Chapter 13 Study Questions

____ 1. Because fantastic creatures do not exist they can serve as ____. a. monsters b. spirits c. symbols d. Protectors

____ 2. The ancient Greeks created woman-headed birds called ____. a. hags b. griffins c. harpies d. Magpies

____ 3. Satyrs were men with ____ attributes and were prone to drunkenness and sexual excess. a. horse or monkey b. eagle or serpent c. goat or eagle d. goat or horse

____ 4. The unicorn was supposed to be a horse with some ____ features. a. bird b. narwhal c. eagle d. Goat

____ 5. The unicorn became a symbol for ____. a. Christ b. Mary c. an angel d. eternal life

____ 6. A shaman was believed to be ____ between humans animals and spirits. a. an arbiter b. a bridge c. an amulet d. a conductor

____ 7. ____ are metaphors for humans in Thai Hindu and Buddhist art. a. demons b. monkeys c. unicorns d. Serpents

____ 8. Chris Ofili a British artist of Nigerian descent often uses elephant ____ in his art. a. tusks b. hide c. dung d. Tails

____ 9. Ashurbanipal II Killing Lions is an example of ____ relief carving. a. Assyrian b. Olmec c. Mesoamerican d. Thai

____ 10. Pear Blossoms is a lyric painting by Qian Xuan that is accompanied by ____. a. lines of propaganda b. lines of scripture c. lines of poetry d. lines of musical lyrics

____ 11. Landscapes were popular in China and Japan because ____. a. Asians had a sympathetic understanding of nature b. cities were noisy polluted and crowded c. they were a symbol of affluence d. nature was revered as holy

____ 12. John Constable's works while Romantic in essence were the foundation for the ____. a. Neoclassicists b. Nationalists c. Post Impressionists d. Impressionists

____ 13. In the later years of his life Claude Monet's paintings approached abstraction as ____ became more important than imagery. a. concepts b. ideals c. brushstrokes d. Lines

____ 14. Ansel Adams' photographs emphasized the beauty of nature as ____. a. a metaphor for goodness b. untouched by humans c. a remedy for civilization d. a protest against urbanization

____ 15. Gardens were very popular among the ruling class of ____. a. Persia b. Central Asia c. Mughal India d. All of the above

____ 16. Flowers were often symbols for the Christian religion in earlier times for example the iris represented ____. a. Mary b. Joseph c. Jesus d. John the Baptist

____ 17. Many Islamic gardens stood for ____. a. purity b. paradise c. earthly delights d. Allah

____ 18. Visitors to the Zen Garden of Contemplation in Japan are expected to ____. a. walk through and smell the flowers b. be reminded of the tenets of Confucius c. be awed by its great size d. sit still and meditate

____ 19. Lightning Field is regarded as a(n) ____ piece since most people have seen it through photographs rather than in person. a. foundation b. magical c. conceptual d. Ecological

____ 20. In areas of Peru and Bolivia the ____ is highly regarded because it can signify weather changes and can predict rainfall. a. monkey b. parrot c. spider d. Butterfly

____ 21. Robert Smithson created earthworks because ____. a. he was interested in moving his art outside the gallery system b. he was fascinated by the beauty of nature c. earlier in his career he had been a contractor d. he wanted to control nature

____ 22 Popular in late medieval literature the ____ is a horse with some goat features and a long single horn projecting from its forehead. a. harpie b. satyr c. centaur d. Unicorn

____ 23. Invented by the Greeks ____ are man-headed horses known for their lustfulness. a. centaurs b. satyrs c. harpies d. Lamassus

____ 24. A ____ is a person with supernatural powers believed to be a bridge among the human animal and spirit worlds. a. healer b. witch doctor c. shaman d. Midwife

____ 25. Inspiration for Chinese and Japanese ____ paintings often came from poetry or the beliefs of Daoism which held nature in high esteem. a. kabuki b. landscape c. shunga d. Portrait

____ 26. The Impressionist artist ____ was well known for his paintings of natural scenes such as water lilies and haystacks. a. Claude Monet b. Edgar Degas c. Gustave Moreau d. Gustave Courbet

____ 27. In Japan flowers are viewed as a vehicle for greater understanding and ____ is considered an important art form on the level of painting calligraphy and pottery. a. gardening b. still-life c. flower arranging d. Horticulture

____ 28. Contemporary ____ are large-scale environmental pieces in which the earth is an important component. a. happenings b. earthworks c. performances d. Landscapes,

____ 29. Popular in the United States and Europe in the 1960s the ____ movement experimented with patterns to affect visual perception. a. Abstract Expressionist b. Post-Impressionist c. Pop Art d. Op Art

____ 35. Animals appear in art in every culture.

____ 36. Unicorns were first described in ancient Greece and Rome.

____ 37. The narwhal was a Medieval beast with twisted features that represented degraded human nature.

____ 38. In Assyrian culture the king would kill lions in a public spectacle called the royal lion hunt to show his courage and illustrate his power.

____ 39. The Incan civilization in Peru produced huge animal drawings by scraping the desert floor to reveal the lighter-colored sand beneath it.

____ 40. The European painter John Constable painted his large landscapes outdoors from direct observation.

____ 41. Ansel Adams' photographs helped raise public support for national parks and for the environmental movement in general.

____ 42. The bouquets Dutch artist Jan Bruegel painted never existed in real life.

____ 43. Due to technological advances in photography medical books no longer contain drawn illustrations.