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

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