Near East
Egypt
Greece/Rome
Medieval
Early Renaissance
100
He set forth the first set of written laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
100
Egyptian history is divided into these two main periods.
What are the Old Kingdom and New Kingdom?
100
Though Ancient Greek statuary was often made of marble, this was the preferred medium of statues in the Classical period.
What is bronze?
100
This architectural innovation in the Gothic period allowed churches to rise to new heights.
What is the flying buttress?
100
The most famous NE Renaissance artist, often falsely considered the inventor of oil paint.
Who is Jan van Eyck?
200
The area located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, where many Near East peoples settles and established communities.
What is Mesopotamia?
200
This two-sided work is considered to be one of first historical works of art that commemorate the unification of Egypt.
What is the Palette of Narmer?
200
Identify the artist of the sculpture below.
Who is Polykleitos?
200
The location in a monastery where monastic scribes work.
What is a scriptorium?
200
This altarpiece, likely by Robert Campin, typifies NE art with its delicate detail and contemporary Flemish setting.
What is the Merode Triptych?
300
Sumerian religious ceremonies and rituals were conducted atop this stepped structure.
What is a ziggurat?
300
This was a period of religious revolution and marked deviation from traditional artistic forms.
What is the Amarna period?
300
This Roman Emperor legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire.
Who is Constantine?
300
This 6th century church was commissioned by Emperor Justinian and incorporates ornate mosaics and innovative architectural elements including a dome supported on pendentives.
What is Hagia Sophia?
300
A common religious subject, where an artwork features the Virgin Mary enthroned with the Christ child, surrounded by angels or prophets.
What is a Maesta?
400
The wedge-shaped writing common on Near Eastern artworks and architecture.
What is cuneiform?
400
The soul, or spiritual presence of an individual, that can sometimes reside in Egyptian statuary.
What is the ka?
400
The Archaic Greek male sculptural form.
What is a kouros?
400
This person was the inventor of the Gothic Style---wrote 3 treaties about how the church should be a place of physical beauty that inspires hope in beauty of paradise (heaven).
Who is Abbott Suger?
400
A common printmaking technique, where a design is carved into a wooden plate, then ink is applied and pressed onto a sheet and reproduced.
What is a woodcut?
500
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?
500
He is considered the first recorded artist and architect in the history of art.
Who is Imhotep?
500
The Roman Emperor who commissioned the Colosseum in Rome.
Who is Vespasian?
500
He was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in the year 800 and fostered an interest in the arts and education throughout Europe.
Who is Charlemagne?
500
The Italian word for bell tower, usually connected to a cathedral or civic building in Italy.
What is a campanile?