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Art, Society, Literature -- Prehistory through Early Civilizations
Art, Society, Literature -- Prehistory through Early Civilizations
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The Humanities--prehistory through the early civilizations in the West
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1
Among which civilizations were frescoes found by archaeologists?
Mycenaeans, Egyptians
Minoans, Israelites
Israelites, Mycenaeans
Minoans, Egyptians
2
The Israelites had been a -- people who formed a kingdom under the rulers--
nomadic -- Hammurabi, Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus
nomadic -- Saul, David, Solomon
sedentary -- Saul, David, Solomon
3
We can gather that early art was...
particular since humans weren't yet capable of abstraction.
symbolic rather than particular and individual.
4
The Minoans --- due to being ---.
never traded -- ships not capable of long distance travel.
traded extensively -- an Island between many civilizations.
never traded -- on mainland Greece.
5
The flood story in
Gilgamesh
is much like the story about...1200 years later.
Abraham from the Christian New Testament
Abraham from Genesis
Noah from Genesis
6
The Israelites had little art because of God's commandment to Moses about not having...
animal statues made of gold or any other substance
any of the arts found "among the Egyptians or Babylonians."
images with the likeness of anything on heaven or earth.
7
Mycenae was home of ..... and ....
Greek scholars ... the Lion's Gate
Homeric heroes ... the Lion's Gate
Greek scholars ... the Parthenon
Homeric heroes ... the Parthenon
8
The following is the chronological succession of dominant peoples of Greece and the Aegean:
Cypriots, Mycenaeans, Dorians
Dorians, Mycenaeans, Minoans
Minoans, Mycenaeans, Dorians
9
The beast depicted most across ancient civilizations was the ...
lion
bull
gazelle
dragon
10
Upper-class Egyptians seemed to be MOSTLY concerned with...
death and the afterlife.
appeasing their one and only sun god, Ra.
having statues made of themselves.
11
The
Epic of Gilgamesh
was around -- Homer's
Iliad
and
Odyssey.
50 years before
50 years after
1500 years before
1500 years after
12
Both Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon were...
migratory, made tools, and created symbolic, detailed art.
sedentary, made tools, and created symbolic, detailed art.
migratory, but only Cro-Magnon created rich, symbolic art.
13
The Woman of Willendorf represents...
a particular woman at a particular task.
a particular mother looking down on a (now missing) child.
a symbol of regeneration.
14
The Cycladic Island people (from Santorini, for example) were known for...
the Gate of Ishtar.
Ziggurats.
modern-looking marble sculptures.
15
Amenhotep IV was a rebel in that he believed in...
only one god.
a pantheon of gods.
only the mother and father deities
16
Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals lived...
at different times, 14,000 years apart.
at the same time, 14,000 years ago.
at the same time, 40,000 years ago.
at different times, 40,000 years apart.
17
The
Epic of Gilgamesh
is concerned with conflict between gods and mortals as well as the...
succession of the thrown and the threat from Persia.
succession of the thrown and threat from the "sea peoples."
meaning of life and the consolations of love and friendship.
18
The idea of a vivid afterlife of the soul existed...
in ancient Mesopotamia.
did not exist until Plato.
in ancient Egypt.
19
Overall, the art of the ancient world depicted --- over ---.
linear perspective ... two-dimensionality
symbolism ... realism
realism ... symbolism
20
Ice Age art was concerned with -- while neolithic (new stone age) art began using -- .
animals and symbols ---- humans
animals and humans ---- symbols
animals and humans ---- peculiar extraterrestrial figures
