Chapter 2 Quiz

Question 1

Relief sculpture

Answer 1

A Relief is a sculptured artwork where a carved or modelled form is raised from stone

Question 2

Twisted perspective

Answer 2

Simplest way to represent human body, flat and 2d.

Question 3

Post and Lintel

Answer 3

A structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel)

Question 4

Megalith

Answer 4

a large stone that forms a prehistoric monument

Question 5

Votive statue

Answer 5

Statues made to honor god or goddess.

Question 6

Foreshortening

Answer 6

Technique of making 2D objects look 3D

Question 7

Stepped pyramid

Answer 7

An architectural structure that uses flat platforms, or steps, receding from the ground up.

Question 8

Ashlar masonry

Answer 8

A stone masonry wall or veneer composed of rectangular units bonded with mortar.

Question 9

Hiererarchy of Scale

Answer 9

It is the manipulation of size and space in a picture to emphasize importance of a specific object.

Question 10

Contrapposto

Answer 10

An asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure in which the line of the arms and shoulders contrasts with while balancing those of the hips and legs.

Question 11

Entasis

Answer 11

a slight convex curve in the shaft of a column

Question 12

Metope

Answer 12

Any of the spaces between two triglyphs on a Doric frieze.

Question 13

Triglyph

Answer 13

tablet in a Doric frieze with three vertical grooves.

Question 14

Pediment

Answer 14

the triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical style

Question 15

Barrel vault

Answer 15

a vault forming a half cylinder.

Question 16

Coffers

Answer 16

a strongbox or small chest for holding valuables.

Question 17

Occulus

Answer 17

Opening on top of dome, Roman-era, to distribute light.

Question 18

Answer 18

Venus of Willendorf, from Willendorf, Austria, ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE, Limestone
4 1/2” tall

Paleolithic

Question 19

Answer 19

Venus of Hohle Fels, found in 2008 in Schelklingen, Germany, ca. 35,000 BCE Mammoth ivory

Paleolithic

Question 20

Answer 20

Aurochs, horses, and rhinoceroses, wall painUng in the Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, France, ca. 30,000-28,000 or ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE

Paleoltihic

Question 21

Neolithic Period (New Stone Age)

Answer 21

Approx. 8000 BCE-2000 BCE

Question 22

Paleolithic Period (Old Stone Age)

Answer 22

Approx. 40,000 BCE-8,000 BC

Question 23

Answer 23

Reclining woman, Hal Saflieni, Malta, ca. 4000-2500 BCE, clay and red ochre paint

Neolithic

Question 24

Answer 24

Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England, ca. 2550-1600 BCE, circle is 97’

Neolithic

Question 25

Answer 25

Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu, Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE

Neolithic

Question 26

Answer 26

Stele with law code of Hammurabi (upper part), from Susa, Iran, ca. 1780 B.C.

Question 27

Answer 27

Lamassu (winged, human-headed bull), from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin, Iraq, ca. 720-705 BCE. Limestone, approx. 13’ 10 high.

Assyria

Question 28

Answer 28

Great Pyramids, Gizeh, Egypt, Pyramids of Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu ca. 3000-2500 BCE, limestone

Question 29

Answer 29

Funerary complex of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri, c. 1473-1458 BCE. Built more secure from grave robbers.

Question 30

Answer 30

King Menkaura and Queen Khamerernebty, ca. 2490-2472 BCE

Question 31

Classical Period

Answer 31

ca. 480-323 BCE

Question 32

Answer 32

Polykleitos, Spear Bearer (Doryphoros), Roman copy of Greek original, ca. 440 BCE Marble, 6’ 6”

Classical Period

Question 33

Answer 33

IcUnus and Callicrates, Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, 448-432 BCE

Classical Period

Question 34

Orders of Architecture

Answer 34

Question 35

Temple architecture

Answer 35

Question 36

Answer 36

Head of an Old Man, 25 B.C. - A.D. 10. deah mask.

Question 37

Colosseseum

Answer 37

70-80 ad

Question 38

Answer 38

Pantheon, Rome, Italy, 118-125 CE