AP Art History Exam Review

The inclusion of the image in the manuscript best illustrates which of the following features of the period 1450-1750?

• Rulers using art as a way to communicate with their illiterate subjects

• Rulers using art to expand their territories

• Rulers using art as a way to increase literacy

• Rulers using art to legitimize their rule

Which of the following best describes the 1936 lithograph (entitled The Hero) by German artist George Grosz?

• A propaganda poster prepared by the Nazi Party

• A protest poster against the atrocities of the atomic bomb

• A representation of a Holocaust victim

• A post-First World War print expressing antiwar sentiment

The work employs

• hierarchical scale

• continuous narrative

• one-point perspective

• aniconic representation

The work shown can be identified as

• the Apollo 11 stones from Namibia, created c. 25,500–25,300 B.C.E.

• a section of the Great Hall of the Bulls at Lascaux, created 15,000–13,000 B.C.E.

• the Ambum Stone from Papua New Guinea, created c. 1500 B.C.E.

• a Lapita terra cotta fragment from the Solomon Islands, created 1000 B.C.E.

Paintings such as this are commonly dated to approximately

• 15,000 B.C.E.

• 5000 B.C.E.

• 400 B.C.E.

• 1200 C.E.

Which of the following art movements is characterized by its emphasis on light and color, often capturing moments of everyday life?

• Impressionism

• Cubism

• Baroque

• Surrealism

Which ancient civilization is known for its pyramids and hieroglyphic writing?

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• Greece

• Rome

Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Raphael

• Michelangelo

• Donatello

Which of the following is a characteristic of Gothic architecture?

• Flying buttresses

• Doric columns

• Ziggurats

• Stupas

The 'Mona Lisa' is a famous work by which artist?

• Vincent van Gogh

• Pablo Picasso

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Claude Monet