Deck 12: Expressions: Is This Art

Question 1

Upper Paleolithic cave art dates to

A) 200,000 to 100,000 B.P.
B) 100,000 to 50,000 B.P.
C) 40,000 to 12,000 B.P.
D) 10,000 to 8,000 B.P.

Answer 1

40,000 to 12,000 B.P.

Question 2

An important Upper Palaeolithic cave in Spain where artists used exaggeration of proportion when painting a deer is:

A) Lascaux.
B) Grotto Chauvet.
C) Altamira.
D) La Marche.

Answer 2

Altamira.

Question 3

Upper Paleolithic artists were masters of the use of tone.Tone includes all of the following EXCEPT

A) color
B) value
C) line
D) intensity

Answer 3

line

Question 4

The imitative magic hypothesis to explain Upper Paleolithic cave art states that magic that is performed on

A) a picture of an animal can influence the living animal.
B) a hoof print of the animal can influence the living animal.
C) a sample of an animal's hair can influence other similar animals.
D) drawings on the body of an animal can influence its health.

Question 5

Which term best fills in the blanks in the following statement? Roberta Edwards Lenkeit was most excited about the _________ colors and the _________ style of the red deer on the ceilings of Altamira.

A) bright, naturalistic
B) muted, realistic
C) varied, abstract
D) wet, distorted

Question 6

The Venus of Willendorf is an example of

A) parietal art.
B) mobile art
C) a fetish figure.
D) a poltergeist.

Question 7

The bison at Altamira are very natural in appearance and attest to the competence of the artists in the use of what is labeled

A) expressionism.
B) paint.
C) tone.
D) abstraction.

Question 8

According to the author, all of the following are valid hypotheses used to explain the purposes for cave art EXCEPT

A) contagious magic.
B) art for symbolic use.
C) imitative magic.
D) backdrop for ceremonies.

Question 9

At Niaux cave between one-third and one-half of the more than five hundred foot prints are considered to be children.This suggests that

A) children were members of a religious cult.
B) the Niaux society was comprised mainly of children.
C) the cave served as a place for initiating children.
D) the Niaux cave was a place for children's games.

Question 10

Members of the Yurok, Karuk, Hupa, and Tolowa used valued items such as obsidian blades, white deer skins, and elaborately carved paddles and spoons to

A) give away as gifts.
B) reinforce social position.
C) trade with other Native American groups.
D) appease their spirits.

Question 11

The Cuna (Kuna) of San Blas have a rich and varied expressive art in the form of

A) marine animal serving spoons.
B) elaborate wooden bowls.
C) carved shell beads.
D) appliquéd blouses called molas.

Question 12

The oldest musical instruments found in the archaeological record are

A) flutes.
B) drums.
C) cymbals.
D) maracas.

Question 13

Ethnomusicologist study all of the following EXCEPT

A) music of contemporary societies.
B) cultural context in which music is played.
C) world music tonal systems.
D) natural musical sounds like bird songs.

Question 14

Valued items among the Yurok, Karuk, Hupa, and Tolowa include all of the following EXCEPT

A) large obsidian blades.
B) acorn woodpecker scalps.
C) white fox hides.
D) carved acorn cooking paddles.

Question 15

Novelist James Michener was most impressed with which aspect of the art at Altamira?

A) The vibrant, wet looking colors of the animals.
B) The diversity of animals portrayed.
C) The creativity of features of bison on ceiling protuberances.
D) The number of human figures depicted on the walls.

Question 16

Recent interest in the functions of Upper Palaeolithic cave art has focused on art

A) for education.
B) for use in ceremonies.
C) for imitative magic.
D) as symbols.

Question 17

Which Upper Palaeolithic cave was most recently discovered and has many paintings of bears and rhinoceroses?

A) Grotto Chauvet
B) Lascaux
C) La Marche
D) Altamira

Question 18

The red deer that is on the ceiling at Altamira is significant because this painting shows

A) naturalism.
B) realism.
C) abstraction.
D) distortion.

