Deck 1: Art in the Stone Age

Question 1

____ is one of the primary characteristics of Neolithic society.

A)Using bronze tools
B)Domestication of animals and plants
C)Building houses from megaliths
D)Cave dwelling

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The human with feline (lion?) head sculpture was found in ____.

A)France
B)Belgium
C)Germany
D)Spain

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What is a ground line?

A)It is the baseline in which figures appear to stand.
B)It is a measured line on the wall surface.
C)It is an engraved line on the wall surface.
D)It is a baseline in which figures appear to move around.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

One of the suggested purposes for Paleolithic cave paintings is thought to have been ____.

A)decoration for the cave
B)insurance for the survival of the herd
C)the creation myth of the tribal chief
D)a record of the previous season's kills

Question 5

What is bitumen?

A)An engraved plaque
B)A tarlike substance
C)A type of clay
D)A handle for a knife

Question 6

____ is the location of the most spectacular cave paintings that have been discovered.

A)Italy
B)England
C)Germany
D)France

Question 7

Whatever their purpose, one of the most outstanding differences between Neolithic figures, such as the human figure from Ain Ghazal and Paleolithic statues, is ____.

A)its large scale and sophisticated technique
B)the representation of animals
C)its placement in fortification walls
D)its careful differentiation of gender

Question 8

Çatal Höyük has a most remarkable mural, a landscape. Which statement best defines the term landscape ?

A)It is a picture of a natural setting in its own right with narrative content.
B)It is a picture of a natural setting in its own right without any narrative content.
C)It is a picture that must have trees and narrative content.
D)It is a picture that must have trees and no narrative content.

Question 9

The painting rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison is unique in Paleolithic art regarding the presence of ____.

A)a bison
B)a male figure
C)a bucrania
D)an altar with bear skulls

Question 10

The use of ____ along with its large scale suggests the sculpture human with feline (lion?) head was important to its creator.

A)wood
B)mammoth ivory
C)stone
D)pebbles

Question 11

What necessitated the inhabitants of Neolithic Jericho to construct fortification walls?

A)Use as an offensive base for invasion
B)Protection from marauding nomads
C)Protection from natural disasters
D)Promotion of a powerful merchant class

Question 12

The convention of representing animals' horns in twisted perspective in cave paintings or allowing the viewer to see the head in profile and the horns from the front is termed ____.

A)optical
B)fanciful
C)descriptive
D)true

Question 13

The emphasis on the anatomy of the nude woman figurine ( Venus of Willendorf ) suggests early man's interest in ____.

A)gold and jewels
B)health and fertility
C)athletic competitions
D)the domestication of animals

Question 14

One of the most famous Paleolithic cave paintings, the Hall of the Bulls, was discovered in ____.

A)the Lascaux caves
B)Altamira
C)England
D)Jericho

Question 15

____ was used almost exclusively for the representation of animals in Paleolithic art.

A)Composite creature
B)Foreshortening
C)The profile view
D)Linear perspective

Question 16

The remains of what appear to be the oldest stone temples have been discovered in ____.

A)Babylon
B)Thebes
C)Sumer
D)Göbekli Tepe

Question 17

Figures sculpted in the round can be defined as ____.

A)freestanding
B)engraved
C)high relief
D)bas relief

Question 18

The figures in the deer hunt wall painting from Çatal Höyük are rendered in _____, which describes what a human body is, as opposed to its appearance from a specific viewpoint.

A)the profile view
B)a frontal view
C)the composite view
D)a three-quarter pose

Question 19

Monuments from the Neolithic period in western Europe, such as Stonehenge, are characterized by ____.

A)megalithic architecture
B)buildings without streets
C)fortifications
D)multistoried buildings

Question 20

The regular appearance of ____ distinguishes paintings produced in the Neolithic period from those in the Paleolithic period.

A)bison
B)human figures
C)animals
D)landscape elements such as trees and flowers

Question 21

What do scholars believe was the purpose of Stonehenge, and what does it reveal about the state of civilization at the point?

Question 22

What might explain the prevalence of female figures in Paleolithic art?

Question 23

Which region provided the necessary preconditions for the development of agriculture?

Question 24

____ is the simplest and oldest method of spanning a passageway.

A)Post and lintel
B)Corbel vaulting
C)Wattle and daub
D)Mortise and tenon

Question 25

What two approaches to picture making are on display at Lascaux?

Question 26

What purposes have been suggested for Stonehenge?

Question 27

What new features appeared in the mural painting found at Çatal Höyük.

Question 28

What set of criteria distinguish the Neolithic period from preceding eras?

Question 29

What was significant about the new Neolithic settlement at Jericho?

Question 30

Discuss Neolithic urban development and why it was so extraordinary. Use examples to support your essay.

Question 31

In the Neolithic period, agriculture and raising stock became humankind's major food sources. Which area transitioned to these activities first?

A)Western Europe
B)France
C)Great Britain
D)Anatolia and Mesopotamia

Question 32

A henge, or ____, was a type of megalithic monument found almost exclusively in Britain.

A)huge stones arranged in a diamond
B)passage grave
C)fortification wall inset with towers
D)an arrangement of megalithic stones in a circle

Question 33

What is the difference between recognition and representation?

Question 34

Describe the interesting architectural features of Hagar Qim, from the Orkney Islands to Malta. What might have been its original purpose?

Question 35

What feature of the human with feline (lion?) head sculpture suggests that it was important?

Question 36

What technique was used to create the statuettes from Ain Ghazal, and what moment in the development of sculpture do they mark?

Question 37

Why did prehistoric man consistently represent animals in prehistoric art in the profile view?

Question 38

What is a megalith?

A)It is a great blue stone.
B)It is volcanic rock quarried in Great Britain.
C)It is a massive rock-cut stone.
D)It is rock quarried in Jericho.

Question 39

Evaluate the social and economic changes that took place in human development from the Paleolithic through the Neolithic periods and the ways in which art was affected by those changes. Use examples to support your essay.

Question 40

What assumption about style has the radio carbon date of the Chauvet Cave challenged?

Question 41

What observations can be made about the subjects, scale, and technique of Paleolithic sculpture?

Question 42

What information has been gleaned regarding style and technique from the study of the Chauvet Cave and Lascaux?

Question 43

Contrast the approach to human figural representation between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. Include in your argument the differences and similarities. Be specific in your discussion and use examples to support your essay.