayan rulers mainly followed
which Buddhist school(s)?
A. Vajrayana
B. Mahayana
C. Theravada
D. All of the above
28. The Pagan rulers mainly followed which

Buddhist school(s)? A. Pala
A. Vajrayana B. Ayutthaya
B. Mahayana C. Saliendra
C. Theravada D. Pagan
D. All of the above
E. Khmer
31. This image depicts what temple?
29. This image depicts stupas and temples dot-
ting the landscape that were built under
which dynasty?
A. Borobudur
B. Ananda
A. The Guptas C. Bayon

B. The Ayutthayas D. Nagayon
C. The Saliendras E. Bodhgaya

32. This image from Borobudur depicts what 34. This image is an example of a Buddha cre-
episode in the Buddha’s life? . ated under which rulers?

A. When he meditated underneath the
Bodhi tree
B. When he died and achieved parinir-
vana
C. When he taught his first sermon
D. All of the above
33. This image from Borobudur is from the top-

most level of the structure that represents
which part of the Buddhist universe?
A. The Pagans
B. The Khmers
C. The Guptas
D. The Ayutthayas
E. The Saliendras
35. This image is of what Buddhist pilgrimage

site? .
A. Mount Meru
B. The Earthly Realm
C. The Realm of Forms
D. The Realm of Formlessness
E. None of the above A. Borobudur

B. Sanchi D. 3rd-4th centuries

C. Pagan E. 5th century
D. Bodhgaya 40. Which Buddhist temple famous for its
E. Sarnath larger than life heads of the Bodhisattva
Avalokiteshvara is shown here?
36. What does the word “Wat” designate in
such sites as Wat Ratchabana and Wat Ma-
hathat?
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A. The site has a stupa that contains the
relics of the Buddha.
B. The site is a university.
C. The site is an important Buddhist pil-
grimage site.
D. The site is a monastery-temple.
E. The site has served as both a Buddhist
and a Hindu place of worship.
A. Foguang
37. What is the name of the Thai building
B. Bayon
where in 1957 a cache of Buddha images,
votive tablets, ritual objects, and royal C. Borobudur
jewelry were discovered? D. Myazedei
A. Angkgor Wat E. Wat Mahathat
B. Wat Ratchaburana 41. Which Khmer king adopted Mahayana Bud-
C. Wat Mahathat dhism?
D. The Ananda Temple A. Suryavarman II
E. None of the above B. Jayavarman VII
38. What was found inside the Phra C. Indravarman II

Mongkhon Bophit, a colossal image of the D. Chandragupta I
Buddha? E. None of the above
A. A dedicatory scroll
42. Which of the following is false about
B. Other smaller statues of the Buddha Borobudur?
C. A list of donors A. It was constructed to serve as a train-
D. All of the above ing center.
E. None of the above B. It was constructed in the form of a
mandala.
39. When was the Buddhist site of Borobudur C. It was constructed during the rule of
constructed? the Saliendra kings.
A. 1st century BCE D. It is associated with Theravada Bud-
B. 18th century dhism.
C. 8th-9th centuries E. All of the above

43. Which of the following is false about B. It was a Mahayana Buddhist temple.
Borobudur? C. It represented Mount Meru.

A. It is a Mahayana Buddhist site. D. It was constructed in the center of
B. It can be divided into several vertical Angkor Thom.
segments which represent different parts E. All of the above
of the Buddhist universe.
C. It was constructed as a site of worship. 47. Which of the following is true of the
Ananda Temple?
D. Reliefs on its most bottom level were A. It is a Mon-style temple.

later covered over and only discovered re- B. Unlike other Pagan temples, it has two
cently. stories.
E. All of the above C. It is a Mahayana Buddhist temple.
D. Its cross-shaped plan centers on four
shrines set back-to-back around a solid
Pagan Buddhist architecture?
core.
A. Most Pagan structures were made of
E. All of the above
brick plastered with stucco.
B. Many remains of Buddhist Pagan archi- 48. Which of the following rulers were primar-
tecture include stupas, temples, monas- ily Hindu but also supported Buddhism?
teries, ordination halls, and libraries. A. The Pagans
C. Pagan temples and stupas were built B. The Saliendras
adjacent to one another and were often
C. The Khmers
created as part of a single complex.
D. The Ayutthayas
D. Some Pagan stupas have the external
form of a stupa but can be entered, and E. All of the above
they contain an inner corridor and multi-
49. Which ruler built the Ananda Temple?
ple shrines.
A. Jayavarman VII
E. All of the above
B. Kyanzittha
45. Which of the following is NOT characteris-
C. Alaungsithu
tic of early Ayutthayan sculpture?
D. Narapatisithu
A. A rounded face
B. Eyes cast forward rather than down
C. Wide mouth with what might be a mus- 50. Which of the following is false in regard to
tache along the upper lip Buddhism in Southeast Asia?
D. A band or double band at the hairline A. All Buddhists in Southeast Asia are Ma-
hayana Buddhists.
E. A robust body
B. During many periods, Buddhism and
46. Which of the following is true about the Hinduism coexisted in areas of Southeast
Bayon? Asia.
A. It was the state temple of Jayavarman C. Buddhism had spread to Southeast
VII. Asia by the seventh century CE.

D. Indigenous and pantheistic beliefs sur- A. The Kumbun Stupa at Gyantse

vived and were integrated alongside Bud-
dhism in Southeast Asia. B. Samye Monastery
E. All of the above C. Bodhgaya
51. During certain periods, Nepalese art and
D. Ananda Temple
artists were imported to which of the fol-
lowing countries? E. None of the above
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A. India
B. China 54. This image depicts which Buddhist site?
C. Korea
D. Burma
E. None of the Above
52. Images in Mahayana Buddhism are com-
missioned for which of the following rea-
sons?
A. To accrue merit
B. To serve as aids in meditation
C. To commemorate the death of an indi-
vidual
D. All of the above
53. This image depicts what Buddhist site?
A. Bodhgaya
B. Swayambhunath Stupa
C. Bayon
D. Gyantse Stupa
E. Ananda Temple
55. This image is an example of what impor-

tant Buddhist ritual object?

B. A prayer flag
C. A thangka

D. A vajra
57. What are paubhas?

A. Devotional paintings on cloth
B. Guardian figures placed outside
Newar Buddhist temples
C. A special ritual bell that provides pro-
tection against demons
A. A thangka
D. Bronze figurines of the moon god Chan-
B. A lung-ta dra
C. A vajra E. None of the above
D. An incense holder
58. What are the most important ritual objects
E. None of the above in Tibetan Buddhism?
56. This object, now in the collection of the Ru- A. The torma and prayer wheel
bin Museum of Art, is an example of what B. The torma and bell
kind of Tibetan Buddhist art?
C. The vajra and prayer wheel
D. The vajra and torma
E. The vajra and bell
59. Which of the following is false about

Newar Buddhism?
A. It is a form of Vajrayana Buddhism.
B. It is practiced throughout Nepal.
C. Newar Buddhists have lived in a soci-
ety that is primarily Hindu.
D. Paubhas are important Newar Bud-
dhist ritual objects.
E. All of the above
60. Which of the following is false about the

Dalai Lama?
A. His traditional home is located in the
Samye Monastery.
B. He is the religious and political leader
of Tibet.
A. An illuminated manuscript C. His name means “Oceanic Lama.”

D. When the old lama dies, he is replaced C. It is one of the most important centers
by a special child born later in the same of Tibetan Buddhism.
year who through tests is proven to be the D. A pair of Buddhas decorate the square
reincarnation of the old lama. base at the pyramid on top of the stupa.
E. All of the above E. All of the above
61. Which of the following is false about Ti- 64. Which of the following is false in regard to
betan Art? the Potala Palace?
NARAYAN CHANGDER
A. Every aspect, such as color, shape, A. It is the traditional winter residence of
and placement, has symbolic significance the Dalai Lama.
in Tibetan Art.
B. It is named after the paradise of the
B. Tibetans only consider certain objects, Buddha Shakyamnui.
such as ornately decorated bronze stat-
ues as works of art. C. The red buildings at the center are the
Potrang Marpo, or the red palace, where
C. Tibetan Buddhist art is always directly religious services took place.
commissioned from an artist.
D. It was first built in the seventh century.
D. Tibetan artists usually do not sign their
art works.
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
62. Which of the following is false in regard to the Swayambhunath Stupa?
Nepalese sculpture?
A. It is known as the “Self-Creating
A. Nepalese metal sculptures are either Stupa.”
heavily gilded or, if the gold has worn off,
B. It is famous for the many peacocks
have a slightly reddish patina that derives
that call it home.
from their high copper content.
C. It is known for the sleepy Buddhist
B. Nepalese sculptures are stylistically
eyes that decorate the topmost portion of
nearly identical to Indian Guptan and
the stupa.
Palan sculpture.
D. The earliest written record of the
C. Later Nepalese sculpture is often dec- stupa dates to the fifth century.
orated with inlaid semi-precious stones.
E. All of the above
D. Nepalese wooden sculptures usually
served as struts to support roofs, door 66. Which of the following is false in regard to
surrounds, or as decorations. Tibetan Buddhism?
E. All of the above A. Its leader is the Dalai Lama.
63. Which of the following is false in regard to B. It is a form of Theravada Buddhism.

the Boudhanath Stupa? C. It also contains elements of the Bön re-
A. It looks like a giant mandala from ligion.
above. D. The Great Stupa at Gyantse is one of
B. It is the center of Buddhist culture in its important pilgrimage sites.
Kathmandu. E. All of the above

67. Which of the following is true about C. Inside the stupa there are six floors
Nepalese painting? that contain chapels filled with murals and
sacred statues.

A. Newar artists made mostly illuminated
manuscripts, book covers, and devotional D. All of the above
paintings on cloth. E. None of the above
B. Nepalese paintings are conservative
in technique, style, and iconography, but 71. Which of the following is true about Ti-
subtle changes occurred in composition, betan Art?
palette, style, and motifs over time. A. Many artworks serve as guides in med-
C. The decoration of illuminated itation.
manuscript covers usually do not relate B. Ritual objects are handled by monks or
to the text inside. lay persons as part of rituals or worship.
D. All of the above C. Many objects are part of an altar,
E. None of the above where worshippers make offerings of
food, scarves, tea, money, or other valu-
68. Which of the following is true about ables.
Nepalese sculpture? D. All of the above
A. It does not have discernable Buddhist E. None of the above
or Hindu styles.
B. Nepalese sculptors worked with stone, 72. Which of the following is true about Va-
wood, metal, and terracotta. jrayana Buddhism?
C. Stylistically, Nepalese sculpture grew A. It is a type of Mahayana Buddhism.
out of the art of Gupta India, and later was B. It is based on the esoteric doctrines of
influenced by that of Pala India. the Buddha given to selected disciples.
D. All of the above C. It uses meditation, mantras, and ritu-
E. None of the above als to bring about psychological and phys-
iological transformations.
69. Which of the following is true about D. All of the above
Thangka paintings?
A. They follow strict roles of iconography.
73. Which of the following is true of Tibetan
B. They must be consecrated in a cere- prayer flags?
mony by an ordained lama. A. Their name means “Wind horse.”
C. They must be framed in silk brocade. B. They often have an image of a horse
D. All of the above carrying a load of flaming jewels.
E. None of the above C. They are meant to multiply the number
of prayers going out.
70. Which of the following is true about the D. They are made by printing carved
Great Kumbum Stupa at Gyantse? wood blocks onto pieces of colored or
A. It is the largest stupa in Burma. white fabric.
B. It is a three-dimensional mandala. E. All of the above

74. What complex does this image show? A. Ry�an-ji

B. Borobudur
C. H�ry�j-i
D. T�dai-ji
E. Pagan
78. This image depicts a Buddha, bodhisattva,
NARAYAN CHANGDER
and disciple from which Buddhist cave
site?
A. Boudhanath Stupa
B. Ananda Palace
C. Gyantse Palace
D. Foguang Temple
E. Potala Palace
75. Buddhism was the official religion of which
of the following Korean kingdoms?
A. Silla
B. Paekche A. Dunhunag
C. Koguryô B. Ellora
D. All of the above C. Longmen
E. None of the above D. Ajanta
76. During the Koryô Dynasty, Buddhist sects E. Yungang
were divided into which two overarching
schools? 79. This image depicts two Buddhas from
A. Theravada and Mahayana what Buddhist cave site?
B. Kyo and S�n
C. Pure Land and Zen
D. Hwaôm and Kyo
77. Part of which Buddhist temple is depicted
in this image?
A. Dunhunag

B. Ellora 82. This Korean Buddhist statue was made

C. Longmen during what time period?

D. Ajanta
E. Yungang
80. This image depicts what structure built in
the Tang capital of Chang’an? license. This
image is attributed to Alex Kwok.
A. Famen Temple
B. Foguang Temple
C. Great Goose Pagoda
D. Songyue Pagoda
81. This image depicts what temple?
A. Three Kingdoms Period
B. Unified Silla
C. Kory� Dynasty
A. Bayon D. Chos�n Dynasty
B. By�d�-in E. None of the above

C. H�ry�j-i
D. T�dai-ji 83. This mural from the Mogao Caves in Dun-
E. Borobudur huang was created during which dynasty?

B. Fengxian
C. Famen temple complex
D. Dunhuang
E. Yungang
85. What are raigo paintings?
A. Handscrolls that depicted the world of
the Heian court
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B. Hanging scrolls hung while a person
was dying to help them enter the Western
Paradise
C. A type of handscroll that depicted bat-
tles and historical events that became
popular after the rise of the warrior class
D. Hanging scrolls or handscrolls that de-

picted events relating to the founding of a
temple
A. Northern Wei
B. Northern Qi 86. What art form is most closely identified
with Zen Buddhism?
C. Sui
A. Ink monochrome painting
D. Tang
B. Blue and green landscapes
E. Liao
C. Bird and flower paintings
84. This silver reliquary casket was discov- D. Gold leaf folding screens
ered in 1981 along with many other Bud-
E. All of the above
dhist ritual objects in a crypt below the
pagoda located at which Chinese temple 87. What Buddha is depicted at the center of
complex? both of the two most important mandalas
of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
A. Amida
B. Dainichi Nyorai
C. Yakushi
D. Shaka
88. What is the name of the Buddhist cave
site where Empress Wu commissioned over
300 images?
A. Dunhuang
A. Foguang B. Yungang

C. Longmen C. It is the second complete set of wood-

D. Juyan blocks for printing the entire Buddhist can-
non made in Korea.

E. Chang’an
D. It is kept in S�kkuram.
89. What is the name of the Silk Road site
E. All of the above
where Buddhist caves with fabulous mu-
rals were constructed? 93. Which of the following is false in regard to
A. Chang’an the Taima Mandala?
B. Dunhuang A. It depicts Amida Buddha in a land-
C. Juyuan scape of rolling hills.
D. Yungang B. It represents the myriad Buddhas as
E. Longmen geometric relationships.
C. This type of mandala was only made
90. What was the Phoenix Hall of the By�d�-in during the Kamakura Period.
built to represent?
D. It is used by practitioners of Zen Bud-
A. The Eastern Paradise of Yakushi Ny-
dhism.
orai
B. Mount Sumeru E. All of the above
C. The immortal island of Horai 94. Which of the following is NOT characteris-
D. The Western Paradise of Amida tic of Zen painting?
E. None of the above A. It is often of Zen patriarchs and teach-
ers.
the objects discovered in the crypt of the B. Personal expression is always more
pagoda at the Famen temple complex? important than a particular painting style.
A. They included a relic that is supposed
to date to the time of Emperor Ashoka. C. It draws upon secular Chinese themes
infused with scholarly symbolism.
B. The objects all date to the Northern
Wei dynasty. D. It sometimes includes landscapes and
literary figures.
C. They included many “decoy” relics,
Buddhist statues, and other Buddhist rit- E. All of the above
ual objects.
95. Which of the following is true about the
D. They include implements used to store
garden at Ry�an-ji?
and prepare tea.
E. All of the above A. It is an example of a dry rock garden.
B. It is associated with Zen Buddhism.
the Tripitaka Koreana? C. It is attributed to Soami.
A. It is set of woodblocks for printing the D. It probably originally used the concept
entire Buddhist cannon. of shakkei or “borrowed scenery” in its
design.
B. It was commissioned to protect
against foreign invasions. E. All of the above

1.16 Contemporary Art 224
96. Which of the following is true of Bud- A. Chaonoyu

dhist paintings made during the Kory� Dy- B. Raku
nasty?
C. Wabi and sabi
A. They were usually painted on silk.
B. They were painted on both sides of the D. Sumi-e
cloth. E. None of the above
C. When finished, an “eye-dotting cere-
99. Why is the Daibutsu statue of T�dai-ji so
mony” was performed to give life to the
NARAYAN CHANGDER
famous?
images.
A. It is the oldest surviving Buddhist
D. All of the above
statue in Japan.
B. It was made by the sculptor Tori
97. Which of the following statement is false Busshi.
about the Foguang temple complex?
C. It is the largest bronze statue in the
A. All of its buildings date to the Tang Dy- world.
nasty.
D. All of the above
B. Its famous east hall is seven bays wide
and four bays deep. E. None of the above
C. Over 250 statues of arhats line the 100. The rulers of what dynasty initiated the
walls around the alter in its East Hall. building of Buddhist caves at Yungang?
D. Its wooden pagoda does not date to A. Northern Wei
the Tang Dynasty.
B. Sui
E. All of the above
C. Northern Liang
98. Which of the following words describe
the Zen aesthetic of rusticity, melancholy, D. Tang
loneliness, naturalness, and age? E. None of the above
1.16 Contemporary Art

1. According to Greenberg, what would be Clement Greenberg would best be de-
the role of a modernist art critic? scribed as a
A. To define and promote a collective A. Formalist art critic
artistic approach B. Post-modernist writer on art
B. To define and preserve a plurality of C. Neo-expressionist artist
artistic practices
D. Conceptual photographer
C. To define and promote an artistic prac-
tice based on diversity 3. For what reason did the work of Helen
D. To define and preserve the purity of an Frankenthaler become associated with the
artistic medium movement of post-painterly abstraction?
A. Formal qualities of her pictorial lan-
2. Fill in the blank. Based on his work, guage

B. Narrative components of her artistic 8. What does the term “white cube” refer to
practice in relation to the Museum of Modern Art?

C. The way the artist used quotations A. Autonomy of modernism
from mass media
B. Dependence of modernism on litera-
D. Bold uses of technology and various ture and fiction
media in her work
C. Historical context of modernism
4. Post-painterly abstraction was a mod- D. Popular understanding of modernism
ernist art movement proposed and de-
fended by Clement Greenberg in the 9. What happened to Abstract Expressionism
1960s. What were its main characteris- during the Cold War?
tics?
A. It was used as a means of fostering a
A. Pictorial and formal purity dialogue.
B. Pictorial and formal diversity B. It was used as an educational device.
C. Extensive use of pictorial quotations C. It was used as a propaganda tool.
D. Extensive use of narrative quotations D. It was acknowledged as a means to ex-
perience the global diversity.
5. What did Clement Greenberg call attention
to in his article ‘Modernist Painting’? 10. What was the name of one of the most fa-
A. Importance of sculpture mous American art dealers working during
the Cold War?
B. Importance of social context
A. Ambroise Vollard
C. Purity of medium
B. Berheim Jeune
D. All of the above
C. Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
6. What did Modernism represent for
D. Leo Castelli
Clement Greenberg?
A. Yet another step in development of ab- 11. What was the reaction of artists to an in-
stract art creasing presence of the art market during
the Cold War?
B. Final stage in progression of art’s self-
criticality and reduction A. They felt that the art market was limit-
ing creativity by imposing and promoting
C. Important transition from art of time
one single (modernist) model of art.
to art of space
B. They felt that the art market helped
D. All of the above
promote diversity and different ap-
7. What did the movement of post-painterly proaches to art.
abstraction refer to? C. They felt that the art market was open-
A. Photographs made in pictorial mode ing new possibilities for a dialogue among
artists in the United States.
B. Sculptures made in relief
D. They felt that the art market con-
C. Figurative painting tributed to a global exchange of ideas and
D. Formalist painting artworks.

