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A CHAPTER 1 Practice Quiz 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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Where do scientists believe humankind originated? a. Africa Where is the Apollo 11 Cave located? a. Namibia The human with feline head discovered in Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, is carved from what material? a. Mammoth ivory What do art historians suspect is the purpose of the Venus of Willendorf? a. Fertility figure In what country is the Altamira Cave located? a. Spain What is the most likely purpose of the "negative" handprints appearing in some Paleolithic caves? a. Signatures Why is the inferred purpose of the twisted perspective used to depict animals in the Lascaux caves? a. It allows a complete depiction of the concept of the animal. What is the seeming contradiction in the paintings of the Chauvet cave? a. Although these are archaeologically the oldest Paleolithic paintings, they exhibit advanced painting features and narrative content. What is the most likely explanation for the lack of consistent ground line, the different drawing techniques, and the overlapping figures in the cave paintings of the Paleolithic in Europe? a. The paintings were done over many years by many different artists. Anatolia, a region that stands between two continents, is a part of which modern country? a. Turkey What is the most salient feature of the climatic environment of northern Europe around 9000 BCE? a. Melting ice What transitional period occurred just before Europe became climatically, geographically, and biologically much as it is today? a. Mesolithic era What great human advance accounts for the Neolithic origins of metalwork, weaving, pottery, and simple clay records? a. The settlement into organized societies around agriculture Which component is lacking from large Neolithic fortifications and megalithic structures? a. Mortar Which settlement is associated with the beginning of large-scale, or monumental, sculpture? a. Ain Ghazal How do the materials of the paintings from Çatal Höyük differ from Paleolithic paintings? a. They are made using brushes on a prepared surface Which of the following is not thought to be the function of the megalithic monument at Stonehenge? a. A historical memorial What architectural form makes this temple at Hagar Qim especially noteworthy? a. The combination of straight and curved forms What is the most likely function of the Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe? a. A religious center What architectural technique is used at the far-flung Neolithic sites of Hagar Qim and Stonehenge? a. Post and lintel

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In what region did the change from hunter-gatherer to farmer-herder first occur? a. Mesopotamia Which phrase is often used to describe Mesopotamia? a. Fertile Crescent Which people ruled an empire extending from the Persian Gulf to Asia Minor in the first half of the first millennium BCE? a. Assyrians What site did Leonard Woolley excavate in the 1920s in southern Mesopotamia? a. The Royal Cemetery at Ur Which group is credited with developing the first known writing system? a. Sumerians What is the most famous Sumerian work of literature? a. Epic of Gilgamesh What structure formed the nucleus of a Sumerian city? a. The temple Why did the Sumerians refer to their temples as "waiting rooms"? a. This was where priests stood to await the appearances of the divinity. What is the purpose of the Stele of the Vultures, seen here? a. Commemoration of a victory Which of the following is not an important milestone represented by the bronze head of an Akkadian ruler? a. The figure is an accurately rendered portrait of a known historical figure. Although cylinder seals originally had an administrative use—for specific individuals to verify and secure inventory—what is their value to contemporary art historians? a. They provide details of everyday life. Why was foreign trade such an important activity for the Sumerians? a. They had few natural resources. Which two objects share decorative technique and materials? a. The bull-headed harp and the Standard of Ur What was the purpose of the Assyrian lamassu? a. Protection What pictorial narrative convention is not present on the Warka Vase? a. Descriptive inscriptions What does the inscription on the statue of Queen Napir-Asu tell us? a. That her statue was intended as a permanent votive offering What is the name of the sculptural element in the form of a bull shown here? a. Protome The Eshnunna votive statuettes and the statue of Napir-Asu share what formal characteristics? a. Frontality and cylindrical volume At Persepolis, the style of the processional reliefs depicting representatives of many nations is highly reminiscent of which contemporaneous culture? a. Archaic Greece The reliefs from the palace at Ninevah show Ashurbanipal hunting which creature? a. Lion

