ART MO1, quiz 1, Ch.1-3

Which of the following items was made by an additive technique?

A welded bronze warrior

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

At Persepolis, the style of the processional reliefs depicting representatives of many nations is highly reminiscent of which contemporaneous culture?

Archaic Greece

What pictorial narrative convention is not present on the Warka Vase?

Descriptive inscriptions

Who of the following was not a Fourth Dynasty pharaoh?

Djoser

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

Which falcon-headed god was the son of Osiris and hunted down his father's murderer, Seth?

Horus

What does the provenance of an artwork tell the art historian?

Its place of origin

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

Which component is lacking from large Neolithic fortifications and megalithic structures?

Mortar

An art historian writing a comparative analysis would most likely focus on the differences in which aspect of the two artists' paintings?

Perspective

Which of the following is an important convention for the organization of forms in a pictorial space?

Perspective

Which of the following sets of terms represent graphical representations of an architectural structure?

Plan, elevation, section

What architectural technique is used at the far-flung Neolithic sites of Hagar Qim and Stonehenge?

Post and lintel

That her statue was intended as a permanent votive offering

Protection

What is the name of the sculptural element in the form of a bull shown here?

Protome

What is the name of the chancellor/architect-engineer who served during the reign of Hatshepsut?

Senenmut

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

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

Which is an example of the internal evidence an art historian might use to date a work of art?

The hairstyle of the sculpture belongs to a specific period in Roman history.

What great human advance accounts for the Neolithic origins of metalwork, weaving, pottery, and simple clay records?

The settlement into organized societies around agriculture

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 art historical lesson told by these two portraits of the same individual?

Understanding the cultural context of artworks is vital to art history.

What earlier architectural form does the stepped pyramid resemble in form but not purpose?

Ziggurat

Which of the following is not an example of the interdisciplinary nature of 21st-century art historical inquiry?

costume designer replicates the garments seen in a painting for a play.

How was the sole god of Akhenaton represented in Egyptian art?

As a sun disk

What do art historians call an element such as the winged man, eagle, lion, and ox accompanying the pictures of the four Gospel authors?

Attribute

What was the primary objective of mummification?

Immortality

The reliefs from the palace at Ninevah show Ashurbanipal hunting which creature?

Lion

In certain eras, such as pharaonic Egypt or imperial Rome, which class of individual had the most influence on the final appearance of a work of art?

The patron

What Middle Kingdom form took on the function of the Old Kingdom mastabas?

The rock-cut tomb

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.

What was the purpose of Egyptian royal portraiture?

To highlight the divinity of the pharaoh