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Introduction to Art offers an engaging exploration of visual arts, encompassing various mediums, styles, and historical contexts. Students will learn to analyze and appreciate artistic expression through the study of painting, sculpture, architecture, and contemporary art forms. The course covers foundational concepts such as composition, color theory, and visual analysis, while also introducing students to notable artists and important art movements from around the world. By fostering creativity and critical thinking, Introduction to Art encourages students to develop their own aesthetic sensibilities and gain a deeper understanding of arts role in society.
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Art A Brief History 6th Edition by Marilyn Stokstad
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Chapter 1: Prehistoric Art in Europe
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the meaning of "Upper" Paleolithic?
A)the earliest part
B)the latest part
C)from Northern Europe
D)the highest in elevation
Answer: B
Q2) A circle formed by stones or wooden posts is called a A)henge.
B)dolmen.
C)cairn.
D)corbel.
Answer: A
Q3) How might the name of an object,such as the Woman from Willendorf,alter the way we understand it?
Answer: Essay responses should include these points:
The sculpture was originally labeled Venus of Willendorf.
The name suggests it is religious in nature, which it may not be.
Venus did not exist at the time the sculpture was created.
The name suggests beauty and reverence, but it may not have originally been thought of as beautiful.
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Chapter 2: Art of the Ancient Near East
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Q1) Which part of Persepolis could hold thousands of people?
A)the treasury
B)the Apadana
C)the palace
D)the ziggurat
Answer: B
Q2) Who ultimately put an end to the Persian Empire?
A)the Etruscans
B)the Romans
C)the Greeks
D)the Egyptians
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following cultures conquered the Akkadian Empire in 2180 BCE?
A)the Guti
B)the Sumerians
C)the Babylonians
D)the Assyrians
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Art of Ancient Egypt
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Q1) The reign of Akhenaten is also known as the A)Amarna period.
B)Second Intermediate period.
C)Babylonian Captivity.
D)Ptolemaic period.
Answer: A
Q2) Which Third Dynasty king is buried at Saqqara?
A)Senusret III
B)Djoser
C)Ramses II
D)Hatshepsut
Answer: B
Q3) In Egypt,which of the following would be portrayed most naturalistically?
A)a king
B)a military leader
C)a queen
D)a person of lesser social rank
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Early Asian Art
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Q1) Which of the following is an East Asian reliquary tower built with successively smaller,repeated stories?
A)mausoleum
B)mastaba
C)pagoda
D)torana
Q2) What are the religiously sanctioned hereditary social classes in India called?
A)samsara
B)mudras
C)castes
D)vedas
Q3) Which of the following is a large stylized masklike face on Chinese vessels?
A)fang ding
B)haniwa
C)yaksha
D)taotie
Q4) Describe the Silk Road and its use and effect in China and the West.
Q5) Discuss how the purpose and design of Horiyu-Ji reveals the influence of China.
Q6) Describe the architectural elements and symbolism of the Great Stupa at Sanchi.
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Q7) Explain the symbolism of the Eternal Shiva from the Cave-Temple at Elephanta.
Chapter 5: Art of Ancient Greece and the Aegean World
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Q1) Which of the following is a "great room" or large audience hall in a Mycenaean ruler's residence?
A)tholos
B)peristyle
C)megaron
D)pronaos
Q2) Which of the following is a style of ancient Greek pottery in which the objects are black and the background is red?
A)red-figure
B)geometric
C)black-figure
D)niello
Q3) Which ancient Greek is noted for developing a "canon" of proportion,which he illustrated in the Spear Bearer?
A)Phidias
B)Polykleitos
C)Pericles
D)Praxiteles
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Chapter 6: Etruscan and Roman Art
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Q1) What was the important contributing tradition that resulted in Roman veristic portraiture?
A)celebrity status of the gladiators
B)fame of the Roman people
C)death masks of deceased relatives
D)honor given to the Roman senators
Q2) In 313 CE,Constantine
A)moved the capital to Byzantium.
B)destroyed Jerusalem.
C)legalized Christianity and all religion.
D)was assassinated.
Q3) What is the striking difference between depictions of the Greek procession on the Parthenon and the Roman procession on the Ara Pacis?
A)The Greek figures are nude.
B)The Roman one is longer.
C)The Greek cutting is much deeper.
D)The Roman one shows actual people.
Q4) How do an Etruscan temple and a Greek temple compare in form?
Q5) Describe the idea of allegory as it demonstrated in the Augustus of Primaporta.
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Chapter 7: Jewish, early Christian, and Byzantine Art
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Q1) Discuss the style and iconography of early Jewish art as seen in the Mosaic Floor of the Beth Alpha Synagogue.Where does the pictorial representation differ from the biblical text?
Q2) Where did Christians meet to worship before the religion was recognized?
A)churches
B)private houses
C)synagogues
D)forums
Q3) Compare and contrast the early Christian church Old St.Peter's Basilica and the early Byzantine church Hagia Sophia.
Q4) What does "anastasis" mean?
A)hell
B)resurrection
C)ascension
D)entombment
Q5) At Hagia Sophia the entire roof structure rests on four massive A)conches.