Question 19

Which Upper Paleolithic cave has been called the Sistine Chapel of prehistory art?

A) Grotto Chauvet
B) Altamira
C) Lascaux
D) La Marche

Question 20

The Cuna (Kuna) of San Blas, Panama, express themselves through the art of the mola.Molas are

A) colorful woven textiles made from alpaca wool.
B) colorful multi-layered appliqués on blouses.
C) carved wooden panels depicting tribal history.
D) carved mush paddles with geometric designs.

Question 21

The subject matter of molas includes

A) animals, plants, puberty rites, and political themes.
B) geometric designs.
C) historic battles
D) curvilinear designs.

Question 22

A popular motif of mola art is shown in the samples of molas in the text photograph.These motifs are

A) flowers.
B) insects.
C) small mammals.
D) birds.

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT studied by ethnomusicologists?

A) tonality in scale systems
B) rhythm and harmony
C) mass and phonemes
D) musicians and cultural context

Question 24

The Tulalip story presented by Johnny Moses is about how the

A) sun brought plants to man.
B) moon cycles.
C) turtle carried mud that became land.
D) cycle of night and day came to be.

Question 25

Colin Turnbull came to fully understand the importance singing played in the Mbuti culture when he heard the

A) honey harvest song.
B) songs celebrating a successful elephant hunt.
C) elima puberty songs for women.
D) molimo songs to the forest.

Question 26

Permanent forms of body art across cultures includes all of the following EXCEPT

A) branding.
B) mehndi.
C) moko.
D) piercing.

Question 27

Maori facial tattooing is known as

A) mehindi.
B) yakuza.
C) moko.
D) cara.

Question 28

Among the New Zealand Maori, facial tattoos communicated all of the following EXCEPT

A) personal name.
B) personal history.
C) clan membership.
D) social rank.

Question 29

The facial tattoos of the New Zealand Maori may have originated with elaborate

A) initiation ceremonies.
B) clan rituals.
C) rock painting traditions.
D) wood carving traditions.

Question 30

The 5300 year old man found frozen in a glacier had the following body art:

A) scarification on his back.
B) tattoos on back, wrist and ankle.
C) pierced ear with a bone plug.
D) tattoos on his face and a flattened head.

Question 31

List and briefly describe two features of Upper Paleolithic cave paintings that are also found in contemporary paintings.

Question 32

Explain and evaluate one hypothesis to explain the purpose of prehistoric cave art.

Question 33

Name three Upper Paleolithic caves that contain paintings on walls or ceilings.

Question 34

How are cave paintings dated?

Question 35

Describe two ways that Upper Paleolithic artists defined the shape of the animals that they painted.

Question 36

What are the distinguishing characteristics of Cuna (Kuna) molas?

Question 37

Offer one critique of the imitative magic hypothesis that has been offered to explain cave art.

Question 38

Cite one criticism of the hypothesis that cave art was a backdrop for ceremonies.

Question 39

What values were taught by the story of "Ant Lady and Bear Man"?

Question 40

List and describe three cross-cultural functions of body art.

Question 41

Describe moko tattooing and its functions.

Question 42

Describe the cave art of the Upper Paleolithic, including the technology used to create the paintings and the style of the art.

Question 43

Discuss and evaluate three hypotheses to explain the purpose of prehistoric art.

Question 44

Using either the example of wood carvings of northern California native peoples or the molas of the Cuna (Kuna) Indians of Panama, describe how expressive art is integrated into the everyday lives of a society.

Question 45

Discuss the functions of woodcarvings for the cultures of California's Klamath River drainage.

Question 46

How can the examples of expressive arts be used to illustrate the concept of culture?

Question 47

Describe a children's story that you recall.What cultural values did this story teach?

Question 48

Describe two forms of body art and their functions across world cultures.