SWA art FINALS STUDY SET - Flashcards

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What refers to changes in art style or particular ideas that define the work of a group of artists at a certain time?

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Art movement

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What is a reason that people create art?

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Personal inspirations, Money, Religous reasons

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he Spanish painter Goya depicted what event in a painting?

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Dos de Mayo Uprising

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One of the reasons we study art is that it gives us information about the past.

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True

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Printmaking involves moving a tool across a dry surface to create marks on that surface.

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false

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What is the process of creating images through the manipulation of light?

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Photography

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Which of the following is an example of a visual art? Photography Music Literature Dancing

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Photography

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Woodcuts, lithography, etchings, and screen-printing are all examples of printmaking

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true

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How many paintings did Vincent van Gogh sell during his lifetime?

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One

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Modern photography using cameras began in the 1400s.

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True

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Cave paintings have been dated in different parts of the world to at least what date?

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30,000 BCE

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By definition, art doesn't include functional pieces that we use.

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False

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Only beautiful pieces are considered art.

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False

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Art can bring attention to social injustice and other social problems.

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True

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Art has sometimes been used to record information about events and people.

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true

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. What images are those in which the object or scene is not easily identified?

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Abstract

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Organic shapes and forms are which of the following?

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Irregular

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Which of the following refers to the repetition of elements in a piece of artwork?

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Rhythm

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Vertical lines can create what impression in an artwork?

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Height and strength

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The empty areas around other objects in an artwork are which of the following?

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Space

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Which of the following relates to which objects or parts of an artwork are given emphasis in the composition?

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Dominance

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It is impossible for artists to use texture in their work.

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False

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Texture refers to the way something _____.

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Feels

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The principles of art are the ways in which the elements of art are used and placed within a piece of art.

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true

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Curved lines tend to create a sense of energy and movement within the artwork.

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True

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Value is often used by artists to create mood and give the impression of light.

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True

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What types of lines are used to help create a sense of movement in a piece of art?

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Diagonal

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Forms are two-dimensional, with width and height.

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false

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"Dominance" relates to which objects or parts of an artwork are given emphasis in the composition.

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True

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Which of the following is an element of art?

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All of the above : Lines, Color and Texture

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What question might you ask during the "analyze" phase of an art critique?

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What elements of art or design principles are used in the artwork?

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What is an evaluation of an artwork?

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Art Critique

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Some art careers involve giving art critiques as a part of the job description.

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True

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What can help us understand more about what the artist intended with a piece and what meaning it might have?

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Context

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What is true about analyzing art?

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A person might analyze art differently over time.

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An art critique is simply an evaluation of an artwork.

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True

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All art critiques have to follow the same pattern and ask the same questions.

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False

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The artist creates emotion in The Raft of the Medusa through which of the following?

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The balance of the piece

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What stage of an art critique involves taking what you've learned about the artwork and coming to conclusions about it, both at a personal level and as a piece of artwork?

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Evaluate

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Your interpretation or analysis of a particular painting may be different today than it will be 50 years from now.

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True

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Art critiques are of no help to someone improving their own artwork.

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false

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What question might you ask during the "interpret" phase of an art critique?

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What mood or emotion does the artist communicate in the artwork?

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Art critiques work only for pieces created after 1400.

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False

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The Raft of the Medusa was painted by which artist?

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Theodore Gericault

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What question might you ask during the "describe" phase of an art critique?

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Who is the artist who created the artwork?

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Large animals, such as bison and horses, are commonly depicted in cave paintings.

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true

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The oldest pieces of art currently known to us are which of the following?

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Cave paintings

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Nabta Playa is located where?

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Egypt

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One theory of cave paintings is that they are related to the practice of shamanism.

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True

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Prehistory is considered what time period?

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Before writing

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The innermost stones of Stonehenge form a horseshoe shape that is aligned with the rising sun on the summer solstice.

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True

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The Women of Willendorf is a cave painting showing a woman hunting a bison.

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False

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Which of the following was a tool used by Paleolithic people to create a cave painting?

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All of the above

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Nabta Playa is believed to be older than Stonehenge.

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True

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The earliest known cave paintings have been found where?

