Unit 4 - Art of Early American, African, and Middle Eastern Civilizations

Question 1

Olmec

Answer 1

came out of what is now Mexico. Culture has strong statue traditions

Question 2

Answer 2

Wrestler statue
before 400 BC

Question 3

Answer 3

Temple complex of La Venta
900 BCE
only have archeological ruins now

Question 4

aerial structures/land art

Answer 4

art made from mounding/excavating earth

Question 5

Answer 5

Great serpant mound
Ohio
1070 CE

Question 6

Answer 6

Nazca and Palpa Lines
Peru
500BCE-500CE
Created by placing rocks in a line. Thought to be a method to communicate with deities

Question 7

Peruvian textiles

Answer 7

Peru had textile art because they had domesticated cotton (before 3000 BCE) and invented a loom (1500BCE)

Question 8

Answer 8

100-300BCE
Many textiles were persevered because of low moisture in the desert

Question 9

Nok

Answer 9

Another culture in Africa

Question 10

Answer 10

500 BCE
was terracota which was not very durable (some survived in mines). Had very distinctive eyeshape

Question 11

Answer 11

Tomb of Netamun
1400 BCE
Upper class still has stereotypical egyptian poses, Lower classes were depicted with more movement

Question 12

Answer 12

Tumbler on Ostracon
1180BCE
Natural, not artifical pose

Question 13

Ostracon

Answer 13

Shards of things that are drawn on (broken pottery, flat rocks, etc.)

Question 14

Hatshepsut

Answer 14

female pharaoh that was given pharaoh elements in statues. When son took over, he tried to remove anything that showed her power

Question 15

Answer 15

Symbols of pharaoh were chipped off headdress. writing was chipped away and written over to remove proof of Hatshepsut as ruler

Question 16

Why did pharaohs stop building pyramids?

Answer 16

Basically told tomb raiders there was treasure. Moved to the valley of the dead

Question 17

Akhenaten and Nefertiti

Answer 17

1375 BCE
changed religon by replacing many gods with sun god. Also changed art by removing ridged formm of art an allowing more naturalistic poses

Question 18

Answer 18

Akhenaten and Nefertiti portrayed as human beings, more natural

Question 19

Who is this?

Answer 19

Akhenaten

Question 20

Who is this?

Answer 20

Nefertiti

Question 21

Tutenkamun

Answer 21

Son of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. Switches back to ridged art and rituals

Question 22

Who is this?

Answer 22

Tutenkamun

Question 23

Who do these statues depict?

Answer 23

Ramses II
1257 BCE

Question 24

Answer 24

Ramses II
1257 BCE
France and Britian were competing to be center of culture by having the most art/know more about egypt

Question 25

Egyptomania

Answer 25

When people are obsessed with everything to do with Egypt

Question 26

Assyria

Answer 26

takes over most of the middle east

Question 27

Answer 27

lamassu
883-859BCE
designed to be in city gates. Supposed to be seen from front or side

Question 28

Narrative reliefs

Answer 28

use wall to carve out design so drawing is raised out of wall. It tells a story

Question 29

Answer 29

Reflief ofTiglath Pileser II
730 BCE
Narrative relief

Question 30

Answer 30

Relief of Tiglath pileser III
640 BCE