ART MO1, quiz 1, Ch.1-3
Which of the following items was made by an additive technique?
A welded bronze warrior
Which settlement is associated with the beginning of large-scale, or monumental, sculpture?
Ain Ghazal
Which pharaoh abandoned the worship of the multitude of Egyptian gods in favor of Aton?
Akhenaton
At Persepolis, the style of the processional reliefs depicting representatives of many nations is highly reminiscent of which contemporaneous culture?
Archaic Greece
What pictorial narrative convention is not present on the Warka Vase?
Descriptive inscriptions
Who of the following was not a Fourth Dynasty pharaoh?
Djoser
Which of the following is not thought to be the function of the megalithic monument at Stonehenge?
A historical memorial
What is the most likely function of the Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe?
A religious center
The Eshnunna votive statuettes and the statue of Napir-Asu share what formal characteristics?
Frontality and cylindrical volume
Which falcon-headed god was the son of Osiris and hunted down his father's murderer, Seth?
Horus
What does the provenance of an artwork tell the art historian?
Its place of origin
What is the most salient feature of the climatic environment of northern Europe around 9000 BCE?
Melting ice
What transitional period occurred just before Europe became climatically, geographically, and biologically much as it is today?
Mesolithic era
Which component is lacking from large Neolithic fortifications and megalithic structures?
Mortar
An art historian writing a comparative analysis would most likely focus on the differences in which aspect of the two artists' paintings?
Perspective
Which of the following is an important convention for the organization of forms in a pictorial space?
Perspective
Which of the following sets of terms represent graphical representations of an architectural structure?
Plan, elevation, section
What architectural technique is used at the far-flung Neolithic sites of Hagar Qim and Stonehenge?
Post and lintel
That her statue was intended as a permanent votive offering
Protection
What is the name of the sculptural element in the form of a bull shown here?
Protome
What is the name of the chancellor/architect-engineer who served during the reign of Hatshepsut?
Senenmut
What does the inscription on the statue of Queen Napir-Asu tell us?
That her statue was intended as a permanent votive offering
What accounts for the similarity of the statue of Mentuemhet to the figure of Menkaure in the statue of Menkaure and Khamerernebty?
The Egyptian canon
Which two objects share decorative technique and materials?
The bull-headed harp and the Standard of Ur
What architectural form makes this temple at Hagar Qim especially noteworthy?
The combination of straight and curved forms
Which is an example of the internal evidence an art historian might use to date a work of art?
The hairstyle of the sculpture belongs to a specific period in Roman history.
What great human advance accounts for the Neolithic origins of metalwork, weaving, pottery, and simple clay records?
The settlement into organized societies around agriculture
Although cylinder seals originally had an administrative use—for specific individuals to verify and secure inventory—what is their value to contemporary art historians?
They provide details of everyday life.
What is the art historical lesson told by these two portraits of the same individual?
Understanding the cultural context of artworks is vital to art history.
What earlier architectural form does the stepped pyramid resemble in form but not purpose?
Ziggurat
Which of the following is not an example of the interdisciplinary nature of 21st-century art historical inquiry?
costume designer replicates the garments seen in a painting for a play.
How was the sole god of Akhenaton represented in Egyptian art?
As a sun disk
What do art historians call an element such as the winged man, eagle, lion, and ox accompanying the pictures of the four Gospel authors?
Attribute
What was the primary objective of mummification?
Immortality
The reliefs from the palace at Ninevah show Ashurbanipal hunting which creature?
Lion
In certain eras, such as pharaonic Egypt or imperial Rome, which class of individual had the most influence on the final appearance of a work of art?
The patron
What Middle Kingdom form took on the function of the Old Kingdom mastabas?
The rock-cut tomb
How do the materials of the paintings from Çatal Höyük differ from Paleolithic paintings?
They are made using brushes on a prepared surface.
Why was foreign trade such an important activity for the Sumerians?
They had few natural resources.
What was the purpose of Egyptian royal portraiture?
To highlight the divinity of the pharaoh