12. Who are the main advocates of the mod- D. Mixed media
ernist canon in the 1960s?
16. According to contemporary artists, what
A. Clement Greenberg, the art market,
was the biggest Modernist fallacy?
and mass media
A. Lack of historicity
B. Clement Greenberg, the Museum of
Modern Art, and the art market B. Lack of autonomy
C. The Museum of Modern Art, the art C. Overexposure to historicity
market, and Leo Castelli
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D. Overexposure to autonomy
D. The art market, mass media, and the
gallery system 17. Many authors believe that what con-
tributed to the creation of contempo-
13. Why did the abstract painting have such a rary art was that globally contemporary
special place in the Cold War cultural de- artists expressed a unified condemnation
bate? of which of the following?
A. It was perceived to embody the power A. Capitalism
of freedom of choice.
B. Socialism
B. It was perceived to illustrate the ad-
vance of technology. C. Consumerism
C. It was taken to mean the importance D. All of the above
of a global collaborative spirit.
18. The criticism that Lucy Lippard presented in
D. It was taken to be relevant for improv- her anthology on de-materialized art chal-
ing artistic skills globally. lenged which of the following?
14. Why did the painting have such an impor- A. Postmodernist definition of art
tant role in Greenberg’s modernist canon? B. Formalist definition of art
A. It illustrated well the increasing role of
C. Pictorial photographs
mass media.
D. All of the above
B. It fully embodied a self-critical devel-
opment of Western art. 19. The Dérive was another successful artistic
C. It explained fully the importance and strategy that the Situationists proposed.
role of narration in visual arts. What did it consist of?
D. It documented well the presence of A. Aimless strolling
technology.
B. Calculated examination
15. According to Clement Greenberg’s well- C. Purposeful investigation
known text “Modernist Painting,” what
is the most important quality that a mod- D. Ironical parody
ernist work of art has to have? 20. What did dematerialized art react to?
A. Historical and contextual awareness
A. Dominance of the art market
B. Autonomy and purity of each specific
B. Dominance of bureaucracy
artistic medium
C. Presence and traces of mass media C. Dominance of the mass media
and contemporary technology D. All of the above

21. What did Yoko Ono hope to achieve with A. To subvert and misinterpret the mass
her work entitled ‘Cut Piece?’ media

A. To set up a precedent in the History of B. To subvert and misinterpret the fine
Modern Art arts
B. To examine a relationship between C. To subvert and misinterpret the classi-
East and West cal literature
C. To propose a different way to think
D. All of the above
about contemporary art
D. To test the limits of participation 26. What would be the best interpretation of
a ‘dematerialized art object?’
22. What does Joseph Beuys’s ‘social sculp-
ture’ refer to? A. Perishable and ephemeral work of art
A. People gathering together in the
gallery or museum B. Work with no monetary value
B. Art students exploring social issues in C. Artwork disregarding artistic conven-
history of art tion
C. People working together toward one D. All of the above
common goal
D. Society examining art history’s past 27. Where did the Arte Povera movement orig-
and future inate, and what were its main characteris-
tics?
23. What was the main goal of the collective
known as Fluxus? A. In Italy; focus on simple, elementary
art gestures
A. Emphasizing the importance of art in
everyday culture B. In France; focus on simple, elemen-
tary art gestures
B. Using everyday activities and prac-
tices to make audience aware of social un- C. In the USA; focus on anti-war protest
derpinnings
D. In Germany; focus on simple art ges-
C. Critique of relationship between art tures
and life
D. All of the above 28. Why did Joseph Beuys entitle his actions
‘social sculpture?’
24. What was the most important historical
and political issue that triggered artistic A. His work was conceived as a way to
contempt in the sixties? raise public consciousness about social is-
sues.
A. Lack of individual commitment
B. His work was conceived to help tran-
B. Lack of collective action
sition between society and a museum’s
C. Absence of environmental awareness gallery space.
D. Absence of guided action C. His work was conceived as a comment
on lack of sculptures in society.
25. What was the significance and role of the
Situationists’ détournement? D. All of the above

29. Why is conceptual art believed to be a D. All of the above

good example of dematerialization of art
object? 33. According to Judy Chicago and her expla-
nation of “The Dinner Party,” why did
A. Because it puts an emphasis on ideas women artists in the seventies turn to
and concepts and steers away from the crafts in their art making?
art market
A. Because it was cheaper
B. Because it avoids ideas and concepts
and steers away from the art market B. Because it offered an opportunity for
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a collective work
C. Because it puts an emphasis on ideas
and materials and steers away from the C. All of the above
art market D. None of the above
D. Because it avoids materials and con- 34. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
cepts and steers away from the art mar- While the artist’s body has an important
ket role in happening, action art, and perfor-
30. Why is Lucy Lippard considered to be one mance, it dominates in the artistic genre
of the most important contemporary art of
critics? A. Performance
A. Because she offered a new way to as- B. Happening
sess Modernism C. Action art
B. Because she offered a reappraisal of D. Conceptual art
painting and sculpture
C. Because she was not interested in 35. In her inspirational article written in the
globalization seventies, Professor Linda Nochlin draws
attention to which of the following?
D. Because she advocated participatory
art A. Absence of women artists both from
history and contemporary scene
31. What was the most important quality B. Increasing presence of technology
that contemporary artists associated with
Modernism and modernist ideology? C. Importance of art in education
A. Narrative D. All of the above
B. Autonomy 36. In the seventies, when the artists were

C. Mixed Media challenging Modernist canon, why did
African, Asian, and Latino women artists
D. Illusionism feel particularly vulnerable?
32. According to Angela Davies, what did A. Because Modernist canon was con-
women artists address in their work in the ceived by white, European man
seventies? B. Because they felt that various media
A. Creation of stereotypes were undeservedly ignored
B. Reductive selection of media and artis- C. Because they felt that the mass media
tic genres and popular culture were absent
C. Marginalization and exclusion of D. Because Modernist canon didn’t allow
women artists for representation of patriarchy

37. Mary Kelly’s piece, “Post-Partum Docu- 42. Which of the following accurately de-
ment,” describes which of the following scribes characteristics of performance
experiences? art?

A. Motherhood A. Mixed media
B. Sisterhood B. Participation
C. Adolescence C. Artist’s body
D. All of the above D. All of the above
38. Performance art is best defined as which 43. Which of the following best describes ‘The
of the following? Dinner Party?’
A. Direct exchange between artist and au- A. Ready-made
dience
B. Installation
B. Mediation between art, artist and au-
dience C. Performance
C. All of the above D. Sculpture

D. None of the above 44. Who utilized some aspects of the Vodou
belief system in performance art?
39. What made the work of Vito Acconci so
important in the development of perfor- A. Judy Chicago
mance art? B. Chris Burden
A. His use of mixed media C. Vito Acconci
B. His incorporation of mass media D. Ana Mendieta
C. His exploration of popular culture
45. Which of the following best describes why
D. His incorporation of subconscious women artists attacked the Modernist
40. What was the most important contribution canon in the seventies?
of feminist interventions? A. They did so because they were aware
A. Creating a new niche in the art market that culture creates and reproduces gen-
der stereotypes.
B. Opening a new possibility for inclusion B. They did so because they were aware
of mass media and popular culture that culture is most efficient when it oper-
ates on subconscious level.
C. Creating a new way of thinking about
the role and function of art in society C. All of the above
D. All of the above D. None of the above
41. Which female artist’s work addressed and 46. Contemporary artist Cindy Sherman com-
worked through her childhood memories? bines which of the following in her work?
A. Judy Chicago A. Performance and photography
B. Martha Rosler B. Performance and painting
C. Louise Bourgeois C. Painting and sculpture
D. Ana Menidieta D. Sculpture and performance

47. How does Allan McCollum’s work engage 51. Neo-expressionist artist Anselm Kiefer
with the contemporary world of mass pro- uses which of the following as inspiration
duction? for his work?
A. Historically A. European history
B. Rhetorically B. German history
C. Critically C. Non-Western history
D. Objectively D. All of the above
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48. How would you describe Sherrie Levine’s 52. Specifically, why did women artists deride
involvement with the postmodern authenticity in their works?
rhetoric?
A. It underscored gender roles in patriar-
A. Levine focused on issues of authentic- chal culture.
ity and originality as a sign of patriarchal
dominance. B. It made obvious gap between audi-
ence and artist.
B. Levine focused on commercial and
technological issues as a sign of spectac- C. It created a sense of uneasiness
ularization. amongst the public.
C. Levine focused on technocracy and bu- D. None of the above

reaucracy as a sign of an increasing alien-
53. What did Cindy Sherman critique in her
ation.
“Untitled Film Stills” series?
D. All of the above
A. Formalist art as popularized by art
49. In order to directly engage with the or- press
dinary public, what did Barbara Kruger B. De-materialized art
use?
C. Modernist art and sculpture
A. Advertisement in magazines
D. Gender stereotypes as popularized by
B. TV Commercials mass media
C. Shopping Malls
54. What does the ‘expression’ in the name of
D. Commercial Billboards ‘Neo-Expressionism’ refer to?
50. Komar and Melamid are Russian artists A. Historical expressionism
whose collaborative work did which of the B. Individual expressions
following?
C. Public expressions and expectations
A. Made the public appreciate abstract
painting D. Collective beliefs and expressions
B. Made the public appreciate realist 55. What made originality such an important
painting issue in postmodern rhetoric?
C. Made the public rethink the so- A. Museum practices
cial implications of the dichotomy real-
ism/abstraction B. Art critical practices
D. Made the public aware of the absence C. Public culture

of abstract painting D. Technology and mass media

56. What was the role of appropriation in A. Temporality

postmodern rhetoric? B. Luminosity

A. To call attention to issue of originality C. Participation
and reproduction
D. All of the above
B. To underscore representation of race
in contemporary art and culture 61. Fill in the blank. Richard Serra argued that
C. To examine the importance of mass the removal of his sculpture from the Fed-
culture eral Plaza would
D. All of the above A. Ruin the Federal Plaza
B. Destroy the view
57. Why did Jeff Koons title his artwork
“New Hoover Convertibles, New Shelton C. Create a public outrage
Wet/Drys 5-Gallon, Double Decker?” D. Destroy the work
A. As a comment on contemporary art 62. In Robert Mapplethorpe obscenity trial,
scene what type of beauty did the defense argue
B. As a comment on consumerism his photographs possessed?
C. As a comment on global warming A. Classical
D. As a comment on postmodernist B. Contemporary
rhetoric C. Modern
58. Why did postmodernist rhetoric become so D. Romantic
prevalent in discussions on contemporary
art in the eighties? 63. In what way does the artist Fred Wilson
use the museum as the medium for his
A. It seemed to offer a solution to an in- work?
creasing commercialization of art.
A. By exploring his collections and work-
B. It seemed to address a misrepresenta- ing with curators
tion of non-Western artists.
B. By misplacing the labels to draw atten-
C. It seemed to offer new critical tools tion to historical and cultural inconsisten-
for rethinking artistic practice. cies
D. All of the above C. By exhibiting pieces from the storage
59. What does the term ‘postmodernism’ in that were marginalized, displaced as a
studies of history refer to? commentary on cultural marginalization
A. The end of the European dominance in D. All of the above

culture and politics 64. What artistic medium does Andrea Fraser
B. The end of Western colonial policies use to call attention to alleged desensitiz-
C. The end of globalization ing effect of a museum?
D. All of the above A. Performance

B. Sculpture
60. According to artists involved with it, what
is the most important quality of public C. Painting
art? D. Mixed Media

65. What does Alfredo Jaar’s work in big cities 70. What was the main impetus for making of
comment on? Krzyst of Wodicko’s “Poliscar?”
A. Cultural marginalization A. Isolation and marginalization of dis-
abled people
B. Political isolation
B. Isolation and marginalization of disen-
C. Racial exclusion
chanted people
D. All of the above
C. Isolation and marginalization of home-
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66. What does the term ‘institutional critique’ less people
refer to? D. Isolation and marginalization of old
people
A. Artists’ critique of museum and muse-
ological practices 71. What was the name of the work Jenny
B. Artists’ critique of public sphere Holzer displayed on LED boards in New
York City’s Times Square?
C. Artists critique of art education and art
institutions A. Tropism
D. All of the above B. Truism
C. Futurism
67. What type of support did Jenny Holzer use
for her public art interventions? D. Minimalism
A. T-shirts, LED boards, stickers 72. What was the main outcome of culture
B. T-shirts, magazines, billboards wars?
A. Artists felt that their work was threat-
C. T-shirts, stickers, magazines
ened.
D. All of the above
B. The public felt that artists were having
68. What type of work did Hans Haacke do in too much liberty.
museums? C. Artists felt that their lives were threat-
A. Site-specific ened.
B. Installation D. The public felt that artists were irre-

sponsible.
C. Exposing corporate influence
73. An installation artist strictly opposes the
D. All of the above
use of which of the following?
69. What was one of the most important rea- A. Photographs
sons that got Richard Serra the commis-
B. Ready-made objects
sion for the Federal Plaza in New York
City? C. All of the above
A. Because he already worked for differ- D. None of the above
ent plazas in NYC
74. Different from installation, performance
B. Because his work is site-specific works with which of the following?
C. Because his work is multi-media A. Painting and sculpture
D. Because he did similar work in Europe B. Artist’s body

C. Printed media order to create a commentary on which of

D. Mixed media the following?

A. Technology
75. Different objects that Annette Messager
uses in her installations are metaphors for B. Mass media
which of the following? C. Racial positioning
A. Observer’s body
D. Gender issues and women sexuality
B. Artist’s body
C. Social disintegration 80. Kara Walker’s black &white silhou-
ettes are an allegorical enactment of which
of the following?
76. Fill in the blank. Australian artist Ste- A. Racial tensions that participate in iden-
larc manipulates different prosthetics in tity formation
his performances as a way to expose an
increasing role of on our identity and B. Social tension that participate in iden-
the way we think of ourselves. tity formation
A. Technology C. Gender tensions that participate in
identity formation
B. Mass media
C. Art D. All of the above
D. Durableness 81. The installation reacts against which of the
77. Fill in the blank. Yinka Shonibare recreates following?
the most important scenes from British art A. Fetishization of audience
and literature from a position of
B. Fetishization of gallery space
A. Post-modern identity politics
C. Commodification of art
B. Post-colonial identity politics
D. All of the above
C. Post-feminist identity politics
D. Post-gender identity politics 82. The use of soft toys recreates childhood
fears of rejection for which artist?
78. How did the artistic genre of installation
affect contemporary art practice? A. Kiki Smith
A. It transformed the viewer’s perception B. Robert Gober
of artistic practice.
C. Glenn Ligon
B. It transformed the way to install art.
D. Mike Kelley
C. None of the above
D. Both A and B 83. What did anthropology make available to
Carrie Mae Weems’ work?
79. In one of her works, French performance
artist Orlan uses technology in a very un- A. An insight into cultural oppression
orthodox and sophisticated way by under- B. An insight into cultural construction
going a surgical intervention while the pro-
C. An insight into societal relativism
cedure is transmitted via webcam to Inter-
net audiences around the world. This is in D. All of the above

84. Which of the following is analogous to an B. Increasing presence of contemporary

installation? non-Western art and at the same time, dis-
solution of single, dominant art centers
A. Environment
C. Increasing number of Biennial and
B. Set-up
other spectacular exhibitions across the
C. Display globe
D. Mise-en-scene D. All of the above
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85. Why did the installation become so impor- 89. Bill Talen, also known as Reverend Billy,
tant for artists working in the 1990s? exclusively uses which of the following as
A. It made their work more accessible to a setting for his art?
general audiences. A. Starbucks coffee shops
B. It made their work readily available for B. Shopping Malls
mass-media.
C. All of the above
C. It made the art market more aware of
young artists. D. None of the above
D. It made the audience more responsive 90. Doris Salcedo, Colombian artist’s most fa-
in a gallery/museum setting. mous work to date, Shibboleth (2007, Lon-
don, Tate Modern) was simply a 167m
86. Most of the contemporary artworks made long crack in the floor of the gallery.
in the 1990s reference which of the fol- Based on your understanding of this
lowing? artist’s work, what was the crack a
A. Urban experience metaphor for?
B. Political experience A. Political segregation
C. Personal experience B. Economic, social, and cultural borders
D. Collective experience
C. Racial segregation
87. According to Jean Fisher, what is the D. All of the above
biggest contribution of Rasheed Araeen’s
exhibition ‘The Other Story?’ 91. If we define the performance in the seven-
A. ‘De-imperializing’ the institutional ties primarily as an exploration of artist’s
mind body and its psycho-social positioning in
the world, what would be the way to de-
B. Initiating a wave of neo-imperial explo- fine the performance in the 21st century?
ration of ‘exotic’
A. Exposition communal, dominant social
C. All of the above ills with a help of parody and humor
D. None of the above B. Exploration of art and artistic institu-
tions
88. Based on your study, which of the follow-
ing characterizes artistic practice today? C. Examination of Modernist orthodoxies
A. Increasing importance of art markets
and commercialization D. All of the above

92. In today’s global world, what is the most B. Lack of critical appreciation for Ger-
pressing role for art and artists? man art

A. To resist and critique consumerism C. Lack of understanding of Caribbean art
B. To draw attention to an increasing
power of corporations D. All of the above
C. To preserve and nurture difference
97. What is the biggest difference between
(racial, sexual, and gender)
Bill Talen’s (Reverend Billy) performances
D. All of the above today and Vito Acconci’s performance
work in the seventies?
93. South African artist William Kentridge
turns his black and white charcoal draw- A. The way they approach social reality
ings into animated films as a commentary and define the audience
on what aspect of South African life to- B. The way they use different media in
day? their performances
A. Economic and social tensions C. The way they work in the gallery or mu-
B. Precariousness of race discourse seum space.
C. All of the above D. All of the above
98. Why do contemporary artists increas-
94. The work of Mexican artist, Gabriel ingly work with figurative language (i.e.
Orozco is said to establish a poetic rela- metaphor, allegory, metonymy, and par-
tionship with audience due to his unfamil- ody)?
iar use of which of the following? A. It invites the audience to be more re-
A. Painting and drawing sponsive and pay attention to a detail.
B. Familiar, everyday objects, like a shoe- B. It makes the audience more confident
box for example in its understanding of contemporary art.
C. Film and mass media
C. It creates tension between the mu-
D. All of the above
seum and public.
95. What are the most effective figurative D. It contributes to a more balanced dia-
tools that “The Yes Men” use in their logue between artist and museum.
work?
A. Parody and impersonation 99. Why does humor seem to be such a pow-
erful tool for artists in addressing con-
B. Allegory and metaphor sumerism in contemporary society?
C. Metonymy and personification A. Because the position of consumption
D. All of the above in society is not clearly delineated
B. Because it is difficult to address such
96. What does Nada Shabout’s question, ‘Are
an issue differently
Images Global’ imply?
C. All of the above
A. Lack of correct representation of
Middle-East art and artistic practices D. None of the above

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100. Fill in the blank. In Chin-Tao Wu’s in- A. Equally pertinent

terpretation of today’s contemporary art B. Problematic
scene, the old Modernist paradigm of ad-
vanced, powerful center and lagging be- C. Dramatically changed
hind periphery is D. Relatively incorrect
1.17 Roman Architecture
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1. A pseudoperipteral temple is a temple 4. Fourth style Roman wall painting can best
that: be described as
A. Uses cement columns faced with mar- A. Resembling third style painting, but
ble in imitation of the Greeks. with more substantial architectural ele-
B. Imitates the Greek style of columns ments.
encircling a temple, but uses engaged B. Resembling third style painting, but
columns, rather than free-standing with portraiture rather than mythological
columns. scenes.
C. Has a stairway all around the base of C. Large-scale narrative paintings.
the temple.
D. Paintings depicting wildlife and hunt-
D. Has a stairway at the front of the tem- ing.
ple.
E. Pure abstraction.
E. Has a continuous frieze.
5. From which Roman emperor did the em-
2. A typical Roman city was planned accord- peror Vespasian actively seek to disasso-
ing to which of the following models? ciate himself?
A. Concentric circles.
A. Caligula.
B. Concentric squares.
B. Augustus.
C. An x-shape, with four triangular divi-
C. Nero.
sions of space.
D. Julius Caesar.
D. A rectangular grid with two main
streets converging in the center. E. Hadrian
E. None of the above; Romans did not like 6. Herculaneum differs from Pompeii in which
to plan their cities, instead preferring to important way(s)?
let them develop organically.
A. There are no examples of public archi-
3. First style Roman wall painting can best tecture in Herculaneum.
be described as:
B. Herculaneum is less excavated than
A. Imitating colorful marble and stone. Pompeii.
B. Creating the illusion of a window look- C. Herculaneum was hermetically sealed
ing onto a vista. by a layer of lava.
C. Geometric patterning. D. All of the above.
D. Landscape paintings. E. There are virtually no differences be-
E. Mythological scenes. tween Herculaneum and Pompeii.

7. In the Odyssey Painting, what detail B. Roman amphitheaters were reserved

seems to be the most important to the only for use by the emperor and his clos-
painter? est friends.

A. Individualistic facial features. C. Roman amphitheaters were not a val-
B. Landscape and the details of nature. ued part of the culture.
C. Gesture as a mode of storytelling. D. Roman amphitheaters had no seating.
D. Greek architecture.
E. Warfare. E. All of the above.
8. In the Room of the Mysteries at the House 12. Second style Roman wall painting can be
of Augustus, the relationship of Roman described as:
wall painting to which of the following is
most evident? A. Imitating colorful marble and stone.
A. Greek sculpture. B. Creating the illusion of a window look-

ing onto a vista.
B. Greek painting.
C. Geometric patterning.
C. Roman theater.
D. Etruscan painting. D. Landscape paintings.
E. Roman oratory. E. Mythological scenes.
9. One drawback/some drawbacks to ce- 13. The emperor Caligula oversaw which sig-
ment construction was/were: nificant architectural development?
A. It was more expensive than stone con- A. The invention of concrete.
struction.
B. The lightening of concrete by the re-
B. It was less attractive than stone con-
moval of stone rubble.
struction.
C. It was vulnerable to moisture. C. The discovery of local marble quarries.
D. B and C only.
D. Both A and C
E. A and C only.
E. Both B and C.
10. Pompeii could best be described as:
A. A resort city. 14. The Emperor Nero’s Domus Aura is infa-
mous because:
B. A Roman colony.
C. A trade center. A. It had a gilded façade.
D. A slave district. B. It was built on hundreds of acres of
land taken from the Roman people.
E. A quarry.
C. It represents the move away from the
11. Roman amphitheaters differed from Greek rigid, rectangular-plan building.
theaters in which of the following ways?
D. It had an octagonal, domed room.
A. Roman amphitheaters did not require
a hillside for their construction. E. All of the above.

15. The fresco from the Villa of Livia at Prima- C. Includes portraits of the family that
porta is an example of which type of Ro- commissioned the painting.
man wall painting? D. Is the ultimate First Style Roman wall
A. First style. painting.
B. Second style. E. All of the above.
C. Third style. 20. The Theater of Marcellus was built by
D. Fourth style. which emperor in honor of his son-in-law?
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E. None of the above. A. Nero
16. The House of the Faun in Pompeii conforms B. Vespasian

to which of the following building types? C. Augustus
A. The domus italica. D. Commodus
B. The Hellenized domus E. Diocletian
C. An imperial villa. 21. The Tomb of Cestius takes the unusual
D. All of the above. form of a(n):
E. None of the above. A. Obelisk.
17. The Mausoleum of Augustus most closely B. Pyramid.

resembles the tombs of which culture? C. Portrait head.
A. The Egyptians. D. Gargantuan column.
B. The Greeks. E. Tree.
C. The Persians. 22. The wall paintings in the Augustan villa
D. The Visigoths. at Boscotrecase are an example of which
E. The Etruscans. type of Roman wall painting?
A. First style.
18. The monument most famously associated
with the Emperor Augustus is: B. Second style.
A. The Colosseum. C. Third style.
B. The Altar of Augustan Peace (Ara D. Fourth style.

Pacis). E. None of the above.
C. The Pantheon. 23. The “Spoils of Jerusalem” is a relief sculp-
D. The Circus Maximus. ture on which of the following monu-
E. The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia. ments?
A. The Colosseum.
19. The Odyssey Painting:
B. The Arch of Titus.
A. Was probably based on an earlier
Greek painting of the same subject. C. The Domus Aurea.
B. Is the first narrative painting in An- D. The Baths of Caracalla.

cient Rome. E. Trajan’s Column.

