AP Art History 250 Required Images questions and answers latest top score.

AP Art History 250 Required Images questions and answers latest top score. Apollo 11 Stones Nambia. c. B.C.E. Charcoal on stone The earliest history of rock painting and engraving arts in Africa. The oldest known of any kind from the African continent. - correct answers. Great Hall of Bulls Lascaux, France. Paleolithic Europe. B.C.E. Rock Painting represents the earliest surviving examples of the artistic expression of early people. Shows a twisted perspective. - correct answers. Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine Tequixquiac, central Mexico. B.C.E. Bone. The shape was created by using subtractive techniques and utilizing already apparent features in the bone, like the holes for eyes. It was a first look at how people began manipulating their environment to created what they wanted. - correct answers. Running horned women Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria. B.C.E. Pigment on rock. The painting shows great contrast between the dark and light mediums used. There is also great detail put into the decorations of the woman. Most interestingly, though, there is a transparency to the larger woman and the figures behind her show through. - correct answers. Beaker with ibex motifs Susan, Iran. B.C.E. Painted terra cotta. One of the first ceramic pieces, made from clay and intricately designed with mineral and plant paint in painstaking detail. The vessel portrays a Ibex, a type of goat native to the area, and also canine figures along the rim. At the time, dogs were used to hunt animals like Ibexes. The painting might have been done with small brushes made from plant material or human or animal hair - correct answers. Anthropomorphic stele Arabian Peninsula. Fourth millennium B.C.E. Sandstone. Very stylized representation of a human figure, carved from stone. Has a make image and carries knives in sheaths across the chest and a knife tucked into a belt. - correct answers. Jade cong Liangzhu, China. B.C.E. Carved jade. Like one of many, this was a jade piece with decorative carvings, unique shape, and symbolic purpose. The stone might have held spiritual or symbolic meanings to the early cultures of China. - correct answers. Stonehenge Wiltshire, U.K. Neolithic Europe. c. B.C.E. Sandstone Stonehenge is a famous site know for its large circles of massive stones in a seemingly random location as well as the mystery surrounding how and why it was built. The stones are believed to be from local quarries and farther off mountains. There is also evidence of mud, wood, and ropes assisting in the construction of the site. - correct answers. The Ambum Stone Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. c. 1500 B.C.E. Greywacke This is a sculpture of some sort of anteater-like creature made from a very rounded stone. With intense use of subtractive sculpting, this piece achieves a freestanding neck and head while still maintaining much of the original shape of the stone. It still uses natural materials and depicts a natural animal. - correct answers. Tlatilco female figurine Central Mexico, site of Tlatico. 1200-900 B.C.E. Ceramic The piece also stands as foreshadowing of the great civilizations that develop in south and meso-america and the art that is produced. - correct answers. Terra Cotta Fragment Lapita. Solomon Islands, Reef Islands. 1000 B.C.E. Terra cotta (incised) One of the first examples of the Lapita potter's art, this fragment depicts a human face incorporated into the intricate geometric designs characteristics of the Lapita ceramic tradition. - correct answers. White Temple and its Zuggurat Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq). Sumerian. c. B.C.E. Mud Brick. Rooms for different functions. Cella (highest room) for high class priests and nobles. Very geometric (4 corners of structure facing in cardinal directions) Platform stair stepped up - correct answers. Palette of King Narmer Pre-dynastic Egypt. c. B.C.E Greywacke Egyptian archelogical find, dating from about the 31st century B.C, containing some of the earliest hieroglyphic inscription ever found. - correct answers. Statue of Votive figures from the Square Temple at Eshnunna Sumerian. c. 2700 B.C.E. Gypsum inland with shell and black limestone Surrogate for donor and offers constant prayer to deities. Placed in the Temple facing altar of the state gods - correct answers. Seated Scribe Saqqara, Egypt. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynastic. c. B.C.E. Painted limestone. the sculpture of the seated scribe is one of them most important examples of ancient Egyptian art because it was one of the rare examples of Egyptian naturalism, as most Egyptian art is highly idealized and very rigid. - correct answers. Standard of Ur from the royal tombs Summerian. c. B.C.E. Wood inlaid with shell, lapis, lazuli, and red limestone. Found in one of the largest graves in the Royal Cemetery at Ur, lying in the corner of a chamber above a soldier who is believed to have carried it on a long pole as a standard, the royal emblem of a king. - correct answers. Great Pyramids (Menkaura, Khafre, Khufu) and Great Sphinx Giza, Egypt. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. B.C.E. Cut limestone. The Great Sphinx is believed to be the most immense stone sculpture ever made by man. (stone, tombs, statues, animal symbolism) - correct answers. The code of Hammurabi Babylon (modern Iran). Susain. c. B.C.E. Basalt. In this stone is carved with around 300 laws, the first know set of ruler enforced laws. (Stone, carved, laws, inscriptions) - correct answers. Temple of Amun-re and Hypostyle Hall Karnark, near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th and 19th Dynasties. Temple: c. 1550 B.C.E.; hall: c. 1250 B.C.E. Cut sandstone and mud brick. The Hypostyle Hall is also the largest and most elaborately decorated of all such buildings in Egypt and the patchwork of artistic styles and different royal names seen in these inscriptions and relief sculptures reflect the different stages at which they were carved over the centuries. As the temple of Amun-re is the largest religious complex in the world. - correct answers. Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty. c. B.C.E. Limestone. This small stele, probably used as a home altar, gives an seldom opportunity to view a scene from the private live of the king and queen. - correct answers. King Menkaura and Queen Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. B.C.E. Greywacke Representational, proportional, frontal viewpoint, hierarchical structure. They were perfectly preserved and nearly life-size. This was the modern world's first glimpse of one of humankind's artistic masterworks, the statue of Menkaura and queen. - correct answers. Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut Near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. c. B.C.E. Sandstone, partially carved into a rock cliff, and red granite. It sits directly against the rock which forms a natural amphitheater around it so that the temple itself seems to grow from the living rock. Most beautiful of all of the temples of Ancient Egypt. - correct answers. Tutankhamun's Tomb, intermost coffin. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. c. 1,323 B.C.E. Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones. The kings gold inner coffin, shown above, displays a quality of workmanship and an attention to detail which is unsurpassed. It is a stunning example of the Ancient goldsmith's art - correct answers. Last judgement of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty. c. 1,275 B.C.E. Painted papyrus scroll