Near East and Egypt
Global Prehistory
Greece
Rome
Middle Ages
100
This is the primary material prehistoric peoples used for mark-making.
What is ochre?
100
Much of Egyptian art focused on achieving this quality.
What is timelessness?
100
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The Greeks embraced developed this concept, which focused on the glorification and betterment of the individual.
What is humanism?
100
A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.
What is a fresco?
100
This consists of seventy-five scenes with Latin inscriptions (tituli) depicting the events leading up to the Norman conquest and culminating in the Battle of Hastings in 1066
What is the Bayeux Tapestry?
200
The White Temple was placed on this high-stepped platform.
What is a ziggurat?
200
This is the large triangular bone at the base of the spine.
What is the sacrum?
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
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These were the two major architectural developments of the Romans.
What are concrete and arches?
200
These brooches became all the rage in the early middle ages, and are one of the most commonly found objects in barbarian grave sites. This is one example.
What are Merovingian looped fibulae?
300
He set forth the first set of written laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
300
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This quote describes which piece?
"One of her legs, slightly flexed, just touched the ground, while the other was raised in the air as high as it would normally go. From the knees, the belt and the widely outstretched arms fell fine fringes."
What is the Running Horned Woman?
300
Identify the artist of the sculpture below.
Who is Polykleitos?
300
The first emperor of Rome, Augustus, used art as this.
What is propaganda?
300
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This is the term applied to art after the year 1000 and before 1200.
What is Romanesque?
400
This three-registered object has no clear, agreed-upon use, but shows two sides of different scenes that employ hierarchical scale, and may have been carried into battle.
What is the Standard of Ur?
400
This is a vertical stone monument or marker often inscribed with text or relief carving.
What is a stele?
400
The Hellenistic period began with the death of this world leader in 323 BCE.
Who is Alexander the Great?
400
The sculpture below employs what stance?
What is contrapposto?
400
The primary form of artistic expression the early Middle Ages was this.
What are illuminated manuscripts?
500
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This pharaoh, along with his wife Nefertiti, changed the aesthetic of Ancient Egyptian figural depiction AND introduced a new god.
Who is Akhenaten?
500
The faces of this figure may represent the duality of human spirit.
What is the Tlatilco Female Figurine
500
Early Greek statuary was highly influenced by this culture.
What is Egyptian?
500
He was the architect of Pantheon.
Who is Hadrian?
500
The early Middle Ages was dominated by art produced in this part of Europe.
What is the North?