1. ART HISTORY 1: REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR EXAM 1 The questions on the exam will be in multiple choice format, but here are some questions to practice with. The questions are the exam will be similar, but with multiple choice answers. Each question in the presentation is followed by the answer on the next slide.
2. WHERE ARE THE GREAT PYRAMIDS AND GREAT SPHINX LOCATED?
3. WHERE ARE THE GREAT PYRAMIDS AND GREAT SPHINX LOCATED? GIZA (GIZEH)
4. THIS IS THE NAME FOR AN ELEVATED TEMPLE BASE, A COMMON FEATURE IN ANCIENT MIDDLE EASTERN ARCHITECTURE.
5. THIS IS THE NAME FOR AN ELEVATED TEMPLE BASE, A COMMON FEATURE IN ANCIENT MIDDLE EASTERN ARCHITECTURE. ZIGGURAT
7. WHERE IS THIS/ WHAT IS THIS? SAQQARA; STEP PYRAMID OF DJOSER POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTION —CONSULT YOUR NOTES AND THE ONLINE REVIEWS. WHO WERE IMHOTEP AND DJOSER? SOME INNOVATIONS? (ALL QUARIED STONE, FIRST PYRAMID, ETC.)
8. THE NEOLITHIC CITY OF CATAL HUYUK WAS LOCATED IN WHICH MODERN DAY COUNTRY?
9. THE NEOLITHIC CITY OF CATAL HUYUK WAS LOCATED IN WHICH MODERN DAY COUNTRY? TURKEY
10. WHAT IS THE JOINING SYSTEM USED TO ATTACH THE LINTELS TO THE POSTS AT STONEHENGE?
11. WHAT IS THE JOINING SYSTEM USED TO ATTACH THE LINTELS TO THE POSTS AT STONEHENGE? MORTICE AND TENON MORTICE AND TENON
12. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE 20 TH -CENTURY BRITISH ARCHEOLOGIST WHO DISCOVERED THE TOMB OF KING TUTANKHAMUN?
13. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE 20 TH -CENTURY BRITISH ARCHEOLOGIST WHO DISCOVERED THE TOMB OF KING TUTANKHAMUN? HOWARD CARTER
14. WHAT IS THE TERM FOR AN ARTIFICIAL MOUND OF DIRT OR STONES BUILT OVER A DOLMEN TOMB?
15. WHAT IS THE TERM FOR AN ARTIFICIAL MOUND OF DIRT OR STONES BUILT OVER A DOLMEN TOMB? CAIRN DOLMEN CAIRN
16. A ROW OF MENHIRS IS CALLED AN ALIGNMENT, AND A CIRCULAR ALIGNMENT IS CALLED WHAT?
17. A ROW OF MENHIRS IS CALLED AN ALIGNMENT, AND A CIRCULAR ALIGNMENT IS CALLED WHAT? CROMLECH
18. THE “LABYRINTH” WAS A LARGE ARCHITECTURAL COMPLEX FOUND AT KNOSSOS ON WHAT ISLAND?
19. THE “LABYRINTH” WAS A LARGE ARCHITECTURAL COMPLEX FOUND AT KNOSSOS ON WHAT ISLAND? CRETE
20. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE RELIC OF SUN CULT WHICH INSPIRED THE PYRAMID SHAPE IN EGYPT?
21. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE RELIC OF SUN CULT WHICH INSPIRED THE PYRAMID SHAPE IN EGYPT? BEN BEN STONE
23. WHERE IS THIS? LASCAUX POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTION —CHECK YOUR NOTES AND ONLINE REVIEWS. THE ABBE BREUIL AND HUNTING MAGIC? (AID IN THE HUNT, PAINT IN PLACES OF POWER, ETC.); FLAWS? (ANIMALS THEY HUNTED NOT SAME AS THE ONES THEY PAINTED, ETC.)
25. CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS? PALETTE OF KING NARMER POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTION —CONSULT YOUR NOTES AND THE ONLINE REVIEWS. ICONONGRAPHY AND MEANING (UNIFICATION OF EGYPT, ETC.); FORMAL CHARACTERISTICS (CANON OF PROPORTIONS, REGISTERS, ETC., ETC.); DEITIES AND ATTRIBUTES (HORUS = FALCON, ETC.)
26. THE GREAT PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT ORIGINALLY HAD A SMOOTH, WHITE APPEARANCE BECAUSE THEY WERE FINISHED WITH WHAT?
