AP Art History Final – Flashcards
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Although the cave paintings in the Great Hall of the Bulls at Lascaux were originally interpreted as depictions of hunting scenes, they have more recently been interpreted as paintings intended to
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document a series of animal-based rituals
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Which of the following statements is true of both the Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur and the Palette of King Narmer?
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They celebrate military victory.
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The form of the columns in the hypostyle hall was intended to recall the
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dense clusters of papyrus reeds on the Nile
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A pharaoh progressing through the temple complex was intended to encounter
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spaces that were increasingly dark and mysterious, leading to the inner sanctum housing the cult statue
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Which of the following aspects of ancient Egyptian beliefs is reflected in the program of relief carvings and hieroglyphics that cover the interior and exterior surfaces of the temple complex?
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The pharaoh possessed divinely granted power to maintain order on earth.
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The formal qualities of Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George identify it as an example of an
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Early Byzantine icon because of the heavily contoured figures in a shallow space
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The materials and art-making process used to create Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George the work demonstrate the influence of
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Late Antique Egyptian funerary portraiture
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The church of Sainte-Foy at Conques is similar to other Romanesque pilgrimage churches in that it
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contains radiating chapels for the veneration of relics
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The decoration of the Pyxis of al-Mughira draws on Islamic artistic traditions in that it
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incorporates calligraphic inscriptions
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Unlike tempera, oil paint can be . . .
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all of the above
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_______________ include raw ingredients (such as pigment, wood, and limestone), compounds (such as textile, ceramic, and ink), and components (such as beads, paper, and performance) used to create a work of art.
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Materials
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________________ may be for utility, intercession, decoration, communication, and commemoration and may be spiritual, social, political, and/or personally expressive.
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Function
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Balance/symmetry, rhythm/pattern, movement, harmony, contrast, emphasis, proportion/scale, and unity are _____________________.
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Design principles
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__________________ describes component materials and how they are employed to create physical and visual elements that coalesce into a work of art.
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Form
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Line, shape, color (hue, value, saturation), texture, value (shading), space, and form are ____________________.
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Design elements
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____________ includes original and subsequent historical and cultural milieu of a work of art.
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Context
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______________refers to a type of human experience that combines perception, feeling, meaning making, and appreciation of qualities of produced and/or manipulated objects, acts, and events of daily life.
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Aesthetic
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_______________of a work of art consists of interacting, communicative elements of design, representation, and presentation within a work of art.
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Context
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_________________ is a sculptural technique in which the artist pour liquid metal, plaster, or another material into a mold.
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Casting
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________________ is the name of a color
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Hue
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The way in which an artist organizes forms in an artwork, either by pacing shapes on a flat surface of arranging forms in space.
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composition
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____ was used almost exclusively for the representation of animals in Paleolithic art.
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The profile view
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Figures sculpted in the round can be defined as ____.
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Freestanding
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____ is the location of the most spectacular cave paintings that have been discovered.
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France
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One of the most famous Paleolithic cave paintings, the Hall of the Bulls, was discovered in ____.
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The Lascaux Caves
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What is a ground line?
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It is the baseline in which figures appear to stand.
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The painting rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison is unique in Paleolithic art regarding the presence of ____.
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A male figure
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____ is one of the primary characteristics of Neolithic society.
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Domestication of animals and plants
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Figurines such as the Tlatilco female figurine can be considered most similar in content to the
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Jade Cong
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The regular appearance of ____ distinguishes paintings produced in the Neolithic period from those in the Paleolithic period.
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Human figures
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Çatal Höyük has a most remarkable mural, a landscape. Which statement best defines the term landscape?
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It is a picture of a natural setting in its own right without any narrative content.
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Monuments from the Neolithic period in western Europe, such as Stonehenge, are characterized by ____.
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Megalithic architecture