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What do art historians call the courses of dressed stones used in the construction of the Great Pyramids? a. Ashlar masonry What was the lifeline of ancient Egypt? a. Nile River Which empire made Egypt one of its province after 30 BCE? a. Rome What was the primary purpose of most Egyptian funerary art? a. Equating the deceased's existence in the afterlife to life on earth What is the title and subject of the artwork shown here? a. Palette of Narmer, showing the events of the unification of Egypt What is the symbolism of the crowns worn by the king on the Narmer palette? a. They refer to the unification of the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt. Who is the first known named artist, and who was his patron? a. Imhotep and Djoser What do art historians now believe was the model for the shape of the pyramids at Gizeh? a. The ben-ben What neighboring kingdom, mentioned in Early Kingdom texts, later conquered Egypt? a. Kush How and why does the style of the Amarna period depart from the traditional Egyptian canon? a. The curving forms contradicted the rigid lines of the traditional Egyptian canon just as Akhenaton's new religion contradicted the old. What accounts for the similarity of the statue of Mentuemhet to the figure of Menkaure in the statue of Menkaure and Khamerernebty? a. The Egyptian canon Who of the following was not a Fourth Dynasty pharaoh? a. Djoser What Middle Kingdom form took on the function of the Old Kingdom mastabas? a. The rock-cut tomb What was the purpose of Egyptian royal portraiture? a. To highlight the divinity of the pharaoh What earlier architectural form does the stepped pyramid resemble in form but not purpose? a. Ziggurat What is the name of the chancellor/architect-engineer who served during the reign of Hatshepsut? a. Senenmut Which falcon-headed god was the son of Osiris and hunted down his father's murderer, Seth? a. Horus How was the sole god of Akhenaton represented in Egyptian art? a. As a sun disk What was the primary objective of mummification? a. Immortality Which pharaoh abandoned the worship of the multitude of Egyptian gods in favor of Aton? a. Akhenaton

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What is considered the first great work of Greek literature? a. The Iliad Which 19th-century person first uncovered the cities of Troy, Mycenae, and Tiryns? a. Heinrich Schliemann What is the date of the phase of the city of Troy that scholars now believe was the Troy of Homeric epic? a. The 13th century BCE What symbol is found on architectural elements throughout the palatial center at Knossos? a. The double ax Which millennium witnessed the high points of the ancient Aegean civilizations? a. Second millennium BCE Which critical raw material can be found in abundance on the mainland and many islands of Greece? a. Marble When did the New Palace (Late Minoan) period begin on Crete? a. 1700 BCE What is the central feature of the plan of the palace of Knossos, shown here? a. Courtyard What metalworking technique was used to make the Vapheio cup and the Mycenaean gold mask? a. Repoussé Cycladic figurines share which subject with Paleolithic art? a. Female human Which art form has been useful to art historians and archaeologists because it depicts many aspects of Minoan life? a. Frescoes What is the base material of the sword from Grave Circle A at Mycenae? a. Bronze How are men and women distinguished in this painting? a. Skin color Which aspect of this artwork is most unusual for its period? a. Size What aspect of Minoan life is portrayed in this object? a. Farming Which of the following is rarely found on the mainland of Greece or on Crete in the second millennium BCE? a. Large-scale figurines What do scholars view as the source of wealth of the Mycenaeans? a. Booty and plunder The best-preserved and most impressive Mycenaean remains are the fortified palaces found at which sites? a. Tiryns and Mycenae What does its architectural plan tell us were the primary functions of the Minoan palatial center? a. Administrative and religious centers What was the purpose of the Treasury of Atreus? a. Burial

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Which group had the greatest influence on the first truly monumental stone statues of the Greeks? a. Egyptian In what year did the Persians sack the Athenian Acropolis?

