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In Her Secret is Patience, Janet Echelman used
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Romare Beaden's Rocket to the Moon is an example of
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a photomontage
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an outsider artwork
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a nonobjective artwork
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a retablo
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Jazz provided a notable influence on the work of
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Ray Beldner
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Romare Bearden
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Edward Weston
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Alexis Smith
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Sabatino Simon Rodia could be classified as an outsider artist because of his
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Refusal to work in a representational manner
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preference for working on a large scale
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use of discarded materials
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lack of awareness of art history
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A mixed-media artwork is made
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with different materials
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by a team of several artists
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using more than one style
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by assimilating diverse influences
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According to the authors of the book Innovators DNA, all of the following are traits that define creativity EXCEPT
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observing
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criticizing
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networking
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experimenting
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When a work of art shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is called
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expressionistic
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stylized
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representational
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nonreprensentational
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The term used to describe the fool the eye realism of William Harnett's painting A Smoke Backstage is
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abstract
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figurative
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nonrepresentational
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trope l'oeil
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In an artwork, the total effect of the combined visual qualities is known as the
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content
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shape
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form
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message
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Which artist wanted viewers to see the natural rhythms present in a flower?
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Georgia O'Keeffe
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Nancy Graves
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Constantine Brancusi
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Jean-Micehl Basquiat
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The symbolic meaning of visual signs and imagery in a work of art is known as
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content
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iconography
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form
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aesthetics
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Figurative art is a type of
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representational art
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abstract art
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nonrepresentational art
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folk art
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Which of the following is used to describe an elevated awareness of beauty in the viewer?
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aesthetics
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perception
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medium
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idealism
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Chaz Maviyane-Davies's Global Warning is an example of art as a vehicle for
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Francisco Goya's print I Saw This was intended as a commentary on
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Which artist is known for making a modified Citroen DS car
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Benjamin West
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Beatrice Wood
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Gabriel Orozco
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Pierre Patel
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The Taj Mahal was intended to function as a
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temple
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mosque
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shrine
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tomb
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The first-century sculpture Agustus of Prima Porta and the fourteenth-century painting Effects of Good Government in the City both exemplify the function of art
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for persuasion
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as self-expression
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for commemoration
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for ritual
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Yong Soon Min's Dwelling is an assemblage that attempts to express the artist's
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feelings of a divided self
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reaction to the Gulf War
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sentiment of joy about motherhood
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longing for the beauty of the natural world
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Background shapes are referred to as
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negative shapes
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positive shapes
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biomorphic shapes
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organic shapes
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The purity or saturation of a color is its
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Figure-ground reversal can best be seen in
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Shen Zhou's Poet on a Mountaintop
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Kiki Smith's Ginzer
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Lee Friedlander's Bismarck, North Dakota
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M.C. Escher's Sky and Water 1
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In his image Monkey Puzzle, Keith Haring creates a bold and dynamic effect by using
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monochromatic colors
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analogous colors
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tertiary colors
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complementary colors
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Alexander Calder's mobiles are examples of kinetic art, because they
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move in space
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are made of metal
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have only a few colors
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lack political content
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Raphael's School of Athens provides the viewer with the illusion of the 3-D world on a 2-D surface by the use of
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impasto
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analogous colors
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implied motion
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linear perspective
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Architects are generally most concerned with qualities of
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In art, the term value refers to the
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lightness and darkness of surfaces
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psychological temperature of color
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foreground and background
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quality of line and shape
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Which work makes use of light as a medium
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2-D artists create the illusion of volume with light by using
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chiaroscuro
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texture
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warm hues
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mixed media
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Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's sculptures, such as Shuttlecocks, affect us immediately through their
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symbolism
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scale
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iconography
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color
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Which of the following is the result of the process of arranging, selecting, and ordering?
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unity within variety
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design
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emphasis
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Direction
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Size relationships between parts of a whole are known as
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pattern
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scale
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proportion
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subordination
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When the two sides of a composition correspond to one another in size, shape, and placement of form, the work has
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a focal point
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symmetrical balance
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asymmetrical balance
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directional forces
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The juxtaposition of strongly dissimilar elements is referred to as
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contrast
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asymmetry
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emphasis
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subordination
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Asymmetrical balance is a feature of
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Damien Hirst's Posterity- The Holy Place
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Edgar Degas's Jockeys Before the Race
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James Hoban's Design for the President's HOuse
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John McCracken's Silver
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For which artwork did the artist photograph the process of creation?
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Henri Matisses's Large Reclining Nude
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Donald Judd's Untitled
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Edgar Degas's Jockeys Before the Race
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Jacob Lawrence's Going Home
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Ogata Korin's Cranes exemplifies the principle of
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symmetry and asymmetry
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emphasis and focal point
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rhythm and repetition
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unity and variety
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The appearance of oneness in a work of art is
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rhythm
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emphasis
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balance
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unity
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Any kind of movement or structure of dominant and subordinate elements in sequence in a work of art refers to
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Which theories focus attention on the composition of an artwork and how earlier artworks may have influenced it?
