Prehistoric Art
This term refers to portable artworks created by prehistoric peoples, often made from materials like stone or bone, including items such as figurines and engravings.
What is mobiliary art?
This ancient Near Eastern artifact features a detailed depiction of a king receiving gifts from the gods.
What is the Stele of Hammurabi?
This term describes the monumental tombs built for pharaohs during the Old Kingdom.
What are Pyramids?
This iconic sculpture, representing the goddess of victory, is famous for its missing arms and was discovered on the island of Samothrace.
What is the Winged Victory of Samothrace?
This type of building, characterized by its use of basilica plans and central domes, became prevalent in early Christian architecture.
What is a Church?
This famous cave painting, located in France, features hundreds of animal depictions.
What is Great Hall of the Bulls?
This early artifact, discovered in a royal cemetery, features two sides depicting scenes of war and peace, reflecting the social hierarchy and culture of Sumer around 2500 BCE.
What is the Standard of Ur?
This artistic style in ancient Egypt depicted figures with a combination of viewpoints, showing parts of the body in profile while other parts, like the head or torso, face the viewer directly, prioritizing the most important features of the subject over strict realism.
What is composite view?
This Roman structure, known for its extensive use of concrete and its grand dome, is a marvel of engineering and served as a temple to all gods.
What is the Pantheon?
This patron and ruler built Hagia Sophia, San Vitale, and rebuilt the monastery at Mount Sinai in Egypt.
Who is Justinian?
These ancient stone artifacts, discovered in Namibia and dating back to around 25,000 BCE, are among the earliest known examples of representational art, depicting animals and human-like figures.
What are the Apollo 11 Stones?
This type of ancient Mesopotamian temple, built on a raised platform, is called a what?
What is a ziggurat?
The Great Sphinx has the body of a lion and the head of this pharaoh, symbolizing strength and wisdom.
Who is Khafre?
Completed in 112 CE, this architectural complex featured a grand basilica, a market, and a famous column celebrating the victories of Emperor Trajan in Dacia.
What is the Forum of Trajan?
This famous early Christian mosaic, located in the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, depicts the emperor alongside religious figures.
What is the Justinian Mosaic?
This archaeological site in England is known for its circle of standing stones, dating back to around 2500 BCE.
What is Stonehenge?
This ancient city, known for its hanging gardens and grand architecture, was ruled by King Nebuchadnezzar II.
What is Babylon?
This ancient Egyptian writing system used pictorial symbols and was found on monuments and tombs.
What is hieroglyphics?
During this artistic period, sculptors explored new subjects- Gauls with strange mustaches and necklaces, impoverished old women- and treated traditional subjects in new ways- athletes with battered bodies and faces, and openly erotic goddesses. Famous for it's dynamic posing of the figure and expressive facial features.
What is the Hellenistic Period (Ancient Greece)?
The Good Shepherd is a common motif in early Christian art, symbolizing Christ’s role as a protector, often depicted in this medium.
What is a fresco?
Stonehenge used this method of construction in which two posts support a horizontal beam.
What is post-and-lintel?
The winged bull with a human head, often found at the entrance of palaces, is known as this.
What is a lamassu?
The Book of the Dead is a guide for the afterlife, often found in this type of burial context.
What is a tomb?
This term refers to the mythical battle between the Olympian gods and the giants, often depicted in ancient art as a dramatic struggle symbolizing the triumph of order over chaos.
What is gigantomachy?
This term refers to the decorative art form that involves intricate patterns and imagery, commonly found in Byzantine churches.
What is tesserae?