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miscellaneous
100
This Chinese emperor was the first to unite China (unite all of its different miscellaneous kingdoms)
Who was Emperor Ch'in (Qin)?
100
This statue has not arms nor head, but it does have WINGS!
What is Nike of Samothrace?
100
This artist is known for his use of pointillism in his paintings.
Who is Georges Seurat?
100
What do we called a pattern having no overlaps or gaps in a given plane?
What is a tessellation?
100
M. C. Escher was this nationality.
What is Dutch?
200
Emperor Qin (Ch'in) was buried with nearly 8,000 of these.
What is a terra cotta warrior?
200
This architectural order features a column with a scrolled capital.
What is Ionic?
200
"A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" was painted by this 19th century French artist.
Who is Georges Seurat?
200
This artist is known for his use of tessellation in his artwork.
Who is M. C. Escher?
200
TRUE or FALSE: M. C. Escher once traveled to Italy and was inspired by the architecture there.
What is TRUE!!!
300
"Terra cotta" means this (be specific).
What is "baked earth" or "baked clay"?
300
This architectural order features acanthus leaves in its capital.
What is Corinthian?
300
Georges Seurat was from this country.
What is France?
300
Any parallelogram or any triangle will tessellate. So will this shape.
What is a hexagon?
300
TRUE or FALSE: King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in the 1920s.
What is TRUE!!!
400
King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered by this man from England.
Who is Howard Carter?
400
A column having grooves along its entire length is called...
What is fluting?
400
The process by which your eye mixes two colors together (like, two dots or two points) because they are close to each other is called...
What is optical mixing?
400
The tilework found in this palace inspired the tessellation work of M. C. Escher.
What is Alhambra?
400
The Louvre--the most famous, well-known museum in the world--is found in this city and country.
What is Paris, France?
500
This is the reason the discovery of King Tut's tomb is significant.
What is ...since his tomb was not raided/robbed before, the artifacts tell us more of what life was like back then...at least for pharaohs.
500
The winged Nike of Samothrace is found in this museum today.
What is the Louvre?
500
True or False: Georges Seurat painted his paintings using pointillism, because he was inspired by the latest scientific findings of his day.
What is TRUE!
500
Alhambra is found in this country.
What is Spain? (Granada is in southern Spain.)
500
This style of artistic expression shows portraits, for example, in its perfect or most excellent form.
What is "idealized"?