ARTH 111 Exam 1 Time Periods

Question 1

Paleolithic (50,000-8000 BCE)

Answer 1

Oldest, cave paintings, step towards representational art, some art beginning to have narratives, Paleolithic carving - some used outcroppings in caves, humans very abstracted
Lascaux/Altamira/Chauvet Caves
Women of Willendorf
Plastered Skulls

Question 2

Neolithic (6000-2000 BCE)

Answer 2

New, made functional objects, used megaliths, abstract shapes and humanoid figures, architectural developments
Catal Huyuk
Stonehenge
Newgrange Tumulus
Human Figures, Ain Ghazal

Question 3

Mesopotamia

Answer 3

Development of architecture, figural representations starting to look more natural but still a lot of abstraction, hierarchy of scale often depicted
Set of statues from Abu Temple
“Royal Standard” of Ur
Victory stele of Naram-Sin

Question 4

Persia

Answer 4

Depiction of figures and animals, use of color, use of geometric patterns
Ishtar Gate

Question 5

Egyptian - Predynastic & Early Dynastic (3500-3000)

Answer 5

Earliest Egyptian narrative reliefs and paintings
Palette of King Narmer
The step-Pyramid of King Zoser (Djoser) at Saqqara

Question 6

Egyptian - Old Kingdom (2649-2150 BCE)

Answer 6

Statuary types expression of the eternal nature of pharaonic kingship
Great Pyramids, Sphinx
Seated Statue of Khafre as the “Horus King”
Menkaure and Khamerernebty

Question 7

Egyptian - Middle Kingdom (1991-1700 BCE)

Answer 7

Rock-cut tombs become the preferred Egyptian burial sites
Rock cut tombs at Beni Hasan

Question 8

Egyptian - New Kingdom (1550-1070 BCE)

Answer 8

Instituted a new style: curved lines, elongated face, differs from the Canon

Question 9

Aegean - Cycladic (3000-2000 BCE)

Answer 9

Early Greek - Abstracted trapazoidial form
Female figure, Cyclades

Question 10

Aegean - Minoan (1800-1370 BCE)

Answer 10

Early Greek - Frescoes, Marine style, naturalistic designs and shapes
Palace Complex at Knossos
The Bull-Leaping Fresco

Question 11

Aegean - Mycenaean

Answer 11

A lot of corbelling, fortifications - strong protecting walls
Lion’s Gate at Mycenae
Treasury of Atreus

Question 12

Greek - Archaic Period

Answer 12

A lot of sculpture, vase painting
Kouros sculpture

Question 13

Greek - Early and High Classical Periods

Answer 13

Striving towards a greater naturalism
Temple of Hera II
The Parthenon

Question 14

Greek - Late Classical Period

Answer 14

Lots of sculpture of humans, drapery often included

Question 15

Greek - Hellenistic Period

Answer 15

Realism, Playfulness, Cosmopolitanism, Drama/Emotions, Interest in Violence
Nike of Samothrace

Question 16

Roman - Republic

Answer 16

Naturalism, idealism, canons of proportion, developed concrete construction, Roman ancestor portraits, more specific depictions of faces
Temple of Portunus, Rome
Portrait of a Roman general from the Sanctuary of Hercules

Question 17

Roman - Early Empire

Answer 17

Role-playing in Roman portraiture,
The Colesseum