Midterm 1

Question 1

Answer 1

Paleolithic
Leaping Horse, Lascaux Cave
c 15k-13k BCE
Paint on stone

Question 2

Answer 2

Paleolithic
Bison stripped by arrows, Lascaux Cave
c 15k-13k BCE
Paint on stone

Question 3

Answer 3

Paleolithic
Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Cave
c 15k-13k BCE
Painted stone

Question 4

Answer 4

Paleolithic
Rhinoceros, Man, and Bison (Man and the Well), Pech-Merie Cave
c 22k BCE
Paint on stone

Question 5

Answer 5

Paleolithic
Spotted horses and hand-stencils, Pech-Marie Cave
c 22k BCE
Paint on stone

Question 6

Answer 6

Paleolithic
Bison, Le Tuc d’Audoubert Cave
c 15k-10k BCE
Shaped natural clay

Question 7

Answer 7

Paleolithic
Figurine (Venus) of Willendorf, Austria
c 28k-25k BCE
Limestone

Question 8

Answer 8

Mesolithic
Ancestor skull from Jericho
c 7k-6.5k BCE
Plaster over human skull with Cowrie-shells

Question 9

Answer 9

Sumerian
Vase from Uruk
c 3200-3000 BCE
Carved alabaster

Question 10

Answer 10

Sumerian
The Lady of Uruk
c 3200-3000 BCE
Carved Marble

Question 11

Answer 11

Sumerian
Votive Statues from Temple of Abu
c 2700 BCE
Carved stone with inlay

Question 12

Answer 12

Sumerian
Reconstruction of Ziggurat at Uruk
c 2125 BCE

Question 13

Answer 13

Akkadian
Head of Akkadian Ruler
c 2250-2200 BCE
Cast bronze

Question 14

Answer 14

Akkadian
Victory stele of Naram-Sin
2254-2218 BCE
Carved stone

Question 15

Answer 15

Babylonian
Stele of Hammarabi
c 1780 BCE
Carved basalt

Question 16

Answer 16

Akkadian
Ashurbanipal slaying a lion, Ninevah palace
645-640 BCE
Carved stone

Question 17

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Assyrian
Lamassu figure
c 879 BCE
Carved stone

Question 18

Answer 18

Neo-Babylonian
Reconstructed Ishtar Gate
c 605-562 BCE
Glazed brick

Question 19

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Neo-Babylonian
Snake-dragon from Ishtar Gate
605-563 BCE
Glazed brick

Question 20

Answer 20

Achaemenid Persia
Processing delegations, Persepolis Palace
c 521-465 BCE
Carved stone

Question 21

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Achaemenid Persia
Processing delegations, Persepolis Palace
c 521-465 BCE
Carved stone

Question 22

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Predynastic Egypt
Palette of King Narmer
c 3000-2920 BCE
Carved stone

Question 23

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Old Kingdom Egypt
Khafre enthroned, Gizeh
c 2520-2494 BCE
Carved stone

Question 24

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Old Kingdom Egypt
Pharoah Menkaure and His Queen from Gizeh
c 2490-2472 BCE
Carved stone

Question 25

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Old Kingdom Egypt Seated scribe from Saqqara c 2500 BCE Painted limestone with inlay

Question 26

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Old Kingdom Egypt Prince Rahotep and Princess Nofret from Medium c 2660 BCE Carved and painted limestone

Question 27

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Old Kingdom Egypt Prince Ankh-Haf c 2600 BCE Painted limestone

Question 28

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Old Kingdom Egypt IMHOTEP (architect) Stepped pyramid of King Djoser at Saqqara c 2630-2611 BCE

Question 29

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New Kingdom Egypt Funerary Papyrus (Book of the Dead) for HU-Nefer (frame 3: Psychostasis and meeting with Osiris) c 1285 BCE Painted papyrus leaves

Question 30

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Old Kingdom Egypt Pyramid of Pharoah Khufu c 2551-2528 BCE

Question 31

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Old Kingdom Egypt Sphinx of the pyramid complex at Gizeh c 2520-2494 BCE Sandstone

Question 32

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New Kingdom Egypt Mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri c 1473-1458 BCE

Question 33

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New Kingdom Egypt Avenue of Sphinxes and first pylon, Temple of Amon-Re, Karnak c 1290-1224 BCE

Question 34

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New Kingdom Egypt Model of hypostyle hall, Temple of Amon-Re, Karnak c 1290-1224 BCe