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a. 480 BCE What is the term for the pronounced swelling at the middle of the column shaft? a. Entasis What vase painter is the acknowledged master of the black-figure technique? a. Exekias Which vase painter utilized the potential of the red-figure technique to break away from the conventional composite profile for human figures? a. Euphronios Who was the sculptor of the Diskobolos (Discus Thrower)? a. Myron As the head of an alliance of city-states, Athens transferred the treasury of which island to the Athenian Acropolis in 454 BCE? a. Delos Which Athenian statesman had his portrait sculpted by Kresilas? a. Pericles What do scholars believe was the impetus to develop the red-figure technique? a. Accurately portraying human anatomy What challenge accounts for the asymmetrical plans of the Erechtheion and the Propylaia? a. Uneven terrain Which of these groups represents architects in the Periclean building program on the Athenian Acropolis? a. Mnesikles, Kallikrates, Iktinos What artist and what medium are thought to be imitated in this vase painting by the Niobid Painter? a. Panel painting by Polygnotos of Thasos What subject, in what medium, inspired the Alexander Mosaic? a. The Battle of Issus painting by Philoxenos of Eretria What is the best-preserved example of a round Greek temple of the Classical period? a. The tholos at Delphi Which of the following is NOT a component of a Greek theater such as the one at Epidauros? a. Pylon What innovative aspect of Hellenistic art does this statue convey? a. Cosmopolitan realism Which of the following is NOT a likely source of information regarding now-lost Greek panel paintings? a. Inscriptions Which culture was both heir and imitator of the art and architecture of Greece? a. Romans What was the primary focus of much Classical art? a. Portraying ideal beauty in human form In what period does representation of the human form return to Greek art, after the long hiatus following the fall of the Mycenaeans? a. Geometric

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Which two rivers defined the territory of the Etruscan cities? a. The Tiber and the Arno What was the Greek name for the Etruscans? a. Tyrrhenians Which ancient author provides information about Etruscan architecture?

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a. Vitruvius The mixing of peoples that resulted in the Etruscan culture occurred when? a. Villanovan period, first millennium BCE What was the source of the Etruscan accumulation of wealth and luxury goods in the seventh century BCE? a. Mining and trade What was the function of the Etruscan fibula? a. Pinning cloth Which of the following Etruscan toiletry articles have been found in great quantities by archaeologists? a. Cistae and mirrors What term do art historians use to describe the base of an Etruscan temple? a. Podium What accounts for the lack of Etruscan temple remains in the archaeological record? a. Perishable materials Who would have been buried in each of these structures at Cerveteri? a. Generations of a family Why are scholars unable to use Etruscan inscriptions as a source of information about Etruscan culture? a. The language is as yet undeciphered. Of which Roman architectural form is the Porta Marzia thought to be a forerunner? a. Triumphal arch What is the purpose of the sculpted circles in this tomb chamber? a. Represents Shields What metalworking technique was used in the decoration of the Regolini-Galassi fibula? a. Granulation and repoussé We know from the inscription on the Ficoroni Cista that the workshop of its artist, Novios Plautios, was located in which city? a. Rome What was the purpose of the three-cella plan of Etruscan temples? a. One chamber each for Tinia, Uni, and Menrva The decoration of the Ficoroni Cista is most likely an adaptation of what art type? a. Greek panel painting The pose of the Aule Metele statue most resembles that of which work? a. Apoxyomenos of Lysippos Etruscan art and iconography had a great influence on which culture? a. Roman Why are the man and woman on the Cerveteri sarcophagus shown in a reclining position? a. They are shown at a banquet.

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Rome is located on which river? a. Tiber The development of what building material enabled the Romans to revolutionize architecture? a. Concrete What legendary figures founded Rome as a modest village of huts on April 21, 753 BCE? a. Romulus and Remus Which culture had the greatest influence in Rome during the Archaic period? a. Etruscan

