Gardner's Art through the Ages A Global History, Kleiner - Complete test bank - exam questions - quizzes (updated 2022)

CHAPTER 1—ART IN THE STONE AGE

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ____ was used almost exclusively for the representation of animals in Paleolithic art.
a Composite creature
.
b Foreshortening
.
c The profile view
.
d Linear perspective
.
ANS: C PTS: 1

2. The human with feline (lion?) head sculpture was found in ____.
a France
.
b Belgium
.
c Germany
.
d Spain
.
ANS: C PTS: 1

3. The use of ____ along with its large scale suggests the sculpture human with feline (lion?) head
was important to its creator.
a wood
.
b mammoth ivory
.
c stone
.
d pebbles
.
ANS: B PTS: 1

4. The emphasis on the anatomy of the nude woman figurine (Venus of Willendorf) suggests early
man’s interest in ____.
a gold and jewels
.
b health and fertility
.
c athletic competitions
.

, d the domestication of animals
.
ANS: B PTS: 1

5. Figures sculpted in the round can be defined as ____.
a freestanding
.
b engraved
.
c high relief
.
d bas relief
.
ANS: A PTS: 1

6. ____ is the location of the most spectacular cave paintings that have been discovered.
a Italy
.
b England
.
c Germany
.
d France
.
ANS: D PTS: 1

7. One of the most famous Paleolithic cave paintings, the Hall of the Bulls, was discovered in ____.
a the Lascaux caves
.
b Altamira
.
c England
.
d Jericho
.
ANS: A PTS: 1

8. What is a ground line?
a It is the baseline in which figures appear to stand.
.
b It is a measured line on the wall surface.
.
c It is an engraved line on the wall surface.
.
d It is a baseline in which figures appear to move around.
.

, ANS: A PTS: 1

9. The convention of representing animals’ horns in twisted perspective in cave paintings or
allowing the viewer to see the head in profile and the horns from the front is termed ____.
a optical
.
b fanciful
.
c descriptive
.
d true
.
ANS: C PTS: 1

10. One of the suggested purposes for Paleolithic cave paintings is thought to have been ____.
a decoration for the cave
.
b insurance for the survival of the herd
.
c the creation myth of the tribal chief
.
d a record of the previous season’s kills
.
ANS: B PTS: 1

11. The painting rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison is unique in Paleolithic art
regarding the presence of ____.
a a bison
.
b a male figure
.
c a bucrania
.
d an altar with bear skulls
.
ANS: B PTS: 1

12. ____ is one of the primary characteristics of Neolithic society.
a Using bronze tools
.
b Domestication of animals and plants
.
c Building houses from megaliths
.
d Cave dwelling
.
ANS: B PTS: 1

, 13. What necessitated the inhabitants of Neolithic Jericho to construct fortification walls?
a Use as an offensive base for invasion
.
b Protection from marauding nomads
.
c Protection from natural disasters
.
d Promotion of a powerful merchant class
.
ANS: B PTS: 1

14. The remains of what appear to be the oldest stone temples have been discovered in ____.
a Babylon
.
b Thebes
.
c Sumer
.
d Göbekli Tepe
.
ANS: D PTS: 1

15. Whatever their purpose, one of the most outstanding differences between Neolithic figures, such
as the human figure from Ain Ghazal and Paleolithic statues, is ____.
a its large scale and sophisticated technique
.
b the representation of animals
.
c its placement in fortification walls
.
d its careful differentiation of gender
.
ANS: A PTS: 1

16. What is bitumen?
a An engraved plaque
.
b A tarlike substance
.
c A type of clay
.
d A handle for a knife
.
ANS: B PTS: 1

17. The figures in the deer hunt wail painting from Çatal Höyük are rendered in _____, which