B)exedrae.
C)piers.
D)galleries.
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Chapter 8: Islamic Art
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Q1) What is name for the recess,or niche,in the mosque wall closest to Mecca?
A)mihrab
B)iwan
C)qibla
D)madrasa
Q2) Which was the specialized art form developed by the Ottomans to symbolize the authority of the sultan on official seals,coins,buildings,and documents?
A)arabesques
B)tugras
C)muqarnas
D)madrasas
Q3) In Islamic architecture,which of the following is a large vaulted chamber with one side being an open arch?
A)iwan
B)madrasa
C)muqarna
D)mihrab
Q4) Who are Muhammad,Abu Bakr,and Ali,and what was their role in the Islamic faith?
Q5) Relate the Islamic idea of paradise to the Alhambra's Court of the Lions.
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Chapter 9: Later Asian Art
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Q1) Which of the following is the Japanese name for the popular art,usually woodcuts,that literally means "pictures of the floating world"?
A)fusuma
B)ukiyo-e
C)shikara
D)li
Q2) What makes Chinese landscape painting fundamentally different from Western landscape painting? Explain why a viewer might be able to "wander" through a Song painting more easily than a Western painting.
Q3) Why is Zhao Mengfu unusual?
A)He was a high Yuan official.
B)He resigned his position with the Yuan court.
C)He refused association with the Yuan dynasty.
D)He combined poetry and painting.
Q4) What are the physical characteristics of the axis mundi of an Indian temple,and what is its symbolism and meaning?
Q5) Describe the Japanese aesthetic sensibility that has created such admiration for simple objects such as a teabowl.What characteristics should a proper teabowl have?
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Chapter 10: Early Medieval and Romanesque Art
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Q1) Which of the following is a characteristic of the style of the Gummersmark brooch?
A)asymmetrical designs
B)realistic human forms
C)interlaced patterns
D)careful observation of nature
Q2) At the end of a medieval manuscript,the signature and background information provided by scribes and illustrators is called a
A)colophon.
B)index.
C)scriptorium.
D)gallery.
Q3) Which precedent was set by the Church of Saint Cyriakus and followed by Romanesque churches?
A)an open beam ceiling
B)the use of flying buttresses
C)alternating heavy,rectangular supports with lighter round supports in the nave arcade
D)rib vaults
Q4) Describe the influence of multiculturalism as seen in the burial at Sutton Hoo.
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Chapter 11: Gothic Art
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Q1) What was Gothic architecture called in its own time?
A)modern
B)Italian
C)old-fashioned
D)ancient
Q2) Describe the style and the significance of the two-page opening with Psalm 1 from the Windmill Psalter from the thirteenth century.
Q3) Which two new religious orders arose to serve the urban populations in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries?
A)the Augustinians and the Benedictines
B)the Cluniacs and the Cistercians
C)the Franciscans and the Dominicans
D)the Jesuits and the Trappists
Q4) Where did the pope and his court move in 1309?
A)Rome
B)Constantinople
C)Avignon
D)Athens
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Chapter 12: Early Renaissance Art
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Q1) What is the term for art that has been created using a gouge to make high-relief areas for the image?
A)intaglio
B)lithograph
C)engraving
D)woodcut
Q2) Discuss the iconographic meaning of The Unicorn Is Found and its meaning in contemporary fifteenth-century society.
Q3) Describe how Martin Schongauer created an emotionally charged engraving.Give examples of technique and compare this technique with that of a woodcut.
Q4) Which of the following is an advantage of using oil paint versus tempera?
A)It did not create unique texture.
B)It created an opaque surface.
C)It takes a longer time to dry.
D)It does not penetrate to lower layers.
Q5) Explain the composition of Lorenzo Ghiberti's Jacob and Esau panel from the "Gates of Paradise." Describe the narrative as it is told through relief.
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Chapter 13: Art of the High Renaissance and Reformation
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Q1) Raphael gained early fame from his paintings of
A)Virgin and Child.
B)the life of Jesus.
C)Old Testament themes.
D)Greek mythology.
Q2) What did Veronese change about his Feast in the House of Levi from traditional scenes of the same subject?
A)He removed the German soldiers.
B)He changed the architectural setting.
C)He revised the title of the work.
D)He removed the dogs.
Q3) The first School of Fontainebleau had a particularly strong influence in which of the following places?
A)Italy and Sicily
B)Spain and Portugal
C)France and the Netherlands
D)the Germanic states
Q4) Compare and contrast Lucas Cranach's Nymph of the Spring and Titian's "Venus" of Urbino.
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Chapter 14: Seventeenth-Century Art in Europe
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Q1) Why was the figure of the Virgin Mary often shown standing on a crescent moon?
A)It signified the New World.
B)It symbolized her ability to cure the plague.
C)It represented the woman of the Apocalypse.
D)It showed her piety.
Q2) Discuss the composition and arrangement of space in Diego Velázquez's Las Meninas.What is the role of the viewer?
Q3) Who was Saint Serapion?
