Chapter 17: Art Beyond the West
Test Bank
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Mosque
A. African B. Oceanic C. Native Americas D. Islamic* E. Indian
F. Chinese G. Japanese
2.
Shiva as Lord of the Dance
A. African B. Oceanic C. Native Americas D. Islamic E. Indian*
F. Chinese G. Japanese
3.
Haniwa
A. African B. Oceanic C. Native Americas D. Islamic E. Indian
F. Chinese G. Japanese*
4.
Benin bronzes
A. African* B. Oceanic C. Native Americas D. Islamic E. Indian
F. Chinese G. Japanese
5.
Giant Stone Figures on Easter Island
A. African B. Oceanic* C. Native Americas D. Islamic E. Indian
F. Chinese G. Japanese
6.
Melanesia
A. African B. Oceanic* C. Native Americas D. Islamic E. Indian
F. Chinese G. Japanese
7.
The Great Stupa at Sanchi
A. African B. Oceanic C. Native Americas D. Islamic E. Indian*
F. Chinese G. Japanese
8.
Quetzalcóatl
A. African B. Oceanic C. Native Americas* D. Islamic E. Indian
F. Chinese G. Japanese
9.
Mochica culture
A. African B. Oceanic C. Native Americas* D. Islamic E. Indian
F. Chinese G. Japanese
10.
Nkisi nkondi
A. African* B. Oceanic C. Native Americas D. Islamic E. Indian
F. Chinese G. Japanese
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11.
Muezzin
A. African B. Oceanic C. Native Americas D. Islamic* E. Indian
F. Chinese G. Japanese
12.
The Sage Kuya Invoking the Amida Buddha
A. African B. Oceanic C. Native Americas D. Islamic E. Indian
F. Chinese G. Japanese*
13.
The ruler of Orangun-Ila with a beaded scepter, crown, veil, and footstool.
A. African* B. Oceanic C. Native Americas D. Islamic E. Indian
F. Chinese G. Japanese
14.
Matsuo Bashó
A. African B. Oceanic C. Native Americas D. Islamic E. Indian
F. Chinese G. Japanese*
15.
Some of the earliest, and certainly the most massive, art of the Americas was
produced by the ____________.
A. Olmecs* B. Mayans C. Aztecs D. Dogons
A Yakshi figure
A. African B. Oceanic C. Native Americas D. Islamic E. Indian*
F. Chinese G. Japanese
16.
17.
In tropical Africa, the lost-wax technique was developed to cast small bronze
sculptures as early as the ____________ century.
A. fifth B. ninth* C. fifteenth D. seventeenth
18.
Oceanic art is divided into three main cultures, Polynesia, Micronesia, and
____________.
A. Easter Island B. The Gilberts C. Melanesia* D. Tahiti
19.
Cambios art flourished in ____________.
A. Japan B. Spain C. Mali D. Mexico*
20.
Machu Picchu is located in modern-day ____________.
A. Peru* B. Chile C. Mexico D. United States
Completion/Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
21. The earliest African art consists of rock ____________ and engravings that date
to the Neolithic period.
{{paintings}}
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22.
____________ in African societies are usually statues that can be "acted on" to
ask for help from the gods.
{{Fetish figures}}
23.
The area of Oceania spans ____________ of square miles.
{{millions}}
24.
Archaeologists have determined that the giant stone figures on Easter Island
symbolize the ____________ that chieftains were thought to derive from the
gods.
{{power}}
25.
One of the most impressive prehistoric sites in what is now the United States is an
earthwork called the Serpent Mound, located in ____________.
{{Ohio}}
26.
Some of the earliest and most massive art of the Americas was produced by the
____________ in southern Mexico.
{{Olmecs}}
27.
The Mayans built many huge limestone structures with ____________ vaults.
{{corbelled}}
28.
The Aztecs were a small group of poor nomads until they established their capital
in about 1325 CE on the site of modern ____________.
{{Mexico City}}
29.
The engineering achievements of ____________ have been compared favorably
to the feats of the Romans.
{{Machu Picchu}}
30.
Among Native Americans, the Navajos of the Southwest are particularly noted for
their fiber artistry and ____________ paintings.
{{sand}}
31.
The era of Islam was founded in Arabia by ____________ in 622 CE.
{{Mohammed}}
32.
The most striking remain of the Great Mosque at Samara is its spiral
____________.
{{minaret}}
33.
The Taj Mahal was built as a ____________.
{{mausoleum}}
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34.
Hinduism considers sexual expression one legitimate path to ____________.
{{virtue}}
35.
Hindu temples are considered to be the ____________, not houses of worship.
{{dwelling places of the gods}}
36.
Missionaries from ____________ successfully introduced Buddhism to China
during the second century CE.
{{India}}
37.
By the sixth century CE Chinese landscape painting transported viewers to
unfamiliar, ____________ realms.
{{magical}}
38.
Li K'an's Bamboo consists of minor variations in line and ____________.
{{tone}}
39.
Over the centuries, Japanese art was influenced by the art of China and
____________.
{{Korea}}
40.
In Japanese art, a ____________ is a religious symbol of the design of the
universe.
{{mandala}}
Discussion Questions
41. Name one nineteenth- and one twentieth-century European or American artist
who was influenced by Non-Western art. Describe the influence.
42.
Why has the word ethnographic replaced such terms as primitive and barbarian
among scholars dealing with art in Africa, the South Pacific, and the Americas?
43.
Explain what the typical Western viewer's reaction to Hindu "erotic" art tells us
about both Hindu culture and Western culture.
44.
How does the intention of Chinese landscape painting differ from that of the
West?
45.
Henry Moore was attracted to ancient Mexican sculpture. Look through the
illustrations in Understanding Art and find a work by Moore that illustrates a
visual or tactile kinship with ancient sculpture from Mexico. Describe the
similarities that you see.
Explain how Picasso's work would not be the work that it is without Picasso's
exposure to non-Western art. Point to specific works of art.
46.
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47.
Describe one characteristic or use of art that you noticed in "Art Beyond the
West" that you had not noticed in our look at art of the west.
48.
Describe one characteristic or purpose of art that you have found in all the works
of art that we have examined thus far.
49.
Compare and contrast Hiroshige's Rain Shower on Ohashi Bridge and van Gogh's
Bridge in the Rain.
50.
Compare and contrast Picasso's Nude with Drapery and the Etoumba region wood
mask.
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