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Art 2 1st sem week 2

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 9hrs 0mins

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Class
Date
1.

Studying which of the following will allow you to communicate important

facts about a work of art, such as social and biographical information?

a)

art history

b)

art criticism

c)

elements of art

d)

principles of art

2.

The purpose of the screen painting Waves at Matsushima was to

a)

decorate a private home.

b)

decorate a government building

c)

inspire the viewer to meditate.

d)

serve as a gift for a princess.

3.

The artist from whose work Morisot learned to recognize the effects of

natural light and ambience was

a)

Manet.

b)

Corot.

c)

Hassam.

d)

Courbet.

4.

Which of the following art styles used dabs of bright color to reproduce on

canvas the fleeting effects of light and shade on a subject?

a)

Realism

b)

Impressionism

c)

Expressionism

d)

Cubism

5.

Morisot’s paintings illustrate

a)

the colorful festivals of nineteenth-century France.

b)

the difficulties of the poor in nineteenth-century France.

c)

the daily lives of factory workers in nineteenth-century France.

d)

leisurely side of French life in the nineteenth-century France.

6.

Allies Day, May 1917 marks America’s entry into

a)

the Vietnam War.

b)

the Revolutionary War.

c)

World War II.

d)

World War I.

7.

Which of the following artists had the greatest influence on Morisot and

taught her to paint with the same bold, irregular, and rapid strokes that he

himself used?

a)

Manet

b)

Corot

c)

Monet

d)

Picasso

8.

The columns in Persian palaces were used mainly for

a)

decoration.

b)

support.

c)

style.

d)

none of the above.

9.

Cave-dwelling artists used shading to help create the impression of

a)

flat, static forms.

b)

dull, uninteresting forms

c)

repetitious forms.

d)

three-dimensional forms.

10.

During the Neo-Sumerian period, which king ordered many new temples

to be built?

a)

Gudea

b)

Nebuchadnezzar

c)

Akka

d)

Hammurabi

11.

Stonehenge probably enabled prehistoric people to

a)

find the best food sources.

b)

make ritual animal sacrifices.

c)

communicate better with their gods.

d)

correctly predict the seasons.

12.

King Hammurabi had an inscribed stele set up in a public area to

a)

decorate his palace.

b)

scare off intruders.

c)

publish the law.

d)

publish a list of holidays.

13.

One reason paintings were done at the back of caves was because

a)

the best lighting was found there.

b)

the walls were smoother there.

c)

the best pigments were found there.

d)

the paintings were safe from bad weather there.

14.

The fact that Stonehenge has survived for so many years suggests that

post-and-lintel construction

a)

makes strong, durable structures

b)

is a poor building method.

c)

is not a building method prehistoric structures.

d)

is good only for building short-term

structures.

15.

To control the floodwaters of the Tigris River, the Sumerians built

a)

temples.

b)

levees.

c)

boats.

d)

bridges.

16.

When cave artists ran out of space to paint, it was not uncommon for

them to

a)

find another cave to paint.

b)

start painting the outside of cave.

c)

paint over previous work.

d)

stop painting altogether.

17.

Artwork found on the walls of tombs;

usually told a story from the life of the

deceased.

a)

hieroglyphics

b)

tomb paintings

c)

Aton

d)

false passages

18.

A carved container used for containing

the dead body of a pharaoh.

a)

sarcophagus

b)

temple

c)

Amenhotep IV

d)

Aton

19.

Amenhotep IV’s god; symbolized by a sun

disk.

a)

hieroglyphics

b)

temple

c)

Aton

d)

native rock

20.

Material from which tomb sculptures were

usually carved.

a)

gold

b)

silver

c)

wood

d)

native rock

21.

Spiritual beliefs that influenced every

phase of Egyptian life.

a)

Amenhotep IV

b)

religion

c)

false passages

d)

temple

22.

Picture writing that was used in artwork

to help tell a story.

a)

hieroglyphics

b)

tomb paintings

c)

sarcophagus

d)

Aton

23.

Building that often became a funeral chapel

for a pharaoh when he died.

a)

house

b)

bridge

c)

sarcophagus

d)

temple

24.

Portraits from this pharaoh’s reign were

more realistic than those of earlier times.

a)

Ramseys

b)

Khafre

c)

Amenhotep IV

d)

Khufu

25.

Built into pyramids to confuse tomb

robbers.

a)

tomb paintings

b)

hieroglyphics

c)

Aton

d)

false passages

26.

The first period in Greek history is called

a)

Classical.

b)

Hellenistic.

c)

Archaic.

27.

The column order that derived its design from a plant form was

a)


Doric.

b)

Corinthian.

c)

Ionic.

28.

The building on the Acropolis which has columns carved in the form of

women is the

a)

Erectheum.

b)

Parthenon.

c)

Temple of Athena.

29.

Relief sculptures in a temple might be found in the

a)

capital and column.

b)

pediment and lintel.

c)

frieze and pediment.

30.

The early leader of the Greeks who built the Parthenon was

a)

Pericles.

b)

Myron.

c)

Phydias.

31.

Two buildings on the Acropolis are the

a)

Temple of Lysicrates and Parthenon.

b)

Parthenon and Erectheum.

c)

Athenium and Erectheum.

32.

Greek sculpture of the Classical period was characterized by

a)

theatrical, emotional poses.

b)

simplified faces.

c)

idealized beauty.

33.

The Discus Thrower was sculpted by

a)

Myron.

b)

Phidias.

c)

Ezekias.

34.

The Hellenistic style was exemplified in

a)

Seated Boxer.

b)

geometric vases.

c)

Kouros.

35.

Greek vases provide a record of the painting styles and of life in ancient

Greece. There were many of these, because they were used for

a)

home decorations.

b)

serving beverages.

c)

grave markers.

36.

After the decline of the Greek power, Greek art was continued by the

a)

Macedonians.

b)

Romans.

c)

Spartans.