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Art Comprehensive Exam 01

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

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Date
1.

Which of the following artistic traditions MOST influenced Arthur Wesley Dow's book Composition?

a)

Egyptian

b)

Incan

c)

Aztec

d)

Japanese

e)

Florentine

2.

Thomas Hart Benton worked on American Historical Epic for

a)

two years

b)

five years

c)

almost a decade

d)

three months

e)

nine months

3.

Which of the following colors is MOST prominent in Gerald Murphy's Watch?

a)

orange

b)

violet

c)

yellow

d)

green

e)

red

4.

All of the following activities appear in City Activities with Dance Hall EXCEPT

a)

drinking at a soda fountain

b)

tracking stock prices

c)

teaching a class

d)

attending the circus

e)

watching a film

5.

The Altamira caves are located in

a)

southeastern France

b)

central Germany

c)

northern Italy

d)

southern England

e)

northern Spain

6.

Which of the following artworks MOST explicitly expresses religious themes?

a)

I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold

b)

Boy Stealing Fruit

c)

The Lawrence Tree

d)

Watch

e)

Let My People Go

7.

When Prince Khurram became the Mughal emperor, he took the regnal name

a)

Farrukhsiyar

b)

Humayun

c)

Aurangzeb

d)

Rafi ud-Darajat

e)

Shah Jahan

8.

Beyond art, Roubaix "Robo" de l'Abrie Richey was MOST notable as a(n)

a)

academic

b)

laborer

c)

bootlegger

d)

composer

e)

poet

9.

A major Imagist poet and friend of William Carlos Williams wrote under the initials

a)

H.D.

b)

I.Q.

c)

B.C.

d)

U.S.

e)

A.A.

10.

The Counter-Reformation emerged as a response to

a)

criticism from Martin Luther and other Protestants

b)

an economic boom during Pope Alexander VI's tenure

c)

King Henry VIII's separation from the Catholic church

d)

widespread disapproval after the inauguration of Pope Innocent VIII

e)

accusations of heresy from William of Ockham

11.

Who took the late-1920s photograph Woman of Tehuantepec?

a)

James Van Der Zee

b)

Tina Modotti

c)

Man Ray

d)

Imogen Cunningham

e)

Charles Sheeler

12.

Which of the following individuals served as director of the Whitney Museum of American Art?

a)

Juliana Force

b)

Charles Dana Gibson

c)

Edward Hopper

d)

Maud Murray Dale

e)

John Held Jr.

13.

The chevrons in the design of the Chrysler Building resemble the letter

a)

N

b)

S

c)

H

d)

O

e)

V

14.

Which of the following shapes dominates the textile block pattern used at Ennis House?

a)

hexagon

b)

circle

c)

triangle

d)

semicircle

e)

square

15.

How did window displays in department stores evolve during the 1920s?

a)

They started to use mannequins instead of living models.

b)

They shifted focus to durable goods.

c)

They became more elaborate.

d)

They began appealing to rural nostalgia.

e)

They took on seasonal themes.

16.

The primitivism of Paul Gauguin exploited the Indigenous people of

a)

Seychelles

b)

Mayotte

c)

Guadeloupe

d)

Côte d'Ivoire

e)

Tahiti

17.

The greatest threat to Ford Motor Company's business model in the 1920s was

a)

Renault

b)

Ferrari

c)

Lamborghini

d)

General Motors

e)

La Salle

18.

Which Egyptian pharaohs MOST likely inspired Meta Warrick Fuller when making Ethiopia Awakening?

a)

Kushite

b)

Ptolemaic

c)

Memphite

d)

Second Intermediate

e)

First Intermediate

19.

Archibald Motley Jr.'s grandmother heard firsthand accounts of enslavement from a(n)

a)

grandmother

b)

cousin

c)

aunt

d)

grandfather

e)

uncle

20.

Fine art includes all of the following art forms EXCEPT

a)

architecture

b)

drawing

c)

pottery

d)

sculpture

e)

painting

21.

How many "Sermons in Verse" make up James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones?

a)

Five

b)

Three

c)

Nine

d)

Eleven

e)

Seven

22.

Historians believe that Ancient Egyptians used the Palette of King Narmer as a

a)

decorative piece on altars

b)

surface to mix cosmetics

c)

tray to display jewelry

d)

shield for ceremonial dances

e)

plate for royal banquets

23.

