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Chapter 1 : Living with Art
1) What role best describes the artist's intention when creating the Shiva Nataraja
sculpture?
A) to create a place for some human purpose
B) to create an extraordinary version of an ordinary object
C) to give visual form to the unknown
D) to celebrate the familiar
E) to record and commemorate
2) What artwork from your textbook is an example of an artist creating an extraordinary
version of an ordinary object?
A) the Balinese necklace
B) the Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora
C) Shibboleth
D) Shiva Nataraja
E) Vanitas
3) In an effort to give visual form to the unknown, the 10th-century sculpture Shiva
Nataraja represents what mystery?
A) the linearity of time
B) the destruction and rebirth of the universe
C) the importance of worldly virtue
D) the story of Adam and Eve
E) the afterlife
4) List and explain the six typical roles that art plays, or tasks for art, to distinguish it
from other objects. Give an example of an artwork that illustrates each of the roles and
explain why you selected this artwork to exemplify the role.
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,10) Which statements apply to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC?
A) It initially gained wide approval but soon met with some strong opposition.
B) It consists of a long V-shaped wall that is sliced into the ground.
C) It contains the names of about 58,000 Americans who were captured, missing, or
killed.
D) It is made of glossy white marble.
E) It contains sculptural figures of heroic soldiers who sacrificed their lives.
11) Which of the following did architect-sculptor Maya Lin NOT design?
A) The Civil Rights Memorial in Alabama
B) The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC
C) The Langston Hughes Library in Tennessee
D) The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain
E) The Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, Ohio
12) In 1939, English archeologist Basil Brown located a wood ship from the early 7th
century constructed by Anglo-Saxon craftsmen. A Sutton Hoo helmet was uncovered.
Which of the following accurately describe this helmet?
A) It has evidence of decayed iron.
B) Beasts, warriors, and geometric patterns adorn part of the helmet.
C) There is a dragon figure that meets a three-headed sea serpent.
D) Sri Lankan garnets are embedded in its forehead.
E) It has a shield to cover the face with eye openings.
13) The Kingdom of Benin, which is now part of current-day Nigeria, wants what from
the art world returned?
A) Burial chambers with treasures such as silverware that were taken by unethical
archeologists
B) Gold coins and locally-made jewelry that were looted by British colonizers
C) A group of bronze plaque sculptures looted by British soldiers
D) Bronze plaques studded with coral and jeweled necklaces pillaged by the French
and Germans
E) All of the choices are correct.
14) Early in World War II, these people were or this group was tasked with protecting
Europe’s cultural treasures and art. After the war, they were tasked with locating, taking
inventory of, and returning looted art to rightful owners. Who were they?
A) the Louvre Museum European Collections Unit
B) the Fine Arts and Archives Section
C) American and French art historians
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,5) Consider the 10th-century bronze sculpture Shiva Nataraja. Discuss the importance
of understanding the beliefs of the culture in which this work was created in order to
develop an understanding of the meaning or message of the work. What cultural or
religious role was the artist performing in creating this work?
6) Analyze the painting Vanitas by Maria van Oosterwijck, discussing the context of
vanitas paintings and how the painting reflects the society and culture of the time
period, the 17th century, through symbolic messages.
7) In 2020 after the death of George Floyd, sculpted images such as a Robert E. Lee
monument from 1890 in__________ were vandalized and knocked off their pedestals.
A) Charleston, SC
B) Minneapolis, MN
C) Lexington, VA
D) Richmond, VA
E) Washington, DC
8) Who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC?
A) Maya Lin
B) Paul Pujol
C) Frank Gehry
D) Zaha Hadid
E) Gillian Wearing
9) In what year was the Vietnam Veterans Memorial unveiled in Washington, DC?
A) 1959
B) 1981
C) 1982
D) 1987
E) 1989
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, D) European and American art historians
E) the Monuments Men
15) What is represented by the visual titled Stowage of the British Slave Ship Brookes
Under the Regulated Slave Trade Act of 1788?
A) It is an early example of a table used for calculations.
B) It is a photograph showing the extremely crowded living conditions of those enslaved
on British ships.
C) It is a painting that shows the horrifying conditions endured by those packed in an
unventilated ship.
D) It consists of diagrams with small figures showing the little space every enslaved
man, woman, and child has.
E) All of the choices apply
16) As a demonstration of how art affects our lives, a graphic designer in 1994 created
a two color logo for which transportation or shipping company that was so successful it
has endured decades later? The logo is seen on packaging, planes, and trucks.
A) United Parcel Service
B) Federal Express
C) United States Postal Service
D) United Van Lines
E) U-Haul
17) Who was the architect of the transformative Guggenheim Museum Bilbao?
A) Frank Lloyd Wright
B) Maya Lin
C) Frank Gehry
D) Zaha Hadid
E) It is kept a secret.
18) Where is the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao located?
A) Spain
B) Italy
C) New York City
D) Miami, Florida
E) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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