Gateways to Art 4.4-4.7 – Flashcards
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When restorers began work on cleaning the Sistine Chapel ceiling in 1980, what did they discover had affected the original appearance of the frescoes?
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Each answer shown is correct (candle smoke, the interventions of previous restorers, bacteria from the visits of millions of tourists, rain damage)
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Gunther von Hagens, a German artist who combined anatomy and science, developed this art technique, which preserves bodies after death:
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plastination
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nstallation artist Yayoi Kusama not only covers the floors, ceiling, and walls of interior spaces with dots, but she also ________.
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dresses in dotted fabric
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Applying tiny dots of color to a canvas to create optical effects is referred to as ________.
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pointillism
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Who worked in a calm state, between heartbeats, and through the night, while creating works of art?
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Williard Wigan
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Audrey Flack's painting Marilyn (Vanitas) contains the following reminders of the brevity of life:
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Each answer shown is correct (clock, fruit, hourglass, and burning candle)
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What term describes the optical trick of swelling columns at midpoint (in order for them not to appear hourglass-shaped at a distance), as used in the design of the Parthenon
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entasis
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What was William M. Harnett investigated for due to the trickery and illusion created in his paintings?
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counterfeiting
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The School of Athens, an architectural illusion created by Raphael, was painted for the library of ________.
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Pope Julius II
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Which two philosophers, included in the center of The School of Athens, highlight the development of learning in the ancient world?
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Plato and Aristotle
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During his twenty-seven-year rule, Chairman Mao's face was reproduced across China in what medium?
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Each answer shown is correct (stamps, bank notes, posters, and statues)
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Which of the following statements about rulers with absolute power is true?
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Each answer shown is correct (they can determine the religion of their people, they believe they receive their power from a divine entity, they can govern how they please, they can use money from their subjects to spend on themselves)
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King Hammurabi of Babylon had his law code carved onto a stela for public viewing. His code has often been summarized as
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"an eye for an eye"
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The most deeply carved—therefore most important—element in the sunken relief of the Egyptian king Akhenaten, his queen Nefertiti, and their three daughters is:
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the sun
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Artists can emphasize the importance of a ruler by portraying him or her
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Each answer shown is correct (in elaborate clothing, larger than other figures, seated on a throne, in the center of a composition)
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Graffiti artist Ganzeer's series Martyr Murals commemorates those killed in the ________.
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Egyptian revolution in 2011
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Francisco Goya's The Second of May, 1808 and The Third of May, 1808:
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depict two consecutive days of violence
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The Palette of Narmer emphasizes ________.
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the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
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The figure carrying another figure on the right-hand wing of Otto Dix's triptych The War is:
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the artist
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The Bayeux Tapestry was embroidered by:
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women