Which of the following terms is the CLOSEST synonym to "photogram"?

a)

wet plate

b)

dye transfer

c)

daguerreotype

d)

contact print

e)

ambrotype

24.

Which of the following art movements is MOST aligned with conceptual art?

a)

Precisionism

b)

Dada

c)

Ashcan School

d)

Art Deco

e)

Pictorialism

25.

A key inspiration for the ideal of free Black people in the 1920s was

a)

Guadeloupe

b)

Martinique

c)

Guiana

d)

Haiti

e)

Mayotte

26.

Man Ray's parents immigrated to the United States from

a)

Russia

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Ireland

e)

Germany

27.

Why did Alain Locke express disapproval of Archibald Motley Jr.'s art?

a)

He thought it strayed too close to stereotype.

b)

He found it too focused on frivolous fun.

c)

He feuded with the artist after a missed deadline.

d)

He considered its depictions of women lewd.

e)

He believed it opposed the goals of the New Negro Movement.

28.

Why did Frederick Winslow Taylor advise limiting human movement around a factory floor?

a)

It was a waste of time and energy.

b)

It drew attention to the efforts of workers.

c)

It introduced unpredictable elements.

d)

It risked factory workers' well-being.

e)

It was a holdover from agricultural work.

29.

Which sculptural process requires creating a mold out of plaster?

a)

modeling

b)

casting

c)

carving

d)

etching

e)

engraving

30.

How did Ennis House come under threat in 2005?

a)

A cold snap damaged the house's outer concrete walls.

b)

A wildfire burned the house's surrounding vegetation.

c)

A landslide undermined the house's structure.

d)

An earthquake toppled parts of the house's walls.

e)

A tornado destroyed the house's garage.

31.

The artist of Couple, Harlem signed the work

a)

under the car

b)

near the woman's head

c)

at the lower right

d)

on a brownstone's steps

e)

in the upper left corner

32.

How did Charles Sheeler learn photography?

a)

He apprenticed with Edward Weston.

b)

He grew up with a photographer father.

c)

He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

d)

He took a job as a photojournalist's aide.

e)

He taught himself.

33.

How did Pablo Picasso MOST influence the composition of I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold?

a)

His approach led to Demuth adopting the 5 as an unconscious symbol.

b)

His leanings sparked Demuth's idea of poster portraiture.

c)

His early works showed Demuth how to use warm tones in a nightscape.

d)

His sensibility inspired Demuth to find subjects on the city streets.

e)

His works guided Charles Demuth toward geometric abstraction.

34.

The Dada movement originated in

a)

Warsaw

b)

Berlin

c)

Zurich

d)

Paris

e)

New York

35.

Who painted the 1918 work Blue and Green Music?

a)

Charles Demuth

b)

Arthur G. Dove

c)

James Abbot McNeill Whistler

d)

Georgia O'Keeffe

e)

Vasily Kandinsky

36.

The Hiberno-Saxon style formed out of the combined influences of

a)

English, Irish, and Viking culture

b)

German, Austrian, and French culture

c)

Greek, Italian, and Turkish culture

d)

Danish, Swedish, and Flemish culture

e)

Russian, Polish, and Romanian culture

37.

Which of the following terms BEST describes the artistic practice of Julian Martinez?

a)

architect

b)

sculptor

c)

draughtsman

d)

ceramicist

e)

painter

38.

An 1897 British raid destroyed many pieces of art from

a)

the Nok civilization

b)

Fang tribes

c)

Yoruba peoples

d)

the Benin Kingdom

e)

Bwa warriors

39.

Which of the following fashion statements is LEAST characteristic of the flapper archetype?

a)

flowing hair

b)

long necklaces

c)

knee-length skirt

d)

prominent makeup

e)

high-heeled shoes

40.

How do we know that Imogen Cunningham had taken Leaf Pattern by 1929 at the latest?

a)

It appeared in the May 1929 edition of National.

b)

It appeared in the 1929 "Film und Foto" exhibition.

c)

It appeared in the 1929 Museum of Modern Art exhibition "The Family of Man".

d)

It appeared in the Autumn 1929 edition of Camera Work.

e)

It appeared on the June 12, 1929 cover of Time magazine.

41.

The Harlem Renaissance emerged in a neighborhood in

a)

Queens

b)

Staten Island

c)

The Bronx

d)

Manhattan

e)

Brooklyn

42.

