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