Art and Architecture Since 1300 Exam
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This course examines the major developments in art and architecture from the year 1300 to the present, exploring how cultural, social, political, and technological changes have influenced artistic expression and building practices. Students will study key works and movements from the Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Romantic, Modern, and Contemporary periods, considering the contributions of notable artists and architects. Through analysis of paintings, sculptures, buildings, and urban plans, the course encourages critical thinking about the roles of art and architecture in shaping societies, identities, and visual cultures across time and place.
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Art History 5th Edition Volume 2 by Marilyn Stokstad
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Chapter 1: Fourtheenth-Century Art in Europe
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Q1) According to folklorists,the figures at the bottom of the page of the Annunciation by Jean Pucelle are ______________.
A) the infant Jesus and John the Baptist
B) children of the patrons
C) children playing "froggy in the middle"
D) angels
Answer: C
Q2) What factor contributed to the mystical religiosity in Germany during the fourteenth century that inspired images emphasizing both ecstatic joy and extreme suffering?
A) famine, wars, and plagues
B) a new ruler
C) the death of the pope
D) Islamic invasions
Answer: A
Q3) Discuss the change in patronage practices in fourteenth-century France.How did these changes impact the arts?
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Q4) How did the Holy Roman Empire change during the fourteenth century?
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Chapter 2: Fifteenth-century Art in Northern Europe
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Q1) Petrus Christus's A Goldsmith in His Shop includes a small__________,which unites the interior and exterior spaces and draws the viewer into the painting.
A) vase of lilies
B) water basin
C) sheath of hay
D) mirror
Answer: D
Q2) The _______________ represents the complicated collaboration among scholars,artists and investors in the history of printed books.
A) The Buxheim St. Christopher
B) Nuremberg Chronicle
C) The Temptations of St. Anthony
D) St. Wolfgang Altarpiece
Answer: B
Q3) Discuss the Flemish school of painting in the fifteenth century.Address its origins,technique,major artists,individual styles,commissions,and subject matter.
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Chapter 3: Renaissance art in fifteenth-century Italy
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Q1) What was the primary reason for the delayed construction of the dome of Florence Cathedral?
A) political instability
B) funding for the project ran out
C) lack of engineering know-how
D) a shortage of skilled masons and builders
Answer: C
Q2) As demonstrated in works such as Battista Sforza and Federico da Montefeltro by Piero della Francesca,Italian portraiture of the fifteenth century is distinguished by
A) the use of full profiles
B) a tendency to idealize facial features
C) confusing spatial relationships
D) exacting descriptions of texture and surface detail
Answer: A
Q3) Explain Brunelleschi's design for the Florence Cathedral .Be specific in your explanation.
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Chapter 4: Sixteenth-century art in Italy
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Q1) What about Bronzino's Allegory with Venus and Cupid would have probably been most appreciated by patrons of Mannerist art?
A) the clarity attained through the circular composition
B) the complex iconography and ambiguous meaning
C) the political implications
D) all of the above
Q2) What are some general features of painting in the High Italian Renaissance?
Q3) The Venetian artist __________ proclaimed he wanted to combine Titian's color with the drawing of Michelangelo.
A) Michelangelo
B) Romano
C) Tintoretto
D) Veronese
Q4) What element of Giacomo della Porta's design of Il Gesù was widely influential?
A) the wide nave
B) the single apse and dome at the crossing
C) a two-story façade emphasizing with the nave elevation
D) all of the above
Q5) What qualities or features typify Venetian Renaissance painting?
Q6) How was Titian regarded as an artist?
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Chapter 5: sixteenth-century art in northern Europe and the Iberian peninsula
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Q1) __________ built The Escorial ,the great monastery-palace complex outside Madrid.
A) Francis
B) Philip
C) Charles
D) Manuel
Q2) Nicholas Hilliard was a renowned painter of __________.
A) armor
B) Fontainbleau decorations
C) frescos
D) miniatures
Q3) How did Bruegel's travels impact his art?
Q4) Discuss the similarities and differences in the work of Dürer and Bruegel.
Q5) The important role of women patrons during the Renaissance is particularly evident at __________.
