Art History 25 - Survey of Art History: Ancient Worlds to Gothic » Summer 2020 » Unit 1 Quz Art Before Time

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Question #1
____ was used almost exclusively for the representation of animals in Paleolithic art.
A.   The profile view
B.   Linear perspective
C.   Composite creature
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.   mammoth ivory
B.   stone
C.   pebbles
D.   wood
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.   the domestication of animals
C.   athletic competitions
D.   health and fertility
Question #4
Figures sculpted in the round can be defined as ____.
A.   engraved
B.   bas relief
C.   high 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 the baseline in which figures appear to stand.
C.   It is an engraved line on the wall surface.
D.   It is a measured line on the wall surface.
Question #6
____ is one of the primary characteristics of Neolithic society.
A.   Domestication of animals and plants
B.   Cave dwelling
C.   Using bronze tools
D.   Building houses from megaliths
Question #7
What is bitumen?
A.   A tarlike substance
B.   A handle for a knife
C.   An engraved plaque
D.   A type of clay
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.   Corbel vaulting
B.   Wattle and daub
C.   Post and lintel
D.   Mortise and tenon

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