Deck 21: Introduction

Question 1

The English word "technique" comes from

A)Latin.
B)Greek.
C)Egyptian.
D)French.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What does Jan Steen's The Drawing Lesson provide for modern viewers?

A)a record of familial interaction
B)a record of an artist's workplace
C)a record of sculptural technique
D)a record of a Dutch landscape

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The English word "artist" comes from

A)Latin.
B)Greek.
C)Egyptian.
D)French.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

A painting that portrays inanimate objects is called a

A)canon.
B)lithograph.
C)still life.
D)trompe l'oeil.

Question 5

What is the significance of the quince in Zhu Da's Quince (Mugua)?

A)It is a symbol of transience.
B)It is a reference to the artist's name.
C)It is a symbol of imperial strength.
D)It is a reference to the artist's friend.

Question 6

During which era did artists begin to be designated as "masters"?

A)Baroque
B)Ancient Rome
C)Renaissance
D)Middle Ages

Question 7

Which of the following is a central goal of art history?

A)to realize the worth of the work
B)to apply current artistic theories to past works
C)to investigate the artist's reputation
D)to explore the cultural factors that contributed to the initial reception of the work

Question 8

What formal device leads the viewers' eyes directly to Christ in Leonardo's The Last Supper?

A)the family crest
B)the contrasting colors
C)the white tablecloth
D)the regularly spaced tapestries

Question 9

What do coins generally symbolize in a still life?

A)involvement in trade
B)wealth of the owner
C)wealth of the artist
D)involvement in politics

Question 10

Which of the following terms best describes the painting Flower Piece with Curtain by van der Spelt and van Mieris?

A)abstraction
B)naturalism/realism
C)nonrepresentational
D)figurative

Question 11

Which of the following is a threat to the Sphinx today?

A)pollution
B)unstable governments
C)arid environment
D)the Nile

Question 12

To depict the human body according to an idea of physical perfection is called

A)idealization.
B)romanticism.
C)naturalism.
D)realism.

Question 13

What do tulips symbolize in Dutch still life s from the seventeenth century,such as Flower Piece with Curtain?

A)beauty
B)nature
C)wealth
D)permanence

Question 14

In the ancient world,how were painters and sculptors viewed?

A)as educated elite
B)as individuals
C)as gods
D)as laborers

Question 15

Which of the following terms best describes the painting Jack in the Pulpit,NO.IV by Georgia O'Keeffe?

A)abstraction
B)naturalism/realism
C)nonrepresentational
D)figurative

Question 16

What does the erection of Le Corbusier's Notre-Dame-du-Haut symbolize?

A)the end of a war and hope for the future
B)the power of nature
C)the prevailing religion
D)the kingdom of heaven

Question 17

Which of the following terms best describes David Smith's Cubi?

A)abstraction
B)naturalism/realism
C)nonrepresentational
D)figurative

Question 18

How many times does Zhu Da sign his work Quince (Mugua)?

A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4

Question 19

What was Alice Neel known for?

A)symbolizing wealth and power
B)idealizing her sitters
C)capturing unvarnished individuality
D)adhering to conventional aesthetics

Question 20

What is the study of conventional subjects and symbols?

A)aesthetics
B)iconography
C)canon
D)capital

Question 21

Which of the following media did Hendrick Goltzius base his engravings on?

A)architecture
B)drawing
C)sculpture
D)painting

Question 22

What is art history? What are some of the natural and human threats to artworks that concern contemporary art historians? Give an example.

Question 23

Looking at Jan Steen's The Drawing Lesson,what can we deduce about an artist's studio and apprenticeship during the seventeenth century?

Question 24

What is the study of art as a product of its broad cultural context?

A)naturalism
B)iconography
C)aesthetics
D)contextualism

Question 25

Describe the iconography of Still Life with Fruit and Flowers by Clara Peeters.

Question 26

Discuss the modes of representation.Give one example for each mode.

Question 27

Who wrote Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Architects,Painters,and Sculptors,the main publication from which art historians trace the beginnings of the discipline?

A)Giorgio Vasari
B)Pliny the Elder
C)Johann Joachim Winckelmann
D)Parrhasios

Question 28

Describe how the role of the artist has changed from ancient times to the present.

Question 29

Which of the following is an example of a government sponsored work?

A)the Acropolis
B)the Peacock Room
C)Piss Christ
D)The Last Supper

Question 30

Which of the following terms is the name for the study and evaluation of art based on formal,visual,and stylistic analysis in order to deduce its maker?

A)contextualism
B)iconography
C)connoisseurship
D)aesthetics