BOWERS MUSEUM TEST NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED! You need a proof that you went to the museum. Your computer reservation is not valid as a proof! Submit a photo of you at the museum! Without proof your paper will not be accepted! If you go before completion of Greek and Roman Periods in class, read the Greek and Roman section before your visit in order to be ready to answer the questions! Consider taking your textbook with you. It will we helpful for you to answer the questions. The Museum s Exterior 1. In the Museum s courtyard, the most prominent architectural element is: A. Arches B. Ellipses C. Squares The architectural style of the museum is based-on Spanish architecture. 3. The Bowers Museum is a: A. Modern Art museum B. Cultural Museum 4. The Bowers Museum was founded in 1936. T or F 1
PERMANENT COLLECTION Gallery of the Master Builders 5. The present exhibit explores the: A. Egyptian culture B. Meso-American culture C. Greek culture 6. Dignitary with Attendants (On your right, first sculpture) The sculptor used the: A. Additive technique B. Subtractive technique 7. Shaman s Backrest (On your left side second sculpture) The form is: A. Rounded B. Rectilinear C. Trapezoid 8. The circles of Shaman s Backrest represent: A. The Sun and the Moon B. The Shaman s eye and the mysteries of life C. The egg of knowledge 9. Seated Male Figure with Arms Crossed (On your right, second sculpture) The sculptor uses: A. Symmetrical balance B. Asymmetrical balance The Mary M. Muth Wing 10. Architectonic Head of a Noble (On your left, last one) The texture is: A. Smooth B. Rough
11. The ceiling of this gallery is: A. Coffered B. Flat C. Domed 12. Ring Based Bowl with face in (On your right, the first bowl) The bowl s balance design is: A. Symmetrical B. Assymetrical 13. (In the center of the room) Incensario with Elaborately Decorated Lid In Meso America fire symbolizes: A. Hell B. Energy C. Associated with concepts of duality (with both male & female aspects) D. B and C 14. Look at the mural in the gallery. On your left is the Feather Serpent (Quetzalcoatl). The Feathered serpent is associated with: A. Life Force B. Wisdom C. Death D. A and B 15. The mural is narrative. 16. The mural shows depth by the use of perspective.. The Renaissance Lodge Order of the Sons of Italy Room (From the Muth Gallery on your right; Room has a video on the Mayan civilization-you should watch it!) 17. Read text panel on the wall in the gallery. Often in the Pre-Colombian Art the Shaman is represented as: A. Half-man, half-beast B. Half-man, half-woman C. None of the above
18. In the art of Central America and the Caribbean the shaman is: A. Guardian of Tombs B. Guide to the Underworld C. Guardian of fertility D. All of the above 19. (On your right, in the middle section of pottery #BMCA96.56.11) The subject matter relates to Shaman. 20. (Pottery in front the Meso- America Ball Game panel.) The frog is associated with: A. Fertility and Transformation B. Water C. Protection against death 21. Rectangular jaguar bowl (located in the middle section, cross the entrance) The decoration of the piece is geometric. T or F Exit the room from the other doorway. You will see the: 22. Tomb of the Maya Lord (In the middle of the room is a model of a sarcophagus.) The Sarcophagus is an original. Coming out from that room you will be in the: Gallery of Inscriptions 23. (As you enter, look for the case with the 3 baskets by the Cahuilla Mission Indians.) Looking at the biggest basket, you see: A. Rhythm B. Unity C. A and B
Richard P. Ettinger Gallery (on your right hand side) (California Indian) (After you descend the steps of the Richard P. Ettinger Gallery-Look on your right, there is a case with baskets.) 24. In Basketry Bowl with Floral Net Pattern, the balance is : A. Asymmetrical B. Symmetrical C. Radial 25. In this gallery the prominent items are: A. Baskets B. Scriptures C. Textiles 26. The baskets in this room are made from plants, fibers and feathers. 27. The baskets are: A. Tightly woven B. Loosely woven 28. Most of the decorations of the bodies on the baskets are geometrical. 29. The Cog stones purpose is known to us. 30. By looking around in this gallery which of the following materials was used in making the Indian artifacts: A. Bronze B. Soap stone C. Marble 31. Southern California was home to a number of Indian Groups.
(Exit up the stairs and go to your right) Ruth Segerstrom Gallery (At the end of the painting gallery-right hand side) 32. The ceiling is coffered. 33. The ceiling crystalographic balance. 34. The painted work with the arches just below the ceiling and surrounding the windows is executed in the trompe l oeil manner. 35. Name the two prominent lines of the tile floor: A. Vertical and horizontal B. Diagonal C. Circular 36. The prominent shape of the tiles is: A. Triangular B. Rectangular C. Rectangular and square 37. The windows use: A. Symmetrical balance B. Asymmetrical balance C. Radial balance Dorothy & Donald Kennedy Wing (as soon as you enter, on your left the horizontal piece on the wall Tambaran House Lintel ) 38. Name the principle type: A. Emphasis B. Rhythm C. Alternating Rhythm
39. Tambaran House Lintel is: A. High Relief B. Low Relief 40. Looking at all the sculptures on the wall in the room, most sculptures are: A. Horizontal B. Vertical