Art History - Chapter 1 Quiz

Where do scientist believe humankind originated?

Africa

Which salmon is associated with the beginning of large-scale, or monumental, sculpture

Ain Ghazai

What is the seeming contradiction in the paintings of the Chauvet cave?

Although these are archaeologically the most recent Paleolithic paintings, they exhibit advanced, painting features, and narrative content

Why is the inferred purpose of the twisted perspective used to do picked animals in the Lascaux caves?

It allows a complete depiction of the concept of the animal

What architectural technique is used at the far-flung Neolithic sites of Hagar Qim and Stonehenge?

Post and lintel

What is the most likely purpose of the "negative" handprints appearing in some Paleolithic caves?

Signatures

What architectural form makes this temple at Hagar Qim especially noteworthy?

The combination of straight and curved forms

What is the most likely explanation for the lack of consistent ground line, the different drawing techniques, and the overlapping figures in the cave paintings of the Paleolithic in Europe?

The paintings were done over many years by many different artists

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

What do art historian suspect is the purpose of the Venus of Wellendorf?

Fertility figure

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

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

Mortar

In what country is the Altamira Cave located?

Spain

What great human advance accounts for the neolithic origins of metalwork, weaving, pottery, and simple clay records?

The settlement into organize societies around agriculture

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

They are made using brushes on a repaired surface

Anatolia, a region that stands between two continents, is a part of which modern country?

Turkey

The human with feline head covered in Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, is carved from what material?

Mammoth Ivory

Where is the Apollo 11 Cave located?

Namibia