1.1: Art in the Stone Age Flashcards
1
Q
- ____ was used almost exclusively for the representation of animals in Paleolithic art.
A
The profile view
2
Q
- The human with feline (lion?) head sculpture was found in ____.
A
Germany
3
Q
- The use of ____ along with its large scale suggests the sculpture human with feline (lion?) head was important to its creator.
A
mammoth ivory
4
Q
- The emphasis on the anatomy of the nude woman figurine (Venus of Willendorf) suggests early man’s interest in ____.
A
health and fertility
5
Q
- Figures sculpted in the round can be defined as ____.
A
freestanding
6
Q
- ____ is the location of the most spectacular cave paintings that have been discovered.
A
France
7
Q
- One of the most famous Paleolithic cave paintings, the Hall of the Bulls, was discovered in ____.
A
the Lascaux caves
8
Q
- What is a ground line?
A
It is the baseline in which figures appear to stand.
9
Q
- 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
descriptive
10
Q
- One of the suggested purposes for Paleolithic cave paintings is thought to have been ____.
A
insurance for the survival of the herd
11
Q
- The painting rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison is unique in Paleolithic art regarding the presence of ____.
A
a male figure
12
Q
- ____ is one of the primary characteristics of Neolithic society.
A
Domestication of animals and plants
13
Q
- What necessitated the inhabitants of Neolithic Jericho to construct fortification walls?
A
Protection from marauding nomads
14
Q
- The remains of what appear to be the oldest stone temples have been discovered in ____.
A
Göbekli Tepe
15
Q
- 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
16
Q
- What is bitumen?
A
A tarlike substance
17
Q
- The figures in the deer hunt wail 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 composite view
18
Q
- The regular appearance of ____ distinguishes paintings produced in the Neolithic period from those in the Paleolithic period.
A
human figures
19
Q
- 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 without any narrative content.
20
Q
- Monuments from the Neolithic period in western Europe, such as Stonehenge, are characterized by ____.
A
megalithic architecture
21
Q
- A henge, or ____, was a type of megalithic monument found almost exclusively in Britain.
A
an arrangement of megalithic stones in a circle
22
Q
- What is a megalith?
A
It is a massive rock-cut stone.
23
Q
- In the Neolithic period, agriculture and raising stock became humankind’s major food sources. Which area transitioned to these activities first?
A
Anatolia and Mesopotamia
24
Q
- ____ is the simplest and oldest method of spanning a passageway.
A
Post and lintel
