Test 3 Flashcards
Prehistoric art is divided into three phases that correspond to the cultural periods of the stone age:
Stone, bronze, copper
Pre-dynastic, old world, new world
Upper Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
Spirit, fire, human
Upper Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
The great cave paintings of the stone age were from the ____________________ period.
Bronze
Upper Paleolithic
Stone age
Human
Upper Paleolithic
The pre-historic artist also attempted to “capture” fertility by creating small sculptures called _________.
Venuses
fertility figures
female figure
prayer idols
Venuses
Where as Paleolithic artists emphasis animal forms, Mesolithic artist concentrated on the ___________.
Question options:
Organic form
geometric form
Human figure
Spiritual form
Human figure
In the Neolithic period, huge architectural monuments were erected, called __________
Megaliths
monoliths
Zigurats
Temples
Megaliths
One of the most impressive testimonies to the Sumerians’ religion-oriented society is the _________, a form of temple in the Babylonian and Assyrian civilizations of later years.
Towers
castles
Mosques
Ziggurat
Ziggurat
______ ________, refers to the artist rendering the human body in all of its parts as they are known to be, not as they appear at any given moment to the human eye.
Natural style
Conceptual manner
Optical approach
Humanistic ideal
Conceptual manner
13-7. The law code inscribed on the Stele of Hammurabi, a __________ sculpture of basalt, was the codification of Mesopotamian laws.
solid
round
relief
raised
relief
A _____________ portrayed lioness exhibits musculature that is clearly defined, and details that are extremely realistic.
Conceptually
Naturalistically
Optically
Stylistically
Naturalistically
The art of Persia consists of sprawling palaces of grand diminsions and sculpture that is almost totally abstract in its simplicity of ______.
ideas
concept
design
origins
design
The art and culture of Eygpt are divided into three periods. ________, _________, ___________.
Question options:
Upper Eygpt, Lower, Unified
old Kingdom, middle kingdom, new kingdom,
Pre-dynastic, formal conceptual
good, bad, ugly
old Kingdom, middle kingdom, new kingdom,
The art of the Old Kingdom is characterized by a ________ approach to the rendering of the human figure.
Question options:
organic
conceptual
natural
regal
conceptual
The most spectacular remains of the old kingdom Eygpt, and the most famous are the ______________________.
Question options:
Tholos tumbs
great pyramids at Giza
remains of King Tut
The royal palcae on the Nile
great pyramids at Giza
The __________ temples of the New Kingdom period were carved out of living rock, but did not house the mummified remains of the Pharohs. They served as their place for worship during life and death.
Question options:
Life
After-life
Living
Mortuary
Mortuary
The art of the _________ _____ was revolutionary through the adoption of curved lines and full bodied forms.
Question options:
New kingdom
Middle kingdom
Amarna period
Akenhatin period
Amarna period
