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Understanding Art: 10th Edition Chapter 13 Art of the Ancients
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Egyptian Old Kingdom sculptural wall decoration was carved in low relief with a great deal of
incised detail
animals
color
naturalism
2
One of the earliest and most famous "fertility" figurines from the Paleolithic period is the
Peplos Kore
Venus of Willendorf
Venus de Milo
Venus of Urbino
3
Babylonian leader Hammurabi major contribution to civilization was
a relief sculpture in basalt over 7 ft high
codification of Mesopotamian laws
accepting power to rule from the sun god Shamash
power and domination of Mesopotamia
4
The ____________ was a multilevel temple designed by the religion-oriented Sumerians
tholos
ziggurat
basilica
royal audience hall
5
The first major civilization to rise to power was the
Sumer
Babylonian
Akkad
Assyrian
6
Akkadian
Victory Stele of Naram Sin
and the Egyptian
Narmer Palette
, kings are depicted ____.
in combined frontal and profile view
frontal and profile view and larger than surrounding figures
naturalistically
larger than the surrounding figures
7
The Dying Lioness from Nineveh is an example of ____________.
carved palettes depicting war and hunting scenes
carved stone reliefs depicting war and hunting scenes
large mural paintings of animals
clay statues of hunted animals and enemies
8
During Akhenaton's reign, longstanding stylized formality of Egyptian art gave way to ____.
naturalism
rigidity
excess
conventionalism
9
What distinguishes Akkadian art from Sumerian art?
their materials were better quality
commemoration of religious beliefs are different
their artist's are superior in skill
commemoration of rulers and warriors
10
Victory Stele of Naram Sin
, is represented in a conceptual manner, meant to indicate ____.
fear of the enemy
deification of the king
a state of chaos
respect and victory
11
Which is considered one of the Bronze Age civilizations of pre-Hellenic Greece?
Assyria
Tarquinia
Alexandria
the Cyclades
12
The Paleolithic
Hall of Bulls
cave painting artists used all of the following techniques
except
drawing with chunks of raw pigment
foreshortening to create the illusion of three-dimensional
painting with fingers and sticks
painting with a bronze knife blade
13
The Great Pyramids at Giza were built with massive blocks of ____.
Limestone
Granite
Conglomerate
Sandstone
14
Old Kingdom period of Egyptian art was characterized by all of the following
except
naturalistic depiction of the human figure
combined frontal and profile view
flat figures with no use of perspective
relief sculpture carved low with much incised detail
15
word from the Greek for "large stone"
Megalith
Stele
Stonehenge
Monolith
16
From the Latin word meaning wedge, ____ was a system of writing developed by the Sumerians.
Cuneiform
hieroglyphics
Phoenician
Aramaic
17
Great Pyramids were plundered by grave robbers, what architecture was developed instead?
step pyramids
porticoes
mortuary temples
rock-cut tombs
18
During the Neolithic period, _______ monuments were erected and the most famous example is ___.
monolithic; Stonehenge
mesolithic; the Ziggurat at Ur
megalithic; Stonehenge
architectural; the Great Pyramids
19
Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut was carved out of living rock. Visually impressive due to
porticoes
capitals
volutes
colonnades
20
Egypt's art and many of its monuments were, in one way or another, linked to ____.
everyday life and common activities
the gods
death or worship of the dead
the hunt and the harvest
21
Land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is known as the
Fertile Crescent
Fertile Loins
Fertile Straight
Fertile Ribbon
22
Stele of Hammurabi depicts Babylonian ruler Hammurabi's inspiration for codified laws from ___.
Hathor
Shamash
Abu
Ishtar
23
Large-scale sculptures intended to house spirit of the deceased if mummification failed were
mummy figures
idealized figures
pharaoh figures
ka figures
24
Although influenced by Babylonia in many ways, Assyria was built on
military conquests and campaigns
religious beliefs
the bones of their predecessors
the backs of large kitties