Chapter One-the Birth Of Art
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A quiz on Chapter One from Gardner's Art through the Ages about the birth of art. Topics cover Africa, Europe, and the Near East in the Stone Age.
- 1.A waterworn stone that bears an uncanny resemblance to a human face was found in:
- A.
Spain
- B.
South America
- C.
South Africa
- D.
Willendorf
- 2.Paleolithic means
- A.
Old Stone Age
- B.
New Stone Age
- C.
Middle Stone Age
- D.
Big Stone Age
- 3.The fragments of stone plaques found in the Apollo 11 Cave in Namibia had recognizable images of
- A.
Humans.
- B.
Animals.
- C.
Internal organs.
- D.
Plants.
- 4.Animal paintings during the Paleolithic period were presented in ________ views.
- A.
Frontal
- B.
Aerial
- C.
Composite
- D.
Profile
- 5.Which of the following is not a type of stone?
- A.
Sandstone
- B.
Lintel
- C.
Sarsen
- D.
Bluestone
- 6.Stonehenge is located in
- A.
France
- B.
England
- C.
Ireland
- D.
Scotland
- E.
Iceland
- 7.A stone beam used to span an opening is a
- A.
Trilithons
- B.
Spandrel
- C.
Heel-stone
- D.
Lintel
- E.
Cromlech
- 8.The Venus of Willendorf was discovered in present day
- A.
Ethiopia
- B.
Austria
- C.
Portugal
- D.
Germany
- E.
Spain
- 9.Because precision in dating is impossible for the Paleolithic era, art historians usually can be no more specific than assigning an artifact a range of:
- A.
Dozens of years.
- B.
A few hundred years.
- C.
Several thousand years.
- D.
Three to five years.
- 10.Relief sculpture can be created by:
- A.
Building up forms out of clay.
- B.
Cutting into stone blocks or walls.
- C.
Neither building up forms out of clay nor cutting into stone blocks or walls.
- D.
Building up forms out of clay and cutting into stone blocks or walls.
- 11.The paintings in the cave at Altamira were originally discovered by:
- A.
The estate owner.
- B.
The estate owner's son.
- C.
The estate owner's daughter.
- D.
The estate owner's servant.
- E.
The estate owner's wife.
- 12.The bison at Altamira are:
- A.
300 to 400 years old.
- B.
5,000 to 6,000 years old.
- C.
50,000 to 75,000 years old.
- D.
13,000 to 14,000 years old.
- E.
20,000 to 25,000 years old.
- 13.The bison at Altamira are unique because:
- A.
They are dead.
- B.
They are portrayed in a herd.
- C.
They do not stand on a common ground line.
- D.
They are separate images, and some are portrayed in an aerial view.
- E.
Both C and D.
- 14.A ground line is:
- A.
A line on the wall.
- B.
A line on the ground.
- C.
A painted or carved baseline on which figures rest.
- D.
Something else.
- 15.Paleolithic painters did not use brushes made from:
- A.
Bristles.
- B.
Twigs.
- C.
Bone.
- D.
Reeds.
- 16.In Paleolithic paintings, representations of human hands are:
- A.
Never seen.
- B.
Unusual.
- C.
Common.
- D.
In every painting.
- 17.The bulls at Lascaux display a twisted perspective because:
- A.
The horns are in profile but the bodies are frontal.
- B.
The bodies are in profile but the horns are frontal.
- C.
The body and horns are shown in profile.
- D.
The bodies are shown from aerial view but the horns are in profile.
- 18.The remains of the oldest known settled communities have been found in:
- A.
Syria.
- B.
Egypt.
- C.
Mesopotamia.
- D.
Anatolia.
- 19.Innovations of the Neolithic age include:
- A.
Metalwork.
- B.
Painting.
- C.
Metalwork and painting.
- D.
Weaving.
- E.
Weaving and metalwork.
- 20.The great circular stone tower at Jericho was:
- A.
5 feet high.
- B.
13 feet high.
- C.
18 feet high.
- D.
28 feet high.
- E.
50 feet high.
- 21.Çatal Höyük was one of the first experiments in:
- A.
Suburban living.
- B.
Communal living.
- C.
Urban living.
- D.
Rural living.
- 22.A burin is
- A.
A wall painting.
- B.
A material, image, or object found in the everyday environment and incorporated into a work of art.
- C.
A pointed tool used for engraving or incising.
- D.
A bas relief.
- E.
A terracotta tablet.
- 23.The Makapansgat pebble found in South Africa in 1925 is considered art
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.The earliest known paintings were portable.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Male humans were the most common subjects in Paleolithic art.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 26.Most animals painted during the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic eras are presented in profile.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 27.The Venus of Willendorf is naturalistic in its shape and proportion.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 28.
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Identify:- A.
Spotted horses and negative hand imprints, wall painting in the cave at Pech-Merle, Lot, France, ca. 22,000 BCE. Paleolithic.
- B.
Rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison, painting in the well, Lascaux, Dordogne, France, ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE. Paleolithic.
- C.
Aurochs, horses, and rhinoceroses, wall painting in Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, Ardèche, France, ca. 30,000–28,000 or ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE. Paleolithic.
- D.
Hall of the Bulls (left wall), Lascaux, Dordogne, France, ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE. Paleolithic.
- 29.
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Identify:- A.
Human figure, from Çatal Höyük, Turkey. Neolithic.
- B.
Human figure, from Ain Ghazal, Jordan. Neolithic.
- C.
Human figure, from Jericho, Jordan River valley. Neolithic.
- D.
Human figure, from La Madeleine, Dordogne, France. Paleolithic.
- E.
Human figure, from La Magdelaine, Tarn, France. Paleolithic.
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