Art 1113 Final Exam Part 2

Early Christian art was created in private homes and underground burial chambers called __________.

Small paintings of holy images intended to inspire devotion are called __________.

What was the Pantheon?

Builders can span larger distances and support a heavier load in a stone structure by using __________.

The Parthenon was dedicated to __________.

The Neolithic period is also known as the __________.

Which of the following is a Mesopotamian religious structure?

According to archaeologists, the first known examples of artistic creativity are __________.

Which of the following civilizations first developed writing?

Paleolithic cultures lived by

Some scholars believe that the Woman of Willendorf depicts __________.

The Neolithic period developed in __________.

In Romanesque churches, where are the largest and most elaborate sculptures found?

In order to organize figures according to degrees of importance, ancient Egyptian artists used __________.

Where are the best examples of Roman wall painting found?

Gothic cathedrals fill their interiors with the symbolic light of God by using __________.

What symbolic form was embodied by the Sumerian ziggurats?

Which of the following cultures strove to create the ideal individual in both art and culture?

Which of the following styles emphasizes rational simplicity, order, and idealized human forms?

The Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu is constructed of __________.

The Greek kouros statue was created to __________.

Which of the following is a Gothic structure?

Which of the following structures features a ring of posts and lintels?

Tutankhamen (“King Tut”) is the best-known Egyptian ruler because

Mesopotamia was located in __________.

What technological innovation made the balloon frame possible?

Ancient Egyptians were deeply concerned about __________.

What about the Head of Constantine best demonstrates the shift toward an inner spiritual life in late Roman sculpture?

Byzantine iconoclasts destroyed images of sacred figures in order to __________.

What was the advantage to using entasis on the Parthenon columns?

What feature of Stonehenge leads some scholars to think that it was associated with funeral rites?

What architectural element ensures the continuous load-bearing capacity in a continuous arch?

How is the Hellenistic period different from the Classical period?

Petroglyphs are made by __________.

The Great Pyramids were __________.

In the Neolithic period, the production of clay storage pots was the direct result of the __________.

The Colosseum functioned principally as a site for

How is the Pantheon different from Greek temples, like the Parthenon?

The decorative recessed squares on the interior surface of a building are called __________.

A columned porch attached to a building is known as __________.

In Old St. Peter’s Basilica, Christians placed the altar in a semi-circular space called __________.

A series of stepped, rectangular platforms with a temple at the top is called a __________.

Stone tools and cave paintings are characteristic of __________.

Gothic architecture can be distinguished from Romanesque architecture because of the extensive use of __________.

The Laocoön Group exemplifies the artistic style of the Hellenistic period due to the figures’ __________.