living with art: Chapter 14
The Assyrian culture is associated with __
2 Possible Answers Mesopotamia upper Tigris River
The Roman Republic was founded in
510 B.C.E.
The lion at the palace of _______ has five legs.
ASSURNASIRPAL
Queen Nefertiti is presented in an elegant and naturalistic style rather than in the stylized traditional manner because
Akhenaten decreed this style
At Chauvet and Lascaux nearly all of the paintings/drawings are of _________
Animals
The Seated Scribe is depicted more _________ than the stylized images of the rulers.
Any of these answers are correct Realistically Naturalistically Relaxed Lifelike
In an effort to produce an integrated look to the Parthenon, all of the following construction variations are found except that the
Correct top step of the platform is perfectly straight
The Lascaux cave containing the paleolithic paintings is in southern _____
France
Mycenaean culture, alone among pre-Hellenic Aegean cultures, produced many artifacts made of
GOLD
The circles, squares, patterning, and rigid wedge-shaped torsos depicted on the Krater attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop indicate that it is a fine example of the __________ period of Greek painting.
Geometric
The one surviving life-size Roman equestrian portrait is that of the emperor
Marcus Aurelius
Farming was born during the _____ period.
New Stone Age Or Neolithic
Thomas Bruce was responsible for bringing the ________ to England for preservation
PARTHENON MARBLES OR ELGIN MARBLES
The last Greek dynasty to rule Egypt were the _____.
PTOLOMIES
Akhenaten attempted to establish monotheism in Egypt. True Or False?
True
In figure paintings from Egypt various body parts are often shown from different viewpoints so they will show to their best viewpoint. True Or False
True
Much of the art of the Hellenistic period, like the Laocoon Group, illustrates that period's preoccupation with high drama, unleashed passion, and theatrical excess. True Or False
True
The Greek word for young man is ___________.
kouros
During Akhenaton's reign, the longstanding stylized formality of Egyptian art briefly gave way to __________, as seen in the very famous Bust of Queen Nefertiti.
naturalism
A _____ is a temple or shrine on a monumental stepped base is is the largest structure in a Sumerian city.
ziggurat
Some of the earliest freestanding sculptures of the Archaic period were kouros figures, or blocky statues of nude young men, all with a conventionalized facial expression called the _
Archaic smile
The Egyptians thought that _____ was associated with the life giving rays of the sun and eternity.
Gold
If a krater/vase found near the entrance to ancient Athens depicts a scene of mourners and has a hole punched through the base, which of the following purposes might the vessel have served?
Grave Marker
Neolithic is the preferred term for the Old Stone Age. True Or False
True
The Colosseum was an amphitheater for gladiatorial games and public entertainment. True Or False
True
The Female Figure of Willendorf is assumed to have been a goddess worshipped by the ancient people who made the figurine. True Or False?
True
The last phase of Greek sculptural art is Hellenistic. True Or False?
True
The region around the Mediterranean Sea is where the story of Western art begins. True Or False
True
The three major Aegean cultures were the Cycladic, the Minoan, and the Mycenaean. True Or False
True
Tutankhamun succeeded Akhenaten on the Egyptian throne. True Or False?
True
The Colosseum in Rome has a combination of __________ columns that produce a sense of lightness proceeding from bottom to top tier.
Tuscan, Ionic and Corinthian
The contrast of textures and fluidity and spontaneity of movement found in the Parthenon's pediment grouping called The Three Goddesses were created during the _____ period of sculpture.
Classical
From the Latin word meaning wedge, __________ was a system of writing developed by the Sumerians.
Cuneiform
"Continuity" is the principal message of the art of what civilization?
Egyptian
The early Greek sculptures were influenced by the _____ sculptural style.
Egyptian
Howard Carter opened the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1926. True Or False
False
One of the earliest and most famous " fertility" figurines from the Paleolithic period is the Venus de Milo. True Or False
False
Sumerian art is unrefined and luxurious. True or False
False
The Palette of Narmer is called by that name because the king used it for mixing colors when he pursued his hobby of painting. True Or False
False
The slight bulge designed into the middle of Greek columns to make them seem visually straight is called a volute.
False
The Minoan culture, dating from about 2000 BCE, was centered in _____ where King Minos had his palace.
Knossos
The Greek sculpture associated with the Trojan Horse is called ____
Laocoon
Iktinos and Kallikrates designed and built the _______________ which was sacred to the goddess Athena.
Parthenon
During the Classical period, Athens became the artistic and cultural leader under the great general and head of state
Pericles
The sculptor _____ oversaw all architectural and sculptural projects on the Athens Acropolis.
Phidias