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DSST Art of the Western World Exam Prep - Question List

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51.

Which Baroque artist was well-known for his paintings of extremely voluptuous full-figured women?

  1. Diego Velázquez
  2. Peter Paul Rubens
  3. Anthony Van Dyck
  4. Rembrandt van Rijn
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52.

What unique variation of Gothic architecture did the English develop in the mid 1300s, in which enormous window spaces were combined with elaborate decorative patterns of stone tracery?

  1. Flamboyant
  2. High Gothic
  3. Early Gothic
  4. Perpendicular Gothic
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53. Which of the following is the single most significant invention in the development of the contemporary skyscraper?
  1. The elevator
  2. Cast iron
  3. Windows that do not utilize lead
  4. Wrought iron
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54.

What was the great intellectual movement that came out of the Renaissance that emphasized secular life over the religious, focusing upon classical works of philosophy, art, history, and literature?

  1. Trompe l'oeil
  2. Orthogonal
  3. Humanism
  4. Classicism
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55.

Which theory, popularized by August Comte, expresses that all knowledge must come from proven ideas based on scientific theory?

  1. Positivism
  2. Japonisme
  3. Neo-classicism
  4. The sublime
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