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TIME: 44 MINUTES

Directions: Questions

31-115 are multiple-choice qUtstions. Select the most appropriate answer for each question and blflcken the appropriate circle on the answer sheet.

31. The Arch of Titus commemorates (A) (B) (C) (D) a Roman victory over the Jews the building of the Colosseum a Roman victory over Hannibal Titus's establishment of Constantinople as a new capital

34. Some Cycladic figures have representations of men playing (A) (B) (C) (D) horns harps drums oboes

35. Which ancient civilization was uncovered

Questions 32 and 33 refer to Figure 8.

by Sit Arthur Evans in the early twentieth century? (A) (B) (C) (D) Mycenaean Troy Crete Babylon

36. Paintings found in Early Christian catacombs have orant figures who are (A) (B) (C) (D) sacrificing praying judging condemning

Figure 8

32. This gate contains guardian images of (A) (B) (C) (D) lamassus horses lions bulls

37. Which of the following civilizations specialized in relief sculptures of kings hunting lions? (A) (B) (C) (D) Egypt Persia India Assyria

33. This work is part of the (A) (B) (C) (D) Hittite Gate Step Pyramid Pergamon Altar Ishtar Gate

38. Which of the following art forms were specialties of the Gothic period? (A) (B) (C) (D) Encaustic Stained glass Printmaking Pottery

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39. The Bayeux Tapestry chronicles the accomplishments of (A) (B) (C) (D) William the Conqueror Richard the Lionhearted George III Catherine the Great

44. The building is a (A) (B) (C) (D) church palace hall in a university mosque

45. The style of this work is 40. English Gothic buildings are different from French Gothic in that the English have (A) (B) (C) (D) large central spires sculpture on the fa<;:ade flying buttresses rib vaults (A) (B) (C) (D) Early Christian Carolingian Ottonian Romanesque

46. The columns within the arches (A) are from ancient Greek buildings and have been removed to this site (B) are in Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian styles (C) have no support function and are placed to fill the space (D) are inspired by Islamic columns in Spain

41. The sculptor who designed two sets of doors for the Florence Baptistery was (A) (B) (C) (D) Filippo Brunelleschi Donatello Nanni di Banco Lorenzo Ghiberti

42. Which of the following artists was a contemporary of Leonardo and Raphael? (A) (B) (C) (D) Andrea del Castagno El Greco Donato Bramante Paolo Veronese

Questions 47-49 refer to Figure 10.

Questions 43-46 refer to Figure 9.

Figure 10

47. This work is from (A) (B) (C) (D)

Figure 9

France Japan China Korea

43. This building is located in (A) (B) (C) (D) Germany France Italy Russia

48. The technique used to create this work is called (A) (B) (C) (D) fresco engraving woodblock printing tempera

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49. Works such as this influenced which of the following painters? (A) (B) (C) (D) James McNeill Whistler Eugene Delacroix Pablo Picasso Gustav Klimt

53. The approximate date for this building is (A) (B) (C) (D) 1910 1930 1950 1970

Question 54 refers to Figure 12. Questions 50-53 refer to Figure 11.

Figure 12 Figure 11

50. This house was designed by (A) (B) (C) (D) Le Corbusier Walter Gropius Frank Gehry Rogers and Piano

54. Greek pots such as these functioned primarily as (A) (B) (C) (D) grave markers drinking cups a vessel for mixing water and wine storage vessels

51. The architect's philosophy of building is the idea that (A) construction should be environmentally friendly (B) only the use of natural material would be permitted (C) less is more (D) a house is a machine for living 52. Some of the functional aspects of the house that were unusual for that time include all of the following EXCEPT the (A) (B) (C) (D) carport roof patio house held up on stilts use of glass in a home

55. The Romans extensively copied great examples of works of art from (A) (B) (C) (D) Egypt Byzantium the Aegean Greece

56. The general Muslim and Jewish ban on images influenced the destruction of images in which period? (A) (B) (C) (D) Byzantine Romanesque Gothic Carolingian

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57. Manuscripts were a specialty of medieval artists in all of the following places EXCEPT (A) (B) (C) (D) Ireland Norway India Persia

63. Figures of Jesus placed in the apse or in the dome of Byzantine buildings have him depicted as (A) (B) (C) (D) Theotokos Pendentive Pantocrator Maesta

58. Abbot Suger was the patron responsible for the remodeling of (A) (B) (C) (D) Notre Dame, Paris Pisa Cathedral St.-Denis Amiens Cathedral

64. The Alhambra was built as a (A) (B) (C) (D) mosque crypt church palace

59. Northern European altarpieces are different from Italian ones in that the Northern ones (A) (B) (C) (D) have predellas have fanciful frames are located in a church are cupboards with wings that close

65. All of the following families were important patrons of great paintings EXCEPT the (A) (B) (C) (D) Portinari Signorelli Lenzi Medici

60. Which of the following is a characteristic of a Romanesque church? (A) (B) (C) (D) Ambulatory Triglyph Pediment Double domes

