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In ancient Egyptian belief as illustrated in Last Judgment of Hunefer by Osiris, the journey after ...
In ancient Egyptian belief as illustrated in Last Judgment of Hunefer by Osiris, the journey after ...
In ancient Egyptian belief as illustrated in Last Judgment of Hunefer by Osiris, the journey after death toward afterlife is witnessed, aided, and tested by
a) animal figures of various types.
b) ancestors of the deceased.
c) powerful
De Cenzo   589   3 Replies
2 years ago
Which formal element of The Three Living and The Three Dead pages from Psalter and Hours of Bonne of ...
Which formal element of The Three Living and The Three Dead pages from Psalter and Hours of Bonne of ...
Which formal element of The Three Living and The Three Dead pages from Psalter and Hours of Bonne of Luxembourg, Duchess of Normandy directly relates to the process of contemplation?
a) the positioning of each set of figures regarding the other
thejoka   1600   3 Replies
2 years ago
Which interpretation of the Çatalhöyük woman seated between two felines would compare to Suzanne ...
Which interpretation of the Çatalhöyük woman seated between two felines would compare to Suzanne ...
Which interpretation of the Çatalhöyük woman seated between two felines would compare to Suzanne Lacy’s thematic subject in Whisper, the Waves, the Wind?
a) woman turning into an ancestor
b) woman as mother and nurturer
c) woman associ
De Cenzo   856   3 Replies
2 years ago
The Japanese art of kusozu is rooted ina) Buddhism.b) Tibetan folklore.c) cultural practices that ...
The Japanese art of kusozu is rooted ina) Buddhism.b) Tibetan folklore.c) cultural practices that ...
The Japanese art of kusozu is rooted in
a) Buddhism.
b) Tibetan folklore.
c) cultural practices that migrated from Turkey.
d) traditional imagery of the Black Death.
thejoka   651   2 Replies
2 years ago
Based on visual characteristics, the Moche vessel with birth scene is interpreted asa) a realistic ...
Based on visual characteristics, the Moche vessel with birth scene is interpreted asa) a realistic ...
Based on visual characteristics, the Moche vessel with birth scene is interpreted as
a) a realistic and symbolic depiction of fertility and regeneration.
b) a stylized ritual object used in worship.
c) an individualized portrait.
Rjenkins   613   3 Replies
2 years ago
Which two elements of The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit are interpreted as ominous visual clues ...
Which two elements of The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit are interpreted as ominous visual clues ...
Which two elements of The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit are interpreted as ominous visual clues affecting the reading of this family narrative?
a) the Chinese vases and red screen
b) the doll and the girls’ pinafores
c) the blank wa
Rjenkins   744   3 Replies
2 years ago
In Leonardo da Vinci’s comparison between the human body and the earth, which element is the ...
In Leonardo da Vinci’s comparison between the human body and the earth, which element is the ...
In Leonardo da Vinci’s comparison between the human body and the earth, which element is the “breath” of the world?
a) rising and falling ocean tides
b) circulating winds
c) passing rain storms
d) streaming sunlight
Rjenkins   486   3 Replies
2 years ago
In Mexican cultural practice, memorial objects such as those included in Amalia Mesa-Bains’s An ...
In Mexican cultural practice, memorial objects such as those included in Amalia Mesa-Bains’s An ...
In Mexican cultural practice, memorial objects such as those included in Amalia Mesa-Bains’s An Ofrenda for Dolores del Rio function as
a) vehicles to bring back the spirits of the dead.
b) symbols for sins committed against the dead.
thejoka   697   2 Replies
2 years ago
3 Discuss some of the ways in which an awareness of our own mortality is reflected in art.Topic: ...
3 Discuss some of the ways in which an awareness of our own mortality is reflected in art.Topic: ...
3 Discuss some of the ways in which an awareness of our own mortality is reflected in art.
Topic: Youth and Age; Contemplating Mortality
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts

13. The underlying cult
Rjenkins   352   2 Replies
2 years ago
Suzanne Lacy symbolizes the beauty of aging women in Whisper, the Waves, the Wind bya) dressing the ...
Suzanne Lacy symbolizes the beauty of aging women in Whisper, the Waves, the Wind bya) dressing the ...
