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Henry Sayre’s
A World of Art
Seventh Edition
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,Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – A World of Art 3
Chapter 2 – Developing Visual Literacy 7
Chapter 3 – Seeing the Value in Art 13
Chapter 4 – Line 18
Chapter 5 – Space 23
Chapter 6 – Light and Color 28
Chapter 7 – Other Formal Elements 34
Chapter 8 – The Principles of Design 38
Chapter 9 – Drawing 43
Chapter 10 – Printmaking 48
Chapter 11 – Painting 54
Chapter 12 – Photography and Time-Based Media 60
Chapter 13 – Sculpture 66
Chapter 14 – The Crafts as Fine Art 72
Chapter 15 – Architecture 77
Chapter 16 – The Design Profession 82
Chapter 17 – The Ancient World 86
Chapter 18 – The Age of Faith 92
Chapter 19 – The Renaissance through the Baroque 97
Chapter 20 – The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 103
Chapter 21 – From 1900 to the Present 108
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, Chapter 1 – A World of Art
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Renzo Piano’s Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center is an example of “green
architecture.” Such buildings are praised for their:
a) innovative design.
b) use of high-tech materials.
c) lack of renewable resources.
d) self-sufficiency.
Answer: (d)
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2. Jasper Johns chose to paint his image of the American flag to express:
a) his own patriotism during the McCarthy era.
b) his proclivity for things seen but not examined.
c) a universal concept of freedom.
d) the injustices incurred during the Civil Rights movement.
Answer: (b)
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3. The imagery in Faith Ringgold’s God Bless America was inspired by the:
a) parade in New York City on Allies Day, May 1917.
b) McCarthy era in the 1950s.
c) Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.
d) Desert Storm conflict.
Answer: (c)
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4. What is the function of the nsiki nkonde figure?
a) it is purely aesthetic
b) it is a fertility idol
c) it pursued wrongdoers at night and punished them when nails were driven into it
d) it was made so that it could be stolen and exhibited in museums in Europe and the
United States
Answer: (c)
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5. Faith Ringgold’s God Bless America features an American flag turned into a prison
cell. How is the figure of the woman contradictory?
a) She is both free and imprisoned.
b) She is both nationalistic and patriotic.
c) She is both angry and joyous.
d) She is both patriotic and racist.
Answer: (d)
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For
Henry Sayre’s
A World of Art
Seventh Edition
0
,1
,Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – A World of Art 3
Chapter 2 – Developing Visual Literacy 7
Chapter 3 – Seeing the Value in Art 13
Chapter 4 – Line 18
Chapter 5 – Space 23
Chapter 6 – Light and Color 28
Chapter 7 – Other Formal Elements 34
Chapter 8 – The Principles of Design 38
Chapter 9 – Drawing 43
Chapter 10 – Printmaking 48
Chapter 11 – Painting 54
Chapter 12 – Photography and Time-Based Media 60
Chapter 13 – Sculpture 66
Chapter 14 – The Crafts as Fine Art 72
Chapter 15 – Architecture 77
Chapter 16 – The Design Profession 82
Chapter 17 – The Ancient World 86
Chapter 18 – The Age of Faith 92
Chapter 19 – The Renaissance through the Baroque 97
Chapter 20 – The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 103
Chapter 21 – From 1900 to the Present 108
2
, Chapter 1 – A World of Art
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Renzo Piano’s Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center is an example of “green
architecture.” Such buildings are praised for their:
a) innovative design.
b) use of high-tech materials.
c) lack of renewable resources.
d) self-sufficiency.
Answer: (d)
Page 9
2. Jasper Johns chose to paint his image of the American flag to express:
a) his own patriotism during the McCarthy era.
b) his proclivity for things seen but not examined.
c) a universal concept of freedom.
d) the injustices incurred during the Civil Rights movement.
Answer: (b)
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3. The imagery in Faith Ringgold’s God Bless America was inspired by the:
a) parade in New York City on Allies Day, May 1917.
b) McCarthy era in the 1950s.
c) Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.
d) Desert Storm conflict.
Answer: (c)
Page 17
4. What is the function of the nsiki nkonde figure?
a) it is purely aesthetic
b) it is a fertility idol
c) it pursued wrongdoers at night and punished them when nails were driven into it
d) it was made so that it could be stolen and exhibited in museums in Europe and the
United States
Answer: (c)
Page 11
5. Faith Ringgold’s God Bless America features an American flag turned into a prison
cell. How is the figure of the woman contradictory?
a) She is both free and imprisoned.
b) She is both nationalistic and patriotic.
c) She is both angry and joyous.
d) She is both patriotic and racist.
Answer: (d)
Page 17
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