Chapter 12: the Art of the Ancients

Chapter 12: The Art of the Ancients Test Bank

Multiple Choice Questions 1. Venus of Willendorf A. Prehistoric* B. Ancient Near East C. Egyptian D. Aegean

2. Victory Stele of Naram Sin A. Prehistoric B. Ancient Near East* C. Egyptian D. Aegean

3. The Great Pyramids at Giza A. Prehistoric B. Ancient Near East C. Egyptian* D. Aegean

4. Statue of Seated Khafre A. Prehistoric B. Ancient Near East C. Egyptian* D. Aegean

5. Hall of Bulls, Lascaux A. Prehistoric* B. Ancient Near East C. Egyptian D. Aegean

6. Stonehenge A. Prehistoric* B. Ancient Near East C. Egyptian D. Aegean

7. Relief carving of Dying Lioness from Nineveh A. Prehistoric B. Ancient Near East* C. Egyptian D. Aegean

8. A Cycladic idol A. Prehistoric B. Ancient Near East C. Egyptian D. Aegean*

9. Akhenaton A. Prehistoric B. Ancient Near East C. Egyptian* D. Aegean

10. Fertile Crescent A. Prehistoric B. Ancient Near East* C. Egyptian D. Aegean

11. Narmer Palette A. Prehistoric B. Ancient Near East C. Egyptian* D. Aegean

12. Ziggurat A. Prehistoric B. Ancient Near East* C. Egyptian D. Aegean

13. Pyramid A. Prehistoric B. Ancient Near East C. Egyptian* D. Aegean

14. Tholos Tomb A. Prehistoric B. Ancient Near East C. Egyptian D. Aegean* 15. Giza A. Prehistoric B. Ancient Near East C. Egyptian* D. Aegean

16. Knossos A. Prehistoric B. Ancient Near East C. Egyptian D. Aegean*

17. Stonehenge A. Upper Paleolithic B. Mesolithic C. Neolithic*

18. Venus of Willendorf A. Upper Paleolithic* B. Mesolithic C. Neolithic

19. Megaliths A. Upper Paleolithic B. Mesolithic C. Neolithic*

20. Rock-engraved "Ritual Dance" at Monte Pellegrino A. Upper Paleolithic B. Mesolithic* C. Neolithic

Completion/Fill-in-the-Blank Questions 21. Stone Age people were preoccupied with protecting themselves from intimidating or unknown ______{{forces}}

22. It is likely that Stone Age cave painters tried to ensure the successful capture of prey by first ______it in wall painting. {{capturing}}

23. The Sumerian temple form is called a ______{{ziggurat}}

24. The Sumerian gods were primarily deifications of ______{{nature}}

25. When an artist produces an image or scene in the conceptual manner, that means that the artist depicts what he or she ______to be rather than as it may appear at any given moment. {{conceptualizes}}

26. The front of the Narmer Palette divides into horizontal segments, or ______{{registers}}

27. Egyptian Old Kingdom art brought forth a manner of representation that would last thousands of years; it is characterized by a ______approach to the rendering of the human figure. {{conceptual}} 28. The sculpted figures placed in Egyptian tombs were thought capable of providing a "home" for the ______of the deceased in case mummification failed to preserve the body of the deceased. {{ka or spirit}}

29. One of the most impressive mortuary temples of the Egyptian New Kingdom is that of Queen ______{{Hatshepsut}}

30. Most of the sculpture that has come from tombs in the Cyclades represent ______goddesses. {{fertility}}

31. Some Cycladic statues show men playing highly ______musical instruments. {{abstracted}}

32. The most spectacular Minoan palace remain is that at ______{{Knossos}}

33. The columns in Minoan palaces were narrower at the ______than anywhere else. {{base}}

34. Homer's favorite epithet for Mycenae was "rich in ______." {{gold}}

35. One of the most significant Mycenaean architectural forms was the beehive tomb, or ______{{tholos}}

36. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow through what is now Syria and ______, join in their southernmost section, and empty into the Persian Gulf. {{Iraq}}

37. It was the ziggurat at ______that was dubbed the "Tower of Babel" by the Hebrews. {{Babylon}}

38. Akkadian art commemorates ______and warriors instead of offering homage to the gods. {{rulers}}

39. The Babylonia king ______'s major contribution to civilization was the codification of Mesopotamian laws. {{Hammurabi}} 40. The most common art form in Assyria was carved stone relief depicting scenes of war and ______. {{hunting}}

Discussion Questions 41. Explain why we can be sure that the cave paintings of animals at Lascaux as well as other prehistoric cave sites were not made as mere decoration.

42. Describe the use of both a conceptual manner of representation and naturalism in the Victory Stele of Naram Sin.

43. Explain what art historian Erwin Panofsky meant when he said that the Egyptian style was "directed not toward the variable, but toward the constant, not toward the symbolization of the vital present, but toward the realization of a timeless eternity." In your explanation, refer specifically to the Narmer Palette.

44. Use the figure of Narmer on the Narmer Palette to describe the conventions of representing the human figure in Egyptian relief and painting.

45. How might the Toreador Fresco from the Palace at Knossos help explain the origin of the myth of King Minos' labyrinth and Minotaur?

46. What does the work of contemporary artist Lorraine O'Grady have to do with Ancient Egyptian art and civilization?

47. Look at the Cycladic idol from Amorgos. Given what you have already seen of twentieth-century sculpture, why do you think modern artists greeted statues of this kind with great interest and admiration?

48. What building type (tomb, temple, and palace) is most often associated with each of these civilizations: Egyptian, Ancient Near Eastern, and Minoan? What does this tell us about each of these civilizations?

49. How do the Venus of Willendorf and the cave paintings at Lascaux support the assertion that Upper Paleolithic art reflected a concern with survival? You will need to talk about the presumed "uses" of these works of art in order to answer.

50. Discuss the Assyrian Dying Lioness from Nineveh. With whom or what does the sympathy lie in this image?