Midterm

Question 1

Answer 1

,Megaloceros Gallery, Chauvet Cave France, 30,00-28,000 BCE, Ochre

Question 2

Answer 2

Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Cave, Dordogne, France, 15,000 BCE, ochre

Question 3

Answer 3

Steppe Bison, Altamira cave, Spain, 12,000-11,000 BCE, Ochre

Question 4

Answer 4

The Lowenmensch Figurine (Lion-Human) 40,000-35,000 BCE, Mammoth Ivory, 30cm

Question 5

Answer 5

Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos, c. 350BCE, marble, 2.05m

Question 6

Answer 6

Polykleitos of Argos, Doryphoros (spear bearer) (Roman copy) 440BCE, marble, 2.02m

Question 7

Answer 7

Kalikrates, Temple of Athena Nike, Akeopolis Athens Greece Marble, 421-415BCE

Question 8

Answer 8

Kalikrates and Iktinos, Parthenon, Athens Greece, 447-432BCE marble

Question 9

Answer 9

Artemision Zeus, Artemision Greece, 460BCE Bronze, 2.13m

Question 9

Answer 9

Charioteer of Delphi, 478BCE, Bronze with silver 1.85 m

Question 10

Answer 10

Kritios boy, acropolis Athens, 480BCE, marble 1.2m

Question 11

Answer 11

Dying Greek Warrior (East Pediment) Temple of Aphaia. Aegina Greece 480BCE marble

Question 12

Answer 12

Exekias, Ajax and Achilles playing a game, 550BCE ceramic 61cm

Question 13

Answer 13

Colossal statue of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) 1352BCE sandstone 3.91m
Created first monotheistic religion of following Aten who is non gender conforming.

Question 14

Answer 14

Minoan snake goddess,knossos Crete 1600BCE, faience, 30cm
Sir Arthur Evans excavated the site and pieced together the figurine
Found with other things such as pottery and painted seashells.

Question 15

Answer 15

Royal standard of Ur, royal tombs of Ur, 2550 BCE, wood with lapis lazuli, shell, red limestone 20x47cm
Two sides, one of war and one of victory

Question 15

Answer 15

Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Egypt 2566BCE, limestone and granite
Built in Giza due to a stable base, communities were erected to stay near the pyramid and be built in the off season when the Nile flooded. Cosways for a procession.

Question 15

Answer 15

Seated Scribe 2450Bce painted limestone with rock crystal 54cm
Did hieroglyphs which was seen as the language of the gods. Could translate the words of the gods. Honoured professions.

Question 15

Answer 15

The lion Gate, Mycenae 1250BCE Limestone 3m
Lions heads would have been protruding outwards. This represented protection. Many invasions occurred and this place was seized. Relieving triangle

Question 15

Answer 15

Temple of Hera 1 paestum Italy, limestone w plaster 550BCE Doric Colomns Metope and Triglyphs!!!!

Question 15

Answer 15

Trilithon! Stonehenge, Salisbury plain, Wiltshire, England 2900-1500BCE
Dolerite found in Wales 386km away. Digging of a circular ditch
Arranged in a horseshoe shape built over the span of 15pp yrs. Ceremonious gathering area

Question 16

Answer 16

Burney Relief 1765BCE terracotta 50x37cm

Question 17

Answer 17

Figure of a woman, Syros, Greece 2600-2300BCE marble 46cm
Painted with stripes, self harm? Became very popular and most that are displayed are fakes.