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formal theories
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contextual theories
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political theories
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expressive theories
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Value judgment about art necessarily involves
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Making discriminating judgments about art is inherent to
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Critics who examine the environmental influences on a work of art, such as the economic system, cultural values, and politics, use
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Chris Olfili's Holy Virgin Mary and Michelangelo's Last Judgement
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both resist interpretation according to formal theories
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are both universally regarded as masterpieces
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were both subject to censorship
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are similarly unable to be interpreted using contextual theories
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The 1973 court case Miller v. California established
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artists freedom to create what they want
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the ability of the government to censor as it pleases
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local government to be the most relevant jurisdiction for making laws about censorship
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the conventions that would later define internet regulations on nudity
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Vincent van Gogh's Carpenter demonstrates
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spontaneity in mark making
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careful attention to detail
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an ability to incorporate multiple drawing media
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a preference for using drawing in a projective fashion
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Michelangelo created Study of a Reclining Male Nude
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primarily from his imagination
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in preparation for a larger work
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as demonstration of his rejection of observation-based drawing
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as a self-sufficient final work of art
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A full-sized drawing made as a guide for a work in another medium is a
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fresco
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cartoon
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mosaic
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contour
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In Preacher, Charles White give the figure a feeling of mass, using the technique of
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cross-hatching
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contour hatching
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blending
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washing
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All of the following are true of pastel EXCEPT
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Which artist creates sophisticated drawings on an iPad
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Julie Mehretu
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Janusz Jaworski
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David Hockney
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Ingrid Calame
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All of the following are examples of dry media EXCEPT
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crayon
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pencil
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gouache
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charcoal
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Which of the following media used today is most similar to drawing media used by prehistoric people
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pencil
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charcoal
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gouache
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ink
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Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis is an example of
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cartoon
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graphic novel
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mural
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wash
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Projective drawing involves
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working exclusively from photographic imagery
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creating something that only exists in the artist's mind
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working directly from observation
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combining approaches and media
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Keltie Ferris demonstrates a contemporary approach by finishing her works with
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spray paint
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digital manipulation
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impasto
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tromp l'oeil effects
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Joan Mitchell's Untitled is an example of
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an acrylic paiting
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a fresco
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an oil painting
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a tempera painting
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Which artist is considered a leader in the revival of fresco painting in the 1920's and 1930's?
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Tom Wudl
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Diego Rivera
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Joan Mitchell
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Anne Truitt
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In painting media, the pigment most notably provides
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form
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color
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texture
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liquidity
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Opaque watercolor is also called
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tempera
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encaustic
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gouache
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acrylic
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The Chinese regard painting to derive from the art of
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drawing
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calligraphy
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printmaking
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sculpture
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A very thin, transparent film of color painted over an already-painted surface is called
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a support
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an overpainting
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a glaze
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a wash
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A type of paint utilizing egg yolk as a binder is
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tempera
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watercolor
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encaustic
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fresco
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In buon fresco, the pigments, combined with water, are applied to
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canvas
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wet plaster
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wood
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paper
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Encaustic is an ancient painting medium in which the pigments are suspended in
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olive oil
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beeswax
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sand
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elephant dung
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Why would Utagawa Hiroshige have needed to be careful in his registration in creating Shono hakku
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it was part of a popular series
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it is a relief print
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it required multiple blocks of color
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it represents atmospheric effects
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Elizabeth Catlett's Sharecropper is an example of
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a linoleum cut
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an engraving
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an etching
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a silkscreen
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Mary Cassatt's The Letter most notably demonstrates the influence of
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's Jane Avril Jardin de Paris is a poster created using
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offset lithography
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stenciling
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screenprinting
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photogravure
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At various stages in the printmaking process, artists check on the developing image by making
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sketches
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editions
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screens
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proofs
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The process of printing came to Europe from
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Japan
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Korea
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China
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Indonesia
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A contemporary artist who uses relief techniques in an original way is
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Ester Hernandez
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Kim McCarthy
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Elizabeth Catlett
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Betsabee Romero
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A print in which an artist is physically involved with production is known as
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a proof
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a multiple
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an original print
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a reproduction
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In which of the following media does the artist draw an image with a greasy crayon directly on a flat stone slab?
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lithography
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serigraphy
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aquatint
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Etching
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Nicola Lopez's Blighted expresses the artist's memories of
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Robert Longo's Corporate Wars: Wall of Influence is an example of
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a low-relief sculpture
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a high-relief sculpture
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a mobile
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an installation
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Due to its monumental size, Viola Frey's Stubborn Woman, Orange Hands is supported using
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wood splints
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an armature
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metal feet
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the gallery wall
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Sculpture that is meant to be seen from all sides is called in-the-round or
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relief
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additive
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freestanding
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subtractive
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Which work is an example of an assemblage
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Martin Puryerar's Hominind
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Charles Ray's Father Figure
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Ken Price's Vink
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Pablo Picasso's Bull's Head
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What is also called a substitution process?
