Multiple Choice

Please answer all questions


1	According to the author, the drawback of the chronological approach to studying art is that:
		A)	the cultural context gets ignored.
		B)	the comparison of art from different cultures gets overlooked.
		C)	an understanding of the sequence of time periods is omitted.
		D)	all of the above.
		E)	none of the above


2	Theme and purpose in art are:
		A)	always related.
		B)	never related.
		C)	sometimes related.
		D)	synonymous.
		E)	c & d.


3	The sculptor Isamu Noguchi named his series of lamps __________, meaning "light as illumination" in Japanese.
		A)	dau
		B)	akari
		C)	bodhisattva
		D)	nirvana
		E)	none of the above


4	Which of the following was designed and created as a private place of worship?
		A)	Sainte-Chapelle
		B)	the Louvre pyramid
		C)	Vietnam Veterans Memorial
		D)	Great Mosque at Córdoba
		E)	all of the above


5	Cimabue's Madonna Enthroned and A Tathagata Buddha are similar in all these ways EXCEPT:
		A)	They share a common theme of the sacred.
		B)	Their compositional structure is similar.
		C)	They both include symbolic hand gestures.
		D)	They share the same iconography.
		E)	They were made in the same century.


6	Which of the following is an example of a theme in art?
		A)	painting
		B)	Renaissance
		C)	mural
		D)	art and nature
		E)	naturalistic


7	Whereas the Christian image by Cimabue depicts the central figure surrounded by angels, the Buddhist image in this chapter shows the central figure surrounded by:
		A)	shamans.
		B)	bodhisattvas.
		C)	pharaohs.
		D)	putti.
		E)	geometric shapes only.


8	The Olmec civilization lived in an area of present day:
		A)	Tibet.
		B)	Italy.
		C)	West Africa.
		D)	Mexico.
		E)	India.


9	The mysteries of the unknown are often depicted through __________, as can be seen in Kasimir Malevich's Suprematist Composition.
		A)	non-representational forms
		B)	depictions of divine beings
		C)	nature studies
		D)	designs in stained glass
		E)	none of the above


10	The name Suprematism, coined by Kasimir Malevich, stands for:
		A)	"art that depicts the Supreme Being."
		B)	"the supreme power of art to overcome human travails."
		C)	"the supremacy of pure feeling in creative art."
		D)	"the superior nature of painting over sculpture."
		E)	none of the above.


11	The pyramids at Giza in Egypt were built as:
		A)	palaces.
		B)	tombs.
		C)	libraries.
		D)	fortresses.
		E)	none of the above.


12	A shaman is:
		A)	a Buddhist native of Tibet.
		B)	an enlightened being in Buddhism who defers nirvana to help others.
		C)	a sacred figure-half man, half jaguar-of the Olmecs.
		D)	a nature spirit of the Bwa people.
		E)	a human who acts as a guide between the material and spirit worlds.


13	Which of the three great pyramids at Giza is the largest?
		A)	Menkaure
		B)	Khafre
		C)	Khufu
		D)	They're all roughly the same size.
		E)	a & c are exactly the same size.


14	Prior to 1793, the Louvre was a:
		A)	museum.
		B)	tomb.
		C)	prison.
		D)	cathedral.
		E)	palace.


15	Akbar Hunting with Trained Cheetahs is an example of:
		A)	Bwa ceremonial art.
		B)	Mughal painting.
		C)	Olmec relief carving.
		D)	Ancient Egyptian funereal art.
		E)	Chinese scroll painting.


16	Honoré Daumier's __________ was confiscated by the authorities soon after it was first seen by the public.
		A)	Murder in the rue Transnonain
		B)	The Kiss
		C)	John Brown Going to His Hanging
		D)	Edible
		E)	The Dream


17	Louise Nevelson and Sandy Skogland both use found objects in their work. However, Nevelson is considered a sculptor and Skogland is considered a:
		A)	painter.
		B)	ceramist.
		C)	photographer.
		D)	cartoonist.
		E)	weaver.


18	Pablo Picasso painted Guernica in 1937 for:
		A)	the Spanish Pavilion of the Paris World's Fair.
		B)	a rally of the Allied Forces.
		C)	a celebration honoring General Francisco Franco.
		D)	the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid.
		E)	none of the above.


19	Janine Antoni created her sculpture Gnaw out of:
		A)	Styrofoam.
		B)	animal teeth.
		C)	chocolate.
		D)	beeswax.
		E)	beaver pelts.


20	Robert Smithson's The Spiral Jetty is an example of:
		A)	a lithograph.
		B)	an akari.
		C)	Suprematist art.
		D)	the Mughal style.
		E)	an earthwork.

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