Near East
Egypt
Paleolithic/Neolithic
Architectural Terms
Ancient Religion
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
Much of Egyptian art focused on achieving this quality.
What is timelessness/stability?
100
This ancient astrological structure aligned with the stars during summer solstice.
What is Stone Henge?
100
Stone henge is made using this type of construction.
What is megalithic?
100
Sumerian sculptures found in Ziggurats with their hands folded on their chest and wide eyes.
What is a votive figure?
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
What is the subject of the cave paintings within the largest hall at Lascaux?
What are bulls?
The great hall of the bulls.
200
This ancient form of construction with vertical supports and lateral cross beams is called
What is post & lintel construction?
200
The god Shamash on the stone stele "Code of Hammurabi" wears a crown made of ______ and has____ emanating from his shoulders.
What are horns and fire/sun rays/wings?
300
He set forth the first set of written laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
300
Egyptian history is divided into these three periods.
What are Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom?
300
Identify the the sculpture below and it's believed purpose:
What is the Ambum stone, and what is a pestle for grinding herbs or pigments?
300
These large entry wall gates lead into an Egyptian temple.
What is are pylons?
300
This is the god of the dead and judge depicted on "Last judgment of Hu-Nefer."
Who is Osiris?
400
This two sided ornamental artwork displays registers of peace and war with attendants serving their king in a hierarchy of scale.
What is the Standard of Ur?
400
Egyptian art followed a system of proportions called this.
What is a canon?
400
This is the main motif on the beaker from Susa, Iran.
What is an Ibex?
400
This is the raised middle section of a hypostyle hall that provides light.
What is a clerestory?
400
The west bank of the Nile in ancient Egypt signifies ______.
What is the land of the dead?
500
The audience hall of Darius and Xerxes made out of_____was located in this city.
Limestone & Persepolis, Iran
500
The pyramids connect the pharaohs because their shape resembles this.What is the ben-ben?
What is the ben-ben?
500
This type of ceramic figure was found in tombs in central Mexico representing broad hips and other pronounced features.
What are Tlatilco female figurines?
Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco. 1200–900 B.C.E. Ceramic.
500
This rectangular shaped burial chamber with sloping sides and a flat roof served as a precedent for pyramids in Egypt.
What is a mastaba?
500
This Monotheistic god is represented through the sun in "Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters."
Who is Aton?