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Europe

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Passage tombs consist of a stone passageway to a burial chamber, all of which is covered by which of the following?

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Earthen mound

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Newgrange in Ireland is an example of which of the following?

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Passage tomb

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Prehistoric megaliths are extremely rare in places like the Korean Peninsula where access to stone in limited.

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False

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Stonehenge was likely built around what year?

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3000 to 2000 BCE

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The most common form of megalith architecture in Europe is which of the following?

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Tombs

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Which period or style of Greek sculpture represents the Greeks' first attempts at carving stone?

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Archaic

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Greek mythology was rarely used in ancient Greek artwork.

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False

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The main characteristic of Doric order is the capital or top of the column, consisting of a rounded echinus at the top of the column joined to a square called the abacus.

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true

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Which ancient society is often called the "cradle of civilization"?

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Mesopotamia

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The Greek pottery Orientalizing style was characterized by artistic elements from places like Egypt and Asia.

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True

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The Great Sphinx of Giza shows the head of a lion and the body of a man.

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False

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Which Greek style features columns with two rows of leaves that fan out from the capital and four scrolls?

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Corinthian

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What term was used to refer to Greek statues that were in the form of a standing, draped girl?

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Kore

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Ushabti were created to be placed where?

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In tombs

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The Warka Vase comes from what ancient society?

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sumer

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What are large vertical structures that help support the weight of the structure overhead?

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Columns

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The Nike of Samothrace was a Greek sculpture from which period/style?

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Hellenistic

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Which piece of art appears to have been created to mark the unification of Egypt?

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Palette of Narmar

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In ancient Greece, some sculptures were given a pose with one foot in front of the other, giving natural bended knees and a slight turn in the pelvis. What is this pose known as?

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Contraposso

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Ka statues in ancient Egypt were meant to give a spirit a place to reside or rest after death.

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true

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Flying buttresses are a characteristic of Gothic style architecture.

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True

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Hagia Sophia was created in the Gothic style of architecture.

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False

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Giotto was an ancient Roman sculptor who created The Nike.

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false

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What do we call a religious artwork of Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint that was used for honoring that figure?

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Icon

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Some of the earliest Christian art that we know about has been found where?

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The catacombs of rome

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The Bayeux Tapestry appears to show which of the following?

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Halley's Comet

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Gothic art is characterized by the integration of art forms, most notably architecture, sculpture, and stained glass.

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True

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The ancient Romans created a number of pictorial stained glass pieces.

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False

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Insular art is art produced between 300 and 900 CE by people in which area?

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Great Britain and Ireland

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Flying buttresses were commonly used in which style of architecture?

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Gothic

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Byzantine art is art created after the center of the Roman Empire shifted to which city?

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Constantinople

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The ancient Romans were most influenced by the art of which ancient society?

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The greeks

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One of the most famous examples of a Roman dome is found on which building?

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the pantheon

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Frescoes are wall paintings that are created on fresh plaster.

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true

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Opus Anglicanum is which of the following?

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Fine needle

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Raphael created which famous artwork?

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The school of athens

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Raphael is called the "father of the oil painting."

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False

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The Early Renaissance started with what event?

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A competition to create bronze doors for a cathedral

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Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known as El Greco, created which piece of art?

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The Burial of the Count of Orgaz

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Renaissance art?

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Highly stylized, uniform works

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The French word "renaissance" means which of the following?

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Rebirth

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"Sfumato" refers to which of the following in a painting?

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A fine haze

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The Mona Lisa was painted by Raphael.

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False

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In 1401, a competition to create a set of bronze doors for the Baptistery of Florence Cathedral was held, and this competition is often credited with the beginning of Renaissance art.

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True

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The High Renaissance period produced some of the greatest works of art known today.

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True

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The Master of Flemalle gave us one of the first paintings that includes a sense of perspective and space.

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True

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The Renaissance sought to bring back the human elements to these studies and emphasize the importance of engaging with emotion and creativity as well as science and politics.

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True

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Michelangelo's Pieta depicts the Virgin Mary holding the body of Jesus after he had been crucified.

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True

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Renaissance art is often associated with the art of which country?

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Italy

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Who was one of the first artists to use the Netherlandish style of painting?

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Master of flemalle

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