27. THE GREAT PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT ORIGINALLY HAD A SMOOTH, WHITE APPEARANCE BECAUSE THEY WERE FINISHED WITH WHAT? LIMESTONE CASING BLOCKS
28. THE LASCAUX CAVES, FAMED FOR THEIR PREHISTORIC PAINTINGS, ARE LOCATED IN WHICH MODERN-DAY COUNTRY?
29. THE LASCAUX CAVES, FAMED FOR THEIR PREHISTORIC PAINTINGS, ARE LOCATED IN WHICH MODERN-DAY COUNTRY? FRANCE
30. WHO WAS THE ROYAL BRIDE FOR WHOM RAMESSES II BUILT A LAVISH TOMB IN THE VALLEY OF THE QUEENS?
31. WHO WAS THE ROYAL BRIDE FOR WHOM RAMESSES II BUILT A LAVISH TOMB IN THE VALLEY OF THE QUEENS? NEFERTARI
32. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE EGYPTIAN CEREMONY INTENDED TO BRING THE MUMMY BACK TO LIFE?
33. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE EGYPTIAN CEREMONY INTENDED TO BRING THE MUMMY BACK TO LIFE? OPENING OF THE MOUTH
34. EGYPTIAN ROYAL BURIALS STARTED TO BECOME POPULAR IN WHICH VALLEY DURING THE 18 TH DYNASTY?
35. EGYPTIAN ROYAL BURIALS STARTED TO BECOME POPULAR IN WHICH VALLEY DURING THE 18 TH DYNASTY? VALLEY OF THE KINGS
36. WHAT FAMOUS NEOLITHIC BRITISH MONUMENT WAS ALIGNED TO THE SUMMER SOLSTICE, SO THAT ON THAT DAY THE SUN WOULD RISE OVER ITS HEELSTONE?
37. WHAT FAMOUS NEOLITHIC BRITISH MONUMENT WAS ALIGNED TO THE SUMMER SOLSTICE, SO THAT ON THAT DAY THE SUN WOULD RISE OVER ITS HEELSTONE? STONEHENGE
38. WHAT IS THE TERM FOR A RULE USED TO RENDER THE PROPORTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY?
39. WHAT IS THE TERM FOR A RULE USED TO RENDER THE PROPORTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY? CANON OF PROPORTIONS
40. WHICH CITY WAS THE CENTER OF HORUS WORSHIP, AND BOASTS A WELL-PRESERVED TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THAT GOD?
41. WHICH CITY WAS THE CENTER OF HORUS WORSHIP, AND BOASTS A WELL-PRESERVED TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THAT GOD? EDFU
42. ABYDOS WAS THE CENTER FOR THE WORSHIP OR WHICH EGYPTIAN GOD?
43. ABYDOS WAS THE CENTER FOR THE WORSHIP OR WHICH EGYPTIAN GOD? OSIRIS
44. WHO WAS THE JACKYL-HEADED EGYPTIAN GOD WHO LED THE DECEASED THROUGH THE UNDERWORLD, AND WEIGHED THE HEART AGAINST THE FEATHER OF MA’AT (TRUTH)?
45. WHO WAS THE JACKYL-HEADED EGYPTIAN GOD WHO LED THE DECEASED THROUGH THE UNDERWORLD, AND WEIGHED THE HEART AGAINST THE FEATHER OF MA’AT (TRUTH)? ANUBIS
46. WHAT IS THE NAME FOR A COLUMN-FILLED HALL, A TYPICAL FEATURE OF EGYPTIAN TEMPLES?
47. WHAT IS THE NAME FOR A COLUMN-FILLED HALL, A TYPICAL FEATURE OF EGYPTIAN TEMPLES? HYPOSTYLE
51. WHERE IS THIS/ WHAT IS THIS? ABU SIMBEL; TEMPLE OF RAMESSES THE GREAT POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTION —CHECK YOUR NOTES AND THE ONLINE REVIEWS. ASTROLOGICAL ALIGNMENT (SUN, ETC.); POLITICAL INTENT (CONQUEST IN SOUTH, ETC.); CONSERVATION (LAKE NASSER, MOVED THE TEMPLE, ETC.)
53. THE TERM “NECROPOLIS,” FROM THE GREEK WORDS NECROS AND POLIS, REFERS TO A CITY OF WHAT? THE DEAD
54. THE ASSYRIANS ARE FAMED FOR WHAT PALACE COMPLEXES, WHICH ALSO HAD ADMINISTRATIVE AND RELIGIOUS FUNCTIONS?
55. THE ASSYRIANS ARE FAMED FOR WHAT PALACE COMPLEXES, WHICH ALSO HAD ADMINISTRATIVE AND RELIGIOUS FUNCTIONS? CITADELS
56. EGYPTIANS CONSIDERED OSIRIS TO BE THE PATRON OF THE DEAD BECAUSE HE WAS RESURRECTED AFTER WHICH GODDESS COLLECTED AND REASSEMBLED THE PIECES OF HIS BODY?
