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DSST Art of the Western World Exam Prep - Question List

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61. What is the gradual transition from light to dark in a painting?
  1. Cinquecento
  2. Rusticate
  3. Chiaroscuro
  4. Engraving
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62.

What is the correct term for an altarpiece in which the Madonna and Child are joined by saints and with them, are engaged in a "holy conversation"?

  1. Pietà
  2. Ignudi
  3. Maestà
  4. Sacra conversazione
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63. What is the correct date for the construction of the dome of the Florence Cathedral?
  1. 1220-1236
  2. 1320-1336
  3. 1420-1436
  4. 1520-1536
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64. Who painted the immensely-famous Birth of Venus in which Venus emerges fully grown from the sea?
  1. Sandro Botticelli
  2. Andrea Mantegna
  3. Fra Angelico
  4. Pietro Perugino
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65.

Paul Gauguin was greatly influenced by non-Western art. In particular, he was greatly affected by objects from where?

  1. Africa
  2. Oceania
  3. Japan
  4. South America
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