Question 35

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New Kingdom Egypt Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel c 1290-1224 BCE Sandstone

Question 36

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New Kingdom Egypt Akhenatun, Temple of Aton, Karnak c 1353-1335 BCE Sandstone

Question 37

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New Kingdom Egypt Sculptor's Model of Queen Nefertiti c 1353-1335 BCE PaintedlLimestone

Question 38

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New Kingdom Egypt Akhenatun, Nefertiti, and daughters c 1353-1335 BCE Carved limestone

Question 39

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Cycladic Figurine of a woman c 2600-2300 BCE Marble

Question 40

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Minoan Crete Chryselephantine statue from Palaikastro, Crete c 1500-1475 BCE Ivory, gold, and other materials

Question 41

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Minoan Crete Reconstruction of Knossos Palace c 1700-1400 BCE

Question 42

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Minoan Crete Reconstructed lightwell, Knossos Palace c 1700-1400 BCE

Question 43

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Minoan Crete Dolphins Fresco in Queen's Megaron, Knossos Palace c 1700-1400 BCE

Question 44

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Minoan Crete Bull-leaping at Knossos Palace c 1400 BCE Fresco Archaeological Museum, Herakleion

Question 45

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Minoan Crete Minoan woman or goddess (La Parisienne), Knossos Palace c 1400-1350 BCE Fresco fragment

Question 46

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Minoan Crete Harvester Vase c 1500 BCE Carved Steatite

Question 47

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Minoan Crete Octopus Jar c 1500-1450 BCE Clay with painted slip

Question 48

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Archaic Greece Mantiklos Votive for Apollo 700-680 BCE Solid Bronze

Question 49

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Archaic Greece Statue of woman or goddess (Lady of Auxerre) c 650-625 BCE Carved limestone

Question 50

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Archaic Greece Peplos Kore c 530 BCE Marble with traces of polychromy

Question 51

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Archaic Greece New York Kouros c 590-580 BCE Marble

Question 52

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Archaic Greece Statue of Kroisos from Anavysos c 530 BCE Marble

Question 53

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Late Archaic/Early Classical Greece Kritios Boy c 480 BCE Marble

Question 54

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Classical Greece Warrior (one of Riaca Bronzes) c 460-450 BCE Bronze (lost wax method)

Question 55

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Classical Greece POLYKLEITOS (sculptor) Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) Copy after bronze original --> Warrior (one of Riaca Bronzes) c 450-440 BCE Marble

Question 56

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Classical Greece MYRON (sculptor) Diskobollos (disk thrower) Copy of bronze original c 450 BCE Marble

Question 57

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Archaic Greece Temple of Hera I at Paetsum, Italy c 550 BCE Limestone covered in palster

Question 58

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Archaic Greece Capitals at Temple of Hera I c 550 BCE Limestone covered in plaster

Question 59

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Classical Greece IKTINOS and KALLIKRATES (architects) Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens 447-432 BCE

Question 60

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Classical Greece PHIDIAS (sculptor) Reclining Dionysos from east pediment, Parthenon c 438-432 BCE Marble

Question 61

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Classical Greece PHIDIAS (sculptor) Goddess in a flowing peplos, from east pediment, Parthenon c 438-432 BCE Marble

Question 62

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Classical Greece PHIDIAS (sculptor) 3 goddesses in drapery, east pediment, Parthenon c 438-432 BCE Marble

Question 63

Hypostyle Architecture

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Having rows of pillars that support ceilings

Question 64

Pychostasis

Answer 64

The weighing of souls to test a person in the afterlife

Question 65

Libation Vase

Answer 65

liquid offering vase

Question 66

Peripteral

Answer 66

pillars on perimeter of temple

Question 67

organic displacement

Answer 67

body movements show natural curvature, animation

Question 68

Formal qualities

Answer 68

color, composition, balance, shadows, space, etc

Question 69

Sacred Mountain, Sculley

Answer 69

Mountains allude to being able to interact with gods and reach heaven stepped pyramids, khufu pyramid

Question 70

Enlivening the Body, Morgan

Answer 70

The way artists use paint to bring life to a body, making a statue more life-like; male:darker, female: lighter rahotep and nofret, nefertiti, ankh-haf

Question 71

Bared Breast, Morris

Answer 71

Modern historians put our own perceptions and definitions of fertility and sexuality on artworks; bared breasts does not necessarily mean maternity or fertility, Venus, cycladic, snake goddesses (people think they represent fertility)