Suzanne Lacy symbolizes the beauty of aging women in Whisper, the Waves, the Wind by
a) dressing the women in white.
b) the contrast between sea and sand.
c) the use of water throughout the piece.
d) the setting of the beach.
Rjenkins   323   2 Replies
2 years ago
A convincing case for the depiction of Eve’s pregnancy in Jan van Eyck’s The Ghent Altarpiece is ...
A convincing case for the depiction of Eve’s pregnancy in Jan van Eyck’s The Ghent Altarpiece is ...
A convincing case for the depiction of Eve’s pregnancy in Jan van Eyck’s The Ghent Altarpiece is bolstered by the symbolic contrast between
a) her figure and a shriveled piece of fruit.
b) her nudity and the clothed male figures above her.
thejoka   851   2 Replies
2 years ago
The Pueblos’ belief about their origins—that they originated in the womb of Mother Earth and ...
The Pueblos’ belief about their origins—that they originated in the womb of Mother Earth and ...
The Pueblos’ belief about their origins—that they originated in the womb of Mother Earth and were called into Daylight by their Sun Father—is embodied in a type of narrative called
a) an emergence tale.
b) the sutra.
c) a Procession of
thejoka   751   2 Replies
2 years ago
Kandinsky’s Composition VII creates a feeling of biblical Apocalypse througha) exploding color.b) ...
Kandinsky’s Composition VII creates a feeling of biblical Apocalypse througha) exploding color.b) ...
Kandinsky’s Composition VII creates a feeling of biblical Apocalypse through
a) exploding color.
b) a video/sound installation.
c) calligraphy.
d) iconoclasm.
Rjenkins   973   2 Replies
2 years ago
Banksy’s Kissing Coppers, minus its confrontational politics as graffiti art, can be most closely ...
Banksy’s Kissing Coppers, minus its confrontational politics as graffiti art, can be most closely ...
Banksy’s Kissing Coppers, minus its confrontational politics as graffiti art, can be most closely compared to subjects or traditions represented by
a) Dionysus and Eros.
b) the casket with scenes of courtly love from Limoges.
c) Fulani
De Cenzo   960   5 Replies
2 years ago
In the Fulani dance festival of gerewol, women function symbolically asa) voyeurs.b) judges.c) ...
In the Fulani dance festival of gerewol, women function symbolically asa) voyeurs.b) judges.c) ...
In the Fulani dance festival of gerewol, women function symbolically as
a) voyeurs.
b) judges.
c) goddesses.
d) temptresses.
Rjenkins   505   2 Replies
2 years ago
When did the German Expressionist painter Wassily Kandinsky first articulate the belief that ...
When did the German Expressionist painter Wassily Kandinsky first articulate the belief that ...
When did the German Expressionist painter Wassily Kandinsky first articulate the belief that abstraction could offer the viewer a religious experience?
a) after standing in the icon, or “red” (“beautiful”), corner of a peasant’s home
b) aft
Rjenkins   573   2 Replies
2 years ago
In Andy Warhol’s Kiss, the kiss as a powerful evocation of touch is transformed into
In Andy Warhol’s Kiss, the kiss as a powerful evocation of touch is transformed into
In Andy Warhol’s Kiss, the kiss as a powerful evocation of touch is transformed into
a) monotony and boredom.
b) a romantic dream.
c) eroticism.
d) an allegory.
De Cenzo   662   3 Replies
2 years ago
A retablo is aa) an altarpiece ensemble.b) a pilgrimage shrine.c) a ritual dance.d) a temple.
A retablo is aa) an altarpiece ensemble.b) a pilgrimage shrine.c) a ritual dance.d) a temple.
A retablo is a
a) an altarpiece ensemble.
b) a pilgrimage shrine.
c) a ritual dance.
d) a temple.
Rjenkins   511   2 Replies
2 years ago
In Japan, the three sacred shrines of Kumano, considered places of physical healing, are dedicated ...
In Japan, the three sacred shrines of Kumano, considered places of physical healing, are dedicated ...
In Japan, the three sacred shrines of Kumano, considered places of physical healing, are dedicated to the kami of the three Kumano mountains. What are kami?
a) They are the spirits that are embodied in the natural world.
b) They are rivers
thejoka   487   2 Replies
2 years ago
In Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, the crossing point of the composition emphasizesa) ...
In Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, the crossing point of the composition emphasizesa) ...
In Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, the crossing point of the composition emphasizes
a) female sexuality.
b) faces as masks.
c) forbidden fruit.
d) foreboding gazes.
De Cenzo   496   3 Replies
2 years ago
How did Brice Marden interpret the spiritual reverence for nature that he found in the Buddhist ...
How did Brice Marden interpret the spiritual reverence for nature that he found in the Buddhist ...
How did Brice Marden interpret the spiritual reverence for nature that he found in the Buddhist poems of Cold Mountain?
a) He adopted a calligraphic structure to a restrained Jackson Pollock-like line.
b) He painted a series of panels of Bu
De Cenzo   494   3 Replies
2 years ago
During the five-day period of pilgrimage called the Hajj, one of the rituals involves walking seven ...
During the five-day period of pilgrimage called the Hajj, one of the rituals involves walking seven ...
During the five-day period of pilgrimage called the Hajj, one of the rituals involves walking seven times around the Kaaba (“cube”), the physical center of Muslim life. What does the Kaaba hold?
a) a sacred Black Stone
b) an illuminated man
De Cenzo   447   3 Replies
2 years ago
What prompted Houston philanthropists John and Dominique de Menil to come to believe in the ...
What prompted Houston philanthropists John and Dominique de Menil to come to believe in the ...
What prompted Houston philanthropists John and Dominique de Menil to come to believe in the importance of commissioning religious works from avant-garde artists?
a) They visited French chapels designed by twentieth-century artists Henri Matisse
thejoka   336   2 Replies
2 years ago
The explicitly realistic depictions of sexuality in the sculpture wall of Kandariya Mahadeva Temple ...
The explicitly realistic depictions of sexuality in the sculpture wall of Kandariya Mahadeva Temple ...
The explicitly realistic depictions of sexuality in the sculpture wall of Kandariya Mahadeva Temple reflect Hindu belief in
a) the act of sex as a source of well-being in everyday life.
b) sexual acts as sources of temptation leading to hu
Rjenkins   605   4 Replies
2 years ago
In its mechanistic depiction of male and female connection disconnected from love, Machine Tournez ...
In its mechanistic depiction of male and female connection disconnected from love, Machine Tournez ...
In its mechanistic depiction of male and female connection disconnected from love, Machine Tournez Vite (Machine Turns Quickly) could be compared ironically to
a) Dionysiac festivals.
b) traditions of Courtly Love.
c) the pursuit of Y
De Cenzo   769   3 Replies
2 years ago
How were the sites for the building of Hindu pilgrimage temples chosen?
How were the sites for the building of Hindu pilgrimage temples chosen?
How were the sites for the building of Hindu pilgrimage temples chosen?
a) They seemed sacred and appropriate places for a god to live, with proximity to water, a source of fruitfulness.
b) They were chosen for their proximity to a volcano,
thejoka   488   2 Replies
2 years ago
The term for a New Mexico artist whose carvings and paintings depict saints, angels, or other ...
The term for a New Mexico artist whose carvings and paintings depict saints, angels, or other ...
The term for a New Mexico artist whose carvings and paintings depict saints, angels, or other religious figures is
a) a santero.
b) a retablo.
c) a Pueblo.
d) a Laguna.
Rjenkins   819   2 Replies
2 years ago
The frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra from cave 17, Dunhuang, invites the viewer to contemplate the ...
The frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra from cave 17, Dunhuang, invites the viewer to contemplate the ...
The frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra from cave 17, Dunhuang, invites the viewer to contemplate the Buddha’s writings within by representing
a) an image of the Buddha.
b) a landscape with footprints but devoid of humans or animals.
c)
thejoka   1007   3 Replies
2 years ago
The questions posed in posters created by the Guerrilla Girls are directed ata) those in charge of ...
The questions posed in posters created by the Guerrilla Girls are directed ata) those in charge of ...
The questions posed in posters created by the Guerrilla Girls are directed at
a) those in charge of museum purchases and exhibits.
b) male artists.
c) the general public.
d) other female artists.
De Cenzo   508   3 Replies
2 years ago
What does Lalla Essaydi use in La Grande Odalisque to counter the visual devices of Orientalism and ...
What does Lalla Essaydi use in La Grande Odalisque to counter the visual devices of Orientalism and ...
