This cave was discovered in France in 1940 by four French teenagers and contains the famous gallery called “The Great Hall of the Bulls”.
What is Lascaux?
100
This vase is the world’s oldest ritual vase carved in stone and was found in Sumer.
What is the Warka vase?
100
These were used as an extremely influential medium for imperial portraits because they were easily distributed throughout the country.
What are coins?
100
The Archaic Greek male sculptural form.
What is a Kouros?
200
This style sprung out under the rule Akhenatun, and is recognizable by its flowing and relaxed lines and forms, individualized features of people, and scenes of particular moments in time.
What is Amarna style?
200
This cave, found in Spain, is an s-shaped cave with ten galleries engraved or painted with images of bison, goat, aurochs, horses, deer and hinds.
What is Altamira?
200
Culture known for its relief sculptures in the decoration of public buildings and palaces used for intimidation.
What is the Assyrians?
200
A famous, magnificent temple in Rome built to worship the Roman gods.
What is the Pantheon?
200
This ancient Greek man made great advancements in the field of mathematics.
Who was Pythagoras?
300
Scenes with figures, in Egyptian art, arranged in horizontal rows.
What are registers?
300
Prehistoric
What type of artworks are created by a society that did not yet possess written language?
300
This form of Sumerian art was rolled over wet clay and left an impression in relief.
What are cylinder seals?
300
The privileged class of ancient Roman citizens.
Who are the Patricians?
300
Egyptians had a great influence on the Greek sculptors from this period.
What is the Archaic period?
400
Obelisks were usually covered from base to near tip with these.
What are heiroglyphics?
400
for spiritual, historical, or moral reasons, or for beauty and propaganda purposes
What are the 5 major reasons humans create art?
400
spiritual, historical, and reasons of propaganda
Why was most Sumerian art created?
400
The center of public life in ancient Rome.
What were the baths?
400
In Greek sculpture, gods were portrayed as these.
What are humans?
500
the Sphinx
What colossal sculpture made up of a crouching lion with the face of a man is located in Giza?
500
Carbon dioxide levels were corroding the walls.
Why was the Lascaux cave close to the public in 1963?
500
They consist of tall, bearded figures with huge, staring eyes and long, pleated skirts. They are made from stone and marble and have cylindrical bodies with uplifted heads and clasped hands.
What are the Sumerian statues from Tell Asmar?
500
This civilization had the greatest influence on Roman sculpture.
Who are the Greeks?
500
The concept the ancient Greek civilization gave birth to.