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Mid Term Flashcards

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Tell me as much as you can about the “Venus of Willendorf?

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It believe to show fertility or representation of a healthy fertile woman at the time, or it also represents a self portrait.

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Identify an example of the Greek geometric style.

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An example is of Greek geometric style is the Dipylon Krater (a huge vase).

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Explain the use and importance of the Roman Baths.

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What happened to Hatshepsut’s statuary?

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They were ordered to be destroyed by Thutmose III

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What is bilingual vase painting?

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A bilingual vase painting is a vase that has a Black figure painting on one side and on the other side is Red figure painting.

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What is the difference between ziggurat and pyramid?

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A ziggurat is a temple with an altar and a burial site, mostly used to pray for your god. While a pyramid was mostly used for tombs.

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What is the origin of the nickname “Colosseum”?

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What occurred in the Flavian Amphitheater?

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Battles which were fights to the death.

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What is the mask of Agamemnon, and where is it from?

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The mask of Agamemnon is a portrait of a Dead man made after death. It is found in Grave Circle A in Mycenae, Greece.

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What was the purpose of the palette of Narmer ?

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The purpose of the palette of Narmer is makeup.

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What is the subject matter of the Column of Trajan?

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Why is the Temple of Portunus significant?

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It is significant because this temple combined the architicture of Greek and Etruscan.

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What is the significance of the cupid on the statue known as Augustus Prima Porta ?`

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The significance of the cupid on the statue is it proclaims his divine descent.

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What is the meaning of the gesture of Aule Metele?

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the meaning of the gesture of Aule Metele is a way to show that the person how did this gesture was a speech or talking.

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What was the purpose of the Roman Forum?

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The Roman Forum was like a public square, where citizen could conduct commerce and hold festivals.

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Give an example of a Triumphal Arch.

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Porta Marzia

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What is the meaning of Veristic sculpture?

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The meaning of a Veristic sculpture is super realistic, which meant that every feature on the sculpture was realistic every detail is exactly what they looked like.

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What is going on in the Minoan Bull Leaping fresco?

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A man grabbing onto horns and vaulted onto its back.

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Identify an example of the Greek oriental style.

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An example of the Greek Oriental Style is a Corinthian black-figure amphora.

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What do we call the Minoan pottery with imagery of octopus and other sea creatures?

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Marine Style

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What term is used to describe the huge rough-cut stone blocks that form the fortifications of Mycenaean sites?

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Cyclopean masonry

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What does the Warka Vase depict?

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It depicts a religious ceremony honoring Inanna.

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To what can we relate the Cyclades female figures to, and why?

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We can relate them to the Venus of Wilendorf, because just like the Venus of Wilendorf the Cyclades female figures have arms over the abdominal area and and both are really small and can not be stood up right because of narrow legs.

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How did Greek artists achieve the black areas on their pots?

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Using the three-phase firing process,

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How did the Greek Kouros differ from Egyptian statues?

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Greek sculptors liberated the figures from the stone block. Also the Kouros are nude.

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What is a kouros

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Kouros is representation of an ideal body that is healthy and young and often a represented as a hero.

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Besides the expected wear and tear from age, how did the classical greek temples and sculptures look differently when they were made, as apposed to how they look now?

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They looked different then compared to now because these temples would have been colored and were painted.

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Identify the differences between the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders

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In a Ionic order the shaft has a base at the bottom of the shaft, while Doric order does not, also the Capital in the Ionic order is much more decorative.

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Explain the design and function of a Basilica

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The function of a Basilica is law court and chief administrative building.

30
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What is a Caryatid?

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A caryatid is column that is replaced with a female figure know as korai.

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Explain the difference between black figure and red figure Attic Pottery

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The difference is instead the background being black it was red in the black figure painting.

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Explain the importance of the pediments at the Temple of Aphaia at Aegina.

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The importance of the pediments at the Temple of Apaia at Aegina shows the transition from Archaic to the Classical world.

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What was the process used to create the Charioteer?

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The process used was the lost-wax process.

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Explain the configuration of Stonehenge

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The configuration of Stonehenge is stones known as megaliths arranged in a circle the outer megaliths being 100 feet in diameter.

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What’s up with the eyeballs on the figures at Eshnunna?

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The eyeballs on the figure of Eshnunna represent a sort of hierarchy of scale or they symbolize the eternal wakefulness necessary to fulfill their duty.

