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True or false the rarity of an artwork and its value are often closely related

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True

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True or false when artists are censored it usually stops them from producing any further work

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False

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When conducting a formal analysis of a work of art you would probably want to consider the artist's use of

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Color

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The elements of art from the basis. ? Of art

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Vocabulary

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The dark primed words on the page of a book are easily read because they are printed on a light ground. This is an example of the principles of

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Contrast

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The line defines the edge of a shape is called the

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Outline

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A 2 dimensional object is called a shape and a 3 dimensional object is known as a

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Form

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Forms tat tend to be irregular, and similar to naturally occurring objects are known as

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Organic

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A sculpture designed in the round can be viewed from

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Nearly every angle

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The lightness or darkness of a surface is the element of art called

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Value

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Artists can create a sense of. ? By using light and dark values

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Depth

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The process of using a series of parallel lines set close in one another to differentiate planes of value in a work of art is called

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Hatching

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A color that is darker than its basic hue is called a

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Shade

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When an artist causes a work of art that deceives our eyes into believing there is motion as time passes, this is called

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Illusion of motion

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Compositional unity strikes an interesting balance between the monotony of too much similarity and the chaos of too much. ? In a work of art

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Variety

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Creating visual weight ad counterweight is part of an artist's use of the element of ? In creating a work of art

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Balance

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The size relationships between parts of an object, or its. ? Affects how a viewer will interpret it

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Proportions

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When an artist uses scale to indicate the relative importance of elements is a composition, he or she i employing this kind of scale

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Hierarchical scale

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Any of the ? Of art can help focus our interest on specific areas of a work of art

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Elements

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True or false an artwork can have only one focal point

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False

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True or false formal analysis can be done on paintings but not on sculptures

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False

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How were Sumerian votive figures used

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Prayer figures

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Relating Magdalena Abakanowicz's 80 Blacks to her experiences living in Communist Poland is an example of what kind of analysis

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Biographical

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Which method of analysis interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols

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Iconographical

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When Raphael was preparing to paint his fresco The School of Athens he did a large drawing called a. ? To help place the design on the wall

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Cartoon

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The atmosphere of Edward Hooper's Nighthawks created by the lack of people on the street, the absence of street lights, and the somber mood of the customers in he diner, is one of

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Loneliness

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What is memento Mori

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A symbol of mortality

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Which of the following is a wet drawing medium

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Ink

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What drawing medium utilizes a piece of silver wire set in a holder

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Silverpoint

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What techniques would an artist use if he/she wanted to create an area of darkness using the medium of silverpoint

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Hatching

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True or false Hieronymus Bosch worked closely with and was deeply influenced by the Surrealist artist of the 20th century

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False

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Which drawing medium has been in use since 30,000 BCE

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Charcoal

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For drawing media like pastel and crayon, pigments are combined with what

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Binder

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What drawing medium is associated with Edgar Degas

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Pastel

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How can artists working in brush and ink control the value of the ink

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Diluting with water

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True or false the techniques of hatching and cross hatching can only be used with dry media

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False

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Quills are a common tool for ink drawing originally made from. ?

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Bird feathers

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If you wanted to create a colorful drawing which medium would be a good choice

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Pastels

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What is Palmer Hayden's Midsummer Night in Harlem about

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A community in New York

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What is the practice from a live mode or other actual objects called

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Life drawing

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Recent studies of the handprints in European cave art indicate that paintings were done by whom

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Female artists

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Objects found as already existing outside of the context of art, which are used as components parts in a work or to create an entire sculpture, are called

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Readymades

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Which of these i a subtractive method of sculpting

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Carving

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Which painting process relies on freshly applied plaster for the painting surface

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Fresco

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Etchings and engravings are both examples of which type print

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Intaglio

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What is the binding agent for tempera paint

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Egg

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One of the advantages of acrylic paint is that it can be cleaned up using this liquid

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Water

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Unlike freestanding sculpture, this type of sculpture is created to be viewed from one side only