24. What are the cardo and decumanus? 27. What does the Arch of Titus celebrate?
A. The inner chambers of a round temple. A. Titus’s conquest of Judea.

B. The birth of Titus.
B. The two main streets of a Roman city,
C. Titus’s defeat of his coregents.
intersecting at the center.
D. The birth of Titus’s son.
C. The two head administrators of the Ro-
man law courts. E. Titus’s marriage.
D. The two main supports for an arch. 28. What event lent credence to Vespasian’s
E. The main living spaces of a Roman legitimacy as emperor of Rome?
house. A. The death of Nero.
25. What are the so-called “black curtains” B. The birth of a son.
often found in Second Style Roman wall C. His marriage.
painting?
D. The conquest of Judea.
A. Curtains that would have been draped
over the walls to protect the paintings. E. All of the above.
B. Illusionistic curtains painted into the 29. What is (or which are) the most notable
far sides of the scenes to create the illu- difference between the Theater and the
sion of a curtain that could be drawn. Music Hall at Pompeii?
C. The stark black awnings painted into A. The Theater was a semicircle,
architectural vistas. whereas the Music Hall is a full circle.
D. Mysterious black fabric painted into a B. The Theater is built from stone,
scene, resembling the curtains one might whereas the Music Hall is built from con-
have seen in a Roman theatrical set. crete.
E. An illusionistically painted black cor- C. The Theater is open to the sky,
nice that appears to protrude into the whereas the Music Hall has a roof.
viewer’s space.
D. Unlike the Theater, the Music Hall has
26. What development in Roman domestic ar- no seats.
chitecture emerged around the second cen- E. All of the above.
tury BC?
30. What is the domus italica?
A. Houses began to imitate Greek archi-
tecture. A. The ideal Roman home, passed down
through the writings of Vitruvius.
B. Houses began to imitate Etruscan ar-
chitecture. B. The standard house plan used in early
houses at Pompeii.
C. Houses were being built with multiple
stories. C. The standard house plan used only in
the distant provinces of Rome.
D. Houses were becoming smaller and
smaller. D. Both A and B.
E. All of the above. E. None of the above.

31. What is the significance of Augustus find- C. Third style painting emphasizes the flat
ing Rome “a city of brick” and leaving it a wall surface.
“city of marble”?
D. Third style painting does not attempt
A. Augustus went to great expense re- to create a window looking into space.
modeling old brick Roman buildings.
B. Augustus sought to build Rome in the
style of a Greek city. 35. What was the special significance of Julius
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C. Augustus built many more religious Caesar’s commissioning of a temple in
buildings than did earlier emperors. honor of the god Venus Genetrix?
D. Augustus plundered the quarries of A. It was a way of honoring his wife,
Greece to bring in large amounts of mar- whose name was Genetrix.
ble.
B. Caesar wanted to build a monument
E. All of the above. for his lover, and therefore built a temple
32. What is the subject of the paintings in the for the goddess of love.
Villa of the Mysteries? C. Caesar and his family claimed to be
A. Animal sacrifice. descended from Venus Genetrix, and the
temple therefore honored his own family.
B. The afterlife.
C. Landscape.
D. The temple was a votive offering to
D. A marriage ceremony. Venus Genetrix in the hopes of a fruitful
E. All of the above. crop.
33. What is unusual about the columns at the E. Caesar built the temple as a validation
Port of Claudius? of his violent military campaigns.
A. They are made of wood, rather than
36. Which building do the columns of the Fo-
stone.
rum of Augustus imitate?
B. They are sculpted to look like female
figures. A. The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia.
C. They have openwork carving in them. B. The Baths of Caracalla.
D. They are left unfinished, or “rusti- C. The Parthenon.
cated.”
D. The Villa of Livia.
E. Each column is different from the oth-
ers. E. The Erechtheion.
34. What is/are the major difference(s) be- 37. Which capital type did the Romans favor?
tween second and third style wall paint-
ing? A. Doric order capitals.
A. In Third style wall painting, architec- B. Ionic order capitals.

tural elements were extremely attenu- C. Corinthian capitals.
ated.
D. Tuscan capitals.
B. Third style paintings depict mythologi-
cal subjects E. Composite capitals.

38. Which emperor commissioned the building D. A roofed rectangular space with axial
of the Colosseum? orientation.

A. Vespasian E. A square plan with hemispherical
apses connected to all four sides.
B. Nero
C. Diocletian 43. Which of the following elements of a Ro-
man home can be termed “Hellenizing?”
D. Domitian
A. Columns.
E. Augustus
B. A peristyle courtyard.
39. Which of the following buildings can be C. First-style Roman wall painting.
described as a Roman combination of Etr-
uscan and Greek architectural principles? D. All of the above.
A. The Temple of Portunus. E. A and B only.
B. The Baths of Caracalla. 44. Which of the following is NOT a room in a

Roman bath?
C. The House of the Faun.
A. Tepidarium.
D. The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia.
B. Tablinum.
C. Caldarium.
40. Which of the following buildings was con- D. Natatio.
structed with concrete?
E. Frigidarium.
A. The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia.
B. The Colosseum. 45. Which of the following is NOT an architec-
tural element used in the Colosseum?
C. The Pantheon.
A. Annular vaults.
D. The Temple of Portunus.
B. Concrete.
C. Groin vaults.
41. Which of the following conveniences was D. An awning.
NOT found in Pompeii?
E. Post and lintel construction.
A. Fountains.
46. Which of the following is NOT depicted in
B. Cafeteria-style restaurants. the Villa of the Mysteries?
C. Sidewalks. A. A frightened woman.
D. Public baths. B. A satyr.
E. Gas lighting. C. Drinking vessels.
42. Which of the following describes the typi- D. A bride.
cal plan of a Roman basilica? E. Jupiter.
A. A domed central-plan.
47. Which of the following is the earliest
B. A rectangular courtyard. known preserved Roman amphitheater
C. A series of vaults connected by tun- built from stone?
nels. A. The Theater of Marcellus.

B. The Colosseum. D. Roman painting suggests an interest in

C. The Amphitheater at Pompeii. nature and specific details.
E. In some cases, the painters’ names
D. The thermopolium.
are known.
E. None of the above.
48. Which of the following statements about Second Style wall painting is most accu-
First Style wall painting is most accurate? rate?
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A. First Style wall painting was a revolu- A. Second Style wall painting was a revo-
tionary Roman invention. lutionary Roman invention.
B. First Style wall painting borrowed B. Second Style wall painting borrowed
styles from wall paintings in Etruscan from Etruscan tomb decoration.
tombs. C. Second Style wall painting is a carry-
C. First Style wall painting was a carry- over from the painting traditions of An-
over from the painting traditions of An- cient Greece.
cient Greece. D. Second style wall painting grew out of
D. First style wall painting grew out of Samnite traditions.
Samnite traditions. E. Second style wall painting was bor-
E. First style wall painting was borrowed rowed from the Egyptians.
from the Egyptians.
52. Which of the following was NOT a part of
49. Which of the following statements about the domus italica?
Roman concrete is most accurate? A. The fauces.
A. It was known by the Romans as opus B. The atrium.
caementicum.
C. The impluvium.
B. It allowed for quick and cheap con-
D. The thermopolium.
struction.
E. The hortus.
C. It enabled architects to build struc-
tures that would have otherwise been in- 53. Which technique are Romans most famous
credibly difficult—if not impossible—to for employing in their wall paintings?
construct.
A. Linear (one-point) perspective.
D. It was cast in wooden molds.
B. Pointillism.
C. Atmospheric perspective.
50. Which of the following statements about D. Oil paint.
Roman painting is NOT true? E. All of the above.
A. Most Roman paintings were panel
paintings hung on the wall. 54. Which word might best describe the style
of third style Roman wall painting?
B. Most Roman paintings were wall paint-
ings. A. Elegant.
C. Roman paintings sometimes included B. Forceful.

still life scenes. C. Illusionistic.

D. Primitive. C. It is appointed with theater-style seat-

E. Autobiographical. ing on the interior.

D. It is very stark and geometric, with no
55. “Opus incertum” was a building technique columns in the cella.
whereby
E. Both A and D.
A. An arch was carved out of marble.
59. During which time period did brick facing
B. A road was paved with marble.
for concrete come to be celebrated as an
C. Concrete was reinforced with ashlar attractive material (i.e. no longer some-
masonry. thing to be covered over with plaster)?
D. Concrete was faced with mosaics. A. The reign of Augustus.
E. Concrete was faced with irregular, B. Republican Rome
small stones. C. The second century AD.
56. The oldest architectural remains from an- D. The first century BC.
cient Rome date to E. The reign of Constantine.
A. The third century BC.
60. Hadrian’s temple (known as the Pantheon)
B. The fourth century BC. was dedicated to which gods?
C. The eighth century BC. A. The Capitoline Triad.
D. The seventh century BC. B. Mars and Venus.
E. 100 BC C. All gods.
57. Almost no new buildings were constructed D. Venus and Caesar.
in third century Rome because of what ex- E. Jupiter and Minerva.
tenuating circumstance?
61. How did housing in Ostia differ from hous-
A. A plague killed off most of the local ing in Pompeii?
builders.
A. In Ostia, houses were rarely desig-
B. Quarries had been over-used and nated for single family occupancy.
there were no local building materials.
B. Housing in Ostia was often multi-
C. Political instability left little time or storied, whereas housing in Pompeii was
money for building projects. single-story.
D. Rome was overcrowded, leaving no C. Pompeiian housing was more lavish
room for new construction. than was housing in Ostia.
E. All of the above. D. Ostian housing had to be designed to
accommodate more people than Pompei-
58. Although Constantine’s Aula Palatina in ian housing.
Trier follows Roman basilican architecture,
it deviates from Roman precedent in which E. All of the above.
of the following ways? 62. How did the Roman cities of Timgad and
A. There is a narthex at the entranceway. Leptis Magna differ?
A. Timgad was a resort town, while Lep-
B. It has no roof. tis Magna was an industrial center.

B. Timgad became a part of the empire A. It is made using concrete.

much later than did Leptis Magna. B. It is made using brick.
C. Leptis Magna was the religious center C. It is heavily decorated.
in the provinces, whereas Timgad was an
administrative center. D. It has no roof.
D. Both A and B. E. It has no colonnade.
E. Both A and C. 67. In what way is the Roman theater at Or-
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ange similar to Greek theaters?
63. How was the concrete of the Pantheon’s
dome manipulated to allow for its con- A. The theater at Orange was built using
struction? white marble.
A. The concrete encased permanent B. The theater at Orange was built into a
wooden beams. natural hillside.
B. A lighter concrete mixture with pumice C. The theater at Orange has a roof.
was used towards the top of the dome. D. All of the above.
C. A heavier concrete mixture with basalt E. A and B only.
was used towards the bottom of the dome.
68. In which region did the “baroque” style oc-
D. Both B and C. cur most frequently in the architecture of
ancient Rome?
A. Rome.
64. In what city did the emperor Diocletian
B. North Africa.
build his palace?
C. The Western Provinces.
A. Timgad.
B. Split. D. The Eastern Provinces.
C. Leptis Magna. E. Pompeii.
D. Orange. 69. In which Roman province would you be

E. Nîmes. most likely to see buildings constructed
with Pentellic marble?
65. In what significant way(s) does the Temple A. Gaul
of Venus and Roma differ from the “typi-
cal” Roman temple plan? B. Timgad
A. It has a low podium. C. Athens
B. It has a continuous staircase around D. Capri
the circumference of the building. E. None of the above; the Romans did not
C. It has a peripteral colonnade. use Pentellic marble.
D. It has a double cella. 70. Roman architecture in the provinces was
E. All of the above. generally built using which of the follow-
ing materials?
66. In what way does the Theater in Lep-
tis Magna differ from most other Roman A. Marble
buildings in the city? B. Tufa

C. Brick 75. The Roman province in Athens was primar-

ily built under which two Greek-loving Ro-
D. Opus incertum
man emperors?

E. Local stone
A. Septimius Severus and Caracalla
71. The Baths of Trajan mark an interesting B. Julius Caesar and Augustus
turning point in Roman baths, as they
C. Augustus and Domitian
include which of the following types of
rooms? D. Nero and Vespasian
A. Dining and banquet halls. E. Augustus and Hadrian
B. Law courts. 76. The Temple of Venus in Hadrian’s Villa at
C. Small temples. Tivoli is an exact replica of which earlier
building?
D. Intellectual halls and meeting rooms.
A. The Parthenon.
B. The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Max-
72. The exedrae on either side of Trajan’s Fo- imus Capitolinus.
rum are a direct reference to which of the C. The Temple of Venus and Roma.
following?
D. The House of the Faun.
A. The Colosseum.
E. The Temple of Venus from Knidos.
B. The Baths of Titus.
77. What distinguished Constantine (and thus
C. The Forum of Augustus.
his architectural commissions) from all ear-
D. The Forum of Julius Caesar. lier Roman emperors?
E. The Domus Aurea. A. Constantine was a pacifist.
73. The only major architectural commission in B. Constantine was priest and emperor
third century Rome was: simultaneously.
C. Constantine was the first Christian em-
A. A basilica.
peror.
B. A public bath.
D. Constantine was an artist.
C. A temple to all gods.
E. Both A and D.
D. A defensive wall.
78. What event does the Arch of Constantine
E. A prison. celebrate?
74. The Pont-du-Gard is one of the most fa- A. Constantine’s defeat over the Visig-
mous Roman: oths at Aosta.
A. Aqueducts. B. The birth of Constantine’s eldest child.
B. Roads.
C. The founding of a new capital in the Ro-
C. Temples.
man east: Constantinople.
D. Bath houses.
D. Constantine’s victory over Maxentius
E. Marketplace. at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.

E. Constantine’s coronation as emperor D. Tombs.

of Rome and leader of the Christian E. Apartments.
Church.
83. What was significant about the city of Lep-
79. What is an insula? tis Magna in Africa?
A. A Roman temple on an island. A. Septimius Severus conquered the city
B. An apartment building. at the start of his reign.
C. A mansion-villa. B. It had one of the most important mar-
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ble quarries in the empire.
D. A warehouse.
C. It was the source of much of the grain
E. A university. imported to Rome.
80. What is remarkable about the Roman D. It was the birthplace of the emperor
tombs at Petra (in modern-day Jordan)? Septimius Severus.
A. They completely abandon Roman E. All of the above.
stylistic traditions.
84. What was the significance of the founding
B. They incorporate wood more than of a Roman capital in Constantinople?
stone, concrete, or brick.
A. Constantinople brought the Romans
C. They are enormous. into contact with Islam.
D. They are built directly into the face of B. When Constantinople was founded,
cliff walls. Christianity was introduced into the Ro-
E. All of the above. man empire.
C. It allowed for greater exchange of lux-
81. What is the best description of the Column ury items between Rome and the East.
of Trajan?
D. It marked the end of the Roman Em-
A. A porphyry obelisk. pire.
B. A column with a spiral frieze commem- E. With the founding of Constantinople,
orating Trajan’s Dacian campaigns. Rome was saved from ruin.
C. A column sculpted into a monumental
portrait of Trajan. 85. Which building material is considered the
quintessential material of the Roman city
D. A fluted column supporting a gilded of Ostia?
statue of Trajan.
A. Marble.
E. A memorial column put up by Trajan’s
B. Tufa.
widow.
C. Travertine.
82. What types of ancient Roman buildings
D. Brick.
can be found beneath the Basilica of Saint
Peter, built much later during the Renais- E. Porphyry.
sance.
86. Which city’s theater has a temple in its por-
A. Temples. ticus?
B. Shops. A. Ostia.
C. Baths. B. Delphi.

C. Pompeii. 91. Which of the following is NOT a feature of

“baroque” architecture of the Roman pe-
D. Rome.
riod?

E. Tivoli.
A. Regimented, orderly planning and dec-
87. Which Greek building had arguably the oration.
greatest impact on Roman architecture? B. Extensive, often excessive, ornamen-
A. The Temple of Hera I tation.
C. A sense of movement in building fa-
B. The Treasury at Delphi
cades.
C. The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia
D. Traditional architectural elements,
D. The Erechtheion used in an innovative way.
E. The Altar of Zeus E. A focus on the three-dimensional qual-
ity of a building’s façade, especially the
88. Which of the following adjectives de- shadows created by deep recesses.
scribes an architectural element that fol-
lows an arched shape? 92. Which of the following monuments is/are
(an) example(s) of “baroque” architecture
A. Peripteral.
of the Roman period?
B. Pseudoperipteral. A. The Sanctuary of Jupiter Heliopoli-
C. Arcuated. tanus in Baalbek
D. Buttressed. B. Domitian’s Palace
E. Fenestrated. C. The Baths of Caracalla
D. The Tomb of Eurysaces
89. Which of the following commissions was
NOT undertaken during the Tetrarchic Re- E. All of the above.
naissance?
93. Which of the following Roman emperors is
A. The Aurelian Walls. most famous for using an “arcuated lintel”
B. The Decennial Monument. in his buildings?
A. Julius Caesar
C. The restoration of the Curia Julia.
B. Hadrian
D. The Baths of Diocletian.
C. Agrippa
E. The Palace of Diocletian.
D. Nero
90. Which of the following details of the Pan- E. Trajan
theon is NOT considered traditional in Ro-
man architecture? 94. Which of the following Roman monuments
A. The high podium. borrows relief sculpture from older Roman
monuments?
B. The columns across the porch.
A. The Arch of Constantine.
C. The frontal staircase.
B. The Baths of Diocletian.
D. The dome.
C. The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Max-
E. The rectangular forecourt. imus Capitolinus.

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D. The Pont-du-Gard. 97. Which of the following was a common type

E. The Theater at Orange. of interior decoration in Roman tombs?
A. Icon paintings.
Roman tomb architecture is most accu- B. First style wall painting.
rate?
C. Painted stucco relief.
A. Tomb architecture followed very strict
templates, with very little variation from D. Architectural elements.
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tomb to tomb. E. Both C and D.
B. Only the wealthy could afford to build
large tombs for themselves and their fam- 98. Which statement best describes Hadrian
ilies. and his architectural commissions?
C. Tombs were not a very important part A. He helped design many of his buildings,
of Roman culture. as he was an amateur architect.
D. Because they served only to house the B. Most of the buildings he commissioned
remains of the dead, they could be much were religious buildings.
more experimental than other forms of ar- C. He was inspired by Greek architecture.
chitecture.
E. Both A and B.
96. Which of the following statements about E. A and C only.
the Markets at Leptis Magna is NOT true?
A. They were built during the reign of Au- 99. Which of the following emperors was the
gustus. first Roman emperor to be born outside of
B. They were built during the reign of Sep- Italy?
timius Severus. A. Trajan.
C. They only used building materials na- B. Titus.
tive to the region.
C. Augustus
D. They used no concrete.
D. Nero.
E. They were built in honor of Julius Cae-
sar. E. Vespasian.
1.18 Miscellaneous
1. Which of the visual arts involves making creating useful objects such as furniture,
marks with a pencil, pen, brush, chalk, ceramics, and textiles?
charcoal, or other dry media? A. decorative arts
A. painting B. painting
B. sculpture C. drawing
C. drawing D. printmaking
D. printmaking
3. Which visual art is made using a carved
2. Which of the visual arts is concerned with surface such as wood, stone, or metal

that is inked, with the pattern being trans- 9. What element is 3D

ferred to paper or fabric?
A. Space

A. painting
B. shape
B. printmaking
C. form
C. drawing
D. sculpture 10. Contrast is created when
4. Which visual art uses a tool such as a brush A. two elements are similar
to transfer pigment onto a surface? B. two elements are the exact same
A. drawing C. two elements are on the periodic table
B. printmaking D. two elements are very different
C. sculpture
11. What is COMPOSITION?
D. painting
A. The application of color theory in a de-
5. Which visual art creates statues or other sign.
free-standing pieces of art made of clay,
stone, or other materials? B. The arrangement of visual information
in an art piece.
A. sculpture
C. The demonstration of an art technique
B. painting
or skill.
C. drawing
D. The consideration of craftsmanship in
D. printmaking an art piece.
6. Salvador Dali was associated with which
12. What aspects of a portrait help to make it
art movement?
look realistic?
A. Baroque
A. texture
B. Surrealism
B. shading
C. Impressionism
C. correct proportions
D. Pop Art
D. all of these
7. Johannes Vermeer is associated with
which movement? 13. Analysis, in the world of art, is
A. Baroque A. Hue, value and intensity of three prop-
B. Cubism erties of color dark green, light green and
C. Pop Art blue green
D. Neoplasticism B. The three dimensional structure like

natural form
8. Which is the softest, darkest type of pen-
C. The step used to determine how prin-
cil?
ciples of design are used and organized to
A. HB determine the style of work
B. 2H D. The philosophical understanding of the
C. 2B world as started by Socrates

14. Arts is not a form of expression C. reflected light

A. True D. shade and tint
B. False
21. Which of the following are SECONDARY
15. Below are the examples of the Visual Arts, colors?
except A. pink, lime, teal
A. Photography
B. orange, violet, green
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B. Sculpture
C. red, blue, yellow
C. 3D art installation
D. red-orange, blue-violet, yellow-green
D. Drama and Theater
22. Which of these is NOT an element of art?
16. The artist adds shading to make an object
look: A. color
A. 3-D B. line
B. 2-D C. space
C. Flat D. hue
17. Which word describes the visual trick
23. Complimentary, Analogous, Monochrome
in illustrations that suggests actions, or
These are examples of what?
change of place or position?
A. color schemes
A. movement
B. frame B. color wheel
C. storyline C. values
D. types of perspective
18. The arrangement of objects / subject mat-
ter in the artwork 24. A is a design, image, or shape repeated
A. Placement in a predictable combination.
B. Focal Point A. movement
C. Position B. pattern
D. Composition C. proportion
19. Which of the following is NOT an element D. rubric
of art?
A. line 25. What phrase refers to shapes or forms
not of geometric shape:having irregular
B. value edges, surfaces, or objects similar to natu-
C. color ral forms?
D. perspective A. geodesic
20. What is a color scheme? B. spherical
A. how something feels C. organic
B. a group of harmonious colors D. linear