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What is depicted on the Stele of Hammurabi

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It depicts the sun god Shamash.

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How is The Stele of Naram-Sin different that of previous stele?

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It is different because for the first time a king (Narm-Sin) is represented as a god.

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What was new about the Aphrodite of Knidos?

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What is new about this statue is this the first time a God or Goddess is nude.

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How does the Seated Boxer differ from the Greek hero “Zeus or Poseidon”?

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He differs from the Greek hero because unlike the Greek hero which symbolizes peak athleticism and a perfect face and body, the seated boxer is morally defeated and his faces is battered and his posture shows tiredness.

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How do Etruscan columns differ from Greek doric columns

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Etruscan columns were made out of wood, were unfluted, and had bases.

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How do Etruscan temples differ from Greek temples.

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Usually the foundation was the only thing that survived in an Etruscan temple. The materials used in Etruscan temple where different than that of a Greek temple, they used wood columns, tile covered timber roof, and walls of sun-dried mud brick. Greek temples were twice as long and wide. The columns in an Etruscan temple were all at the front creating a deep porch, there were also fewer more wider spaced columns. Etruscan temples also often had three cells for each of their chief gods, it was also rare to find pedimental statuary.

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What medium was used for Sarcophagus of Spouses?

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Terracotta

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Why did the Greeks and Romans find the Sarcophagus of Spouses so shocking?

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They found it shocking because Wives in the Etruscan society were more active they attended banquets and would sit next to their husband on a couch. While in Greek and Roman society wives would stay home.

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Explain the meaning of the Capitoline Wolf.

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The Capitoline Wold Wolf is a she-wolf that nursed Romulus and Remus. Romulus would later become Rome’s first city king after killing he’s brother.

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How was the dome of the Parthenon constructed?

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It was constructed using a stylobate which curved upward at the center on the sides and both facades, forming a kind of shallow dome.

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Explain the importance of Polykleitos’ Doryphoros.

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The Importance of this statue is that it represents the ideal nude make athlete or warrior.

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What is the purpose of the Statues of Khafre and Menakra

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The purpose of these two statues is to serve as eternal vessels for the Ka.

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What is a fresco?

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A form of mural painting in which a material like plaster is used to make it more durable.

49
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Why is Cuneiform significant?

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Ceneiforms were significant because it helped Sumerians in trading. It was a way for the to write as well as to sell stuff.

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What is a Clerestory?

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Clerestory is a device that was used to get natural light into buildings.

51
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Why is the tomb of Tutankhamen significant?

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It is significant because his coffin is made up of entirely beaten gold, and the pharaoh portrays Osiris.

52
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What is a Lamassu?

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A Lamas is a monster that has wings, the head of a man, in a body of a bull.

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What does Mesopotamia mean and what does it refer to?

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It means the land between the rivers. It refers to the land that is between the river Tigris and Euphrates.

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What was the purpose of cylinder seals?

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The purpose of cylinder seals is was to be used as jewelry where they can be worn around the neck or worn on the wrist, it was a symbol of high status, and in death elite individuals where often buried with them to carry them into the afterlife.

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Why do the images of Akhenaten look different from the preceding Pharos?

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The images of Akhenaton look different from the preceding pharos because during Akhenaton rule he steered away from traditional ideas and made up his own religion where only he could converse with the God Aton. He also steered away from the traditional royal portraits and was made unheroic like where his body had major imperfections.

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What is a henge?

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A monument consisting of a circle of a material.

57
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What is a strigil

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A tool Ancient Greek athletes used to scrape oil from their bodies after exercising.

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How was the Pantheon constructed?

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What is a Ka to the Egyptians?

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A Ka to the Egyptians is a life force that is believed from birth there is someone else who lives in you and after death it inhabits your corpse and lives on.

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Why is Skara Brae significant?

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Because it is an early example of corbeled vaulting.

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Explain the origin and purpose of Flavian Amphitheater?

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Name the four styles of Romans painting, as discovered at Pompeii.

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Faux Marble, Architectural, Ornate, Intricate

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What is the subject of the Frieze on the Arch of Titus?

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The subjects on the Arch of Titus is the victory of Judaya parade.

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What is depicted on the cuirass of Augustus Prima Porto?

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What is depicted is the Diplomatic victory over the Parthians.

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What is the standard of UR?

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The Standard of Ur shows 2 sides the peace and war side. Which like it says it shows a society in war and at peace.

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