Prehistory
This is the predominant religious practice among prehistoric peoples.
What is shamanism?
This structure was designed to mimic the mountain home of the gods.
What is a ziggurat?
Egyptians believed that their souls inhabited these kinds of sculptures after death.
What are ka statues?
Also referred to as Canon, this sculpture set the ... canon ... of Classical Greek art.
What is Doryphoros?
This term is defined as a row of arches.
What is an arcade?
The horizontal dolmens at Stonehenge, found on top of two parallel vertical ones ("posts"), are known by this architectural term.
What are lintels?
The function of this sculpture is to allow people to worship the gods when not present in the temple.
What is the Sumerian Votive Figure?
This pharaoh moved the Egyptian capital to Amarna, a city in the center of the desert.
Who is Akhenaten?
This system of alliances allowed Athens to achieve supremacy in the 5th century BCE.
What is the Delian League?
What are concrete and the arch?
Cities and villages were established during this period of prehistoric history.
What is the Neolithic Period?
This is the form of political organization in the Sumerian period.
What are city states?
This temple flooded during the annual flooding of the Nile to reenact the drama of creation.
What is the Temple of Amun-Re?
This prehistoric Aegean culture is known for metalworking and warfare.
What is Mycenaean culture?
This monument in the Roman forum commemorates the emperor's victory over the barbarians.
What is the Column of Trajan?
This ritual tool from the Pacific is shaped like an echidna, the largest animal that can survive on New Guinea.
What is the Ambum Stone?
The violent, arbitrary nature of the Sumerian gods is attributed to this cause.
What is an unpredictable climate?
This kind of burial structure later develops into the iconic pyramid-style tombs of the Old Kingdom.
What is a mastaba?
This sculptor bridges the styles of the Classical and Hellenistic periods of Greek art.
Who is Praxiteles?
This Republican value is expressed visually with the veristic style.
What is gravitas?
This is the means by which a sense of depth was created in the Lascaux paintings.
What is overlapping figures?
This Sumerian city was home to the White Temple and its Ziggurat.
What is Uruk?
This pharaoh returned Egyptian religious practice to polytheism and restored the power of priests.
Who is Tutankhamen?
This artwork captures the mood of the Severe Style, which happened during the late Classical period.
What is the Stele of Hegeso?
The conquest of this Greek colony heightened Roman interest in Greek art during the Republican period.
What is Syracuse?