Fine Arts Survey. Art historians look for. modern opinions about an artwork. critical opinions about an artwork. objective facts about an artwork.

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1 Fine Arts Survey Final Exam (Art) Name Date Score 1. Art historians look for modern opinions about an artwork. critical opinions about an artwork. objective facts about an artwork. objective facts found in an artwork. 2. Which of the following provide physical space for preserving, exhibiting, and viewing works of art? museums Web Sites CD-ROMs the Internet 3. Artworks can record history. provide enjoyment. persuade people. all of the above. 1

2 4. A scholar who specializes in identifying criteria to use in determining the significance of artworks is an art historian. aesthetician. art critic. artisan. 5. Which of the following is the best example of a work of applied art? a painting a drawing a vase artisan. 6. When artists try to conceal the outlines of objects in their pictures, the pictures are described as painterly. linear. contoured. nonobjective. 7. Movement is achieved through the placement of elements so that a rough texture is created. a visual path is created. more color is used. fewer lines are used. 2

3 8. What is always evident in works where the elements and principles of art work well together? intensity. unity. discord. texture. 9. The simplest kind of balance is informal balance. radial balance. asymmetrical balance. symmetrical balance. 10. Three-dimensional space is known as actual space. imagined space. illusory space. exact space. 11. The most personal step of the art criticism operations is judgment. description. interpretation. 3

4 analysis. 12. Whether an artwork has an overall unity of design is most important to the formalist. modernist. imitationalist. emotionalist. 13. As Robert describes The Sleeping Gypsy, he realizes the scene takes place in a city. a desert. a church. a barnyard. 14. When examining architecture, you would identify a building's principle features in which step? interpretation. judgment. analysis. description. 15. According to Robert's interpretation of The Sleeping Gypsy, the scene takes place in a dream. the future. the historical past. the real world. 4

5 16. Stonehenge was erected using post and lintel construction. dirt construction. arch construction. Roman construction. 17. Hunters probably believed that by drawing lifelike animals on cave walls they were killing the animals. protecting the animals. strengthening the animals. capturing the animals' strength. 18. Which of the following is the best known example of a Persian Palace? the tower of Hammurabi the Tower of Babel the palace at Persepolis the palace at Babylon 19. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers was called the Fertile Crescent. Upper Egypt. Altamira. 5

6 Lascaux. 20. In the late nineteenth-century, De Sautuola discovered paintings in the caves in Lascaux. Altamira. Paris. Toledo. 21. Originally the pyramids were covered with mud. sand. limestone. marble. 22. Egyptian art started looking more realistic during whose reign? Menes Akhenaton Amenhotep III Tutankhamen 23. What group of people introduced the Egyptians to chariots? Akkadians Macedonians Babylonians 6

7 Hyksos 24. Why are some of the figures depicted larger than others in Egyptian tomb paintings? to show they are more important to show they are less important to show they are gods to show they are servants 25. The fan-shaped delta region at the mouth of the Nile River was part of Upper Egypt. Lower Egypt. Middle Egypt. Babylon. 26. Who sculpted the Spear Bearer? Phidias Polyclitus Myron LeQuire 27. The most elaborate order of columns is the Corinthian. Doric. Ionic. 7

8 Archaic. 28. After the decline of Greece's power, Greek art was continued by the Babylonians. Romans. Spartans. Egyptians. 29. The Parthenon was built as a house for Zeus. Hera. Athena. Apollo. 30. In which period did Greek sculptors start making figures that appeared to move in space? Hellenistic Roman Archaic Classical 31. The Pantheon was originally built to be a temple to the Roman gods. an important library. a very large bath. 8

9 a triumphal arch. 32. The roads and aqueducts the Romans built show that Romans were great architects. Romans were careless planners. the Roman Empire was poorly organized. Romans did not know much about architecture. 33. During the Middle Ages, the Colosseum was used as a church. bath. city. monastery. 34. The Romans probably covered concrete buildings with ornamental stone because they thought concrete was a very poor building material. concrete was a useful building material but not very attractive. concrete was much more attractive than marble. concrete would not hold up to years of wear and tear. 35. During Roman times, the Colosseum was used as a/an temple. huge bath. amphitheater. monument to Caesar. 9

10 36. By the Shang dynasty, Chinese artisans were creating scroll paintings. bronze vessels. porcelain ware. wood carvings. 37. Harappan and Aryan beliefs eventually blended to form Buddhism. Islam. Hinduism. Christianity. 38. Which of the following artists probably created the first multicolored woodblock prints? Kiyonobu I Hiroshige Hokusai Harunobu 39. The walkways around stupas symbolized the path of life. wheel of fortune. sun. moon. 10