26. What is the lightness or darkness of a hue C. emphasis

or neutral color known as? D. composition

A. value
32. What is the area between, around, above,
B. texture below, or contained within objects?
C. symmetry A. space
D. perspective
B. area
27. Name the principle of design that connects C. shape
a variety of elements of art and principles
D. scale
of design into a work of art with harmony
and balance. 33. What is a two-dimensional area or plane
A. Symmetry that may be open or closed, free form or
geometric?
B. Unity
A. scale
C. Variety
B. medium
D. Secondary
C. tone
28. Color with gray added to it is called
D. shape
A. hue.
34. What is the term for a color produced by
B. tone.
the addition of black?
C. shade.
A. hue
D. tint.
B. tone
29. Color with white added to it is called C. shade
A. hue. D. tint
B. tone.
35. These three-dimensional artworks can be
C. shade. seen either in the round or as a bas-relief.
D. tint. What are they?
A. paintings
30. Name the term that describes the central
idea or subject in an artwork. B. sculptures
A. style C. motifs
B. medium D. collages
C. theme 36. What is the design concept describing all
D. perspective the ways in which the elements of an im-
age are arranged?
31. What is the term that implies a balance of
parts on opposite sides of a perceived mid- A. Principles of elements
line? B. Principles of perspective
A. symmetry C. Principles of color
B. function D. Principles of design

37. The area or part of a painting’s compo- 42. This phrase, also called chroma or satura-
sition that the subject occupies is called tion, refers to the brightness of a color.
what? It can be changed by adding black, white,
gray, or an opposite color on the color
A. Negative space
wheel.
B. Positive space
A. intensity
C. Studio space
B. line
D. Reflective space
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C. perspective
38. The space between objects or the parts of D. function
an object, or the space between an object
43. The drawing of lines quickly and loosely to
and the edges of the canvas are called
show movement in a subject is called
A. positive space.
A. gesture drawing.
B. negative space. B. quick drawing.
C. extra space. C. function drawing.
D. background space. D. nonobjective drawing.
39. What type of artwork is created by using 44. What is the place in a work of art at which
more than one type of art material? attention becomes focused because of an
element emphasized in some way?
A. maquette
A. vanishing point
B. mixed media
B. reflection point
C. symmetry
C. point of view
D. monochromatic
D. focal point
40. The area of a two-dimensional work of
45. The particular characteristics of an art-
art between the foreground and the back-
work’s visual elements, as distinguished
ground is called
from its subject matter or content. Or a
A. between ground. three-dimensional volume or the illusion of
B. middle ground. three-dimensions.
A. form
C. upper ground.
B. topic
D. horizontal ground.
C. intensity
41. That is the phrase that refers to materi- D. style
als used to make works of art or the clas-
sifications of artworks, such as painting, 46. The differences between two or more el-
printmaking, sculpture, and film? ements in a composition; juxtaposition of
dissimilar elements in a work of art. Also
A. artworks
refers to the degree of difference between
B. focal points the lightest and darkest areas of an image.
C. functions A. brightness
D. media B. contrast

C. shapes C. design wheel.

D. design D. color wheel.

47. What type of drawing represents the 52. Name the three types of balance.
edges and ridges of a form, without tonal A. foreground, middle ground, back
variation or shading? ground
A. volume line drawings B. symmetry, asymmetry, radial
B. foreground line drawings C. contrast, complementary, analogous
C. contour line drawings D. warm, cool, neutral
D. reflective line drawings 53. What is the part of the picture that seems
48. What is the visual sensation dependent on to be farthest from the viewer?
the reflection or absorption of light from a A. perspective
given surface? B. foreground
A. color C. middle ground
B. shape D. background
C. volume 54. A lack of equality or equivalence between
D. pattern parts of aspects of something is called
49. The overall placement and organization of A. symmetry

elements in a work of art, as well as the B. asymmetry
interrelationships between individuals ele- C. analogous
ments is referred to as the of an art-
D. assemblage
work.
A. intensity 55. Blue-violet, blue, and blue-green would be
considered what?
B. harmony
A. Cool Analogous colors
C. composition
B. Warm Anlogous colors
D. pattern
C. Monochromatic
50. The term that describes the way in which D. Complementary
elements in visual arts are arranged to cre-
ate a feeling of equilibrium in an artwork. 56. What is a Landscape?
A. dominance A. A picture of the sea
B. additive B. A portrait
C. background C. A picture of land
D. balance D. A picture of a city

57. texture you can actually feel
51. A circular diagram of the spectrum used to
show the relationships between colors is A. implied texture
know as the B. space
A. intensity wheel. C. actual texture
B. complementary wheel. D. split complementary

58. contrast can be created by using B. Hue

A. smooth and rough textures C. Chroma
B. larege and small shapes D. All of the Above
C. plain areas against areas of pattern
64. Which of the following colors is NOT a pri-
D. all the above mary color?
59. formal balance is another word for which A. Red
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type of balance
B. Yellow
A. asymmetrical
C. Blue
B. radial
D. Green
C. symmetrical
D. geometric 65. Element of Design:A self contained defined
area of geometric or organic form.
60. if you are going to create an artwork using
A. line
the photorealism method, what are you
basing the drawing off of B. shape
A. a still life C. texture
B. something right in front of yo D. value
C. a picture
66. Element of Design:Also called “Hue.”
D. imagination
A. texture
61. what is the rule of thirds? The main object
B. color
will appear in:
C. value
A. left 1/3 of composition
B. right 1/3 of composition D. direction
C. 2/3 of composition 67. Element of Design:The lightness or dark-

D. middle 1/3 of composition ness of a color. Also called “Tone.”
A. line
62. the grid method is most used when
A. creating an artwork based on a photo- B. value
graph C. texture
B. creating an artowrk based on a still life D. direction
C. creating an art work based on a per-
son 68. colors sit next to one another on the
color wheel. These colors are in harmony
D. creating an art work based on your with one another.
imagination
A. Complementary
63. Produced when a wavelength of light
B. Analogous
strikes an object and reflects it back to the
eyes. C. Opposite
A. Color D. Tertiary

69. Rhythm that involves the repetition of C. Primary, Red, Tertiary

wavy or curved lines is called D. Value, Scale, Colours

A. Progressive
76. What does the acronym ROYGBIV repre-
B. Random
sent?
C. Regular
A. Red, orange, pink, blue, white, green
D. Flowing
B. Red, round, white, neutral, value
70. The element that deals with objects that C. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, in-
are real or percieved is called digo, violet
A. space D. Purple, red, yellow, blue, white, black,
B. shape orange.
C. texture 77. In colour theory, what is value?
D. form A. The value of a colour.
71. How the parts of an artwork are arranged B. The intensity of a colour
A. Principles of Design C. The lightness or darkness of a colour
B. Elements of Art D. The hue
C. Rhythm 78. What can be done to affect the value of a
D. Movement colour?
72. Form: A. Adding black or white to a colour can

affect its value.
A. Shape
B. Adding sunlight to a colour can affect
B. 3D Shape its value.
C. Lightness and Darkness C. Subtracting blue from a colour can af-
D. Hue fect its value.
73. The parts of an artwork are called D. Subtracting red from a colour can af-
fect its value.
A. The Principles of Design
B. The Elements of Art 79. Adding white to a colour produces?
A. Shades of the colour.
74. The acronym for the colour spectrum is?
B. Tints of the colour.
A. the colour wheel
C. Hues of the colour
B. primary colours
D. Grey.
C. ROYGBIV
D. ROBGIVY 80. Adding black to a colour produces?
A. A shade of the colour
75. The colour wheel is made up of 3 different
types of colours. They are? B. A shade of red
A. Primary, Green and Orange C. A shade of grey
B. Primary, Secondary and Tertiary D. A tint of the colour

81. The intensity of a colour is related to its? 87. The earliest known drawings date from?
A. Hue A. 20, 000 to 500 BC
B. Value B. 20, 000 to 2, 000 BC
C. colour. C. 30, 000 to 1, 000 BC
D. Intensity D. 30, 000 to 10, 000 BC
82. What is a monochromatic colour scheme? 88. Drawing is a form of?
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A. Two colours with white A. History
B. One colour with its’ its tints and B. Visual Arts
shades C. Music
C. One colour with black D. English
D. Two colours with black 89. Zentangle art is made up of?
83. Analogous colours are where on the colour A. colours
wheel? B. patterns
A. opposite to each other C. Rectangles?
B. Far from each other D. Circles?
C. next to each other
90. The grid method can be used to?
D. Colours that are tertiary.
A. Decrease the size of a drawing
84. Blue, blue-green, green and yellow=green B. Enlarge the size a drawing
are?
C. Erase a picture
A. Analogous colours
D. Show the idea of a picture
B. Nice colours
91. The grid method involves?
C. Beautiful colours
A. drawing a grid over the artwork to en-
D. Warm colours large
85. Complementary colours are found where B. drawing lines over the artwork to en-
on the colour wheel? large
A. Next to each other C. drawing squares over the artwork to
enlarge
B. Directly opposite each other
D. drawing lines over the artwork to de-
C. In a diagonal direction
crease the size
D. In a vertical direction
92. An element of art that refers to the light-
86. A drawing is defined as? ness and darkness of a color.
A. A point A. hue
B. A line going for a walk B. value
C. A pencil mark C. movement
D. A pen mark D. contrast

93. A mark with length and direction, created B. secondary

by a point that moves across a surface. C. teriary

A. line D. color
B. value
99. Another name for related colors-have one
C. contrast color in common. Colors that appear next
D. form to each other on the color wheel.
94. The empty or open area between, around, A. analogous colors

above below and within objects. B. shape
A. form C. texture
B. balance D. color
C. color 100. Colors that are directly opposite on the
D. space color wheel. When mixed together, they
makes neutral gray or brown.
95. Any three dimensional object that can be
A. complementary
measured by height, width and depth.
B. texture
A. emphasis
C. analogous
B. space
D. color
C. form
D. shape 101. Area in a work of art that catches and
holds the viewers attention.
96. The element of art that refers to the sur-
A. space
face quality of an object or the way some-
thing feels such as rough-smooth B. unity
A. shape C. emphasis
B. texture D. balance
C. color 102. The relation of one object to another in
D. line size, amount, number.
A. variety
97. A flat figure created when actual or im-
plied lines surround a space-can be geo- B. monochromatic
metric or organic C. proportion
A. line D. triad
B. form 103. The use of different lines shapes, tex-
C. shape tures, colors and other elements of design
D. space to create interest in a work of art.
A. variety
98. Element of art produced when a wave-
length of light strikes an object and re- B. emphasis
flects back to the eyes. C. rhythm
A. primary D. value

104. The elements of art are: 110. Lines that follow the outer edges of an
A. the way art is arranged object are:
B. pure chemical substances used in art A. Crispy Lines
C. the building blocks of art B. Cross-hatching

C. Contour Lines
D. pens, pencils, paint, ect
D. Carbon Lines
105. The relative lightness or darkness of an
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object is: 111. When you create a blind contour drawing
you don’t:
A. texture
A. look at the paper
B. color
B. look at anything
C. contrast
C. use your imagination
D. value
D. draw any lines
106. The area around, above or inside an ob-
ject is called: 112. “The Elements of Art form the basis for
the Principles of Design.”
A. form
A. True
B. perspective
B. False
C. contrast
D. space 113. tends to be 2-dimensional, while
refers to how an object takes up 3-
107. Which of these is not an example of art dimensional space.
media? A. Line, Movement
A. clay B. Movement, Line
B. oil paint C. Form, Shape
C. paint brush D. Shape, Form
D. marble
114. Symmetrical (formal) balance means both
108. The negative space of an artwork is usu- sides of an imaginary line are the same.
ally located where? An example of an object with symmetrical
balance is
A. background
A. an amoeba
B. foreground
B. a Valentine heart
C. the important parts of an artwork
C. your hand
D. inside the positive space
D. a mud puddle
109. Shapes are
115. Asymmetrical (informal) balance means
A. the form of an object each side of an imaginary line are yet
B. two-dimensional equal.
C. three-dimensional A. different
D. open spaces B. invisible

C. messy their work moreinteresting. Variety oc-

D. blonde curs when an artist creates something that
looks different from the rest of theart-

116. Radial balance means lines or shapes work. Which is not an example of variety?
grow from a center point. These are ex- A. a white cat in a rose bed at breakfast
amples of radialbalance:
B. an orange cat on a blue quilt at noon
A. a sunburst and a pizza
C. a black cat in a coal bin at midnight
B. Goodyear and Michelin
D. a fat cat in a sport coat at Mardi Gras
C. a Valentine heart and a teeter-totter
D. a mud puddle and an amoeba 121. Artists can create the illusion of move-
ment in their artwork by using diagonal
117. Contrast creates excitement and interest lines, by changingthe direction or value
in artworks. Two things that are very dif- (lightness or darkness) of an image or by
ferent have a lotof contrast. In art overlapping shapes. An artist mightuse
have the greatest contrast. techniques of movement to show
A. pickles and ice cream A. a bucking horse.
B. cats and dogs B. the Statue of Liberty.
C. men and women C. a rock.
D. black and white D. a sleeping dog
118. Proportion is the size, location and 122. Unity is the feeling that everything in the
amount of one thing compared to another. work of art works together and looks like
By studyingproportions you can create a it
A. costs more than it’s worth
A. spatter painting
B. hates to make a mistake
B. new dance
C. is showing off
C. realistic portrait
D. fits
D. a Belgian waffle
123. Which is not an example of geometric
119. Artists use emphasis to make certain
form?
parts of their work stand out and grab
your attention. Thecenter of interest or A. circle
is the place the artist draws your eye B. sphere
to first.
C. cube
A. focal point
B. “Wake up and smell the coffee” point 124. What is an example of a form?
C. compass point A. Square
D. pencil point B. Circle
C. Cone
120. Artists use variety to make you look at
certain parts of their work or to make D. rectangle

125. Balance, Contrast, Emphasis, Movement, C. Writing a Story.

Pattern, Rhythm and Unity are the Princi- D. Researching a paper.
ples of Design?
131. The colors mixed to make all other colors
A. true
A. secondary
B. false
B. primary
126. of art are rules or guidelines that
C. intermediate
artists use to arrange the elements of art
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into a visually pleasing composition. D. complementary
A. Standards 132. Which statement that doesn’t show the
B. Laws differences between Visual Arts and Per-
forming Arts?
C. Principles
A. The visual Arts gives a way to express
D. Foundations feeling, emotion, opinion, or taste through
visual means, for instance, photography,
127. Which Principle is missing?Pattern, Bal-
painting, sculpting and drawing.
ance, Contrast, Movement, Rhythm, Em-
phasis B. Performing Arts have ways to express
an opinion, emotion, feeling, or taste,
A. Unity
through means of performance, like, the-
B. Line atre, public speech, dance, music, and
C. Texture more.
D. Pattern C. Anything which is appealing to our
senses or/and is thought-provoking may
128. Which Element is missing? Line, color, be said an art.
texture, form, shape, space D. Visual arts are primarily created for
A. Pattern Aesthetic Purposes, and judged for its
beauty and meaningfulness, While Per-
B. Value
forming arts are basically arts or skills
C. Color that require a performance in front of a
D. Balance public audience.
129. Why has art been created throughout his- 133. Which one is not the Visual Arts aspects
tory? WHAT IS THE POINT?!?! in Performing Arts?
A. To make lots of money A. Make up and hairdo.
B. To create jobs B. Music and sound.
C. To document global climate change. C. Stage lighting and backdrop.

D. Costume and in hand properties.
D. To remember historical events, people,
and places. 134. is an example of the Performing Arts.
130. Numbers are to Math as the Elements of A. Painting
Art are to B. Fashion design
A. Creating Art. C. Culinary art
B. Solving World Peace. D. Dancing

135. Aesthetic Purposes 139. Fine Art

A. Visual Appeal and the pleasure it A. Art that depicts people and behaviors

brings to those who understand that are considered noble and good.
B. Any freestanding work surrounded on B. Art that serves as a tool of persuasion,
all sides by space or propaganda when it is used to convince
C. The image to be printed is raised from people to adopt a certain point of view, or
the background to enhance the power of a ruler, or politi-
cal party.
136. Aesthetics
C. Painting, sculpture and some architec-
A. Branch of Philosopy
ture, art which have no practical function
B. Standards of Judgment used to look at, and are valued in terms of the visual plea-
talk about and create art sure they provide of their success in com-
C. A branch of philosophy concerned with municating ideas or feelings.
identifying the criteria that are used to D. Aesthetic purposes, Moral/Ethical,
understand, judge, and defend judgments Spiritual, Historical and Political.
about works of art.
D. Aesthetic purposes, Moral/Ethical, 140. Politics
Spiritual, Historical and Political.
A. Art that serves as a tool of persuasion,
137. Criteria or propaganda when it is used to convince
people to adopt a certain point of view, or
A. Standards of Judgment used to look at,
to enhance the power of a ruler, or politi-
talk about and create art.
cal party.
B. unique expressions of ideas, beliefs,
experiences and feelings presented in B. Artworks that provide valuable infor-
well-designed visual forms. mation about important people, places,
and events.
C. A branch of philosophy concerned with
identifying the criteria that are used to C. Visual Appeal and the pleasure it
understand, judge, and defend judgments brings to those who understand and ap-
about works of art. preciate the creative efforts of artists.
D. Visual Appeal and the pleasure it D. Most often used to describe the de-
brings to those who understand and ap- sign or decoration of functional objects to
preciate the creative efforts of artists. make them pleasing to the eye.
138. Applied Art 141. Spirituality
A. Artworks that provide valuable infor-
A. Art/ History used for religous pur-
mation about important people, places,
poses
and events.
B. Art that is used for religious purposes. B. Art that depicts people and behaviors
that are considered noble and good.
C. Art that depicts people and behaviors
that are considered noble and good. C. Art that is used for religious purposes.
D. Most often used to describe the de- D. unique expressions of ideas, beliefs,
sign or decoration of functional objects to experiences and feelings presented in
make them pleasing to the eye. well-designed visual forms.

142. Visual Arts C. you mix two secondary colors together

A. A branch of philosophy concerned with in equal amounts
identifying the criteria that are used to D. you mix one color plus black or white
understand, judge, and defend judgments
147. A human pursuit to imitate life and the
about works of art.
world into something pleasing or beauti-
B. Painting, sculpture and some architec- ful.
ture, art which have no practical function A. Contemporary Arts
and are valued in terms of the visual plea-
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sure they provide of their success in com- B. Art
municating ideas or feelings. C. Public Speaking
C. unique expressions of ideas, beliefs, D. Digital Art
experiences and feelings presented in
148. A portfolio is
well-designed visual forms.
A. A collection of an artists work
D. Art that depicts people and behaviors
that are considered noble and good. B. A picture of the artist
C. Plans for artwork
143. This kind of shape is associated with nat-
D. A port of Lio
ural or living forms.
A. Organic shape 149. Rules that govern how artists organize
the elements of art.
B. Two-dimensional shape
A. Elements of art
C. Three-dimensional shape
B. Principles of art
D. Form C. Folk art
144. This refers to the purity of a certain color. D. Contemporary art
A. Saturation 150. are artworks we readily associate
B. Value with art. Examples are drawings, paint-
ings, and sculptures.
C. Hue
A. Fine Arts
D. Shade
B. Decorative Arts
145. Texture can be if you can feel it, or C. Contemporary Art Forms
if it’s 2-D
151. include recently conceived art styles
A. factual, imagined and techniques.
B. positive, negative A. Fine Arts
C. real, pretend B. Decorative Arts
D. actual, implied C. Contemporary Arts
146. How do you make primary colors 152. are artworks that are both aestheti-
cally pleasing and functional.
A. you can’t make them, but they make all
other colors A. Fine Arts
B. you mix secondary and a tertiary color B. Decorative Arts
together in equal amounts C. Contemporary Arts

153. What is printmaking? 157. What is the educational requirement for

an entry or advanced level position in
A. Creating art by taking a photo
graphic design?