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Relief

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Over time exposure to the elements can add this surface coloration to metals. It can also be created with the use of chemical preparations. What is surface coloration called

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Patina

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We have discovered paintings at Pesche Merle in France that were made by artists dating back. ? Years

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25,000

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What is a sculpture that is deigned to move called

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Kinetic

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Paint in its most basic. Form is composed of. ? And a liquid binder

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Pigment

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What is the sculptural process in which the artist carves only in shallow depth called

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Bad-relief

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Which type of printmaking is done by carving away part of a block in order to leave a raised surface that can be linked and printed

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Relief

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The transparency of oil paint allows a painter to use a process called glazing in order to add a high degree of. ? To a painting

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Luminosity

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The bronze-casting process relies on a modeled original form made form a pliable material. What is this method called

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Lost-wax casting

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What material is suitable for carving

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Stone

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What do all sculptures have in common

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They all exist in 3 dimensional space

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To create a color woodblock, such as Hokusai's Great Wave, a printed must produce a new. ? For each separate color

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Relief block

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Which of the following is used as a paint binder

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Egg

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What kind of stress pulls on the structure of a building and must be countered by a pushing stress

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Tension

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Architect Fumihiko Maki began the process of designing a building for this New York City site by making a simple drawing

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World Trade Center

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In Taos Puebla, New Mexico, what construction material might an architect opt in order to keep the aesthetic appearance of the new building consistent with the surrounding architecture

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Adobe brick

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What is the interior space between 2 or more supports called

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Span

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What architectural construction method consists of 2 uprights and a crossbeam

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Post-and-lintel

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What is a room that uses multiple columns to support a flat ceiling called

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Hypostyle hall

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What term refers to a part of a Greek column

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Capital

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Which type of arched span was first used in ancient Babylonian and Mycenae

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Corbeled

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Which ancient Mycenaean building has a corbeled vault

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Treasury of Atreus

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What feature of Gothic architecture allowed the weight of the ceiling to be transferred away from the walls so that larger windows could be built

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Flying buttresses

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What are the windows set high in the nave walls above the aisles called

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Clerestory windows

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What was the purpose of the Taj Mahal

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Commemorate and entomb his wife

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Styles of art and architecture that were inspired by the Greeks and Romans are referred to as

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Classical

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What is the name of the oven used to fire clay objects so that they become ceramics

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A kiln

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What is the glassy finished surface applied to a ceramics object Called

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Glaze

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What is the ancient process of forming pots from long ropes of clay called

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Coiling

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The oldest pottery wheels we know of belonged to this ancient culture

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China

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The art of arranging colored glass into mosaic-like window forms is called

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Stained glass

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This American artist uses glass to create dramatic and colorful interior installations such as the one at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas

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Dale Chihuly

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When a metalwork artist works the back side of a sheet of metal with a hammer to imprint a design from behind it is called

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Repousse

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Who were the first people to employ picture symbols in a consistent language system

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Mesopotamians

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What are the handwritten, illustrated books produced during the Middle Ages called

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Illuminated Manuscripts Correct

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What is the term for a group of letter forms designed to have a uniform appearance?

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font

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Products like smart phones are often used for people of many different cultures to use. What is the term for the simple, symbolic graphics often used in these products so that there is no need for language translation

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icons

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What are the colors that make up the basis for commercial printing

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cyan, magenta, yellow

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When were picture symbols first used as a consistent language system

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3400 BCE

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What term refers to the visual form of printed letters, words, and text

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typography

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What does the word "photograph" mean

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writing with light

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What is the name of the opening in a camera that lets light in

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aperture

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When were the first successful photographs made using a camera

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1800s

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Ancient Egyptians developed a picture writing systems. What is it called

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Hieroglyphics

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Who was the German inventor of the printing press and movable type

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Johannes Gutenberg

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What were Daguerreotypes made on

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metal plates

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What was a major benefit of the calotype process

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the negatives can be readily reproduced

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True or false: photographer Lewis Wickes Hine went undercover in factories and mines to expose the injustices of child labor.

