Deck 32: Art and the Cycle of Life

Question 1

How is it clear that the Yombe sculpture of a kneeling female figure with bowl and child (4.3.6)represents a nature spirit associated with ancestors?

A) she has saplings growing from her head
B) she is invisible but has a strong scent
C) she is painted white and has shiny eyes
D) she is hanging upside-down
E) she is probably not representing an ancestor at all

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The term "vanitas" in art includes references to ________.

A) the fleeting nature of life
B) the passing of time
C) memento mori
D) transient sights, smells, and sounds
E) all of the other answers

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Pieter Claesz made which of the following types of artworks?

A) realistic still life paintings
B) colorful sculptural landscapes
C) functional pottery
D) abstract portraits
E) video art

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Who is the artist of Dead Christ?

A) Andrea del Sarto
B) Andres Serrano
C) Andrea Mantegna
D) Carl Andre
E) Andrea Frasier

Question 5

Photographs,such as Andres Serrano's The Morgue (Gun Murder),cannot display the perspective technique of foreshortening.

Question 6

Rituals that connect with ancestors and nature spirits are as important as the tasks of daily life for African peoples like the Yombe.

Question 7

Bis poles were made for what purpose?

A) to honor someone who had just died
B) to depict the ancestors and acknowledge their role in daily life
C) to carry the deceased into the afterlife
D) they serve a ritual function in male initiation and memorial feasts
E) all of the other answers

Question 8

The sculpture of the goddess Tlazolteotl giving birth to the maize god (4.3.1)was made by which culture?

A) Yoruba
B) Asmat
C) Aztec
D) Olmec
E) none of the other answers

Question 9

Rineke Dijkstra's series Mothers focuses on ________.

A) depicting mothers with their newborn children
B) presenting children's views of their mothers as seen in their personal drawings
C) side-by-side comparisons of mothers from different socio-economic classes
D) the ideal of motherhood as depicted in literature throughout time
E) mothers who have promoted their children in their art careers

Question 10

Bis pole sculptures were made by which culture?

A) Yoruba
B) Asmat
C) Aztec
D) Olmec
E) none of the other answers

Question 11

For whom is the message contained in I Am Your Grandma intended?

A) someone in the viewer's past
B) the artist
C) a boy in a grocery store
D) the artist's future unborn grandchild
E) none of the other answers

Question 12

The painting called Dead Christ focuses the viewer's attention on ________.

A) the immediacy of Christ's body and the fact that he is no longer alive
B) the grief of the women who are prominently placed in the center of the picture
C) the agony that Christ endured while he was being crucified
D) the injustice of the treatment Christ received prior to the crucifixion
E) none of the other answers

Question 13

Who is the artist of The Morgue (Gun Murder)?

A) Andrea del Sarto
B) Andres Serrano
C) Andrea Mantegna
D) Carl Andre
E) Andrea Frasier

Question 14

The Morgue (Gun Murder)is shocking because:

A) we know exactly who this person is
B) the crime scene is especially gory
C) as a society we no longer have a direct relationship with the dead
D) the deceased is wearing such elaborate clothing
E) we see dead bodies all the time in present-day life, so it is not shocking

Question 15

What is the medium of "Julie,Den Haag,The Netherlands,February 29,1994"?

A) charcoal on paper
B) oil on canvas
C) color photograph
D) gelatin silver print
E) film

Question 16

The goddess Tlazolteotl was responsible for ________.

A) war and rain
B) life and death
C) warriors and architecture
D) childbirth and marshmallow treats
E) light and dark

Question 17

Compare Andrea Mantegna's Dead Christ (4.3.3)with Andres Serrano's The Morgue (Gun Murder)(4.3.4).What medium was used to make each of them? Does the medium used affect the way you view each artwork? Give your reasons why,or why not.

Question 18

Who is the artist of I Am Your Grandma?

A) Rineke Dijkstra
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Jillian Mayer
D) Shiva Nataraja
E) Pieter Claesz

Question 19

How do the bis poles made in New Guinea depict,reference,and honor ancestors? Can you think of any other artworks (either in this textbook or elsewhere)that pay tribute to ancestors? How is your chosen artwork similar to and/or different from the bis poles? What do these artworks tell you about the cycle of life that you had not thought of before learning about them?

Question 20

In a video called I Am Your Grandma the artist uses technology,references to existing artworks,and popular culture to explore identity.

Question 21

Lord Pacal was the ruler of which place?

A) the Egyptian city of Giza
B) the Italian city of Rome
C) the French city of Paris
D) the Maya city-state of Palenque
E) the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan

Question 22

What is Shiva Nataraja responsible for doing?

A) dancing the world into existence
B) balancing contradictory qualities, for example creation and destruction
C) bringing to life the endless of cycle of birth and rebirth
D) stamping out evil and ignorance
E) all of the other answers

Question 23

Who is the artist of Fox in the Snow?

A) Gustave Courbet
B) Thomas Eakins
C) Caspar David Friedrich
D) Andrea Mantegna
E) Johannes Vermeer

Question 24

Pablo Picasso's Girl before a Mirror can best be described as ________.

A) a realistic still life painting
B) a colorful sculptural landscape
C) a piece of functional pottery
D) an abstract portrait
E) video art

Question 25

How do practitioners cultivate mental calm in the Japanese zen garden?

