Quiz Preview 4/ Art & Culture - Art History

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The medical ingredients added to a nkisi nkondi are known as __________.

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Moulin de la Galette exemplifies the characteristics of Impressionism in the __________.

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How does the Great Mosque at Cordoba reveal the advantage of hypostyle halls?

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How does the Great Mosque at Damascus use spolia?

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The typical mosque has a __________.

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What structure provided the model for the architecture of Islamic mosques?

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What event is believed to have taken place at the site of the Dome of the Rock?

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How does the design of the Islamic Mosque and Cultural Center in Rome demonstrate how twentieth-century architects reconciled modernity with Islamic cultural traditions?

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How does Bihzad's Yusuf Fleeing Zulayhka correspond to the style and function of the Persian narrative painting tradition?

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How does the Court of the Lions at the Alhambra correspond to the Islamic vision of Paradise?

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How does the Great Mosque of Damascus exemplify the typical plan of an early Islamic mosque?

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How and why does the Dome of the Rock incorporate aspects of earlier artistic traditions?

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What current political structures exist in the Islamic world after the dissolution of the great Islamic empires in the twentieth century?

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Yusuf Fleeing Zulayhka and The Baptistery of St. Louis are similar because they feature __________.

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To which of the significant themes of African art does the Bwa masquerade ceremony most closely adhere?

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Who was the intended audience for The Court of Gayumars?

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Sultan Muhammad's The Court of Gayumars depicts __________.

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How is Bihzad's Yusuf Fleeing Zulayhka different from The Court of Gayumars?

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The great royal center of book production at Herat was founded under the patronage of the __________.

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The monograms developed by the Ottomans to symbolize the authority of the sultan on official seals, coins, buildings, and documents are called __________.