Cool colors include all of the following hues EXCEPT

a)

indigo

b)

yellow

c)

blue

d)

violet

e)

green

43.

Which statement BEST describes the principles of realism?

a)

Art must mimic the real world with photo-like accuracy.

b)

Art must be accessible to all people rather than just the upper class.

c)

Art must solely depict the harsh lives of the lower class.

d)

Art must show both the positive and negative features of a subject.

e)

Art must bring attention to societal ills and promote reform.

44.

For two years, Imogen Cunningham worked under the photographer

a)

Ansel Adams

b)

Edward S. Curtis

c)

Willard Van Dyck

d)

Albert Renger-Patzsch

e)

Clarence White

45.

Which of the following artistic movements was LEAST active during the 1920s?

a)

Surrealism

b)

Ashcan School

c)

Purism

d)

New Objectivity

e)

Harlem Renaissance

46.

Which of the following works MOST likely depicts a campesino?

a)

Woman on Sofa

b)

Bowl

c)

Saturday Night

d)

Hands Resting on a Tool

e)

Spring Sale at Bendel's

47.

Which of the following people would find the architecture of a Beaux-Arts building MOST familiar?

a)

Japanese emperor

b)

Chinese magistrate

c)

Viking seafarer

d)

Roman centurion

e)

Egyptian pharaoh

48.

All of the following locations would have been plausible places to purchase Native-style art in the first decade of the 1900s EXCEPT a(n)

a)

trading post

b)

department store

c)

art gallery

d)

railroad hotel

e)

World's Fair

49.

Which area of France was home for Gerald Murphy for most of the 1920s?

a)

Hauts-de-France

b)

French Riviera

c)

Guiana

d)

Corsica

e)

Normandy

50.

How did Yasuo Kuniyoshi contribute to the "Early American Art" exhibition of 1924?

a)

He organized the exhibition for the Rockefeller family.

b)

He hosted the exhibition in his home.

c)

He subsidized the curation of the exhibition.

d)

He painted a modern artwork inspired by the exhibition's subject.

e)

He lent folk art from his collection to the exhibition.

51.

Who wrote the essay 'Sobre la fotografia'?

a)

James Van Der Zee

b)

Tina Modotti

c)

Charles Sheeler

d)

Man Ray

e)

Imogen Cunningham

52.

How did Marcel Duchamp turn ordinary objects into artworks?

a)

He combined them into novel sculptures.

b)

He used them as media in his collages.

c)

He depicted them in large-scale paintings.

d)

He cast imitations of them in bronze.

e)

He declared them to be art.

53.

The collaboration between Maria and Julian Martinez lasted from their

a)

meeting to their marriage

b)

studies in Europe to their move to London

c)

early schooling to their divorce

d)

childhood to their graduate studies

e)

marriage to their death

54.

Which of the following artists theorized paintings as a form of symphony?

a)

Marsden Hartley

b)

Guy Pène du Bois

c)

Arthur G. Dove

d)

Vasily Kandinsky

e)

Charles Demuth

55.

Who designed the frame for City Activities with Dance Hall?

a)

Thomas Hart Benton

b)

Joseph Urban

c)

Alvin Johnson

d)

Walt Kuhn

e)

Thorstein Veblen

56.

How did Charles Demuth render the partial name CARLO in I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold?

a)

He painted it as small light bulbs.

b)

He painted it as advertising in a shop window.

c)

He painted it in red stencil-like letters.

d)

He painted it in gold in the upper right corner.

e)

He painted it as a soda counter's neon sign.

57.

Pablo Picasso constructed Bull's Head out of

a)

Brillo boxes

b)

stamps

c)

a porcelain urinal

d)

bicycle parts

e)

bedclothes

58.

Which of the following paintings depicts a nighttime scene?

a)

Spring Sale at Bendel's

b)

Let My People Go

c)

The Lawrence Tree

d)

Watch

e)

Boy Stealing Fruit

59.

Which of the following photographs has a 'worm's-eye view'?

a)

Leaf Pattern

b)

Couple, Harlem

c)

Hands Resting on a Tool

d)

Criss-Crossed Conveyors

e)

Rayograph

60.

All of the following art movements heavily use geometric abstraction EXCEPT

a)

Constructivism

b)

Futurism

c)

Suprematism

d)

Vorticism

e)

Art Nouveau

61.

