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Before the 20th century, only isolated examples of fantasy art could be found. One of the most ...
Before the 20th century, only isolated examples of fantasy art could be found. One of the most ...
Before the 20th century, only isolated examples of fantasy art could be found. One of the most whimsical of these artists is ________, whose Twittering Machine is a humorous example.
 
  a. Joan Mir
 b. Marcel Duchamp
 c. Georgio
Bluetigerfrog89   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
_____ consists of a five-channel video pie project on screens hanging in the Guggenheim Museum's ...
_____ consists of a five-channel video pie project on screens hanging in the Guggenheim Museum's ...
_____ consists of a five-channel video pie project on screens hanging in the Guggenheim Museum's rotunda.
 
  A) Xu Bing's A Book from the Sky
  B) Matthew Barney's Cremaster
  C) Jeff Koons's Pink Panther
  D) El Anatsui
jrose123   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
The Middle Byzantine emperor _____ regarded himself as the restorer of the Roman Empire.
The Middle Byzantine emperor _____ regarded himself as the restorer of the Roman Empire.
The Middle Byzantine emperor _____ regarded himself as the restorer of the Roman Empire.
 
  A) Michael VIII Palaeologus
  B) Basil I
  C) Justinian
  D) Saint Panteleimon
cali721   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
Following the Peloponnesian war and the alienation and disillusionment that followed, Late Classical ...
Following the Peloponnesian war and the alienation and disillusionment that followed, Late Classical ...
Following the Peloponnesian war and the alienation and disillusionment that followed, Late Classical artists focused on _____.
 
  A) community values
  B) mathematical perfection
  C) real-world appearances
  D) Polyklei
netty123   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
In ancient Egypt, the human body was sculpted in different ways depending on the class of the ...
In ancient Egypt, the human body was sculpted in different ways depending on the class of the ...
In ancient Egypt, the human body was sculpted in different ways depending on the class of the person.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Masteryoshi   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
Every culture, both past and present, has a word that corresponds to ours for art. (True or false?)
Every culture, both past and present, has a word that corresponds to ours for art. (True or false?)
Every culture, both past and present, has a word that corresponds to ours for art.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
leahwolfe221   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
A ___________________ , often used with architecture as wall decorations, grows out of a flat, ...
A ___________________ , often used with architecture as wall decorations, grows out of a flat, ...
A ___________________ , often used with architecture as wall decorations, grows out of a flat, two-dimensional background, and its projection into three-dimensional space is relatively shallow.
 
  a. installations
  b. kinetic sculpt
raquelwoods14   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
It was during the Neolithic period that __________ monuments were erected, and the most famous ...
It was during the Neolithic period that __________ monuments were erected, and the most famous ...
It was during the Neolithic period that __________ monuments were erected, and the most famous example is __________.
 
  a. architectural; the Great Pyramids
   b. Mesolithic; the Ziggurat at Ur
  c. monolithic; Stonehenge
sidneybaker   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
More typically, symmetrical balance is created through _____________, in which the whole of the work ...
More typically, symmetrical balance is created through _____________, in which the whole of the work ...
More typically, symmetrical balance is created through _____________, in which the whole of the work has a symmetrical feeling.
 
  a. approximate symmetry
   b. conceptual unity
  c. extreme unity
  d. horizontal balance
cali721   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
Three-dimensional works art of define and occupy ______________as opposed to illusoryspace.
Three-dimensional works art of define and occupy ______________as opposed to illusoryspace.
Three-dimensional works art of define and occupy ______________as opposed to illusoryspace.
 
  a. linear perspective
   b. shape
  c. color
  d. value
  e. actual
jrose123   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
Installations use sound, projection, and objects to create a virtual environment that evokes ...
Installations use sound, projection, and objects to create a virtual environment that evokes ...
Installations use sound, projection, and objects to create a virtual environment that evokes sensations in its viewers.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
sidneybaker   14   2 Replies
6 years ago
The Harlem Renaissance photographer ___________created the Couple with a Cadillac (fig. 3.7). ...
The Harlem Renaissance photographer ___________created the Couple with a Cadillac (fig. 3.7). ...
The Harlem Renaissance photographer ___________created the Couple with a Cadillac (fig. 3.7).
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
BJL   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
The porphyry portrait groups of the tetrarchs in Venice originally adorned columns. (True or false?)
The porphyry portrait groups of the tetrarchs in Venice originally adorned columns. (True or false?)
The porphyry portrait groups of the tetrarchs in Venice originally adorned columns.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
hairdresserofhw   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
Sarcophagi like the one in Mantua, which depict generic types that celebrate essential ...
Sarcophagi like the one in Mantua, which depict generic types that celebrate essential ...
Sarcophagi like the one in Mantua, which depict generic types that celebrate essential characteristics of the ideal Roman, are called
 
