Deck 27: Art of the Americas After 1300

Question 1

How did the Spaniards influence the art of Navajo weaving?

A) They imposed taxes on Navajo textile production.
B) They preferred ornamental patterns related to Islamic traditions.
C) They introduced sheep to the native culture.
D) They introduced of new weaving techniques.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which statement best describes the interests of Native American Jaune Quick-to-See Smith as evidenced in her The Red Mean: Self-Portrait (Fig. 27-25)?

A) She wants to revive native traditions and art forms in contemporary art.
B) She emphasizes the functional/craft role of Native American art.
C) She makes art that reflects her ethnic identity, as well as its relationship to Western culture.
D) She argues her Native American ancestry is irrelevant to her role as a contemporary artist.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

How are Hamatsa masks of the Northwest Coast Kwakwaka'wakw culture traditionally used?

A) They hang in the tribe's great house.
B) They sit on a "spirit altar" during ceremonies.
C) They are worn in ritual dances.
D) They act as guardians outside of buildings.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What helped unify the Inca Empire?

A) royal estates
B) central plazas
C) waterways
D) roadways

Question 5

What did the Incas deem a fitting offering for the gods?

A) lintels
B) rocks
C) cloth
D) wattle

Question 6

Which of the following methods did the Incas use to communicate tribute, census, history, poetry, and astronomy?

A) a written language based on pictographs
B) visual images recorded on stele and in manuscripts
C) knotted and colored cords called khipus
D) cylindrical purple and white shell beads called wampum

Question 7

Which of the following abruptly changed life on the Great Plains in 1869?

A) warriors
B) farms
C) railway
D) gold

Question 8

What kind of ceramic style did Pueblo artist Maria Montoya Martinez develop?

A) stoneware
B) whiteware
C) roundware
D) blackware

Question 9

Which of the following was considered "women's art" until the twentieth century?

A) Pueblo pottery production
B) Chilkat Tlingit blanket weaving
C) Navajo sand painting
D) belts and strings made from wampum

Question 10

According to the Kwakwaka'wakw culture, which of the following is a cannibal spirit?

A) Kwatee
B) Hamatsa
C) Wendego
D) Sedna

Question 11

What defines Aztec art?

A) silken textures
B) dynamic compositions
C) dull colors
D) realistic forms

Question 12

What kind of religion did the Aztecs practice?

A) idolatry
B) transcendentalism
C) monotheism
D) pantheism

Question 13

In the late nineteenth century, how did the Canadian government respond to the Kwakwaka'wakw's Winter Ceremony?

A) It outlawed the ceremony as dangerous to the welfare of children.
B) It marketed the ceremony as a tourist attraction to bolster the local economy.
C) It officially recognized the ceremony as part of Canada's cultural heritage.
D) It aided in reviving the ceremony in efforts to preserve traditional culture.

Question 14

On The Founding of Tenochtitlan page of the Codex Mendoza (Fig. 27-3), what do the four diagonal lines that meet in the center represent, in terms of the city's division?

A) temples
B) gaming areas
C) waterways
D) houses

Question 15

What animals did the Incas utilize as pack animals on steep mountain slopes?

A) llamas
B) sheep
C) horses
D) donkeys

Question 16

What characteristic of Inca masonry identified a structure as a place of honor or worship?

A) smooth
B) irregular
C) continuous
D) rough

Question 17

What of the following was characteristic of Aztec manuscripts?

A) Books bound with elaborately decorated gold and silver covers
B) Accordion-pleated books that could be opened to show multiple pages
C) Binders with individual pages that could be organized in multiple ways
D) Pages filled with colorful checkerboard patterns that held symbolic meaning

Question 18

Which people formed a powerful confederation of five Native American nations and played a prominent role until after the American Revolution?

A) Plains
B) Apache
C) Navajo
D) Iroquois

Question 19

After the Spanish invasion, what works did Aztec craftspeople begin creating with Christian subjects?

A) gold and silver sculptures
B) feather paintings
C) woven textiles
D) manuscripts

Question 20

The Calendar Stone (Fig. 27-2) shows that the Aztecs viewed time

A) cyclically.
B) linearly.
C) statically.
D) vertically.

Question 21

What medium do Navajo painters use to create paintings that are not meant to be seen by the public and are destroyed by nightfall on the day on which they are made?

A) water
B) sand
C) ink
D) acrylic

Question 22

The Whirling Log Ceremony sand painting (Fig. 27-24), woven into tapestry, depicts part of the creation myth of the

A) Abenaki.
B) Pueblo.
C) Iroquois.
D) Navajo.

Question 23

What are some impacts of the arrival of Europeans in Mesoamerica?

Question 24

The beadwork Baby Carrier (Fig. 27-13) from the Eastern Sioux features what symbol of protection against both human and supernatural adversaries?

A) antelope
B) buffalo
C) thunderbird
D) raven

Question 25

Which artist created the bronze sculpture The Spirit of Haida Gwaii (Fig. 27-26), which stands outside the Canadian Embassy in Washington,D.C.?

A) Bill Reid
B) Hosteen Klah
C) Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
D) Ramona Sakiestewa

Question 26

For the people of the Great Plains, what is the purpose of the hole in the top of a tipi?

A) It assisted the clan in meditation and prayer.
B) It served as a smoke hole for a central hearth.
C) It allowed them to see the moon at night.
D) They did not devise a way to cover this, so they left it open.

Question 27

Describe the communal houses of Northwest Coast peoples.

Question 28

What do we know about the ceremonial complexes of the Aztecs?

Question 29

What features did the Aztecs and Incas share in their art and architecture, and what effect did the Spanish Conquest have on the art and architecture of those cultures?

Question 30

What kinds of Inca art survived the Spanish invasion?

Question 31

What was the significance of the number 4 in Southwestern cultures?

Question 32

Compare and contrast the styles, composition, and content of The Founding of Tenochtitlan (Fig. 27-3) and Whirling Log Ceremony (Fig. 27-24).

Question 33

Discuss the traditional and European approaches of modern Native American artists, like Julia Jumbo, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, and Bill Reid. How do they incorporate form, media, and symbolism?

Question 34

Why is the Navajo Night Chant important and who sings it?

Question 35

Discuss the significance of the Battle Scene, Hide Painting (Fig. 27-17).

Question 36

What were the building traditions of the Incas?

Question 37

What are some qualities of the art of Plains people?

Question 38

What are the common traits of the art of different Native American peoples?

Question 39

How did the idea of craft influence European and American artists of the twentieth century?

Question 40

What was the symbolism of basketry in Pomo culture?