Which of the following artists is MOST famous as a muralist?

a)

Georgia O'Keeffe

b)

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

c)

Aaron Douglas

d)

Archibald Motley Jr.

e)

Charles Demuth

62.

Hans Bellmer's Surrealist photographs often depict

a)

fellow Surrealists

b)

Weimar currency

c)

creepy dolls

d)

elderly women

e)

young soldiers

63.

How did Man Ray interact with members of the Ashcan School?

a)

He exhibited alongside them at Gallery 291.

b)

He denounced them in a Surrealist manifesto.

c)

He learned drawing from two members.

d)

He photographed them for Camera Work.

e)

He traveled with their founder through Europe.

64.

In 1922, a group of archaeologists discovered the unopened tomb of

a)

Cleopatra

b)

Shamash

c)

Nefertiti

d)

Tutankhamun

e)

Ramses

65.

When Florine Stettheimer's father abandoned his family, he went to

a)

Russia

b)

Australia

c)

South Africa

d)

China

e)

Brazil

66.

How did the drive to collect American folk art in the 1920s have political implications?

a)

Collecting American folk art delivered money to America's poorest communities.

b)

Collecting American folk art represented a rejection of European art.

c)

Collecting American folk art became a celebration of varied influences colliding.

d)

Collecting American folk art embodied a deliberate snub of Academicism.

e)

Collecting American folk art became a fashionable hobby for the rich.

67.

Which term refers to the size of the artwork?

a)

composition

b)

proportion

c)

dimension

d)

immensity

e)

scale

68.

Which of the following architectural styles BEST applies to the 1925 Union Station building in Chicago?

a)

Art Deco

b)

Prairie Style

c)

International Style

d)

Beaux-Arts

e)

Neo-Victorian

69.

Which artist filled boxes with symbolic objects?

a)

Joseph Cornell

b)

Jasper Johns

c)

Roy Lichtenstein

d)

Robert Rauschenberg

e)

Alexander Calder

70.

The Kukulcán Temple is part of the archaeological site

a)

Chichén Itzá

b)

Machu Picchu

c)

Ollantaytambo

d)

Tenochtitlan

e)

La Venta

71.

Which of the following Academies dominated American fine art in 1900?

a)

New York Academy of the Arts

b)

Capital Academy

c)

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

d)

National Academy of Design

e)

Academy of Painting and Sculpture

72.

Which of the following artists had the STRONGEST influence on the style of Gerald Murphy?

a)

Fernand Léger

b)

Man Ray

c)

Charles-Edouard Jeanneret

d)

Pablo Picasso

e)

Amédée Ozenfant

73.

The Venus of Willendorf measures approximately

a)

one meter in height

b)

five feet in height

c)

four inches in height

d)

two centimeters in height

e)

one foot in height

74.

Which of the following artworks MOST prominently displays gears?

a)

Criss-Crossed Conveyors

b)

Watch

c)

Couple, Harlem

d)

Rayograph

e)

I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold

75.

Which of the following weapon types appears MOST prominently in Let My People Go?

a)

swords

b)

clubs

c)

slings

d)

bows and arrows

e)

spears

76.

Which of the following photographers has the CLOSEST links to the Great Migration?

a)

Imogen Cunningham

b)

James Van Der Zee

c)

Man Ray

d)

Tina Modotti

e)

Charles Sheeler

77.

Which building BEST represents Romanesque architecture?

a)

Hagia Sophia

b)

Sainte-Chapelle

c)

Chartres Cathedral

d)

Saint-Sernin

e)

Parthenon

78.

Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe portrays

a)

nude women sitting alongside men in contemporary dress

b)

a nighttime poolroom with neon signs and alcohol

c)

an idealized nude woman standing atop an open seashell

d)

a mid-Spring sunrise above the port of Le Havre

e)

a dark-skinned woman with a knife and potatoes

79.

Archibald Motley Sr. supported his family by working on

a)

intercity trains

b)

horse-drawn carriages

c)

ships

d)

subway cars

e)

automobiles

80.

Early photographic portraits often used props to showcase a subject’s

a)

whimsy

b)

aesthetic refinement

c)

occupation

d)

national origin

e)

family lineage

81.

How did Meta Warrick Fuller’s inner social circle influence the development of Pan-Africanism?

a)

Aaron Douglas designed the first Pan-African poster.

