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How are Rembrandt’s Three Crosses and Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night similar?

How are Rembrandt’s Three Crosses and Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night similar?

How are Rembrandt’s Three Crosses and Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night similar?
a) They both use expressive line to convey emotion.
b) They both connect imagery with grid lines.
c) They both use controlled lines to create stability.

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How is Sol LeWitt’s line in Wall Drawing No. 681 C best described?

How is Sol LeWitt’s line in Wall Drawing No. 681 C best described?

How is Sol LeWitt’s line in Wall Drawing No. 681 C best described?
a) analytic
b) personal
c) romantic
d) soft contour

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In Rembrandt van Rijn’s The Three Crosses, how did the artist create a darkening landscape as the ...

In Rembrandt van Rijn’s The Three Crosses, how did the artist create a darkening landscape as the ...

In Rembrandt van Rijn’s The Three Crosses, how did the artist create a darkening landscape as the eye moves away from the crucified Christ?
a) by increasing the density of the lines
b) by using pure contour lines
c) by using impasto

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Jean-Michel Basquiat’s painting Charles the First is filled with personal, ambiguous imagery that ...

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s painting Charles the First is filled with personal, ambiguous imagery that ...

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s painting Charles the First is filled with personal, ambiguous imagery that the artist summed up as “royalty, heroism, and the streets.” Cite some motifs that illustrate each of these concepts, in positive or negative ways, in t

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Explain the concept of Dreaming in Australian Aboriginal culture, as in Old Mick Tjakamarra’s ...

Explain the concept of Dreaming in Australian Aboriginal culture, as in Old Mick Tjakamarra’s ...

Explain the concept of Dreaming in Australian Aboriginal culture, as in Old Mick Tjakamarra’s Honey Ant Dreaming.

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What did Kenneth Clark not recognize about a carved mask from the Sang tribe of Gabon in West ...

What did Kenneth Clark not recognize about a carved mask from the Sang tribe of Gabon in West ...

What did Kenneth Clark not recognize about a carved mask from the Sang tribe of Gabon in West Africa?

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In Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami, what does the mirror reflect?

In Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami, what does the mirror reflect?

In Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami, what does the mirror reflect?

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In Jan van Eyck’s Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami, what abstract concepts does the ...

In Jan van Eyck’s Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami, what abstract concepts does the ...

In Jan van Eyck’s Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami, what abstract concepts does the dog symbolize?

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Why were images in religious settings destroyed in sixteenth-century northern Europe?

Why were images in religious settings destroyed in sixteenth-century northern Europe?

Why were images in religious settings destroyed in sixteenth-century northern Europe?
a) The Ten Commandments forbid images.
b) The Book of Genesis forbids images.
c) The angel Gabriel forbids images.
d) The New Testament forbids

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Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast was painted bya) Albert Bierstadt.b) George Green.c) Willem de ...

Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast was painted bya) Albert Bierstadt.b) George Green.c) Willem de ...

Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast was painted by
a) Albert Bierstadt.
b) George Green.
c) Willem de Kooning.
d) Wolf Kahn.

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SAMO is a name adopted bya) Jean-Michel Basquiat.b) John Taylor.c) Charlie Parker.d) Willem de ...

SAMO is a name adopted bya) Jean-Michel Basquiat.b) John Taylor.c) Charlie Parker.d) Willem de ...

SAMO is a name adopted by
a) Jean-Michel Basquiat.
b) John Taylor.
c) Charlie Parker.
d) Willem de Kooning.

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Naturalism is a brand of representation in which the artista) retains realistic elements but ...

Naturalism is a brand of representation in which the artista) retains realistic elements but ...

Naturalism is a brand of representation in which the artist
a) retains realistic elements but presents the world from a personal or subjective point of view.
b) abstracts what he or she is depicting, to varying degrees.
c) paints exact

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What is the subject matter of Shirin Neshat’s Rebellious Silence?

What is the subject matter of Shirin Neshat’s Rebellious Silence?

What is the subject matter of Shirin Neshat’s Rebellious Silence?
a) It depicts a Muslim woman in a black chador, a rifle dividing, and Farsi text inscribed over her face, showing her as liberated and equal to men.
b) It depicts the promine

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What is the chief form of Islamic art?

What is the chief form of Islamic art?

What is the chief form of Islamic art?
a) calligraphy
b) abstractions of animals
c) figurative representation
d) conceptual art

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In a work of art, “content” refers toa) what the work means.b) the culture that produced it.c) ...

In a work of art, “content” refers toa) what the work means.b) the culture that produced it.c) ...

In a work of art, “content” refers to
a) what the work means.
b) the culture that produced it.
c) its style.
d) the way it looks.

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Why are images traditionally frowned on in Islamic art?

Why are images traditionally frowned on in Islamic art?

Why are images traditionally frowned on in Islamic art?
a) The word can be trusted in a way that images cannot.
b) Humans are thought to be a symbol of filth.
c) Human images are not frowned on in Islamic art.
d) Calligraphy is mo

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The terms “naturalistic art” or “realistic art” are sometimes used to describea) ...

The terms “naturalistic art” or “realistic art” are sometimes used to describea) ...

