Art 105 TEST 1 MINDTAP QUIZ QUESTIONS ch. 1-4
Where do scientists believe humankind originated?
Africa
Which pharaoh abandoned the worship of the multitude of Egyptian gods in favor of Aton?
Akhenaton
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
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
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
Cycladic figurines share which subject with Paleolithic art?
Female Humans
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
Which of the following is not thought to be the function of the megalithic monument at Stonehenge?
A historical memorial
Which art form has been useful to art historians and archaeologists because it depicts many aspects of Minoan life?
Frescoes
The Eshnunna votive statuettes and the statue of Napir-Asu share what formal characteristics?
Frontality and cylindrical volume
Which falcon-headed god was the son of Osiris and hunted down his father's murderer, Seth?
Horus
Who is the first known named artist, and who was his patron?
Imhotep and Djoser
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
This kind of figure is called a lamassu. Which statement best describes this sculpture?
It has the head of a man and the body of a winged bull
Which statement best describes the form of this female figure?
It is static and contained
The reliefs from the palace at Ninevah show Ashurbanipal hunting which creature?
Lion
The human with feline head discovered in Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, is carved from what material?
Mammoth ivory
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
What was the lifeline of ancient Egypt?
Nile River
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
What metalworking technique was used to make the Vapheio cup and the Mycenaean gold mask?
Repoussé
What is the name of the chancellor/architect-engineer who served during the reign of Hatshepsut?
Senenmut
How are men and women distinguished in this painting?
Skin color
Which statement best describes how these animals are painted?
Some are painted in outlines, and others are filled in with color.
Which of these choices best describes the figures depicted here?
Some of the figures combine human and animal features
Is this lamassu depicted as standing still or in a walking motion?
Standing still, as seen from the front; walking, as seen from the side
Which group is credited with developing the first known writing system?
Sumerians
What site did Leonard Woolley excavate in the 1920s in southern Mesopotamia?
The Royal Cemetery at Ur
Which statement best describes the depiction of the bodies in this sculpture?
The artist has mixed frontal and profile depictions of the bodies.
What do art historians now believe was the model for the shape of the pyramids at Gizeh?
The ben-ben
Which bodily features are emphasized in this sculpture?
The breasts and the hips
Which two objects share decorative technique and materials?
The bull-headed harp and the Standard of Ur
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
What similarity is shared by all four of the scenes depicted here?
The light-colored figures stand out against uniformly dark backgrounds
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.
How has the sculptor depicted this Egyptian pharaoh?
The pharaoh is depicted with an emphasis on the curves and swells in the belly, hips, and lips.
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 element of this sculpture communicates the figure's royalty?
The tall royal headdress and ceremonial beard
How has this artist rendered the beards and hair of the figures in this sculpture?
They are all rendered in tight, abstract patterns of curls
How do the materials of the paintings from Çatal Höyük differ from Paleolithic paintings?
They are made using brushes on a prepared surface.
Which of these choices best describes the animal figures in this cave painting?
They are seen from the side
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
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
What earlier architectural form does the stepped pyramid resemble in form but not purpose?
Ziggurat
What was the primary objective of mummification?
immortality
What structure formed the nucleus of a Sumerian city?
temple
