Art, Ch.1-5, Exam I - Flashcards

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An equestrian sculpture is one that includes a ____.

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horse

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In ancient Rome, ____ sculptures were seen as the ultimate symbol of imperial dignity and power.

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equestrian

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What's missing in this definition of art? Art is primarily a ____ medium that is used to express our ideas about our human experience and the world around us.

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visual

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Content and form are interchangeable in a work of art.

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False

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Van Gogh was not a member of another stylistic group.

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True

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In a work of art, the word "composition" refers to ____.

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the arrangement of the formal elements of art

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The content of a work of art refers to ____.

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its meaning

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Contemporary art and popular culture often share the same images.

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True

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Every culture, both past and present, has a word that corresponds to ours for art.

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False

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Ancient Egypt had an ever-changing artistic style.

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False

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Ways of categorizing art include:

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all of these choices

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Craft refers to which of the following?

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pottery

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The components of an artwork include perception, response, creativity and ____.

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expression

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Art is always a serious endeavor and never functions as entertainment.

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False

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Art has several functions, including:

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all of these choices

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Traditional Chinese paintings were not made from life, but from memory.

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True

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Eaves and ____ go together in construction.

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cantilevers

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The ____ was most noted for its dome.

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Pantheon

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Geodesic domes are a type of small dome used in early Roman residential architecture.

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False

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Another name for atmospheric perspective is ____ perspective.

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aerial

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Rectangular glass-covered, boxlike buildings are examples of the International style in architecture.

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True

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Rhythm in art is demonstrated by the ____ of one or more of the elements of art.

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repetition

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Visual texture consists of physical surface variations that can be experienced by the sense of touch.

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False

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Value in art refers to ____ and ____.

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lightness and darkness

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Gesture lines are a type of line with an expressive character.

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True

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Ornamentation in architecture usually functions symbolically or ____.

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aesthetically

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Intensity refers to a color's ____ or ____.

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brightness or dullness

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Horizontal lines mostly suggest ____.

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rest

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Recent innovations in structural systems include ____.

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reinforced concrete

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An achromatic value scale doesn't utilize ____.

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colors

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Post and lintel construction is shown by

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the Parthenon

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Load-bearing construction is usually characterized by

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few openings in the walls

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Pendentives and squinches are associated with ____.

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domes

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Buttressing occurs when a straight row of arches are placed side by side.

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False

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Generally speaking, architectural structures are practical, aesthetic, meaningful and ____.

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symbolic

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Steel-frame construction has been likened to ____.

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Skeleton

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In ____ printing, areas that are not to be printed are cut away from the printing surface, so the areas to be printed are left higher.

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Relief

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____ sculptures are meant to be viewed from all sides.

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Freestanding

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The ____ is an early type of photographic process.

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daguerreotype

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Printmaking excludes any medium that can produce multiple copies of an image or a design.

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False

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Some contemporary artists use the craft of quilting as an art medium.

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True

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A(n) ____ print is an example of a relief print.

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woodblock

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Except for very small sculptures, all cast sculptures are created using the ____ method of casting.

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lost wax

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A marble sculpture made by cutting away stone is made in a ____ process.

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subtractive

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Some of the oldest surviving paintings were made on ____.

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clay vessels

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The various branches of art making activity, like painting or sculpture, are called ____.

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disciplines

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Gesso is a white, paint-like substance that is brushed onto paper or canvas to serve as a ground for painting or drawing.

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True

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The surface or material that underlies a two-dimensional work of art is called the ____.

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support

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____ is a type of printmaking process which uses a slab of limestone or metal and oily crayons, pencils or liquid.

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Lithography

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A silverpoint drawing is ____.

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made by using a thin stylus made of silver

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Gouache is a type of watercolor, which has Chinese white chalk added to it to create an opaque surface.

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True

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Slip is an acid-resistant resin used to make aquatints.

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False

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Ceramics are found in almost every culture, from ancient times to the present.

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True

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Tempera paint is often used to create ____.

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sharp lines and details

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From an art historical perspective, drawing is one of the newest forms of art making.

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False

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Unlike most printmaking processes, monoprinting is a type of printmaking that makes only one copy of an image.

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True

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A subtext of Hopper's Nighthawks would be ____.

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a sense of impending doom or entrapment

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Gerhard Richter's series of fifteen paintings entitled October 18, 1977 reflects ____ ideas.

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poststructuralist

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From the moment a work of art is made, its content is subject to change.

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True

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Structuralists believe that in order to understand a work of art, one must study the structure of art and the complex ____ of all its parts.

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interrelationship

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The Tlaloc Vessel is frontal and symmetrical, which is symbolic of ____.

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formality

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Context refers to the social and ____ conditions that encompass a work of art.

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political

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According to ____, all art supports some particular political agenda, cultural structure, or economic/class hierarchy.

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ideological criticism

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The subtext in an artwork refers to ____.

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its underlying theme or message

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The role of the art critic is ____.

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to describe works of art and evaluate their significance

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In a work of art, content is conveyed primarily in three ways: through its symbolic references; through written materials and cultural context; and ____.

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through the subject matter

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Ideological criticism deals with a work of art's ____ significance.

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political

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Symbols are culturally determined and cannot be taught.

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False

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Art historians and art critics from different periods of time often have the same interpretations of the same works of art.

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False

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While ____ was important to modernists, ____ is important to postmodernists.

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painting/photography

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Psychoanalytic criticism helps to interpret artwork with strong ____ content.

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emotional

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The most obvious factor in determining the content of a work of art is its subject matter.

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True

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Content is about a work of art's ____.

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theme

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Formal analysis is important because it is helpful in understanding the ____ of a work of art.

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composition

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Brazilian born Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanja created a stainless steel Ping-Pong Table called Untitled 2008 (the future will be chrome). This work is a good example of ____ because gallery-goers can play on it.

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relational aesthetics

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Dona Schlesier's mixed-media piece Setting Cycles has a subject matter, which is ____.

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the materials used to make the piece

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Most people who want to study art in the United States today study in a college or university.

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False

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Due to an accelerated deadline, Michelangelo Buonarroti's "Sistine Ceiling" was largely painted by his workshop. Michelangelo was responsible for the finishing details.

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False

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In medieval Europe, specialized societies called ____ preserved technical information for artists and regulated art making.

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guilds

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The opposite of an artist working on a commission is an artist working on ____.

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speculation

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Art is kept by various cultures for the following reasons:

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all

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In ancient Rome, art was often displayed in public baths.

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True

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____ is the first artist in recorded history and was associated with the concept of genius.

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Imhotep

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Artists always establish set standards for determining what is art within a culture.

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False

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The pyramids of ancient Egypt served the purposes of the ____.

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rulers

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The iconoclasts were known as:

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image breakers

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An example of a community artwork is the ____.

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AIDS Memorial Quilt

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The treasures given by the last Aztec ruler, Moctezuma, to Spain during the conquest of the Aztecs were carefully preserved for future generations to study and appreciate.

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False

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Art Academies, or schools providing systematized art instruction, are a relatively recent invention for training artists.

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True

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The first academy in Europe started in the ____ century.

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fifteenth

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Persia's "kitab-khana" were ____ that made illuminated manuscripts.

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libraries

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Leonardo felt that observation was central to ____ and art.

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science

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Museums became common in ____ during the nineteenth century.

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Europe

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Persia's (Iran's) "kitab khana" are early examples of academie-like training for artists.

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True

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The pyramids of Egypt are an example of art as a ____ activity.

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social

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The view of an artist as a creative genius rather than a skilled worker began to form in Europe during the ____.

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Renaissance

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