Part I: Creating and Defining Works
of Art
Chapter 1: What is Art?
Multiple Choice
1. The kings of __________ created oshun or “spirit heads” to express their control over the
natural world.
A. Benin
B. Mali
C. Togo
D. Ghana
E. Ivory Coast
Answer: A
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2. Pablo Picasso was a leading __________ artist of the twentieth century.
A. Renaissance
B. realist
C. impressionist
D. baroque
E. modernist
Answer: E
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,3. In 1919 the artist __________ drew a mustache and beard on Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa
(fig. 5.5).
A. Marcel Duchamp
B. Rembrandt van Rijn
C. Winslow Homer
D. Robert Mapplethorpe
E. Pablo Picasso
Answer: A
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4. Martin Luther’s protests against the corruption of the Catholic Church led to the
__________.
A. Carnivale
B. Protestant Reformation
C. split of the Holy Roman Empire
D. Iconoclastic Controversy
E. none of the above
Answer: B
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, 5. When an artist depicts an object with simplified, abstract surface patterns, this term is used.
A. Naturalization
B. Idealization
C. Stylization
D. Representation
E. Figuration
Answer: C
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6. The artist of the work entitled Chock (fig. 1.7) is __________.
A. the Tlingit Indians of the Northwest Coast of the United States
B. Robert Mapplethorpe
C. Rembrandt van Rijn
D. Constantin Brancusi
E. Alexander Calder
Answer: E
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7. Chock (fig. 1.7) displays a tension between the natural and the __________.
A. pasted
B. constructed
C. cut
D. torn
E. all of the above
Answer: B
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8. The work Chock (fig. 1.7) is called a __________.