ancient egypt

Question 1

art factors

Answer 1

convention, tradition, rigidity and funerary art

Question 2

convention and tradition

Answer 2

art emphasized human rulers and hybrid creatures as deities

Question 3

rigidity

Answer 3

artists concentrated on technique and skill

Question 4

funerary art

Answer 4

reflected the deepest beliefs, yearning and fears

Question 5

egyptian grid system

Answer 5

ancient canon of proportion

Question 6

canon

Answer 6

ideal standard by which things are measured

Question 7

red colour

Answer 7

life and victory and anger and fire

Question 8

yellow/gold colour

Answer 8

everlasting and indestructible, protective

Question 9

blue colour

Answer 9

sky, water (nile river) and primeval flood (creation), rebirth, fertility

Question 10

black colour

Answer 10

underworld/night, death and rebirth (afterlife)

Question 11

white colour

Answer 11

omnipotence (unlimited or great power)

Question 12

green colour

Answer 12

new growth, good health, life, reguvenation

Question 13

women

Answer 13

lighter skin, feet together
same rights under the law as men (depends on social status not sex), landed property descendent in female line, great social standing

Question 14

men

Answer 14

darker skin tone, left foot forward

Question 15

open hand in front of face

Answer 15

mourning

Question 16

cross legged seated

Answer 16

scribe

Question 17

ma’at

Answer 17

goddess of balance and truth

Question 18

encaustic

Answer 18

paint made from pigment mixed with melted beeswax and resin and fixed by heat
greco-romans take control
ptolemaic egypt