Prehistory
Famous Figures
Vocabulary
Architectural Terms
Name the Work That...
100
Stonehenge's architectural construction method
What is post and lintel?
100
Mythological figure used to represent victory in Greek art
Who is Nike?
100
A latin expression that means that something is in its original location
What is in situ?
100
This style of column
What is Corinthian?
100
This work sat near the pyramid of Khafre, carved in situ
What is the Sphinx?
200
This figure was thought by the Enga to come to life and cause mischief when no one was looking
What is the Ambum Stone?
200
The Hellenistic period begins with the death of this leader
Who is Alexander the Great?
200
In art, a horizontal band, often on top of another, that tells a narrative story.
What is a register?
200
The highest point of a greek city, usually having a temple complex
What is an acropolis?
200
This work is one of the few surviving examples of the lost wax bronze method from Greece
Who is the Seated Boxer?
300
These were found frequently in Chinese burial sites, but we do not know their function/meaning
What is a Cong?
300
Female Pharoah associated with this structure
Who is Hatshepsut?
300
A painting technique that involves applying color to a freshly plastered wall
What is a fresco?
300
The ceiling feature shown here, on the Pantheon
What is a coffer
300
This temple sat on top of a Ziggurat, dedicated to the Sumerian god Anu
What is the White Timple?
400
This type of bone was used to carve this prehistoric sculpture of a canine
What is a sacrum?
400
Mesopotamian king famous for his code of law
Who is Hammurabi?
400
A colossal winged human headed bull in Assyrian Art
What is a Lamassu?
400
A monumental gateway to an Egyptian Temple
What is a Pylon?
400
This Etruscan work would have sat on top of the Temple of Minerva
Who is Apollo from Veii?
500
This site in France is home to some of the earliest human wall paintings
What are the Lascaux Caves?
500
The first Emperor of Rome, pictured here
Who is Caesar Augustus or Octavian?
500
A graceful arrangement of the body based on tilted shoulders and hips and bent knees
What is a contrapposto?
500
An ancient Greek circular temple/shrine
What is a Tholos?
500
This work is a representation of the Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
What is the Palette of Narmer?