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Understanding Art: 10th Edition Chapter 13 Art of the Ancients
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The Paleolithic
Hall of Bulls
cave painting artists used all of the following techniques
except
painting with fingers and sticks
foreshortening to create the illusion of three-dimensional
painting with a bronze knife blade
drawing with chunks of raw pigment
2
During the Neolithic period, _______ monuments were erected and the most famous example is ___.
monolithic; Stonehenge
architectural; the Great Pyramids
megalithic; Stonehenge
mesolithic; the Ziggurat at Ur
3
Great Pyramids were plundered by grave robbers, what architecture was developed instead?
porticoes
step pyramids
mortuary temples
rock-cut tombs
4
The ____________ was a multilevel temple designed by the religion-oriented Sumerians
ziggurat
royal audience hall
tholos
basilica
5
Egyptian Old Kingdom sculptural wall decoration was carved in low relief with a great deal of
naturalism
animals
incised detail
color
6
Egypt's art and many of its monuments were, in one way or another, linked to ____.
the gods
the hunt and the harvest
everyday life and common activities
death or worship of the dead
7
The first major civilization to rise to power was the
Akkad
Sumer
Assyrian
Babylonian
8
One of the earliest and most famous "fertility" figurines from the Paleolithic period is the
Venus de Milo
Venus of Urbino
Venus of Willendorf
Peplos Kore
9
From the Latin word meaning wedge, ____ was a system of writing developed by the Sumerians.
Cuneiform
Aramaic
hieroglyphics
Phoenician
10
Large-scale sculptures intended to house spirit of the deceased if mummification failed were
ka figures
pharaoh figures
idealized figures
mummy figures
11
Old Kingdom period of Egyptian art was characterized by all of the following
except
naturalistic depiction of the human figure
flat figures with no use of perspective
combined frontal and profile view
relief sculpture carved low with much incised detail
12
What distinguishes Akkadian art from Sumerian art?
commemoration of rulers and warriors
their materials were better quality
commemoration of religious beliefs are different
their artist's are superior in skill
13
Although influenced by Babylonia in many ways, Assyria was built on
military conquests and campaigns
religious beliefs
the backs of large kitties
the bones of their predecessors
14
Akkadian
Victory Stele of Naram Sin
and the Egyptian
Narmer Palette
, kings are depicted ____.
larger than the surrounding figures
frontal and profile view and larger than surrounding figures
in combined frontal and profile view
naturalistically
15
During Akhenaton's reign, longstanding stylized formality of Egyptian art gave way to ____.
rigidity
conventionalism
naturalism
excess
16
Babylonian leader Hammurabi major contribution to civilization was
accepting power to rule from the sun god Shamash
power and domination of Mesopotamia
codification of Mesopotamian laws
a relief sculpture in basalt over 7 ft high
17
Stele of Hammurabi depicts Babylonian ruler Hammurabi's inspiration for codified laws from ___.
Abu
Shamash
Ishtar
Hathor
18
Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut was carved out of living rock. Visually impressive due to
volutes
capitals
colonnades
porticoes
19
Which is considered one of the Bronze Age civilizations of pre-Hellenic Greece?
Tarquinia
Assyria
the Cyclades
Alexandria
20
Victory Stele of Naram Sin
, is represented in a conceptual manner, meant to indicate ____.
deification of the king
fear of the enemy
a state of chaos
respect and victory
21
The Great Pyramids at Giza were built with massive blocks of ____.
Limestone
Granite
Conglomerate
Sandstone
22
Land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is known as the
Fertile Straight
Fertile Crescent
Fertile Loins
Fertile Ribbon
23
The Dying Lioness from Nineveh is an example of ____________.
clay statues of hunted animals and enemies
large mural paintings of animals
carved stone reliefs depicting war and hunting scenes
carved palettes depicting war and hunting scenes
24
word from the Greek for "large stone"
Stele
Megalith
Stonehenge
Monolith