APAH Final (Mock Exam) Review

Monet’s The Saint-Lazare Station exemplifies a central interest of Impressionist artists by…

rendering an everyday moment to highlight the effects of light on surfaces

Marie and Julian Martinez developed a black-on-black pottery technique that included the creation of a smooth, high-gloss surface finish which was achieved by…

Firing the pieces in an electric kiln at high temperatures

By recording the location of the sites where Lapita pottery fragments were found, scholars were able to draw conclusions about the…

Spread of the Lapita culture across different regions of Pacific islands

Scholars believes that the design of the Silla gold and jade crown suggests the form of a…

Sacred tree in the royal precinct

In the convent of Santo Domingo in Cusco, the combination of Spanish Baroque architecture with Inka ashlar masonary walls represented…

a transition from worship of the Inka Sun god to worship of the Christian God

Eugene Delacroix took inspiration for his painting Liberty Leading the People from a…

Political uprising against a ruling king

Louis-Jacques-Mande Daquerre’s Still Life in Studio makes use of an arrangement of objects reminiscent of traditional still-life painting in an attempt to…

Elevate the artistic status of a new medium

Nan Madol is believed to have primarily functioned as a…

Ceremonial and administrative center of a royal dynasty

Faith Ringgold references traditional folk art forms in Dancing at the Louvre by incorporating the technique of…

Quilting

Based on the architectural evidence gathered through the excavation of jade congs, many art historians believe that these works served as…

Grave goods that played an important role as part of funerary traditions

While Caravaggio uses light in The Calling of Saint Matthew to suggest a divine presence within a religious narrative, Joseph Wright of Derby uses light in A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery to emphasize…

The act of learning and education

In the way it combines human and animal features, the Buk (mask) from the Torres Strait is the most similar to the…

Transformation mask of the Kwakwaka’wakw

The architects of the Hagia Sophia created an expansive internal space by using…

Pendentives to support the central dome

Giotto di Bondone’s Lamentation demonstrates a shift from Gothic painting traditions in its…

Plastic modeling of form

To give his work, such as Old Man’s Cloth, the appearance of flowing tapestry, El Anatsui uses…

Flattened labels from liquor bottle-caps fastened together with copper wire

in Edouard Manet’s Olympia, the influence of Titian’s Venus of Urbino on the work is most evident in the…

Reclining pose of the nude female figure

Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s sculpture Ectasy of Saint Theresa was designed to be seen by the viewer…

Within a chapel, as though seen on a stage

The Todai-ji temple complex demonstrates continuity with other works of imperial Buddhist architecture from Asia b/c it was….

Constructed on a monumental scale to express royal authority

Like the Fengxian Temple that is the part of the Longman caves, Todai-ji includes…

Fierce guardian figures created to protect the complex’s sacred space

The Great Buddha statue located in the mian hall at Todai-ji was constructed of

Cast Bronze

In order to give the viewers the impression that the spirit of the Buddha inhabited the sculpture in the main hall, a monk performed a ceremony in which he..

painted eyes onto the statue

Scholars believes that the sculpture of Apollo from the Temple of Minerva at Veii serves as a…

Part of group figures depicting a mythological narrative

The sculpture shown can be attributed to the same culture that produced the…

Votive figures from Sumerian Square Temple at Eshunna

In its pilgrimage function and in the way that visitors are intended to interact with the site, the Kaaba in Mecca is most similar to…

The Great Stupa at Sanchi

The work shown was created by which of the following artists?

Vassily Kandinsky

In the work shown, the use of overlapping vertical and diagonal lines suggests…

Movement and rhythmic energy

The artist included abstract references to apocalyptic events so that viewers would reflect on the…

Changes brought on by new developments in the arts

The work departs from earlier Western painting traditions because it was inspired in part by…

Musical composition

The abstracted nature and dynamic qualities of the work shown, as well as other works by the same artist, had a significant impact on the work later artists such as…

Julie Mehretu

In the way it functions to commemorate individuals after their death, the Estrucan Sacrophagus of the Spouses is most similar to which of the following sculptures?

Anavysos Kouros

This work can be attributed to the prehistoric culture that produced the…

Tlatilco female figurine from Central Mexico

The work shown by Henri Matisse demonstrates an interest in the...

Flattening of pictorial space with unblended brushstrokes of vibrant colors

Hokusai's Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura) demonstrates the influence of European art on his work in its use of...

A composition with a low horizon line, which is indicative of Dutch painting

The two images shown are an exterior and interior view of the same building.
The building shown was built in which art historical style?

Early Byzantine

The two images shown are an exterior and interior view of the same building. The architects of the building shown likely intended to elicit a sense of wonder from twelfth-century visitors through which of the following features?

The clarity of the building's design, which avoids any nonfunctional elements

The two images shown are an exterior and interior view of the same building.

Which of the following architectural elements were used by the architects of the building shown to give additional support to the ceiling?

Squinches and pendentives

The two images shown are an exterior and interior view of the same building.

The importance of the Church of Sainte-Foy as a pilgrimage site is reflected in the building's design through inclusion of which of the following features?

An ambulatory and radiating chapels

The two images shown are an exterior and interior view of the same building.

The building shown is similar to Chartres Cathedral, in that both structures feature...

A cruciform plan comprised of a nave and transept

The work shown, attributed to Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody), can be interpreted as an art form that affirms Eastern Shoshone identity because it was...

