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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 the structure on the right include triangular
Lintels
Jambs
Lancets
Gables

5. The structure on the right most closely reflects the French Gothic style in the design of its
West facade
Bell tower
Crossing dome
Marble incrustation




6. The Italian term for the bell tower seen in both images is
Baldacchino
Duomo
Campanile
Loggia

7. Both of these structures were begun in the late
Thirteenth century
Twelfth century
Eleventh century
Tenth century

8. These two structures were built in two different locales that can best be described as
Rival city-states
Feudal estates
Seats of royal power
Monastic communities

9. One of the major reasons for the grand size of these two structures was to
accommodate large numbers of pilgrims traveling to Santiago de Compostela
challenge the authority of the Pope in Rome
convey economic and cultural superiority
honor a line of royal kings buried there


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
Roman history
contemporary European history
the lliad
Rousseau's writings

12. The artist of the work on the left was a leading representative of
the Baroque
Neoclassicism
the British school
Romanticism

13. The work on the right is an example of
genre painting
nineteenth-century Realism
a contemporary preference for mythological themes
the reaction against secular subjects

14. Both works illustrate the reaction against
Napoleon's conquest of Europe
the revival of interest in antiquity
the industrial revolution
the Rococo

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




 

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 left EXCEPT:
It uses the Doric order
It contains an impluvium
It is connected to a peristyle
It is open to the sky

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

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
ready-made
mobile
stabile
collage

27. The artist of the work on the right is
Giacomo Balla
Gino Severini
Alberto Giacometti
Umberto Boccioni

28. The artist of the work on the right was a principal member of which of the following art movements?
Futurism
Dadaism
Surrealism
Cubism

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
Modernist sculpture
Neoclassical sculpture
Victorian decorative arts
Art Deco


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
 

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

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

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

64.  These two paintings, both by Sofonisba Anguissola, were created during which century?
Fifteenth
Sixteenth
Seventeenth
Eighteenth

65.  Which of the following best describes the two paintings?
A combination of genre and portrait painting
A combination of figurative and allegorical painting
A combination of narrative and history painting
A combination of symbolic and mythological painting

66. In addition to paintings such as these, Anguissola was also known for her skill in creating
bronze cast sculpture
etchings and engravings
self portraits and miniatures
terra-cotta sculpture

67. Anguissola’s career was contemporary with which of the following artistic movements?
International Gothic
Mannerism
Baroque
Neoclassicism

68. Anguissola received support and advice from  which of the following artists?
Mantegna
Bernini
Michelangelo
David

69. Which of the following is true of Anguissola’s
She enjoyed the patronage of the Spanish royal family as a court painter.
She created works that influenced fashion in eighteenth-century Paris.
She created a scandal by recording dissection experiments in a series of notebooks.
She was imprisoned for creating prints sympathetic to Protestant reform.

70. At a time when few women were artists, Anguissola’s successful artistic career was possible because she
received a humanist education provided by her father
assisted her husband, who was an artist
modeled for several famous artists of her time
was sequestered in a nunnery

 


71. Both of these works were created by
Michelangelo
Borromini
Bernini
Donatello


72. The work of this artist dates to which of the following periods?
Renaissance
Mannerism
Baroque
Rococo

73. The subject of the work on the right was also sculpted by
Degas
Donatello
Phidias
Luca Della Robbia

74. Both works show an interest in
Hellenistic Greek sculpture
Roman republican portraiture
Neoclassical sculpture
Archaic Greek sculpture

75. A key aspect of both works is the
emphasis on a fleeting moment
lack of tension
use of multiple media
use of pagan subject matter
 

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


77. The artist's principal patrons were
Spanish royalty
Tuscan monks
members of the merchant class
members of the church hierarchy


78. Both works allude to the artist's interest in
Neoplatonic ideals
theatrical illusion
Franciscan spirituality
Galileo's theories


79. Both works emphasize
an axial twisting movement
the symmetrical arrangement of figures
classical restraint
a closed figural stance


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

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

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