Gardner's Art Through The Ages By Helen Gardner! Trivia Quiz
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Have you read Gardner's Art through the Ages by Helen Gardner? This is to go-to a book if you want to expand your knowledge about the journey that art has taken so far. If you have indeed read it, the quiz below shouldn't be too hard for you to tackle, do give it a shot and get to see if you should take another look at the book.
- 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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