Art History I: Exam 1 Review

Dolmens used ______ and _______ construction.

In the relief of the Hammurabi Stele, the god does NOT ________ to show superiority.

The Female Head has which distinct feature?

The main advantage of arch construction compared to post and lintel is which of the following?

The two animals depicted in registers on the walls next to the opening of the Ishtar Gate.

What religious change did Akhenaten make to Egypt?

What is NOT a theory for the purpose of the Lascaux cave paintings?

The Ishtar Gate was used for the city entrance.

The horn in the right hand (to our left) of the Venus of Laussel might indicate ______.

Ice and marble are two materials worked in the additive/modeling technique.

Seated Egyptian figures are considered of lower status than standing figures.

The votive Statues at Abu Temple are used to offer thanks to the gods and which of the following?

The Rosetta Stone has been used to decipher hieroglyphs since its rediscovery in the 1800s.

The outermost part of Stonehenge was used for burial.

A man-made, stylized mountain on which a temple is constructed is a ___________.

The Human-Headed Bull or Lion is located outside of the ____________ of the palace as a guardian of the monarch.

Because the Nile River in Egypt flows from south to north which of the following is true?

The two parts of any paint are pigment and _________.

A place of worship in a non-religious place is a cathedral.

The sun rises over the Heel Stone during which seasonal date on June 20th or 21st?

Which of the following materials is worked in the additive sculptural technique?

Which is NOT a social condition of the Paleolithic period?

Chiaroscuro creates three-dimensionality by making things appear to recede back in space.

Column forms in Egyptian temples are based on which of the following?

Historical/social conditions are the most important characteristics that distinguish periods in art and art history.

Which of the following is a definition of a 'style'?

Why is Tutankhamen considered an important pharaoh?

The main part of the ziggurat at Uruk is made of clay because stone was largely unavailable.

Arch construction is a basic way of enclosing space using upright members supporting a horizontal member.

Exaggerated or distorted characteristics describe which of the following?

Which of the following is NOT a definition or example of a chapel.

In what year was Tutankhamen's tomb opened?

Masaccio's Tribute Money is usually seen ________ in person.

The god Shamash being seated indicates lower status than Hammurabi.

The eyebrows of some ancient Near Eastern figures are distinctive stylistic conventions because they are 'unibrow.'

The Human-Headed Bull in Sargon II's palace has five legs to be seen from the side OR the front.

Which of the following does NOT adequately characterize Naram Sin's superiority?

Which feature does NOT implicate the Seated Scribe's lower status?

Which of the following features are shown in profile in Egyptian paintings and reliefs?

The defeated troops are doing which of the following?

The pharaoh who encouraged the Armana style was Tutankamen.

In mastabas, the burial chamber is found within the mastaba.

The lifeforce of the deceased in Egypt is referred to as the _______.

Menhirs were used as grave markers but were largely uncarved and un-shaped, unlike modern historical markers.

The "curse of the mummy" began when Howard Carter died immediately following the excavation of bodies from Tut's tomb.

Akhentan moved the capital of Egypt during his time as pharaoh.

This Sumerian head of Gudea is unlike Akkadian glorification of war because the headdress is simple.

The Venus of Willendorf is a freestanding sculpture, not attached to uncarved stone.

Sumerian Gudea has a temple plan in glorification to the gods rather than Akkadian military prowess.

In the Seated Khafre statue, which of the following are stylistic conventions?

"Hieroglyph" means _____________ ___________.

Chartres Cathedral is illuminated in photographs through ____________.

The Venus of Laussel is a _______ sculpture, connected to uncarved stone.

One unique feature of this work is which of the following?

What features are different about this pillar statue than previous statues.

Neolithic Plastered skulls were used to commemorate the deceased or contain the spirit of the deceased.

What still remains on the surface of the top of Khafre pyramid that used to cover all three?

The falcon god, Horus, representing Narmer, is doing which of the following?

The Palette of Narmer most accurately commemorates which of these events?

In the Seated Khafre statue, the figure is carved to be ____ ____ the throne.

Which of the following materials did NOT serve as a traditional paint binder?

________ refers to a work containing features that are more perfect than nature.

Where are the burial chambers in the pyramids at Giza?

Which of the following is NOT treated as a discipline of the visual arts in this course?

The Seated Khafre statue is carved from which of the following durable, expensive, and long-lasting materials?

Ancient Near East in modern-day Iraq is called ___________ or "middle river," between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Regular palettes, not commemorative ones like the Palette of Narmer, were used for preparing eye makeup.

The early form of writing in the Ancient Near East meaning 'wedge form' is called _________.

The sculpture of Prince Rahotep and Nofret is made of limestone.

Painting the stone gives the work a more ________________ appearance which islower status than the idealized appearance.

Which feature does NOT implicate Menkaure's superiority to Khamerernebty?

Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Egyptian temples?

The term 'iconography' refers to subject matter or meaning of images in a work.

The two major rivers that run through modern-day Iraq are the _______ and the Tigris Rivers.

All of the following body parts are stored in canopic jars EXCEPT what?

In King Hunting Lions, the lions politically relate to the king's enemies.

Masaccio's Tribute Money is usually seen ________ in a photo, separate from adjacent works.

Which of the following features are shown frontally in Egyptian paintings and reliefs?

________ refers to part of an overall work.

What is NOT a device used to make images and settings on a flat surface appear three-dimensional?

A cathedral is best described as what?

King Zoser's Step-Pyramid is a series of stacked mastabas.