Art History: Chapter Quiz 5

Lascaux's images probably had a(n) ____ purpose linked to nature's bounty. D. ritual

Prehistoric artists painted images in the ____ of the caves. B. back

Australian Aboriginals painted "contour maps" indicating food and water locations; these maps were then ____ after a ritual celebration. C. destroyed

Coe's There Is No Escape is from a series condemning the meat industry called ____. D. Porkopolis

The ancient Chinese made ____ vessels for storing wine. B. bronze

As its name suggests, the ancient Greek ____ was used for carrying and storing water. A. hydria

The Pomo tribal baskets, covered with feathers and shells, were made as ceremonial ____. C. gifts

Warhol's work, such as Heinz 57 Tomato Ketchup, celebrated the commercial art of ____. D. packaging

Salt was considered so valuable that it was a source of wealth; the European nobility used elaborate saltcellars as a ____ . B. status symbol

Jan Davidsz de Heem's A Table of Desserts reflects cultural and ____ beliefs. C. religious

Mu Qi's Six Persimmons emphasizes ____ in life. C. meditation and simplicity

An important component of European still life painting was the idea of ____. B. food as vanitas

In the early twentieth century, still life paintings were NOT concerned with ____. A. food as sustenance

Ritual meals do NOT include ____. D. Sunday brunch

The House of Julius Polybius had a front atrium with a pool, called the____ , for collecting rainwater. C. impluvium

Examples of ancient communities in which homes were close together in the same style include Çatal Hüyük and ____. B. Pueblo Bonito

Trajan's Market has tabernas whose form and arrangement suggests a ____. D. shopping mall

In this composition, ____ suggests the balance of the cosmos and the ancestors, providing sustenance for humans. (image looks like an X) B. summetry

This artwork is an example of a(n) ____ painting. A. Aboriginal contour map

The function of this painting is to show food as ____. (Image of a messing table with food) A. beautiful

The architect ____, who designed one of the first innovative tall buildings of the twentieth century, believed that "form follows function" in architecture. B. Louis Sullivan

Greek ceramics are known for ____ painting, in which a thin coating of black-firing clay covers the red clay of the vessel and details are scratched into the surface with a needle. D. black figure

A ____ is a vessel designed specifically to contain salt. A. saltcellar

The Pop artist ____ created sculptures that look like mass-produced cardboard packaging for common grocery store items using silk-screened wood. D. Andy Warhol

Paintings reflecting the beliefs of ____, such as Mu-Qi's Six Persimmons from 1269, emphasize the importance of simplicity and meditation in life. B. Zen Buddhism

A ____ painting is a work of art, which uses a still life as a metaphor for the inevitability of death. B. vanitas

The Native American ____ was originally a small tent used during the hunting season. C. tipi

The concrete ____ of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater show substantial influence from Japanese and Chinese architecture. A. cantilevers

Twentieth-century skyscrapers, devoid of ornamentation, are examples of the ____ style in architecture. A. International