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| Vincent van Gogh's "Carpenter" demonstrates: | Careful attention to detail
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| Michelangelo created Study of a Reclining Male Nude: | In preparation for a larger work
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| A full-sized drawing made as a guide for a work in another medium is: | Cartoon
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| In "Preacher", Charles White gives the figure a feeling of mass, using the technique of: | Cross-Hatching
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| All of the following are true of pastel EXCEPT | It differs greatly from chalk
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| Which artist creates sophisticated drawings on an iPad? | David Hockney
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| All of the following are examples of dry media EXCEPT | Gouache
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| Which of the following media used today is most similar to drawing media used by prehistoric people? | Charcoal
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| Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis" is an example of a | Graphic Novel
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| Projective drawing involves | Creating something that only exists in teh artist's mind
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| Hiphopabad, Botoxia, and Trumpistan are all places in an inventive map by | Maira Kelman and Rick Meyerowtiz
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| The album "Biophilia" was released as | A series of IPad apps
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| Donald Meeker was instrumental in updating th font of | White-on-green interstate freeway signs
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| An identifying mark or trademark is referred to as a | Logo
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| Heidi Cody's American Alphabet is a set of light boxes that feature the isolated first letters of American: | Groceries
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| A relatively new discipline, motion graphics began with | Title sequences for Hollywood movies
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| A 2009 building in Japan broke new ground by integrating into its | Quick Response (QR) Code
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| All of the following are true of the QR5 iwnd turbine EXCEPT | It's sole drawback is the hazard it presents to birds
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| Robert Longo's Corporate Wars: Wall of Influence is an example of | A high-relief sculpture
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| Due to it's monumental size, Viola Frey's Stubborn Woman, Orange Hands is supported using: | An armature
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| Sculpture that is mant to be seen from all sides is call in-the-round or: | Freestanding
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| Pablo Picasso's "Bull's Head" is and example of a(n): | Assemblage
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| What is also called a substitution process? | Casting
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| A typical example of a low-relief sculpture is: | A Coin
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| Alexander Calder was one of the first artists to explore the possiblities of: | Kinetic Sculpture
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| Julio Gonzalez was teh first sculptor to use: | The welding torch
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| Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project is an example of | Site-specific art
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| A subcategory of constructed sculpture, seen in the works of Deborah Butterfield, that involves the use of familiar objects in new ways is: | Assemblage
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| Which nineteenth-century artist attempted to bring craft and fine art together by creating a design company? | William Morris
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| Dale Chihuly is noted for his intricate and colorful works in: | Glass
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| Which artist is known for creating "story quilts"? | Faith Ringgold
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| To be a ceramist, one must: | Work with clay
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| In weaving, fibers are held in place on a: | Loom
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| Which statement is NOT true of Peter Voulkos? | He worked with fiber
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| In Muslim regions of the Middle East, which craft was practiced with great sophistication? | Metal Inlay
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| Which material is said to possess a vitality, or living spirit? | Wood
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| The term used to discuss how a building stands up is | Structure
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| "Zimbabwe" means: | "Stone House
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| Which structure features an arcade of round arches? | Pont du Gard
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| In the Crystal Palace, Joseph Paxton made use of: | Cast Iron
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| "Metallic Flower" is the description given by | Frank to his Geggenheim Museum Bilbao
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| Gothic builders were able to open large areas for windows, because they used pointed arches and: | Flying buttresses
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| Who led the Chicago school and is generally regarded as the first great modern architect? | Louis Sullivan
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| Which architect famously stated "less is more" | Mies van der Rohe
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| LEED gives awards to architects for | Environmental design
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| Some believe that the sculpture Woman of Willendorf was associated with | The Great Mother Goddess
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| Which structure features a ring of posts and lintels? | Stonehenge
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| How are Petroglyphs made | By scratching an image onto a stone surface
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| The Mesopotamians built their temples, such as that of Ur-Nammu, on a type of structure called a: | Ziggurat
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| Early stone tools were developed about: | 2 million years ago
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| The word "Neolithic" means: | New Stone Age
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| During the Neolithic period, art went from: | Naturalistic to abstract
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| The ancient Sumerians developed the world's first: (3) | Wheel, plow, and writing system
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| The Pyramids of Egypt are among the world's best-known examples of: | Commemorative monuments
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| What year did modern-day cavers rediscover the ancient Paleolithic drawings inside Chauvet Cave? | 1994
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| How many years ago, is it believed, the drawings in Chauvet Cave were made? | 35,000
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| Why is the original Chauvet Cave now closed to the public? | Human Contamination
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| How much did the replica of the Chauvet Cave cost to construct? | 55 million Euros
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| What is the main subject matter of the drawings in Chauvet Cave? | Animals
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| What are the walls of the Chauvet Cave reproduction made of? | Resin and Concrete
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| Between whihc years, is it believed, the ancient cave art of Lascaux was created? | 18,000 - 10,000 BC
