Ancient Egyptian Art

Question 1

Which of the following BEST describes the imagery on this wooden chest found in King Tutankhamun’s tomb?

Answer 1

The imagery is traditional, representing the king as victorious in battle.

Question 2

This bronze statue of princess Karomama evidences her important status in several ways EXCEPT which one of the following?

Answer 2

It’s colossal size

Question 3

The Narmer palette is thought to have been a temple offering. Of the following qualities, which indicates that it was a symbolic object, rather than a functional one?

Answer 3

It’s large size and weight

Question 4

How do Middle Kingdom funeral statues evidence a change from Old Kingdom ones?

Answer 4

Kings were depicted wrapped as mummies to connect them to Osiris

Question 5

Which ruler proclaimed that there was one official state deity, rather than a multiplicity?

Answer 5

Akhenaten

Question 6

This relief found in a private home in Akhenaten’s new captial, Akhetaten. What makes this find unusual?

Answer 6

Royal images tended to be in royal tombs and temples

Question 7

Why did the ruler Hatshepsut have her funerary complex built next to the Middle Kingdom complex of Mentuhotep?

Answer 7

To connect her rule to the long line of Theban kings

Question 8

Which of the following statements best describes the statues of Hatshepsut at hee funerary complex?

Answer 8

She is depicted as a traditional king, mummy wrapped and wearing the ceremonial crown and beard

Question 9

How does the Book of the Dead illustrate shifting views on beliefs about the afterlife in the New Kingdom?

Answer 9

Scenes of judgement were included, such as weighing the deceased’s heart

Question 10

Which of the following was a major Middle Kingdom departure from Old Kingdom-ers pyramid complexes?

Answer 10

Carving into rocky cliffs to house burials

Question 11

The beard man in a long robe, who grapes the throats of two lions, on the Gebel el-Arak knife has been identified as an example of which of the following?

Answer 11

Intentional iconography exchange between Mesopotamia and Egypt

Question 12

What was the purpose of the Ka statue?

Answer 12

To house a person’s ka (life source) and relieve devotional offerings from visitors and priests

Question 13

What artistic strategy did the kings of Kush (modern Sudan) use to legitimize their rule?

Answer 13

Archaism

Question 14

Why were temples and their program of celebrations important in the New Kingdom?

Answer 14

They were an expression of the role kings as powerful, living gods

Question 15

Why does this statue of King Menkaure and his queen portray the couple as young, calm, and strong?

Answer 15

To embody the Egyptian ideal rulers: youthful, healthy, and united

Question 16

What was the purpose of depicting scenes of Ti’s accomplishments, honors, professional responsibilities, and goals on the walls of his mascara tomb?

Answer 16

To nourish his Ka and assist him in performing the activities he had engaged in during his life

Question 17

Why did Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure build their complexes on the Giza plateau?

Answer 17

An underlying geological formation there was able to support the massive weight of these structures

Question 18

Why did Egyptians develop the mummification process?

Answer 18

To preserve the body after death so that the person’s ba and ka could return to it

Question 19

What is the main reason that elite and royal tombs of the Middle Kingdom included wooden models?

Answer 19

To supply the needs of the dead in the afterlife

Question 20

Which of the following suggest that Ramesses II was a masterful promoter of his reign?

Answer 20

During his reign, he commissioned images and text on grand monuments throughout Egypt

Question 21

What iconography features are shared by Narmer palette and the statue of Khafre from Giza?

Answer 21

Motifs that symbolized the unification of Egypt and the falcon Horus

Question 22

The funerary enclosure of Khasekhemy at Abydos was an open air structure that contained which of the following?

Answer 22

A structured that held offerings to the deceased king

Question 23

What was unique about the king’s ka?

Answer 23

It was believed to be divine and, upon his death, united with his ba to become an akh, a glorified being light

Question 24

Of the following features on the Narmer palette, which may have been a symbolic representation of the unification of Egypt?

Answer 24

Represent it in a harmonious, identifiable way

Question 25

Rock-out tombs, such as the tomb of a priest named Amenemgat, allowed for what innovation?

Answer 25

The carving of columns and lintels as decorative features, rather than functional

Question 26

This relief illustrates a scene from a successful expedition authorized during Hatshepsut’s reign. What is true about the imagery?

Answer 26

Non-Egyptians are depicted in a non-Eygptian manner

Question 27

Coffin texts in the Middke Kingdom reflect what changing belief about the afterlife?

Answer 27

That elites could dwell among the gods, too

Question 28

How does this Middle Kingdom statue of Senusret III differ in style from Old Kingdom images of kings?

Answer 28

The king appears expressive and individualistic

Question 29

Which of the following is an unconventional feature in the history of Egyptian ruler sculpture?

Answer 29

Rounded hips

Question 30

What feature of the Seated Scribe statue indicates that the deceased was a wealthy man?

Answer 30

Folds of stomach fat, which were culturally viewed as highly desirable

Question 31

Why was King Tutankhamun’s tomb so remarkable?

Answer 31

It was found intact, which is extremely rare

Question 32

Which following best describes a sacrophagus?

Answer 32

It is simply a container for human remains

Question 33

Which of the following characterizes the way space is represented in tomb painting at Hierakonpolis?

Answer 33

Informally positioned figures who are grouped together based on they activities they perform

Question 34

The papyrus and water lily imagery adorning the Great Hypostyle Hall at the Amun-Ra precinct at Karnak transforms the structure into a representation of what?

Answer 34

The sacred primordial marsh