Global Prehistory
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Elements of Art
Miscellaneous
100
The early stone age is called...
What is the Paleolithic era?
100
Ancient Mesopotamia was mostly encompassed by these modern day countries. Name one.
Iraq, Syria, Iran, Turkey, Kuwait
100
Ancient Egypt lasted about 3,000 years and was concentrated around this river.
What is the Nile?
100
This drawing by Pablo Picasso is a great example of this Element of Art.
What is line?
100
BCE stands for...
What is Before the Common Era?
200
In this era humans began farming and animal domestication.
What is the Neolithic period?
200
There were multiple major inventions that occured in Ancient Mesopotamia. Name two.
writing (Cuneiform), the wheel, math (Base-60 system), irrigation, sailboats
200
In Ancient Egypt there was plentiful access to certain resources that made building and expansion much easier than in Mesopotamia. Name one of these resoures.
What are stone, wood, or metal?
200
This painting by Mark Rothko is an excellent example of this Element of Art.
What is color?
200
Name the artist that is shown here.
Who is Yayoi Kusama?
300
The name of this piece is...
What is the Apollo 11 Stones?
300
This artwork features a collection of 282 rules by this Babylonian king.
Who is Hammurabi?
300
This palette shows the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the rule of this king.
Who is King Narmer?
300
This is the difference between shape and form in art.
What is shape is 2D and form is 3D?
300
Examples of this type of combination of organisms can be found at Lamassu (Mesopotamia) and Egypt in the Sphinx.
What is a chimaera?
400
A stone that marks a grave or is used as a memorial.
What is a stele?
400
In addition to "Mesopotamia", this is the name for the area around the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
Some elements of this system include twisted perspective and hierarchy of scale.
What is the Ancient Egyptian canon?
400
There are two types of texture in art. This sculpture by Meret Oppenheim is a great example of which?
What is actual texture?
400
The four aspects of analyzing artworks
What are form, function, content, and context?
500
The name of this piece is...
What is Jade Cong?
500
Name this structure.
What is the White Temple and its Ziggurat?
500
The rows of tightly arranged columns held together with stone lintels shown here is found at the Temple of Amun-Re.
What is hypostyle?
500
Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is a great example of these 3 elements of art.
What are space, value, and color?
500
Name the artists shown here.
Who is Peter Max?