MIDTERM - ART IN EARLY CIVILIZATION

Question 1

The word “civilization” relates to
the Latin word _________ or city

Answer 1

civitas

Question 2

a complex human society that may have certain characteristics of cultural technological development.

Answer 2

civilization

Question 3

• a term used to describe a period of history
  when stones were used to make tools for survival.
• term conjures an image
  of men and women dressed in
  skin, huddling before a fire in a
  cave.

14,000-2,000 BCE

PETROGLYPHS

Answer 3

stone age

Question 4

the late years of the old Stone Age

Answer 4

paleolithic age

Question 5

Middle Stone Age

Answer 5

mesolithic

Question 6

New Stone Age

Answer 6

neolithic

Question 7

• a product of climate change. As the climate got colder, part of the early humans’ instinct is to look for shelters that would provide them
  warmth.
• Caves became protective havens
  for the early humans and these caves
  paved the way for the birth of their first
  attempt to create art.

Hall Of Bulls – Found in the cave in Lascauz, France

Answer 7

paleolithic art

Question 8

Some of the early humans already
used their own version of ___________ by using ground pigments blown through
reeds or hollowed-out bones since
these were the readily available
materials for them.

Answer 8

spray painting techniques

Question 9

• This figure is a highly abstracted woman
  From highlighted body parts associated
  with fertility.
• may show the importance of taking care of these body parts for procreation and consequently the survival of species.

Answer 9

The “Venus of Willendorf.”

Question 10

also called Middle Stone Age, is an
ancient cultural stage that existed
between the Paleolithic (Old Stone
Age), with its chipped stone tools,
and the Neolithic (New Stone Age),
with its polished stone tools.

Answer 10

mesolithic art

Question 11

• Among the new forms of chipped stone tools were _______, very small stone tools intended for mounting together on a shaft to produce a serrated edge.
• Polished stone was another innovation that
  occurred in some Mesolithic assemblages

Answer 11

microliths

Question 12

• has developed especially when
  life for the early humans has
  become more stable.
• They have learned to cultivate
  the land and domesticate
  animals

Answer 12

NEOLITHIC ART

Question 13

The purpose of this fascinating edifice
remains a mystery up to this day age. Some
regard it as a temple while others see it as
complex calendar the tracked the movements of both the Sun and Moon.

Answer 13

STONEHENGE IN ENGLAND

Question 14

• starts from the banks of the Nile
  River, which flows north to Africa and ventures into the Mediterranean

Answer 14

fertile ribbon

Question 15

The Egyptian civilization can be divided into three periods: Old, Middle, and New Kingdom.

Question 16

During the _________, it was evident that religion was bound to the afterlife. A
concrete manifestation of this would have to be the erection of tombs.

Answer 16

Old Kingdom

Question 17

a palette that utilized and applied dark colors around King Narmer’s eyes. The palette was
also a symbol that commemorates the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt

Answer 17

NARMER PALETTE

Question 18

The ___________ served as tombs since their main purpose was to provide a resting place for the pharaohs.

Answer 18

pyramids in Giza

Question 19

One of the key features of the __________ is a shift in the political hierarchy.

There is an emergence of
powerful groups of landlords that
threatened the authority and rule of the
pharaoh.

Answer 19

Middle Kingdom

Question 20

Portrait sculptures and fresco paintings that were freely drawn are some of the styles that emerged during this period.

Answer 20

middle kingdom

Question 21

During this period, Egypt has established
itself as a more advanced and powerful
civilization

Answer 21

new kingdom

Question 22

After the New Kingdom, Egypt witnessed the __________ led by King
Akhenaton and Queen Nefertiti.

During this period, the only god to be revered
was ATON. Egypt became monotheistic and
Akhenaton ordered all to tear down all
monuments of other gods

Answer 22

Amarna Revolution

Question 23

attempted to introduce monotheism, or the worship of a single god, to the formerly polytheistic Egyptians.

Answer 23

king akhenaton

Question 24

• emphasis to life-like features of the face
  like an elongate jaw and thick-lidded eyes.
• Most artists created artworks that are natural and seemingly real, highlighting the features of their subjects.
• Naturalism was not only used to depict the
  pharaoh but also was used for members of the royal family

Answer 24

Queen Nefertiti

Question 25

• He became king at a very young age
  and died at the age of eighteen.

Answer 25

king tutankhamen

Question 26

discovered his tomb in 1922. They were astonished to find gold artworks and that the coffin was made out of solid gold. The body of the young king was covered in linen
and a gold mask covered his face.

Answer 26

howard carter