B. Creating art by creating a picture
A. Ph.D.
C. Creating art by transferring an image B. Bachelor’s degree
D. Creating art by cutting an image C. Master’s degree
154. Which of the following is NOT an area of D. Associate’s degree

production within the Printing Technology
158. Who invented the printing press?
Pathway?
A. Alexander Graham Bell
A. Prepress
B. Johann Gutenberg
B. Press and binding
C. Thomas Farnsworth
C. Postpress
D. Guglielmo Marconi
D. Distribution
159. Most books today are held together with
155. Which of the following is the best descrip- glue.
tion of the careers found within the Print- A. True
ing Technology Pathway?
B. False
A. Setting up, operating and maintaining
audio/video equipment 160. Making a color lighter by adding white is
called
B. Preparing information to produce
broadcasts and translate radio programs A. Shade
on a local level B. Tone
C. Formatting and combining text, numer- C. Tint
ical data, photographs, charts and other
visual graphic elements to produce mate- D. Value
rial which is ready for publication
161. Making a color darker by adding black is
D. Maintaining the interactions between called
computers and communications equip- A. shade
ment and keep the world connected
B. Tint
156. Which of the following is NOT one of C. Tone
the methods or materials discussed in the
D. Value
segment employees use to create and pre-
serve images or environments within the 162. The lightness or darkness of any color is
Visual Arts Pathway? called
A. Paint A. Tint
B. Clay B. Shade
C. Computers C. Value
D. Plant material D. Hue

163. A pure color without white or black is 169. The camera continues to take pictures as
called long as you hold down the button, or until
A. Tint the buffer is full
B. Shade A. burst mode
C. Hue B. aperture
D. Value C. flash
D. shutter speed
164. What allows you to add color to the in-
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side of selected objects (shapes, wordarts, 170. Refers to how much of an image is in fo-
text boxes, etc.)? cus
A. Building Blocks A. shutter speed
B. Design Checker B. exposure
C. Fill Color C. histogram
165. What are documents you can print and D. depth of field
distribute, such as brochures, newsletters,
171. How light or how dark an image is
business cards, and menus?
A. Business Information Sets A. histogram
B. Publications B. rule of thirds
C. Templates C. exposure
D. bokeh
166. What is a predesigned layout that you
can use as the basis for professional- 172. Determines how sensitive the camera is
looking projects? to light
A. Panel Heading A. flash
B. Publications B. exposure
C. Template C. long exposure
167. If you are interested in becoming a car- D. ISO
toonist, which pathway would be most
173. The ability for a camera or lens to focus
helpful to you?
so near to the subject that it is captured
A. Visual Communications life-size on the image sensor
B. Performing Arts:Music A. macro
C. Health Services B. metering
D. Visual Arts C. noise
168. The hole inside the lens that allows light D. rule of thirds
through
174. Allows the photographer to set the ex-
A. exposure posure instead of having the camera do it
B. shutter speed automatically
C. flash A. hotshoe
D. aperture B. aperture

C. metering 180. Which of the following is a raster graph-

D. manual ics format?
A. SVG

175. Used the measure the brightness of the
B. JPG
subject
C. PPI
A. flash
D. DPI
B. metering
C. histogram 181. Vector graphics are:
A. resolution-dependent.
D. white balance
B. made up of pixels
176. Little flecks in an image, also sometimes
C. not able to be resized without losing
called grain
quality.
A. noise D. made up of mathematical equations.
B. white balance
182. Which option is used to resize and rotate
C. RAW an image?
D. hotshoe A. Anchor
177. A file type that gives the photographer B. Constrain Proportions
more control over photo editing; a digital C. Opacity
negative in data format D. Free Transform
A. RAW
183. Which of the following is an example of
B. JPEG an editing tool?
C. ISO A. Lasso
D. Macro B. Clone Stamp
178. The part of the camera that opens and C. Blur
closes to let light in and take a picture. D. Zoom
How long it stays open is written in sec-
onds or fractions of a second 184. Which of the following is an example of
a selection tool?
A. ISO
A. Color Picker
B. Flash
B. Brush
C. Exposure
C. Move
D. Shutter Speed D. Sharpen
179. The process of removing unrealistic color 185. The process of creating the appearance of
casts so that objects which appear white a publication, presentation, or Web site in
in person are rendered white in your photo an attractive, logical manner is called
A. White Balance A. Graphic Design
B. ISO B. Database Management
C. Rule of Thirds C. Problem Solving
D. Depth of Field D. Copyright

186. A pixel image can also be referred to as 192. Define proportion.

what A. Purple
A. vector image B. Relative size of parts of a whole
B. raster or bitmap image C. Coming together
C. raster or vector image D. Brings focus to an element
D. always blurry image
193. Define Unity.
187. Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock
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A. Size of parts as a whole
are both artist of this style of painting B. Everything in the artwork coming to-
in which paint it dribbled, splashed, or gether as one
smeared on the canvas, closely associated
with abstract expressionism. C. Tenderness
A. Impressionism D. Visual Weight
B. Action Painting 194. What is an example Radial Symmetry?

C. Abstract A. Starfish
D. Baroque B. Person
C. Square
188. Which of the following is a primary color?
D. Doesn’t Exist
A. Black
B. Red 195. Which is an example of an art medium.
C. Blue A. Pineapple
D. Aqua B. Picasso
C. Oil Pastels
189. What emotions does the color Orange
have? D. Potato
A. Jealousy 196. A measure of how well the elements

on the page work together to create har-
B. Emotional
mony and wholeness, you are aware of
C. Childish the whole form before the individual parts
D. Attraction A. Unity
190. Define Contrast. B. Movement
A. Art Medium C. Rhythm
B. Perceived Texture D. Proportion
C. Arrangement of opposite elements 197. Using elements to direct a viewer’s eye
D. Repetition of movement along a path through an artwork, can
show action or motion, or can be called ki-
191. What is a contour line? netic art.
A. Describes the Shape A. Variation
B. A line B. Formal Balance
C. Edge of an Object C. Movement
D. Green D. Rhythm

198. The relationship in size of one component 203. Predictable repetition of design
(part) of a work of art to another
A. Pattern

A. Proportion
B. Proportion
B. Similarity
C. Contrast
C. Contrast
D. Movement
D. Unity
199. Concerned with the distribution of visual 204. Key Terms/Types for which Principle
interest what is where in a composi- of Design?dominate, subordinate, conver-
tion, can be formal (symmetrical), informal gence, contrast, position, isolation
(asymmetrical), or radial. A. Emphasis
A. Balance
B. Unity
B. Proximity
C. Variety
C. Proportion
D. Movement
D. Movement
200. Any forcefulness that gives importance 205. Key Terms/Types for which Principle of
to one area of an artwork; something sin- Design?radial, asymmetrical, symmetrical,
gled out, stressed, or drawn attention to formal, informal
by means of contrast, anomaly, or counter- A. Balance
point
B. Proportion
A. Variety
C. Movement
B. Emphasis
C. Repetition D. Rhythm
D. Unity 206. Key Terms/Types for which Principle

of Design?scale, exaggerated, distorted,
201. Ways of combining elements to produce
foreshortening,
the appearance of movement or a visual
beat in artwork. A. Proportion
A. Rhythm B. Emphasis
B. Movement C. Variety
C. Pickle
D. Texture
D. Emphasis
207. Key Terms/Types for which Principle
202. Using different elements or materials in
of Design?simplicity, similarity, proximity,
a work of art to offset unity and add in-
repetition
terest to an artwork.
A. Movement
A. Variety/Contrast
B. Pattern B. Unity
C. Proportion C. Pattern
D. Buffet D. Rhythm

208. The repetition of elements or combina- 214. The Pattachitra style are mix of both
tions of elements in a recognizable orga- and elements
nization. A. i)Folk
A. Pattern B. ii)Classical
B. Movement C. iii)Both
C. Emphasis D. iv)None of the above
D. Proportion 215. Are all Pattachitra paintings given deco-
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rative borders?
209. What is another name for Filigree A. Yes
A. i) Filigrann B. No
B. ii) Filigrene C. Maybe
C. iii) Both i) and ii) 216. is the path of a point moving through
space.
210. Which district in Telangana is world fa- A. Texture
mous for their highly skilled artisans?
B. Pattern
A. Adilabad
C. Proportion
B. Karimnagar D. Line
C. Kamareddy 217. A line can be only straight
D. Jangaon A. True
B. False
211. Are Palm leaf paintings intricate?
A. Yes 218. What is a shape?
A. Implies spatial form and is usually per-
B. No
ceived as two-dimensional
C. Maybe B. Has depth, length and width and re-
sides in space. It is perceived as three-
212. What is used to add colour to the palm dimensional
leaf paintings
C. Refers to the surface of the way in
A. Pen which something looks and feels.
B. Ink D. Refers to the suggestion of motion
through the use of various artistic ele-
C. Iron stylus
ments
D. No of the above
219. refers to the relative lightness and
213. What does pattachitra mean? darkness and is perceived in terms of vary-
ing levels of contrast
A. Patta-Canvas ; Chitra-painting
A. Rhythm
B. Patta-Paper ; Chitra-Story B. Texture
C. Patta-Leaf ; Chitra-painting C. Value
D. Patta-Wood ; Chitra-Story D. Line

220. What is texture? 225. What is balance?

A. Refers to the tactile qualities of a sur- A. The impression of equilibrium in a pic-

face (actual) or to the visual representa- torial or sculptural composition.
tion of such a surface (implied). B. Refers to the relative lightness and
B. Refers to the surface of the way in darkness and is perceived in terms of
which something looks and feels. varying levels of contrast.
C. You can detect texture with your five C. Has depth, length, and width and re-
senses. sides in space, and is perceived as three-
dimensional.
D. All of the above
D. Involves using similar things over and
221. refers to the repetition or re- over again.
occurrence of a design element, exact or
226. is the arrangement of opposite ele-
varied, which establishes a visual beat.
ments in a piece to create visual interest,
A. Pattern excitement and drama.
B. Shape A. Contrast
C. Line B. Unity
D. Balance C. Negative Space
D. Outline
222. involves using similar things over and
over again in an art piece. 227. Negative space is the space around the
A. Repetition object.
A. True
B. Form
B. False
C. Texture
D. Rhythm 228. Contour line refers to the lines, real or
apparent, by which a figure (or shape) is
223. What is proportion? defined in or bounded by the plane of vi-
sion.
A. The size relationship of part to a whole
and to one another. A. True
B. The impression of equilibrium in a pic- B. False
torial or sculptural composition.
229. The design and creation of a product’s
C. The path of a point moving through container and how it looks to the consumer
space refers to the term.
D. Involves using similar things over and A. functional design
over again in an art piece. B. typography
224. Scale refers to relating size to a constant, C. package design
such as a human body. D. graphic design
A. True
230. A particular style or design of lettering
B. False refers to the term.

A. functional design A. Trisi

B. typography B. Trese
C. package design C. Tresse
D. graphic design D. Trissi
231. A colour scheme that uses three colours
238. Sofitel Philippine Plaza was called before
opposite each other on the colour wheel is
as
a triadic colour scheme. True/False
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A. True A. Northern Heights
B. False B. Eastern Suite

C. Westin Hotel
232. Select all the drawing tools from the list
given. D. South Resort
A. ink and brush
239. Arts that are made through text boxes
B. pencil
A. Traditional Art
C. coloured pencils
B. Digital Art
D. ruler
C. AI Generated Art
E. ink and pen
233. Spolarium was an artwork that painted 240. Visual Artists capitalise the viewer’s abil-
by and won a ity to see, by making visual triggers to
cause other senses and emotions
A. Juan Luna; Gold Medal
A. True
B. Juan Luna:Silver Medal
B. False
234. There is a negative stigma on Fine art col-
lege courses 241. Which of these is NOT a “method of ex-
A. True ecution” for a sculptor?
B. False A. Relief
235. Traditional Art is much more expensive B. Construction

and time intensive than Digital art C. Subtraction
A. True D. Substitution
B. False
242. Artwork that combines more than one
236. Visual Arts refer to a variety forms of art media is referred to as
that are consumed through one’s eyes
A. relief
A. True
B. installation
B. False
C. mixed media
237. is a Filipino comic about Mythical
D. casting
beasts, this also received an animated
adaptation on Netflix E. none of these choices

243. In methods of sculpture, the sculp- D. sculpture made by combining found

ture is carved out of hard materials such materials to create form
as wood or stone.

248. Why should you sketch your project out
A. relief before building it?
B. subtractive A. You can work out any problems before
C. additive wasting materials
D. kinetic B. It helps you plan out your idea in your
E. casting mind so that when you make it, it’s easier
to remember what you’re doing
244. In methods of sculpture, the sculpture C. It allows you to get feedback from oth-
is built up by modeling a flexible material ers who may make suggestions to make it
like clay or plaster or building an installa- better
tion.
D. All the above
A. casting
249. A shape that is 3-D is
B. relief
A. line
C. subtractive
B. value
D. additive
C. space
E. kinetic
D. form
245. Form is:
250. Sculpture created by taking material
A. Shape with width and height
away or pushing it back from the surface
B. Shape with width, height, and depth of the sculpture is called
C. Shape with height and depth A. Additive Sculpture
D. Shape with height only B. Subtractive Sculpture
246. Sculpture in the round is C. Sculpture in the round
A. A circle in 3-D D. Lawn Sculpture
B. A sculpture meant to be seen only from 251. A type of sculpture specifically designed
the front to be viewed from one side.
C. A sculpture meant to be seen only from A. Relief
the top
B. Freestanding
D. A sculpture meant to be seen from mul- C. In-the-round
tiple sides
D. Contrapposto
247. Additive sculpture is:
252. Carving, drilling, chiseling, chipping and
A. sculpture made by applying more ma- whittling are all processes.
terials to a base
A. additive
B. sculpture made by carving materials
away from a base B. assemblage
C. sculpture made by bending materials C. subtractive
to make shapes D. casting

253. Sculpture is the only Branch of Visual 259. sculpture that moves
Arts that is concerned with what?
A. textured
A. 3-D form
B. form
B. colors
C. installation
C. area and space
D. kinetic
D. shape
260. fundamentals of Sculpture are..
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254. what are ways to make 3-d forms
A. form, content, technique
A. modeling, carving, assembly
B. color, technique, clay
B. color, space, shape
C. huey, duey, and luey
C. sculpture, relief, clay
D. relief, form, craftsmanship
D. demention, form, 3-D
261. form
255. ALL 3-dementional Art has
A. 3 dementional object
A. color, form, and texture
B. science
B. height, weight, and depth
C. texture
C. texture, color, height
D. craftmanship
D. weight, line, height
262. the artist emotion, passtion, or message
256. is a square 3 dementional? for their artwork is
A. yes A. texture
B. no B. form
C. sometimes C. content
257. carved, modeling, cast, constructed, As- D. craftmanship
semblege, Kenetic, environment, Installa-
tion, are all examples of 263. Artist ability and craftsmanship is
A. clay figures A. content
B. plaster forms B. color
C. Sculpture C. technique
D. reliefs D. texture
258. sculpture made from clay is what kind of 264. what Artist are we studying next? ( hint
sculpture there was a whole slide show about him)
A. modeling A. Michealangelo
B. relief B. Rodin
C. painting C. Van gogh
D. silence D. Claes Oldenburg

265. Where was Claes Oldenburg born? 271. His work is mostly
A. France A. Installation

B. New York B. Relief
C. Sweden C. Environmental
D. Spain D. Realisitic
266. what type of artist was Claes Oldenburg
272. What is the element of art that refers to
concidered? and what did he prefer to call
lightness and darkness of an object?
his Art?
A. Pop Art, Junk Art A. Shade
B. Pop Art, consumer Art B. Line
C. Pop Art, Objective Expressionism C. Color

D. Serreal Art, Objective Expressionism D. Value
267. Waht subject did he mostly do? 273. What is a tint?

A. Consumer Items A. a value mixed with white
B. Large Insects B. a tone
C. Space scenes C. a color on the color wheel
D. Mini scluptures D. an element of art
268. What did he NOT use in is early sculp-
tures 274. A value mixed with black is a
A. Muslin ( cloth) A. Tone
B. Ceramics B. Shade
C. Plaster C. Color
D. chicken wire D. Darkness
269. what is the sculpture he discribed as mul- 275. What does value in Art mean?
tiple circles with texture?
A. how much a painting costs
A. Cherry and spoon
B. how heavy a colour is
B. Toilet
C. how bright aa colour is
C. Cake
D. how light or dark a colour is
D. Hamberger
270. Majority of his sculptures were 276. What is another word for value?
A. Miniture A. tone
B. Food B. color
C. Larger then life C. hue
D. Funny D. grey

277. Red and Green are 283. What concept does the following word re-
A. Opposites on the color-wheel late to:EMOTIONS
B. compliments A. Structural
C. two colors that make brown B. Subjective

C. Postmodern
D. All of the above
D. Cultural
278. What are intermediate hues?
284. What concept does the following word re-
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A. Red, Yellow, and Blue
late to:MATERIALS
B. Red-Orange, Yellow, Blue, Blue-Green,
A. Structural
Violet
B. Subjective
C. Red-Violet, Red-Orange, Yellow-Green,
Yellow-Orange C. Postmodern
D. Orange, Violet, and Green D. Cultural
279. White and Red make 285. What concept does the following word re-
late to:VISUAL LANGUAGE
A. Violet
A. Structural
B. Burgandy
B. Subjective
C. Pink
C. Postmodern
D. Maroon
D. Cultural
late to:PERSONAL EXPRESSION
late to:TECHNIQUES
A. Structural
A. Structural
B. Subjective B. Subjective
C. Postmodern C. Postmodern
D. Cultural D. Cultural
281. What concept does the following word re- 287. What concept does the following word re-
late to:MEMORY late to:SCALE
A. Structural A. Structural
late to:IMAGINATION late to:COMPOSITION

late to:SYMBOLS late to:UNCONVENTIONAL

late to:SHARED EXPERIENCES late to:CONFRONTATIONAL
late to:ETHNICITY late to:QUESTIONING ORIGINALITY
late to:SOCIAL VALUES late to:RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
late to:APPROPRIATION late to:SCULPTURE
late to:PARODY late to:COLOUR SCHEME

301. Which decade did the Pop Art movement 307. Why did Pop Art look the way it did?
begin?
A. Because they started as adverts
A. 1980’s
B. Because famous people wanted their
B. 1940’s pictures painted
C. 1950’s C. To celebrate popular culture and con-
D. 1990’s sumer society
D. Because the Artists couldn’t draw
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302. Which of the following artists did not be-
long to the Pop Art movement?
308. Sculpture is artwork that is
A. Roy Lichtenstein
A. one dimensional 1D
B. Pablo Picasso
B. two dimensional 2D
C. Andy Warhol
C. three dimensional 3D
D. Tracey Emin
309. The background is the portion of the art
303. Which brand of soup was made famous that is the objects.
by one of Pop Art’s founding artists?
A. behind
A. Heinz
B. in front of
B. Campbells
C. Baxters 310. A landscape is a picture of
D. Grannys A. a person
304. Which Pop Art artist created the iconic tin B. the land
of soup image? C. buildings
A. Peter Blake
311. Using pencils, paper, charcoal, pastels, a
B. Roy Lichtenstein
student is engaged in which of the follow-
C. Andy Warhol ing options?
305. How did Roy Lichtenstein apply his trade- A. Drawing

mark repetitive dots in his work? B. Painting and Mixed media
A. Stencil C. Graphic Design
B. computer D. Fibre Arts
C. Painted by hand
312. Using dyes, fabric, wax and tjanting
D. Screenprint
tools, a student is MOST LIKELY engaged
306. What type of colours feature in Pop Art in:
A. Black & White A. Tie Dyeing

B. Bright & Bold B. Painting
C. Only hot colours C. Dye Extraction
D. Only cold colours D. Batik Design

313. In visual art, a delineation or fracturing 318. The surface quality of materials, either
of space in color or black and white. Line actual (tactile) or implied (visual). It is one
qualities can vary in width, length, ges- of the elements of art.

ture, color, direction, etc. A. Volume
A. Line B. Unity
B. Volume C. Texture
C. Variety D. Tone
D. Hue
319. We the elements we want to include
314. A design, image, or shape repeated in a in our composition.
predictable combination. A. crop
A. Line B. select
B. Volume C. cut
C. Pattern
320. To direct a persons eyes into the main fo-
D. Shade cal point I used lines.
315. Repetitive visual elements that achieve a A. directional
specific effect B. curved
A. Shade C. zigzag
B. Rhythm D. straight
C. Texture
321. I added darker tones that with the
D. Space lighter tones to attract our eyes to the fo-
cal point.
316. A principle of art concerned with combin-
ing one or more elements of art in different A. relate
ways to create interest. B. contrast
A. Air C. balance
B. Hude
322. Elements of Art are what you use to cre-
C. Space ate an aesthetically pleasing work.
D. Variety A. true
317. Volume B. false
A. Colors suggesting warmth, such as 323. Line, Shape, Color, Value, Texture, Form,
reds, yellows, and oranges. and Space are Elements of Art.
B. Images in which characteristics of ob- A. true
jects are likened to one another and pre- B. false
sented as that other. They are closely re-
lated to concepts about symbolism. 324. is a mark made by a pointed tool such
C. Describes the space within a form, as a brush, pen or stick; a moving point.
such as that of a container or building. A. shape
D. Fortnite B. form

C. space C. Space
D. line D. Line
325. is used to create the illusion of depth 330. Principles of Design are used to create
can be 2D, 3D, negative and/or posi- and organize and artwork. Artist use
tive. of to accomplish this.
A. line A. Elements of Art
B. Principles of Art
B. shape
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C. Principles of Design
C. space
D. color 331. Emphasis refers to the part of art which
is what?
326. is one of the most dominant ele- A. The most colorful
ments.It is created by light. There are 3
B. In the center
properties of ; Hue, Value and Inten-
sity. C. The most dominant
A. Line 332. How is a tint made?
B. Form A. Add black to a color
C. Color B. Add the complement-ary color
D. Value C. Add white to a color
D. Add gray to a color
327. a flat, enclosed area that has 2 D,
length and width. Artists use both geo- 333. How is a shade made?
metric and organic A. Add black to a color
A. Shape B. Add the complement-ary color
B. Color C. Add white to a color
C. Form D. Add gray to a color
D. Texture 334. What is value?
A. Another name for color
328. describes the feel of an actual surface.
The surface quality of an object; can be real B. The lightness or darkness of a color
or implied. C. The amount of black or white added to
A. Space a color
D. The strength of a color against its com-
B. Form
plement
C. Texture
335. What is intensity?
D. Line
A. Another name for color
329. is degrees of lightness or darkness. B. The lightness or darkness of a color
The difference between is called value
C. The amount of black or white added to
contrast.
a color
A. Value D. The strength of a color against its com-
B. Color plement

336. How many colors are on the basic color B. leatherhard

wheel? C. bisqueware

A. Three
D. coiling
B. Six
342. What is the condition of the clay when all
C. Nine
of the moisture has left the body?
D. Twelve
A. plastic
337. A monochromatic color scheme: B. bone-dry
A. Uses all tints, tones, and shades of one
C. leatherhard
color
D. glazeware
B. Uses colors that are equal distance
from each other 343. If we had a kiln and fired our clay for
C. Uses a color and the two colors next to the first time, what would the pottery be
its complement called?
D. Uses three to five colors next to each A. leatherhard
other on the color
B. bisqueware
338. A analogous color scheme: C. bone-dry
A. Uses all tints, tones, and shades of one D. plastic
color
B. Uses colors that are equal distance 344. An design element that refers to the light-
from each other ness and darkness of a color.
C. Uses a color and the two colors next to A. hue

its complement B. value
D. Uses three to five colors next to each C. movement
other on the color
D. intensity
339. Positive space is
345. A mark created by a path of a moving
A. Filled space point.
B. Empty space
A. line
340. What is the stage in which clay is soft, B. value
workable, and easily manipulated?
C. contrast
A. bone-dry
D. form
B. plastic
C. leatherhard 346. The surface quality or the way something
feels such as rough-smooth
D. glazeware
A. shape
341. The condition of clay when most of the
B. texture
moisture has left the body, but it still holds
its form and is ideal to carve into. C. color
A. bone-dry D. line

347. A definite area; described as geometric or B. Harmony

organic, positive or negative. C. Texture
A. line D. Emphasis
B. form
353. Principle of art used to create the look
C. shape and feeling of action and to guide the
D. space viewer’s eyes throughout the work of art.
A. Rhythm
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348. Element of art produced when a wave-
length of light reflects a hue. B. Emphasis
A. primary C. Movement
B. secondary D. Unity
C. teriary 354. What do we call a person who applies
D. color mathematical and scientific knowledge to
design useful things?
349. The relation of one object to another in A. scientist
size, amount, and or number.
B. technician
A. variety
C. teacher
B. monochromatic
D. engineer
C. proportion
D. triad 355. An example of a Black Box Analysis
would be:
350. The principle of art which refers to move- A. You put chicken into the oven and
ment in a work of art that may be cre- baked chicken comes out.
ated visually by repeating lines, shapes,
and colors. B. The Xbox 360 console is a black box.
C. You put coke into the can and coke
A. contrast
comes out.
B. balance
D. You put electricity, switches, and heat-
C. rhythm ing elements into the toaster and heat,
D. emphasis light, and sound come out.
E. design 356. Which of the following would be an ex-
ample of a functional requirement for a cell
351. Line, Shape, Color, Value, Texture and
phone?
Space are Elements of Art.
A. The phone has to be a reasonable price
A. true
B. The phone doesn’t have sharp edges
B. false
C. The phone has a speaker
352. Principle of art that creates unity by D. The phone calls people
stressing similarities of separate but re-
lated parts. The Parts seem to go to- 357. The process of taking something apart
gether! and analyzing its workings in detail.
A. Variety A. Graphic Design

B. Contrast 364. What is implied form?

C. Emphasis A. Takes up real three-dimensional

D. Reverse Engineering space.
B. The illusion of three-dimensions.
358. When judging a works aesthetics we ask
what types of questions? C. The illusion of two-dimensional space.
A. When was the artwork made? 365. Is determined by difference.
B. Is it beautiful? Is it even a work of art? A. pattern
C. What culture did it come from? B. form
D. How did the artist use the Elements of C. hue
art?
D. contrast
359. In what 3 categories do we study art his-
tory? 366. Advertisement performs a social function
because deals with the artist’s experience.
A. Time period, civilization, style
B. drawing, painting, sculpture A. True
C. good, better, best B. False
360. Which is the last step in the critiquing pro- 367. It is used to identify architectural works
cess? and applied arts rather than the name of
the art. What is it?
A. Describe
A. subject
B. Analyze
B. visual art
C. Interpret
C. function
D. Judge
D. Either subject or function
361. French word that means “fools the eye”.
A. tromp oil 368. Functional works of art can be classified
as either tool or container. Which of the
B. transform following is not a tool?
C. trompe l’oeil A. car
D. trompe ‘lies B. box
362. How does shape become form? C. toothbrush
A. Adding a third dimension. D. None of them.
B. Adding a second dimension.
369. Among the different art forms, only
C. Shape and form are both elements. painting has both personal and social func-
tions?
363. Circles become cubes when given a third
dimension. A. True
A. true B. False
B. false C. It depends on the subject.