66. Which of the following was set in a chapel with other paintings based on the same theme? (A) Parmigianino's Madonna with a Long
Neck

(B) Caravaggio's Calling of Saint Matthew (C) Veronese's Christ in the House of Levi (D) Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper 67. Eighteenth-century painting specializes in satirical works on contemporary subjects by artists such as (A) (B) (C) (D) Thomas Gainsborough Joshua Reynolds Jean-Honore Fragonard William Hogarth

61. Titian's Madonna of the Pesaro Family symbolizes (A) the Pope's position as head of the church (B) the Medici influence in the fine arts (C) Venice's victory over the Turks (D) the power of the city of Florence 62. The discovery of the caves at Lascaux solidified the opinion that (A) the Trojan epics were retellings of actual events (B) Pompeii was buried by volcanic ash (C) Stonehenge was a unique ancient monument (D) prehistoric cave paintings are genuine and not the work of modern forgers

68. Der Blaue Reiter was a modern movement closely associated with (A) (B) (C) (D) Expressionism Cubism Futurism DeStijl

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Question 69 refers to Figure 13.

Question 72 refers to Figure 14.

Figure 13

69. This work is an example of (A) (B) (C) (D) Pop Art Surrealism Op Art Organic art
Figure 14

72. The compositional arrangement of these figures is influenced by (A) Byzantine art (B) Roman wall paintings (C) the architecture of the building the works are attached to (D) the manuscripts from this period

70. The Hudson River School was (A) (B) (C) (D) set up to train New York artists a school of arts and crafts a group of landscape painters dosed during World War II by the Nazis

Questions 73 and 74 refer to Figure 15. 71. The term "squinch" describes (A) a transitional element between the dome and a wall (B) a series of arches one atop the other (C) an opening in the center of a dome (D) a type of capital on an ancient column

Figure 15

73. This room and its wall decoration are from which culture? (A) (B) (C) (D) Cydadic Mycenaean Greek Pompeiian

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74. The medium is (A) (B) (C) (D) mosaIC fresco acrylic oil

78. French Gothic architecture has its accent on the (A) (B) (C) (D) vertical rise of the building horizontal pull of the main aisle circular plan of its buildings roundness of the barrel vaults

Question 75 refers to Figure 16.

79. Antonio Canova's sculptures are known for their (A) (B) (C) (D) opulence and grandeur Mannerist characteristics smooth surface texture use of mixed media

Question 80 refers to Figure 17.

Figure 16

75. This detail is taken from a much larger work called

(A) The Gates of Paradise (B) The Gates of Hell

(C) Bishop Bernward's doors (D) The Well of Moses 76. Byzantine icons (A) were meant to be touched and handled (B) represented the real world and our approach to everyday problems (C) were painted by ivory carvers (D) were kept in isolation so that few could see them 77. A mudra is (A) (B) (C) (D) a sculpture of Buddha a gesture in Buddhist art a Buddhist temple the direction of a Buddhist's face in prayer
Figure 17

80. This self-portrait shows an artist working on a portrait of (A) (B) (C) (D) Catherine the Great Elizabeth I Queen Isabella Marie Antoinette

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74. The medium is (A) (B) (C) (D) mosaIC fresco acrylic oil

78. French Gothic architecture has its accent on the (A) (B) (C) (D) vertical rise of the building horizontal pull of the main aisle circular plan of its buildings roundness of the barrel vaults

Question 75 refers to Figure 16.

79. Antonio Canova's sculptures are known for their (A) (B) (C) (D) opulence and grandeur Mannerist characteristics smooth surface texture use of mixed media

Question 80 refers to Figure 17.

Figure 16

75. This detail is taken from a much larger work called

(A) The Gates of Paradise (B) The Gates of Hell

(C) Bishop Bernward's doors (D) The Well of Moses 76. Byzantine icons (A) were meant to be touched and handled (B) represented the real world and our approach to everyday problems (C) were painted by ivory carvers (D) were kept in isolation so that few could see them 77. A mudra is (A) (B) (C) (D) a sculpture of Buddha a gesture in Buddhist art a Buddhist temple the direction of a Buddhist's face in prayer
Figure 17

80. This self-portrait shows an artist working on a portrait of (A) (B) (C) (D) Catherine the Great Elizabeth I Queen Isabella Marie Antoinette

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Questions 81-84 refer to Figure 18.

Questions 86 and 87 refer to Figure 19.

