Deck 15: Art in Your Life

Question 1

What is a feature of art fairs?

A)Prominent international art galleries rent booths to showcase their artists.
B)They follow the model of the Olympics, with each country competing through a team of artists.
C)They are a way for museums to display their artwork to a larger audience.
D)Individual artists rent booths to increase their visibility to a larger audience.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which artist uses lighting technology as a primary feature?

A)Nao Bustamante
B)Do Ho Suh
C)Yayoi Kasuma
D)Frank O. Gehry

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What is the significance of the classical façade of the British Museum in London?

A)It demonstrated solidarity with the Greek war for independence.
B)It reflected the nineteenth-century high estimation of classical Greece and Rome's importance.
C)It copied the appearance of Monticello.
D)It signaled that the museum's collection was composed only of classical art.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which culture built the Nohoch Muul Temple ?

A)Mayan
B)Aztec
C)Inca
D)Olmec

Question 5

Which is not an element of visual literacy?

A)Making art
B)Describing art
C)Interpreting art
D)Researching art

Question 6

Which artist made a graffiti painting depicting a worker removing prehistoric cave paintings?

A)Banksy
B)Basquiat
C)Sherman
D)Cezanne

Question 7

Which is an example of street artist?

A)Yayoi Kasuma
B)Banksy
C)Andy Goldsworthy
D)Anish Kapoor

Question 8

Which was a temporary outdoor installation?

A)Millennium Park
B)Cloud Gate
C)Bear
D)Dandelion Line

Question 9

Which public site includes a performance space, the Crown Fountain, the Lurie Garden, and the Cloud Gate by artist Anish Kapoor?

A)Millennium Park
B)The grounds of the Taj Mahal
C)Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
D)Central Park

Question 10

What was one of the impacts of the Nazi movement on art?

A)Only photography was permitted.
B)Architecture rejected classical allusions, which were considered decadent.
C)Street art was celebrated as the voice of the people.
D)Many works taken by Nazis are still missing.

Question 11

Which project transformed the site of a neglected waterfront warehouse and harbor district in Dubuque, Iowa?

A)St. Louis Gateway Arch
B)Open Air
C)Millennium Park
D)National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium

Question 12

Which work has been sprayed with herbicides and aggressively cleaned?

A)Parthenon in Greece
B)Angkor Thom in Cambodia
C)Temple of Quetzalcoatl and Tlaloc in Mexico
D)Bamiyan Stone Buddha in Afghanistan

Question 13

Which has become a symbol of Russia's pride and national glory?

A)Hagia Sophia
B)Pantheon
C)Chartres Cathedral
D)Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed

Question 14

Which is an example of a deliberately temporary artwork?

A)Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa
B)Goldsworthy's Dandelion Line
C)Bamiyan Stone Buddha
D)Hsig Di Baskets

Question 15

Which is an example of an art collection dedicated only to modern and contemporary art?

A)Giorgio Vasari's Studiolo of Francesco I de'Medici
B)Guggenheim Bilbao
C)Louvre Museum
D)British Museum

Question 16

Besides displaying artwork, what else was Francesco I de'Medici's Studiolo used for?

A)Art lessons
B)Court functions
C)Alchemy experiments
D)Education in the liberal arts

Question 17

What are the main visual qualities of Guggenheim Bilbao ?

A)Transparency and rectilinear form
B)Primary colors and graceful lines
C)Reflective surfaces and curving lines
D)Reflective surfaces and pyramidal form

Question 18

Which work was deliberately demolished in 2001?

A)Seated Buddha
B)Shiva as Nataraja
C)Bamiyan Stone Buddha
D)Kandarya Mahadeva Temple

Question 19

Which of the following public artworks is the world's largest green roof project?

A)Event Horizon
B)Open Air
C)Millennium Park
D)Fallen Star

Question 20

Which is true of Navajo sand paintings?

A)They are left to disappear in the fields with the hopes it will enhance plant growth.
B)They are influenced by the Nazca earthworks of South America.
C)They are created with the understanding they will be ritually destroyed.
D)The Serpent (or Snake)Mound was created from their designs.

Question 21

Andy Goldsworthy's Dandelion Line survived because of art preservation's advances over the last century.

Question 22

The Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed in Moscow was closed when the Communist regime came to power because it represented the czar and Christianity.

Question 23

​ Which building in Florence contained the Studiolo of Francesco I de' Medici , a chamber in which de' Medici stored his collection of rare and unusual items?

A)Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
B)Palazzo Vecchio
C)Vatican Museum
D)Baths of Caracalla

Question 24

​ What is Millenium Park 's context within Chicago?

A)It floats on top of Lake Michigan.
B)It is a compact urban park nestled in the center of the Loop.
C)It is a large suburban park, offering a relief from urban congestion.
D)It's large in scale and situated above a train station.

Question 25

The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium is an example of how major corporations often shape which aspects of cultural heritage are celebrated.

Question 26

What features make the Shinjuku area of Tokyo an example of an immersive environment?

A)Poignancy, allusion, and subtlety
B)Color saturation, brilliance, and density
C)Beauty, classicism, and historical reference
D)Street art, graffiti, and texture

Question 27

Art fairs were where medieval people gathered to buy and sell art.

Question 28

​ What is the theme of Do Hu Suh's installation Fallen Star ?

A)It is about the abuse of child labor in China.
B)It is about political conflict in North and South Korea.
C)It is about leaving home and cultural displacement.
D)It is about environmental issues.

Question 29

​ Why is Lozano-Hemmer's Open Air considered an interactive public artwork?

A)The artwork changed through voice messages that the public sent on their cell phones.
B)The public could see their distorted reflection in the artwork.
C)The artwork changed as participants wrote their names on a large mural.
D)The public could participate in a dance performance choreographed by the artist.

Question 30

Sixteenth-century Spanish conquerors intentionally destroyed many Aztec works of art.

Question 31

How does Nao Bustamante's installation Soldadera use history?

A)The archeological evidence of the lives of soldiers is incorporated.
B)The work calls into question the value of examining the historical past.
C)The firsthand accounts of female soldiers are read by the audience for an immersive experience.
D)Historically accurate dress and fictional elements are combined.

Question 32

Which statement best characterizes a traditional Navajo belief about beauty?

A)Beauty is best experienced through preserving rather than destroying it.
B)Beauty is best experienced through looking at rather than touching it.
C)Beauty is best experienced through observing rather than selling it.
D)Beauty is best experienced through creating rather than observing it.

Question 33

What is a feature of Nohoch Muul Temple?

A)This archeological site was defaced by the Taliban.
B)This archeological site was the location of a pre-Columbian art fair.
C)This archeological site can be climbed with a rope handhold.
D)This archeological site was painted by Banksy with graffiti.