Exam 1 Art 104
Which work likely commemorates the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt?
Palette of Narmer
Which part of the Greek temple contained most of the free-standing sculpture?
Pediment
What is the function of the clerestory at Karnak?
Permit light to filter into the interior
Bull-headed capitals would most likely be found in
Persia
Alexander the Great razed Persepolis in 330 BCE in revenge for the ___.
Persian sack of the Athenian Acropolis
Which of the following was one of the purposes of the portrait bust of the Flavian Woman?
Show idealized beauty
A rod & rope, connoting a capacity to build social order & render judgments, is on the __.
Stele of Hammurabi
Which of the following was included in the sculptural program for the Arch of Titus?
Successful conclusion of the Jewish wars, celebration off imperial virtues, and military triumphs of Titus
The Ziggurat at Ur can best be described as a:
Sumerian temple base
The Apulu of Veii is made of which of the following materials?
Terracotta
The Etruscans preferred which the following materials for sculpture?
Terracotta
The Emperor Trajan commissioned which of the following?
The column depicting his victories
Which of the following descriptions characterize the Pantheon?
The design is based on the intersection of two circles
The monumental gateway to the citadel of Persepolis is a reference to ____. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The harmony of the peoples of the Persian empire
Which of the following is depicted as a hawk or falcon and protector of pharaoh?
hours
Minoan columns are distinguished by:
A tapering shape and bulbous capitals
In the statue of Athena Parthenos, what is a reference to the Athenian victory over the Persia?
A winged Nike figure
The Geometric krater would most likely be found in which of the following?
An Athenian cemetery of the Geometric period
The use of guardian figures on the Lion Gate is reminiscent of ____. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
The ____ by Praxiteles was one of the first statues to represent a female nude.
Aphrodite of Knidos
The wall painting in the Tomb of the Leopards portrays which of the following?
Banqueters and musicians
Which of the following would be located in a forum and would house the law court for the city?
Basilica
The White Temple, Uruk is oriented to the ____.
Cardinal points of the compass
A female figure used as an architectural support was known as a:
Caryatid
Egyptian art, with the exception of the Amarna period, can be described as ___?
Conservative and formulaic
Christianity was recognized as the official religion of Rome in the early 4th century CE by __?
Constantine
What form of arch is above the lintel of the Lion Gate?
Corbelled arch
Small marble figurines of naked women with arms folded over abdomens have been found in:
Cyclades Islands
The many-columned hall found in an Egyptian temple is called a(n) ____?
Hypostyle hall
Monuments from the Neolithic period in Europe, such as Stonehenge, are characterized by ____.
Megalithic architecture
One of the suggested purposes for Paleolithic cave paintings is thought to have been:
Insurance for the survival of the herd
To beautify Bayblon, Nebuchadnezzar II built the ____ as one of the main entrances to the city.
Ishtar Gate
Why is the Palette of King Narmer unique among surviving Egyptian artworks?
It was commermorative rather than funerary
What is megalith?
Its a great stone
A standing nude figure of a young man is known in Greek art as which of the following?
kouros
Tomb interiors often depicted scenes of hunting as a metaphor for which of the following?
Triumph over evil
Which painting method was used for Minoan murals?
True fresco (Buon Fresco)
Ishtar Gate, with its relief decorations of a dragon, lion and bull, comes from the city of:
Babylon
One of the suggested purposes of Assyrian narrative relief is to:
Glorify the king
The independent spirit & relative freedom of Etruscan women horrified which of the following?
Greek and Roman male authors
Regular appearance of ______ distinguishes paintings produced in the Neolithic from Paleolithic.
Human figures
The hierarchy of scale was a convention, which indicated:
Order of importance
Of the following ____ is one of the primary characteristics of Neolithic society.
agriculture
Which of the following best describes and distinguishes the "First Style" of Roman painting?
Architectural
Which of the following describes a building technique commonly used in Egyptian pyramids? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ashlar masonry
Where would an oculus be found?
At the center of the Dome
Which of the following shows how Romanized the Etruscans became in the 1st century BCE?
Aule Metele
Which of the following is the best explanation for the portrayal of Akhenaton's body type?
Deliberate artistic reaction against the established canon
In Etruscan iconography, which of the following symbolized regeneration?
Eggs
Persian relief figure sculpture can be distinguished from earlier Mesopotamian styles by:
Forms are more rounded
Figures sculpted in the round can be defined as ____.
Freestanding
Egyptian tomb paintings were created in which of the following techniques?
Fresco secco
What is a composite view of human representation?
Front torso, profile head, legs and arms
The Mesopotamian king who codified the law and prescribed penalties for infractions was ____.
Hammurabi
The emphasis on the anatomy of the Nude Woman, from Willendorf, suggests early interest in ___.
Health and Fertility
Coffering was a useful architectural device in that it performed what function?
Helped lighten the weight of a dome or arch
The earliest known example of the use of contrapposto is the sculpture known as the ____.
Kritios Boy
__ is a term for large composite creatures at the entrance to the Assyrian king's quarters
Lamassu
Which of the following plants was commonly used to symbolize Upper Egypt?
Lotus
A tomb that resembles a truncated pyramid is called a ____? (Arabic for bench)
Mastaba
Which type of Etruscan funerary monument had no parallel in Greece?
Monumental Sarcophagi
When compared to the Classical style, Greek Hellenistic art could be characterized as:
More realistic and emotional
The Lion Gate is the gateway to:
Mycenae
The new concept of godlike sovereignty is in the depictions of __, in Akkadian art.
Naram Sin
Geometric vase painters returned ___ to Greek art.
Narrative
Sumerians may have been the first to use pictures to tell coherent stories because ___.
Narrative is presented in registers or bands
Pyramids were most popular during which of the following periods?
Old kingdom period
What is fresco secco?
Pigment application on dry plaster
Which of the following describes a building technique commonly used in Egyptian temples?
Post and lintel
____ was used almost exclusively for the representation of animals in Paleolithic art
Profile view
Which of the following describes the Temple of "Fortuna Virilis" (Temple of Portunus), Rome?
Pseudo - peripteral
In contrast to a Greek temple, Roman temples usually were ____.
Pseudo-peripteral
One of the most famous Paleolithic cave paintings, the Hall of the Bulls, was discovered in __.
The Lascaux caves, France
Conventions for representing the human figure that dominated Egyptian art history is found in?
The Palette of King Narmer
Etruscans placed their narrative statuary on which of the following elements?
The peaks of the temple roof
The Deer Hunt from Çatal Höyük is considered a world apart from Paleolithic paintings because
The regular appearance of humans and the coherent groupings
Most architectural sculpture was made to decorate what part of the Etruscan temple?
The roof
The Treasury of Atreus is an excellent example of a(n):
Tholos tomb
Frontal symmetry, abnormally large eyes, & tightly clasped hands are characteristic of the __
Votive statues of Sumer
A predominant theme or themes found in the narrative reliefs of the Assyrians was or were:
War and hunting
Polykleitos's Doryphoros (aka Canon) reflects the artist's belief that a perfect statue ____.
Was constructed according to a mathematical formula
The Etruscans preferred what building material(s) for their temples?
Wood and mudbrick
