Art History - Exam 1 questions and answers well illustrated.

Art History - Exam 1 questions and answers well illustrated. Caves of Lascaux - correct of Paleolithic Art that dates to arround 15,000 to 13,000 B.C.E Wounded Man and Disemboweled Bison - correct answers.Work from Caves of Lascaux -man is more abstract, bison is more naturalistic, bigger than man, more important than man Caves of Chauvet - correct answers.Found in France c. 30,000-28,000 BCE Pointellist technique depicting swift movement; smooth and narrow lines Woman of Willendorf - correct answers.28,000-25,000 BCE 4.5 inches long depicts fertility found in Austria NEOLITHIC AGE - correct answers.8,000-2,000 BCE Human Figures - correct answers.Found in Jordan c. BCE Neolithic Age made with natural material used shells for eyes Megaliths - correct answers.Neolithic Age Found in Carnac, France BCE small stones in a field, gradually get bigger down the path sited to have been in the path of the sun Stonehenge - correct answers.Neolithic Age Salisbury Plain, England c. BCE matches summer sunsets/winter sundowns Built in 3 major stages: 1. circular cavity 2. post and lintel constructions 3. horseshoe effect tremendous engineering skill for that time Mesopotamian Art - correct answers.Considered "The Cradle of Civilization" Includes Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, Assyria, Late Babylonian, and Persia Nanna Ziggurat - correct answers.SUMER Shrine of Moon God Nanna c. BCE Votive Statues - correct answers.SUMER 2700 BCE-2500 BCE Large eyes signify Mesopotamian's admiration for Gods; also wanted to ward off evil known as apotropaic device. Royal Standard of Ur - correct answers.c. 2600 BCE Depict animal scenes and military victory Bull Lyre - correct answers.SUMER c. 2600 BCE Inlay shows bulls performing human tasks, also serves as an apotropaic function. Stele of Naram-Sin - correct answers.AKKAD C. Naram-Sin's victory over opposing military force ordered marchers contrast with the opposing army's chaotic figures Naram Sin's large scale identifies him **Stele of Hammurabi - correct answers.c. BCE BABYLON over 7ft tall inscribed w/ law code of Hammurabi one of the earliest written bodies of law Sun-God is sitting in Hammurabi's company; is not giving him blessing which suggests Hammurabi/Babylon is in no need of one Lion Hunt Relief - correct answers.ASSYRIA c. 645 BCE Ishtar Gate - correct answers.LATE BABYLONIAN c. 575 BCE Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes - correct answers.PERSIA c. 518-460 BCE Ceremonial complex in Persepolis, Iran The double stairways creates a theme of harmony and integration across the multicultural empire