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When did the eruption of Mount Vesuvius cover Pompeii and the other cities surrounding the Bay of Naples? a. 79 CE Which adjective best describes the facial features of Roman Republican patrician portraits? a. Accurate What distinctly Roman architectural structure appears in this image? a. Amphitheater What was the outcome of the important battle that took place at the Greek city of Actium in 31 BCE? a. Marc Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian/Augustus What is the function of the Pont-du-Gard? a. An aqueduct/bridge What were the names of the two main intersecting roads in a Roman planned city? a. Cardo and decumanus Which of the following is NOT a structure that Roman engineers brought to lands conquered and colonized during the Roman Empire? a. Palace Why is the Flavian Amphitheater in Rome known as the Colosseum? a. Because of its location near a large statue of Nero What long-lived division is foreshadowed in this portrait of the four tetrarchs? a. Western and eastern Roman empires What was the purpose of the spolia included in the Arch of Constantine? a. Associate Constantine with preceding "good" emperors Which of the following was not a purpose of marble revetment? a. Showcase the many varieties of local Italian marble What was the thematic emphasis of much of Trajan's building program in Rome? a. His victories against the Dacians Which of the following statements does NOT accurately describe the pool and grotto of Hadrian's villa at Tivoli? a. It included typical Greek arcuated colonnades. Who appears as the central figure in this relief? a. A combination of these figures The uniformity imposed by the centralized authority of the Roman Empire is best exemplified by which city? a. Timgad What effect did the use of concrete allow the Romans to achieve in architecture? a. Build massive structures that shaped the enclosed space

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Dura-Europos is a town overlooking the Euphrates River in which modern country? a. Syria The synagogue at Dura-Europos has an extensive program of decoration in what medium? a. Painting on plaster Which figure did not appear in the synagogue paintings of Dura-Europos? a. God In their construction, catacombs most resembled which earlier funerary structures? a. Etruscan tomb chambers

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Which color was associated with the Roman emperor? a. Purple What was the date and purpose of the Edict of Milan? a. 313, recognized Christianity as a legal religion equal to the cults of the traditional gods Who are the figures called orants in Christian art? a. Praying people Which term refers to the Early Christian view of how events in the Old Testament and the New Testament are related to each other? a. Prefiguration What was the function of cubicula in the Christian catacombs of Rome? a. Mortuary chapels What was the effect of the gold background of tesserae in church mosaics? a. Transferred figures from the real world to the spiritual plane In clarifying the importance of the Old Testament to Christians, who claimed "the New Testament is hidden in the Old; the Old is clarified by the New"? a. Saint Augustine Which artwork reveals the continued attachment to pagan style and iconography among the Roman upper classes after the Theodosian ban in 391? a. Diptych of the Symmachi What aspect of the codex form enabled the production of elaborately decorated texts? a. Animal skin was a good base for painting. Which aspect of this mosaic from the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia is no longer rooted in the naturalist classical tradition? a. Jesus carries a cross-scepter and wears purple. The prohibition in the Second Commandment regarding the worship of images made the decorative program of which structure a surprise to art historians? a. Jewish synagogue at Dura-Europos In what way does this painting differ from contemporaneous decoration of Roman houses? a. Subject matter Which aspect of the plan of Old Saint Peter's is unusual for an early church? a. Transept Which early church had a mosaic program that included many subjects common to Roman funerary art—such as putti and wine—that could be given a Christian interpretation? a. Santa Costanza In their stillness, stylized gestures, and frontality, the figures in this painting most resemble those of which Roman monument? a. Arch of Septimius Severus What explains the large size of tesserae used in Early Christian church mosaics as compared to earlier Roman Republican mosaics? a. Placement in building

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Which emperor founded the "New Rome on the Bosporus" in the East in 324? a. Constantine Constantine XI died in 1453 vainly defending Constantinople against which group? a. Ottoman Turks

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How long did the Eastern Christian Empire (Byzantium) remain a cultural and political entity? a. A millennium Which dynasty was in power for much of the Middle Byzantine period? a. Macedonian Which group occupied and sacked Constantinople in 1204, carting away much of its material wealth? a. Crusaders Whose reign marks the golden age of Early Byzantine art? a. Justinian Which building did Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus build for Justinian? a. Church of Holy Wisdom What is the contemporary name of the monastery in Egypt that Justinian had expanded and fortified by his builders? a. Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai In which modern country is there NOT a structure rebuilt or refurbished by Justinian? a. Syria Which Old Testament figure is highlighted alongside Christ in the mosaic program of the church at Mount Sinai? a. Moses Which monument does the continuous storytelling technique used in this page ...