Prehistoric art
What was the symbolic meaning of the prehistoric Venuses?
They had a magic and propitiatory meaning
What were the Mesopotamian populations?
Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians
What were the mastabas?
Monumental tombs
What are the Greek architectural orders?
Doric, Ionic and Corinthian
Who does the Mycenaean gold funerary mask represent?
Agamemnon
What was represented in the graffiti and cave paintings?
Propitiatory hunting scenes
What was the function of the ziggurat?
Religious, residential for the royals and warehouse
What are the three pyramids of Giza?
Cheope, Chefen and Micerino
What are the periods of Greek art?
Formative period, Archaic period, Classical period or Golden Age, Hellenistic period
What is the name for ”scultura a tutto tondo”?
Sculpture in the round
What are the two main megalithic constructions?
Menhir, Dolmen and Cromlech
What was the code of Hammurabi?
A block of basalt on which the first written laws are engraved in cuneiform characters
What is the oldest example of a step pyramid?
Djoser’s pyramid
What were the protogeometric decorative motifs?
Parallel lines, lattice triangles and concentric circles
When does the Archaic period begin and end?
VII-V sec a.C.
What is the most famous and best preserved cromlech?
Stonehenge
To whom was the gate that guaranteed access to the new Babylon dedicated?
to Ishtar
What are the main giants?
Sphinx of Giza and bust of Ramses II
What is the acroterion?
It is the pedestal that supports the statue
How do you say “gronda” in english
roof eaves
What is the largest nuraghe in Sardinia?
Su Nuraxi di Barumini
Why was the Assyrian sculptural technique very refined?
Because they used iron chisels
What are the types of Egyptian capitals?
Bell-shaped or open papyriform, closed papyriform, palmiform, lotiform, Hathoric, and papyrus bundle
What were all the types of Greek temples?
Temple in antis,Double in antis,Prostyle,Amphiprostyle, Peripteral, Pseudoperipteral, Dipteral, Pseudodipteral, Hypaethral, Monopteros and Circular peripteral / Tholos
What is the first example of classical art?
Centaur of Lefkandì