Deck 1: Fundamentals

Question 1

The ancient Egyptian depiction of the journey of the Sun god Re (0.1) was painted on ________.

A) a vase
B) stone
C) a coffin
D) the wall of a tomb
E) copper

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Gustav Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer was typical of his portraits of the wives and sisters of ________.

A) Nazi rulers
B) German scientists
C) Austrian businessmen
D) foreign tourists
E) important politicians

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Otto Dix frequently portrayed war scenes in his art because ________.

A) of his experiences in World War I
B) he supported the Nazis
C) he was a patriot
D) he supported the use of military force
E) Germany was under attack

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The medium of Marc Quinn's Self is:

A) real human hair
B) clay
C) the artist's own blood
D) the artist's toenail clippings
E) wood

Question 5

The city of Los Angeles disapproved of Simon Rodia's Watts Towers.

Question 6

The rarity of an artwork, and its value, are often closely related.

Question 7

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. is valuable because ________.

A) it is made of expensive materials
B) Lincoln is a symbol of American values and identity
C) it was designed by a single famous artist
D) it is very large
E) there are no other memorials to Lincoln

Question 8

Girl with a Pearl Earring was painted by this Dutch artist.

A) Rembrandt
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Jan van Eyck
D) Johannes Vermeer
E) Albrecht Dürer

Question 9

The ancient Egyptian artist who painted The Journey of the Sun God Re (0.1) on a coffin chose his subject because ________.

A) Egyptians were interested in astronomy
B) he believed in ghosts
C) it expresses beliefs in an afterlife
D) Egypt has a very sunny climate
E) the person buried in the coffin was a priestess of the god

Question 10

Thomas Jefferson chose a Roman temple as the model for his design of the Virginia State Capitol because it suggested ________.

A) that there was a large Italian population in Virginia
B) that the building was very old
C) the strength of the institutions of the Republic
D) that he had traveled to Italy
E) that he spoke Latin

Question 11

Louise Nevelson's work White Vertical Water is a realistic depiction of fish in a river.

Question 12

The work now known as the Watts Towers was in fact given a different title by its creator. That title was ________.

A) LA Towers
B) Skyscrapers 1 and 2
C) Found Objects
D) Nuestro Pueblo
E) it had no title originally

Question 13

The controversial exhibition of contemporary British art held in Brooklyn Museum in 1999 was called ________.

A) Offense
B) Controversy
C) In Your Face
D) Illegal
E) Sensation

Question 14

The self-portrait of the Dutch artist Rembrandt stolen from the Swedish National Museum was one of many that the artist painted on copper.

Question 15

Jeff Koons made his sculpture Rabbit himself.

Question 16

In Japan, ceramic tea bowls were appreciated because ________.

A) of their shape, subtle colors, and irregular 
surface
B) they kept the tea warm
C) they were symmetrical and smooth to touch
D) they did not break easily
E) they were expensive

Question 17

The building that houses the Lincoln Memorial was based on the form of an ancient Greek temple. Why?

A) To express its religious significance
B) Lincoln's father was born in Greece
C) Greek architecture symbolizes values important 
to Americans
D) Greek architecture was Lincoln's favorite
E) No other building in Washington is based on Greek designs

Question 18

William G. Wall's Fort Edward was published as a ________.

A) print
B) watercolor
C) newspaper article
D) oil painting
E) photograph

Question 19

Even though Jeff Koons did not make the sculpture Rabbit with his own hands, it is considered his work because ________.

A) he designed it
B) he chose its color
C) he displayed it in his home
D) it was modeled on his pet rabbit
E) none of the other answers

Question 20

William G. Wall's The Hudson River Portfolio expressed his belief that Native Americans deserved equal rights.

Question 21

Winslow Homer's Prisoners from the Front (1866) was intended to call for ________.

A) reconciliation after the Civil War
B) Union victory in the Civil War
C) the restoration of slavery
D) the Confederates to be punished
E) the end of the Civil War

Question 22

Winslow Homer's Prisoners from the Front was based on his personal experiences during and after the Civil War.

Question 23

The head of a woman from Benin (0.18) shows the influence of European trade routes, as well as having local spiritual significance.

Question 24

In The Massacre at Chios, Delacroix chose to portray the Greeks as partly clothed in order to______

A) show that the Greeks were heroes
B) show that the Greeks were poor
C) emphasize that the Greeks were helpless
D) suggest that the Greeks provoked the Turks to attack
E) suggest that the Greeks were in the wrong

Question 25

The Nazis feared Dix's art because they thought it might ________.

A) sell for a high price
B) undermine the military will of the German people
C) encourage people to vote
D) be better than art they liked
E) be seen in museums

Question 26

Eugène Delacroix's painting The Massacre at Chios was intended to:

A) support the Ottoman army
B) portray the Turks as fierce murderers
C) be fair to both sides
D) show that Turkish actions were justified
E) ridicule the Greeks