Figure 18

Figure 19

81. The artist of this work is (A) Meret Oppenheim (B) Andy Warhol (C) Kasimir Malevich (D) Georges Braque 82. This work was painted in the (A) (B) (C) (D) 1890s 1910s 1940s 1970s

86. This work is a model for (A) (B) (C) (D) an observatory a factory a government building a department store

87. This work was designed to be built in (A) (B) (C) (D) Russia Germany France Japan

83. The artist of this work was associated with (A) DeStijl (B) Cubism (C) Constructivism (D) Suprematism 84. This work is an artistic rendition of (A) a car (B) a railroad (C) an airplane (D) a figure 85. Roy Lichtenstein's art is characterized by (A) ready-mades (B) comic strips (C) still lives (D) portraits based on photography

88. The Rosetta Stone was important to ancient art because it (A) led to the discovery of King Tutankhamen's tomb (B) unraveled the mystery of the pyramids
(C) listed the order of Egyptian pharaohs

(D) led to the deciphering of hieroglyphics 89. Which of the following was a twentiethcentury art movement dubbed the "Wild Beasts"? (A) Performance art (B) Conceptual art (C) Fauvism (D) Symbolism

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Question 90 refers to Figure 20.

95. It is said that Old Saint Peter's was built over (A) (B) (C) (D) the place where Saint Peter died the place where Saint Peter was buried both of the above none of the above

Question 96 refers to Figure 21.

Figure 20

90. This capital is from which of the following orders? (A) (B) (C) (D) Doric Ionic Corinthian Tuscan
Figure 21

96. This sculpture is from which period? (A) (B) (C) (D) Gothic Roman Republican Roman Imperial Romanesque

91. The statue by Praxiteles from the fourth century B.C.E. that represents the ideals of late classical sculpture is called
(A) The Spear Bearer (B) The Scraper (C) Hermes and Dionysos (D) Nike of Sa moth race

97. The frescoes in the Sistine Chapel were painted by all of the following artists EXCEPT (A) (B) (C) (D) Sandro Botticelli Pietro Perugino Masaccio Michelangelo

92. Cylinder seals are most commonly found in ancient (A) (B) (C) (D) Rome Near East Greece Egypt

98. All of the following are characteristic of the Colosseum in Rome EXCEPT (A) the use of groin and barrel vaults (B) once it had a retractable canvas roof (C) it was built of concrete and brick and faced with marble (D) it was used for chariot races 99. Who was a prominent patron of modern art? (A) (B) (C) (D) Pope Pius XII Charles de Gaulle Ernest Hemingway Gertrude Stein

93. The lost wax process, sometimes called cire perdue, is a method of sculpture seen in which of the following? (A) (B) (C) (D) Greek marble sculpture Byzantine ivories Northwest Coast Indian totem poles Benin brasses and bronzes

94. The Parthenon was dedicated to (A) (B) (C) (D) Poseidon Athena Zeus Jesus

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Question 100 refers to Figure 22.

103. The vaults on the ceiling are (A) (B) (C) (D) barrel groin rib fan

104. The style of this building is (A) (B) (C) (D) Byzantine Islamic Renaissance Romanesque

Figure 22

100. The subject of this work derives from (A) (B) (C) (D) the artist's own times the Bible Greek mythology medieval legends

105. The chevron designs on the piers were inspired by (A) (B) (C) (D) Early Medieval manuscript designs Early Christian mosaics Roman wall paintings Gothic sculpture

101. The patron of Versailles was (A) (B) (C) (D) Francis I Louis XIV Louis Philippe Louis IX 106. In addition to painting, Francisco de Goya achieved success in (A) (B) (C) (D) woodcarving printmaking mosaics marble carving

Questions 102-105 refer to Figure 23. 107. Which of the following artists worked in the Neoclassical tradition? (A) (B) (C) (D) Artemisia Gentileschi Mary Cassatt Angelica Kauffmann Frida Kahlo

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102. This building was built in the (A) (B) (C) (D) sixth century ninth century eleventh century fifteenth century

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Questions 108-11 0 "referto Figure 24.

112. Art Deco architecture and design often used imagery derived from (A) (B) (C) (D) computers and graphics machines atmospheric effects curvilinear patterns

113. A twentieth-century art movement that is characterized by hard-edged geometry and stylized shapes is called (A) (B) (C) (D) Conceptual art Op Art Dada Abstract Expressionism

Figure 24

108. This painter's contemporaries include (A) (B) (C) (D) Rembrandt van Rijn Vincent Van Gogh Pieter Bruegel Jan Van Eyck

114. All of the following are examples of fresco painting EXCEPT (A) Masaccio's Expulsion ftom the Garden
of Eden

109. The painting is a group portrait of (A) (B) (C) (D) doctors politicians civil guards flag makers

(B) Fra Angelico's Annunciation (C) Theodore Gericault's Raft of the

Medusa

(D) Domenico Ghirlandaio's Birth of the

Virgin

110. Characteristic of this artist's work is his devotion to (A) imposing religious imagery on a group portralt (B) having each sitter equally represented (C) turning the heads so that the group appears to be united in one conversatlon (D) a sitter's individuality in a crowd

Question 115 refers to Figure 25.

Figure 25

111. A period of late-nineteenth-century art that concentrated on works that were characterized by floral and vegetal patterns was known as (A) (B) (C) (D) Post-Impressionism Realism Cubism Art Nouveau

115. Who painted this picture? (A) (B) (C) (D) Rosa Bonheur Berthe Morisot Edouard Manet Gustave Courbet