Midterm Flashcards

1
Q

Two important painting locations in the Neolithic time

A

Lascaux

Alta Mira

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2
Q

What didn’t the Venus figures have

A

Faces

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3
Q

Medium of bull heads with lyre

A

Gold and lapis lazuli

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4
Q

What dynasty were the pyramids of Giza in

A

4th dynasty

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5
Q

Who found the tomb of Tutankhamen

A

Howard carter

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6
Q

Where is the pyramid of djoser located

A

Saqqara

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7
Q

Egyptian symbol of eternal life

A

The ankh

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8
Q

What is Faience

A

Glass paste

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9
Q

Man who deciphered hieroglyphs

A

Champollion

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10
Q

Greek vessel for libations and ceremonies

A

Leakythos

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11
Q

Sculpture of discobulos

A

Myron

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12
Q

Why is Delphi important

A

Because of the oracle

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13
Q

Where are the Minoans identified with

A

Crete

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14
Q

Parthenon column “swelling”

A

Entasis

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15
Q

Athenians Ionian or Doric

A

Ionian

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16
Q

Doric temple

A

Pantheon

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17
Q

Where is the porch of caryatids on Acropolis

A

Erechtheum

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18
Q

Man who found Mycenae

A

Heinrich Schliemann

19
Q

Main room of a temple

A

Cella or naos

20
Q

Wars of diadochi also called

A

War of successors

21
Q

What time period if the dying Gaul from

A

Hellenistic

22
Q

Author of Hecuba

A

Euripides

23
Q

First major playwright

A

Aeschylus

24
Q

Where is the Nike of samothrace located

A

The louvre

25
Q

Where does Greek theater come from

A

Religious festivals

26
Q

Father of logic

A

Socrates

27
Q

Who were the Peloponnesian wars against

A

Athens vs. Sparta

28
Q

What did Virgil write

A

The Aeneid

29
Q

Man that bequeathed city to Rome

A

Attalus III

30
Q

Who won the battle of actium and where was it off the coast of

A

Augustus

Greece

31
Q

Date of fall of Rome

A

476

32
Q

2nd capital of the Roman empires

A

Constantinople

33
Q

Coherent group of portraiture using encaustic

A

Faium

34
Q

When was the edict of Milan

A

313

35
Q

Era of good emperors

A

Nerva-Antonines

36
Q

Two examples of continuous narration

A

Palette of Narmer

Trajans column

37
Q

What does the basilica Ulpia remind us of

A

Hypostyle hall

38
Q

Purpose of Byzantine art is what

A

Secular

39
Q

Gestures > ___________

A

Dramatic movement

40
Q

What did the council of church of Ephesus decide

A

Who Mary was

41
Q

What’s Mary’s other name

A

Theotokos

42
Q

What else is the virgin of compassion called

A

Virgin of vladimere

43
Q

Most important part of civilization in the Neolithic revolution

A

Surplus food