Art History 111 Quiz #1

Palette of Narmer // ca. 3000 B.C. // slate // Hierakonopolis, Egypt

Step pyramid of Djoser // ca. 2650 B.C. // limestone // Saqqara, Egypt

Pyramid of Khufu (The "Great Pyramid”) // ca. 2550 B.C. // limestone // Giza, Egypt

Khafre Enthroned // ca. 2500 B.C. // gneiss // Giza, Egypt

Menkaure and Queen // ca. 2475 B.C. // graywacke // Giza, Egypt

The Judgment of Hunefer from the Book of the Dead // ca. 1275 B.C. // papyrus // Thebes, Egypt

The “New York” Kouros // ca. 600 B.C. // limestone // Athens

“Kritios Boy” Kouros // ca. 480 B.C. // marble // Athens

Polykleitos, Doryphoros (“Spear Bearer”) // ca. 450-440 B.C. // marble copy of lost bronze

Nike of Samothrace (the Goddess “Victory”) // ca. 190 B.C. // marble

Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice // ca. 540 B.C. // black-figure amphora // Athens // by Exekias

Three Revelers // ca. 510 B.C. // red-figure amphora // Athens // By Euthymedes

The Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos) // ca. 447-438 B.C. // marble // Athens, Greece // Architects: Iktinos and Kallikrates. // Head sculptor: Phidias.