mindtap questions exam 1

Which of the following is a drawback of the fresco secco technique?

. Colors do not fuse to the wall surface.

Aside from their funerary function, what was the intended message of the pyramids?

A reminder of the absolute power of the pharaoh

What do scholars believe was the impetus to develop the red-figure technique?

Accurately portraying human anatomy

What does its architectural plan tell us were the primary functions of the Minoan palatial center?

Administrative and religious centers

What do art historians call the courses of dressed stones used in the construction of the Great Pyramids?

Ashlar masonry

What is the story told by this relief?

Assyrians drive enemy forces into the Euphrates River.

What was the primary purpose of most Egyptian funerary art?

Equating the deceased's existence in the afterlife to life on earth

The mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri was built for which pharaoh?

Hatshepsut

The Neolithic murals at Çatal Höyük demonstrate the continued importance of what activity?

Hunting

What term describes the many-columned hall found in an Egyptian temple?

Hypostyle

What is the shape of the column capitals in the hypostyle hall at Karnak?

Lotus or papyrus plants

Which component is lacking from large Neolithic fortifications and megalithic structures?

Mortor

What Old Kingdom structure adjoined the pyramid and was the site of ceremonies honoring the dead king?

Mortuary temple

Which of these forms is the simplest and oldest method of spanning a passageway?

Post and lintel

What detail of the kneeling statue of Hatshepsut indicates her status as pharaoh?

She is wearing the royal headdress and kilt

What is the thematic emphasis of the murals that decorated Assyrian palaces?

The assertion of royal power

Which two objects share decorative technique and materials?

The bull-headed harp and the Standard of Ur

What determined the orientation of the White Temple at Uruk?

The cardinal points of the compass

Which drawing convention for the representation of animals was used almost exclusively in Paleolithic art?

The profile view

How do the materials of the paintings from Çatal Höyük differ from Paleolithic paintings?

They are made using brushes on a prepared surface.

Why did the Sumerians refer to their temples as "waiting rooms"?

This was where priests stood to await the appearances of the divinity

What was the purpose of Egyptian royal portraiture?

To highlight the divinity of the pharaoh

Many of the temples of the New Kingdom followed which sort of plan?

axial

What was the purpose of the Treasury of Atreus?

burial

What symbol is found on architectural elements throughout the palatial center at Knossos?

double ax

n what period does representation of the human form return to Greek art, after the long hiatus following the fall of the Mycenaeans?

geometric

Which falcon-headed god was the son of Osiris and hunted down his father's murderer, Seth?

horus

What material makes up the hair and beard of the bull?

lapis lazuli

Which critical raw material can be found in abundance on the mainland and many islands of Greece?

marble

What was the purpose of the Assyrian lamassu?

protection

What do art historians now believe was the model for the shape of the pyramids at Gizeh?

the ben-ben

The false doors in mastaba tombs were meant to give access to whom?

the ka

What structure formed the nucleus of a Sumerian city?

the temple

What challenge accounts for the asymmetrical plans of the Erechtheion and the Propylaia?

uneven terrian

What are the subjects of the two sides of the Standard of Ur?

war and peace

What do scholars view as the source of the wealth of the Mycenaeans?

wars

What earlier architectural form does the stepped pyramid resemble in form but not purpose?

ziggurat