The Visual Arts Unit 5

Unit #5 1) What is true about the Minoans? a) All of the answers b) They were a wealthy culture c) They built very large, maze-like palace complexes d) They were invaded by the Mycenaeans 2) A a) b) c) d) is a ________. Guardian beast Nickname for rulers of Babylon Rope used to capture lions Type of clothing worn by ancient Assyrians 3) Match the artwork with the culture that made it: a) Ishtar Gate: Babylonians b) Statue of Khafre: Egyptians c) Bull-Leaping Fresco: Minoans d) Standard of Ur: Sumerians e) Palace of Ashurnasirpal II: Assyrians 4) The protective goddesses of Upper and Lower Egypt are represented on the headdress of the mask of King Tutankhamun by: a) A lion and a bull b) Male and female figures c) A vulture and a cobra d) The Nile and the Tigris 5) Who developed a canon of harmonious proportions to be used for the portrayal of the ideal human body in sculpture? a) Andokides b) Doryphoros c) Nebamun d) Polukleitos 6) We have found that many Roman houses in Pompeii had ________ covering the walls. a) b) c) d) Fresco paintings High reliefs Gold leaf Marble panels 7) The earliest examples of Christian art have been discovered in ________. a) Dome of the Rock b) Hagia Sophia c) Catacombs d) Chartres Cathedral 8) What is the medium used for the depiction of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy? a) Mosaic b) Tempera on wood c) Marble relief d) Fresco painting in the Church of 9) The Dome of the Rock was built on a site sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims. a) True b) False 10) Match the evangelist with his symbol: a) Matthew: Angel b) Mark: Winged Lion c) Luke: Winged Bull d) John: Eagle 11) Which two Gothic architectural innovations allowed cathedral walls to be built higher than before? a) Flying buttresses and rib vaults b) Apses and illuminations c) Transepts and ambulatories d) Stained-glass windows and altarpieces 12) Which types of religious artworks are not found in India? a) Hindu b) Buddhist c) Christian d) Islamic 13) What process was used to make the Shang dynasty ritual wine vessel? a) Raku b) Piece mold casting c) Subtractive carving d) Lost-wax casting 14) What event is portrayed in the < Hungry Tigress= panel from the shrine in the Horyu-ji Temple in Nara, Japan? a) a tigress sacrificing her life to feed her cubs b) Buddha sacrificing his life to feed a tigress and her cubs c) a tigress fighting off a mate to defend her dinner d) Buddha killing some wildfowl for a hungry tigress 15) In < The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa,= the curl of the wave intertwines with the sky to create an abstract ________. a) human face b) t’ao t’ieh c) yin and yang d) astrological symbol 16) The Raimondi Stela is ________. a) a stone monument b) a terracotta grave marker c) a painted codex d) a wooden coffin 17) The Pyramid of the Sun is a ________. a) Stepped pyramid b) Residence c) Effigy mound d) Ziggurat 18) Ceremonies including ________ took place at the top of Aztec pyramids. a) Fashion shows where the most elaborate costume won b) Ballgames where the losers were decapitated c) Sculpture lessons where students were celebrated d) Sacrifices where victims’s hearts were extracted 19) Cliff dwellings, like those built by the Anasazi in Mesa Verde, were constructed using which materials available in the area? a) Adobe, timber, and stone b) All of the other answers c) Logs and animal hides d) Ice and bone 20) The depiction of a battle with the Sioux in 1797 painted on a Mandan robe (3.98) was created using ________. a) Oil paint b) Fresco c) Wool thread d) Mineral pigments 21) Terracotta heads with prominent holes in the pupils, nostrils, mouth, and ears were made by the ________ culture of ________. a) Maori . . . New Zealand b) Akan . . . Ghana c) Fon . . . Benin d) Nok . . . Nigeria 22) A ________ would activate a by ________. a) none of the answers b) king . . .setting it on fire c) ritual specialist . . . driving metal objects into it d) child . . . breaking it The cross bars on the Kanaga mask made by the Dogon people of Mali (3.106) represent ________. a) The branches of two trees that have grown together b) The alter ego of the performer c) Railroad tracks crossing West Africa d) The upper realm of the sky and the realm of the earth below 24) The objects made by the Pacific Island cultures often have both ________. a) practical usefulness and sacred significance b) Purple and gold on them c) Medical and political power d) Landscapes and sea monsters depicted on them 25) The of Easter Island represent: a) b) c) d) hieroglyphic texts with important historical information animals at the top of the food chain abstract designs based on the sea deified ancestors who were chiefs 26) The Abelam of Papua New Guinea hold festivals in which: a) mummies are carried into the streets b) dangerous spirits are called to dinner c) yams wear masks d) water is collected for several months at a time