Art Appreciation Test #3

Images of deities:

Can vary from culture to culture, can be male or female, and can not be represented in some cultures

Most early deities represented:

Female Fertility Goddess

The Snake Goddess is from:

Greece

From ancient Egypt came the convention of representing deities as:

Partaking of animal qualities

The Hindu God Brahman can never be:

Known

The Buddhist concept of heaven or paradise is called:

Nirvana

A Buddhist stupa, at first a mound tomb, was transformed into a relic of……?

reincarnation

Later statues of Buddha emphasized what?

Serenity

A mandala is an attempt to show what?

the cosmos

The Ziggurat of Ur is an _________.

artificial mountain (Sumerian)

Many religious structures from Stonehenge to the Pantheon use ____________ to convey their power.

Geometry

A journey to a special shrine is called a:

Pilgrimage

The Hindu God ____ is the unity in which all opposites meet- the source of good and evil, male and female.

Shiva

As see non the columns of the Parthenon, _____ is a slight swelling at the middle of a column to create a feeling of organic flexing.

Entasis

Minarets are associated with which of the following structures:

mosques

Mortality means:

being subject to death

The earliest tombs were:

hill-shaped

One example of a Stone Age tomb is:

Newgrange

The Egyptians used the pyramid form to create the meeting place for:

For the ba and the ka

The Egyptians painted important people with their heads in profile and their eyes:

In frontal positions

The Etruscan tombs were very much like:

Houses

The bronze canopy in St. Peter’s by Bernini is called a:

Baldacchino

Probably the most famous Islamic mausoleum is the:

Taj Mahal

A small shrine which contains the remains of a holy person is called a:

Mausoleum

The AIDS Memorial Quilt is:

is on permanent display in Washington, DC

Tribute in Light was displayed in:

New York

Ancient tombs were often oriented to the movement of:

Celestial bodies

Goddess’s important function was to promote abundant growth of corn crops:

Xilonen

The relief carving of Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc depicts:

A Mayan bloodletting ritual

The placement of nails in a kongo Power Figure represents:

a prayer request

In Mexico, small votive paintings are left in shrines to "give thanks" for an answered prayer. These paintings are referred to as:

Retablos

The Main Shrine at Ise, Japan is rebuilt every 20 years according to the beliefs of:

Shintoism

The pattern of Chartres cathedral’s circular window in the north transept suggests:

A blooming rose as the symbol of Mary

The Pyramid of the sun at Teotihuacán was the central focus of a ceremonial center adopted by the:

Aztecs

The Kandarya Mahadeva Temple was designed as:

an artificial mouton for Hindu worship in India

In the Ark of the Covenant mosaic, the central chest is symmetrically flanked by:

Seven-branched candelabras

What is NOT a feature of the Royal Mosque in Isfahan?

Representational mosaics of Allah

In Hinduism, multiple manifestations of the one supreme being are identified as:

Avatars

A large half-domed mound or_____ was built in Sanchi, India to preserve Buddhist relics for pilgrims.

Stupa

The colossal sculptures of China’s Shrine to Valrocana Buddha in Longmen Caves was intended to be a:

pilgrimage destination- Buddhism

Which structure encompasses the most land?

Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacán, Mexico

What is NOT a component of a mosque?

Mudra

Which structure was designed with reference to the summer solstice?

Stonehenge, England

Ancient Egypt deities were usually depicted as:

animals or composites of human animal forms

T/F: The Navajo believe that Makurna are nature spirits in the forest?

False

Buddhism originated with the life of _____ who was born in _________ during the 6th century BC.

Siddhartha Gautama in Nepal, India

Representational images of Allah are ______ in Islamic art.

Prohibited

T/F: The roof of the Parthenon collapsed during and earthquake in the 17th century?

False

What are the three religions that are considered to be monotheistic faiths?

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

A Circular temple to preserve relics of Nigerian Royalty:

…

The ____ was the basis for the tiered design of the Chinese Temple of Heaven in Beijing

Pagoda

_______ are symbolic hand gestures in Buddhism and Hinduism

Mudras

A term to identify the worship of multiple deities is:

Polytheistic

The theme of________ unites the Parthenon, Pantheon, Temple of Horus, and Chartres Cathedral

Religion

Spirit dolls or _____ are carved from cottonwood root and painted in symbolic colors as an educational resource about religion for Hopi children.

