AP Art History Midterm Review

The key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics was this...

Egyptian pieces, such as The Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer, show the cultural focus on...

"The central area of a of a church or mosque, demarcated from aisles by piers or columns."

Identify the name of this work.

The term "anthropomorphic" means what? (Refer to this Anthropomorhic Stele for a clue)

Identify the name of this work.

"In a mosque, the identified wall (toward Mecca) used as a guidance for prayer."

What is the cultural period of this work, Chartres Cathedral?

What are the common symbols for the authors of the Christian gospels?

Identify the name of this work.

The Standard of Ur has two sides that depict War and Peace.

"a mark that connects two points in space"

What is the cultural period of this work, Animal-head post?

"painting on plaster, either dry or wet"

"when figures are depicted in profile while we see the whole figure from a more frontal view"

What is the cultural period of this work, the Pyxis?

"a house of prayer in Judaism"

"a recess, usually semicircular, found in the wall of a building" (use this image for reference)

Identify the name of this work.

"writing composted of wedge-shaped characters, done in wet clay using a stylus

What are the major world religions?

At Westminster Abbey, this ceiling displays what architectural element?

Identify the name of this work.

"before the invention of writing"

Identify the name of this work.

What is the cultural period of this piece, the Harbaville Triptych?

This work, found on a door at the Church of Sainte-Foy, is known as a what?

"the side posts of a doorway"

What cultural/time period are the Apollo 11 Stones from?

"a series of underground galleries, passageways, and chambers designed as cemeteries"

What is the medium of this work, The Vienna Genesis?

"large difference between elements"

This character is named...

"a method of carving in which the main image protrudes slightly above the perceived background"

"method of carving in which the main image protrudes considerably above the perceived background"

"a house of prayer in Islam"

This work is known as a...