57. EGYPTIANS CONSIDERED OSIRIS TO BE THE PATRON OF THE DEAD BECAUSE HE WAS RESURRECTED AFTER WHICH GODDESS COLLECTED AND REASSEMBLED THE PIECES OF HIS BODY? ISIS
58. EGYPTIAN TEMPLES OFTEN FEATURED PYLONS AND TALL THIN STONE SPIRES CAPPED WITH A PYRAMIDAL SHAPE, CALLED WHAT?
59. EGYPTIAN TEMPLES OFTEN FEATURED PYLONS AND TALL THIN STONE SPIRES CAPPED WITH A PYRAMIDAL SHAPE, CALLED WHAT? OBELISKS
60. THE PAINTINGS IN THE ALTAMIRA CAVES IN SPAIN WERE DISCOVERED AND FIRST ATTRIBUTED TO THE PREHISTORIC ERA BY WHOM?
61. THE PAINTINGS IN THE ALTAMIRA CAVES IN SPAIN WERE DISCOVERED AND FIRST ATTRIBUTED TO THE PREHISTORIC ERA BY WHOM? SAUTOLA
62. IF SOMETHING IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SITE, IT CAN BE REFERRED TO AS WHAT?
63. IF SOMETHING IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SITE, IT CAN BE REFERRED TO AS WHAT? IN SITU
64. WHILE HORUS WAS CONSIDERED THE DIVINE ASPECT OF THE EGYPTIAN KING, THE GODDESS HATHOR WAS ASSOCIATED AS HIS WIFE OR CONSORT, AND WAS DEPICTED AS, OR WITH ATTRIBUTES OF, WHAT ANIMAL?
65. WHILE HORUS WAS CONSIDERED THE DIVINE ASPECT OF THE EGYPTIAN KING, THE GODDESS HATHOR WAS ASSOCIATED AS HIS WIFE OR CONSORT, AND WAS DEPICTED AS, OR WITH ATTRIBUTES OF, WHAT ANIMAL? COW HATHOR AS A COW HATHOR AS A WOMAN WITH COW’S EARS
66. A SCULPTURE YOU CAN LOOK AT FROM ALL ANGLES—COMPLETELY SCULPTED ON THE FRONT, BACK, AND SIDES—IS CALLED WHAT?
67. A SCULPTURE YOU CAN LOOK AT FROM ALL ANGLES—COMPLETELY SCULPTED ON THE FRONT, BACK, AND SIDES—IS CALLED WHAT? SCULPTURE IN THE ROUND
68. WHAT IS THE TERM FOR THE RECTANGULAR- SHAPED ARCHITECTURAL MOUND THAT WAS A COMMON FORM OF EGYPTIAN BURIAL FOR NOBLES IN THE ERA BEFORE PYRAMID BUILDING?
69. WHAT IS THE TERM FOR THE RECTANGULAR- SHAPED ARCHITECTURAL MOUND THAT WAS A COMMON FORM OF EGYPTIAN BURIAL FOR NOBLES IN THE ERA BEFORE PYRAMID BUILDING? MASTABA
70. THE REGION KNOWN AS THE DORDOGNE, WHERE MANY SITES OF PREHISTORIC ART HAVE BEEN FOUND, IS PRIMARILY IN WHICH COUNTRY?
71. THE REGION KNOWN AS THE DORDOGNE, WHERE MANY SITES OF PREHISTORIC ART HAVE BEEN FOUND, IS PRIMARILY IN WHICH COUNTRY? FRANCE
72. AS PART OF THE MUMMIFICATION PROCESS, THE EGYPTIANS REMOVED THE INTERNAL ORGANS OF THE DECEASED AND PLACED THEM INTO WHAT JARS?
73. AS PART OF THE MUMMIFICATION PROCESS, THE EGYPTIANS REMOVED THE INTERNAL ORGANS OF THE DECEASED AND PLACED THEM INTO WHAT JARS? CANOPIC
74. A STATUE SET IN A TEMPLE TO PRAY ON YOUR BEHALF IS CALLED WHAT?
75. A STATUE SET IN A TEMPLE TO PRAY ON YOUR BEHALF IS CALLED WHAT? VOTIVE STATUE (FOR EXAMPLE, THE TELL ASMAR FIGURES)
77. WHO DISCOVERED AND EXCAVATED TROY? HEINRICH SCHLIEMANN Remember—possible essay question: Please check your notes and the online reviews for information about Schliemann, his life, his accomplishments, and some of the controversies surrounding the man.
79. WHAT IS THIS? CODE OF HUMMURABI Remember—possible essay question: Check notes and online resources for information on Hammurabi and his Code—what is a stele? Cuneiform?
82. THE GREAT PYRAMIDS WERE THE RESTING PLACES OF THE KINGS KHUFU, KHAFRE, AND MENKAURE, ALL KINGS FROM WHICH DYNASTY, DURING WHICH KINGDOM?
83. THE GREAT PYRAMIDS WERE THE RESTING PLACES OF THE KINGS KHUFU, KHAFRE, AND MENKAURE, ALL KINGS FROM WHICH DYNASTY, DURING WHICH KINGDOM? 4 TH DYNASTY, OLD KINGDOM