Prehistoric Art
This type of art was created by societies that did not yet have written language.
A) Prehistoric art
B) Cave painting
C) Classical sculpture
What is prehistoric art?
A tall block of solid stone standing by itself is called this.
A) Monolith
B) Obelisk
C) Megalith
What is a monolith?
This Sumerian artifact is the world’s oldest ritual vase carved in stone.
A) Warka vase
B) Cylinder-seal
C) Stone stele
What is the Warka vase?
The first pyramid, the Step Pyramid of Saqqara, was built during the reign of this pharaoh.
A) Djoser
B) Khufu
C) Tutankhamun
Who is Djoser?
This surviving feature of Babylon can be seen in Berlin, Germany today.
A) Ishtar Gate
B) Hanging Gardens
C) Northwest Palace
What is the Ishtar Gate?
These German cave sculptures are considered the oldest examples of human art ever found.
A) Hohle Fels figures
B) Venus of Willendorf
C) Lascaux paintings
What is the Hohle Fels figures?
Stonehenge was created in this many phases over 1400 years.
A) Three phases
B) Two phases
C) One phase
What is three phases?
This famous code is a symbol of Mesopotamian civilization.
A) Law Code of Hammurabi
B) Code of Ur-Nammu
C) Code of Assyria
What is the Law Code of Hammurabi?
Egyptian horizontal rows of figures in art are called this.
A) Registers
B) Scales
C) Proportions
What are registers?
Lions, dragons, and bulls are depicted on this famous feature.
A) Ishtar Gate
B) Warka Vase
C) Persepolis relief
What is the Ishtar Gate?
This cave in Spain contains ten galleries engraved or painted with images of bison, goats, aurochs, horses, deer, and hinds.
A) Altamira
B) Chauvet
C) Lascaux
What is Altamira?
These features can still be found at Stonehenge today.
A) Trilithon Horseshoe, Sarsen Circle, bluestones, and several large specially arranged stones
B) Timber posts, Aubrey holes, and Trilithon Horseshoe
C) Sarsen Circle, Great Hall, and Timber posts
What is the Trilithon Horseshoe, Sarsen Circle, bluestones, and several large specially arranged stones?
Sumerian cylinder-seals were used to create this type of art.
A) Relief impression on wet clay
B) Stone carving
C) Fresco painting
What is relief impression on wet clay?
In Egyptian art, this shows the relative importance of a figure.
A) Scale
B) Register
C) Hieroglyph
What is scale?
This Persian site, built by Darius I, is the most famous example of Persian palaces.
A) Persepolis
B) Babylon
C) Luxor
What is Persepolis?
This natural event preserved the art of Altamira until modern times.
A) A natural collapse at the end of the Upper Paleolithic period
B) Sealing the cave entrance with stones
C) Covering the walls with animal fat
What is a natural collapse at the end of the Upper Paleolithic period?
This type of joint was NOT used in Stonehenge construction.
A) Keystone and lever joints
B) Mortice and tenon joints
C) Post and lintel construction
What is keystone and lever joints?
This type of Sumerian statues were cylindrical with uplifted heads and clasped hands.
A) Statues from Tell Asmar
B) Statues from Ur
C) Statues from Babylon
What are the statues from Tell Asmar?
This queen’s famous portrait is world-famous.
A) Nefertiti
B) Hatshepsut
C) Cleopatra
Who is Nefertiti?
This motif, a symbol of life and women, is common in Persian pottery.
A) Lotus flower
B) Water lily
C) Moon
What is the lotus flower?
The scene called the Shaft of the Dead Man is significant for this reason.
A) Its narrative possibilities
B) Its detailed depiction of animals
C) Its use of color
What is its narrative possibilities?
Stonehenge is an example of this type of structure.
A) Megalith
B) Ziggurat
C) Obelisk
What is a megalith?
Gudea of Lagash is remembered for this.
A) Bringing peace and prosperity to his people and being depicted in many statues
B) Constructing the Ishtar Gate
C) Leading military campaigns
What is bringing peace and prosperity to his people and being depicted in many statues?
Akhenaten introduced this art style recognizable for flowing and relaxed lines.
A) Amarna style
B) Old Kingdom style
C) New Kingdom style
What is the Amarna style?
This Phoenician art was highly sought after in the ancient world.
A) Glassware
B) Mosaics
C) Pottery
What is glassware?