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true

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What is it called when a photographer chooses to make a photograph look candid and spontaneous

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snapshot aesthetic

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What is photographer Edward Burtynsky's Manufacturing series trying to make people think about

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how human activity impacts the environment

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What is the earliest surviving Daguerrotype a picture of

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a still life of plaster casts

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In order for photojournalist news photos to be effective they need to be seen as _______

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truthful

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Who invented the calotype photographic process

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Henry Fox Talbot

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What artifact made it possible to decipher hieroglyphics

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the Rosetta Stone

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True or false: the Emperor Constantine recycled sculpture from earlier monuments to use on his triumphal arch.

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true

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Metopes are a part of which architectural order

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Doric

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What is the most common subject of Cycladic sculptures

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female figures Correct

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What did the Parthenon in Athens originally house?

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a large statue of Athena

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True or false: all Islamic manuscripts include a portrait of Allah

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false

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Who developed a canon of harmonious proportions to be used for the portrayal of the ideal human body in sculpture

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Polykleitos

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What are the small pieces of glass that make up a mosaic called

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tesserae

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What is depicted on the Sumerian Standard of Ur

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peace and war Correct

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What style is the Church of Sainte-Foy at Conques

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Romanesque

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What period is the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna from

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Byzantine

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True or false: the Egyptians took a haphazard approach to building the pyramids, suggesting that they did not have a strong understanding of math and geometry.

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false

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The Dome of the Rock belongs to which culture/period

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Islamic

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Which two Gothic architectural innovations allowed cathedral walls to be built higher than before

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flying buttresses and rib vaults

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Where have the earliest examples of Christian art been discovered

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catacombs

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Which of the following cultures did not have a written language

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Cycladic

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True or false: the earliest surviving paintings are found in caves.

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True

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Which of these cultures was part of Mesopotamia

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Assyrians

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What are the tall towers adjoining a mosque called?

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minarets

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What is the medium used for the depiction of Theodora and Attendants in the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna

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mosaic

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What does the Great Stupa contain

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the Buddha's remains

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Match the site with the country in which it is located. Use each term once.

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Cambodia = Angkor Wat India = Great Stupa Japan = Taian Teahouse China = Tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi

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True or false: the Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir to celebrate the birth of his first son.

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false

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Where were the terracotta warriors found

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the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi

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True or false: a Chinese scroll is likely to comprise only illustrations and not include any writing.

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false

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True or false: the Japanese tea ceremony has its roots in Zen Buddhism.

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true

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Where did Buddhism originate

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India

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What are some of the oldest human-made objects found in the Americas

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Clovis points

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What is the Raimondi Stela

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a stone monument

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Which term applies to indigenous art from South America

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Andean

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Why have Paracas textiles survived from ancient times

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the climate in Peru is very dry

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Why was gold important to the Moche culture

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it was associated with the sun

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What animal is represented in Incan art to celebrate its role in textile manufacture

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llamas

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What is Machu Picchu?

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a mountaintop city in Peru

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Where is the Aztec Pyramid of the Sun located?

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Teotihuacan

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True or false: the only people ever sacrificed by the Aztecs were prisoners of war.

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false

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Who built the cliff dwellings in the American Southwest

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Anasazi

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Which period in European art came first

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Renaissance

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Where do cowrie shells represent in the arts of both Africa and the Pacific Islands

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Fertility

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Match the kente color with its meaning. Use each option once

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Yellow = holy and precious Gold = royalty, wealth, and spiritual purity Red = strong, political, or spiritual feelings Green = growth and good health

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The Arnolfini Portrait is a part of which period in art

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Northern Renaissance

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Which of the following design elements relate to Baroque art and architecture

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Diagonal movement Curving forms Dramatic Lighting

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Which culture is known for making terra-cotta heads with prominent holes in the pupils, nostrils, mouth and ears

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Nok

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A "deposition" scene shows which of the following

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Jesus' body being taken down from the cross

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What was innovative about Brunelleschi's design for the dome of Florence cathedral

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It was built without the need for wooden centering

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What does linear Perspective do

