African Art History
Indian Art History
Egyptian Art History
Mesopotamian Art History
Aegean Art History
100
This culture created the "ancestral couple," which emphasizes the different roles males and females are responsible for in a balanced society
What is the Dogon?
100
This man became enlightened after sitting under the Bodhi Tree
Who is the Buddha?
100
This is a convention of representation in which part of a figure is shown in profile and another part of the same figure is shown frontally.
What is composite view?
100
These two Mesopotamian rivers had unpredictable, violent floods
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
100
This animal was a common motif in Aegean artwork. In the Palace of Minos fresco, a performer is leaping over this creature.
What is the bull?
200
This mask is used in the initiation of young girls
What is the Mende Nowo mask?
200
He is a Hindu god and "Lord of the Dance"
Who is Shiva?
200
This is the soul, or spiritual essence, of a human being that can live in an Egyptian statue of itself
What is the Ka?
200
This Hittite structure was created out of this material.
What is stone?
200
This Aegean civilization was responsible for the Palace of Minos on the island of Crete
What is the Minoan civilization?
300
This artist, who painted "Les Demoiselles d' Avignon," was highly influenced by African sculpture
Who is Pablo Picasso?
300
She is the Warrior Goddess who slays the Buffalo Demon
Who is Durga?
300
This period saw a dramatic change in Egyptian art and religion
What is the Amarna Period?
300
Blue, glazed brick tile was used in this Babylonian structure
What is the Ishtar Gate?
300
This marble statue of a woman was created during THIS period of art.
What is Cycladic Art?
400
This is the stance of alertness, like a wrestler, seen in nkisi nkonde power figures
What is "pakalala"?
400
This is a large, mound-shaped Buddhist shrine, that housed the Buddha's relics
What is the stupa?
400
This column is cut out of rock and has no support function
What is a reserve column?
400
These votive figures were created by THIS civilization
Who are the Sumerians?
400
This Minoan vase is known for its joyful depiction of farmers and lively composition
What is the Harvester Vase?
500
This is carved in Yoruban culture when a twin dies
What is an "ere ibeji" figure?
500
The Indian contrapposto stance that produces a sense of swaying movement
What is tribhanga?
500
She was the first significant female Pharaoh, and also the first woman whose achievements were celebrated in art history
Who is Hatshepsut?
500
This is a roof or ceiling constructed with the arch principle, forming the shape of a half a cylinder, as seen in the Palace of Shapur I
What is the barrel vault?
500
This is a dome formed by layers of stone that gradually grow closer together as they rise until they eventually meet
What is a corbel dome?