A)a Christian martyr
B)a Christian monk
C)a Spanish artist
D)a Spanish monarch
Q4) Which of the following artists was a strong influence on the early career of Velázquez?
A)Michelangelo
B)Caravaggio
C)Carracci
D)Raphael
Q5) Discuss the style and result of the collaboration between Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders in Prometheus Bound.
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Chapter 15: Art of the Americas
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Q1) Which technique did the Moche use to mass-produce some ceramic forms?
A)lost-wax casting
B)geoglyphs
C)molds
D)assembly line
Q2) What are the Pueblo people of the Southwest known for?
A)pottery
B)paintings
C)printmaking
D)sculpture
Q3) Which of the following describes the roads built around Pueblo Bonito?
A)wide and straight
B)concentric
C)radiating
D)following the terrain
Q4) Which culture quarried huge basalt blocks for large sculptures?
A)Aztec
B)Olmec
C)Maya
D)Inca
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Chapter 16: African Art
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Q1) What were the major commodities traded through the city of Great Zimbabwe?
A)tobacco and silver
B)slaves and traditional masks
C)diamonds and precious stones
D)gold,ivory,and skins
Q2) The first mosque of Jenné was constructed from
A)stone.
B)brick.
C)adobe.
D)wood.
Q3) Where did Europeans have the most contact with African cultures?
A)the coastal areas
B)the Mediterranean sea
C)the Cape of Good Hope
D)the Nile River
Q4) How was the pendant representing an iyoba displayed?
A)on the king's crown
B)in the doorway of a shrine
C)as the king's belt or hip ornament
D)on the neck of the king's panther
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Chapter 17: European and American Art, 1715-1840
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Q1) What does the moon in An Experiment on a Bird in the Air-Pump by Joseph Wright symbolize?
A)the bird's fate
B)the patron's last name
C)the Lunar Society
D)the goddess Artemis
Q2) Discuss why David's Oath of the Horatii is considered to be a severely Classical painting by a truly Neoclassical artist.
Q3) Which group of early nineteenth-century landscape painters was inspired by Thomas Cole?
A)the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
B)the Hudson River School
C)the Barbizon Painters
D)the Wanderers
Q4) What was the function of the Salon in a French residence?
A)It was a room for conversation and entertainment.
B)It was an entry room for returning hunters.
C)It was a private room for conducting business.
D)It was a studio for working artists.
Q5) Describe the composition and style of Jean-Honoré Fragonard's The Swing.
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Chapter 18: European and American Art, 1840-1910
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Q1) Which artist contributed most significantly to the emergence of expressionism?
A)Georges Seurat
B)Vincent van Gogh
C)Paul Cézanne
D)Paul Signac
Q2) Which group of artists is well known for painting en plein air?
A)the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
B)the Impressionists
C)the Romanticists
D)the Pointillists
Q3) In architecture,drawing on motifs from historic models is a practice called A)passage technique.
B)Arts and Crafts Movement.
C)Art Nouveau.
D)historicism.
Q4) Architects from which city are credited with the development of the skyscraper?
A)New York
B)Chicago
C)Paris
D)St.Louis
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1900-1945
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Q1) Brancusi was motivated by the idea that all worldly objects are imperfect imitations of a perfect model,which exists only as an idea.From which philosopher did he borrow that idea?
A)Einstein
B)Rousseau
C)Freud
D)Plato
Q2) Multiple perspectivei.e. ,showing an object from more than one point of view,is an important pictorial device in which movement?s,
A)Fauvism
B)Cubism
C)expressionism
D)Suprematism
Q3) Mondrian thought that the beauty we see in nature is
A)sensual and subjective.
B)rational and universal.
C)ideal or perfect.
D)picturesque or sublime.
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Chapter 20: Art Since 1945
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Q1) Which of the following artists' works on irregularly shaped canvases with swelling shapes?
A)Elizabeth Murray
B)Anselm Kiefer
C)Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
D)Faith Ringgold
Q2) By design,the walls of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial are pointing toward
A)the White House and the Capitol.
B)the National Academy of Sciences and the National Gallery.
C)the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument.
D)the State Department and the Justice Department.
Q3) Which of the following describes a variety of artistic intentions and styles coexisting in the same social structure?
A)collage
B)kitsch
C)assemblage
D)pluralism
Q4) Discuss the International Style of Architecture and its expression in the Seagram Building in New York.Include its use of materials and ideas of aesthetics.
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Chapter 21: Introduction
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Q1) What do coins generally symbolize in a still life?
A)involvement in trade
B)wealth of the owner
C)wealth of the artist
D)involvement in politics
Q2) How many times does Zhu Da sign his work Quince (Mugua)?
A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4
Q3) Which of the following terms is the name for the study and evaluation of art based on formal,visual,and stylistic analysis in order to deduce its maker?
A)contextualism
B)iconography
C)connoisseurship
D)aesthetics
Q4) Describe how the role of the artist has changed from ancient times to the present.
Q5) Describe the iconography of Still Life with Fruit and Flowers by Clara Peeters.
Q6) Discuss the modes of representation.Give one example for each mode.
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