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Art 100 Midterm
Art 100 midterm
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
10/13/2015

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1.     The path of a moving point is
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Line
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2.     Where did the Ancient Romans fight to the death?
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Roman Colosseum
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3.     An example of atmospheric perspective is
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The Rocky Mountains
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4.     A primary feature of pattern
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Repetition
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5.     The vanishing point in The Last Supper
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All of the above (the middle of the painting, Jesus’ head, etc.)
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6.     What tool is used for metalpoint?
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Wire (she said dagger in class, but emailed the correct answer)
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7.     Most notable Neolithic architecture
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Stonehenge
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8.     Intaglio and relief are different because in intaglio, the ink
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Lies below
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9.     An example of Hellenistic art is
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Lacoon Group
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10.  “All art is basically Paleolithic or Neolithic…” was said by whom?
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Anthony Caro
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11.  Primary art of the Cycladic culture
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Female nude figures
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12.  What art techniques developed in Western Europe during the Renaissance?
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Painting, sculpture, and architecture
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13.  Vincent van Gogh portrays specific feelings and ideas in what painting?
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Starry Night
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14.  The Roman era began with
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The founding of the Roman Republic
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15.  What destroyed the Roman colonies and Pompeii?
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Volcano
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16.  Nonprofessional art is defined as
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All of the above (folk art, etc.)
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17.  All cultures listed are Mesopotamian except
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Minoan
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18.  Oldest paintings in Chavet cave contain…
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All of the above (animals to help hunt, naturalistic, etc.)
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19.  Other unity created by artists
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Conceptual
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20.  Proportional images of humans in Egyptian art is called
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Squared grid
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21.  Slight bulge in tall Greek towers is called
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Entasis
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22.  The technique in Akhenaten and His Family is called
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Sunken relief
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23.  Prehistoric painters methods include
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All of the above (animal fats, reed brushes, blowing powder, etc.)
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24.  In Shiva Nataraja, the method of tangible form to unknown is represented in the following concepts except
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Reporting a story about a Hindu dancer (Shiva Nataraja was a Hindu god, not a dancer)
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25.  Another term for asymmetrical balance
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Informal balance (she said “visual weight” in class, but emailed the correct answer)
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26.  The term style is used to categorize a work of art by its
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Visual characteristics
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27.  Color in all drawing material is called
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Pigment
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28.  Most common way to shape a hollow glass vessel
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Blowing
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29.  Standard Christian art, representing Mary and Jesus
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Pieta
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30.  Sculptures create a sketch out of _____ to test ideas
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Clay
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31.  Andy Warhol creates images of celebrities portrayed through
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Multiple silk screen images
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32.  Relief sculpture is
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All of the above (not meant to be viewed in the round, not finished on all sides, often used to decorate architecture)
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33.  Akkadian ruler’s bronze head is an example of
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Naturalism
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34.  Preservation of art is increased if
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All of the above (durable materials, suitable environment, etc.)
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35.  Watercolor’s primary characteristic is
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Transparency (it relies on the whiteness of paper)
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36.  Contrapposto was developed by
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Ancient Greeks
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37.  Ancient Sumerians built cities from
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Sun-dried brick
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38.  Two dimensional work with asymmetrical balance is achieved by
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Distributing visual weight accordingly
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39.  Naturalistic style Egyptian art flourished under the reign of
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Amenhotep IV
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40.  Perception suggests most important key of looking at art is
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Becoming aware of the process of looking
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41.  What synthetic paint was developed in the 1950’s?
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Acrylic
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42.  Additive process of sculpture includes
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Assembling and modeling
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43.  A true arch was developed before the Romans by
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Neo-Babylonians
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44.  Portrait bust that is naturalistic and timeless
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Nefertiti
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45.  What discusses size, shape, material, color, and composition?
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Form
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