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1
Among the Pomo Indians of California, the art of _____ is linked to their creation myth.
A)stone carving
B)mosaics
C)architecture
D)basketry
E)sand painting
2
As seen in the interior of the the Nasr al-Mulk mosque (fig. 3.3), Islamic artisans created
A)dramatic representations of religious narratives.
B)realistic portraits of Islamic rulers.
C)colorful, visually delightful patterns.
D)only dramatic representations of religious narratives and realistic portraits of Islamic rulers.
E)only realistic portraits of Islamic rulers and colorful, visually delightful patterns.
3
The role of art in relationship to the sacred world
A)is a modern invention.
B)is useful only in recording historical facts.
C)is not of great importance.
D)has been with us since the earliest of times.
E)None of the answers are correct.
4
Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu are the names of
A)pharaohs.
B)nature spirits of the Bwa people.
C)three great temples in Tibet.
D)Akbar's most famous court painters.
E)Buddhist statues destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
5
Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People (fig. 3.11) commemorated
A)the American Revolution of 1776.
B)the Russian Revolution of 1917.
C)the French Revolution of 1789.
D)the French Revolution of 1830.
E)All of the answers are correct.
6
What event prompted Pablo Picasso to create the painting Guernica (fig. 3.12)?
A)the world premiere of Salvador Dali's Surrealist film by the same name
B)a bombing raid on Paris during World War II
C)the Holocaust
D)a newspaper story about a bullfight
E)the devastation of a Spanish city by Nazi bombers
7
A work of art that is made in three panels is called
A)a trefoil.
B)a sarcophagus.
C)a tribune.
D)a triptych.
8
In 1970 Robert Smithson arranged rock and earth in the Great Salt Lake in Utah, entitled:
A)Hard Rock.
B)Spiral Jetty.
C)Earth Mound.
D)The Garden of Earthly Delights.
E)Stone and Gravel Garden.
9
The American artist Barnett Newman said that he painted because he wanted
A)"to have something to look at."
B)"to express my inner feelings."
C)"to reveal the consumerism of our society."
D)"to understand myself."
E)None of the answers are correct.
10
The Japanese artist Hokusai once painted Red Maple Leaves Floating Down the River by
A)carefully rendering each leaf that he saw ink and color.
B)releasing a rooster with painted feet to walk across the paper.
C)pressing actual leaves that were dipped in paint.
D)pressing his own painted hands onto the paper.
E)throwing paint-filled sponges onto the paper.





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