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

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