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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

F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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

A) True
B) False

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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

F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

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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?

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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.

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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

F) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

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Who is the artist of Dead Christ?


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

F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

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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

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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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?

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

A) True
B) False

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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

F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

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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

F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

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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

F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

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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

F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

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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

F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

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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

F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

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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

F) C) and E)
G) A) and C)

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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

F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

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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

F) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

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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

F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

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