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| What is the name of the culture that created the art of Lascaux Cave? | Magdalenian
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| What year was Lascaux Cave rediscovered? | 1940
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| Who rediscovered Lascaux Cave? | 4 kids and their dog
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| Why did the owners of Lasaux Cave create a reproduction? | To solve the tourist contamination problems
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| Which of the following animals is NOT on of the three principle animals appearing on walls of Lascaux? | Birds
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| (True or False) The paintings in Lascaux are a hunting scene? | False
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| How long is the largest animal painting in Lascaux Cave? | 16 feet
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| What is the largest animal painting in Lascaux Cave? | Bull
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| How did ancient Egyptian artists depict the individual parts of the human body? | Each from the most recognizable angle
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| (True or False) The ancient Egyptian Temple of Karnak was built all at once. | False
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| (True or False) Egyptian Art style, especially regarding the human form, changed very little over a span of 3,000 years. | True
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| According to the instructional grid found in the Temple of Ramose, how tall was a drawing of the human body required to be? | 19 squares tall
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| According to the instructional grid found in the Temple of Ramose, how long was a drawing of the human foot required to be? | 2.5 squares long
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| The 3 Pyramids of Gize contain enough stond to lay a wall around what country? | Spain
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| Portrait Head of an Old Man is an example of | Roman sculpture
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| What was the Parthenon designed to honor? | The Goddess of Wisdom and prudent warfare
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| The meeting of decorative nomadic style and Christianity can be seen most clearly in illustrated books from: | Ireland
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| Which of these strutures is Gothic | notre-Dame de Chartres
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| The first Chrtistian churches were patterened after basilicas that were used by the Romans as: | Government buildings
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| The first large sculptures since Roman times can be found in what part of the Romanesque churches? | Over the central doorway
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| Early Christian art was created in private homes and underground burial chambers called: | Catacombs
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| One feature that set Gothic architecture apart from Romanesque was the extensive use of: | Stained Glass
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| The Acropolis rised above what modern day Greek city? | Athens
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| In what year was the Parthenon temple built? | 5,000BC
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| The Parthenon is dedicated to what Goddess? | Athena
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| The Erechtheion temple (containing 6 beautiful maidens functions as columns) was dedicated to which two Greek Gods? | Athena and Poseidon
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| (True or False) In ancient Greece, the Agora was a marketplace. | True
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| When was the Agora built? | 6th Century BC
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| In the Agora, what philosopher preached the virtues of "nothing in excess" and urging listeners to "Know thyself?" | Socrates
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| What are the three architectural style "order of columns" in chronological order? | Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
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| When was the massive Roman Colosseum built? | 72AD
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| The Colloseum was built under the reign of what emperor? | Vespasian
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| The Romans paid homage to what earlier culture when the classic "order of columns" wsa incorporated into the design of the Colosseum? | The Greeks
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| How many seats did the Colloseum have? | 50,000
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| What was used to protect spectators from the sun at the Colosseum? | Canvas Awnings
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| How many animals were slaughtered to celebrate the Colosseum's grand opening? | 5,000
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| (True or False) Throughout the ages, the Panthenon had been cannibalized by various cultures for its material to use in other buildings. | False
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| The massive one piece granite columns of the Pantheon were shipped from where? | Egypt
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| What classic shape are the dimensions of the Pantheon based upon? | Circle
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| (True or False) The Pantheon has been in continuous use for over 2,000 years. | True
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| What is the only light source in the Pantheon? | The Oculus
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| What is the Pantheon's dome mostly made from? | Poured Concrete
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| What is the highestpart of the Pantheon's dome made from? | Pumice
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| "Pantheon" means | All the Gods
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| What country did the Renaissance begin in the early 1300s | Italy
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| In approximately what year did the Renaissance end? | 1650
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| What two ancient cultures were the artists and scientists of the Renaissance inspired by most in their studies? | Greece and Rome
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| The Greek empire developed the Mediterranean and what other sea? | Black
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| (True or False) The Greek civilization reached as far as India. | True
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| (True or False) The Greeks ruled Egypt for hundred of years. | True
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| By what year did the Roman Empire expand into Africa, Asia and Scotland? | 100 AD
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| (True or False) The Roman Empire had over 50,000 miles of paved roads. | True
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| What language did the Roman Empire use? | Latin
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| In what year did uncivilized Germanic barbarians capture and destroy Rome? | 476 AD
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| (True or False) The Medieval period lies between the fall fo the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. | True
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| What religion took hold across most of Europe during the Medieva period? | Christianity
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| Approximately what year did the High Middle Ages begin? | 100 AD
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| By the 1200s, what percentage of Western Europeans were Catholic Nuns, Monks and Priests? | 10%
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| During the Medieval period what was the most important branch of learning? | Theology
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| During the Renaissance, what became the major focus of scholarly attention? | Humanism
