Getlein Ch.14 Exam Prep Ancient Mediterranean World

Living with Art, 12e (Getlein)

Chapter 14 Ancient Mediterranean World

1) What is the primary subject matter of the cave paintings at Chauvet? 

A) Botany

B) Stars

C) Animals

D) Human figures

2) What are some reasons that ancient art has survived?

A) Artists worked in durable materials.

B) The humid climate helped preserve artworks.

C) Stable population centers attracted artists.

D) Ancient cultures collected artworks in tombs or underground caves.

3) What material was the basis for most ancient Sumerian buildings?

A) Wood

B) Stone

C) Concrete

D) Sun-dried brick

4) To compensate for the natural visual distortion in which tall columns appear to bend inward, the Greeks gave them a slight bulge, which is known as ________.

A) entasis

B) kouros

C) entablature

D) frieze

Match each artwork or structure to its associated culture.

A) Nanna Ziggurat

B) Stele of King Naram-Sin

C) Human-headed winged lion stone sculpture

D) Ishtar Gate

5) Babylonian

6) Assyrian

7) Sumerian

8) Akkadian

9) What animal is repeatedly found in the art of ancient Mesopotamia? 

A) Elephant

B) Dragon

C) Turtle

D) Bull

10) What is the most notable example of Neolithic architecture in Europe?

A) Tassili n'Ajjer

B) Stonehenge

C) Roman Colosseum 

D) Ishtar Gate

11) What term is used to describe the convention of representing social importance by size, often found in Egyptian art?

A) Entasis

B) Hierarchical scale

C) Krater

D) Contrapposto

12) Under the reign of ________, a new, more naturalistic style of Egyptian art developed.

A) Amenhotep IV

B) Nefertiti

C) Tutankhamun

D) Narmer

13) What early writing system, marked by wedge-shaped marks, was used in Mesopotamia?

A) Ziggurat

B) Cuneiform 

C) Rhyton

D) Techne

14) What technique is illustrated in the sculpture Akhenaten and His Family?

A) Fresco

B) Amphora

C) Sunken relief

D) Contrapposto

15) What did gold signify in ancient Egyptian culture and art?

A) Eternity

B) Death

C) Earthly leisure

D) Monotheism

16) A true arch was developed by ________ architects long before the Romans came up with the idea.

A) Egyptian

B) Assyrian

C) Neo-Babylonian

D) Minoan

17) What three major cultures preceded the Greeks in and around the Aegean Sea?

A) Cycladic

B) Akkadian

C) Mycenaean

D) Assyrian

E) Minoan 

18) Why have most ancient Greek bronze statues not survived, even though bronze was the favored material for freestanding sculpture?

A) They have corroded entirely away.

B) They were destroyed by Christian iconoclasts.

C) They were melted down to make weapons and other objects.

D) The Romans destroyed them when making marble copies.

19) Where could Romans watch gladiators fight to the death, along with other sporting events?

A) Pantheon

B) Parthenon

C) Acropolis

D) Colosseum

20) Which work is a prime example of art from the Hellenistic era?

A) Laocoön Group

B) Andokides and the "Andokides Painter"

C) Wall-painting, from Villa of the Mysteries

D) Toreador fresco

21) What characteristic of Hellenistic Roman art can be seen in the Funerary Portrait of Gratidia M. L. Chrite and M. Gratidius Libanus?

A) Realistic portrayals of individuals

B) Simplified, abstract figures

C) Use of hierarchical scale

D) Idealized portrayals of types of people

22) What subject matter informs the abstract artworks of the Cycladic culture?

A) Lion hunts

B) Domestic scenes

C) Female nude figures

D) Equestrian portraits

23) What disciplines were discussed as techne, in ancient Greek culture?

A) Sculpture

B) Painting

C) Architecture

D) Politics

24) What term is used to describe the pose used by Greek artists that expresses the potential for motion inherent in a standing human?

A) Contrapposto

B) Entasis

C) Techne

D) Ziggurat 

25) What characteristics can be found in krater from the Late Geometric period?

A) Geometric motifs

B) Abstracted figures

C) Realistic details of human figures

D) Contrapposto 

26) The Great Sphinx at Giza, in Egypt, has the head of a man and the body of a ________.

A) snake

B) woman

C) lion

D) horse

27) What type of statues were common in Classical Rome?

A) Kouros

B) Amphora

C) Sphinx

D) Equestrian 

28) Marble sculptures from what ancient Greek structure were removed and sent to England in the hopes of preservation?

A) Parthenon

B) Colosseum

C) Nanna Ziggurat

D) Pantheon

29) Discuss the influences of Greek architecture and sculpture on the Roman arts. Compare and contrast several works from both Greece and Rome, emphasizing cultural reasons for the differences in both form and content.

30) Discuss theories explaining the purposes of prehistoric art. What does this ancient art say about the cultures in which it was created?

31) What are some reasons that people destroy art? How is the destruction of art precipitated by certain cultural ideals? Be sure to cite specific examples in your response.

32) Discuss the evolution of style in Greek sculpture, naming and describing specific works that illustrate each of the stages you mention. Begin your response with art from the Archaic period and proceed to the Hellenistic era.  

33) Compare and contrast the functions and themes of art in the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations. Analyze the cultural and societal reasons for the differences and similarities between them. 

34) Consider the fragment of a wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun and the Toreador fresco. Identify the cultures that produced these two works. How are the works different in style and intent?

35) Consider the Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut, the Ishtar Gate, and the Parthenon. Discuss each in terms of the purpose for which it was intended. Also discuss differences in the style and structural system in which each work was made.

36) Consider the mummy case of Artemidorus and the wall painting from Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii. Identify the materials and techniques with which each was made and the purposes of each. Indicate how each work presents information relating to the Roman Empire and its history.

37) Consider the Riace Warrior A, the Aphrodite of Melos, and the marble kouros figure in your text. Identify the cultures in which these works were made and describe how each of the works depicts the human figure. How did their sculptors use design elements and principles in each work? How do the differences in these works exemplify the changing perceptions of the idealized human form? 

38) How were animals portrayed differently in the art of the ancient worlds? Choose three works that depict animals, from three different time periods and cultures (Prehistoric, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Aegean, and Classical Greece and Rome), and discuss how animals were depicted in each period. Consider what these different portrayals say about the cultures and eras. 

39) Compare and contrast the figure sculptures Venus of Willendorf and the Cycladic female figure, considering their function and sculptural form. How do these artworks reflect the cultures in which they were made?