The terms “naturalistic art” or “realistic art” are sometimes used to describe
a) representational art.
b) abstract art.
c) nonrepresentational art.
d) folk art.

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The symbolic hand gestures that refer to specific states of mind or events in the life of Buddha are ...

The symbolic hand gestures that refer to specific states of mind or events in the life of Buddha are ...

The symbolic hand gestures that refer to specific states of mind or events in the life of Buddha are called
a) mudras.
b) bismillah.
c) handies.
d) calliforms.

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Jan van Eyck’s Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami, like René Magritte’s The ...

Jan van Eyck’s Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami, like René Magritte’s The ...

Jan van Eyck’s Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami, like René Magritte’s The Treason of Images, is concerned with
a) images that are not literally what they appear to be.
b) expensive objects that signify wealth and success.

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Beatriz Milhazes’s Carambola is based on

Beatriz Milhazes’s Carambola is based on

Beatriz Milhazes’s Carambola is based on
a) the square.
b) the horizontal line.
c) the zigzag.
d) a triangle.

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When a painting is so real it appears to be a photograph, it is calleda) photorealistic.b) a ...

When a painting is so real it appears to be a photograph, it is calleda) photorealistic.b) a ...

When a painting is so real it appears to be a photograph, it is called
a) photorealistic.
b) a pseudo-photograph.
c) photographic.
d) illusionistic.

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Jan van Eyck’s Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami depicts many objects that have ...

Jan van Eyck’s Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami depicts many objects that have ...

Jan van Eyck’s Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami depicts many objects that have symbolic meaning. The use or study of these symbols is called
a) iconography.
b) content.
c) form.
d) aesthetics.

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Explain the term “trompe-l’oeil.”

Explain the term “trompe-l’oeil.”

Explain the term “trompe-l’oeil.”

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Dunhuang is the site of a great collection of early Chinese art that fills thea) Mogao Caves.b) the ...

Dunhuang is the site of a great collection of early Chinese art that fills thea) Mogao Caves.b) the ...

Dunhuang is the site of a great collection of early Chinese art that fills the
a) Mogao Caves.
b) the Great Wall of China.
c) the city of Beijing.
d) Beijing National Stadium.

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Sayre states that he believes that all people are creative, but artists possess qualities that most ...

Sayre states that he believes that all people are creative, but artists possess qualities that most ...

Sayre states that he believes that all people are creative, but artists possess qualities that most do not. Which of the following best describes these qualities?
a) Artists are critical thinkers, meaning they question assumptions and explore ne

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The mission of the National Endowment of the Arts, as defined when it was first funded by Congress ...

The mission of the National Endowment of the Arts, as defined when it was first funded by Congress ...

The mission of the National Endowment of the Arts, as defined when it was first funded by Congress in 1967, was
a) to teach the public how to see and appreciate “advanced art.”
b) to censor art.
c) to give tax deductions to art gallery

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We can clearly see the artistic impulse to “give form to the immaterial,” to represent hidden or ...

We can clearly see the artistic impulse to “give form to the immaterial,” to represent hidden or ...

We can clearly see the artistic impulse to “give form to the immaterial,” to represent hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, and personal feelings in
a) religious art.
b) art based on close observation of one’s immediate surrounding

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Objects that are intended to stimulate a sense of beauty in the viewer are thought to be not merely ...

Objects that are intended to stimulate a sense of beauty in the viewer are thought to be not merely ...

Objects that are intended to stimulate a sense of beauty in the viewer are thought to be not merely functional but
a) aesthetic.
b) utilitarian.
c) objective.
d) iconographic.

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According to Sayre, what are the three steps in the process of “seeing”?

According to Sayre, what are the three steps in the process of “seeing”?

According to Sayre, what are the three steps in the process of “seeing”?
a) reception, extraction, inference
b) detection, processing, reference
c) looking, seeing, believing
d) reception, interpreting, understanding

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What is the function of the nkisi nkonde figure?

What is the function of the nkisi nkonde figure?

What is the function of the nkisi nkonde figure?
a) It pursues wrongdoers at night and punishes them when nails are driven into it.
b) It is purely aesthetic.
c) It is a fertility idol.
d) It was made so that it could be stolen an

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The imagery in Faith Ringgold’s God Bless America was inspired by thea) Civil Rights Movement in ...

The imagery in Faith Ringgold’s God Bless America was inspired by thea) Civil Rights Movement in ...

The imagery in Faith Ringgold’s God Bless America was inspired by the
a) Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
b) parade in New York City on Allies Day, May 1917.
c) McCarthy era in the 1950s.
d) Desert Storm conflict.

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Jasper Johns chose to paint his image of the American flag to expressa) his proclivity for things ...

Jasper Johns chose to paint his image of the American flag to expressa) his proclivity for things ...

Jasper Johns chose to paint his image of the American flag to express
a) his proclivity for things seen but not examined.
b) his own patriotism during the McCarthy era.
c) a universal concept of freedom.
d) the injustices incurred

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Renzo Piano’s Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center is an example of “green architecture.” Such ...

Renzo Piano’s Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center is an example of “green architecture.” Such ...

Renzo Piano’s Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center is an example of “green architecture.” Such buildings are praised for their
a) self-sufficiency.
b) innovative design.
c) use of high-tech materials.
d) lack of renewable resources.

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