370. Which of the following is not true about 376. Artist Van gogh’s “wheatfield with
arts social function? crows” painting technique called
A. Art performs a social function if it influ- A. Impression
ences the collective behavior of a people. B. clay modelling
B. Art performs a social function if it is C. colouring
used for display and celebration.
377. Artists use these guidelines to organize
C. Art performs a social function if it has
and arrange their artworks:
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a therapeutic effect on a person.
A. principles
D. None of them.
B. elements
371. Non-functional arts are those which C. purposes
serve no other end than to entertain or
provide a relief from life’s unpleasant ex- D. styles
periences. 378. This principle of art makes your design
A. True feel stable:
B. False A. emphasis
C. It depends on a person’s perception. B. balance
C. contrast
372. Yellow + blue =
D. focal point
A. Green
379. Name the tools we use in class
B. yellow
A. Schoology, Pixler, Klecki
C. orange
B. Schoology, Pixlr, Kleki
D. red
C. Schoology, Pixeler, Kelki
373. What can we use to make art with? D. Schollagy, Pixilar, Kleki
A. pens and pencils 380. The way in which elements in a work
B. clay of art are arranged; also called your “de-
sign.”
C. paint
A. Technique
D. all the above
B. Composition
374. The 3 types of straight lines are vertical, C. Foreground
horizontal and diagonal?
D. Technicality
A. True
381. The Primary Colors are:
B. False
A. White, Black and Grey
375. A sculpture is 2 dimensional? B. Red, Yellow and Blue
A. True C. Green, Orange and Purple
B. False D. Red, White and Blue

382. The most basic kind of line that describes 388. Balance that centers the attention of the
a shape is composition in the middle and moves out-
wards towards the edges of the artwork

A. outline
is called:
B. vertical line
A. radial
C. diagonal line
B. symmetrical
D. horizontal line
C. asymmetrical
383. What materials can be used to build a D. geometric
sculpture?
389. Artwork that’s’ balance demonstrates an
A. Wire uneven distribution of visual weight is
B. Wood called:
C. Clay A. symmetrical
D. Pencil drawing B. asymmetrical
C. radial
384. Flat shapes are
D. geometric
A. two dimensional
B. three dimensional 390. When you place a light and dark color
next to each other, what principle of de-
C. sculptural sign is created?
D. ceramics A. contrast
385. Forms are (height, width, and depth). B. unity
A. two dimensional C. acrylic paint
B. symmetrical D. oil paint
C. three dimensional 391. Artist sometimes use repeating shapes,
D. patterned lines, and/or colors to create in a com-
position.
386. Shapes that have curved and irregular A. rhythm and movement
edges are called
B. watercolor
A. organic
C. oil paint
B. geometric
C. colorful 392. An artist should handle and demonstrate
an understanding of their or supplies
D. radial and tools.
387. Shapes that have vertical or horizontal A. medium/media
edges are called B. sticks
A. radial C. canvas
B. organic 393. is when an artist applies materials
C. geometric and techniques with great skill.
D. shaded A. penmanship

B. craftsmanship 399. Which of the following is NOT a sculp-

tural art form?
C. Sculpting
A. statue
394. What is the“surface quality” of an object
B. architecture
called?
C. photograph
A. line
D. basket weaving
B. texture
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C. value 400. A mobile is an example of a kinetic sculp-
ture.
D. shape
A. true
395. Critique of student work helps to: B. false
A. lighten the work up
401. Subtractive sculpture involves removing
B. add shadows material, as in wood carving or stone, to
create a finished work.
C. provide feedback and a focus for im-
provement A. True
D. provide lighter values B. False
396. Sculpture in which figures or other im- 402. Relief sculpture is when an artist builds
ages are attached to a flat background up a surface to create sculptural forms.
but project out from it to some degree is A. True
called:
B. False
A. sculpture in the round
403. Value is the surface quality of an object.
B. relief sculpture
A. True
C. Architecture
B. False
397. Any FREESTANDING work surrounded on
404. Sculpture is a form that has height, width
ALL SIDES by SPACE is
and depth and is
A. sculpture in the round
A. True
B. relief
B. False
C. pattern
405. Sculpture that is made up of found objects
D. earthenware clay and materials is called
398. Brainstorming ideas for sculptures al- A. Assemblage
ways begin with the creation of a drawing B. Still life drawing
called a
C. painting
A. wedge
D. basket weaving
B. pinch
406. In a composition, repetition of shapes,
C. slip
colors and lines create for the viewer’s
D. sketch eye to follow throughout the piece.

A. rhythm and movement 413. Gradient Shading is a visual technique of

B. texture gradually transitioning from one shade to
another.

C. shape
A. True
D. value
B. False
407. What is the act of organizing the ele- 414. What does it mean for a composition to
ments of artwork into a harmoniously uni- be symmetrical?
fied whole?
A. Artwork looks balanced, but has ob-
A. Value jects arranged differently on each side.
B. Color B. To have balance where lines or shapes
C. Composition are spread out from a center point.
D. Tonal Shading C. To have a composition that is balanced
by being the same or close to the same on
408. Shading is the process of darkening an ob- both sides.
ject to create a variation of light and dark.
415. Radial Balance is when an artwork looks
A. True balanced, but has objects arranged differ-
B. False ently on each side.
A. True
409. What is Chiaroscuro?
B. False
A. The lightness and darkness of a color.
B. The use of value contrasts to repre- 416. What type of balance has shapes and
sent the effects of light and shadow. lines spread out from the center point?
A. Radial
C. A type of balance.
B. Symmetrical
410. What is a spectrum?
C. Chiaroscuro
A. A full range of value and/or color. D. Asymmetrical
B. A type of shading
417. It means “Cooked Earth”.
411. Value is the lightness and darkness of a A. Ivory
color.
B. Terra Cotta
A. True
C. Jade
B. False D. mud
412. What is Tonal Shading? 418. A drawing material which is made up of
A. A visual technique of gradually transi- pigments bound by wax and compressed
tioning from one color hue to another. into painted sticks.
B. The process of adding layers to create A. crayon
various shades of value. B. pastel
C. A full range of value or color. C. chalk
D. The lightness or darkness of a color. D. marker

419. Refers to the material which is used by C. painting

an artist. D. drawing
A. Base
425. A technique where paint is diluted with
B. Tool
water
C. Technique
A. Detailing
D. Medium
B. Dabbing
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420. It is a mineral pigment mixed with egg C. Dry Brush
yolk or egg white and ore.
D. Washing
A. Fresco
B. Oil 426. The act of applying details such as the
whites of eyes or theglisten on the wings
C. Tempera of a bird.
D. Water Color
A. Detailing
421. An art medium made of dry pigments held B. Dabbing
together by a gum binder and compressed
C. Dry Brush
into stick.
D. Washing
A. Pastel
B. Crayon 427. A painting technique which uses the cor-
C. Chalk ner of a sponge or even a piece of paper
towel.
D. Wax
A. Detailing
422. It is made from carbonized materials B. Dabbing
from heating wood.
C. Dry Brush
A. chalk
D. Washing
B. wax
C. crayon 428. Using a brush and paint undiluted by wa-
ter
D. charcoal
A. Detailing
423. It is the manner in which an artist uses
his chosen medium for a specific artwork B. Dabbing
A. technique C. Dry Brush
B. medium D. Washing
C. painting 429. creating an assemblage of tiny dots to
D. drawing create imagery
A. Stippling
424. The practice of applying paint to a sur-
face. B. Palette Knife
A. technique C. Splattering
B. medium D. Gesture Drawing

430. uses a fairly wet brush to paint an un- 435. What is another term for color?
even splatter effect A. Hue

A. Stippling B. Value
B. Palette Knife C. Tone
C. Splattering D. Intensity
D. Gesture Drawing 436. It is an artwork created by shaping or
combining hard materials.
431. used to scrape and apply a bit of paint it
to a surface A. technique
B. medium
A. Stippling
C. painting
B. Palette Knife
D. sculpture
C. Splattering
D. Gesture Drawing 437. It is the oldest form of sculpture which in-
volves removing material such as in wood
432. A painting technique which requires you carving or stone sculpture to create a fin-
to water down the paint so it becomes ished work.
translucent. A. subtractive process
A. glazing B. additive process
B. layering C. kinetic process
C. sgraffito D. positive process
D. impasto 438. It is the process of creating sculpture by

adding material to create the work.
433. This technique is done by using a very A. subtractive process
thick application of paint .
B. additive process
A. glazing
C. kinetic process
B. layering
D. positive process
C. sgraffito
439. It is an art from any medium that con-
D. impasto tains movement perceivable by the viewer
or depends on motion for its effect.
434. is the repetition or alternation of el-
ements, often with defined intervals be- A. subtractive process
tween them. can create a sense of B. additive process
movement, and can establish pattern and
C. kinetic process
texture.
D. positive process
A. pattern
440. A sculpture technique which uses a mold
B. value
to form molten bronze (or other material)
C. emphasis into a desired shape.
D. rhythm A. carving

B. modeling 446. Abanindranath Tagore was influenced by

the art of
C. casting
A. British artist
D. assemblage
B. Japanese artist
441. assembling found objects in unique ways C. Chinese artist
A. carving D. French artist
B. modeling
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447. A new trend within the Kalighat artists
C. casting A. After the 1810s
D. assemblage B. After the 1820s
442. It is a kind of sculpture which is attached C. After the 1840s
to a surface. D. After the 1860s
A. relief
448. Mechanical printing presses were set up
B. free-standing in the late
C. casting A. 16th century
D. assemblage B. 17th century
C. 18th century
443. Point out which of the following is
brought in with British art: D. 19th century
A. Dashwood 449. Kalighat is located in

B. Life size portrait painting A. Bihar
C. Miniature B. West bengal
D. Mural art C. Bombay

D. Madras
444. Tipu Sultan was defeated in the battle of
450. Raja Ravi Varma’s paintings were
A. Mysore termed as national.
B. Plassey A. True
C. Buxar B. False
D. Seringapatam
451. Rabindranath Tagore rejected the art of
445. Raja Ravi Varma decided to set up a pic- Ravi Varma as imitative and westernised.
ture production team and printing press on A. True
the outskirts of B. False
A. Madras
452. The third category of imperial art was
B. Bengal History Painting.
C. Calcutta A. True
D. Bombay B. False

453. European artists came to India with 460. What do you mean by realism
British engineers. A. Faithfully observe and depict the sub-

A. True ject
B. False B. Faithfully observe the landscape
454. The design which has been cut in wood or C. Draw from their imagination
metals D. Draw and paint landscape
A. Mural
461. Why were the paintings on Indian themes
B. Engravings displayed in Britain
C. Convention A. To give idea about Indian poor
D. Colonialism
B. To give idea about new land conquer
455. Wall paintings are also known as C. To give idea about wealth in india
A. Mural painting D. None of these
B. Scroll painting
462. This principle combines different ele-
456. A picture of a person in which the face ments to create interest and possible focal
and expression is prominent points. Too much of this principle can cause
A. Miniature chaos within an art work.
B. Portrait A. Emphasis
C. Convention B. Variety
D. Engravings C. Unity & Harmony
457. The art of making portrait is known as D. Pattern
A. Engravings 463. This principle involves the relationship of

B. Miniature the elements to each other and to the
whole work of art. Simply put it is com-
C. Portraiture paring.
D. Picturesque
A. Unity & Harmony
458. Dayamanthi was painted by B. Balance
A. Thomas daniell C. Proportion
B. Raja Ravi varma D. Emphasis
C. William daniel
464. This principle creates a sense of move-
D. David wilkie
ment and direction within a work of
459. The storming of Seringapatam was art. Repetition of art elements can create
painted by movement for the viewers eye to follow
A. David wilkie A. Emphasis
B. William daniel B. Variety
C. Thomas daniell C. Balance
D. Rober Kerr Porter D. Rhythm & Movement

465. This principle involves organizing ele- 470. % points for comparative study?
ments in a work of art in such a way to dis-
A. 20%
tribute their visual weight. Radial, sym-
metrical, & nonsymmetrical. B. 30%
A. Variety C. 40%
B. Rhythm & Movement D. 10%
C. Repetition & Pattern
471. A fairly quick, loose drawing an artist
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D. Balance
may use to work out placement, practice,
466. This principle emphasizes specific ele- generate ideas
ments of art in order to connect the whole A. final copy
art work.
B. rough draft
A. Variety
B. Harmony & Unity C. sketch
C. Balance D. paperwork
D. Rhythm & Movement 472. The name for the group of colors that is
467. This principle of design uses the arrange- made up of red, yellow and blue
ment of different elements of art in order A. primary
to highlight the differences between the el-
ements. It is used to create interest. B. secondary
A. Balance C. neutral
B. Proportion D. imtermediate
C. Contrast
473. Cast shadows can be observed
D. Unity & Harmony
A. Near the light source
468. This principle highlights a specific element
B. More prominently in bright, evenly-lit
of art in order to create a focal point. This
environment
is the first place the viewer looks when
viewing the art work. C. Below objects and/or going away from
A. Proportion the light source
B. Variety D. More prominently in completely dark
environments
C. Balance
D. Emphasis 474. Red-orange, red-violet, blue-green, blue-
yellow, yellow-green, yellow-orange are
469. An element of art is repeated in an orga-
colors
nized way creating a pattern
A. Tones
A. Repetition & Pattern
B. Balance B. Primary
C. Unity & Harmony C. Secondary
D. Proportion D. Intermediate

475. The people, places and things in a piece 480. A color mixed with black and white
of artwork (gray)

A. Subject Matter A. Tone
B. Medium B. Tint
C. Composition C. Shade
D. Craftsmanships D. Neutral
476. You obtain primary colors by doing 481. A vast difference between two elements
what? in a work of art that creates visual inter-
est
A. By mixing black and white together
A. Balance
B. You mix two secondary colors together
B. Contrast
C. By mixing the color first, then adding it
into white C. Analogous
D. You can’t.You have to get them right D. Gradation
from the tube/bottle
482. A good rule for how much of the paper
477. To use colored pencils well in still life your subject should take up for strong com-
drawing, what are some things you should position?
strive to do? A. 10%
A. Use multiple colors to shade each ob- B. 75%
ject
C. 125%
B. Work in layers on objects
D. 50%
C. Have strong contrast throughout and
consistent light source 483. The sense or observation that something
feels a certain way (tactile)
D. All of the above
A. Rhythm
478. The sense of equilibrium in a piece of
B. Taste
artwork, causes the eye to move/flow
around the piece C. Texture
A. Contrast D. Emotion
B. Balance 484. The name for the group of colors that
C. Focus includes red-orange, red-violet, yellow-
orange
D. Equality
A. Primary
479. You obtain secondary colors by doing B. Intermediate
what?
C. Secondary
A. By mixing three primary colors to-
gether D. Neutral
B. By mixing two primary colors together 485. What is BEST way to mix shades?
C. By mixing a primary color with black A. By mixing the color into the white
D. by mixing a primary color with white B. By mixing the color into the black

C. By mixing white into the color C. Intermediate

D. By mixing black into the color D. Primary
486. What is NOT a way to create balance in
491. What is a smart drawing process to get
an artwork
in the habit of when drawing from obser-
A. By using a little bit of all colors in all vation?
area
A. Finish one area of the drawing com-
B. By making sure the level of contrast is
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pletely before moving on
kept consistent
B. Leaving the background and surface
C. By spending most time working on one
completely blank
area, rushing the rust
D. By evenly sprinkling the dark areas C. Start light and loose and block out
throughout the piece “placeholder shapes”
D. Looking at the subject once; drawing
487. Orange, green and violet are what type
the rest from memory
of color?
A. Primary 492. The branch of art that focuses on marking
B. Secondary with single implement such as a pencil or
pastel
C. Intermediate
D. Neutrals A. Painting
B. Sculptural
488. Which of the following are examples of
hues C. Ceramics
A. red, orange, red-orange D. Drawing
B. red, gray and black
C. Red, yellow and beige 493. What are some ways to show shad-
ing/contrast using colored pencil?
D. red, brown and Pink
A. Using different levels of pressure
489. The term light source describes what?
B. Incorporating yellows and creams as
A. Where the light is actually coming from light colors
in a SL arrangement
C. All of the above
B. placement of light, dark, highlight and
cast shadows fall D. Incorporating blues and browns as
C. Where it appears the light is coming shadow colors
from in a drawing
494. Which order is correct for the colors on
D. All of the above the color wheel
490. The name for the group of colors that A. R, RV, BV, B, BG, G, Y
is made up of orange, green and vio-
let(purple) B. R, RV, V, BV, B, BG, G, YG, Y, YO, O, RO
A. Secondary C. R, RV, V, B, BV, BG, G, Y, YO, O, RO

B. neutral D. R, RV, V, BV, B, BG, G, YG, Y, YO, RO, R

495. When red, blue, and yellow are mixed to- 500. A color mixed with black
gether, creating natural looking colors (ap- A. Shade
pears brown)

B. Tint
A. Neutral
C. Tone
B. Tint
D. Neutral
C. Shade
501. Straight edges appear to angle to a van-
D. Tone ishing pt because things appear to get
496. A color mixed with white smaller consistently
A. Atmosperic PErspective
A. Tint
B. Linear Perspective
B. Tone
C. Ruler Perspective
C. Shade
D. Little Perspective
D. Neutral
502. What is the BEST way to mix tints?
497. When a transition from dark to light hap-
A. By mixing the color into the white
pens gradually
B. By mixing the color into the black
A. Balance
C. By making the ehite into the color
B. Contrast
D. By mixing black into the color
C. Gradation
503. What one objects sits in front of another
D. Fading
object, blocking, a portion of the object
498. The Name Design project helped us prac- that’s behind
tice what skills? A. Foreshorting
A. Creating contrast and shading using B. Still life
colored pencil C. Overlap
B. Creating unique designs that showed D. Transparency
facets of our identity
504. In a one-point perspective drawing, how
C. Creating interesting fronts/lettering
many vanishing points are there?
D. All of the above
A. One
499. What is a way to make the objects look B. Two
grounded in a still life drawing? C. Three
A. Show the surface/platform and the D. Four
back edge of the table top
505. Area nearest the viewer in a landscape
B. Draw just the objects, don’t show any-
composition.
thing around the objects
A. background
C. Show surface/platform, but make it
look like it’s floating B. midground
D. Punish them by taking away their video C. foreground
game privileges D. highest part of page

506. What is the line that goes across the page 512. Creative Art is divided into parts
where the “sky meets the land”? A. 1
A. land line
B. 2
B. sky line
C. 3
C. horizon line
D. 4
507. Who is Ladi Kwali?
513. What was Ladi Kwali’s style of pottery
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A. A female dancer making?
B. A female potter A. Potters wheel method
C. A female painter B. Coil method
D. A male sculptor C. Throwing method
508. What is Art? D. None of the above
A. Art is a creation
514. Where was Ladi Kwali’s works first dis-
B. Art is a conscious creation of some- played?
thing beautiful
A. In the Suleja market
C. Art is the creation of using something
meaningful using Skill and imagination B. In the Abuja studios
D. Art is all of the above C. In the Emir of Suleja’s palace

D. In the museum
509. Art is divided into main parts
A. 4 515. Which denomination of Nigeria currency
was Ladi Kwali honoured on?
B. 3
A. Five naira
C. 2
B. Twenty naira
D. 1
C. Ten naira
510. art also includes any activity in which
D. Fifty naira
the artist’s physical presence acts as the
medium. 516. Who was Michael Cardew?
A. Liberal A. An English studio potter who worked in
B. Performance West Africa
C. Visual B. An Art collector
D. Contemporary C. A member of the British Colonial gov-
ernment
511. Mime, face or body painting, are referred
to as D. All of the above
A. Visual Art 517. True or false:Red and Green are comple-
B. Performance Art mentary
C. Contemporary Art A. true
D. Liberal Art B. false

518. True or false:Yellow and Orange are com- 525. Which color is a Tertiary Color?
plementary colors. A. Blue

A. true B. Green
B. false C. Blue Green
519. True or false:Blue and Orange are comple- D. Red
mentary colors.
526. The drawings we made using lots of pat-
A. true terns are called:
B. false A. Pop Art
520. True or false:Yellow and Purple are com- B. Aboriginal
plementary colors. C. Molas
A. true D. Zentangles
B. false
527. Movement
521. How can you turn a shape into a form A. In art, when the work is moving.
with drawing?
B. In art, when the art is still
A. Add color
C. In art, when the art looks like its mov-
B. Add shading ing
C. Add more shapes D. In art, when the art looks like its still
D. You can’t
528. Op art stands for “optimum art”.
522. A can be long, short, diagonal, verti- A. true
cal, squiggly, thick or thin.
B. false
A. Line
B. Space 529. An optical illusion is an image that tricks
your
C. Value
A. ears into seeing something that is not
523. A repeated design is called a: there
A. Principle B. brain into smelling something that is
not there
B. Pattern
C. eyes into seeing something that is not
C. Color
there
D. Shape
530. Op Art was first started and most popu-
524. Which are the Primary Colors? lar in what decade?
A. Blue Yellow Orange A. 1970’s
B. Red Blue Purple B. 1950’s
C. Green Yellow Red C. 1960’s
D. Blue Red Yellow D. 1980’s

531. Op Art often shows what elements of C. Tint

art? Name three!
D. Light
A. Space
B. Line 537. Intermediate colors are created by mix-
ing which colors?
C. Texture
A. Primary + Primary
D. Color
B. Primary + Secondary
E. Form
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C. Primary + Intermediate
532. Op Art often shows what principles of
art? Name two! D. Primary + Tone
A. movement 538. What is the result of layering a hue +

B. pattern black?
C. line A. Tone
D. variety B. Tint
E. shape C. Shade
533. What artist is often claimed as the father D. Color
of Op Art?
539. What is the result of layering a hue +
A. Bridget Riley
gray?
B. Victor Vasarely
A. Tone
C. Andy Warhol
B. Shade
D. Jasper Johns
C. Tint
534. Op Art often makes use of what types of
D. Light
colors?
A. contrasting 540. When the elements of art and principles
B. adjacent of design come together to form a com-
plete work in art it is
C. similar
A. unity
D. the same
B. symmetrical balance
535. Hue is another word for
C. vertical lines
A. Color
D. asymmetrical balance
B. Tint
C. Tone 541. A 3-D shape that has height, width, and
D. Shade depth
A. a line
536. What is the result of layering a hue +
white? B. space
A. Tone C. form
B. Shade D. impasto

542. The principle of art which deals with 546. The principle of art in which all the visual
the arranging of elements to create action elements in an artwork are in harmony.
within an artwork is called.

