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| 1. The structure shown in the slide on the left is located
in Rome Venice Florence Ravenna 2. The dome on the structure on the left was designed by Alberti Brunelleschi Bramante Bernini 3. The dome on the structure on the left is crowned by a Lantern Triforium Raking cornice Predella 4. The portals on
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6. The Italian term for the bell tower seen in both images
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10. The work on the left was painted by
Benjamin west Jean-Baptiste Greuze Jacques-Louis David Francisco Goya 11. The subject of the work on the left is derived from
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15. The work on the right is associated with the growing interest
in travel and the Grand Tour rational and progressive urban planning sentimentality and rustic virtue women's liberation 16. Both works do which of the following? Display a preference for elevated historical subjects Combine emotional narrative and didactic content Help to buttress the church's postiton illustrate the eighteenth-century taste for the decorative 17. Which of the following is true of the work on the left? It was intented as a moral example It represents Napoleon's victory at Marengo It was totally ignored by critics and the public at the 1785 Salon It was never shown publicly because it was too controversial |
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18. Both interiors are examples of
Egyptian funerary complexes Greek religious buildings Etruscan temples Roman residential architecture 19. The most likely time period for both interiors is 10,000 BCE 500 BCE First century CE Fourth century CE 20. The interior on the left is called? a podium an atrium an amphitheater a cella 21. All of the following are true of the interior on the
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22. Interiors of this type are found in buildings in
which of the following cities? Pompeii Luxor Knossos Ur 23. The walls of the interior shown on the right are decorated with paintings tapestries mosaics sculptural reliefs 24. The spatial system followed in the overall decoration shown on the right is best characterized by its one-point perspective atmospheric perspective mixture of perspective models wide vista effects |
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25. The
artist of the work on the left is Pablo Picasso Joan Miro Alexander Calder Louise Nevelson 26. The work on the left is a |
29. The work
on the right dates from the 1850's 1890's 1910's 1950's 30. In these works, both sculptors were preoccupied primarily with which of the following challenges? Experimentation with new materials New ways to deal with the concept of motion The rejection of traditional subject matter Radically new ways of portraying the nude 31. Both works can be considered part of
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| 32. The work shown is by which Italian
artist? Giotto Duccio Andrea Mantegna Andrea del Castagno 33. The work dates from approximately 800 C.E 1300 C.E 1600 C.E 1700 C.E 34. The work is clearly derived from the Byzantine style Minoan style Tenebrism of Rome Perspective of Alberti 35. The city with which the artist is most closely associated is Milan Florence Mantua Siena |
36. The medium of the work is fresco tempera oil encaustic 37. A feature of work that derives from previous artistic practice is the use of Gold leaf canvas vellum silverpoint 38. The term that best descries this style of painting is Baroque Romanesque proto-Renaissance Roman 39. The artist whose style most tesembles thes work is Antonio del Pollaiuolo Nicola Pisano Simone Martini Paolo Uccello |
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| 40. The work shown was produced during the
Archaic period Byzantine era Amarna period Pax Romana 41. The culture that produced this work was Persian Egyptian Minoan Peloponnesian 42. The sculpture represents a queen pharaoh scribe servant 43. The art produced during this period involved the construction of monuments to numerous deities the reestablishment of past traditions major architectural innovations radical stylistic change 44. Which term best decribes the religious beliefs of the period during which this work was produced? Polytheistic Atheistic Monotheistic Agnostic |
45. The sculpture shown is most closely associated with images of Akhenaten Hammurabi Pericles Julius Caesar 46. Which phrase best applies to the sculpture shown and to others of the period? Rigid formality Stylized naturalism Classical portraiture Dramatic expressiveness 47. The materials used in this sculpture include al of the following EXCEPT lapis lazuli gold ebony concrete 48. The work is best characterized as funerary matrimonial decorative utilitarian |
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| 49. The designer of the work on the left is
Frank Lloyd Wright Gerrit Rietveld Victor Horta Walter Gropius 50. The designer of the work on the right is Antoni Gaudi Gustave Eiffel Julia Morgan Hector Guimard 51. Both works are noted for their integration of which of the following forms? Organic Geometric Symmetric Rectilinear 52. Both works were completed during which time period? 1830-1580 1860-1880 1890-1910 1920-1940 |
