ARTS 1303 Chapter 1 & 2

Paleolithic paintings are typically found at the entrances of the caves.

False

Stonehenge, a dolmen structure found in England, was constructed of megalithic stone blocks dragged from a quarry twenty miles away and others from 2000 miles away.

False

_______________ was the greatest figure from the first Babylonian flowering.

Hammurabi

Nebuchadnezzar II's great palace, with its famous________ _______, also featured the glazed brick Ishtar Gate.

Hanging Gardens

Cuneiform, which means________, is ___________ writing.

wedge-shaped; Sumerian

The builders of Stonehenge carved holes out of the capstones to fit them snugly over projections on the uprights (forming a mortise and tendon joint), to make a stable structure.

True

The first wall paintings painted on a man-made surface are found in Jericho.

false

Since Paleolithic people were nomadic, they did not bury their dead.

false (dolmens)

A lamassau was a winged human-headed bull that guarded the city gates of Egyptian cities.

false (assyrian cities)

During the New Stone Age we witness a transition from nomadic practices to:

farming

The Sumerians also develop a device known as the ___________, a way to distinguish more important figures with size.

hieratic scale

During the Neolithic period, several megaliths were constructed in Europe, megalith means ___________________.

huge blocks of stone

Assyrian palaces had walls covered with limestone slabs called ________ decorated with reliefs carved to record the Assyrian battles.

orthostats

The dominant architectural form of a Sumerian city was known as a ziggurat, the ________ for the temple.

platform

Some megaliths were mounted in a ____________ arrangement which consisted of two upright stones supporting a horizontal capstone.

post and lintel

In Mesopotamia, the period that parallels the Pre-dynastic period in Egypt is known as:

proto-literate

Mesopotamia, the land between __________is located in modern day _______.

rivers; Iraq

Painted plaster covered skulls found in Jericho were believed to serve as:

spirit traps

A _________ is an upright marker stone.

stele

A dolmen is a __________ .

tomb

After Sargon I breaks the traditional link between Sumerian city-states with their local gods, Sumerian art's main task was to glorify the king.

true

Nebuchadnezzar II built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

true

Some of the paintings in caves are accompanied by human hand "stamps" usually shown in negative silhouette.

true

Sumerians invented writing, the wheel, the plow and the casting of tools as well as beer.

true

The Stele of Naram-Sin is an example of the hieratic scale developed by the Sumerians.

true

The bearded bull was a symbol of Mesopotamian royal power.

true

_________________ seals were cylindrical objects usually made of stone, with a hole running through the center from end to end. The seals were rolled over moist clay leaving a detailed impression.

Cylinder

On first assessing the __________ paintings, experts declared them too advanced to be authentic and dismissed them as a hoax.

Altamira

Prehistoric paintings were first recognized in 1878 at the _________ cave in Spain.

Altamira

_______________ is the combining of materials and objects to make one sculpture.

Assemblage

The Ishtar Gate, originally located in_______, is made of glazed brick, first developed in _________.

Babylon; Assyria

Some scholars believe that the oldest religious shrines are located in the houses at:

Catul Hayuk

________ images were created out of pre-existing forms and shapes in rock outcrops or surfaces of cave walls.

Chance

The "animal style" was a feature of:

Persian Art

A local god and a human ruler governed Sumerian city-states from a Temple. This form of government is known as:

Theocratic Socialism

The decorative use of animal motifs in abstract and imaginative ways is known as the:

animal style

The most striking images of Paleolithic art are the painted, incised, or sculpted ___________ on rock surfaces of caves.

animals

At Persepolis, reliefs embellishing the platform of the huge audience hall, or __________, and its double stairway, proclaim the theme of harmony and integration across the multicultural empire.

apadana

The Great Ziggurat at Ur has thick ___________ (vertical supporting elements) articulating the wall, giving them an impression of strength.

buttresses

The main room in a Sumerian temple is called a:

cella