Misc Art History - Exam 1
Akhenaton
Abandoned the worship of most of the Egyptian gods in favor of Aton.
Where do scientists believe humankind originated?
Africa
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
Which people ruled an empire extending from the Persian Gulf to Asia Minor in the first half of the first millennium BCE?
Akkadians
What is the seeming contradiction in the paintings of the Chauvet cave?
Although these are archaeologically the oldest Paleolithic paintings, they exhibit advanced painting features and narrative content.
At Persepolis, the style of the processional reliefs depicting representatives of many nations is highly reminiscent of which contemporaneous culture?
Archaic Greece
How was the sole god of Akhenaton represented in Egyptian art?
As a sun disk
The type of construction used to build the Great Pyramids was known as
Ashlar Masonry
What do art historians call the courses of dressed stones used in the construction of the Great Pyramids?
Ashlar Masonry
What do art historians call the courses of dressed stones used in the construction of the Great Pyramids?
Ashlar masonry
Which people ruled an empire extending from the Persian Gulf to Asia Minor in the first half of the first millennium BCE?
Assyrians
Archaic Greece
At Persepolis, the style of the processional reliefs depicting representatives of many nations is highly reminiscent of which contemporaneous culture?
What is the purpose of the Stele of the Vultures, seen here?
Commemoration of a victory
Female Humans
Cycladic figurines share which subject with Paleolithic art?
What pictorial narrative convention is not present on the Warka Vase?
Descriptive inscriptions
Who of the following was not a Fourth Dynasty pharaoh?
Djoser
What is the most famous Sumerian work of literature?
Epic of Gilgamesh
What was the primary purpose of most Egyptian funerary art?
Equating the deceased's existence in the afterlife to life on earth
Which phrase is often used to describe Mesopotamia?
Fertile Crescent
What do art historians suspect is the purpose of the Venus of Willendorf?
Fertility figure
When was the New Kingdom?
1550-1070 BCE
When was the Middle Kingdom?
2040-1640 BCE
When was the Old Kingdom?
2575-2134 BCE
Palette of Narmer
3000-2920 BCE (early dynastic), Ancient Egyptian Propaganda for Narmer; something functional made with artistry (used for crushing makeup materials); Hieratic scale, etc.
When was the Pre-Dynastic and Early Period?
3500-2575 BCE
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
The most extensive series of Egyptian mural painting was discovered at
Hierakonpolis
Which falcon-headed god was the son of Osiris and hunted down his father's murderer, Seth?
Horus
The curving forms contradicted the rigid lines of the traditional Egyptian canon just as Akhenaton's new religion contradicted the old
How and why does the style of the Amarna period depart from the traditional Egyptian canon?
Skin color
How are men and women distinguished in this painting?
They are made using brushes on a prepared surface.
How do the materials of the paintings from Çatal Höyük differ from Paleolithic paintings?
The pharaoh is depicted with an emphasis on the curves and swells in the belly, hips, and lips.
How has the sculptor depicted this Egyptian pharaoh?
They are all rendered in tight, abstract patterns of curls
How has this artist rendered the beards and hair of the figures in this sculpture?
As a sun disk
How was the sole god of Akhenaton represented in Egyptian art?
The_____, or shepherd kings, came from the Syrian and Mesopotamian uplands.
Hyksos
_____ was the royal builder for King Djoser of the Third Dynasty
Imhotep
Who is the first known named artist, and who was his patron?
Imhotep and Djoser
What was the primary objective of mummification?
Immortality
Ka
In ancient Egypt, the immortal human life force.
Mesopotamia
In what region did the change from hunter-gatherer to farmer-herder first occur?
Standing still, as seen from the front; walking, as seen from the side
Is this lamassu depicted as standing still or in a walking motion?
Why is the inferred purpose of the twisted perspective used to depict animals in the Lascaux caves?
It allows a complete depiction of the concept of the animal.
The event which reaffirmed the royal existence in the hereafter was the
Jubilee Festival
What neighboring kingdom, mentioned in Early Kingdom texts, later conquered Egypt?
Kush
The reliefs from the palace at Ninevah show Ashurbanipal hunting which creature?
Lion
The red crown is a symbol of
Lower Egypt
The human with feline head discovered in Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, is carved from what material?
