The Venus of Willendorf is a statue of ____.
B. an anonymous fertile woman
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A. Venus de Milo
B. an anonymous fertile woman
C. a pregnant Venus
D. the goddess of love
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The Idol from Amorgos is a statue of ____.
B. a feminine reclining figure
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A. a Polynesian god and his two sons
B. a feminine reclining figure
C. an Egyptian fertility figure
D. a Venus fertility statue
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Figure of a Deity: A'a Rurutu from the Austral Islands in central Polynesia was an ancestor deity and represented a ____.
D. creator in the act of creating human beings
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A. shape-shifting shaman
B. marriage ceremony
C. religious prophet
D. creator in the act of creating human beings
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The Bamana fertility figure from Mali contains ____.
A. geometric forms
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A. geometric forms
B. curving and natural lines
C. linen and twine
D. gold
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The paintings in the Villa of Mysteries were done by the ____.
C. Romans
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A. Nigerians
B. Greeks
C. Romans
D. Bamana
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The Primordial Couple of the Dogon represents ____.
D. the father and mother of all
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A. Adam and Eve
B. Venus and Mars
C. Dionysos and Ariadne
D. the father and mother of all
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There are many symbols in Jan van Eyck's The Wedding, including ____.
C. oranges
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A. a church and priest
B. an empty chandelier
C. oranges
D. cats and a bird
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The Japanese shunga prints are translated as ____.
C. spring pictures
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A. floating world
B. ukiyo-e
C. spring pictures
D. golden age
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An odalisque was a member of ____.
B. a harem
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A. Parliament
B. a harem
C. a church
D. a family
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Georgia O'Keeffe's works are often extreme close ups of ____.
A. flowers
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A. flowers
B. trees
C. fruits
D. faces
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In prehistoric times fertility was ____.
D. an important concern
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A. taken for granted
B. discouraged
C. encouraged
D. an important concern
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The Moche, the Maya, and Alice Neel did versions of ____.
B. pregnant women
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A. love between a man and woman
B. pregnant women
C. male torsos
D. marriage
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Brancusi's Torso of a Young Man is ____.
C. very abstract
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A. extremely realistic
B. done in an African style
C. very abstract
D. similar to O'Keefe's works
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Louise Bourgeois' Blind Man's Bluff is a sculpture of ____.
D. bulbous forms
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A. blind men playing a game
B. a male torso
C. a pregnant woman
D. bulbous forms
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The ancient cities required ____ in order to function.
C. major rivers
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A. many houses and streets
B. high walls
C. major rivers
D. protective mountains
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In Mesopotamia, ____ symbols developed into the first writing.
D. cuneiform
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A. hieroglyphic
B. rebus
C. arabesque
D. cuneiform
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Early cities in the New Stone Age fostered the
C. division of labor
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A. equality of the sexes
B. development of hunting and gathering
C. division of labor
D. suspicion of religion
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In Mesopotamia, the early city states were between the Tigris and the
D. Euphrates
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A. Mississippi
B. Nile
C. Lagash
D. Euphrates
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In 3000 BCE, Native American artisans settled around Lake ____.
A. Superior
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A. Superior
B. Erie
C. Ontario
D. Michigan
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The Indus River Valley is in present day ____.
D. Pakistan
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A. India
B. China
C. Afghanistan
D. Pakistan
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Moche pottery is characterized by ____.
C. naturalistic imagery of everyday life
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A. stylized images of ideal beauty
B. highly structured geometric patterns
C. naturalistic imagery of everyday life
D. elaborate decorative ornamentation
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Historically in India, images of ideal erotic sexuality were ____.
A. common in temples and miniature paintings
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A. common in temples and miniature paintings
B. rare due to the morality of the culture
C. controversial and kept hidden in people's homes
D. banned by various controlling rulers
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In nineteenth-century Europe, ____ paintings were an acceptable way to present images of nude women.
D. mythological
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A. miniature
B. abstract
C. cloudy
D. mythological
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When an artist paints thickly and directly onto the canvas, the work is called a(n) ____ painting.
B. alla prima
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A. contrappasto
B. alla prima
C. plein aire
D. chiaroscuro
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Many critics have associated Georgia O'Keeffe's imagery with ____.
A. the female body
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A. the female body
B. Aboriginal contour paintings
C. early fertility figures
D. Japanese shunga prints
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Stiff, angular female marble figures from the Cycladic Islands, often called ____, were found in burial sites.
A. plank idols
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A. plank idols
B. odalisques
C. Potawatomi
D. akua'ba dolls
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Oceanic sculptures such as God Te Ronga and His Three Sons were carved for religious rituals by specialists called Ta'unga, which is also the word for ____.
D. priest
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A. god
B. blessing
C. nirvana
D. priest
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Potawatomi figure-like carvings were used as "medicine" to ____.
B. control human behaviors and health
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A. aid women in childbirth
B. control human behaviors and health
C. alleviate menstrual pain
D. cure infections
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A(n) ____ is associated with creation myths and is the mother and father of all humankind.
B. primordial couple
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A. odalisque
B. primordial couple
C. Aztec couple
D. Shunga
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A(n) ____ is a member of a Turkish harem.
C. odalisque
answer
A. pilegesh
B. kippumjo
C. odalisque
D. seraglio
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Near the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, the ____ built large, truncated pyramid mounds topped with temples.
D. Mississippians
answer
A. Texans
B. Iowans
C. Illinoisans
D. Mississippians
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