Final Examination Semester 2 / Year 2010

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1 Southern College Kolej Selatan 南方学院 Final Examination Semester 2 / Year 2010 COURSE : HISTORY OF ART & DESIGN COURSE CODE : TIME : 2.5 HOURS DEPARTMENT : ADVERTISING DESIGN & INDUSTRIAL DESIGN LECTURER : LIAW WANZHEN, KELLEY Student s ID : Batch No. : Notes to the candidates: 1. The question paper consists of 5 pages. 2. There are 15 objective questions in Part A. Answer all questions. 3. There are 12 subjective questions in part B. Choose any 6 from 12 to answer. 4. There are 3 subjective questions in part C. Choose any 1 from 3 to answer. 5. Answer all questions on the answer sheet. Submit only your answer sheet by the end of the exam.

PART A: CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER. WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON THE ANSWET SHEET (30 marks) 1. What is true about Laocoön and His Two Sons? (A) The sculpture belongs to the Hellenistic period.

2 PART A: CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER. WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON THE ANSWET SHEET (30 marks) 1. What is true about Laocoön and His Two Sons? (A) The sculpture belongs to the Hellenistic period. (B) Laocoon was a soldier during Trojan War. (C) The sculpture was made using bronze. (D) The snakes were his pets. 2. What is not true about Winged Nike? (A) It was created to commemorate a naval victory. (B) The wind whips her garments more actively than those of Classical sculpture. (C) Because of deliberate vandalism, the sculpture has only one wing left. (D) The position of her wings suggests that they have not yet settled. 3. What is not the characteristic of Rococo? (A) One expression of the exotic taste of the Rococo style was a fad for chinoiserie. (B) The typical Rococo picture depicts the aristocracy gathered in parks and gardens. (C) An expression of wit and frivolity. (D) In contrast to the rectangularity of Egyptian convention, various features are curved. 4. What is the name of this painting? (A) The Arnolfini Marriage (B) Primavera (C) Mona Lisa (D) The Last Judgment 1/ 5

3 5. In the painting above, there is a dog symbolizing. (A) sympathy (B) marriage (C) loyalty (D) love 6. Caravaggio was a representative artist of era. (A) Romantic (B) Baroque (C) Hellenistic (D) Gothic 7. What does the term contrapposto mean? (A) The extreme contrasted lightness and darkness which defines good and bad. (B) The pose that the head turned lightly and the right leg bent forward at the knee. The torso shifted, and the right hip and shoulder were lowered. (C) The technique used by Leonardo Da Vinci to blend colors by using oil as the medium instead of egg yolk. (D) The technique deployed by artists when painting on wet surface. 8. What is regarded as error of Sandro Botticelli when painting The Birth of Venus? (A) The size of the shell is too big. (B) The figures are naked. (C) The figures cast no shadows. (D) The gods and goddesses are delivering seductive messages. 9. Which statement below about Venus of Urbino is not true? (A) The interior was in contemporary Venetian style. (B) It was a rare pose for the servant as she had her back facing the viewers. (C) The seductive expression of the woman reduced her godly characteristic. (D) The painting was from Rococo era. 2/ 5

10. In Greek mythology, Cupid is often regarded as the son of. (A) Venus and Mars (B) Venus and Apollo (C) Venus and Adonis (D) Venus and Zeus 11. What is true about the painting Venus and Mars?

(C) The worrying expression on Venus discloses her concern about Mars injury. (D) The amours are taken away secretly by the satyrs to weaken the god of warrior. 12.

4 10. In Greek mythology, Cupid is often regarded as the son of. (A) Venus and Mars (B) Venus and Apollo (C) Venus and Adonis (D) Venus and Zeus 11. What is true about the painting Venus and Mars? (A) The naughty kids are children of Venus and Mars. (B) Botticelli's theme is that the power of love can defeat the warrior's strength. (C) The worrying expression on Venus discloses her concern about Mars injury. (D) The amours are taken away secretly by the satyrs to weaken the god of warrior. 12. In Velazquez s Venus in a Mirror, the portrayed Venus is seen as a goddess because. (A) of her seductive nature (B) of the existence of her child, Cupid (C) of the Venetian styled interior (D) of her brunette colored hair 13. Who is the painter of Las Meninas? (A) Diego Velazquez (B) Peter Paul Rubens 3/ 5

(A) Christ s crucifixion (B) the peasant s sorrowful expression (C) the gesture of the person who is

5 (C) Rembrandt van Rijn (D) Jean-Honore Fragonard 14. In the painting Entombment, viewer may feel the pain because of. (A) Christ s crucifixion (B) the peasant s sorrowful expression (C) the gesture of the person who is carrying Christ as he has his hand slipped into Christ s wound (D) the tenebroso effect 15. Which name of the apocalypse in the woodcut below is not true? (A) War (B) Famine (C) Plague (D) Diablo 4/ 5

6 PART B: CHOOSE ANY 6 PAINTINGS FROM THE LIST BELOW AND DRAW ASSOCIATE MINDMAPS FOR THEM. (60 marks) 1. The Arnolfini Marriage 2. The Last Supper 3. David 4. School of Athens 5. Venus of Urbino 6. Entombment 7. The Swing 8. The Executions of the Third of May 9. The Gleaners 10. A Bar at the Folies Bergere 11. The Starry Night 12. The Birth of Venus PART C: CHOOSE ANY 1 ARTIST FROM THE LIST BELOW AND PROVIDE BRIEF BIOGRAPHY. (10 marks) 1. Paul Cezanne 2. Van Gogh 3. Monet 000 5/ 5

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