Art 315 - World Perspectives in Art History » Fall 2021 » Reproduction and Sexuality Quiz 5

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Question #1
An odalisque was a member of
A.   a Turkish harem
B.   none of these options
C.   Parliament
D.   a Spanish house of prostitution
E.   a Japanese geisha house
Question #2
Brancusi's Torso of a Young Man is:
A.   similar to O'Keefe's works
B.   extremely realistic
C.   very abstract
D.   done in an African style
E.   influenced by Louise Bourgeois
Question #3
Regardless of time period or culture, fertility figures are universally male:
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #4
The Venus of Willendorf is a monumental, Paleolithic sculpture found near the village of Willendorf, Austria:
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #5
Japanese shunga prints are translated as:
A.   golden age
B.   ukiyo
C.   floating world
D.   spring pictures
E.   courtesan
Question #6
Among the Ashanti, a doll was first successfully used in a ritual to conceive a child by a woman named:
A.   Aphrodite
B.   Cicciolina
C.   Venus
D.   Akua
E.   Eve
Question #7
The paintings in the Villa of Mysteries were done by the:
A.   Bamana
B.   Greeks
C.   Nigerians
D.   Dogon
E.   Romans
Question #8
Figure of a Deity: A’a Rurutu from the Austral Islands in central Polynesia was an ancestor deity and represented a:
A.   creator in the act of creating human beings
B.   marriage ceremony
C.   religious prophet
D.   shape-shifting shaman
E.   image of first man and first woman
Question #9
The Idol from Amorgos is a statue of:
A.   a female figure from Mali, Africa
B.   a Polynesian god
C.   none of these options
D.   a fertile young woman from the Cycladic islands
E.   an Egyptian fertility figure
Question #10
Polynesian fertility figures were used by everyone in the culture, regardless of rank or power:
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #11
Georgia O'Keeffe's work are often extreme close ups of:
A.   faces
B.   fruits
C.   flowers
D.   trees
E.   none of these options
Question #12
The Mississippians built large truncated pyramid mounds topped with temples:
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE

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