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As a rule, you will be shown a slide or two to go with each question, but some questions do not have slides. The test will be timed so that you will be given 1 minute for each slide. There will 40 questions on the quiz -- 2.5 points each.
17. The purpose of this was probably
a. historical record b. sympathetic magic c. decoration d. anatomy lessons
18. Which of these works is more abstract?
a. left b. right
26. Which of these shows post and lintel construction?
a. left b. right c. neither d. both
30. Which of the following does Goya manipulate to add impact to the message here?
a. values b. implied lines c. actual lines d. postures e. all of the above
31. Does the artist use any of these means to treat space in this work?
a. linear perspective b. mixed perspective c. intuitive perspective d. atmospheric perspective
36. The colors used to create this painting are
a. primary b. complementary c. analogous d. clashing
21. Which is not true of the Stepped Pyramid of Djoser?
a. predecessor to smooth-sided pyramids b. successor to smooth-sided pyramids
c. successor to mastaba tomb monuments d. situated in complex of sham architecture for the afterlife
22. Khafre is not
a. a veristic portrait of the pharaoh b. idealized c. made of diorite d. closed form sculpture
23. Ziggurats were
a. made of limestone b. used as royal tombs c. rock-cut architecture d. manmade mountains/bases for temples
24. The chief sculptor for the Parthenon was
a. Pericles b. Myron c. Praxiteles d. Phidias e. Troy
25. Stiff poses, frontality, and hardness of flesh are characteristics of Greek ______________ sculpture
a. Ionic b. Classical c. archaic d. Hellenistic e. republican
26. Hermes & Dionysus was created with
a. archaic stance b. contrapposto stance c. verism d. dynamic drama of expression
41. This work
a. belonged to a Persian king b. was a top for a fishing basket c. is decorated with ivory, gold, and jewels
d. includes the "master of animals" motif
42. Which term is not associated here?
a. animal interlace b. horror vacui c. manuscript illumination d. encaustic painting e. gospel book
43. This lavish work is a
a. container for perfume b. is a portrait of a Carolingian queen c. was carried in procession by the community d. contained the relics of Ste. Conques
44. Which of the following are associated with this work?
a. portrait of the king b. guardian in the temple c. hybrid animal bred by the Assyrians
d. meant to be viewed "in the round"
45. The sculpture here may be associated with
a. Assyrian interest in veterinary medicine b. ferocious power of Assyrian kings c. is additive and high-relief d. a & c e. none of these
48. This work
a. was found in a royal palace b. includes images of humans acting like animals c. shows inlay technique
d. includes bronze and wood
49. This image is
a. a manuscript painting b. a stained glass window c. a wall painting in a palace chapel
d. a mosaic in Notre Dame, Paris e. a mosaic in Chartres Cathedral
50. This sculpture
a. shows Old Testament prophets b. supported an image of the Crucifixion
c. shows Renaissance ideas of naturalism d. was created by Claus Sluter e. all of these
11. Artists of the Northern Renaissance, exemplified here by Campin and Van Eyck,
(as compared to those in Italy) were
a. less likely to use fresco b. more likely to use mathematical formulas for perspective
c. less likely to use oil paints d. less likely to use symbolism
12. The treatment of light here is called
a. chiaroscuro b. tenebrism c. sfumato d. clairvoyance e. mannerism
13. This Crucifixion was
a. by Matthias Grünewald b. part of a triptych c. painted for a cancer hospital
d. typical of German Renaissance in its serenity and calmness e. none of these
14. Italian Baroque art is related to
a. Counter Reformation b. Reformation c. Council of Trent
d. reassertion of papal authority e. all but b
15. Which of the following artist(s) is associated with the Rococo?
a. Carracci b. Watteau c. David d. all of these e. none of these