A) Augsburg
B) Chenonceau
C) Fontainebleau
D) Wittenberg
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Chapter 6: Seventeenth-Century art in Europe
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Q1) Which Italian artist became known in the Netherlands because of the influence he had on the Dutch painter Hendrick ter Brugghen?
A) Annibale Carracci
B) Bernini
C) Gaulli
D) Caravaggio
Q2) Claude Lorraine is known for his landscapes that typically include ______________.
A) forms that zigzag through the composition to direct the viewer's eye
B) figures
C) atmospheric lighting effects
D) all of the above
Q3) Why did women artists gain success and notoriety in seventeenth century art?
Q4) Gerard ter Borch was a renowned __________ painter.
A) genre
B) cantilever
C) mirror
D) religious
Q5) What is Baroque classicism?
Q6) Why was Rubens so successful as an artist?
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Chapter 7: art of south and southeast Asia after 1200
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Q1) Before the fourteenth century,most painting in India had been on __________ or
A) walls; palm leaves
B) walls; calf skin
C) walls; copper
D) walls; bamboo reeds
Q2) __________ are the monumental entrance gateways to Hindu temple complexes.
A) Achalas
B) Vinyanas
C) Gopuras
D) Shakis
Q3) Which of the following is NOT characteristic of gopuras at Hindu temple complexes?
A) They have an elegant concave silhouette.
B) They are at the center of the temple complex.
C) Their exteriors are richly embellished with sculpted figures.
D) Stairs inside allow visitors to climb to the top.
Q4) Discuss the influence of outside cultures on the art and architecture of India using specific examples to support your ideas.Consider how indigenous practices and beliefs were incorporated into this later period.
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Chapter 8: Chinese and Korean art after 1279
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Q1) What is distinctive about Korean painted porcelain?
Q2) In its balance and symmetry,the plan of __________ reflects ancient Chinese beliefs about the harmony of the universe.
A) Hong Kong City
B) Suzhou City
C) the Forbidden City
D) Shanghai City
Q3) A literati of the late Ming period,__________ developed significant and far-reaching theories on the state of Chinese painting.
A) Zhao Mengfu
B) Ni Zan
C) Dong Qichang
D) Dai Jin
Q4) Korean secular painting came into its own during the __________ dynasty.
A) Goryeo
B) Joseon
C) Qing
D) Ming
Q5) What is the derivation of the word "porcelain"?
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Chapter 9: Japanese art after 1333
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Q1) The Tea Bowl,called Yugure ("Twilight"),is attributed to Chojiro,thought to be the founder of what type of pottery?
A) raku
B) Mount Fuji
C) crackle glaze
D) Hokusai
Q2) What design feature was NOT included in the Japanese formal receiving rooms called shoin?
A) a shrine for Buddhist meditation
B) shelves where writing implements were displayed
C) a alcove for flower arrangements or paintings
D) a space fitted for a low writing desk
Q3) The Rock Garden at Ryoanji,Kyoto has been interpreted as representing___________.
A) people on horseback
B) monsters on lands
C) animals in the sky
D) islands in the sea
Q4) How did exposure to European firearms influence Japanese architecture?
Q5) What is "borrowed scenery"? Give an example.
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Chapter 10: Art of the Americas after 1300
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Q1) Northwest Coast people lived in family groups or __________ that claimed descent from a mythical animal or animal-human ancestor.
A) clans
B) tribes
C) herds
D) segments
Q2) The Incas utilized __________ as pack animals to help negotiate the steep mountain slopes of Cuzco.
A) llamas
B) dogs
C) cats
D) bears
Q3) The Studio School led by Dorothy Dunn taught students to combine qualities of folk art and _______with "Indian" subject matter to create a stereotypical style of art that appealed to collectors and tourists.
A) Art Deco
B) Impressionism
C) Realism
D) Japanisme
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Chapter 11: art of pacific cultures
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Q1) Which Micronesian site known for its extensive architectural complex had been abandoned before Europeans discovered it in the nineteenth century?
A) Marshall Islands
B) Palau
C) Yap
D) Nan Madol
Q2) How did the Hawaiian use feathers in their art?
Q3) How were Lapita ceramics decorated?
A) They were covered with red slip.
B) They were decorated with figurative images.
