Art History A Final Exam

A symbol of life end of women, the niloofar, or _______ is a common motive in Persian pottery

The lotus flower

______ brought peace and prosperity to his people and was the subject of many of that culture's statuary. He was often depicted wearing the Persian lamb fur cap of Enis

Gudea of Lagash

The outcast of this family _____is an important figure from Egyptian history. Once he gained status as pharaoh, he wiped out the long lasting traditional polytheistic order of religion and introduced Egypt (for a short time) to a monotheistic order based on the Sun-disk God, Atun

Akhenaten

Why was the cave of Lascaux closed to the public in 1963

Colonies of algae and calcite veil developing on the cave walls

According to the course text, what dates to historians trace the beginning and end of ancient Egyptian civilization

3500 BCE to 30 BCE

A tall block of solid stone, standing by itself, whether a natural rock feature or a stone column shaped erected by people, is called a

A monolith

What preserve the art of Altamira modern Day

A natural collapse at the end of the upper Paleolithic period

Which of the following is not a description of the Sumerian statues from Tell Asmar

All are similar in size and weight

The early prehistoric sculptures discovered at Hohle Fels Cave in Germany are considered

All of the above

Why are there so few structure still surviving from ancient Mesopotamia

All of the above

______ Found in Spain, is an S shaped cave with 10 galleries engraved or painted with images of bison, goat, aurochs, horses, deer and hinds

Altamira

The ____ style sprung out under the rule of Akhenaten and is recognizable by its flowing and relax lines and forms, individualized features of people, and scenes of particular moment in time

Amarna

Why is the scene in the shaft of the dead man so significant

Because if it's narrative possibilities

Why are prehistoric works of art designated as such

Because the society that created them did not yet possess written language

This form of Sumerian art with rolled over wet clay on which it left an impression in relief

Cylinder seals

As early humans are explanations for the events of their daily lives, they began to focus on the power of

Divine beings

During the reign of ____ the step pyramid of Saqqaris was built

Djoser

The Egyptian "kingdoms" are groupings of _______

Dynasties

What are the five major reasons humans create art

For spiritual, historical, or moral reasons, or for beauty and propaganda purposes

Phoenician art, particularly _______,was among the most sought after in the ancient world

Glassware

Much of the carved surfaces of a Assyrian ivories were covered with what

Gold foil

The Law Code of ____ is a symbol of Mesopotamian civilization

Hammurabi

Totally erased from history until 1903, ______ was the victim of a massive operation by her step-son who had her name and image erased from every part of Egypt

Hatshepsut

Usually located on the grounds of the temples, obelisk were usually covered from base to near tip with

Hieroglyphics

How did the discovery of the cave paintings at Altamira change perceptions of ancient cultures

Identified capabilities far exceed previous beliefs

Where is the sphinx located

In Giza

Stonehedge was created

In three different phases over 1400 years starting around 3000 BC E

Which of the following was not used by ancient builders in the construction of Stonehenge

Keystone and lever joints

______ found in France was discovered in 1940 By 4 French teenagers and contains the famous gallery called the great hall of the bulls

Lascaux

What three creatures are represented on the last surviving feature from the above question number 23

Lions, dragons, and bulls

The pharaoh, Hatshepsut, had her self portrayed as a/an _______

Man with a male body and a fourth beard

Queen _____ was wife of Akhenaten, and her famous portrait is world famous

Nefertiti

Ishtar gate can be seen in its reconstructed state in the

Pergamon museum, Berlin, Germany

The Persians are best known for their large and elaborate palaces and the most famous example is that ________built by Darius I

Persepolis

What are the two kinds of Hieroglyphic signs

Phonograms and ideaograms

When depicting the human body on a two dimensional surface, artist used different ____ to show each part of the body in its most complete form

Points of view

The Egyptian's believe that doing three things for assure a successful after life. Which of the following is not one of those things

Producing portraits of the deceased to disseminate among the family

When preparing to carve a statue or decorate a wall, Egyptian artists first through horizontal and vertical guidelines on the surface so the _______ of the figures would be consistent with the established canon

Proportions

_______ was infamous for his use of propaganda and its large scale building projects

Ramesses II

Scenes with figures, in Egyptian art, are arranged in horizontal rows called _______

Registers

What is the most common form of Assyrian art

Relief sculptures in the decoration of public buildings and palaces

The entrance down at the new Grange, Ireland exhibit which other ancient form of artistic expression

Rock carving exemplifying common abstract swirls and symbols

In Egyptian art, size indicates relative importance. Representations of the pharaohs are often much larger than life to symbolize the ruler's superhuman powers. In wall relief's in paintings, where wives and family members, servants and entertainers, animals, trees, and architectural details are usually shown in smaller ____ than the figures of the king, high official or tomb owner

Scale

The area known as "upper Egypt" is actually the _____ part of the country "lower Egypt" is the area closest to the Mediterranean

Southern

Most of Egyptian art was created for which of the following 2 reasons

Spiritual and proproganda

Sumerian art takes the form of sculpture or painting. Then artwork was created for which of the following groups of reasons

Spiritual, historical, and reasons of propaganda

The primary medium of old kingdom art was _______

Stone

What is the most famous surviving feature of Babylon

The Ishtar gate

What is the name of the famous stele that help to break the hieroglyphic code

The Rosetta Stone

From below choose the answer that lists all of those features we can find at Stonehenge today

The Trilitjom Horseshoe, Sarsen circle, bluestones and several large, specially arranged individual stones

Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in

The Valley of the Kings

Which of the following is not considered art or design?

The graceful curves of a tree

What two sections of Lascaux are the most impressive

The painted gallery and the great hall of the bulls

The tip of the obelisk was originally covered in gold or electrum to represent _______

The sun

Why did we look at art from only the old, middle, and new kingdoms of Egyptian history and not the "Intermediate periods"

These were the high points of Egyptian civilization but most of Egyptian artistic accomplishments occurred

The following are all theories as to why these ancient cave paintings were created, except

They were created to have a complex emotion in young hunters, using a large pallet of colors

The ______ vase is the worlds oldest ritual vase carved in stone found in Sumer

Warka

The Sumerians were the first to employ the pyramid-shaped______for use in religious structures

Ziggurat

Stonehedge is an example of a _____

megalith

The pyramids were built as _____

tombs