Near East
Egypt
Greece
Rome
Middle Ages
100
This was a guardian figure common through the Near East which had the face of a man and the body of a bull.
What is a lamassu?
100
Female pharaoh that had one of the grandest temples in the Valley of the Kings.
Who is Hapshepsut ?
100
The Greeks embraced developed this concept, which focused on the glorification and betterment of the individual. (Hint: it was a major value of the Renaissance 2000 years later.)
What is humanism?
100
This was a the aqueduct that brought water from the Alps to Nimes.
What is the Pont du Gard?
100
He ushered in a mini Renaissance in the 9th century.
Who is Charlemagne?
200
The White Temple was placed on this high-stepped platform.
What is a ziggurat?
200
This was a period of religious revolution and marked deviation from traditional artistic forms.
What is the Amarna period?
200
Though Archaic Greek statuary was typically made of marble, this was the preferred medium of statues in the Classical period.
What is bronze?
200
These were the two major architectural developments of the Romans.
What are concrete and arches?
200
This piece of art work illustrates the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
What is the Bayeux Tapestry?
300
He set forth the first set of written laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
300
The pyramids were built during these periods.
What are the Old and Middle Kingdom periods?
300
Identify the artist of the sculpture below.
Who is Praxiteles?
300
The first emperor of Rome, Augustus, used art as this.
What is propaganda?
300
This is the term applied to art after the year 1000 and before 1200.
What is Romanesque?
400
Both of these two artistic objects employ hierarchical scale to distinguish between figures of varying degrees of importance.
Choose one.
What is the Standard of Ur or the Palette of King Narmer?
400
This sculpture is an example of Egyptian sculpture of people among the Egyptian bureaucracy.
What is Seated Scribe?
400
The Hellenistic period began with the death of this world leader in 323 BCE.
Who is Alexander the Great?
400
In the Late Roman Empire, the art of this class of people was becoming more popular as the taste for the older classical style had waned.
Who are the plebeians?
400
The primary form of artistic expression the early Middle Ages was produced by monks who acted as scribes.
What are illuminated manuscripts
500
The primary building material for Near Eastern architects was this.
What is a baked brick or clay based brick?
500
Under this pharaoh Egypt had a short lived revolution in art, architecture and brief period of monotheism.
Who is Akenaton?
500
He created Doryphorus.
Who is Polykleitos?
500
It is the center circular opening on the Pantheon .
What is the oculus?
500
Gothic Cathedrals were often dedicated to this person.
Who is the Virgin Mary?