What does Lalla Essaydi use in La Grande Odalisque to counter the visual devices of Orientalism and break stereotypes?
a) storytelling
b) placement of the model
c) the direction of the gaze
d) the use of henna
De Cenzo   508   3 Replies
2 years ago
By working within the framework of recognizable European art convention to complicate or overturn a ...
By working within the framework of recognizable European art convention to complicate or overturn a ...
By working within the framework of recognizable European art convention to complicate or overturn a viewer’s understanding of that convention, Kerry James Marshall’s Many Mansions can be compared to
a) Lalla Essaydi’s La Grande Odalisque.
De Cenzo   728   3 Replies
2 years ago
Which element of Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle connects the story of colonial commodities from past to ...
Which element of Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle connects the story of colonial commodities from past to ...
Which element of Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle connects the story of colonial commodities from past to present?
a) the fabric of the ship’s sails
b) the glass bottle
c) the plinth
d) the 1:30 scale
De Cenzo   326   3 Replies
2 years ago
In the conventions of Orientalism, the headdress, peacock fan, and jeweled necklace pictured with ...
In the conventions of Orientalism, the headdress, peacock fan, and jeweled necklace pictured with ...
In the conventions of Orientalism, the headdress, peacock fan, and jeweled necklace pictured with the nude in Ingres’s Grande Odalisque are markers of
a) her role as concubine.
b) her high social status.
c) her connection to royalty.
Rjenkins   1547   7 Replies
2 years ago
Which detail denotes the empress’s superior religious status and spiritual power within the visual ...
Which detail denotes the empress’s superior religious status and spiritual power within the visual ...
Which detail denotes the empress’s superior religious status and spiritual power within the visual scheme of figures in Theodora and Her Attendants?
a) the golden halo surrounding her head
b) the string of pearls hung from her crown
c)
De Cenzo   1024   3 Replies
2 years ago
The Yoruba elefon mask represents a visual balance between male and female power because
The Yoruba elefon mask represents a visual balance between male and female power because
The Yoruba elefon mask represents a visual balance between male and female power because
a) the female Iyalode stands on the male’s head.
b) the mask can be worn by male or female dancers.
c) the Iyalode figure combines male and femal
thejoka   512   2 Replies
2 years ago
The “imperial” gaze of Alexander is distinctly different from the gaze of Napoleon becausea) ...
The “imperial” gaze of Alexander is distinctly different from the gaze of Napoleon becausea) ...
The “imperial” gaze of Alexander is distinctly different from the gaze of Napoleon because
a) Alexander looks past the viewer into the future while Napoleon engages the viewer in the present.
b) Alexander’s expression is compassionate and f
De Cenzo   938   3 Replies
2 years ago
In Roman society, a patrician woman gained power
In Roman society, a patrician woman gained power
In Roman society, a patrician woman gained power
a) through the number of children she had.
b) from the status of her father.
c) by supporting herself through work.
d) through plebian connections.
thejoka   374   2 Replies
2 years ago
The sense of power and authority conveyed by ceramic soldiers in the tomb of Qin Shihuangdi is ...
The sense of power and authority conveyed by ceramic soldiers in the tomb of Qin Shihuangdi is ...
The sense of power and authority conveyed by ceramic soldiers in the tomb of Qin Shihuangdi is underscored by
a) the magnitude of their production process.
b) their uniformity.
c) their oversized proportions.
d) the replication o
thejoka   991   6 Replies
2 years ago
The power of the king is accentuated in Ashurnasirpal II Killing Lions bya) his action as agent of ...
The power of the king is accentuated in Ashurnasirpal II Killing Lions bya) his action as agent of ...
The power of the king is accentuated in Ashurnasirpal II Killing Lions by
a) his action as agent of the kill.
b) his proportions relative to other figures.
c) his dress.
d) his position as head of the procession.
thejoka   605   2 Replies
2 years ago
Homi Bhaba’s term “artifactual” refers toa) art objects treated as evidence of history’s ...
Homi Bhaba’s term “artifactual” refers toa) art objects treated as evidence of history’s ...
Homi Bhaba’s term “artifactual” refers to
a) art objects treated as evidence of history’s consequences.
b) verifiable information about artworks.
c) objects treated as art today but not originally created for purposes of “art.”
d)
thejoka   611   2 Replies
2 years ago
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