Test Bank - A World of Art 9th Edition by Henry Sayre, (All Chapters 1 to 27 Covered

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, Test Bank for A World of Art, 9th Edition by Henry M. Sayre



Chapter .01: .Discovering .a .World .of .Art

1. Renzo .Piano's .Jean-Marie .Tjibaou .Cultural .Center .is .an .example .of ."green .architecture."
.Such .buildings .are .praised .for .their
A) self-sufficiency.
B) lack .of .windows.
C) use .of .high-tech .materials.
D) lack .of .renewable .resources.

Difficulty: .Moderate
QuestionID: .01-01
Topic: .The .World .as .Artists .See .It
Skill: .Understand .the .Concepts
Objective: .1.2 .Define .the .creative .process .and .describe .the .roles .that .artists .most .often .assume .when .they
.engage .in .that .process.


Answer: .A) .self-sufficiency.

2. Jasper .Johns .chose .to .paint .his .image .of .the .American .flag .to .express
A) his .proclivity .for .things .seen .but .not .examined.
B) his .own .patriotism .during .the .McCarthy .era.
C) a .universal .concept .of .freedom.
D) the .injustices .incurred .during .the .Civil .Rights .Movement.

Difficulty: .Moderate
QuestionID: .01-02
Topic: .The .World .as .We .Perceive .It
Skill: .Understand .the .Concepts
Objective: .1.1 .Differentiate .between .passive .and .active .seeing.

Answer: .A) .his .proclivity .for .things .seen .but .not .examined.

3. The .imagery .in .Faith .Ringgold's .God .Bless .America .was .inspired .by .the
A) Civil .Rights .Movement .in .the .1960s.
B) parade .in .New .York .City .on .Allies .Day, .May .1917.
C) McCarthy .era .in .the .1950s.
D) Desert .Storm .conflict.

Difficulty: .Easy
QuestionID: .01-03
Topic: .The .World .as .We .Perceive .It
Skill: .Remember .the .Facts
Objective: .1.1 .Differentiate .between .passive .and .active .seeing.

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,Answer: .A) .Civil .Rights .Movement .in .the .1960s.




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, 4. What .is .the .function .of .the .nkisi .nkonde .figure?
A) It .pursues .wrongdoers .at .night .and .punishes .them .when .nails .are .driven .into .it.
B) It .is .purely .aesthetic.
C) It .is .a .fertility .idol.
D) It .was .made .so .that .it .could .be .stolen .and .exhibited .in .museums .in .Europe .and .the .United .States.

Difficulty: .Moderate
QuestionID: .01-04
Topic: .The .World .as .Artists .See .It
Skill: .Understand .the .Concepts
Objective: .1.2 .Define .the .creative .process .and .describe .the .roles .that .artists .most .often .assume .when .they
.engage .in .that .process.


Answer: .A) .It .pursues .wrongdoers .at .night .and .punishes .them .when .nails .are .driven .into .it.

5. Artist .Vija .Celmins .challenges .us .to .look .carefully .in .her .work, .To .Fix .the .Image .in .Memory, .by
A) casting .eleven .stones .in .bronze .and .painting .them .to .resemble .the .original .stones .as .closely .as .possible.
B) taking .small .river .stones .and .lining .them .on .a .windowsill.
C) making .individual .paintings .of .eleven .different .stones.
D) creating .a .large .stone .monument.

Difficulty: .Moderate
QuestionID: .01-05
Topic: .The .World .as .We .Perceive .It
Skill: .Understand .the .Concepts
Objective: .1.1 .Differentiate .between .passive .and .active .seeing.

Answer: .A) .casting .eleven .stones .in .bronze .and .painting .them .to .resemble .the .original .stones .as .closely .as
.possible.


6. According .to .Sayre, .what .are .the .three .steps .in .the .process .of ."seeing"?
A) reception, .extraction, .inference
B) detection, .processing, .reference
C) looking, .seeing, .believing
D) reception, .interpreting, .understanding

Difficulty: .Moderate
QuestionID: .01-06
Topic: .The .World .as .We .Perceive .It
Skill: .Understand .the .Concepts
Objective: .1.1 .Differentiate .between .passive .and .active .seeing.

Answer: .A) .reception, .extraction, .inference

7. What .might .have .affected .Pablo .Picasso's .severe .style .of .representation .seen .in .Les
.Demoiselles .d'Avignon?


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