  A) decursio relief sarcophagi.
  B) mythological sarcophagi.
  C) encaustic sarcophagi.
shan   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
Because it functioned as a major Roman port city, Ostia had numerous horrea, or :
Because it functioned as a major Roman port city, Ostia had numerous horrea, or :
Because it functioned as a major Roman port city, Ostia had numerous horrea, or
 
  A) warehouses.
  B) apartment blocks.
  C) hotels.
  D) brothels.
ayvidp   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
One of the Anaglypha Hadriani reliefs depicts a decree ordering the burning of the debt records, ...
One of the Anaglypha Hadriani reliefs depicts a decree ordering the burning of the debt records, ...
One of the Anaglypha Hadriani reliefs depicts a decree ordering the burning of the debt records, indicating that the relief must date to the reign of which emperor?
 
  A) Trajan
  B)  Hadrian
  C)  Augustus
  D) Vespasia
Hems271   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
Serpentinata refers to (Multiple Choice)
Serpentinata refers to (Multiple Choice)
Serpentinata refers to
 
  a. Cellini's lizard.
  b. the salamander of Francis I.
  c. a Mannerist pose.
  d. Bronzino's iconography.
Fat   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
A particular aspect of Haussmann's renovations of Paris that appealed to Impressionist painters was ...
A particular aspect of Haussmann's renovations of Paris that appealed to Impressionist painters was ...
A particular aspect of Haussmann's renovations of Paris that appealed to Impressionist painters was
 
  a. the slums.
  b. the department stores.
  c. the boulevards.
  d. the restaurants.
  e. the Opra.
shongedz-matang   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
Which is NOT a feature of Sargent's Impressionism?
Which is NOT a feature of Sargent's Impressionism?
Which is NOT a feature of Sargent's Impressionism?
 
  a. the dissolution of form
  b. the slice of life view
  c. the oblique view
  d. the use of japonisme
Stoscano   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
Which of the following is NOT true?
Which of the following is NOT true?
Which of the following is NOT true?
 
  a. The Palette of Narmer utilizes a system of hierarchical proportions.
  b. The Palette of Narmer is a ceremonial object.
  c. The Palette of Narmer is decorated in high relief.
  d.
starseed53   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
The Isenheim Altarpiece, with its gruesome details of Christ's flesh wounds, originally hung in: ...
The Isenheim Altarpiece, with its gruesome details of Christ's flesh wounds, originally hung in: ...
The Isenheim Altarpiece, with its gruesome details of Christ's flesh wounds, originally hung in:
 
  A. a hospital for patients with skin disease.
  B. the Duke of Berry's castle.
  C. the pope's private library in the Vatican.
Bibliobibuli   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
Compare and contrast the ways in which still photography, film, television, video, and computer ...
Compare and contrast the ways in which still photography, film, television, video, and computer ...
Compare and contrast the ways in which still photography, film, television, video, and computer technologies have transformed mass communications. Make specific reference to several recent examples of mass communication in which these technologies we
krisantiaaa   14   1 Reply
6 years ago
The term Neolithic means "New Stone Age."
The term Neolithic means "New Stone Age."
The term Neolithic means "New Stone Age."

▸ true

▸ false
dwilliams11   14   1 Reply
4 years ago
How did religion and sciences conflict over compatibility resolve itself?
How did religion and sciences conflict over compatibility resolve itself?
How did religion and sciences conflict over compatibility resolve itself?
 
  A) The papacy always had the final word on the new revelations of science.
  B) The scientific revolution did not go beyond the world of reli
Rodas   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
Who was John Wiclif? (Multiple Choice)
Who was John Wiclif? (Multiple Choice)
Who was John Wiclif?
 
  A) An Oxford scholar
  B) He challenged the legitimacy of the priesthood.
  C) He stated that God and the scripture were all that was needed of spiritual authority and the papacy and
Twitchin   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
Most of Thomas Edisons inventions resulted from
Most of Thomas Edisons inventions resulted from
Most of Thomas Edisons inventions resulted from
 
  a. lucky accidents.
  b. flashes of intuition.
  c. repetitive experiment.
  d. abstract reasoning.
  e. all of these choices
ankahukuk   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
It would be accurate to say that the early movement of Americans across the country to the West and ...
It would be accurate to say that the early movement of Americans across the country to the West and ...
It would be accurate to say that the early movement of Americans across the country to the West and early settlement there was at best haphazard.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
pattiluce   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
Jackson and Calhoun did not see eye to eye on many issues, including the petticoat affair which ...
Jackson and Calhoun did not see eye to eye on many issues, including the petticoat affair which ...
Jackson and Calhoun did not see eye to eye on many issues, including the petticoat affair which involved a close friend of Jackson named,
 
  a. William Eaton.
  b. Linda Eaton.
  c. Peggy Calhoun.
 