Kachinas

A ______ is the Judaic place of worship, assembly, and study.

Synagogue

A primary purpose of the Gabon Reliquary Guardian Figure is to:

Protect relics from evil

The terracotta figures in the underground pits surrounding Shi Huangdi’s tomb were outfitted with:

Crossbows, swords, bronze spears

The peanut in the Moche civilization is:

Ceremonial food and food of honor

The tall slender towers surrounding the Taj Mahal are:

Minarets

The coiled carvings on each end of the Oseburg burial ship suggest a:

A snake

Which structure is primarily a mausoleum?

Taj Mahal

The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut was plundered and vandalize in the years after Hatshepsut’s death. Her portraits were defaced and records of her rule were obscured.

True

The Taj Mahal is the resting place of who?

Mumtaz Mahal (The wife of a great Shah)

The chapel of Henry VII in London’s Westminster Abbey was designed with a variation of the:

Gothic Style

There is a correlation between_____ and _____.

Religion and Funerary practices

A_________is a special container or shrine to preserve pieces of clothing or body parts of a martyr, saint, or ancestor.

Reliquary

In Rome, early Christians used________as burial centers.

Catacombs

Shi Huangdi was the title for the first emperor of the____________.

Qin

The Aids Memorial Quilt is a commemorative work with a personal and_______impact.

Political

The Tribute in Light projected two powerful beams of light into the night sky to represent where the________stood.

Twin towers of the World Trade Center

What is not true about the Great Pyramids at Gizeh?

They originally had a temple balanced on top.

Rivera’s fresco Day of the Dead is a reminder of:

a popular Mexican celebration

Which site contains the oldest mound tomb?

Newgrange, Ireland

Mound tombs were an innovation of Egyptian civilization.

False

What is not true about the terracotta figures found near the tomb of Shi Huangdi?

Each figure represents an executed enemy.

A replica mannequin’s costume from the Royal Tomb of Sipan suggests:

Moche preference for ceremonial pageantry.

What culture was the snake goddess from?

Minoan

The goddess of Hathor:

Egyptian Deity

Great Stupa:

Sanchi, India: Siddhartha Guatama is represented symbolically here

Madonna of the Meadow, Italy

Raphael

The Isenheim Altarpiece, Germany

Matthias Grünwald: Shows Jesus at death- a monument both of annihilation and of redemption from sin

Sacrifice of Isaac, Florence, Italy

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Ahola Kachina, Hopi, Third Mesa, Oraibi

Jimmie Kewanwytewa

Ceiling of Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo

Notre Dame du Haut

Le Corbusier

Who designed the Parthenon?

Iktinos and Kallikrates (Classical Greek Structure)

Coca Pod Coffin

Kane Kwel

Baldacchino

Gianlorenzo Bernini

Ophelia

John Everett Millais

Dia de Los Muertos, Mexico

Diego Rivera

Rebuilt World Trade Center

Studio Daniel Libeskind

What is symbolic of god in the Islamic religion?

Ornamentation

Animism

All forces of nature are inhabited by spirits- natural elements or animals are seen as dieties

First of Polytheistic gods

The Earth Mother

Greeks believed life began with what?

Gaia (Primordial being of earth)

Pantheism

There is a divine spirit that pervades all things in the universe

Oldest known monotheistic religion

Judaism

Pantheon in Rome

shrine to the chief deities of the Roman Empire

The Dome of the Rock

Jerusalem is a historic and sacred place for Jews, Christians, and Muslims

Donic Style

Plain Columns

Ionic Style

Scroll topped columns

Corinthian Style

Acanthus Leaves at the top of the columns, slimmer, elegant

Ba

Physical part of the soul believed by Egyptians

Ka

Mental part of the soul, like personality- Egyptians

"The Fowling Scene"

Shows an Egyptian noble hunting along the Nile River- Face to the side but eyes facing forwards

Necropolis

city of the dead

Etruscan tomb chambers were carved directly out of soft the bedrock called?

Tufa

Vast underground networks:

Catacombs

Early Christians always did what to their dead?

Buried them instead of cremating them

Taj Mahal

Surrounded by 4 Minarets, symbolizes the throne of Allah, gardens symbolize paradise

Who organized the AIDS memorial quilt?

The Names Project

Synagogue at Dura-Europos

Syria- a place of worship for Jews