53. Both works share common concerns with which of the following movements?
Pop Art Arts and Crafts Constructivism Neoplasticism 54. Which phrase best describes the creative goal or philosophies of the two designers represented? A synthesis of fine and applied arts A rejection of natural forms Form follows function Less is more 55. Which of the following movements is contemporaneous with that of the works shown? Postmodernism Postimpressionism Neoclassicism Surrealism 56. Both works represent an artistic reaction against Spiritualism Humanism Romanticism Industrialism |
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| 57. The artist who painted this work is Lavinia Fontana Annibale Carracci Artemisia Gentileschi Sofonisba Anguissola 58. The style of the painting was heavily influenced by the work of Pontormo Caravaggio Bernini Valazquez 59. The subject of the work is taken from The Apocrypha Mythology Vasari's lives The Golden Legend 60. The work is notable for its use of all of the following EXCEPT Dramatic use of light Extreme realism Idealized forms An emphasis on female heroic action |
61. Which city is best known for the painting innovations seen here?
Madrid Paris Venice Rome 62. The artist of this work was trained By a relative Through a traditional apprenticeship At an academy In a scriptorium 63. The subject of the work is Salome and John the Baptist Judith and Holofernes Perseus and Medusa Samson and Delilah |
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64. These two paintings,
both by Sofonisba Anguissola, were created during which century?
65. Which of the following
best describes the two paintings?
66. In addition to
paintings such as these, Anguissola was also known for her skill
in creating
67. Anguissola’s career
was contemporary with which of the
following artistic movements? |
68. Anguissola received
support and advice from which of the
following artists?
69. Which of the following
is true of Anguissola’s
70. At a time when few
women were artists, Anguissola’s
successful artistic career was possible because she
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| 71. Both of these works were created by Michelangelo Borromini Bernini Donatello
74. Both works show an interest in 75. A key aspect of both works is the |
76. The artist of the work shown also designed the ceiling of the Palazzo Farnese the Branccai Chapel St. Peter's Colonnade the entrance of the Laurentian Library
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| 80. The people shown in the painting are engaged in which of the following activities? Iconography Restoration Connoisseurship Courtship 81. The people shown in the painting are engaged in which of the following activities? Romanesque Baroque Gothic Classical 82. The work was painted in which century? Fourteenth Sixteenth Eighteenth Twentieth |
83. Most of the men shown in the painting are guild members French revolutionaries members of the upper class railroad magnates 84. The setting shown is a precursor to modern department stores government offices art museums universities 85. In the detail on the right, the painting being admired by the men is by Titian Rembrandt Manet Pearlstein 86. Women are included in the painting as viewers collectors artists subjects |
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| 87. The plan is similar to that of several churches built around 700 CE 900 CE 1100 CE 1300 CE 88. The plan and the interior view identify the style of the church as Early Christian Byzantine Romanesque Gothic 89. The mathematical unit that organizes the plan is derived from the radiating chapels crossing square towers apse 90. The builders organized the nave of the church in three-dimensional modules called bays cells niches apsidioles |
91. Which of the following help to articulate the three-dimensional modules of the nave? Pendentives and squinches Colonnades and architraves Posts and lintels Compound piers and transverse arches 92. The nave of the church is covered by a coffered ceiling a barrel vault groined vaults domical vaults 93. The interior shows a two-story elevation consisting of a nave arcade and a clerestory triforium gallery crypt 94. The design of the churches such as this was most likely a practical response to the medieval phenomenon of the Inquisition pilgrimage feudalism the papacy |
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| 95. The artist of the work on the left is Emil Nolde Franz Marc Joseph Mallord William Turner Wassily Kandinsky 96. The artist of the work on the left was associated with The French Academy Der Blaue Reiter Art Brut Dada 97. The work on the left emphasizes a spirtual response to the world identifiable subject matter scientific observations of nature three-point perspective 98. The artist who painted the work on the right is Mark Rothko Jackson Pollock Willem de Kooning Lee Krasner |
99. Both works are best categorized as Synthetic Cubist Realist Neoclassical nonrepresentational 100. Both works emphasize all of the following EXCEPT spatial recession color relationships formal elements allover composition 101.The work on the right was painted during the early nineteenth century mid-nineteenth century early twentieth century mid-twentieth century 102. The work on the right is an example of collage mural painting action painting genre painting |