Ch. 1-3 Ancient Near East and Egyptian Art

Question 1

Answer 1

Chinese Horse. Lascaux Cave, Dordogne, France. ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE

Question 2

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Woman of Willendorf. ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE. Limestone, height 4 3/8’’.

Question 3

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The White Temple. ca. 3500-3000 BCE. Uruk, Iraq.

Question 4

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Female Head, from Uruk, Iraq. ca. 3200-3000 BCE. Limestone, height 8”.

Question 5

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Statues from the Abu Temple, Tell Asmar, Iraq. ca. 2700-2500 BCE. Limestone, alabaster, an gypsum, height of tallest figure approx. 30”.

Question 6

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Royal Standard of Ur, front and back sides. ca. 2600 BCE. Wood inlaid with shell, limestone, and lapis lazuli, height 8”. The British Museum, London.

Question 7

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Inlay panel from the soundbox of lyre (Bull Lyre), from Ur, Iraq. ca. 2600 BCE. Shell and bitumen, 12 1/4 x 4 1/2’.

Question 8

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Upper part of stele iscribed with the Law Code of Hammurabi. ca. 1760 BCE. Diorite, height of stele approx. 7’; height of elief 28’.

Question 9

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The Lion Gate, Bogazkoy, Anatolia (Turkey). ca. 1400 BCE.

Question 10

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Palette of King Narmer (both sides), from Hierakonpolis. ca. 3150-3125 BCE. Slate, height 25”.

Question 11

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Imhotep. Step pyramid and funerary complex of King Djoser, Saqqara. 3rd Dynasty. ca. 2681-2662 BCE

Question 12

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Model of the great pyramids. Khufu (left), Khafra (middle), Menkaure (left)

Question 13

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The Great Sphinx, Giza ca. 2570-2544 BCE. Sandstone, heigh 65’.

Question 14

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Khafra, from Giza. ca. 2500 BCE. Diorite, height 66”

Question 15

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Menakure and His Wife, Queen Khamerernebty II, from Giza. ca. 2515 BCE. Slate, height 54 1/2”.

Question 16

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Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt, Tomb of Ti, Saqqara. ca. 2510-2460 BCE. Painted limestone relief, heigh approx. 45”.

Question 17

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Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri. ca. 1478-1458.

Question 18

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Ahkenaten, from Karnak, Thebes. 1353-1335 BCE. Sandstone, height approx. 13’.

Question 19

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Akhenaten and His Family. ca. 1355 BCE. Limetsone, 12 3/4 x 15 1/4”

Question 20

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Queen Nefertiti. ca. 1348-1336/5 BCE. Limestone, height 19”.

Question 21

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Cover of the coffin of Tutankhamun. 18th Dynasty. Gold, height 72”.