AR 300 AR300 ART HISTORY EXAM 4&5 ANSWERS (2021) - ASHWORTH
Ashworth AR300 Art History Exam 4 Answers (2021)
Question 1 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
What was the subject of Charles Le Brun's painted ceiling in the Hall of Mirrors?
Question options:
<p>Hunting scenes</p> | |||
<p>Military triumphs of Louis XIV</p> | |||
<p>Imaginary landscapes</p> | |||
<p>Luxurious <em>fêtes galantes</em></p> | |||
Question 2 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Why was Caravaggio's work sometimes rejected?
Question options:
It was too brutally naturalistic. | |||
It was too idealized. | |||
His patrons wanted larger work. | |||
His patrons wanted greater realism. | |||
Question 3 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Upon which moment in the story of Jesus' Last Supper did Leonardo focus in his portrayal?
Question options:
The passing of the bread | |||
Jesus' statement that one of the disciples would betray him | |||
The symbolism and distribution of the wine | |||
The reception of the Holy Spirit | |||
Question 4 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Which of the following is a grand country palace?
Question options:
<p><em>Palazzo</em></p> | |||
<p><em>Domicile</em></p> | |||
<p><em>Insula</em></p> | |||
<p><em>Château</em></p> | |||
Question 5 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
What made the flower paintings of Rachel Ruysch so highly prized?
Question options:
The personal expression | |||
The historical context | |||
The color harmonies | |||
The linear perspective | |||
Question 6 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
What is Dürer trying to show in his Four Apostles?
Question options:
<p>That Protestant imagery was possible</p> | |||
<p>A canon of ideal human proportions</p> | |||
<p>The new linear perspective</p> | |||
<p>The new oil medium</p> | |||
Question 7 |
| 0 / 2.5 points |
How does Diego Velázquez proclaim the dignity and importance of painting as one of the liberal arts through his painting Las Meninas?
Question options:
<p>He included the religious figures within the scene.</p> | |||
<p>He highlighted the Infanta.</p> | |||
<p>He included a dog in the foreground.</p> | |||
<p>He shows himself dressed as a courtier with the keys of the palace.</p> | |||
Question 8 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Which artist, active during the seventeenth century, became the first international superstar of the European art world?
Question options:
Diego Velázquez | |||
Artemisia Gentileschi | |||
Bartolomé Estebán Murillo | |||
Peter Paul Rubens | |||
Question 9 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Which of the following processes typically makes the fewest prints?
Question options:
Etching | |||
Drypoint | |||
Engraving | |||
Mezzotint | |||
Question 10 |
| 0 / 2.5 points |
Which of the following subjects seemed to be Caterina van Hemessen’s specialty?
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Question 11 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
When Leonardo da Vinci worked for the court of the Duke of Milan, which of the following interests occupied much of his time?
Question options:
Military and civil engineer | |||
Painter | |||
Sculptor | |||
Musician | |||
Question 12 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Why was the figure of the Virgin Mary often shown standing on a crescent moon?
Question options:
It signified the New World. | |||
It symbolized her ability to cure the plague. | |||
It represented the woman of the Apocalypse. | |||
It showed her piety. | |||
Question 13 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
The Royal Academy of Architecture was founded in 1671 and the members established guidelines for architectural design based on a knowledge of what area being the basis of beauty?
Question options:
Ancient pyramids | |||
Classical architecture of Greece | |||
Scientific discovery | |||
Mathematics | |||
Question 14 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Which is the term for the effect in painting of softer or smoky edges?
Question options:
<p><em>Chiaroscuro</em></p> | |||
<p>Tenebrism</p> | |||
<p><em>Sfumato</em></p> | |||
<p><em>Trompe l'oeil</em></p> | |||
Question 15 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
How did El Greco begin his career?
Question options:
As a Byzantine icon painter | |||
As a stonecutter | |||
As a copyist of Bosch's work | |||
As a goldsmith | |||
Question 16 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
How did Bernini incorporate the Cornaro family into his sculptural group at the Cornaro Chapel?
Question options:
With their family coat of arms on the base | |||
With their emblems—honeybees and laurel leaves on the columns | |||
As figures of angels watching from above | |||
With statues of them in two balconies on either side | |||
Question 17 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Which of the following influenced sixteenth-century thinking so that paintings of female nudes became socially acceptable?
Question options:
The decline of Christianity | |||
The interest in Classical mythology | |||
The dress styles of the day | |||
A relaxing of moral standards | |||
Question 18 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Which word best describes Nicolas Poussin?
Question options:
Medievalist | |||
Classicist | |||
Modernist | |||
Realist | |||
Question 19 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Who originally built the small hunting château at Versailles?
Question options:
Louis XIII | |||
Henry IV | |||
Louis XIV | |||
Jules Hardouin-Mansart | |||
Question 20 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Which of the following artists inspired Peter Paul Rubens' technique in The Raising of the Cross?