Mammoth ivory
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
In what region did the change from hunter-gatherer to farmer-herder first occur?
Mesopotamia
Which component is lacking from large Neolithic fortifications and megalithic structures?
Mortar
Where is the Apollo 11 Cave located?
Namibia
The ___________ was the backbone of Egypt.
Nile River
What was the lifeline of ancient Egypt?
Nile River
The earliest labeled historical art is
Palette of Narmer
What is the title and subject of the artwork shown here?
Palette of Narmer, showing the events of the unification of Egypt
What architectural technique is used at the far-flung Neolithic sites of Hagar Qim and Stonehenge?
Post and lintel
What was the purpose of the Assyrian lamassu?
Protection
What is the name of the sculptural element in the form of a bull shown here?
Protome
Egypt became a province of ______ after 30 BCE.
Rome
Which empire made Egypt one of its province after 30 BCE?
Rome
What is the name of the chancellor/architect-engineer who served during the reign of Hatshepsut?
Senenmut
What is the most likely purpose of the "negative" handprints appearing in some Paleolithic caves?
Signatures
Horus
Son of Osiris and hunted down his father's murderer, Seth.
In what country is the Altamira Cave located?
Spain
Which group is credited with developing the first known writing system?
Sumerians
The god of Akhenaton was represent neither in human nor animal form but as a
Sun disk
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
Frontality and cylindrical volume
The Eshnunna votive statuettes and the statue of Napir-Asu share what formal characteristics?
What site did Leonard Woolley excavate in the 1920s in southern Mesopotamia?
The Royal Cemetery at Ur
What do art historians now believe was the model for the shape of the pyramids at Gizeh?
The ben-ben
Which two objects share decorative technique and materials?
The bull-headed harp and the Standard of Ur
Senmut
The chancellor, architect-engineer, and possible lover of Hatshepsut.
What architectural form makes this temple at Hagar Qim especially noteworthy?
The combination of straight and curved forms
How and why does the style of the Amarna period depart from the traditional Egyptian canon?
The curving forms contradicted the rigid lines of the traditional Egyptian canon just as Akhenaton's new religion contradicted the old.
Which of the following is not an important milestone represented by the bronze head of an Akkadian ruler?
The figure is an accurately rendered portrait of a known historical figure.
Mammoth ivory
The human with feline head discovered in Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, is carved from what material?
The great bull from the Palette of Narmer seen knocking down the fortress walls of a rebellious city represents
The king's strength
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.
Khufu
The pyramid that is the oldest and largest.
Lion
The reliefs from the palace at Ninevah show Ashurbanipal hunting which creature?
What Middle Kingdom form took on the function of the Old Kingdom mastabas?
The rock-cut tomb
What great human advance accounts for the Neolithic origins of metalwork, weaving, pottery, and simple clay records?
The settlement into organized societies around agriculture
What structure formed the nucleus of a Sumerian city?
The temple
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.
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 symbolism of the crowns worn by the king on the Narmer palette?
They refer to the unification of the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt.
It has the head of a man and the body of a winged bull
This kind of figure is called a lamassu. Which statement best describes this sculpture?
Why did the Sumerians refer to their temples as "waiting rooms"?
This was where priests stood to await the appearances of the divinity
Why did the Sumerians refer to their temples as "waiting rooms"?
This was where priests stood to await the appearances of the divinity.
What was the purpose of Egyptian royal portraiture?
To highlight the divinity of the pharaoh
Anatolia, a region that stands between two continents, is a part of which modern country?
Turkey
Osiris
Was the god of order and brought civilization to Egypt.
The rock-cut tomb
What Middle Kingdom form took on the function of the Old Kingdom mastabas?
The combination of straight and curved forms
What architectural form makes this temple at Hagar Qim especially noteworthy?
Post and lintel
What architectural technique is used at the far-flung Neolithic sites of Hagar Qim and Stonehenge?
Ashlar masonry
What do art historians call the courses of dressed stones used in the construction of the Great Pyramids?
The ben-ben
What do art historians now believe was the model for the shape of the pyramids at Gizeh?
Fertility figure
What do art historians suspect is the purpose of the Venus of Willendorf?
