Chapter 14 Study Questions

____ 1. Western theater began as a form of worship of the god ____. a. Apollo b. Bacchus c. Mithra d. Dionysos

____ 2. The Sydney Opera House owes a stylistic debt to the architecture of ____. a. Solomon Guggenheim b. Frank Lloyd Wright c. Joern Utzon d. Charles Garnier

____ 3. The structure of the Sydney Opera House is referred to as ____. a. symmetrical architecture b. Neo-Baroque c. platform sculpture d. functional sculpture

____ 4. Frank Gehry's architectural works usually lack ____. a. structural systems b. symmetry c. asymmetry d. three-dimensionality

____ 5. Deconstructivist architecture does not have ____. a. core structure b. abstract form c. spatial expansiveness d. a unified whole

____ 6. Roman imperial baths such as the ____ had libraries art galleries restaurants bars and gymnasiums and offered theater performances public lectures and athletic contests. a. Baths of Caracalla b. Baths of Coagula c. Baths of Calypso d. Baths of Camilla

____ 7. Central Park was designed to be a(n) ____ from city life. a. diversion b. flight c. revolution d. Retreat

____ 8. The Japanese Bunraku translates to ____. a. clay pottery b. short poetry c. flower walk d. doll drama

____ 9. The Japanese theater musicians played a stringed instrument called a ____. a. samisen b. samurai c. lyre d. Lute

____ 10. A modern theatrical puppet performance on Broadway is ____. a. The Tale of Genji b. Beauty and the Beast c. The Lion King d. The Nutcracker

____ 11. The posters of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec were influenced by ____. a. Picasso b. Japanese prints c. Japanese puppets d. The Moulin Rouge

____ 12. The first examples of performance art were called ____. a. happenings b. media events c. improvisations d. Collaborations

____ 13. In the ancient city of Ur bearded bulls symbolized ____. a. Gilgamesh b. a Lamassu c. royalty d. the gods

____ 14. The North American Sioux Open Circle Dance celebrated ____. a. springtime b. the harvest c. the first day of summer d. the reign of a chief

____ 15. The opening ceremonies for the Olympic games is an example of ____ — a public exhibition on a grand scale. a. the gaze b. monumentality c. ritual d. Spectacle

____ 16. Visual culture is an area of academic study that deals with the totality of images and visual objects produced in ____ and the ways that those images are disseminated received and used. a. agrarian societies b. industrial and postindustrial nations c. art schools d. Western European nations

____ 17. The Mayan's ritualistic ball sport has similarities to the contemporary game of ____. a. volleyball b. football c. soccer d. Cricket

____ 18. Architect Frank Gehry was originally trained as a ____. a. sculptor b. musician c. contractor d. Puppeteer

____ 19. The cascading vaults of Joern Utzon's Opera House in Sydney are intended to suggest ____. a. bird's wings b. the sun's rays c. mountains d. Sailboats

____ 20. ____ is a relatively early form of animation which uses clay sculptures that are moved and photographed in tiny increments. a. stop motion animation b. claymation c. traditional animation d. computer animation

____ 21. Animation grew out of ____ in which a series of drawn images seem to move as book pages are flipped rapidly. a. cartoons b. stereoscopes c. flip books d. comic books

____ 22. In 1927 ____ was/were added to motion pictures. a. sound b. musical scores c. color d. Credits

____ 23. ____ culture refers to the production use and dissemination of images and visual objects particularly in industrial and postindustrial nations. a. Urban b. Modern c. Graffiti d. Visual

____ 24. ____ is the academic discipline that investigates visual media and its effect on entertainment information political power and social structures. a. Iconography b. Visual culture c. Deconstruction d. Semiotics

____ 25. As seen in the Theater at Epidauros designed by Polykleitos the Classical Greek ideal shape was the ____. a. circle b. rectangle c. triangle d. Octagon

____ 26. The seating area of ancient Greek theaters was called the ____. a. agora b. theatron c. skene d. Acropolis

____ 27. In the nineteenth century houses for the arts were often very ornate or built in the ____ style to resemble a Greek temple. a. Classical b. Renaissance c. Baroque d. International

____ 28. ____ architecture rooted in the work of Frank Lloyd Wright often results in designs that resemble "functional sculpture." a. Symmetrical b. Baroque c. Roman d. Organic

____ 29. Located in the middle of Manhattan in New York City and designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux ____ is considered to be an outstanding example of landscape architecture. a. Central Park b. Elysium Park c. Falling Water d. Spiral Jetty

____ 30. The Hakone Open-Air Museum is located in Japan's Hakone National Park and is surrounded by the beauty of the ____ Mountains. a. Caucasus b. Hakone c. Rocky d. Fuji

____ 31. A favorite subject of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ____ was a singer and dancer at the famous cabaret Moulin Rouge. a. Berthe Morisot b. Victorine Meurent c. Rachel Ruysch d. Jane Avril

____ 32. ____ art is a visual art form that incorporates live action and mixed media and is presented before a live audience. a. Pop Art b. Performance c. Earth d. Environmental

____ 38. The ultimate purpose of visual culture is to record the language of visual media so that images have a universal meaning regardless of nationality or culture.

____ 39. Ancient Greek comedies and tragedies were originally part of ritual festivals dedicated to the deity Dionysos.

____ 40. Most contemporary houses for the arts are built in architectural styles that reflect modern values of innovation bold movement or future potential.

____ 41. Frank Lloyd Wright's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York is architecturally engineered to display paintings and sculptures at their best.

____ 42. In ancient Greece art galleries were frequently near temple complexes.

____ 43. In its original state the Colosseum in Rome was a spartan amphitheater devoid of any ornamentation except for its Doric capitals.

____ 44. Rome's Colosseum was built on the site of an artificial lake where a colossal statue of Emperor Nero once stood.

____ 45. Bull jumping was a popular sport in the ancient Minoan culture.

____ 46. In the Cycladic Islands off Greece sculptures of ballplayers musicians and acrobats were found buried in graves.

____ 47. Matthew Barney's Cremaster I references Busby Berkley musical productions from 1930s' Hollywood films.