Global Prehistory
What is the theory behind the Jade Cong?
Represents the sky and the earth
The Standard of Ur has 2 sides. What do the 2 sides represent?
1 - peace
2 - war
What new style of Egyptian art is depicted in the work: Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters?
- amarna style
The following identifiers identify which work of art?
c.15000-13000 BCE
Paleolithic Europe
Rock Painting
Lascaux, France
Great hall of the bulls
What is the word:
having characteristics of the human form, although the form itself is not human
Anthropomorphic
The "beaker of ibex" was found at a site in the city of Susa indicating that it was used as what?
what is as part of a burial tradition
What is carved into the stairs leading up to the Audience Hall?
What is:
the immortals, the king's guards (10,000)
What is unique about the form of the Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut?
- dressed as a male pharaoh
- queen is depicted in male costume of a pharaoh, yet has slender proportions and slight breasts
The following identifiers identify which work of art?
c.3500-3000 BCE
Sumerian
Mud brick
Uruk, Iraq
White Temple and its Ziggurat
What is a menhir?
what is :
a large uncut stone erected as a monument in the prehistoric era
a standing stone
What is a wooden structure, perhaps roofed.
Aubrey Holes may have been used as cremation burials for elite males
- contains the earliest laws/codes ever written
- Shamash is handing these laws to Hammurabi
The Great Sphinx is carved from what material?
Limestone
The following identifiers identify which work of art?
c. 2490-2472 BCE
Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty
Graywacke
King Menkaura and queen
What is the word for the following definition?
- a system representing the importance of someone by the size of their representation in the work
What is:
hierarchy of scale
A number of theories have been proposed of the cave paintings in Lascaux, France. What is the most common theory?
What is: traditional view of a successful hunt
(other theories: ancestral animal worship, narrative elements of a story, shamanism)
What material is the Lamassu made out of? How was it made?
- alabaster
- carved from a single piece of stone
What is the purpose of the seated scribe?
- attend to the pharaoh's needs in the afterlife
The following identifiers identify which work of art?
c. 520-465 BCE
Persian
Limestone
Persepolis, Iran
Audience Hall (Apadana) of Darius and Xerxes
What term goes with the following definition?
- a building with an elongated ground plan
- axial plan
What geographical area/region is the terra cotta fragment located?
- pacific art
- Solomn islands
- reef islands
What work of art shows hierarchy of scale in Near Eastern Art?
- Standard of Ur
What historical event is represented on the Palette of King Narmer>
- what is:
the unification of upper and lower Egypt
The following identifiers identify which work of art?
c. 1323 BCE
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
Gold inlay of enamel and semiprecious stone
Innermost coffin of King Tutankhamun's Tomb
What is a pylon?
- a monumental gateway to an Egyptian temple marked by two flat, sloping walls between which is a smaller entrance