Ziggurat
What earlier architectural form does the stepped pyramid resemble in form but not purpose?
The tall royal headdress and ceremonial beard
What element of this sculpture communicates the figure's royalty?
The settlement into organized societies around agriculture
What great human advance accounts for the Neolithic origins of metalwork, weaving, pottery, and simple clay records?
Epic of Gilgamesh
What is the most famous Sumerian work of literature?
The paintings were done over many years by many different artists.
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?
Senenmut
What is the name of the chancellor/architect-engineer who served during the reign of Hatshepsut?
Protome
What is the name of the sculptural element in the form of a bull shown here?
Although these are archaeologically the oldest Paleolithic paintings, they exhibit advanced painting features and narrative content
What is the seeming contradiction in the paintings of the Chauvet cave?
They refer to the unification of the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt
What is the symbolism of the crowns worn by the king on the Narmer palette?
Palette of Narmer, showing the events of the unification of Egypt
What is the title and subject of the artwork shown here?
Repoussé
What metalworking technique was used to make the Vapheio cup and the Mycenaean gold mask?
Descriptive inscriptions
What pictorial narrative convention is not present on the Warka Vase?
The light-colored figures stand out against uniformly dark backgrounds
What similarity is shared by all four of the scenes depicted here?
The Royal Cemetery at Ur
What site did Leonard Woolley excavate in the 1920s in southern Mesopotamia?
temple
What structure formed the nucleus of a Sumerian city?
Mesolithic era
What transitional period occurred just before Europe became climatically, geographically, and biologically much as it is today?
Nile River
What was the lifeline of ancient Egypt?
immortality
What was the primary objective of mummification?
Equating the deceased's existence in the afterlife to life on earth
What was the primary purpose of most Egyptian funerary art?
To highlight the divinity of the pharaoh
What was the purpose of Egyptian royal portraiture?
Protection
What was the purpose of the Assyrian lamassu?
Africa
Where do scientists believe humankind originated?
Frescoes
Which art form has been useful to art historians and archaeologists because it depicts many aspects of Minoan life?
The breasts and the hips
Which bodily features are emphasized in this sculpture?
Horus
Which falcon-headed god was the son of Osiris and hunted down his father's murderer, Seth?
Sumerians
Which group is credited with developing the first known writing system?
The figure is an accurately rendered portrait of a known historical figure
Which of the following is not an important milestone represented by the bronze head of an Akkadian ruler?
A historical memorial
Which of the following is not thought to be the function of the megalithic monument at Stonehenge?
They are seen from the side
Which of these choices best describes the animal figures in this cave painting?
Some of the figures combine human and animal features
Which of these choices best describes the figures depicted here?
Assyrians
Which people ruled an empire extending from the Persian Gulf to Asia Minor in the first half of the first millennium BCE?
Akhenaton
Which pharaoh abandoned the worship of the multitude of Egyptian gods in favor of Aton?
Fertile Crescent
Which phrase is often used to describe Mesopotamia?
Some are painted in outlines, and others are filled in with color.
Which statement best describes how these animals are painted?
The artist has mixed frontal and profile depictions of the bodies.
Which statement best describes the depiction of the bodies in this sculpture?
It is static and contained
Which statement best describes the form of this female figure?
The bull-headed harp and the Standard of Ur
Which two objects share decorative technique and materials?
Imhotep and Djoser
Who is the first known named artist, and who was his patron?
Djoser
Who of the following was not a Fourth Dynasty pharaoh?
This was where priests stood to await the appearances of the divinity.
Why did the Sumerians refer to their temples as "waiting rooms"?
It allows a complete depiction of the concept of the animal
Why is the inferred purpose of the twisted perspective used to depict animals in the Lascaux caves?
What earlier architectural form does the stepped pyramid resemble in form but not purpose?
Ziggurat
Compare and contrast the pyramids and the temples
a lot
The stepped Pyramid of Djoser began as a
mastaba
What replaced the Old Kingdom mastabas in the Middle Kingdom?
rock-cut tombs
Ba
soul that can go between the real world and afterlife
What structure formed the nucleus of a Sumerian city?
the temple
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
Hatshepsut
was the first great female monarch whose name was recorded.