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| (True or False) Renaissance Humanists relied purely on reason as opposed to mysticism or astrology. | True
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| What family ruled the Italian city state of Florence in the early Renaissance? | Medici
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| (True or False) It was an acceptable practice to cut open dead human bodies for the purpose of study druing the medieval period. | False
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| Who is considered (in the video presentation) the father of modern Anatomy? | Vesalius
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| When was the compound microscope invented? | 1590
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| (True or False) Fine Renaissance homes were often adorned with statues of ancient gods and goddesses. | True
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| (True or False) In Medieval times, churches were typically built in teh Gothic style of architecture. | True
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| (True or False) Medieval churhces had very few stained glass windows. | False
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| (True or False) Medieval people believed that the Earth was at the center of the Universe and did not move. | True
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| Who is considered to be the Father of Modern Astronomy? | Copernicus
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| In 1610, who proved that the Earth orbited the Sun and spun on its own axis? | Galileo
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| Almost all books during the Medieval period were written in what language? | Latin
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| Around what year did Johannes Gutenberg invent the moveable type printing press? | 1450
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| In what year did Martin Luther post his "Ninety-Five Theses" to the door of a German church? | 1517
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| Masaccio's The Holy Trinity fresco is considered to be the first painting based on the systematic use of | Linear Perspective
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| All of the following artits epitomize the High Renaissance EXCEPT | Donatello
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| Michelangelo's David has a naturalistic pose, set in contrapposto, demonstrating the influence of | Greek sculpture
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| In Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait, the woman is wearing a green dress to symbolize | Fertility
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| In The Conversion of Saint Paul, Caravaggio created drama though the high contrast of lights and dark and the use of extreme | Foreshortening
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| The influence of Neoplatonism would be most likelly when, in a painting, a Renaissance artist highlights a | Nude Classical Goddess
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| Many Baroque characteristics developed as propaganda for the | Counter-Reformation
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| In the seventeenth century, in the Netherlands, the major patrons of paintings were | The wealthy merchant class
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| With its decorative and sensual qualities, the Rocco style was particularly suited to the extravagant and often frivolous life of | The French courch and aristocracy
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| In her painting Judith and the Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi demonstrates the close influence of | Caravaggio
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| (True or False) Leonardo was a Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Engineer, and Scientist. | True
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| In what year was Leonardo born? | 1452
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| In what Northern Italian town was Leonardo born? | Vinci
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| At age 15, Leonardo moved to what city with his father? | Florence
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| (True or False) Leonardo opened a studio in Florence in his late thirties. | False
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| (True or False) Leonardo was left-handed | True
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| How many years did Leonardo work for The Duke of Milan? | 17
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| One of Leonardo's greatest dreams was for man to | Fly
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| Leonardo spent his last 3 years in France working as Chief Painter and Engineer to whom? | Francis the 1st
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| How old was Leonardo when he died in 1519? | 67
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| How old was Michelangelo when he completed a commission for his statue of Bacchus (the mythological God of Wine)? | 21
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| (True or False) In Classical Mythology, the Satyr was a "demon of nature", representing elements of both mand and animal. | True
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| The Satyr was sometimes represented as a horse, but more commonly as having the legs of what? | Goat
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| Michelangelo created his first great marble statue while in Rome called: | The Pieta
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| How many years did Michelangelo work to create his sculpture of David from a single block of marble (nicknamed - "The Giant." | 2
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| (True of False) Michelangelo's statue of David has disproportionately large hand and head. | True
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| What Pope summoned Michelangelo to Rome to make a tomb for him? | Julius the 2nd
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| How many years did Michelangelo work on teh ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? | 4
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| The Sistine Chapel covers ___ square feet of plaster. | 10,000
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| How many figures are in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Ceiling painting? | 343
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| How old was Raphael when Pope Julius commissioned him to paint a series of frescoes in the Vatican in 1509? | 26
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| Although he is considered the 3rd great artist of the Florentine High Renaissance, what town did Raphael hail from? | Urbino
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| (True or False) Raphael is best known for his series of paintings of the Virgin Mary, which have come to be seen as an "Industry Standard" for such devotional work. | True
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| Many of Raphael's Madonna paintings use what compositional format technique (borrowed from Leonardo)? | Pyramidical
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| (True or False) Raphael's use of Chiaroscuro provides an overall softness of color in his Madonna and Child paintings. | True
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| How old was Raphael when he died on his birthday in 1520? | 37
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| In his painting "The School of Athens", Raphael includes wise men and philosophers of what ancient classical culture? | Greece
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| What 2 famous philosophers are at the center of Raphael's painting: "The School of Athens"? | Plato and Aristotle
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| In "The School of Athens", Plato represents ___, while Aristotle represents Realism | Idealism
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| (True or False) Raphael included a portrait of himself in his painting: "The School of Athens". | True
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