Name that Culture
Terms in Ancient Art
Myths & History
Architecture and Techniques
Civilizations
100
Who are the Paleolithic peoples
100
This term refers to the method by which art historians describe a work in detail.
What is formal or visual analysis
100
This well-known term is the name of an Egyptian king
What is pharaoh
100
In this famed tomb architecture, the sides were faced with white limestone and capped with gold, creating a brilliant reflection of the sun's rays
What are the pyramids
100
This written language is one of the first in recorded history and is created through wedge shapes on clay tablets in ancient Mesopotamia
What is cuneiform
200
This is just one of the thousands of these painted figures created to protect the emperor in the afterlife.
What are the Terracotta soldiers
200
This word describes the raised platform in the center of Mesopotamian cities, usually topped with a temple called a _________________.
What is a ziggurat.
200
This creature is a winged, human-headed bull.
What is a lamassu
200
Egyptians preferred a dark stone because it evoked a connection to the Nile and this Underworld deity.
Who is Osiris
200
Egyptian civilization developed around the annual floods of this major river:
What is the Nile
300
Who is Naram-Sin, Victory Stele, Ancient Mesopotamia, Akkadian empire
300
This term describes a naturally occurring earth-based pigment comprised of iron oxide and other compounds, and has been used in art as far back as the Paleolithic era
What is ochre
300
In antiquity, a depiction of this goddess was located inside the Parthenon, made of chryselephantine
Who is the goddess Athena
300
This first stage of Egyptian tomb architecture is typically made of mud-baked brick with a flat roof and sloping sides and comes from the Arabic word meaning 'bench'
What is a mastaba
300
Early peoples lived this type of lifestyle, marked by constantly moving, following sources of food, shelter, and weather patterns.
What is nomadic
400
Who are the Assyrians
400
This term refers to the artistic convention of important figures represented as larger in narrative scenes.
What is hierarchy of scale.
400
This goddess of ancient Egypt is associated with balance and harmony, the Canon of Proportions, and the feather which souls are weighed against at death.
Who is Ma'at
400
This term refers to the method of stacking a horizontal beam atop two verticle beams.
What is post and lintel construction.
400
This dynasty was the first to unite the warring states and is where we derive the English term for China
What is the Qin Dynasty
500
This figure commemorated a triumphant naval battle and was displayed in a great sanctuary to the gods.
Who is the Nike of Samothrace, Hellenistic Greece
500
This term describes the combining of animal and human bodies in art, such as the Paleolithic Lion-Headed Man, the Assyrian Lamassu, or Egypt's Great Sphinx.
What is a composite creature
500
This god of the sun and justice was often shown in the form of a bull in ancient Mesopotamia
Who is Shamash
500
This term is the chamber within ancient Greek temples where the cult statue could be found, like the Athena Parthenos
What is the cella
500
Using heated and cracked ox scapulae or tortoise plastrons, these objects reveal ancient peoples' communications with ancestors in the spirit realm on important life matters and some of the earliest Chinese writing
What are oracle bones
600
Who are the Sumerians
600
This word describes objects, like the Egyptian Sphinx, that ward off or avert evil, misdeeds, or ill luck.
What is apotropaic.
600
This goddess represents victory and can often be found crowning Athena with laurels.
Who is Nike, goddess of Victory
600
This type of pattern becomes a recognizable aesthetic of the culture that produced it
What is a Greek meander
600
This civilization created large, imposing fortress palaces which featured massive reliefs depicting the strength of the king over his enemies and ferocious animals such as lions
Who are the (Neo)Assyrians
700
This votive object is said to commemorate the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
What is the Palette of Narmer, PreDynastic Egypt
700
This term describes the standardization of visual imagery in Ancient Egyptian art. The ancient Greeks would later develop their own version.
What is the Canon of Proportions
700
This goddess represented love, war, and agriculture in some of the world's earliest civilizations.
Who is Innana (or Ishtar)
700
DAILY DOUBLE
1400 POINTS
For temples of this order, the sculptural decoration are found on the _______ interrupted by alternating _______, both found in this image.
What are metopes and triglyphs
700
DAILY DOUBLE
The Classical period of Greek art is marked by two major wars that threw the Greek city-states into a time of political turmoil but ultimately helped usher in a Golden Age of art and culture
What are the Greco-Persian wars and the Peloponnesian (Athens vs Sparta) war
800
In ancient Greece, these figures of idealized male youths could be found marking graves of lost warriors or as votive statues in temples
What is a kouros, Archaic Greek
800
A distinctive design element found on ritual bronze vessels depicting this type of "monster mask"
What is a taotie
800
DAILY DOUBLE
This god was the focus of worship for the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, creating a period of brief monotheism for the kingdom called _______.
Who are Aten and the Amarna period
800
This precious blue stone was prized across the ancient world and highly expensive because it had to be imported from the mines in Afghanistan
What is Lapis lazuli
800
The death of this famous figure ushered in the era of Western civilization known as Hellenistic
Who is Alexander the Great
900
This open-air structure was dedicated to Zeus and depicts the gods embroiled in battle.
What is the Altar of Pergamon (Altar of Zeus), Hellenistic Greece
900
This term describes the stance of the human body in which one leg bears weight while the other is relaxed, representing balance and potential for movement.
What is contrapposto
900
This god is often seen depicted alongside the pharaoh with his wings extended, emphasizing his role as protector of the living king
Who is Horus
900
For ancient Greece, this preferred medium allowed for fluid and dynamic movement
What is bronze
900
As people began to settle in communities during the Neolithic era, nomadic lifestyles transitioned to using early systems of _________ and _________ for consistent food products.
What are agriculture and animal husbandry
1000
These jade objects and those like them were placed in tombs to show status and wealth of significant figures
What are bi and cong
1000
A fortified sanctuary area, usually on a hill, that typically hosts temple complexes such as the Parthenon in Athens
What is the acropolis
1000
It is thought that the acropolis of Athens was reconstructed after the treasury from the _________ was relocated to the city, eventually increasing tensions that would lead to the Peloponnesian war.
What is the Delian League
1000
This term is the name of the chamber within a mastaba which holds the vessel of the ka
What is the serdab
1000
DAILY DOUBLE
2000 POINTS
Egyptian tomb architecture goes through four major evolutions throughout the Old Kingdom through the New Kingdom, name all four in order.
What is the mastaba ->stepped pyramid->true pyramid->rock-cut tombs