Question 1

Describe the use of personal adornment to indicate social status in Africa. How does it reflect cultural values? Use examples to support your essay.

Accepted Answer

Personal adornment in Africa has long be

Question 2

Most figures and masks are visualizations of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  political forces 
B)  supernatural forces 
C)  natural occurrences 
D)  royalty 
A)  political forces 
B)  supernatural forces 
C)  natural occurrences 
D)  royalty

Question 3

What does the royal regalia of the Kuba king represent?

Accepted Answer

An assemblage of pow

Question 4

How do Dogon masquerades assist in the transformations of the deceased?

Accepted Answer

The deceased person is changed

Question 5

How does this mask differ from a Beautiful Lady mask?

Accepted Answer

Gbon masquerader, Senufo . It served a s

Question 6

What is the function of the Poro society in Senufo culture?

Accepted Answer

It is the main association for

Question 7

The Kuba mask known as Bwoom represents which of the following of the legendary royal ancestors?

Accepted Answer

A)  the first female and all women 
B)  the founding ancestor 
C)  the pygmy or dwarf who signifies the indigenous peoples of the king 
D)  the heavy, terrorizing first male and all men 
A)  the first female and all women 
B)  the founding ancestor 
C)  the pygmy or dwarf who signifies the indigenous peoples of the king 
D)  the heavy, terrorizing first male and all men

Question 8

How does the female Mende mask evoke the female spirit?

Accepted Answer

It symbolizes the newly emerging female

Question 9

How do the rock paintings of the South African San people document their environment?

Accepted Answer

Due to the colonization of South Africa

Question 10

What groups are responsible for these two heads? What materials are used, and what function did the objects serve?

Accepted Answer

Ngady amwaash mask and Mende female mask

Question 11

Kongo Nkisi n'kondi are believed to do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  heal 
B)  take on the spirit of its creator 
C)  communicate with the animals 
D)  house the soul of the first-born 
A)  heal 
B)  take on the spirit of its creator 
C)  communicate with the animals 
D)  house the soul of the first-born

Question 12

Why did the Igbo not repair the mbari house?

Accepted Answer

The construction represents a stylized w

Question 13

In Dogon society, the Satimbe mask represents all women and commemorates the creation legend. Which of the following is part of that legend?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women were the first ancestors to imitate spirit maskers. 
B)  Women were the first ancestors to anger the spirit maskers. 
C)  Women were forbidden by the spirit maskers to consort with men. 
D)  Women were forbidden by the spirit maskers to wear masks. 
A)  Women were the first ancestors to imitate spirit maskers. 
B)  Women were the first ancestors to anger the spirit maskers. 
C)  Women were forbidden by the spirit maskers to consort with men. 
D)  Women were forbidden by the spirit maskers to wear masks.

Question 14

How does the regalia of the Kuba king reflect that society?

Accepted Answer

The regalia echoes the sumptuo

Question 15

Senufo men dance many masks, most in the context of the Poro society. Which of the following describes this society?

Accepted Answer

A)  An association for clan elders 
B)  An association for wives 
C)  An association for socialization and male initiation 
D)  An association for socialization and female initiation 
A)  An association for clan elders 
B)  An association for wives 
C)  An association for socialization and male initiation 
D)  An association for socialization and female initiation

Question 16

Describe the impact of European and American contact on 20th century African art. Include the contemporary influences as well. How have European and American contact changed African art and perceptions? Use examples to support your essay.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe the impact of European and American...

Question 17

The veranda post carved by Olowe of Ise is a very fine example of his work. It also subtly records the presence of the Europeans as colonists among the Yoruba. Which of the following supports this statement.

Accepted Answer

A)  The billed cap found on one of the male supporting figures. 
B)  The Union Jack placed at the top of the post. 
C)  One of the supporting figures is modeled after an English solider. 
D)  The central figure is holding a parasol. 
A)  The billed cap found on one of the male supporting figures. 
B)  The Union Jack placed at the top of the post. 
C)  One of the supporting figures is modeled after an English solider. 
D)  The central figure is holding a parasol.

Question 18

Which of the following describes a Mbari house?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is never open. 
B)  It is never closed. 
C)  It is never repaired. 
D)  It is never symbolic. 
A)  It is never open. 
B)  It is never closed. 
C)  It is never repaired. 
D)  It is never symbolic.

Question 19

How are the Mende and their masking tradition unique?

Accepted Answer

Women in this group actually wear the ma

Question 20

The Mbari construction process is a stylized ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  world renewal ritual 
B)  royal ritual 
C)  ancestor worship ritual 
D)  kinship ritual 
A)  world renewal ritual 
B)  royal ritual 
C)  ancestor worship ritual 
D)  kinship ritual

Exam 37: Africa, 1800 to 1980

Describe the use of personal adornment to indicate social status in Africa. How does it reflect cultural values? Use examples to support your essay.

Most figures and masks are visualizations of which of the following?

What does the royal regalia of the Kuba king represent?

How do Dogon masquerades assist in the transformations of the deceased?

How does this mask differ from a Beautiful Lady mask?

What is the function of the Poro society in Senufo culture?

The Kuba mask known as Bwoom represents which of the following of the legendary royal ancestors?

How does the female Mende mask evoke the female spirit?

How do the rock paintings of the South African San people document their environment?

What groups are responsible for these two heads? What materials are used, and what function did the objects serve?

Kongo Nkisi n'kondi are believed to do which of the following?

Why did the Igbo not repair the mbari house?

In Dogon society, the Satimbe mask represents all women and commemorates the creation legend. Which of the following is part of that legend?

How does the regalia of the Kuba king reflect that society?

Senufo men dance many masks, most in the context of the Poro society. Which of the following describes this society?

Describe the impact of European and American contact on 20th century African art. Include the contemporary influences as well. How have European and American contact changed African art and perceptions? Use examples to support your essay.

The veranda post carved by Olowe of Ise is a very fine example of his work. It also subtly records the presence of the Europeans as colonists among the Yoruba. Which of the following supports this statement.

Which of the following describes a Mbari house?

How are the Mende and their masking tradition unique?

The Mbari construction process is a stylized ____.

Late Medieval Italy

South and Southeast Asia Before 1200

China and Korea to 1279

Japan Before 1333

Native Arts of the Americas Before 1300

Africa Before 1800

Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe

the Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy

Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy

High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain

the Baroque in Italy and Spain

the Baroque in Northern Europe

Rococo to Neoclassicism: the 18th Century in Europe and America

Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America, 1800 to 1870

Impressionism, Post-impressionism, Symbolism: Europe and America, 1870 to 1900

Modernism in Europe and America, 1900 to 1945

Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980

Contemporary Art Worldwide

South and Southeast Asia, 1200 to 1980

China and Korea, 1279 to 1980

Japan, 1336 to 1980

Native Arts of the Americas, 1300 to 1980

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