Art 1301 (Part 4)

Question 1
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Maidens and Stewards, a Parthenon fragment of the Panathenaic Procession, illustrates a _______, or sculptural band, often used by the Greeks to embellish their architecture.
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frieze
Question 2
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How is performance art different from traditional sculpture?
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All of the above.
Question 3
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The designer of Does It Make Sense?, April Greiman, is a pioneer in the field of:
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digital technology in advertising.
Question 4
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Auguste Rodin's The Burghers of Calais  is a remarkable example of which type of sculpture?
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in-the-round
Question 5
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The Bent-Corner Chest is carved from cedar, a wood that is native to which region and favored by Native American artists there?
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the Northeast
Response Feedback:
Refer to "Wood" in Chapter 14 of your text.
Question 6
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The first fins to appear on an automobile were on the 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood. Its designer, Harley Earl, was inspired by:
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designs he had seen coming out of the Bauhaus school.
Response Feedback:
Refer to "The Forties and Fifties" in Chapter 16 of your text.
Question 7
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Constructivism was a ___________ design movement that "dreamed of uniting art and everyday life through mass-production and industry."
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Russian
Question 8
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How did Gothic architects compensate for the lateral thrust of the cathedrals?
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with flying buttresses
Question 9
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A luxury hotel designed by Tom Wills-Wright, was recently built in ___________, which is one of the world's present hot-spots for extravagant and monumental architecture.
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Dubai
Question 10
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Which of these previous architectural styles does Emilio Ambasz's ACROS building most resemble?
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Mesopotamian ziggurats
Question 11
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What technique was used in creating Tutankhamun Hunting Ostriches from His Chariot?
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repousse and embossing
Question 12
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This artist created a functional salt cellar of gold and enamel depicting the gods Neptune and Tellus:
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Benvenuto Cellini.
Question 13
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The Japanese Tea Ceremony is a ritual that encourages the adherent to "leave the concerns of the daily world behind and enter a timeless world of ease, harmony, and mutual respect." Which of these ceramic pieces would be used in such a practice?
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Hon'ami Koetsu's Amagumo
Question 14
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The Romans created larger interior spaces in architecture than the Greeks because:
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they combined the use of the arch with the use of concrete.
Question 15
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Gold has always been a popular art medium because:
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all of the above.
Question 16
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In Sky Cathedral the artist Louise Nevelson has combined found materials to create a sculpture. What is this process called?
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assemblage
Question 17
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It is thought that the sloping sides of the pyramids in Egypt were intended to mimic:
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the rays of the sun.
Question 18
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The Anasazi cliffside caves at Mesa Verde show the roofs of two _______, which are the underground space for ceremonial life.
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kivas
Question 19
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Greek figurative sculpture was greatly influenced by Egyptian sculpture. What did the Greeks add?
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authenticity
Response Feedback:
Refer to "Carving" in Chapter 13.
Question 20
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Which of these best describes Frank Gehry's design process?
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it is fluid and experimental
Question 21
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Stained glass was first developed:
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in the 12th century, commissioned by Abbot Suger for Saint-Denis.
Question 22
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How does "assemblage" primarily differ from other sculptural processes?
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it utilizes "found" objects
Question 23
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Johnson and Burgee's University of Houston, College of Architecture is said to be a postmodern building because it:
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borrows from many different styles and time periods to create a kind of "history of Western architecture."
Question 24
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Allan Kaprow created "assemblages of events performed or perceived in more than one time and place."  He called these:
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happenings.
Question 25
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What do Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty and Great Serpent Mound have in common?
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they are both earthworks, purposeful modifications of landscape
Question 26
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Which of these is not a basic principle of "green architecture"?
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smaller buildings
Response Feedback:
Refer to "Green Architecture" in Chapter 15 of your text.
Question 27
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Which work was the centerpiece for the 1889 Paris Exposition?
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the Eiffel Tower
Question 28
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As a thrown ceramic vessel, Rose Cabat's Onion Feelie, is unique because:
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of its limited functionality.
Question 29
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A work in which weft yarns of several different colors are manipulated to make a design is called:
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weaving
Question 30
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Richard Serra's The Matter of Time is:
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a good example of installation art.
Response Feedback:
Refer to the Introduction of Chapter 13.
Question 31
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What were the visual characteristics of art and design produced by the Dutch art group known as De Stijl?
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They eliminated all colors except primaries and black and white.
Question 32
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We can trace the earliest distinction between the crafts and fine arts to:
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Joseph Wedgwood, who in 1759 began manufacturing both cheap earthenware table settings and elegant hand-made luxury items.
Question 33
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Ancient Egyptian stone funerary figures, such as King Menkaure (Mycerinus) and His Queen, Khamerenebty II , were carved to bear the _______, or individual spirit of the deceased into the eternity of the afterlife.
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ka
Question 34
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The technique of sewing buttons on to linen, used by Marilyn Lanfear in Aunt Billie, is most closely related to which of these traditional techniques?
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mosaic
Question 35
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The Pont du Gard, in Nîmes, France, is an excellent example of a(n) _______ method of construction.
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load-bearing
Response Feedback:
Refer to "Technology" in Chapter 15 of your text.
Question 36
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Originally, when an artist worked in "the crafts", it meant that they:
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produced functional objects.
Question 37
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To Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus school, ___________ was the ultimate creative activity.
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design
Question 38
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Cassandre's Dubonnet advertisement is a good example of ____________design.
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Constructivist
Question 39
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Charles and Ray Eames' Side chair, model DCM demonstrates the more _______ design style of the 1940s and 1950s.
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streamlined
Response Feedback:
Refer to "The Forties and Fifties" in Chapter 16 of your text.
Question 40
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When a sculpture is created by building up the form with a material such as clay, the process is called:
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additive.
Question 41
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The Greek Kouros illustrates the idea of shifting or counter positioning weight around the axis of the spine in figurative sculpture. This pose is called:
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contrapposto.
Question 42
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The Egyptian limestone carving, Senwosret I led by Atum to Amun-Re, is an example of ________________sculpture.
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high relief
Response Feedback:
Refer to the Introduction of Chapter 13.
Question 43
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PlayPump looks like a typical playground merry-go-round, but is actually an ingenious functional design. What does it do?
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it pumps water from the ground when kids play on it
Question 44
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When and where was porcelain developed?
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during the T'ang Dynasty in China
Question 45
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Gerrit Rietveld's famous Red and Blue Chair is a summation of _______ design principles.
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De Stijl
Question 46
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Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party is a "feminist" art work that:
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a & c
Question 47
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American glassmaker Louis Comfort Tiffany inspired the design movement called:
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Art Nouveau.
Question 48
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Le Corbusier was an architect and designer who prioritized:
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the manufactured and modular.
Question 49
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Native Americans used a traditional method for producing pots that did not involve the potter's wheel. What was it?
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coil building
Question 50
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The Yoruba Display Pieceproduced for an oba, or king, is meant to reflect the king's power and _______.
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the power of the community's women and the king's incompleteness without them