ART HISTORY MODERN FINAL EXAMPREP
COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026
⩥ Ishtar Gate, with its relief decorations of a dragon, lion and bull,
comes from the city of:
a. Lagash
b. Persepolis
c. Ur
d. Babylon. Answer: D:Babylon
⩥ Bull-headed capitals would most likely be found in
a. Lascaux
b. Jericho
c. Persia
d. Israel. Answer: C:Persia
⩥ The new concept of godlike sovereignty can be described by the
representations of ____, the king who
appeared as a god in Mesopotamian Akkadian art.
a. Urnanshe
b. Naram-Sin
,c. Eannatum
d. Gilgamesh. Answer: B: Naram-Sin
⩥ Use of glazed brickwork is most characteristic of the city of ____.
a. Lascaux
b. Stonehenge
c. Babylon
d. Jericho. Answer: C: Babylon
⩥ The stylistic conventions of rigidly frontal symmetry, abnormally
large eyes, and tightly clasped hands are most characteristic of the early
art of ____.
a. Jerichob.
b.Çatal Höyük
c. Sumer
d. Babylon. Answer: C: Sumer
⩥ The White Temple, Uruk is oriented to the ____.
a. Orion constellation
b. Cardinal points of the compass
c. Persian Gulf
d. North. Answer: B:Cardinal points of the compass
, ⩥ A predominant theme or themes found in the narrative reliefs of the
Assyrians was or were:
a. the sun disk, Aton
b. war and hunting
c. scenes of the afterlife
d. animal fables. Answer: B:war and hunting
⩥ Persian relief figure sculpture can be distinguished from earlier
Mesopotamian styles by:
a. the bulging muscles
b. use of extremely large eyes
c. a preference for nudity
d. forms are more rounded. Answer: D: forms are more rounded
⩥ Which of the following best describes the Standard of Ur?
a. early example of an official account of the rulers of Sumer.
b. early example of an official account of import goods.
c. early example of mythological narrative.
d. early example of historical narrative.. Answer: D:early example of
historical narrative.
COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026
⩥ Ishtar Gate, with its relief decorations of a dragon, lion and bull,
comes from the city of:
a. Lagash
b. Persepolis
c. Ur
d. Babylon. Answer: D:Babylon
⩥ Bull-headed capitals would most likely be found in
a. Lascaux
b. Jericho
c. Persia
d. Israel. Answer: C:Persia
⩥ The new concept of godlike sovereignty can be described by the
representations of ____, the king who
appeared as a god in Mesopotamian Akkadian art.
a. Urnanshe
b. Naram-Sin
,c. Eannatum
d. Gilgamesh. Answer: B: Naram-Sin
⩥ Use of glazed brickwork is most characteristic of the city of ____.
a. Lascaux
b. Stonehenge
c. Babylon
d. Jericho. Answer: C: Babylon
⩥ The stylistic conventions of rigidly frontal symmetry, abnormally
large eyes, and tightly clasped hands are most characteristic of the early
art of ____.
a. Jerichob.
b.Çatal Höyük
c. Sumer
d. Babylon. Answer: C: Sumer
⩥ The White Temple, Uruk is oriented to the ____.
a. Orion constellation
b. Cardinal points of the compass
c. Persian Gulf
d. North. Answer: B:Cardinal points of the compass
, ⩥ A predominant theme or themes found in the narrative reliefs of the
Assyrians was or were:
a. the sun disk, Aton
b. war and hunting
c. scenes of the afterlife
d. animal fables. Answer: B:war and hunting
⩥ Persian relief figure sculpture can be distinguished from earlier
Mesopotamian styles by:
a. the bulging muscles
b. use of extremely large eyes
c. a preference for nudity
d. forms are more rounded. Answer: D: forms are more rounded
⩥ Which of the following best describes the Standard of Ur?
a. early example of an official account of the rulers of Sumer.
b. early example of an official account of import goods.
c. early example of mythological narrative.
d. early example of historical narrative.. Answer: D:early example of
historical narrative.