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Represent the illusion of 3-dimensional space in 2-dimensions

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What is depicted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

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Scenes from the biblical book of Genesis

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What did the Yoruba of western Nigeria create sculptures twin figures

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To represent a twin that died at birth or in infancy

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Why does art from Africa and the pacific islands tend to look the same over long periods of time

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Because it maintains traditional methods

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True or false: abstract designs and patterns can convey information that is as important, recognizable, and specific as both representational and narrative imagery

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True

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When are African masks most meaningful to the groups that made them

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When they are worn in ceremonial performances

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What do the Moai of Easter Island represent

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Deified ancestors who were chiefs

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Which biblical figure was depicted frequently in Renaissance and Baroque sculpture

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David

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Artemisia Gentileschi was influenced by the style of which other artist

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Caravaggio

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What is the subject of Eugene Delacroix's Liberty of Leading the people

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The July Revolution of 1830 in France

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What is Jacques-Louis David's painting The Oath of the Horatii about

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Duty and self-sacrifice

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True or false Gustave Courbet's Stonebreakers alarmed upper-class viewers because it reminded them of recent uprisings by the poor

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True

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Who was called the Sun King

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Louis XV

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Artists in the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood were inspired by works from which period in history

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The Middle Ages

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Which was the biggest influence on Henry Oshawa Tanner

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Gustave Courbet

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What was the primary-subject matter of the Hudson River School

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American landscapes

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In Portrait photography of the 1860s how long were exposure times

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Seconds

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What is William Hogarth's series Marriage a la Mode about

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An arranged marriage in which the couple behave immorally

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In addition to being inspired by Ancient Greece and Rome, what did Neoclassical paintings, such as those by Jacques-Louis David and Angelica Kaufman try to accomplish

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Convey a moral message

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Who visited Salons, such as the one depicted as the one depicted in Pietro Martini s print of 1785

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Public, painters, and critics

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What inspired Joseph Mallory William Turner to paint Slave Ship

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A real-life incident

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True or false the ornate and fanciful style called Rococo was only fashionable in France

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False

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True or false in the French academy individual portraits and landscapes were considered more valuable than any other object subject matter

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False

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Which of the following influenced the art made from 1700 to 1865

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All of these

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Why did North American cities in the late 18th century choose neoclassicism as their architectural style

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It represented ideals to which they aspired

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Who built Monticello

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Thomas Jefferson

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What does Fragonard's The Swing depict

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A flirtation between 2 young aristocratic lovers

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True or false Goya painted an unflattering portrait of the Spanish royal family because he disliked them and wanted to insult the king

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False

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Which statement about artist William Blake is accurate

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All these statements are accurate

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Which of the following approaches is characterized by artworks that have aggressive lines, rough textures, and personal narrative

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Neo-Expressionism

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Which artist repeatedly painted studies of the mountain he had seen throughout his childhood and later observed from his studio window

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Paul Cezanne

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Which statement is true about Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Moulin de la Galette

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It depicts the new urban middle class

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George's Barque's Houses at L'Estaque is part of which movement

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Cubism

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Vincent Van Gogh used thick application of paint in his work Starry Night. What is this technique called

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Impasto

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True or false 20th century artists continued the exploration in representation started by the impressionists and Post-impressionists

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True

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What formal element did Mark Rothko focus on

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Color

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What aspect Eduardo Manet's Le Dejeuner sir l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) made viewers uncomfortable when it was first exhibited

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All the other answers

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True or false Paul Gauguin liked to paint subjects from modern, industrial cities

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False

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True or false Roy Lichtenstein challenged traditional notions of the subject matter and appearance of fine art painting by embracing everyday subjects

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True

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How did Jackson Pollock made is paintings

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He dripped paint onto a canvas on the floor

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Art objects from which place influenced Picasso in his creation of Demoiselles d'Avignon

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Africa

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What does conceptual art emphasize

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The ideas behind the artwork

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Who painted Paris Street: Rainy Day

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Gustave Caillebotte

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True or false Edgar Degas was fascinated by observing ballet dancers, both in practice and during performance

