Art History 25 - Survey of Art History: Ancient Worlds to Gothic » Summer 2019 » Unit 1 Quiz: Art Before Time

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Question #1
____ was used almost exclusively for the representation of animals in Paleolithic art.
A.   Composite creature
B.   The profile view
C.   Linear perspective
D.   Foreshortening
Question #2
The use of ____ along with its large scale suggests the sculpture human with feline (lion?) head was important to its creator.
A.   stone
B.   mammoth ivory
C.   wood
D.   pebbles
Question #3
The emphasis on the anatomy of the nude woman figurine (Venus of Willendorf) suggests early man’s interest in ____.
A.   gold and jewels
B.   athletic competitions
C.   the domestication of animals
D.   health and fertility
Question #4
Figures sculpted in the round can be defined as ____.
A.   engraved
B.   high relief
C.   bas relief
D.   freestanding
Question #5
What is a ground line?
A.   It is a baseline in which figures appear to move around.
B.   It is a measured line on the wall surface.
C.   It is an engraved line on the wall surface.
D.   It is the baseline in which figures appear to stand.
Question #6
____ is one of the primary characteristics of Neolithic society.
A.   Domestication of animals and plants
B.   Building houses from megaliths
C.   Using bronze tools
D.   Cave dwelling
Question #7
What is bitumen?
A.   An engraved plaque
B.   A handle for a knife
C.   A type of clay
D.   A tarlike substance
Question #8
What is a megalith?
A.   It is rock quarried in Jericho.
B.   It is a massive rock-cut stone.
C.   It is volcanic rock quarried in Great Britain.
D.   It is a great blue stone.
Question #9
____ is the simplest and oldest method of spanning a passageway.
A.   Corbel vaulting
B.   Mortise and tenon
C.   Post and lintel
D.   Wattle and daub

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