Art Before History
The Ancient Near East
Egypt Under the Pharohs
Ancient Aegean
Vocabulary
100
The Lion-Human was made out of this medium
What is mammoth ivory
100
Nebuchadnezzar II commissioned the Ishtar Gate in 575 BCE. This material was used to construct this gate.
What is glazed brick?
100
This object commemorates the unification of upper and lower Egypt.
What is the Palette of Narmer?
100
This archaeologist excavated the Palace at Knossos.
WhatWho is Sir Arthur Evans?
100
Figures in eternal devotion to the god are called _______.
WhatWhat are votive statues?
200
For this reason the Venus of Willendorf, Paleolithic, has been renamed the Woman of Willendorf.
What is to widen the possible theories of interpretation beyond the fertility goddess theory?
200
This is the name of the archaeologist in Sumeria who found the Bull-headed Lyre among other objects in the royal tombs at Ur.
Who was Leonard Woolley?
200
This group of people invaded Egypt around the period of the Middle Kingdom.
Who are the Hyksos?
200
A half-man, half-bull is called a ______.
What is a minotaur?
200
This device creates a system of organized composition.
What are registers?
300
The Neolithic Period began when people shifted from ______ to ________.
What is the shift from hunting to herding?
300
Which object from the Ancient Near East shows cuneiform, god-man relations, and relief sculpture?
What is the Stele of Hammurabi?
300
This woman usurped the throne from her son and became pharaoh.
Who is Hatshepsut?
300
This well-known painting is an example of either a fertility ceremony or initiation.
What is Bull Leaping?
300
When artifacts show who was more important by size, it is called ________.
What is hieratic scale?
400
This cave site has the oldest cave paintings we study.
What are the Chauvet Caves in France have the oldest Paleolithic cave paintings, dated to about 30,000 BCE?
400
The gods are depicted as _____ in the Stele of Naram-Sin.
What are sun like forms?
400
The predecessor to the pyramid is called a ______.
What is a mastaba?
400
This artwork is the first true landscape painting.
What is Spring Fresco?
400
The practice of painting on dry plaster walls is called ______.
What is fresco secco?
500
This construction method was used in the creation of Stonehenge.
What is the post and lintel method of construction?
500
This object contains the first depiction of the wheel.
What is the Standard of Ur?
500
The image of Akhenaton and His Family is an example of this type of sculpture.
What is sunken relief?
500
These two techniques are used on the Bee Pendant.
What are granulation and filigree?
500
It is believed that eyes were painted on various parts of these figures. What are they?
What are Cycladic idols?
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