Art 1010 Art of the Ancients

Akkadian Victory Stele of Naram Sin and the Egyptian Narmer Palette, kings are depicted ____.

What distinguishes Akkadian art from Sumerian art?

Babylonian leader Hammurabi major contribution to civilization was

word from the Greek for "large stone"

During the Neolithic period, _______ monuments were erected and the most famous example is ___.

The Dying Lioness from Nineveh is an example of ____________.

Large-scale sculptures intended to house spirit of the deceased if mummification failed were

From the Latin word meaning wedge, ____ was a system of writing developed by the Sumerians.

Which is considered one of the Bronze Age civilizations of pre-Hellenic Greece?

Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut was carved out of living rock. Visually impressive due to

The ____________ was a multilevel temple designed by the religion-oriented Sumerians

Great Pyramids were plundered by grave robbers, what architecture was developed instead?

The first major civilization to rise to power was the

One of the earliest and most famous "fertility" figurines from the Paleolithic period is the

Victory Stele of Naram Sin, is represented in a conceptual manner, meant to indicate ____.

Land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is known as the

The Great Pyramids at Giza were built with massive blocks of ____.

Although influenced by Babylonia in many ways, Assyria was built on

Old Kingdom period of Egyptian art was characterized by all of the following except

Stele of Hammurabi depicts Babylonian ruler Hammurabi's inspiration for codified laws from ___.

During Akhenaton's reign, longstanding stylized formality of Egyptian art gave way to ____.

The Paleolithic Hall of Bulls cave painting artists used all of the following techniques except

Egyptian Old Kingdom sculptural wall decoration was carved in low relief with a great deal of

Egypt's art and many of its monuments were, in one way or another, linked to ____.