Chapter 13: The Art of the Ancients Flashcards
The 3 phases that comprise the ______ are: Upper Paleolithic (the later years of the Old Stone Age), Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age), and Neolithic (New Stone Age). These periods span roughly 14,000 to 2000BCE.
Stone Age
Stone Age people were the first to forge links between religion and life, life and art, and art and religion. In all probability Stone Age artists created art as a concern for survival, self-identity, a type of religious manifestation, and as a way of coping with these concerns.
a. True
b. False
a. True
Venus of Willendorf
a. Upper Paleolithic
b. Mesolithic
c. Neolithic
a. Upper Paleolithic
Hall of Bulls, Lascaux
a. Prehistoric
b. Ancient Near East
c. Egyptian
d. Aegean
a. Prehistoric
Stonehenge
a. Upper Paleolithic
b. Mesolithic
c. Neolithic
c. Neolithic
Art of the _______ explores a series of early civilizations that did leave a written record: the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Egyptians, Minoans, and the Mycenaeans.
Ancient Near East
The Babylonia king _________________________________’s major contribution to civilization was the codification of Mesopotamian laws.
a. Queen Hatshepsut
b. Tutankhamen
c. Hammurabi
c. Hammurabi
____________________art commemorates rulers and warriors instead of offering homage to the gods, whereas the most common art form in Assyria was carved stone relief depicting scenes of war and hunting.
a. Sumerian
b. Akkadian
c. Babylonian
d. Persian
b. Akkadian
The Great Pyramids at Giza
a. Prehistoric
b. Ancient Near East
c. Egyptian
d. Aegean
c. Egyptian
Narmer Palette
a. Prehistoric
b. Ancient Near East
c. Egyptian
d. Aegean
c. Egyptian
__________________ is about the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, and depicts Narmer as a leader, and as a warrior. It also depicts casualties of war and conquest, agriculture and the domestication of animals, and furthermore, was used for cosmetics.
a. Venus of Willendorf
b. Narmer Palette
c. Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamen
b. Narmer Palette
One of the most impressive mortuary temples of the Egyptian New Kingdom is that of _______________________________.
a. Hatshepsut
b. Tutankhamen
c. Hammurabi
a. Hatshepsut
The ___________________ was made of gold and weighing almost 250 pounds, and is the last of 3 nesting coffins where the body of the King lay, wrapped in linen, his face covered with an astounding gold mask. The hands of his effigy cross over the chest and clutch the royal symbols of the crook and the flail.
a. Venus of Willendorf
b. Narmer Palette
c. Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamen
c. Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamen
The sculpted figures placed in Egyptian tombs were thought capable of providing a “home” for the _____ or spirit of the deceased in case mummification failed to preserve the body of the deceased.
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