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois organized the first Pan-African Congress.

c)

Alain Locke set up a correspondence group for Pan-Africanism.

d)

Nella Larsen wrote the first Pan-African novel, Quicksand.

e)

Madam C.J. Walker funded the first Pan-African Exposition.

82.

The field of aesthetics examines the nature of

a)

color

b)

emotion

c)

style

d)

attraction

e)

beauty

83.

In addition to the bronze version of Ethiopia Awakening, a version exists in

a)

plaster

b)

marble

c)

aluminum

d)

steel

e)

soapstone

84.

Which of the following artists’ work raises the MOST questions about colorism?

a)

Aaron Douglas’s

b)

Meta Warrick Fuller’s

c)

James Van Der Zee’s

d)

Archibald Motley Jr.’s

e)

Tina Modotti’s

85.

Elsie Driggs was a major figure of

a)

Group f/64

b)

New Objectivity

c)

the Ashcan School

d)

the Harlem Renaissance

e)

Precisionism

86.

Bootleggers is a 1927 painting by

a)

Archibald Motley Jr.

b)

Aaron Douglas

c)

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

d)

Thomas Hart Benton

e)

Charles Demuth

87.

How many tiers make up the crown of the Chrysler Building?

a)

seven

b)

nine

c)

eleven

d)

eight

e)

ten

88.

Which of the following cities had the LOWEST proportion of immigrants and children of immigrants in the 1910 United States Census?

a)

Chicago

b)

Philadelphia

c)

Boston

d)

New Orleans

e)

St. Louis

89.

Which artist's name did F. Scott Fitzgerald use as shorthand for a hair color in "Gretchen's Forty Winks"?

a)

Donatello

b)

Raphael

c)

Titian

d)

El Greco

e)

Michelangelo

90.

Frank Lloyd Wright used the name Taliesin as an homage to his

a)

wife

b)

adopted parents

c)

heritage

d)

dog

e)

education

91.

Why did Guy Pène du Bois frequently cross the Atlantic Ocean in the second half of the 1920s?

a)

He was an aviation pioneer who flew politicians and celebrities.

b)

He held a post as a staff artist for an ocean liner.

c)

He maintained an import and export business alongside his art career.

d)

He lived in France but his customers were mainly in the United States.

e)

He worked as an assistant to a United States Ambassador.

92.

Which of the following photographers was MOST closely associated with Group f/64?

a)

Russell Lee

b)

Ansel Adams

c)

Franz Roh

d)

Gordon Parks

e)

Dorothea Lange

93.

The Greeks determined that the ideal human height equaled the

a)

width of three arm spans

b)

height of two and one-half torsos

c)

height of two and one-half legs

d)

width of five busts

e)

height of seven and one-half heads

94.

Which of the following works MOST prominently reflects indigenismo?

a)

Couple, Harlem

b)

Hands Resting on a Tool

c)

Bowl

d)

Let My People Go

e)

Ethiopia Awakening

95.

Why did Maria Martinez not sign her pots until the 1920s?

a)

Her designs were thought to be "signature" enough.

b)

Signing work was seen as boasting.

c)

Maria meant to honor her ancestors, not herself.

d)

The Martinezes did not see their work as art.

e)

She deferred to Julian as the artist.

96.

Which artwork contains a total of nine panels?

a)

the Isenheim Altarpiece

b)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

c)

The Birth of Venus

d)

the Sistine Madonna

e)

the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

97.

How did Henry Ford attract workers to his car assembly plant in the early 1910s?

a)

He promoted his factory with Charles Sheeler's glossy photographs.

b)

He sponsored immigration from Canada.

c)

He promised a new car after a year's service.

d)

He advertised heavily in majority Black communities.

e)

He offered double the prevailing daily wage.

98.

Spring Sale at Bendel's fits the definition of "rococo" in that it

a)

makes extensive reference to art of the Rococo period

b)

pares back any sense of theatricality

c)

is lighthearted and frivolous

d)

Focuses on women over men

e)

explores the function of commerce

99.

The New Objectivity art movement was a rebellion against then-prevailing German

a)

Neoclassicism

b)

Expressionism

c)

Romanticism

d)

Purism

e)

Surrealism

100.

Which of the following artists studied at the Art Students League?

a)

Archibald Motley Jr.

b)

Imogen Cunningham

c)

Charles Demuth

d)

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

e)

Tina Modotti

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