Mesopotamia/ Ancient Near Eastern Art

Question 1

Difference between the prehistoric world and the civilizations of the Ancient Near East

Answer 1

(Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Hittite, Assyrian, Persian)

Question 2

Tell Asmar, c. 2700 B.C.E., limestone, alabaster, and gypsum, Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

Answer 2

Sumerian Art.

Question 3

Use of cylinder seals:

Answer 3

• Authenticating or legitimizing a transaction (in a similar way to the modern-day signature)
  -Preventing/ restricting access to containers, rooms or houses

Question 4

Relationship between King and __________

Answer 4

artists

Question 5

Patron and the _____________

Answer 5

artist

Question 6

Narratives

Answer 6

cuneiform

Question 7

Art was used in the service of ___________ and the _________.

Answer 7

religion ; state

Question 8

Rulers’ images are emblazoned on ____________ celebrating their achievements

Answer 8

stelai

Question 9

____________was combined with the creative image resulting in a systematic historical and artistic record of human achievement.

Answer 9

Writing

Question 10

Art works:
- Present the union of human and ________ elements in a single figure
- Use ______________________
- Shows __________ of rulers

Answer 10

animal ; hierarchy of scale ; deification

Question 11

Buildings
- Are made of _____________(buildings)
-Either ___________ or faced with tile or stone

Answer 11

mud-bricks ; painted

Question 12

top element of a column

Answer 12

Capital

Question 13

system of writing in which the strokes are formed in a wedge or arrow-head shape

Answer 13

Cuneiform

Question 14

front of a building

Answer 14

Facade

Question 15

system of representation that expresses a person’s importance by the size of his or her representation in a work of art.

Answer 15

Hierarchy of scale

Question 16

empty space around an object or a person, such as the cut-out areas between a figure’s legs or arms of a sculpture.

Answer 16

Negative space

Question 17

sculpture that projects from a flat background.

Answer 17

Relief structure

Question 18

a stone slab used to mark a grave or a site.

Answer 18

Stele (stelai)

Question 19

pyramid-like building made of several stories that indent as the building gets taller; has terraces at each level.

Answer 19

Ziggurat

Question 20

city of the dead, large burial area.

Answer 20

Necropolis

Question 21

Buildings
- ______________ are important
- Fantastic animals acted as ________________ figures

Answer 21

Entranceways; guardian

Question 22

Buildings role:

Answer 22

-To protect the occupants
-To ward off the evil intentions of outsiders

Question 23

Use of cylinder seals:
- A___________
- Sign of _______ identity or _________ affiliation

Answer 23

Amuletic; personal ; professional