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CST Visual Arts Exam Questions with Correct
Answers for Specific Exam Mail
Prehistoric Art
Ans: -Art objects were created as an attempt to control or appease natural
forces.
-Symbols of animals and people had supernatural significance and magic
powers
-Cave paintings (created animal images to guarantee a successful hunt) no
background subject seemed to float in space
-Sculptures were either engraved, carved in deep relief, or fully rounded 3D
sculptures
-Architecture 3 basic forms (dolmen, menhir, cromlech)
Archaic Art
Ans: -Period includes kouros stone figures and vase painting
Classical Art
Ans: -Peak of Greek art and architecture
-Idealized figures
-Exemplify order and harmony
Hellenistic Art
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Ans: -Greek-derived style
-Found in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Egypt
-More melodramatic than Classical style
Navaho Art
Ans: -Southwest tribe known for geometric-design rugs colored with herbal
and mineral dyes, especially carmine red.
-Shamans created sand paintings to heal disease, promote fertility, or assure
a successful hunt.
Hopi Art
Ans: -Carved and painted kachina dolls out of cottonwood roots to
represent gods and teach religion
-Also decorated ceremonial underground kivas in Arizona with elaborate
mural paintings of agriculture deities
Kwakiutl Art
Ans: -Northwest coast tribe that produced totem poles, masks, and
decorated houses and canoes
-Facial features of masks exaggerated in forceful wood carvings.
Eskimo Art
Ans: -Alaskan tribe that carved masks with moving parts used by shamans
-Often combined odd materials in surprising ways
Mayan Art
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Ans: -In Guatemala and Mexico, Mayans created enormous temples in
stepped-pyramid form
-Huge limestone temples were richly carved with relief sculpture and
hieroglyphics.
Aztec Art
Ans: -Produced massive statues of gods who demanded regular human
sacrifices
-Skilled in gold work
Incan Art
Ans: -Peruvian tribe known for precisely constructed masonry temples and
metallurgy
Byzantine
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Ans: -Refers to eastern Mediterranean art from A.D. 330 to 1453
-Combination of early Christian art with the Greek Oriental taste for rich
decoration and color
-Mosaics: intended to publicize the now official Christian creed, so their
subject was generally religion w/ Christ shown as teacher and all powerful
ruler, Sumptuous grandeur, with halos spotlighting sacred figures and
shimmering gold backgrounds. Used reflective glass cubes, left surfaces
uneven so it sparkled, wide range of colors, found on walls and ceilings
especially church domes and apses, large cubes in stylized designs
-Human figures were tall, slim, with almond-shaped faces, big eyes, and
solemn expressions gazed straight ahead without the least hint of movement.
They were flat, stiff, and symmetrically placed, seeming to float as if hung
from pegs. No perspective or volume.
-Icons (Small wood-panel paintings believed to possess supernatural powers.
The image of saints or holy persons were typically rigid, frontal poses often
with halos and staring wide eyes)
-Architecture: Central-dome church
Example: Hagia Sophia
-Place: Constantinople, Turkey
Romanesque
Pretest - Stuvia US
CST Visual Arts Exam Questions with Correct
Answers for Specific Exam Mail
Prehistoric Art
Ans: -Art objects were created as an attempt to control or appease natural
forces.
-Symbols of animals and people had supernatural significance and magic
powers
-Cave paintings (created animal images to guarantee a successful hunt) no
background subject seemed to float in space
-Sculptures were either engraved, carved in deep relief, or fully rounded 3D
sculptures
-Architecture 3 basic forms (dolmen, menhir, cromlech)
Archaic Art
Ans: -Period includes kouros stone figures and vase painting
Classical Art
Ans: -Peak of Greek art and architecture
-Idealized figures
-Exemplify order and harmony
Hellenistic Art
Pretest - Stuvia US
,2
Ans: -Greek-derived style
-Found in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Egypt
-More melodramatic than Classical style
Navaho Art
Ans: -Southwest tribe known for geometric-design rugs colored with herbal
and mineral dyes, especially carmine red.
-Shamans created sand paintings to heal disease, promote fertility, or assure
a successful hunt.
Hopi Art
Ans: -Carved and painted kachina dolls out of cottonwood roots to
represent gods and teach religion
-Also decorated ceremonial underground kivas in Arizona with elaborate
mural paintings of agriculture deities
Kwakiutl Art
Ans: -Northwest coast tribe that produced totem poles, masks, and
decorated houses and canoes
-Facial features of masks exaggerated in forceful wood carvings.
Eskimo Art
Ans: -Alaskan tribe that carved masks with moving parts used by shamans
-Often combined odd materials in surprising ways
Mayan Art
Pretest - Stuvia US
,3
Ans: -In Guatemala and Mexico, Mayans created enormous temples in
stepped-pyramid form
-Huge limestone temples were richly carved with relief sculpture and
hieroglyphics.
Aztec Art
Ans: -Produced massive statues of gods who demanded regular human
sacrifices
-Skilled in gold work
Incan Art
Ans: -Peruvian tribe known for precisely constructed masonry temples and
metallurgy
Byzantine
Pretest - Stuvia US
, 4
Ans: -Refers to eastern Mediterranean art from A.D. 330 to 1453
-Combination of early Christian art with the Greek Oriental taste for rich
decoration and color
-Mosaics: intended to publicize the now official Christian creed, so their
subject was generally religion w/ Christ shown as teacher and all powerful
ruler, Sumptuous grandeur, with halos spotlighting sacred figures and
shimmering gold backgrounds. Used reflective glass cubes, left surfaces
uneven so it sparkled, wide range of colors, found on walls and ceilings
especially church domes and apses, large cubes in stylized designs
-Human figures were tall, slim, with almond-shaped faces, big eyes, and
solemn expressions gazed straight ahead without the least hint of movement.
They were flat, stiff, and symmetrically placed, seeming to float as if hung
from pegs. No perspective or volume.
-Icons (Small wood-panel paintings believed to possess supernatural powers.
The image of saints or holy persons were typically rigid, frontal poses often
with halos and staring wide eyes)
-Architecture: Central-dome church
Example: Hagia Sophia
-Place: Constantinople, Turkey
Romanesque
Pretest - Stuvia US