11 40. In contrast to Chinese art, Western paintings make use of silk. rice paper. multiple vanishing points. a single vanishing point. 41. The least powerful figure in a Benin artwork would always be the smallest figure. the largest figure. the most beautiful figure. the most colorful figure. 42. Which of the following is the oldest Christian nation in the world? Sierra Leone Nigeria Kongo Ethiopia 43. In African cultures, masks are worn almost exclusively by grandmothers. children. men. 11

12 women. 44. Most wooden sculptures from Africa are based on land animals. sea creatures. the human figure. supernatural creatures. 45. What empire was founded by a powerful military leader named Sundiata? Ethiopia Mali Asante Benin 46. Which of the following is considered one of the most impressive existing examples of Islamic architecture? Mosque of Al-Mutawakkil Madinat az-zahra the Mezquita the Alhambra 47. In the San Vitale mosaic Justinian and Attendants, the most important figures are the smallest. are the largest. overlap other figures. are the least colorful. 12

13 48. The Hagia Sophia's dome is supported by many slim columns. thick concrete walls. buttresses. piers. 49. During Moorish rule what Spanish city was a major center of learning and art? Madrid Cordoba Granada Barcelona 50. Which of the following emperors legalized Christianity? Constantine Appollinare Justinian Charlemagne 51. Under the feudal system, administrators of the land were called lords. serfs. vassals. slaves. 13

14 52. As a sign of religious devotion, people often went on pilgrimages. worked for feudal lords. built cities. built castles. 53. In Romanesque churches, the capitals would be found on the altar. on the doors. in the arches over doorways. at the tops of pillars or columns. 54. During the Romanesque period, what was the most important contributing factor to the rise of cities? The growth of feudalism. The growth of trade. The decline of the Church. The decline of enemies. 55. Before the invention of the printing press, books were copied by monks. bishops. serfs. teachers. 14

15 56. Which of the following is true of Gothic structures? They have few windows. They have many windows. They have dark interiors. They are fortress-like. 57. Which of the following artists showed the most Byzantine influence in his/their works? Duccio Giotto Brunelleschi the Limbourg brothers 58. Gargoyles were designed to be decorative only. functional only. both decorative and functional. They had no purpose. 59. Gothic sculptural figures were sometimes carved with their toes pointing downward to create the appearance of shallow space. smooth texture. upward movement. downward movement. 15

16 60. What artist painted the Lamentation Pietà? Giotto Ghiberti Duccio the Limbourg brothers 61. Which of the following artists fully embraced the ideas of Giotto and Masaccio? Della Francesca Uccello Fra Angelico Ghiberti 62. What city was the artistic capital of the Italian Renaissance? Rome Venice Ravenna Florence 63. Pope Julius II commissioned Raphael to paint the Sistine Chapel's walls and ceiling. decorate a series of rooms in the Vatican palace. carve several large sculptures for his tomb. carve the famous sculpture Pietà. 16

17 64. Anguissola was mentored by Michelangelo. da Vinci. Raphael. Donatello. 65. When creating his works, Masaccio was mainly concerned with religious teaching. realistic depictions. oil painting. shallow space. 66. The reputations of Neoclassical artists were made and destroyed at academies. Salons. courts. palaces. 67. Manet's works usually depicted royal parties. mythological stories. everyday scenes. religious scenes. 17

18 68. Impressionists often preferred to work at night. at night. in studios. outdoors. 69. What artist spent months painting haystacks at different times of day? Delacroix Renoir Manet Monet 70. Realist artists were most affected by the growth of industry. the growth of farming. the increase in wars. the decrease in jobs. 71. The subject matter for Gauguin's paintings came from the exotic places to which he traveled. everyday objects, such as vases. the streets of Paris. Biblical stories. 18

19 72. Which of the following artists was a major influence for Eakins? Cézanne Van Gogh Hals Manet 73. Edmonia Lewis preferred sculpting in bronze. wood. marble. steel. 74. When Cézanne decided to develop his own painting technique, he began by experimenting with portrait painting. genre painting. landscape painting. still life painting. 75. Homer was known as a great painter of seascapes. landscapes. still lifes. portraits. 19

20 76. Essay: Write a biography about any artist or cultural period in art history. (Use the: who, what, when, were, why questioning process to order your paragraph. (Example: African, Egyptian, Ancient Asian, Medieval, Renaissance, Medieval. Baroque, Neo-Classical, Romantic, or Modern ( isms ). (25 points) 20

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