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True

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Alexandre Cabanel's Birth of Venus is an example of which type of painting

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Academic

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Why was the Eiffel Tower built

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To welcome visitors to a World's Fair

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True or False Camille Claudel's sculpture The Waltz received some criticism for being too erotic

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True

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A painting by which artist provoked the comment by a critic that gave the impressionists their name

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Claude Monet

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What role did photography play for the artist Thomas Eakins

answer

He used photography to study anatomy and proportion

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What does Rineke Dijkstra's series Mothers focus on

answer

Depicting mothers with their newborn children

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Who is the artist of dead Christ

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Mantegna

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Bus pole sculptures were made by which culture

answer

Asmat

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What does the term "vanitas" in art reference

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The fleeting nature of life

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What is Shiva Nataraja responsible for doing

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Dancing the world into existence

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True or false: artists have often been influenced by scientific discoveries

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True

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True or false astrolabes were used by Muslims to determine the direction of Mecca

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True

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Which of these artworks reveals a culture's understanding of astronomy

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Muhammad Mahdi al-Yazdi's astrolabe

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True or false because restorers accidentally removed the original varnish, the Sistine Chapel ceiling looks brighter than it was in Michelangelo's time

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False

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Which of these terms applies to Georges Seurat's Sunday on La Grande Jatte

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Pointillism

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True or false "Trompe l'oeil" means "fool the eye"

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True

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Who advised artists in his treatise On Painting that paintings should look like illusionary windows

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Leon Batista Alberti

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Which statement is true of the oculus in the camera degli Sposi in the Ducal Palace in Mantua painted by Andrea Mantegna

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It is just a painted illusion

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True or false William Hogarth's False Perspective demonstrates incorrect applications of the laws of perspective

answer

True

question

What is it called when columns are intentionally designed to swell at the midpoint

answer

Entasis

question

What elements have an ambiguous reflection in Eduardo manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergere

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All of these

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True or false the term "iconic" refers to something that has become famous and has widely recognizable characteristics

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True

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True or false Mayan bloodletting rituals were only enacted on slaves

answer

False

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What technique was used to create the portrait of King Akhenaten, his wife Nefertiti, and their 3 daughters

answer

Sunken-relief carving

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Which statement is true of the Stela of Hammurabi

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It has an entire law code written on it

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Auguste Rodin made which of the following artworks

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Walking man

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What is the subject matter of Myron's Discus Thrower

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A Greek Athlete

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What is the medium of Henry Moore's Recumbent Figure

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Stone

question

What element is part of the 9/11 memorial in New York City

answer

Water

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Why were some against Maya Lin's design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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All of the other answers

question

What medium is Kahinde Wiley's Portrait Bust of Cardinal Richelieu

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Painting

question

What does Theodore Gericault's painting Raft of the Medusa depict

answer

The results of the shipwreck off the coast of West Africa

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Why did Mary Richardson attack the Rokeby Venus in 1914

answer

She wanted more rights for women

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Which of these artists created a war artwork that was an interactive performance

answer

Wafaa Bilal

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What kind of artworks do the Guerilla Girls make

answer

Feminist posters and pamphlets

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Menkaure and His wife Queen Khamerernebty was made by sculptors from which culture

answer

Egyptian

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Timothy O'Sullivan's famous photograph of dead bodies on a deserted battlefield was taken during which war

answer

American Civil War

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What does the layout of The Dinner Party allude to

answer

All of the other answers

question

What does Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe convey

answer

The agitation of the artist's internal reality through his painting

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What does Francisco Goya's Second of May, 1808 depict

answer

Spanish civilians attacking French soldiers

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What happened to the woman featured in Migrant Mother after Dorothea Lange photographed her

answer

She was ashamed of the photograph

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True or false Emil Nolde's Crucifixion was admired by Adolf Hitler

answer

False

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What movement influenced the Untitled Film Stills series

answer

Feminism

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What artwork did Carrie Mae Weems make

answer

Hip Hop Project

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When and where was the artist of Olympia working

answer

19th century France

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