Twitchin   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
Which statement best describes an ideal of family life in colonial Massachusetts?
Which statement best describes an ideal of family life in colonial Massachusetts?
Which statement best describes an ideal of family life in colonial Massachusetts?
 
  a. Nothing should prevent children's essential innocence from expressing itself.
  b. Women are adornments to society with no practic
ankahukuk   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
Which of the following was a consequence of the United States tariff and tax system during the ...
Which of the following was a consequence of the United States tariff and tax system during the ...
Which of the following was a consequence of the United States tariff and tax system during the Gilded Age?
 
  a. It caused a reduction in the wages of industrial workers.
  b. It lowered prices on manufactured goods by
Rodas   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
How did the Townshend duties differ from previous customs taxes?
How did the Townshend duties differ from previous customs taxes?
How did the Townshend duties differ from previous customs taxes?
 
  a. They attempted to implement the new economic policy of mercantilism.
  b. Their enforcement was left to the colonial assemblies.
  c. The
ub|k   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
By 1989, the top 1 percent of American families possessed more assets than the bottom __________ ...
By 1989, the top 1 percent of American families possessed more assets than the bottom __________ ...
By 1989, the top 1 percent of American families possessed more assets than the bottom __________ percent.
 
  A) 90
  B) 70
  C) 50
  D) 30
ub|k   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
What is the most likely reason why most state politicians were Anti-Federalists?
What is the most likely reason why most state politicians were Anti-Federalists?
What is the most likely reason why most state politicians were Anti-Federalists?
 
  A) They were angry that the states had retained the majority of power in the new Constitution.
  B) They could lose a lot of power rel
ub|k   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
French interest in the Indians was based primarily on:
French interest in the Indians was based primarily on:
French interest in the Indians was based primarily on:
 
  A) commercial concerns.
  B) their belief that the Indians should be converted to Christianity.
  C) their need for heavy labor from the Indians.
Twitchin   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
In Franz Marc's Fate of the Animals, the colors that he associated with _____ dominate the ...
In Franz Marc's Fate of the Animals, the colors that he associated with _____ dominate the ...
In Franz Marc's Fate of the Animals, the colors that he associated with _____ dominate the painting.
 
  A) brutality and severity
  B) cheerfulness
  C) spirituality and the male principle
  D) religion
silverstar46   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
The muqarnas dome in the Palace of the Lions symbolized _____.
The muqarnas dome in the Palace of the Lions symbolized _____.
The muqarnas dome in the Palace of the Lions symbolized _____.
 
  A) the Five Pillars
  B) Mecca
  C) Muhammad's birthplace
  D) the dome of Heaven
asdfkla   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
Which of the following cities was considered the rightful capital of the Roman Catholic Church? ...
Which of the following cities was considered the rightful capital of the Roman Catholic Church? ...
Which of the following cities was considered the rightful capital of the Roman Catholic Church?
 
  a. Rome
 b. Avignon
  c. Florence
  d. Paris
gumball   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
_____ consists of a five-channel video pie project on screens hanging in the Guggenheim Museum's ...
_____ consists of a five-channel video pie project on screens hanging in the Guggenheim Museum's ...
_____ consists of a five-channel video pie project on screens hanging in the Guggenheim Museum's rotunda.
 
  a. Xu Bing's A Book from the Sky
  b. Matthew Barney's Cremaster
 c. Jeff Koons's Pink Panther
 d. El Anatsui's Bl
kath4ever   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
Artists of the _____ created art that celebrated the cultural history of African Americans.
Artists of the _____ created art that celebrated the cultural history of African Americans.
Artists of the _____ created art that celebrated the cultural history of African Americans.
 
  a. Armory Show
 b. Regionalist movement
 c. Works Progress Administration
  d. Harlem Renaissance
jrose123   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
European culture at the end of the 1800s is called _____.
European culture at the end of the 1800s is called _____.
European culture at the end of the 1800s is called _____.
 
  a. Jugendstil
 b. post-industrialism
  c. the symbolist era
 d. fin-de-sicle
seitzjoseph   15   1 Reply
6 years ago
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