Pack Quiz 1-3 review

Why does statue of Hatshepsut differ from other statues from the Egyptian period?

The MAIN room of a temple where the god or goddess is housed 

Woman from Willendorf is small and portable, possibly because:

What does having your left out mean in Egyptian art?

A system of representation that expresses a person’s importance by the size of his/her representation in a work of art

Where is the White Temple and ziggurat located?

What is being depicted on this side (lef) of the Palette of King Narmeer?

True or False: The prehistoric figurines that represent humans are almost all male.

The ________________ contained "false passageways" to fool potential thieves and looters.

front of a building

Hypostyle

Egyptians preserved the internal organs of a deceased person in this

What is spirtual meaning of Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters?

What are the horizontals called on the Standard of Ur?

Why was the Mortuary Temple of Hatsheput built on a cliff side?

The Neolithic revolution brought food security and populations that settled down. What artform became common?

An Egyptian symbol of life sometimes found in hieroglyphics 

All of the following are typical artistic conventions of Ancient Egyptian art EXCEPT:

A roof that rises above lower roofs and thus has window space beneath 

What is NOT True about Stonehenge?

The Book of the Dead was a funerary text that led the deceased to the _________.

Hammurabi was a Babylonian king who created one of the first . . .

All of the following cultural values of ancient Egypt are demonstrated by the pyramids of Giza EXCEPT:

Arabic for "bench"; a low, flat-roofed Egyptian tomb with sides sloping down to the ground

What was the purpose of the ziggurat?

The bust of Nerfertiti conveys the _______________ ideal; long neck, heavy eyelids, and makeup.

True or False: Humans were making art long before they invented writing or farming.

painted or carved baseline on which figures appear to stand, in paintings and reliefs

Offered in fulfillment of a vow or a pledge

art created during the reign of Akenaton; features a more relaxed figure style than before

Pharaoh Khafre's sculpture and the innermost coffin of Tutankhamun look very similar because:

What are the 2 sites of the Standard of Ur?

striped headcloth worn by pharaohs in ancient Egypt

Having characteristics of the HUMAN form, although the form itself is not human 

What does relative heights of King Menkaurua and Queen represent?

What are the main themes of the Temple of Amun-Re?

Paleolithic people ONLY made art they could carry on the move.

What would the Seated Scribe be holding?

What is the purpose of The Code Stele of Hammurabi?

Which of the following is true of the Stele with the Law Code of Hammurabi?

King Khafre wears head dress in the shape of a ________________, which represents the sun god. 

Mummification was a __________ week process. 

What's culture does this come from?

What does the SIZE of the "Woman (Venus) of Willendorf" suggest about the people that made her?

Scenes in paintings and reliefs were order in parallel lines, known as _______ 

What was the purpose of the Palette of Narmeer?

Egyptian art was meant to promote order over chaos.

What is atypical in form Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters in context of Egyptian Art?

The only artist's name we have seen in class so far is:

What can we know FOR SURE about what the prehistoric paintings in caves like Lascaux meant to their creators is:

Art created during the reign of Akhenaton, which features a more relaxed figure style than in Old and Middle Kingdom Art

A STONE coffin

A tall aquatic plant whose fiber is used as a writing surface in ancient Egypt 

Which of the following statements is correct about The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin?

Egyptians believed in the Eternal Life, or "______". 

An architectural plan in which entry of a building requires an angular change of direction, instead of straight entry

What is the purpose of the Great Pyramids of Eygpt?

Key of life

A deep blue stone prized for its color and used in the Standard of Ur

Shamanism (see image for answer choices)

Mortuary temple

Egypt is a river valley civilization located on _____________________ river. 

What does the term paleolithic mean?

A “city of the dead”, a large burial area 

Whats unique about the seated scribe in respect to Egyptian art?

What other piece is MOST related to the Temple of Amun-Re in terms of design?

The Aztec name of Teotihuacán literally means:

Why are votive figures eyes so big?

King Nebuchadnezzar rebuilt this ancient city, and this ceremonial gate is part of that building campaign.

A pyramid-like building with several stories that indent as it gets taller, thus, ziggurats have terraces at each level

The horizontal bands that organize imagery in several works we've studied, (ie. Warka Vase and Palette of Narmer), are:

Hierarchical Scale is an artistic convention that:

The Babylonian ruler Hammurabi had the relief sculpture on the upper part of his stele made in order to:

Apadana

Hypostyle (as seen in the Temple of Amun Re) 

What was NOT a reason the Neolithic (New Stone Age) period was an important development of human history?

a "city of the dead," a large burial area

Register

the soul of a human that either ascends to heaven or can live in an Egyptian statue of itself

Mastaba

Ka

Egyptian writing using symbols or pictures as characters

Registars also conveyed information. Higher up in the scene, the higher the _____ of the person

Mummified bodies were placed in a ____________, or stone coffin adorned with sculpture. 

What metaphorical technique is illustrated in the Code Stele of Hammurabi?

What does the placement of Great Pyramids represent?

Post and lintel

Egyptian Culture influenced what other Western cultures?

A row of columns lined up around a temple is called

a small, sealed room housing the ka statue of the deceased

Diorite