what is a Ground Plan

The map of a floor of a building

What was the function of these types of monuments found above?

Guardian figures placed at the gates of citadels

Example of Narrative or series of images in registers

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1
Two vertical beans supporting a horizontal beam
Lintels and rice
Post and lintel
two verticals and a horizontal
facade
2
Much of the decoration on the interior of a building complex showed narrative scenes of
funeral and burial services
warfare and ritual hunts
the final judgment
the creation of the world
3
What is a stele
Is made of steel
Marks an important site
Is in the shape of worshipers
Is placed on a ziggurat
4
system of representation that expresses a person’s importance by their size
Hierarchy of Scale
Cuneiform
Relief sculpture
Negative space
5
All of the following civilizations contributed to the building of Palace at Persepolis except
Babylonians
Greek
Paleolithic
Egyptians
6
a roof supported by a dense thicket of columns is know as
Post and Lintel
Hypostyle Hall
Colonnade
Porch
7
What was the purpose of the Lamassu
welcome sign
Represent the gods
ward off enemies
Mark an historical battle
8
This artwork is an example of
A religious object from the ancient world
An ancient grave monument
A symbol of the Pharaoh power
A civic and political work
9
This building was used for
Civic ceremonies
religious ceremonies
Military defense
Grain storage
10
It is common in Near Eastern Art to have guardian figures that are
Part animal and part human
Arranged in size order
Facing front except for their shoulders
Emotional and dramatic
11
what is a Ground Plan
The map of a floor of a building
Top of a column
Base relief
Winged human headed bull
12
What was the function of these types of monuments found above?
worship
Welcome all visitors to the ziggurat temples
Guardian figures placed at the gates of citadels
Represent the power of the kings
13
This artwork is an
Example of Narrative or series of images in registers
Example of Early law codes
Example of Subtractive sculpture
Example of a temple complex
14
Ziggurats could be found
Inside the palace
In the city’s center
In Large palace complexes
In a large open burial ground in the Ancient Near East
15
Which near eastern society built this monument?
Akkadian
Persian
Babylonian
Sumerian
16
Ancient Near works were more likely to depict clothed humans with all of the following except
Small hands and feet
cylinder type body styes
Anatomical precision
Hands folded as if in prayer

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