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casting
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bas-relief
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modeling
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carving
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A typical example of a low-relief sculpture is
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a statue
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a mobile
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a column
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a coin
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Alexander Calder was one of the first artists to explore the possibilities of
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the lost-wax process
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freestanding sculpture
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kinetic sculpture
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assemblage
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Julio Gonzalez was the first sculptor to use
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the chisel
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the welding torch
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schist
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bosses
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Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project is an example of
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site-specific art
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the subtractive process
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the lost-wax process
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high-relief sculpture
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A subcategory of constructed sculpture- seen in the works of Deborah Butterfield-that involves the use of familiar objects in new ways is
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assmeblage
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welding
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kinetic art
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high relief
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Which nineteenth-century artist attempted to bring craft and fine art together by creating a design company?
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Beatrice Wood
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William Morris
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Claude Cahun
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Henry Gilpin
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Dale Chihuly is noted for his intricate and colorful works in
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clay
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Plexiglas
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glass
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metal
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Which artist is known for creating story quilts?
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Miriam Schapiro
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Faith Ringgold
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Polly Apfelbaum
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Lara Baladi
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To be a ceramist, one must
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make pots
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work with clay
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use a kiln
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make porcelain
Question 90
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The potter's wheel was invented
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Greece
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Rome
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Mesopotamia
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Egypt
Question 91
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In weaving, fibers are held in place on a
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Which statement is NOT true of Peter Voulkos
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He was a sculptor
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He trained as a potter
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He worked with fiber
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He worked with clay
Question 93
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In Muslim regions of the Middle East, which craft was practiced with great sophistication?
Question 94
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Which material is said to possess a vitality, or living spirit?
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Some believe that the sculpture Woman of Willendorf was associated with
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Which structure features a ring of posts and lintels?
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Petroglyphs are made by
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scratching an image onto a stone surface
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painting on a cave wall
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modeling a form from tusk or bone
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modeling a form from clay
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Which of these is from the Neolithic period?
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the Hohle Fels figure
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the earthenware beaker from Susa
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the engraved ochre from Blombos Cave
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the paintings at Chauvet Caeve
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The Mesopotamians built their temples, such as that of Ur-Nammu, on a type of structure called a
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dolmen
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metope
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ziggurat
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henge
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Early stone tools were developed about
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The word Neolithic means
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Old Stone Age
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New Stone Age
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stone tools
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nomadic
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During the Neolithic period, art went from
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The ancient Sumerians developed the world's first wheel, plow, and
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The Pyramids of Egypt are among the world's best-known examples of
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temple architecture
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residential architecture
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commemorative monuments
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military structures
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Portrait Head of an Old Man is an example of
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Greek sculpture
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Roman sculpture
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Etruscan sculpture
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Egyptian sculpture
Question 106
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Which building was designed to honor the goddess of wisdom and prudent warfare?
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San Vitale
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the Pantheon
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the Colosseum
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the Parthenon
Question 107
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The meeting of decorative nomadic style and Christianity can be seen most clearly in illustrated books from
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England
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France
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Italy
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Ireland
Question 108
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Which of these structure is Gothic?
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Old St.Peter's Basilica
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the Pantheon
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Notre-Dame de Chartres
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San Vitale
Question 109
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The first Christian churches were patterned after basilicas that were used by the Romans as
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temples
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baths
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palaces
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government buildings
Question 110
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The first large sculptures since Roman times can be found in what part of Romanesque churches?
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Early Christian art was created in private homes and underground burial chambers called
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basilicas
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metopes
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coffers
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catacombs
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One feature that set Gothic architecture apart from Romanesque was the extensive use of
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stained glass
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barrel vaulting
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wooden doors
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domes
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In the Hindu religion, the destroyer god is
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Shiva
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Vishnu
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Brahma
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Krishna
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Which of these is one of the most famous monuments of Cambodia?
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the Great Stupa
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Borobudur
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Kandarya Mahadeva Temple
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Angkor Wat
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The Terra Cotta Warriors were found in the tomb of
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Qin Shihuangdi
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Kong Fuzi
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the Wu family
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Fan Kuan
Question 116
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Sesshu Toyo painted in a style that was called haboku, meaning
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expressive
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drying wind
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flung ink
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fast brushstrokes
Question 117
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The indigenous religion of Japan is an ancient form of nature and ancestor worship called
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Shinto
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Hindu
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Buddhism
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Confucianism
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The Indus Valley is located primarily in the present-day country of
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Cambodia
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Vietnam
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India
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Pakistan
Question 119
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In the evolution of Buddhist architecture, early burial mounds led most directly to the Indian
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pagoda
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pyramid
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stupa
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temple
Question 120
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Sexual ecstasy as a metaphor for divine love is found in the
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Hindu art of India
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Buddhist art of Korea
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Buddhist art of China
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Shinto art of Japan
Question 121
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Because it alone could survive the very high heat of the kilns, which color did the Chinese use to decorate porcelain?
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Japanese ukiyo-e prints deicted
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the ruler and his court
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historic landscapes
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great battles
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the everyday world