A. contrast
A. contrast
B. pattern
B. pattern
C. rhythm
C. rhythm
D. unity
D. balance
E. movement
E. movement
547. Balance, emphasis, movement, rhythm,
543. The principle of art which refers to the unity, pattern, contrast and; the means an
part of the artwork which stands out or artist uses to organize elements within a
catches the viewer’s attention. work of art.
A. contrast A. Units of Art
B. pattern B. Elements of Art
C. rhythm C. Principles of Art
D. emphasis D. Rules of Art
E. movement E. Artist Elements
544. The principle of art that refers to the ar- 548. What is significant about the discovery of
rangement of opposite elements (light vs. cave art?
dark colors, rough vs. smooth textures,
A. it’s brand new
large vs. small shapes, etc.) in a piece
so as to create visual interest, excitement, B. it’s the oldest art discovered
and drama. C. it was meant to be a secret
A. contrast
549. What is the story of how cave art was
B. balance discovered?
C. rhythm A. Two kids were playing ball and discov-
D. emphasis ered it by accident when the ball rolled
into a cave.
E. movement
B. There were ancient writings and oral
545. The principle of art that refers to the path stories about the cave paintings.
the viewer’s eye travels around a work of
C. A group of scientists discovered it
art.
while looking for fossils.
A. contrast
550. True or False:Everybody believed that the
B. balance
cave paintings were created a very long
C. rhythm time ago.
D. emphasis A. True
E. movement B. False

551. Cave art is dated to be about how many 557. has depth, length, and width and re-
years old? sides in space. It is perceived as three-
dimensional
A. 90, 000-100, 000
A. Shape
B. 75, 000-85, 000
B. Form
C. 40, 000-65, 000
C. Texture
552. Which of the following is NOT a known D. Value
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theory explaining why cavemen created
art on cave walls? 558. Texture refers t the tactile qualities of a
surface or to the visual representation of
A. to document what they saw
such surface qualities .
B. for communication A. True
C. to tell about themselves and what they B. False
did
559. Negative space is the space outside the
D. to practice their math skills by count-
subject in and art piece
ing animals
A. True
553. Which of the following was NOT a com- B. False
mon image seen on cave walls?
A. animals 560. is when we do actions such as making
art, thinking creatively etc. In this mode
B. plants we tend to be very focused on our task,
C. hand prints lose of a sense of time, fell relaxed, are
ale to to perceive and draw more easily.
D. people with weapons
A. Left Brain Mode
554. True or False:The cave people used mate- B. Right Brain mode
rials & tools such as mud, sticks, bones,
and berries to create their paintings. 561. we are often in this mode when we
do analytical, verbal, logical, mathemati-
A. True cal thinking.
B. False A. Right brain mode
555. What is a line? B. Left brain mode
A. A path of a point moving through space 562. A contour line refers to the lines, real or
apparent, by which a figure is defined in
B. A moving object
our bounded by the plane of vision.
C. A pattern
A. True
556. implies spatial form and is usually B. False
perceived as two-dimensional
563. An outline is a line that defines an edge
A. Form or form
B. Value A. True
C. Shape B. False

564. What is fixative 570. The lightness and darkness of a color.

A. a type of glue A. tint

B. a spray that protects medias that B. shade
smear
C. intensity
C. a type of hairspray
D. value
565. What are some examples of medium
571. is the placement or arrangement of
A. Graphite visual elements in an artwork.
B. Marker A. value
C. Charcoal B. composition
D. All of the above C. perspective
566. What are some examples of compositions D. drawing
A. Rule of thirds 572. is the method of arranging light and

B. Central shadow in two-dimensional art to cre-
ate the illusion of three-dimensional form.
C. Golden Mean THis technique was introduced by Ital-
D. All of the above ian artists during the Renaissance. Rem-
brandt is one of the most famous for using
567. What is a still life? the technique.
A. An art piece in which the artists fo- A. chiaroscuro
cuses on objects that are set up.
B. linear perspective
B. An art piece in which the artist draws
C. scraffito
themselves
D. caravaggio
C. None of the above
573. The lines that describe the outer edges
568. What is watercolor?
and surface edges of objects and figures is
A. They are a type of paint that can be called
mixed with water to create translucent
A. visual lines
layers of color on paper.
B. outlines
B. A paint that hides what is underneath
it C. contour lines
C. All of the above D. horizon lines
569. From the options below, choose the soft- 574. A technique for shading using parallel
est and darkest graphite pencil. lines that cross over other parallel lines.
A. H A. cross hatching
B. HB B. scrumbling
C. 2B C. hatching
D. 3H D. blending

575. is a technique of drawing in which C. Impressionism

small, distinct dots of ink or graphite are D. Greek Art
applied in varying proximity to each other
to create values that form an image. 581. If a typical 8.5x11” sheet of paper is ori-
A. blending ented vertically, which position is it in?
B. scumbling A. landscape
C. pointillism B. portrait
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D. stippling 582. When drawing perspective what are
some ways to indicate the illusion of
576. What determines the direction of a
depth?
shadow?
A. amount of detail
A. the perspective of the artist
B. varying the size of objects
B. light source
C. placement on the page
C. size of the object
D. all of these
D. all of these
577. From the options below, which pencil 583. When doing a perspective drawing, hori-
grade is the hardest and lightest? zontal lines must converge at the
A. HB A. vanishing point
B. 6B B. middle
C. 4H C. horizon line
D. 3B 584. Values that are very different from each

other have high
578. Which tool can help you add highlights or
lighten values? A. color
A. eraser B. value
B. blending stump C. contrast
C. tortillion D. blending
D. pencil 585. Which of the following is meant to show
the progress of an artist?
579. The path of a moving point through space
is called A. sketchbook
A. value B. portfolio
B. shape C. thumbnail sketch
C. line 586. Which of the following is not a shading
D. texture technique?
580. When was one point perspective discov- A. stippling

ered and refined? B. chiaroscuro
A. Renaissance C. scumbling
B. Middle Ages D. cross-hatching

587. The artist adds shading to make an object 593. Tertiary colors are:
look
A. red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-

A. 3-D green, blue-green, blue-violet, and red-
B. lighter violet
C. brighter B. red, red-orange, orange, yellow-
orange, yellow, yellow-green, green, and
588. How does an artist make objects seem blue-green
real and 3-D?
C. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, in-
A. shadows, highlights
digo, violet
B. blending
D. black, dark red, red, light red, white
C. textures
D. tints, shades 594. Analogous colors are
589. The area on a surface which reflects the A. colors that look good together
most light is called: B. colors that are side by side on the color
A. shadow wheel
B. highlight C. colors that are opposites on the color
wheel
C. value
D. hue D. one color plus black and white
590. The range of light to dark in a drawing is 595. Shape is:

called A. the lightness or darkness of a color or
A. Highlights shade
B. Line B. a moving point
C. Shape C. an area enclosed by a line
D. Value
D. the area between objects in an art-
591. It is a concept in visual arts in which work
the frame is divided into nine imaginary
sections as reference points which act as 596. Comparing parts of a whole is called:
guides for framing the image. A. Scale
A. ruler B. Proportion
B. thumbnail
C. Contrast
C. rule of thirds
D. Balance
D. frame grids
597. The way an artwork is arranged is called:
592. Complementary colors are:
A. colors that look good together A. design
B. opposites on the color wheel B. composition

C. side by side on the color wheel C. frame
D. one color plus black and white D. photo

598. Brown, black, grey, and white are col- 604. A set of characters in a given size & style
ors in Alphabet
A. primary A. Script
B. secondary
B. Font
C. tertiary
C. Cap Height
D. neutral
D. Baseline
599. Using many different elements to create
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interest or contrast in an artwork is called:
605. The line on which letter forms rest
A. Variety
A. Extenders
B. Unity
C. Balance B. Font
D. Value C. X-Height
600. What is an example of a monochromatic D. Baseline
color scheme?
A. red, yellow, blue 606. The distance from baseline to capline of
B. red, red-orange, orange, yellow- Alphabet which is the approximate height
orange, yellow of Uppercase letters
C. red, orange, yellow, blue, indigo, violet A. Baseline

D. black, dark red, red, light red, white B. X-Height
601. What is created when light is reflected C. Cap Height
off a surface?
D. Extenders
A. Sparkles
B. Lines 607. The height of a lowercase letters (minus
C. Color extenders)
602. The art and practice of designing type, A. Baseline

books, and other printed matter according
B. X height
to aesthetic & scientific principles.
A. Typography C. Cap height
B. X-Height D. Asenders
C. Aspect Ratio
608. Descenders & ascenders; the part of the
D. Alphabet
letter form that extend above & below the
603. A set of abstract symbols employed in a baseline
particular writing system
A. Counter
A. Typography
B. Ascenders
B. Aspect Ratio
C. Alphabet C. X height
D. Descenders D. Extenders

609. The part of a lowercase letter that rises 615. Fonts based upon the varied & often fluid
above the X height, as in letters b, d, f, h, stroke created by handwriting
k, t, i and 1 A. Serif

A. Ascenders B. Script
B. Descenders C. Sans serif
C. Extenders D. Aspect Ratio
D. X height
616. Colors that cannot be made from any
610. The portion of a letter that falls below other colors. They´re red, blue, & yellow.
the baseline, as in j, g, p, q, and y. A. Secondary Colors
A. Extenders B. Primary Colors
B. Ascenders C. Tertiary Colors
C. Descenders D. Complimentary Colors
D. X height 617. Colors that are made by mixing two pri-
611. A large initial capital in a paragraph that mary colors
extends through several lines A. Secondary Colors
A. Counter B. Complimentary Colors
B. Drop Cap C. Tertiary Colors
C. Extender D. Primary Colors
D. Script 618. The placement of the elements so that no
part of the design overpowers any other
612. The enclosed part of a letter form
part or seems visually heavier is called:
A. Counter
A. unity
B. Drop Cap B. emphasis
C. Script C. balance
D. Break D. principles of design
613. Deciding how much text shall appear on 619. An orderly repetition of an object
each line or page of a document.
A. Repetition
A. Break
B. Pattern
B. Drop Cap
C. Line
C. Counter
D. Unity
D. Script
620. A principle of design where repeated el-
614. A small stroke at the end of the main ements are composed to cause a visual
strokes of letter forms tempo or beat.
A. Counter A. Rhythm
B. Sans serif B. Balance
C. Script C. Movement
D. Serif D. Emphasis

621. The focal point of an artwork is also 628. To create more depth, it is good to have
called: a foreground, middle ground and back-
A. background ground.
A. True
B. rhythm
B. False
C. emphasis
D. pattern 629. The distribution of the visual weight of
the elements of art in a composition:
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622. The principles of design A. proportion
A. are the building blocks of art B. emphasis
B. are the governors of art C. variety
C. arrange the elements into a composi- D. balance
tion
D. are things like clay, pencils, paint, ect 630. The distribution of elements in such a
way that they appear equal or evenly dis-
tributed is:
623. What does composition mean in art? A. rhythm
A. How things are arranged in an piece B. pattern
B. How colors are chosen for an artwork C. balance
C. How big things are in an artwork D. variety
624. The rule of thirds deals with 631. The principles of design are
A. drawing 3 objects on your paper. A. The ingredients used to create an art-
work
B. only drawing objects in multiples of 3
B. Concepts used to organize or arrange
C. positioning your main subject off-
the structural elements of art/design
center in a composition
C. What Leonardo da Vinci used to be-
625. Line, color, value, texture, shape, form, come famous
and space are considered D. The vocabulary created by Isaac New-
A. Elements of art ton to describe art
B. Principles of design 632. Symmetric balance is also called bal-
ance.
626. Balance, pattern, movement, emphasis,
rhythm, unity, and contrast are considered A. formal
B. informal
A. Principles of design C. variety
B. Elements of art D. unity
627. Hue refers to the names of values. 633. Going from light to dark is:
A. True A. texture
B. False B. color

C. contrast 640. A shape is 3-Dimensional.

D. value A. True

634. The NAMES of the two kinds of texture B. False
are: 641. Which are element refers to the way
A. sharp and soft something feels to the touch?
B. fluffy and rough A. Value
C. visual and tactile B. Form
D. bumpy and smooth C. Texture
D. Space
635. What you see when you look at an art-
work is called the: 642. Value refers to how light or dark a color
A. theme is.
B. subject A. True
B. False
C. background
D. picture 643. A monochromatic color scheme includes
different values of a single color.
636. A three-dimensional object is called:
A. True
A. a square B. False
B. a mold
644. Implied texture is texture that you can
C. a form feel.
D. a circle A. True
637. What area of a landscape is closest to the B. False
viewer?
645. What term describes the lightness and
A. Middle Ground darkness of a color in an artwork?
B. Background A. Value
C. Foreground B. Color
D. Horizon Line C. Form
638. A work of art that is THREE DIMEN- D. Hue
SIONAL is called a 646. What is Form?
A. Form A. An element of art that has height,
B. Sculpture width and depth
C. Landscape B. 3-d Form
D. Portrait C. creating 3-d with value
D. A principle of design
639. Secondary colors are made by mixing 2
primary colors. 647. What is a critique?
A. True A. Judging someone else artwork
B. False B. Talking bad about someones artwork

648. What type of art did we create in this 654. What are the steps to making paper col-
class? lage?
A. 2-d art A. Cut paper, position it, glue it.
B. 3-D art B. Position it, cut paper, glue it.
C. paintings C. Fold paper, position it, glue it.
D. drawings D. Find a picture on google.
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649. Which element of art is the most impor- 655. For the digital presentation, If you choose
tant for sculpture? a dark background you should use
A. color A. a dark color text
B. form B. a large text
C. texture C. a light color text
650. Which of these techniques is not a D. lots of images

method of creating a sculpture?
656. For a visually interesting slide presenta-
A. additive tion, the graphic elements and text should
B. assemblage contrast with your backgrounds.
C. subtractive A. True
D. destructive B. False
651. Michelangelo is considered to be the 657. A portrait is a work of art of a

greatest sculptor. What material did he A. landscape
use for his sculptures?
B. car
A. Marble
C. three-dimensional
B. Granite
D. person
C. Limestone
658. The is the positive space of a portrait.
652. The Statue of Liberty was a gift to Amer-
A. face
ica from which country?
B. background
A. England
B. Germany 659. A line of symmetry divides an object into
C. France
A. thirds
653. What is collage?
B. half
A. The level of schooling after high-
school. C. fourths
B. A style of painting. D. quarters
C. Art made by a various combination of 660. What are the seven Principles of Art?
materials or pictures. A. Contrast, landscape, paint, sculpture,
D. A light shade of green, similar to teal. movement, line, tint

B. Contrast, emphasis, movement, bal- D. concerned with the relationship of cer-

ance, pattern, rhythm, unity tain elements to the whole and to each
other

C. geometric, organic, composition, blue
D. value, shade, line, eraser
666. this is a 2 dimensional area clearly set off
661. What is the first step in creating? by one or more of the other elements
A. Plan. A. Balance
B. Begin to create. B. Rhythm
C. Share and reflect.
C. Shape
D. Revise.
D. Gradation
662. This is made up of three distinct quali-
ties:hue, intensity, value. 667. Form
A. Value A. refers to a way of combining similar el-
B. Shape ements in an artwork to accent their simi-
C. Color larities
D. Harmony B. the way things feel, or look as if they

might feel if touched
663. This is an element of art that describes
the lightness or darkness of a hue C. describes an object with three dimen-
sions
A. Emphasis
B. Movements D. refers to a way of combining art ele-
ments by sing a series of gradual changes
C. Value in those elements
D. Harmony
668. this is the distance between, around,
664. the continuous mark made on some sur- above, below or within things
face by a moving point is called
A. Line A. Variety
B. Shape B. Space
C. Form C. Proportion
D. Space D. Balance
665. Texture is
669. refers to a way of combining art ele-
A. refers to a way of combining art elements to create a feeling of equilibrium or
ments to create a feeling of equilibrium or stability in a work
stability in a work
B. refers to a way of combining similar el- A. Emphasis
ements in an artwork to accent their simi- B. Variety
larities
C. Color
C. the way things feel, or look as if they
might feel if touched D. Balance

670. Emphasis 674. used to create the look and feeling of ac-
A. an area or object within the artwork tion and to guide the viewers eye through-
that draws attention and becomes a focal out the work of art
point. A. Movement
B. concerned with the relationship of cer- B. Harmony
tain elements to the whole and to each C. Balance
other
D. Shape
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C. refers to a way of combining art el-
ements by seeing a series of gradual 675. Rhythm
changes in those elements A. refers to a way of combining art
D. the distance between, around, above, elements byseeing a series of gradual
below or within things changes in those elements
671. refers to a way of combining similar ele- B. refers to a way of combining art ele-
ments in an artwork to accent their simi- ments to create a feeling of equilibrium or
larities stability in a work
A. Color C. refers to a way of combining art ele-

ments by sing a series of gradual changes
B. Hue in those elements
C. Harmony D. refers to the careful placement of re-
D. Form peated elements in a work of art to cause
a visual tempo or beat
672. Variety
A. the distance between, around, above, 676. This is concerned with the relationship of
below or within things certain elements to the whole and to each
other
B. is achieved when the art elements are
combined in various ways to increase vi- A. Space
sual interest. B. Proportion
C. refers to a way of combining similar el- C. Gradation
ements in an artwork to accent their simi- D. Balance
larities
D. concerned with the relationship of cer- 677. This sculpture by Rodin is known as
tain elements to the whole and to each A. The David
other B. The Donald
673. a visual technique of gradually transition- C. The Poser
ing from one colour hue to another, or from D. The Thinker
one shade to another, or one texture to an-
other. 678. A line that holds a design together
A. Balance A. contour lines
B. Movement B. structural lines
C. Line C. sketch lines
D. Gradation D. calligraphy lines

679. lines with little variation that describe B. organic

the outer edges of shapes that appear flat. C. form

A. cast shadowing D. shape
B. value
685. an element of design that appears three-
C. sketch lines dimensional and encloses volume such as
D. outlines a cube, sphere, pyramid, or cylinder. the
term may also refer to the characteristics
680. lines that define the outer edges of forms of an artwork’s visual element.
and surfaces within a form, such as shapes
or wrinkles and folds. used in contour A. form
drawings to suggest depth in addition to B. shape
height and width.
C. organic
A. sketch lines
D. value
B. structural lines
686. shapes have regular edges as opposed to
C. contour lines
the irregular edges of organic shapes
D. outlines
A. shape
681. light lines that show the most detail B. value
A. sketch lines C. geometric
B. contour lines D. organic
C. sketching
687. free forms, or shapes and forms that rep-
D. shape resent living things having irregular edges,
as distinguished from he regular edges of
682. handwriting or letters formed by hand.
geometric shapes.
Elegant penmanship usually featuring a
flowery, precise line. A. organic
A. sketch lines B. shape
B. structural lines C. value
C. calligraphy lines D. light source
D. outlines 688. an element of art concerned with the de-
gree of highness of colors. darker colors
683. preliminary drawings
are lower in value.
A. sketch lines
A. value
B. sketching
B. form
C. form
C. organic
D. shape
D. cast shadow
684. an element of art. an enclosed space de-
fined by other art elements such as line, 689. source of light
color, and texture. A. highlight
A. value B. reflected highlight

