Deck 32: Art and the Cycle of Life

Question 1

The ________ believed that the deceased continued to live on in a parallel existence with the living, often in the form of mummies.

A) Inca
B) Aztecs
C) Kongo
D) Hindus
E) none of the other answers

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What is the subject matter of Tierney Gearon's Untitled (4.42) from her series The Mother Project?

A) a self-portrait
B) a crowd of many mothers
C) a baby and a masked woman in a field
D) a mother and a baby standing against a white wall
E) a kneeling woman holding a baby and a bowl

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Who is the artist of Fox in the Snow?

A) Gustave Courbet
B) Thomas Eakins
C) Édouard Manet
D) Andrea Mantegna
E) Johannes Vermeer

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Who is the artist of Dead Christ?

A) Andrea del Sarto
B) Andres Serrano
C) Andrea Mantegna
D) Carl Andre
E) Andrea Frasier

Question 5

The sarcophagus lid from the tomb of Lord Pacal shows him ________.

A) marking the intersection of the earthly realm and the underworld
B) being overtaken by the world tree
C) ignoring the lineage of his ancestors
D) trying to trick the gods while playing a mythical ballgame
E) Lord Pacal was only depicted on the inside of the sarcophagus, not the outside

Question 6

How does Fox in the Snow relate to the cycle of life?

A) the dead fox lies next to flower shoots that are growing through the snow
B) the fox has just had babies, continuing the next generation of her species
C) the fox is caught in a trap, signifying the trials and tribulations of life
D) the fox is eating a rat, a reminder that one life sacrificed allows another to continue
E) none of the other answers

Question 7

Rineke Dijkstra's series Mothers focuses on ________.

A) depicting mothers with their newborn children
B) presenting children's views of their mothers as seen in their personal drawings
C) side-by-side comparisons of mothers from different socio-economic classes
D) the ideal of motherhood as depicted in literature throughout time
E) mothers who have promoted their children in their art careers

Question 8

The dolls associated with the nature spirits called kachinas have been used to ________.

A) teach the Hopi about nature deities
B) be sold to tourists
C) represent specific kachinas and illustrate their attributes
D) help ensure prosperity and fertility for the community
E) all of the other answers

Question 9

Lord Pacal was the ruler of which place?

A) the Egyptian city of Giza
B) the Italian city of Rome
C) the French city of Paris
D) the Maya city-state of Palenque
E) the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan

Question 10

Bis poles were made for what purpose?

A) to honor someone who had just died
B) to depict the ancestors and acknowledge their role in daily life
C) to carry the deceased into the afterlife
D) they serve a ritual function in male initiation and memorial feasts
E) all of the other answers

Question 11

In ancient Egypt, what is a book of the dead?

A) a genealogy recounting a person's ancestors and their relationships
B) a guide to the steps of proper embalming and mummification
C) a collection of spells and incantations designed to help with navigating into the afterlife
D) a short novel about the process of dying
E) a short novel about a man who died while working on the pyramids

Question 12

Tlaloc, the Aztec rain god, is identifiable in the clay vessel (4.51) through the ________ used.

A) color and symbols
B) texture
C) mass and perspective
D) scale and pattern
E) none of the other answers

Question 13

The Aztec of central Mexico are responsible for making which of the following sculptures?

A) the sarcophagus lid from the tomb of 
Lord Pacal
B) the kachina doll
C) the silver llama figurine
D) the vessel with a mask of Tlaloc
E) the book of the dead

Question 14

Photographs, such as Andres Serrano's The Morgue (Gun Murder), cannot display the perspective technique of foreshortening.

Question 15

Draw a diagram of the sarcophagus lid from the tomb of Lord Pacal with the following elements identified: the area understood to be the underworld; the slab on which Pacal sits; Pacal himself; the jaws of the underworld monster; the world tree springing from Pacal's abdomen; the birds in the celestial realm. What important attributes of Maya rulers are illustrated by the imagery on this relief sculpture? How do this image and the role of Maya rulers relate to the cycle of life?

Question 16

How do the bis poles made in New Guinea depict, reference, and honor ancestors? Can you think of any other artworks (either in this textbook or elsewhere) that pay tribute to ancestors? How is your chosen artwork similar to and/or different from the bis poles? What do these artworks tell you about the cycle of life that you had not thought of before learning about them?

Question 17

The Hopi of the southwestern United States are responsible for making which of the following sculptures?

A) the sarcophagus lid from the tomb of 
Lord Pacal
B) the kachina doll
C) the silver llama figurine
D) the vessel with a mask of Tlaloc
E) the book of the dead

Question 18

Which of the following accompanied the child mummy from Cerro el Plomo?

A) interesting sticks, leaves, rocks, and mud
B) elaborate textiles, jewelry, and featherwork
C) detailed silver figurines of a tree and a goat
D) intricately carved wooden doors and woven 
mats
E) the mummy was not accompanied by any objects at all

Question 19

What is the medium of Julie, Den Haag, The Netherlands, February 29, 1994?

A) charcoal on paper
B) oil on canvas
C) color photograph
D) gelatin silver print
E) film

Question 20

The Yoruba ritual vessel (4.39) is made of which medium?

A) wood
B) stone
C) terracotta
D) porcelain
E) copper

Question 21

In Hunefer's book of the dead, how is his heart depicted?

A) as the representation of his soul
B) in a canopic jar
C) being weighed against a feather
D) as a symbol that he lived an honorable life
E) all of the other answers

Question 22

Ancient Egyptian pyramids were only positioned according to geographical coordinates.

Question 23

Who is the artist of the Last Judgment tympanum from the Cathedral of Saint-Lazare?

A) Imhotep
B) Gislebertus
C) Gustave Courbet
D) Johannes Vermeer
E) the artist's name is not known

Question 24

Which constellation is the arrangement of the Great Pyramids thought to mimic?

A) Orion
B) Andromeda
C) Pegasus
D) Draco
E) Capricornus

Question 25

Why are the bodies of the damned in the Last Judgment tympanum from the Cathedral of Saint-Lazare so graphically grotesque?

A) to give a strong warning to viewers that they should live a virtuous life
B) to show that the afterlife for sinners would be something to look forward to
C) because the artist was trying to be funny
D) no one knows why they were shown this way
E) none of the other answers

Question 26

Who is the artist of the painting Woman Holding a Balance?

A) Imhotep
B) Gislebertus
C) Gustave Courbet
D) Johannes Vermeer
E) the artist's name is not known

Question 27

What is the woman doing in the painting Woman Holding a Balance?

A) waiting for her soul to be judged
B) holding scales as if she is weighing her jewelry
C) having her luggage examined at the airport
D) showing that a person's material possessions are the true indication of her worth
E) none of the other answers