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27 to 215
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Sumerians used the hard, rock __________ for identifying documents and establishing property
ownership.
Page reference: 32
Mesopotamian sculptors told stories clearly and economically by organizing visual narratives in
horizontal bands called________________. Page 30 See Learn About It 2.1
Temples at the top of ziggurats did NOT include ____________.
About It 2.4

Page reference: 28-31 See Learn

The Stele of Hammurabi is significant as both a work of ancient Mesopotamian art and as
__________.
Stepped structures known as ziggurats may have developed from the practice of
___________________.
Page reference: 28 See Learn About It 2.4
In the many votive statues commissioned by Gudea, he is represented as _____________. Page
reference: 36
The lion hunting scene of Assurnasirpal II marks a shift in Mesopotamian art from a sense of
timelessness toward greater _________. Page reference: 40
What story does the Stele of Naram-Sin tell?
How is Gudea generally portrayed and why is his face so familiar?
King Tutankhamens mummified body was enclosed in three nested coffins with the innermost
made of __________. Page reference: 49
Egyptian history is divided into __________. Page reference: 50
__________ is the first architect known in history by name. Page reference: 53
Because the temple was the home of the god, originally, the temple had the form of a ________.
Page reference: 65-67 See Learn About It 3.3
The female pharaoh __________ left the great legacy of Egyptian monuments. Page reference:
67-69
Scholars determined the name of the figures depicted on the Palette of Narmer from ___________.
Page reference: 52
An Egyptian convention used for representing the human figure was to show eyes and torsos
___________.
Page reference: 53 See Learn About It 3.1
Which artistic device signals the higher social status of Ti in the painted relief Ti Watching a
Hippopotamus Hunt (Fig. 3-12)? Page reference: 61 See Learn About It 3.2
Egyptian sculptors relied on ____________to guide them in proportioning the human figures when
carving reliefs.
Page reference: 65

Egyptians who could not afford elaborate tombs commissioned funerary _________ as personal
monuments meant to memorialize them and to inspire the living to make them offerings. Page
reference: 63 See Learn About It 3.3
How do royal sculptures like Menkaure and a Queen contrast with that of less-prominent people
like the work called Seated Scribe?
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Page 2
What is a composite pose and what is one example?
Which of the following is characteristic of Kamares ware?
It 4.5

Page reference: 86 See Learn About

The technique of painting on a wet plaster surface is called __________. Page reference: 87
The stones used in the citadel of Mycenae are so massive that they are called __________. Page
reference: 93
Cycladic sculptors created marble statues of nude women that ALL ______________ Page
reference: 82-83
What building method was used to create the conical roof structure that characterizes tholos
tombs? Page reference: 99
What scene is shown in the various Bull Leaping murals?
The sculptor Polykleitos wrote a treatise called __________ that specified a set of rules for
constructing what he considered to be the ideal human figure.
Page reference: 120 See
Learn About It 5.1
The __________ period is named for the influence of Egypt, the Near East, and Asia Minor on Greek
art.
Page reference: 105 See Learn About It 5.1
The three orders of Greek architecture are the __________, __________, and __________ order.
Page reference: 110 See Learn About It 5.3
Which of the following would NOT be seen in a Greek kore figure? Page reference: 114
______________refers to presenting standing figures with opposing alternations of tension and
relaxation around a central axis, a convention that dominates Greek Classical art. Page
reference: 121
The ancient Greeks believed that, like humans, their gods had what flaw? Page reference: 102
Some scholars think that the Greeks defeat of the Persians in 480 BCE had what effect on Greek
art?
Page reference: 121
Although caryatids appear in the place of columns at the Treasury of the Siphnians in Delphi
( Fig. 5-7), the structures continuous frieze indicates use of the ________order. Page reference:
107-108

What feature(s) do Greek kouroi and standing figures in Egyptian art have in common? Page
reference: 114
Which of the following features distinguishes the Doric order in Greek architecture?
Page reference: 110 See Learn About It 5.3
Based on the texts discussion of Greek art, why is the Tomb of the Diver (page 122-123)
significant to art history? Page reference: 122
Which of the following characteristics marks a stylistic departure from High Classical sculpture
that occurred in Greek art of the fourth century BCE? Page reference: 143 See Learn About It
5.5
Expressionism, or the artists attempt to evoke a specific emotion from the viewer, is
characteristic of which period of Greek Art? Page reference: 151 See Learn About It 5.5
How would you compare the kore and kouros with Egyptian sculpture?
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Page 3
What stories did the pediments on the Parthenon tell?
How was Hellenistic art different from earlier periods?
How does the Corinthian order differ from other Greek architectural orders?
Which feature of Etruscan temples most resembled temples built in Greece?
Page reference: 160
The Pont du Gard (page 172), part of an aqueduct in southern France, demonstrates the use of
which common Roman building structure?
Page reference: 172 See Learn About It 6.4
What was the function of the colossal statue of Constantine the Great (Fig. 6-66)?
Page reference: 212 See Learn About It 6.5
The Flavian Amphitheater (Fig. 6-41) is also known as the Colosseum because of __________.
Page Reference: 188
What architectural feature(s) of the Pantheon could NOT be seen by ancient Romans as they
approached the temple entrance? Page reference: 196-197
In 313 CE, Constantine issued the __________ which was a model of religious tolerance. Page
reference: 208-209
The Etruscans production of large-scale sculpture using ________ demonstrates exceptional
technical skills.
Page reference: 162
An artistic ideal emerged in Roman portraiture during the Republican period that
emphasized_____________.
Page reference: 171 See Learn About It 6.2
How does the Augustus of Primaporta (Fig. 6-18) differ from Greek Classical sculpture? Page
reference: 174

Scholars believe that the elaborate murals at the Villa of the Mysteries depict__________. Page
reference: 183-184
Which subjects often appear in Roman wall paintings?
Page reference: 185 See Learn About It 6.3
What technological innovation allowed the Romans to create the curved walls of the Pantheon?
Page reference: 196
Why is it difficult to distinguish between early Roman and Etruscan art?
What scenes are depicted on the Column of Trajan (Fig. 6-43)?
How does the large Head of Constantine the Great (Fig. 6-66) combine traditional and abstract
qualities?