Painted on an animal hide using natural pigments and stencils

The images show the sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool) and the Nkisi n'kondi.

Both works are imbued with power from...

Spiritual sources

The images show the sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool) and the Nkisi n'kondi.

Both works were created with materials selected because they are...

Instilled with unique properties that channel authority

The images show the sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool) and the Nkisi n'kondi.

In its intended setting, the Power figure (Nkisi n'kondi) likely instilled a sense of confidence in members of the community because it...

Ensured punishment for those who broke oaths or committed crimes

The images show the sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool) and the Nkisi n'kondi.

The display of the sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool) serves to...

Reinforce the object's significance and restricted use

The relief carving shown can be attributed to the Amarna style because it depicts the...

Veneration of the sun god Aten by the pharaoh and his family

Due to the style of calligraphic script and gold detailing used in the folio shown, the work can be identified as...

A Kufic folio from the Qur'an

Works like the one shown from Micronesia utilized abstract geometric lines and shapes because they functioned to record...

Ocean currents and landforms

Some scholars have theorized that the design of the Great Serpent Mound is linked to astronomical phenomena because of the...

Orientation of its head, which is aligned with the summer solstice

The sculpture shown appears like-like and natural as a result of the...

Sense of balance provided by the contrapposto stance

The formal qualities of the sculpture shown suggest a strong influence by which of the following earlier works?

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

The choice of iconography of the work shown was strongly influenced by the...

Establishment of the Roman Empire under Augustus

The sculptor of the work shown chose to show the figure's arm extended to...

Highlight his speaking skills as a gifted orator

The choice of imagery on the breastplate of the individual depicted was most likely intended to elicit which of the following responses from viewers?

Appreciation of his services as protector of peace and prosperity

The work shown was intended to elicit a humorous response from viewers by...

Placing a common object in an unexpected context

Claes Oldenburg's choice of imagery in this work reflects which contemporary concern of the 1960s?

Protests against the Vietnam War on college campuses

In creating the work shown, Claes Oldenburg intended to encourage thoughtful reflection by...

Combining contrasting references to objects traditionally connected with gender stereotypes

Claes Oldenburg's references to popular culture to comment on contemporary American society is most similar to that found in works by...

Andy Warhol

The St. Matthew cross-carpet page of the Lindisfarne Gospels invites meditative reflection through the use of...

Complex and repetitive abstract designs created from interlacing linear forms

The choices of sunflower seeds as the subject matter of the work shown was influenced by their association with...

Chairman Mao and China's Cultural Revolution

Ai Weiwei chose to use porcelain to create sunflower seeds because the material...

Connects the work to China's long tradition of porcelain production

In the work shown, one reason that Ai Weiwei included over a million handmade sunflower seeds spread across a large area was to...

Allude to the volume of Chinese goods in contemporary global markets

Because of the context in which it was found, the beaker with ibex motifs from prehistoric Susa is believed to have functioned in a way that was most similar to which of the following works?

The funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)

The Lanzon Stela's importance to the complex of Chavin de Huantar is made evident by its...

Concealment within a series of mazes

In Lying with Wolf, Kiki Smith decided to depict a woman with a wolf to challenge traditional

Narratives of women as passive characters

The Pantheon exemplifies Roman innovations in the use of concrete in the creation of its...

Massive coffered dome

Thomas Jefferson introduced Neoclassical elements in the facade of Monticello by adding...

A Doric portico with triglyphs and metopes

The most likely reason basalt was used as the primary building at Nan Madol was due to its...

Ability to break naturally into columnar forms ideal for construction

The artist who painted the Greek vase shown created a sense of naturalism by using...

Fine lines to depict the muscles and contours of the figure's body

The Ardabil Carpet demonstrates continuity with Persian artistic traditions by featuring...

Complex patterns created through intricate hand knotting

In her installation Pure Land, Mariko Mori created an immersive atmosphere by combining...

Scented air, photography, and a 3-D video shown in a small room

The Great Mosque of Djenne is situated next to a marketplace for which of the following reasons?

To emphasize its role as an epicenter of religious and cultural life

Because of its complex figural reliefs, corbeled mountainlike roofs, and covered pavilions, the structure shown can be attributed to the same architectural style as that of...

The Lakshmana Temple

Nan Madol can best be described as a complex that is composed of...

Artificial islands that are protected from the ocean by seawalls

In the Renaissance interior shown, the architect included...

Contrasting stone for pilasters and molding to outline the building's geometry

The artist of the painting shown used which of the following techniques in the scene depicted?

Atmospheric perspective through the inclusion of cool colors in the background

Frank Gehry selected titanium instead of more traditional materials when designing the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao for which of the following reasons?

To create a reflective effect that utilized surface and sunlight

The facade shown contains which of the following architectural elements?

Engaged columns and decorative pediments

The artist of the work shown was able to achieve highly naturalistic textures and luminous color by using...

Oil paint, whose properties allow for translucent color and the depiction of illusionistic details

The two kneeling figures in the panel on the left are included because they represent...

The patrons who commissioned the altarpiece for private use in their home

Like other paintings of the Northern Renaissance, the work shown differs from Italian paintings of the same period in that it shows...

Greater interest in the depiction of details and less concern for perspective

The work exemplifies a central concern of Northern European painting traditions in its inclusion of...

Objects from everyday life that communicate deeper symbolic meaning