Deck 14: Art of the Ancient World

Question 1

The __________ was a multilevel temple designed by the religion-oriented Sumerians but built by the later Babylonians and Assyrians.

A) ​royal audience hall 
B) ​ziggurat 
C) ​tholos 
D) ​treasury 
E) ​basilica

Answer 1

  B

Question 2

Linear A,a form of writing based on __________,was developed during the Middle Minoan period on the island of __________.

A) ​stick figures; Cyclades 
B) ​phonetics; Delos 
C) ​pictographs; Crete 
D) ​hieroglyphs; Rhodes 
E) ​wedge forms; Melos

Answer 2

  C

Question 3

Large-scale tomb sculptures that were intended to house the spirit of the deceased if mummification failed were known as __________.

A) ​pharaoh figures 
B) ​idealized figures 
C) ​mummy figures 
D) ​ka sculptures 
E) ​votive figures

Answer 3

  D

Question 4

During the Old Kingdom period of Egyptian art,a new manner of representing the human figure developed that would last thousands of years.It was characterized by all of the following except __________.

A) ​naturalistic depiction of the human figure 
B) ​combined frontal and profile view 
C) ​flat figures with no use of perspective 
D) ​sculpture in the round adhered to the block form 
E) ​relief sculpture carved low with much incised detail

Question 5

The Great Pyramids at Giza were built with massive blocks and __________.

A) ​later carved out 
B) ​have suffered much damage from vandalism 
C) ​surfaced with marble 
D) ​surfaced with granite 
E) ​surfaced with fine limestone

Question 6

Which of the following is considered one of the Bronze Age civilizations of pre-Hellenic Greece? 

A) ​Assyria 
B) ​The Cyclades 
C) ​Alexandria 
D) ​Akkad 
E) ​Tarquinia

Question 7

The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut was carved out of living rock and is most impressive visually due to its three tiers of pillared __________.

A) capitals​ 
B) ​dentils 
C) ​colonnades 
D) ​volutes 
E) ​porticoes

Question 8

The Processional Frieze from the royal audience hall in Persepolis,shows_________.

A) ​naturalistic animal forms 
B) ​deeply carved, fleshy, well-rounded human figures 
C) ​stylized human forms perceived as abstract patterns 
D) ​religious gods 
E) ​gods depicted as animals

Question 9

In the Victory Stele of Naram Sin,the king and his men are represented in a conceptual manner,probably meant to indicate __________.

A) ​respect and victory 
B) ​fear of the enemy 
C) ​deification of the king 
D) ​a state of chaos 
E) ​a borrowing of Egyptian motifs

Question 10

From the Latin word meaning "wedge," __________ was a system of writing developed by the Sumerians.

A) ​Linear A 
B) ​hieroglyphics 
C) ​Aramaic 
D) ​Phoenician 
E) ​Cuneiform

Question 11

The Stele of Hammurabi depicts the Babylonian ruler Hammurabi gaining inspiration for his codified laws from the god(dess)__________.

A) ​Abu 
B) ​Horus 
C) ​Ishtar 
D) ​Shamash 
E) ​Hathor

Question 12

One of the earliest and most famous "fertility" figurines from the Paleolithic period is the __________.Venus of Urbino 

A) ​Peplos Kore 
B) ​Venus of Urbino 
C) ​Venus of Willendorf 
D) ​Venus de Milo 
E) ​Statue of Khafre

Question 13

During Akhenaton's reign,the longstanding stylized formality of Egyptian art briefly gave way to __________,as seen in the very famous Bust of Queen Nefertiti.

A) ​curving lines and full-bodied forms 
B) ​rigidity 
C) ​abstraction 
D) ​conventionalism 
E) ​excess

Question 14

Mortuary temples that were carved out of the living rock-rock that remained part of the earth-are called__________.

A) ​living rock 
B) ​rock-cut tombs 
C) ​mortuary temples 
D) ​porticoes 
E) ​step pyramids

Question 15

In 1922,British archaeologist Howard Carter remarked,"[A] gasp of wonderment escaped our lips,so gorgeous was the sight that met our eye: a golden effigy of the young boy king ..." Carter was referring to __________.

