Art Final Part 6

29 August 2022
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What does Rineke Dijkstra's series Mothers focus on?
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depicting mothers with their newborn children
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Who is the artist of Dead Christ?
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mantegna
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Bis pole sculptures were made by which culture?
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asmat
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What does the term "vanitas" in art reference?
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fleeting nature of life
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What is Shiva Nataraja responsible for doing?
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dancing world into existence, balancing contradictory qualities, bringing to life the endless cycle of birth and rebirth
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True or false: artists have often been influenced by scientific discoveries.
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true
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True or false: astrolabes were used by Muslims to determine the direction of Mecca.
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true
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Which of these artworks reveals a culture's understanding of astronomy?
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aztec sun stone, maya flint, muhammad
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True or false: because restorers accidentally removed the original varnish, the Sistine Chapel ceiling looks brighter than it was in Michelangelo's time.
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false
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Which of these terms applies to Georges Seurat's Sunday on La Grande Jatte?
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pointillism
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True or false: "Trompe l'oeil" means "fool the eye."
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true
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Who advised artists in his treatise On Painting that paintings should look like illusionary windows?
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leon battista alberti
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Which statement is true of the oculus in the Camera degli Sposi in the Ducal Palace in Mantua, painted by Andrea Mantegna?
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painted illusion
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True or false: William Hogarth's False Perspective demonstrates incorrect applications of the laws of perspective.
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true
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What is it called when columns are intentionally designed to swell at the midpoint?
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entasis
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What elements have an ambiguous reflection in Edouard Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergere?
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liquor and wine bottles, bar top, barmaid
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True or false: the term "iconic" refers to something that has become famous and has widely recognizable characteristics.
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true
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True or false: Mayan bloodletting rituals were only enacted on slaves.
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false
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What technique was used to create the portrait of King Akhenaten, his wife Nefertiti, and their three daughters?
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sunken-relief carving
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Which statement is true of the Stela of Hammurabi?
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entire law code written on it