Art Appreciation Chp15

The potter's wheel was around by __________________. 400 CE 4000 BCE 40,000 BCE

4000 BCE

The Pyramid of Chefren is the largest of the Pyramids at Giza. It is __________ tall. 450 feet 400 feet 450 meters

450 ft

In the "Wall Paint from the Tomb of Nebamun," it is possible to see it is possible to see a lot of naturalism in ______________. the humans the depictions of gods the animals

animals

During the Neolithic Period in China, burial urns were made of _________________. bronze clay stone

clay

In a lot of 2D art from ancient Egypt, human figures are drawn in profile or in profile with some parts drawn frontally. For example, a head might be drawn in profile with the eye is drawn frontally. These types of poses are referred to as ______________. simple composite combination

composite

The Sumerians contributed the wheel, the plow and ____________ text which was an early written language. alphabet cuneiform hieroglyphic

cuneiform

Some of the earliest art dates from ______________. 500 CE the end of the last Ice Age the Bronze Age

end of the last ice age

The Mesopotamian "Warka Vase" is decorated with the theme of _____________. fertility power war

fertility

In ancient Egyptian sculpture of pharaohs like the Group Statue of King Mycerinus, the poses of the figures are very _____________. formal relaxed informal

formal

Queen _______________ was one of only a few women who ruled in ancient Egypt. Hatschepsut Victoria Narmer

hatshepsut

______________ is the use of unnatural proportions, scale or size to show the relative importance of figures. Golden proportioning Hierarchic scaling Importance scaling

hierarchic scaling

During the Bronze age the use of metal provided some advantages to people who knew how to work with it. Which of the following was NOT one of the advantages? improved farming equipment improved weapons improved weaving

improved weaving

A lot of ancient Egyptian sculpture was carved _____________. in the round of bronze very high relief

in very high relief

The ancient land in the Middle East that was between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers was called ____________ by the ancient Greeks. Mesopotamia Stonehenge Etruria

mesopotamia

Small figurines like the Woman of Willendorf were made by _______________. urban dwellers nomadic people casting

nomadic people

______________ refers to an image or a symbol carved in shallow relief on a rock surface, usually ancient. Pictograph Relief Carving Petroglyph

petroglyph

What were some of the earliest things made by humans? woven tapestries sharp edges beads

sharp edges

One theory about Stonehenge is that it was used _________________. as a site for burial rituals and ceremonies as a landing site for alien spacecraft as a grazing site for livestock

site for burial rituals and ceremonies

In the Mesopotamian "Head of an Akkadian Ruler," the simplification of the hair is an example of ________________. realism naturalism stylization

stylization

The Great Pyramids at Giza were all built during the ______________ period of ancient Egyptian art. The New Kingdom The Middle Kingdom The Old Kingdom

the old kingdom

Another name for the Paleolithic Period is _____________. the New Stone Age the Bronze Age the Old Stone Age

the old stone age

What was one way that Mesopotamian cities protected themselves? They used gunpowder to make explosive devices. They built walls around their cities. They gave gifts to the neighboring cities.

they built walls around their cities

A ______________ is a rectangular or square stepped pyramid built by the Sumerians. They often had a temple on the top. cuneiform ziggurat pictograph

ziggurat