A) ​Akhenaton's richly painted sarcophagus 
B) ​a Mycenaean gold funerary mask 
C) ​King Tut's gold throne 
D) ​a gold statue of Khafre 
E) ​King Tut's solid gold coffin

Question 16

Much of ancient Egypt's art and many of its monuments were,in one way or another,linked to __________.

A) ​the hunt and the harvest 
B) ​death or worship of the dead 
C) ​everyday life and common activities 
D) ​the gods 
E) ​mummies

Question 17

In New Kingdom Egypt,Amenhotep IV started a revolution in both religion and the arts when he changed his name to Akhenaton to honor the sun god and became a __________.The period of his reign is known as the __________.

A) ​polytheist; Aton period 
B) ​high priest; Sun period 
C) ​theist; Nefertiti period 
D) ​monotheist; Amarna period 
E) ​pseudo-god; Hyskos period

Question 18

For the Paleolithic Hall of Bulls cave painting,artists used all of the following techniques except __________.

A) ​drawing with chunks of raw pigment 
B) ​painting with a bronze knife blade 
C) ​spray painting with a hollowed-out bone 
D) ​foreshortening to create the illusion of three-dimensional forms 
E) ​painting with fingers and sticks

Question 19

In both the Akkadian Victory Stele of Naram Sin and the Egyptian Narmer Palette,the kings are depicted __________.

A) ​in combined frontal and profile view 
B) ​larger than the surrounding figures 
C) ​in combined frontal and profile view and larger than surrounding figures 
D) ​with no gods 
E) ​naturalistically

Question 20

It was during the Neolithic period that __________ monuments were erected,and the most famous example is __________.

A) ​architectural; the Great Pyramids 
B) ​Mesolithic; the Ziggurat at Ur 
C) ​monolithic; Stonehenge 
D) ​megalithic; Stonehenge 
E) ​Sumerian; the Ziggurat at Ur

Question 21

The term labyrinthine well describes the huge,sprawling Palace at Knossos,and the term comes from the myth of the __________.

A) ​centaur 
B) ​leviathan 
C) ​Cyclops 
D) ​Minotaur 
E) ​typhoon

Question 22

Art historian Erwin Panofsky stated that the artistic intention of the Egyptians was "directed not toward the variable,but toward the constant,not toward the symbolization of the vital present,but toward the realization of a timeless eternity." Using the statue of Khafre as an example,justify this statement.

Question 23

Compare and contrast the art and architecture of the Sumerians with that of the Assyrians.

Question 24

The art and architecture of the Mycenaean civilization reflects a preoccupation with __________ because,unlike Crete,it lacked the natural defense of a surrounding sea.

A) ​defense 
B) ​dolphins and sea life 
C) ​shaft graves 
D) ​bronze 
E) ​lions

Question 25

What were the Fertile Crescent and the Fertile Ribbon?

Question 26

Identify three aspects of Egyptian art and life that are unique to that culture.

Question 27

Differentiate the appearance and purpose of the Middle Kingdom rock-cut tombs with the New Kingdom mortuary temple.

Question 28

When Heinrich Schliemann excavated Grave Circle A in Mycenae in the late nineteenth century,he discovered treasures,including a __________.

A) silver mask​ 
B) ​gold mask 
C) ​bronze mask 
D) ​lapis lazuli 
E) ​silver and gold

Question 29

Contrast the art of the short-lived Amarna period with Egypt's long-standing tradition of convention.

Question 30

Identify four key advancements that separate historic societies from prehistoric societies.

Question 31

What societal changes occurred as the Stone Age progressed from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic periods?

Question 32

Describe the Narmer Palette,and discuss how it illustrates the Egyptian preoccupation with strict representational conventions.

Question 33

Artist Emil Nolde said,"Art is exalted above religion and race.Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religion of the Assyrians,the Egyptians,or the Greeks ...Only their art,whenever it was beautiful,stands proud and exalted,rising above all time." Using artistic examples to support your argument,what is your interpretation of this quote?

Question 34

Describe the configuration of the Neolithic Stonehenge,and explain what its purpose is believed to have been.

Question 35

Describe the ziggurat and discuss the function it served in ancient Mesopotamia.

Question 36

Identify the conventional attributes of an Egyptian pharaoh.

Question 37

Explain why it is believed that cave paintings were created for prehistoric religious rituals.