AP Art History

The image shows all of the following characteristics EXCEPT

• a naturalistic approach to figure

• a sense of vitality and movement

• strong outlines

• atmospheric perspective

The work was created using

• standardized molds for uniform appearance and size

• hand-shaped clay and a sharp instrument to incise details

• early forging and casting techniques

• found stones that seemed to suggest bodily forms

Stonehenge was initially created by a Neolithic culture that can best be described as

• a society of loosely connected groups of migratory hunter-gatherers

• a society of early farmers who lived in nearby agricultural settlements

• an urbanized society concentrated in fortified towns along an important trade route

• a stratified society arranged around administrative centers inhabited by the elite

The running horned woman from Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria, is presented using which of the following visual characteristics?

• The figure is placed on a clear ground line.

• The figure is represented in composite pose.

• The facial features are unique and individualized.

• The musculature is clearly defined.

The artist from the Neolithic Lapita culture who created these terra cotta fragments decorated the surface of the ceramic by

• applying a red slip made of diluted clay with added mineral pigment before firing

• painting linear designs onto the finished pot with white tempera using a brush

• arranging tiny stone squares into angular patterns by pressing them into wet clay

• using a three-phase firing process to cause different surface areas to take on different colors

The physical properties of the Ambum Stone have led scholars to propose which of the following theories about the work?

• It must have been transported via a long distance trade network, because the specific type of stone it was made from is not quarried locally.

• It must have held special value for its owners, because creating it would have been extremely time consuming.

• It must have been heavily used in its original context, because some areas of the work show significant wear from repeated grinding action.

• It most likely formed part of a larger sculptural program from a temple excavated nearby.

The work shown can be identified as the

• camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine from central Mexico, created 14,000–7000 B.C.E.

• anthropomorphic stele from the Arabian Peninsula, created in the fourth millennium B.C.E.

• Ambum Stone from Papua New Guinea, created c. 1500 B.C.E.

• Tlatilco female figurine from central Mexico, created 1200–900 B.C.E.

The form of the animal is represented using which of the following techniques?

• Composite pose to show the figure from multiple angles

• Profile so that distinctive aspects of the animal are clearly recognizable

• Foreshortening to create the illusion that the animal is in motion

• Overlapping extremities that convey a sense of spatial depth

The basic form of the camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine from prehistoric Mexico was most likely determined by the

• natural shape of the animal bone into which it was carved

• sacred status given to canine animals in ancient Mesoamerica

• desired function of the object as a ceremonial headdress

• influence of imagery found in other examples of ancient Mesoamerican art

The work shown from Susa, Iran, includes patterns that can best be described as

• organic

• naturalistic

• elongated

• geometric