Art ch 5-8 – Flashcards

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The pyramids of Egypt are example of art as a ____ activity.
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social
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Artists such as Leonardo and Michelangelo were trained by the ____ method.
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apprentice
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Persia's "kitab-khana" were ____ that made illuminated manuscripts.
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libraries
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The first academy in Europe started in the ___ century.
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15th
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Museums became common in ____ during the nineteenth century.
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Europe
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Two factors that influenced the growth and popularity of museums were: _____ and ____.
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capitalism and colonialism
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An example of a community artwork is the ____.
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aids memorial quilt
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One example of a museum dedicated only to modern art is the: _____.
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Gggenheim Bilbeo in Spain
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The iconoclasts were known as: _____.
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image breakers
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Art is kept by various cultures for the following reasons: ____, ____, ____.
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aesthetics, religion, politics
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Leonardo felt that observation was central to ____ and art.
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science
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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 (rebirth)
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T pyramids of ancient Egypt served the purpose of the ____.
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rulers
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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 created for the tourist market generally helps local art production to _____.
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survive
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In medieval Europe, specialized societies called ____ preserved technical information for artists and regulated art making.
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gills
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_________ were one of the major art forms during the medieval period in Europe.
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Illuminated Manuscripts
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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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Prehistoric artists painted images in the _____ of caves.
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in the back
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Australian Aboriginals painted "contour maps" indication food and water locations; these maps were then ____ after a ritual celebration.
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destroyed
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Coe's there is no escape is from a series condemning the meat industry called _____.
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porkopolis
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The ancient Chinese made ____ vessels for storing wine.
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bronze
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As its name suggests, the ancient Greek ____ was used for carrying and storing water.
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hydria
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The Pomo tribal baskets covered with feathers and shells were made as ceremonial ____.
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gifts
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Warhol's work such as Heinz 57 Tomato Ketchup celebrated the commercial art of _____.
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packaging
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Salt was considered so valuable that it was a source of wealth; the European nobility used elaborate saltcellars as a _____.
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status symbols
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Jan Davidsz de Heem's A Table of Desserts reflects cultural and _____ beliefs.
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religious
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Mu Qi's Six Persimmons emphasizes ____ in life.
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simplicity
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An important component of European still life painting was the idea of ______.
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food as vanitas
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In the early twentieth century, still life paintings were not concerned with ____.
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food
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Ritual meals include: ____, ____.
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weddings, funerals
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The House of the Vettii had front atrium with a pool, called the ____, for collecting rainwater.
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impluvium
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The Venus of Willendorf is a statue of _____.
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anonymous fertile women
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The Idol from Amorgos is a statue of _____.
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fertile young women
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Figure of a Deity: A'a Rurutu from the Austral Islands in central Polynesia was an ancestor deity and represented a: _______.
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creator in the act of creating
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The Bamana fertility from Mali is decorated with ______.
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geometric lines
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The paintings in the Villa of Mysteries were done by the ____.
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Romans
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The Primordial Couple of the Dogon represents ____.
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father and mother of all
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There are many symbols in Jan van Eyck's The Wedding, including ____, _____, _____, _____.
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bedroom, holding clothes as if pregnant, removed shoes, raised hands.
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The Japanese shunga prints are translated as _____.
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Spring pictures
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An odalisque was a member of ____.
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Turkish harem
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Georgia O'Keeffe's work are often extreme close ups of ____.
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flowers
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In prehistoric times fertility was ____.
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important
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The Moche, the Maya and Alice Neel did versions of ____.
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pregnant women
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Brancusi's Torso of a Young Man is ____.
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very abstract
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Louise Bourgeois' Blind Man's Bluff is a sculpture of ____.
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bulbous forms
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The ancient cities required ____ in order to function.
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rivers
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Images of deities _____.
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they very from culture to culture, cant not be known
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Most early deities represented ___.
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female fertility goddess
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The Snake Goddess is from ____.
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Crete
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From ancient Egypt came the convention of representing deities as ____.
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partially of animal qualities
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The Hindu god Brahman can never be ____.
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known
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The Buddhist stupa, at first a mound tomb, was transformed into a relic ____.
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of a Buddha
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Later statues of Buddha emphasized ___.
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serenity
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The nearest analogy to a Bodhisattva would be ___.
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saint
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When Christianity became the official state religion, Christ was shown as ___.
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king of ruler
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The special rituals of the Kwakiutl were ______.
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held annually (once a year)
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Mexican votive paintings are called ___.
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retablos
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Depictions of ritual sacrifice were shown in many cultures, including _____.
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Christian and Mesoamerican
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The Hopi make spirit dolls called ____.
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kachinas
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A mandala is an attempt to show ____.
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cosmos
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The images of Michelangelo's Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel present: ____.
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origin of the universe
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The Ziggurat of Ur is an ____.
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artificial mountain.
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Many religious structures from Stonehenge to the Pantheon, use ___ to convey their power.
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geometry
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A journey to a special shrine is called a _____.
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pilgrimage
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The Parthenon frieze probably shows ____.
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pantheistic fest
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The deities of ancient Egypt were mostly personifications of ______.
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natural forces
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The Hindu God ____ is the unity in which all opposites meet--the source of good and evil, male and female.
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shiba
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