Art History Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Paleolithic - CORRECT ANSWER old stone age
Fertility figures/ woman of willendorf - CORRECT ANSWER paleolithic
Paleolithic Cave Painting - CORRECT ANSWER Lascaux, France
Neolithic - CORRECT ANSWER new stone age
Post and lintel arch - CORRECT ANSWER earliest is stonehenge
Stonehenge - CORRECT ANSWER post and lintel/ megalithic
Ancient Near east - CORRECT ANSWER mesopotamia (land b/t rivers)
Mesopotamian Art - CORRECT ANSWER cylindrical form, use of bull, beard = strength,
focus on temples in cities
Sumerian Arch. - CORRECT ANSWER ziggarats, statuettes
Akkadian - CORRECT ANSWER commemorates military victory, conceptional rendering of
body
Memorial Stone - CORRECT ANSWER Stele, akkadian
Babylonia - CORRECT ANSWER Stele of Hammurabi/code
Assyria - CORRECT ANSWER relief or free standing, controlled viewpoint
, Egypt - CORRECT ANSWER cubic, focus on tombs, reliefs
Cannon of proportions - CORRECT ANSWER composite view
Egyptian Sculpture - CORRECT ANSWER closed form, cubic
Egyptian Arch. : Old Kingdom - CORRECT ANSWER pyramids, load bearing
New Kingdom temple - CORRECT ANSWER funerary temple not tomb
New Kingdom Sculpture - CORRECT ANSWER closed form
Amarna Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER greater concern with life on earth
Amarna Period - CORRECT ANSWER hour glass figure
Egyptian New Kingdom Crafts - CORRECT ANSWER Throne of Tut
What Egypt and Mesopotamia have in common - CORRECT ANSWER conceptual approach
rather than optical
Ancient Aegean and Greek Art - CORRECT ANSWER cycladic art, figurines
Minoan Art from Crete - CORRECT ANSWER frescos, tapered columns
Mycenean Art - CORRECT ANSWER megalithic, corbelled arch
Ancient Greek Pottery - CORRECT ANSWER pottery classified by shapes and types
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Paleolithic - CORRECT ANSWER old stone age
Fertility figures/ woman of willendorf - CORRECT ANSWER paleolithic
Paleolithic Cave Painting - CORRECT ANSWER Lascaux, France
Neolithic - CORRECT ANSWER new stone age
Post and lintel arch - CORRECT ANSWER earliest is stonehenge
Stonehenge - CORRECT ANSWER post and lintel/ megalithic
Ancient Near east - CORRECT ANSWER mesopotamia (land b/t rivers)
Mesopotamian Art - CORRECT ANSWER cylindrical form, use of bull, beard = strength,
focus on temples in cities
Sumerian Arch. - CORRECT ANSWER ziggarats, statuettes
Akkadian - CORRECT ANSWER commemorates military victory, conceptional rendering of
body
Memorial Stone - CORRECT ANSWER Stele, akkadian
Babylonia - CORRECT ANSWER Stele of Hammurabi/code
Assyria - CORRECT ANSWER relief or free standing, controlled viewpoint
, Egypt - CORRECT ANSWER cubic, focus on tombs, reliefs
Cannon of proportions - CORRECT ANSWER composite view
Egyptian Sculpture - CORRECT ANSWER closed form, cubic
Egyptian Arch. : Old Kingdom - CORRECT ANSWER pyramids, load bearing
New Kingdom temple - CORRECT ANSWER funerary temple not tomb
New Kingdom Sculpture - CORRECT ANSWER closed form
Amarna Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER greater concern with life on earth
Amarna Period - CORRECT ANSWER hour glass figure
Egyptian New Kingdom Crafts - CORRECT ANSWER Throne of Tut
What Egypt and Mesopotamia have in common - CORRECT ANSWER conceptual approach
rather than optical
Ancient Aegean and Greek Art - CORRECT ANSWER cycladic art, figurines
Minoan Art from Crete - CORRECT ANSWER frescos, tapered columns
Mycenean Art - CORRECT ANSWER megalithic, corbelled arch
Ancient Greek Pottery - CORRECT ANSWER pottery classified by shapes and types