Question options:
<p>Michelangelo</p> | |||
<p>Caravaggio</p> | |||
<p>Diego Velázquez</p> | |||
<p>Annibale Carracci</p> | |||
Question 21 |
| 0 / 2.5 points |
In the eleventh century, pilgrims traveled to what they considered to be the three holiest places in Christendom: Christ's tomb in Jerusalem, St. Peter's tomb in Rome, and the shrine of St. James in:
Question options:
Alexandria, Egypt. | |||
Bethlehem, Palestine. | |||
Santiago de Compostela, Spain. | |||
Patmos, Greece. | |||
Question 22 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Which is the term for a framed niche in the wall?
Question options:
Loggia | |||
Sacristy | |||
Balustrade | |||
Aedicula | |||
Question 23 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Which of the following was typical of English cathedrals?
Question options:
Thin walls and piers | |||
Wide projecting transepts | |||
Narrow nave arcades | |||
Large rose windows | |||
Question 24 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
In architecture, what are the vertical sculptural elements on both sides of an opening called?
Question options:
Mullions | |||
Archivolts | |||
Jambs | |||
Compound piers | |||
Question 25 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Which of the following modern geographical areas was part of Charlemagne's empire?
Question options:
Eastern Germany | |||
England | |||
Belgium | |||
Northeastern Spain | |||
Question 26 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
What was the area of western Belgium, southwestern Netherlands, and a small part of northern France called in the fifteenth century?
Question options:
Aquitaine | |||
Holy Roman Empire | |||
Flanders | |||
Aragon | |||
Question 27 |
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What is the term for art that has been created using a gouge to make high-relief areas for the image?
Question options:
Intaglio | |||
Lithograph | |||
Engraving | |||
Woodcut | |||
Question 28 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
On Christ in Majesty from the Church of San Climent, Tahull, Spain, whose influence is seen in the frontal pose, the repeated lines, and the alpha and omega symbols?
Question options:
<p>Byzantine</p> | |||
<p>Ottonian</p> | |||
<p>Mozarabic</p> | |||
<p>Hiberno-Saxon</p> | |||
Question 29 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
What is the subject of a "Throne of Wisdom" statue?
Question options:
Solomon on his throne | |||
Christ sitting in judgment of the world | |||
the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child on her lap | |||
the emperor and empress enthroned | |||
Question 30 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
At this time, Italian painters working in tempera paint most often mixed powdered pigments with water, a touch of glue, and:
Question options:
beeswax. | |||
gum arabic. | |||
linseed oil. | |||
egg yolk. | |||
Question 31 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Which feature characterized a "hall church"?
Question options:
It had a dome over the crossing. | |||
The vaults of the side aisles and nave were the same height. | |||
The arcade, triforium, and clerestory were clearly separated. | |||
The nave roof was open-beam, not vaulted. | |||
Question 32 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Which two new religious orders arose to serve the urban populations in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries?
Question options:
the Augustinians and the Benedictines | |||
the Cluniacs and the Cistercians | |||
the Franciscans and the Dominicans | |||
the Jesuits and the Trappists | |||
Question 33 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Which of the following describes the depiction of Jesus on the Lindau Gospels outer cover?
Question options:
<p>Calm and Classical</p> | |||
<p>Turbulent and agitated</p> | |||
<p>Emotional</p> | |||
<p>Abstract and ornamental</p> | |||
Question 34 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Which is the term for a little boy often shown naked and with wings?
Question options:
<p><em>Giornata</em></p> | |||
<p>Sgraffito</p> | |||
<p>Aedicul</p> | |||
<p><em>Putto</em></p> | |||
Question 35 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Which is the first free-standing bronze equestrian statue since antiquity?
Question options:
<p>Riemenschneider's <em>Entry of Christ into Jerusalem</em></p> | |||
<p>Gislebertus's <em>Flight into Egypt</em></p> | |||
<p>Donatello's <em>Gattamelata</em></p> | |||
<p>Verocchio's <em>Bartolomeo Colleoni</em></p> | |||
Question 36 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Which of the following is a characteristic of the style of the Gummersmark brooch?
Question options:
Asymmetrical designs | |||
Realistic human forms | |||
Interlaced patterns | |||
Careful observation of nature | |||
Question 37 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Where were the two important centers of Italian Gothic painting located?
Question options:
Rome and Naples | |||
Venice and Ravenna | |||
Milan and Bologna | |||
Siena and Florence | |||
Question 38 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Who changed Florentine painting more than anyone since Giotto?
Question options:
Fra Angelico | |||
Paolo Uccello | |||
Sandro Botticelli | |||
Masaccio | |||
Question 39 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
In church architecture, which is the monumental entrance found on Carolingian, Ottonian, and later churches?
Question options:
Transept | |||
Tribune | |||
Westwork | |||
Gallery | |||
Question 40 |
| 2.5 / 2.5 points |
Where was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance?
Question options:
Rome | |
Siena | |
Venice | |
Florence |
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