Art Test

Question 0

Name a few types of 2D art

Answer 0

Photography
Paintings
Drawings

Question 1

Why is there so much art

Answer 1

Because we keep finding new ways to express ourselves but that doesn’t make old art worthless

Question 2

Name a purpose part

Answer 2

Evoke emotion

Question 3

Types of 3D art

Answer 3

Sculpture

Question 4

Type of literary art

Answer 4

Poetry
Fables
Novel

Question 5

Type of culinary art

Answer 5

Sushi

Cake decorating

Question 6

Type of performance art

Answer 6

Theatre
Acting
Singing

Question 7

What country is Banksy from

Answer 7

Britain, England

Question 8

What is Shepard Fairey famous for

Answer 8

Obey

Obama graphics

Question 9

What is the controversy regarding the stone women

Answer 9

Some people think they are art

Other think they are rocks

Question 10

In what current country is the Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia located

Answer 10

Iraq

Question 11

2 European countries that have most prehistoric cave paintings

Answer 11

France and Spain

Question 12

Major theme of cave paintings

Answer 12

Successful hunt

Question 13

What were dolmans used for

Answer 13

Tombs

Question 14

Where is Stonehenge

Answer 14

England

Question 15

What was the purpose of Stonehenge

Answer 15

Calendar

Question 16

Where are Moai located

Answer 16

Easter island

Question 17

Easter island is located off the coast of?

Answer 17

Chile

Question 18

3 key regions of ancient art

Answer 18

Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Aegean world

Question 19

What number was Sumerian math based on

Answer 19

60

Question 20

What was the very first writing

Answer 20

Cuneiform

Question 21

Know pic of ziggarat

Answer 21

Temple looking palace thingy

Question 22

Who renovated ziggarat outside of Baghdad

Answer 22

Saddam Hussein

Question 23

First city in Sumer

Answer 23

Ur

Question 24

Oldest surviving written story

Answer 24

Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 25

What was Hammurabi’s code

Answer 25

First law

Question 26

How long did it take to build a pyramid

Answer 26

23 years

Question 27

How many pyramids

Remain today

Answer 27

80

Question 28

What is the formula for an Egyptian painting

Answer 28

Eyes and shoulder toward viewer head and feet profile

Rest of body is faced on side

Question 29

What was the first paper

Answer 29

Papyrus

Question 30

What did Egyptian colors symbolism

Answer 30

Black- death
White- purity
Red- passion, love, anger
Blue and green- life
Yellow/gold- eternity

Question 31

What was the Egyptian writing called

Answer 31

Hieroglyphics

Question 32

What was the dividing line in Egyptian culture? Describe both sides

Answer 32

Nile
West consisted of tombs for dead
Easy was market places for living people

Sun rises in east and sets in west

Question 33

What is the purpose of art

Answer 33

To help people see the world in new ways

Question 34

What is a way the study of art is simplified by styles

Answer 34

The historical period that produces artwork

Question 35

What is the time period of ancient art

Answer 35

3500 B.C. Through 500 B.C.

Question 36

What was considered the first city state

Answer 36

Sumer

Question 37

Wooden box one side representing war and the other piece

Answer 37

Standard of Ur

Question 38

For how long did Egyptian art remain unchanged

Answer 38

3,000 years

Question 39

What did Egyptian art focus on

Answer 39

Immortality

Question 40

Name of death mask

Answer 40

Agamemnon death mask

Question 41

Iliad and odyssey

Written by

Answer 41

Homer