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Paleo and Neolithic Art
Near Eastern Art
Egyptian Art
Aegean and Greek Art
Etruscan and Roman Art
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Dated to 30,000 BCE, this sculpture may be a symbol for fertility, and was named after the Austrian town where she was found.
What is the Woman of Willendorf?
100
The Near Eastern city-state was situated around this structure; a large mud-brick platform-like structure.
What is a ziggurat?
100
The Egyptians invented this paper-like material.
What is papyrus?
100
These are the three orders of Greek temple architecture.
What are the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian?
100
Also known as the Flavian amphitheater, this was the structure where Roman citizens would watch various forms of entertainment.
What is the Colosseum?
200
The ancient Near East was called this; Greek for the land between two rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
200
She is the female pharaoh who was depicted traditionally in the Nemes headdress and false beard.
Who is Hatshepsut?
200
This is an early Aegean culture that built a palatial, labyrinth-like complex at Knossos.
Who are the Minoans?
200
The Greeks only allowed men to attend this type of celebration, but the Etruscans depicted both men and women reclining and drinking together.
What is the symposium?
300
Stonehenge is an example of this type of architecture.
What is post and lintel construction?
300
This was the early writing system developed in the ancient Near East.
What is cuneiform?
300
Before the pyramid form, this was the typical form of Egyptian tomb architecture; its name means bench in arabic.
What is the mastaba?
300
The sculptor Polykleitos was said to have invented this pose; the most ideal way to depict the human form.
What is contrapposto?
300
This Roman temple became the largest unsupported dome in the ancient world.
What is the Pantheon?
400
This was the single most important development that allowed man to settle in permanent developments.
What is agriculture?
400
These are the part bull, lion, and winged beasts that guarded the gates of the citadel of Sargon II.
What are the lamassu?
400
This is the name given to the period of Akhenaten's rule, which marked a drastic change in artistic forms.
What is the Amarna Period?
400
The slight swelling of the Greek columns, to show its beauty and elasticity, is called this.
What is entasis?
400
Roman sculpture can be called this, as its realism is considered some of the first attempts at portraiture.
What is verism or veristic?
500
Studying Paleolithic art is difficult because this did not exist yet.
What is a form of writing?
500
He is the Mesopotamian king who was depicted vanquishing his foes atop a mountain in a bull-horned helmet.
Who is Naram-Sin?
500
He is considered the first Pharaoh after he united upper and lower Egypt; symbols of his power were found on a palette for mixing eye make up.
Who is Narmer?
500
The Erechtheion temple has these type of columns that are shaped like the female form.
What is a caryatid?
500
This is the vase shape that was created to cool wine.
What is a psykter?