A) by raking the gravel regularly
B) by counting the stones
C) by planting as many flowers as possible
D) by fixing the leaks in the roof
E) by playing calming music through hidden speakers

Question 26

The eleventh-century bronze sculpture of Shiva Nataraja (4.3.11)was made in ________.

A) Africa
B) Japan
C) Italy
D) Mexico
E) India

Question 27

Pablo Picasso's Girl before a Mirror relates to the theme of vanitas through which of the following elements?

A) the rotten food in the corner reflects the fact that all living things decay
B) the woman looks in a mirror to contemplate her beauty, which will fade over time
C) the realistic depiction of a cemetery reminds us that death is inevitable
D) the instruments remind us that life, like music, is transient
E) the skull on the table represents death

Question 28

Who is the artist of Abbey Among Oak Trees?

A) Gustave Courbet
B) Thomas Eakins
C) Caspar David Friedrich
D) Andrea Mantegna
E) Johannes Vermeer

Question 29

The sarcophagus lid from the tomb of Lord Pacal shows him ________.

A) marking the intersection of the earthly realm and the underworld
B) being overtaken by the world tree
C) ignoring the lineage of his ancestors
D) trying to trick the gods while playing a mythical ballgame
E) Lord Pacal was only depicted on the inside of the sarcophagus, not the outside

Question 30

Tlaloc,the Aztec rain god,is identifiable in the clay vessel (4.3.14)because of the ________ used.

A) color and symbols
B) texture
C) mass and perspective
D) scale and pattern
E) none of the other answers

Question 31

Draw a diagram of the sarcophagus lid from the tomb of Lord Pacal with the following elements identified: the area understood to be the underworld; the slab on which Pacal sits; Pacal himself; the jaws of the underworld monster; the world tree springing from Pacal's abdomen; the birds in the celestial realm.What important attributes of Maya rulers are illustrated by the imagery on this relief sculpture? How do this image and the role of Maya rulers relate to the cycle of life?

Question 32

The Hopi of the southwestern United States are responsible for making which of the following sculptures?

A) the sarcophagus lid from the tomb of Lord Pacal
B) the kachina doll
C) the silver llama figurine
D) the vessel with a mask of Tlaloc
E) the book of the dead

Question 33

How does Fox in the Snow relate to the cycle of life?

A) the dead fox lies next to flower shoots that are growing through the snow
B) the fox has just had babies, continuing the next generation of her species
C) the fox is caught in a trap, signifying the trials and tribulations of life
D) the fox is eating a rat, a reminder that one life sacrificed allows another to continue
E) none of the other answers

Question 34

Trompe l'oeil techniques are used to make artworks look extremely realistic.

Question 35

Where is the Japanese zen garden (4.3.12)located?

A) Hilton Hotel, Tokyo
B) off the coast of Kanagawa
C) Ryoan-ji, Kyoto
D) Osaka Castle
E) It is a replica located inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Question 36

The Aztec of central Mexico are responsible for making which of the following sculptures?

A) the sarcophagus lid from the tomb of Lord Pacal
B) the kachina doll
C) the silver llama figurine
D) the vessel with a mask of Tlaloc
E) the book of the dead

Question 37

Compare Pieter Claesz's painting Vanitas (Still Life with Glass Globe)with Pablo Picasso's Girl before a Mirror.Begin by describing each artwork,both in terms of what it looks like stylistically and its subject matter.Next,consider the underlying meaning of each artwork.Name several similarities and differences in both form and content.Finally,consider how the appearance of each artwork contributes to our understanding of its message.

Question 38

Zen dry gardens are designed to be a microcosm of the larger earthly landscape.

Question 39

Pablo Picasso's painting Girl before a Mirror reflects his knowledge of ________.

A) the history of art
B) Dutch still life painting
C) Renaissance and Baroque figure studies
D) images of the goddess Venus
E) all of the other answers

Question 40

The dolls associated with the nature spirits called kachinas have been used to ________.

A) teach the Hopi about nature deities
B) sell to tourists
C) represent specific kachinas and illustrate their attributes
D) help ensure prosperity and fertility for the community
E) all of the other answers

Question 41

What is the medium and form of Patrick Dougherty's Na Hale 'Eo Waiawi?

A) saplings woven into various shapes
B) paintings of extraordinary trees
C) illustrations from Dr. Seuss books
D) videos of strawberry guava groves
E) man-made fibers woven into tree shapes

Question 42

Abbey Among Oak Trees emphasizes realism and reason over emotion and imagination.

Question 43

In his work,artist Patrick Dougherty intentionally references ideas of home,architecture,and dwellings.

Question 44

What message comes across in Abbey Among Oak Trees?

A) that nature reflects the presence of God in man's world
B) that nature will outlast human constructions
C) that even religion can be corrupted
D) that a wintery landscape can convey a mood of death
E) all of the other answers

Question 45

How do Patrick Dougherty's sculptures relate to the cycle of life?

A) he uses dead materials as memento mori
B) he transforms branches and twigs into artworks that extend the lifespan of a once-living material into the realm of art
C) he uses man-made materials that look like they were made in nature
D) people buy his artworks when a child is born and the person carries it with him or her until death
E) he records the life cycle of a tree and plays the video in art galleries