C) Dots, lines, and hatchings were stamped or incised on the surface.
D) All of the above.
Q4) The poupou in Maori culture is used for what architectural purpose on a meetinghouse?
A) house panel
B) painted interior pattern
C) lattice panel
D) support pole
Q5) How did missionaries play a role in the production of fiber arts?
Q6) How does body adornment function in Pacific cultures?
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Chapter 12: art of Africa in the modern era
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Q1) Eshu's image always appears at the top of the __________ board for the Yoruba.
A) divination
B) accounting
C) game
D) jumping
Q2) Numerous tradition-based societies persist in __________.
A) Europe
B) Africa
C) Asia
D) Pacific Islands
Q3) How do leaders in Africa use art if it isn't intended to convey their authority and status?
Q4) Why is the display of African masks in museums problematic?
A) According to tradition, many masks should not be viewed by outsiders.
B) Their full meaning can only be understood in the context of ritual performance.
C) Most masks are made of ephemeral materials and deteriorate rapidly in a museum collection.
D) All of the above.
Q5) How do masks relate to ceremonial events in African art?
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Chapter 13:
Eighteenth- and early-nineteenth
century art in Europe and NORTH America
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Q1) What are the main features of Rococo style in art and architecture?
Q2) The main entrance of Chiswick House is a __________ temple front.
A) Roman
B) Chinese
C) Gothic
D) Spanish
Q3) In England,Neoclassicism was accompanied by a __________ revival.
A) Gothic
B) Chinese
C) Mexican
D) African
Q4) __________ painting was the most important form of pictorial art,according to the academy.
A) Portrait
B) History
C) Contemporary
D) Still life
Q5) When did the Romantic movement in England begin?
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Q6) How do scientific discoveries impact on art during the eighteenth century?
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Chapter 14: mid-to late nineteenth-century art in Europe and the united states
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Q1) In order to emphasize the abstract nature of his paintings,Whistler often chose titles that were more commonly used in ________.
A) psychology
B) music
C) poetry
D) mathematics
Q2) Garnering criticism from academicians,Carpeaux's The Dance did not possess the smooth and generalized features of _______________.
A) Neoclassicism
B) juste-milieu
C) Impressionism
D) Orientalism
Q3) Known as synthetism,Gauguin's style involved brilliantly colored flat shapes,anti-naturalist color and _____________.
A) gold leaf
B) one point perspective
C) bold outlines
D) shading
Q4) What is Symbolism?
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1900-1950
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Q1) The Surrealists embraced unexpected __________ of disparate realities.
A) colors
B) light
C) juxtapositions
D) motion
Q2) Portrait of a German Officer is the work of the artist __________.
A) Georgia O'Keeffe
B) Arthur Dove
C) Marsden Hartley
D) John Sloan
Q3) How did Walter Gropius's design for the Bauhaus building convey the dynamism of modern life?
A) The three large cubic areas had a balanced asymmetry.
B) It used modern materials and technology in a traditional architectural form.
C) It emphasized hand-crafted workmanship and aesthetic quality.
D) It integrated the building's form organically into the surrounding landscape.
Q4) Why and how did Dada ask radical questions about the nature of art itself?
Q5) How did Federal patronage for American art function during the Depression?
Q6) Why did the Futurists embrace "the beauty of speed" in their art?
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Chapter 16: The international scene since 1950
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Q1) Robert Venturi claimed "Less is a bore," in a parody of _________ famous phrase.
A) Frank Geahry's
B) Mies van der Rohe's
C) Philip Johnson's
D) Eero Saarinen
Q2) Which media was NOT used by Conceptualist artists of the 1960s?
A) performance
B) painting
C) written and spoken words
D) photography
Q3) Because her figures are all silhouettes,which does not identify race,the artist Kara Walker forces the viewer to read the narrative by ___________________.
A) recalling the novel from which the story was taken
B) comparing the scene to other artists
C) looking for other visual markers of race
D) reading the text panels accompanying each character
Q4) What did artists do from 1955 to 1965 to bring the real world into their art?
Q5) What is Postmodern architecture?
Q6) What are Earthworks?
Q7) How did the Conceptual artists eliminate the art object?
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