C. light source 695. the lightest area closest to the light

source
D. cast shadow
A. light source
690. shading is the use of a pencil to create a B. highlight
gradient to define light and shadow
C. cast shadow
A. light source
D. reflected highlight
B. core shadow
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696. The Cultural Frame refers to
C. cast shadow
A. materials
D. shadowing
B. politics
691. shading that takes place on a surface that C. size
an object is resting D. scale
A. shadowing
697. The structural Frames refers to
B. cast shadow
A. the materials and techniques of an art-
C. organic work
D. horizon line B. the size of an artwork
C. the style of an artwork
692. area of a cast shadow that is the darkest
D. The title of an artwork
A. light source
698. The subjective Frame refers to
B. shadowing
A. the feelings and emotions within a
C. core shadow work
D. cast shadow B. the carving of a work
693. the sky meets the ground or the surface C. the materials of a work
that the object is resting on D. the representation of imagination and
A. horizon line memory in an artwork
B. sketch line 699. The Postmodern Frame refers to

C. vertical line A. the use of non traditional art materials
D. contour lines B. Traditional art

C. the use of appropriation in an artwork
694. the light that bounces off of the surface
D. Artwork that is created outside the
the object is resting on and lightens the
Gallery
shadow on the objects
A. highlight 700. When adding hue or pigment to your pa-
per, it is best to start off light and gradu-
B. cast shadow ally get darker.
C. horizon line A. True
D. reflected highlight B. False

701. Which pencil grade will create the dark- 707. A definition of The Principles of Design in
est line? art is

A. 2H A. the relationships that are created as
the elements of art work together
B. 6B
B. similar (harmonious) elements are ar-
702. Which of these is a paint made from plas- ranged into a composition
tic and pigments?
C. a variety of elements arranged to cre-
A. Acrylic ate visual interest
B. Acetone D. an element of design becomes the cen-
ter of interest or focal point
C. Gesso
708. A definition of unity in art is
703. Early photographers made their on which
materials? A. the relationships that are created as
the elements of art work together
A. Glass
B. similar (harmonious) elements are ar-
B. Plastic ranged into a composition
C. Paper C. a variety of elements arranged to cre-
D. Stone ate visual interest
D. an element of design becomes the cen-
704. Which animal or bird symbolizes peace in ter of interest or focal point
art?
A. Deer 709. The term balance has multiple aspects in
art. Choose all the definitions that de-
B. Duck scribe a form of balance.
C. Dove A. when a variety of elements are ar-
D. Dog ranged to create visual interest
B. arranging elements so that no part of
705. What are the three secondary colours? an artwork overpowers or seems heavier
A. Orange, green, violet C. both sides of an artwork are mirror im-
B. Orange, red, yellow ages
C. Red, yellow, green D. based on a circular plan everything ra-

diates out from a central point
D. Yellow, black, white
710. A definition of symmetrical in art is
706. What is not a common material used in
A. a sense of action / dynamism
sculptures?
B. both sides are mirror images
A. Wood
B. Metal
ate visual interest
C. Soap
D. an element of design is used to domi-
D. Chalk nate the work

711. A definition of radial in art is B. Leatherhard

A. based on a circular plan; everything ra- C. Bisqueware
diates out from a central point D. Wet clay
B. not a mirror image but still provides a
feeling of balance 718. Clay that has been fired in the kiln is
known as what?
ate visual interest A. Wet clay
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D. an element of design is used to domi- B. Dry clay
nate the work C. Greenware
712. How do you connect two pieces of clay? D. Bisqueware
A. Just stick it together 719. The coil building method is when you
B. Slip and Score A. pinch and pull the clay to create some-
C. Smooth them together thing
D. There is no point in putting clay to- B. make long, snake-like pieces of clay to
gether build up a vessel or object
713. What substance is necessary to join two C. make slabs and piece them together
pieces of clay together?
720. Analogous colors are colors that appear
A. glue next to each other on the color wheel?
B. slip True or False
C. epoxy A. True
D. water B. False
C. What is a color wheel
714. Heating clay to high temperatures in the
Kiln is called D. Purple and Blue
A. Heating 721. All of the following are consistently fea-
B. Firing tured in Islamic art EXCEPT:
715. The furnace that heats the clay is called A. tessellation

the B. calligraphy
A. Oven C. stylized figures
B. Kiln D. motifs
716. Making scratch marks in the clay to at- 722. In islamic art the tessellation design
tach something is called demonstrates
A. Slip A. the skill of the Islamic artist
B. Score B. unity in repetition
717. Clay that is bone dry, but not yet fired is C. their importance of the study of math-
at what stage of clay? ematics
A. Greenware D. the intellect of the Islamic world

723. Islamic religion opposes the use of human 730. Value is an art element which refers to
figures
A. Lightness and Darkness

A. True
B. Lines and Balance
B. False
C. Asymmetrical and Symmetrical
724. What kinds of shapes do they use in Is-
lamic Design? 731. Texture is the way something appears to
A. Words. A. Feel or look
B. Organic Shapes. B. Be positive Space or Negative space
C. Natural Shapes.
732. Any device/sun serving as a source of il-
D. Geometric Shapes. lumination.
725. What element of art refers to how things A. Sun
feel or look as if they might feel?
B. Light source
A. Color
C. Lamp
B. Value
D. Cast shadow
C. Texture
D. Space 733. A gray scale, a series of spaces filled with
the tints and shades of one color, start-
726. What type of texture is created from only ing white white or the lightest tint on one
the artist’s imagination? end, and gradually changing into the dark-
A. Abstract est shade or black on the other.
B. Invented A. Major scale
C. Actual B. Fish scale
D. Simulated C. Pentatonic scale
727. A 3D sculpture is an example of D. Value scale

A. Real/Actual Texture 734. Which tool puts text on top of the image?
B. Implied Texture
A. Spot Healing Brush
728. Approximately when was the “Pop Art” B. Content Aware Move
movement?
C. History Brush
A. 2010
D. Type Tool
B. Early 1300’s
C. 1960’s-1970’s 735. Which tool lightens a part of the image?
D. 1800’s A. Blur Tool
729. A form is B. Dodge Tool

A. 2D C. Gradient Tool
B. 3D D. Burn Tool

736. Colored pencil, watercolor, plastic wrap, B. Mark

and poster edges are all examples of artis-
C. Logo
tic ?
D. Picture
A. Colors
B. Filters 742. If the page is taller (height) than wider
C. Brushes (width) than its orientation is?
D. Windows A. Portrait
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B. Screen preview
737. To undo the last change made to your
graphic design, the keys must be used. C. Landscape
A. CTRL+D D. Print preview
B. CTRL+Z
743. If the page is wider (width) than taller
C. SHIFT+D (height) than its orientation is?
D. SHIFT+Z A. Portrait
738. What does a gray and white checker- B. Screen preview
board background indicate?
C. Print preview
A. The image is broken.
D. Landscape
B. The image has a gray and white color
scheme. 744. Which one is a photoshop file/
C. The image is transparent. A. .pbs
D. The image will display a white box B. .psf
around it.
C. .psd
739. The History button lets you undo your
D. .pdx
mistakes or go back and change something
you did recently. 745. A form has height, width, and depth.
A. True.
A. 2-D
B. False
B. space
740. The resolution of your new documents C. shape
should be
D. 3-D
A. 100
B. 200 746. When Stacy tries to delete an image in
C. 300 her design, a block of text is also deleted.
Most likely, both the text and the image
D. 400 are in the same:
741. A graphic mark or emblem commonly A. Layer
used by commercial enterprises, organiza-
B. Color mode
tions and even individuals to aid and pro-
mote instant public recognition. C. Resolution
A. Emblem D. Layer style

747. The extended area of your artwork that B. Right-click the layer listing and choose
goes beyond its actual size Move Upward from the context menu

A. frame C. Drag the layer listing upward to the de-
sired stacking position.
B. bleed
C. layer 753. Which tool would you use to reposition a
layer (e.g., move it horizontally or verti-
D. crop
cally)?
748. What is the purpose of the History A. Move tool
panel? B. Ruler tool
A. It lets you restore the image to an ear- C. Path Selection tool
lier state from the current work session.
D. Hand tool
B. It lets you change the order of editing
states in the current work session. 754. What does the gray checkerboard pattern
in the background of a Photoshop page rep-
C. It displays the number of steps needed
resent?
to perform a given Photoshop task.
A. Transparent background
D. It lists the time it has taken you to per-
form each task in the current work ses- B. Locked areas that can’t be modified
sion. C. A grid pattern for aligning objects
749. What is the advantage of using layers? 755. Art Career-The art or profession of vi-
sual communication that combines images,
A. You can edit and restack components
words, and ideas to convey information to
of a document individually.
an audience.
B. Layers keep the file size small.
A. Graphics Organizer
C. Layer pixels are editable, whereas the
B. Picture Design
original Background pixels are not.
C. Illustrator Design
750. How do you activate a layer on the Lay- D. Graphic Designer
ers panel?
A. Click the layer listing. 756. The lightness or darkeness of a color. All
shades of Black, White and Gray represent
B. Cmd-click/Ctrl-click the layer listing. pure
C. Double-click the layer thumbnail. A. Hue
D. Click the visibility icon for the layer. B. Chroma
751. Only one layer can be selected at a time. C. Value
A. True D. Shadows
B. False 757. What is also known as Hue or Chroma?

A. Value
752. How do you move a layer to a higher po-
sition in the stack? B. Color
A. Click the layer listing, then press the C. Shadows
Up arrow on the keyboard. D. Pattern

758. What type of shape, form, or line has 764. When we make a composition and want
curvy, unpredictable edges and can refer- to draw the viewers attention to an ob-
ence things seen in nature? ject or focal point we use which principle
A. Realistic of design?
B. Organic A. Balance
C. Abstract B. Emphasis
D. Geometric C. Unity
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D. Variety
759. What type of shape, line or form has
angles, straight edges, and often has a 765. What are the three colors that can be
name? mixed to make any other colors?
A. Organic A. electromagnetic colors
B. Realistic B. supplementary colors
C. Geometric C. primary colors
D. Non-Objective D. secondary colors
760. move straight up and down.
766. Texture you can actually feel.
A. Horizontal Lines
A. real
B. Vertical Lines
B. visual
C. Curved Lines
D. Diagonal Lines 767. Texture you can see, but cannot feel.
A. visual
761. Diagonal lines run from side to side. Lines
of this type seem to be at rest. B. real
A. False 768. A two dimensional area created by con-
B. True necting lines.
A. shape
762. Which type of line is side to side or left
to right? B. form
A. vertical C. space
B. horizontal 769. primary color + primary color
C. zigzag A. secondary color
D. curvy B. intermediate color
763. What is the element of art that refers to C. value
how things feel, or look as if they might
feel, if touched? 770. Green + Red =
A. Line A. Black
B. Texture B. Brown
C. Color C. Blue
D. Shape D. Green

771. HUE is another word for color 777. What is the positive space in an artwork?
A. True A. the area behind an object

B. False B. the area taken up by the object
C. the area in front of an object
772. Which of the following would be consid-
ered a monochromatic color scheme? 778. In art, overlapping is
A. Orange and Blue. A. the mixing of colors
B. Red, Blue, and Yellow. B. the blending of shades

C. the placement of one object in front of
C. Pink, Red, and Maroon.
another
D. Blue-green, Red, and Pink.
D. the stacking of one object on top of an-
other
773. Air bubbles in clay cause this to happen
A. texture 779. The level of your eyes is called the
B. explosions A. horizon line

B. viewpoint line
C. lightweight
C. horizontal line
D. polyps
D. viewing line
774. What is the soft, liquid clay used to at-
780. Trees and buildings should appear as
tach 2 pieces of clay together?
they go away from us.
A. Slip A. larger
B. Plastic B. smaller
C. Elmer’s C. the same height
D. Hot Glue 781. If a building rises above the horizon line,
can you see the top of it?
775. What is the correct order of action EV-
ERY time you attach two pieces of clay to- A. Yes
gether? B. No
A. Slip, Score and Smooth 782. The area nearest the viewer in a land-
B. Score, Slip and Smooth scape composition is called the
C. Smooth, Slip, Score A. background
D. Smooth, Score, Slip B. midground
C. foreground
776. What is negative space?
D. highest part of page
A. The bad parts of the design
783. What do you call the lines that appear to
B. The empty space between elements recede over the horizon line.
C. The part that makes you unhappy A. Receding Lines
D. Anything that’s white on your design B. Converging Lines

C. Parallel Lines 790. When adding black to a color, you get a

D. Far Lines
A. Tint
784. Which of the following is not a way to
classify color? B. Shade
A. hue 791. A contour line is a single line that de-

B. depth scribes the outside edge of the object.
C. intensity A. True
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D. value B. False
785. This principle of design is concerned with 792. Rhythm between shapes or objects helps
dominance-the development of a focal create directional movement.
point. A. True
A. balance B. False
B. emphasis 793. When you add Black to a color it is called
C. pattern a
D. variety A. Hue
B. Value
786. The type of emphasis that points to one
place in a painting is called C. Shade
A. placement D. Complementary Color
B. convergence 794. When you add White to a color it is called
C. the unusual a
D. chairoscuro A. Tint
B. Value
787. The main focus of a work of art is , as
opposed to the areas surrounding. C. Hue
A. Positive Space D. Highlight
B. Negative Space 795. Adding Gray to a Color changes the ?
788. Does it matter what order you list a ter- A. Value
tiary color? B. Hue
A. No, it’s reversible. Example:Red- C. Texture
Orange or Orange-Red D. Intensity
B. Yes, the primary color is always listed
first. Example:Blue-Green 796. are diagonally opposite one another
on the color wheel and create the maxi-
789. Which is an example of a tertiary color? mum contrast with one another.
A. Orange A. Complementary colors
B. Green-Blue B. Contrasting colors
C. Pink C. Complex colors
D. Red-Violet D. Crazy colors

797. colors are more subtle hues which are 802. Answer the color equation:Red + Blue=
achieved by mixing a primary and a sec- A. Purple
ondary color that are adjacent on the color

wheel. B. Green
C. Yellow
A. Tertiary
D. Orange
B. Analogous
C. Complementary 803. If you add black to a color, the color be-
comes
D. Feminine
A. lighter
798. Element of Design:The relationship of the B. darker
area occupied by one shape to that of an- C. stays the same
other.
D. it’s own complement
A. direction
804. A monochromatic work of art contains
B. shape the following colors?
C. line A. three colors next to one another on the
D. size color wheel
B. one color plus tints and shades of that
799. If you want to create good contrast with color
images, what should you do?
C. one color plus one complement
A. Make all of them the exact same size
D. all cool colors
B. Make them all really big
805. How do you make a shade of a warm
C. Have one clearly dominant image color without using black?
D. Use an illustration A. add white
B. add a dot of the complementary color
800. What is the definition of Rhythm in Art?
C. add the color next to it
A. something a person has when they
sing D. add brown
B. A Repeated element but with varia- 806. A color scheme that consists of red, red-
tions in most artwork. violet and red-orange is called
C. when someone has “beat” A. Triad
D. when something in the painting is mov- B. Monochromatic
ing C. Analogous
801. What is a “visual element”? 807. A color scheme that uses just one hue
with variations of values and intensities
A. The building blocks of Art and Design. is
B. Something that is painted. A. Monochromatic
C. The process of making. B. Accented neutral
D. Thinking of art ideas. C. Triad

808. Stage theories of children’s artistic devel- C. modeling and sculpting

opment generally agree that all of the fol- D. sticker art
lowing are true except:
A. there is a scribbling stage which is 812. Planning for well rounded artistic and
important and valuable.B) the process of aesthetic development in children requires
children’s ar the teacher to:
B. the process of children’s artistic de- A. assure all art made by children in the
velopment is complex, social, and change- classroom looks similar.
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able. B. know about children’s artistic and aes-
C. the creation of representational im- thetic development and understand their
ages is most important. group of children.
D. there is a pattern of distinct stages in C. lead art lessons for groups of children
children’s artistic development that have to teach them various art techniques.
a constant order related to age. D. explore their own artistic talents and
display their work around the classroom
809. There are 3 approaches to teaching art to for children to copy.
young children. Identify the one that does
not belong . 813. Artistic development theories tend to
A. a child-centered approach in which agree that children’s artistic development
adult intervention is avoided is:
B. a sensory approach in which empha- A. unfolded in a slow and steady fashion.

sis is placed on discovery of materials like B. complex, social, & changeable.
bubbles, finger paint, and playdough C. simple and repetitive.
C. a teacher-centered approach in which D. inherited and specific.
children copy an adult-made model, or cut
out/color “patterns” 814. The art curriculum is meaningful and im-
D. an art-centered approach in which chil- portant because:
dren develop skill using art media and also A. children come to us as artists and art
learn about art is an inherent part of being human.
810. Two types of art belong in the daily sched- B. art will help children to become better
ule. These are: writers.
A. simple and complex. C. children will learn to copy patterns and

lines, an important part of learning to rep-
B. free choice and pattern. resent the real world through art.
C. self-selected and planned. D. it provides children with a guide on the
D. messy and neat. Two types of art be- right and wrong ways to create art.
long in the daily schedule. These are:
815. The teacher’s role in the arts curriculum
811. Five basic art processes serve as the is to provide opportunities for children to:
foundation in early childhood art curricu- A. learn about art elements and tech-
lum Which does not belong? niques, experience, explore and enjoy
A. drawing many forms of art media.
B. painting B. trace and copy patterns.

C. visit art galleries. 823. Which two elements and/or principles of

D. enter art competitions. art were used to guide us in drawing the
side view of a human head in class?

816. The flat surface of a painting or drawing A. line & shape
is called the
B. line & value
A. picture plane
C. line & pattern
B. screen
D. line & texture
C. window
D. opening 824. Sculpture cannot contain value.
A. False
817. What is the area around an object in an
artwork? B. True
A. Positive space 825. You can have a realistic drawing without

B. Negative space the use of texture and value.
A. False
818. In a 2D artwork the objects higher on the
paper are closer. B. True
A. True 826. Name the three characteristics of a de-

B. False sign.
A. function
819. What is the area an object takes up in an
artwork? B. construction
A. Positive space C. creativity
B. Negative space D. aesthetics
820. All forms of visual art contain texture. 827. A properly constructed design must be
A. True
A. durable
B. False
B. shoddy
821. Which technique is not used for creating C. bold
value?
A. Shading 828. The word durable means
B. Stippling A. strong
C. Cross-Hatching B. safe
D. Coil C. soft
D. pretty
822. Which element of art cannot be used to
create the illusion of texture? 829. Identify three areas used in a art critique.
A. line A. description
B. value B. creation
C. space C. analysis
D. pattern D. interpretation

830. The path of a moving point through space. C. Asymmetrical Balance

There are five main kinds. D. Expressive Balance
A. Line
836. When objects in a work of art are po-
B. Shape
sitioned in a circle around a central point
C. Space (like spokes on a wheel) it is called:
D. Balance A. Radial Balance
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831. The way things feel, or look as though B. Symmetrical Balance
they might feel, if touched. C. Asymmetrical Balance
A. Line D. Expressive Balance
B. Shape
837. A principle of design that makes one part
C. Texture of a work stand out above the other parts
D. Form and become the focal point.
832. An object having 3 dimensions. (A 3D Ob- A. Harmony

ject.) B. Unity
A. Shape C. Rhythm
B. Line D. Emphasis
C. Texture
838. The principle of design used to guide the
D. Form viewer’s eye through a work of art.
833. The principle of design concerned with A. Harmony
equalizing visual weight in works of art. B. Unity
(Think of a scale.)
C. Proportion
A. Balance
D. Movement
B. Variety
C. Rhythm 839. A shape or design that repeats itself.
D. Contrast A. Emphasis
834. When 2 halves of the artwork are mirror B. Pattern

images of each other it is called: C. Movement
A. Radial Balance D. Proportion
B. Symmetrical Balance
840. The arrangement of elements and princi-
C. Asymmetrical Balance ples to create a feeling of completeness or
D. Expressive Balance wholeness in a work of art.
A. Unity
835. When 2 sides of the artwork are differ-
ent from each other it is called: B. Balance
A. Radial Balance C. Emphasis
B. Symmetrical Balance D. Variety

841. Basic visual “tools” in the language of 847. This is achieved when elements are com-
art. bined in various ways to increase visual
interest.

A. Elements of Art
B. Principles of Design A. Unity
C. Colored Pencils, Pens, Paint B. Harmony
D. Brushes, Canvas, Paint C. Variety
842. The “rules” that govern how artists or- D. Contrast
ganize the elements of art.
A. Elements of Art 848. The point at which receding parallel lines
viewed in perspective appear to converge.
B. Principles of Design
A. Vanishing Point
C. Project Rubric
D. Interactive Notebook B. Value
843. A 2-Dimensional area enclosed by a line. C. Shape
A. Form D. Bird’s Eye View

B. Shape
849. This is “eye level” in your image. Its
C. Space placement determines where we seem to
D. Value be looking from (up high or down low).
844. Shapes like triangles, squares and rectan- A. Horizon Line

gles are called: B. Vanishing Point
A. Geometric Shapes C. Direction
B. Organic Shapes
D. Contrast
C. Geometric Forms
D. Organic Forms 850. The lightness or darkness of tones or col-
ors.
845. Shapes like puddles, clouds, and leaves
are called: A. Value
A. Geometric Shapes B. Texture
B. Organic Shapes C. Line
C. Geometric Forms D. Form
D. Organic Forms
851. Gradually transitioning from one shade,
846. The distance between, around, above, be- hue, or texture to another.
low, and within things is called:
A. Texture
A. Pattern
B. Shape B. Gradation
C. Perspective C. Horizon Line

D. Space D. Color

852. Colors that are opposite each other on the 853. When something is repeated, such as
color wheel. Being close together makes color, shape, form, or texture.
the other color “pop.”
A. Variety
A. Complementary Colors
B. Value
B. Secondary Colors
C. Primary Colors C. Repetition
D. Color Wheel D. Proportion
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