Ancient Egypt & NE Art Quiz 2 part 3

What is the name and location of this artwork?

Name: Gobekli Temple Complexes

What is important about this artwork?

1. Oldest temple in the world

2. T shaped stone figures with animal motifs and clothing

3. T shape: very important figure

What is the name and location of this artwork?

Name: Temple of Enki Level XVI

Location: Eridu Iraq

What is important about this artwork?

1. Modest Temple

2. Had offerings of fish in a cache

3. Honored Abzu: the primordial sea Enki created the river out of

What is the name and location of this artwork?

Name: White Temple and Ziggurat of Anu

Location: Uruk, Iraq

What is the meaning behind this artwork?

1. Dedicated to An and Anu

2. Ziggurat goes from small to large

3. Platform to serve the gods

What is the name and location of this artwork?

Name: Exterior Decoration of the Temple of Inanna

Location: Uruk, Iraq

What is the important about this artwork?

1. ceramic cones that acted like mosaics

2. chevron diamond and triangle patterns

3. Rosette decorations = symbols of Inanna

What is the name and location of this artwork?

Name: Temple Oval

Location Khafaje, Iraq

What is important about this artwork?

1. Oval shape so it can fit within the city

2. In the center of the city

3. Built over old domestic spaces

What is the name and location of this artwork?

Name: Kurangan Sanctuary

Location: Fars Province, Iran

What is the meaning behind this artwork?

1. Depiction of Kings, lesser deities, and everday ppl receiving blessing

2. Depiction of the divine couple

3. Depicts what to do in this space

What is the name and location of this artwork?

Name: Yazilikaya Rock Sanctuary

Location: Hattusa, Turkey

What is important about this artwork?

1. You can only enter if you know where to find the entrance

2. Barriers in place to keep people out

3. Used for celestial study

4. Used for calendar dates

What is the name and location of this artwork?

Name: Temple of Luxor

Location: Waset, Egypt

What is important about this artwork?

1. Townsfolk could be around it during festivals

2. You left your offerings in the courtyard

3. Hypostyle hall with papyrus plant depictions

4. King protecting the Ma’at on Pylons

What is the name and location of this artwork?

Name: “Pylon” of Great the Great Temple of Ramesses II

Location: Abu Simbel, Nubia

What is important about this artwork?

1. Re-Horakhty depicted

2. Ramesses II considering himself a god

3. Pioneered Anthropoid columns of human figures

What is the name and location of this artwork?

Name: Inner Sanctuary of Temple of Amun-Re

Location: Thebes, Egypt

What is important about this artwork?

1. Narrow and dark

2. Used for a moveable alter

3. Represents the void creation came from

4. Keeps you from seeing the gods

5. Boats of Amun Re, Mut, and Khonshu were carried to the Luxor

What is the name and location of this artwork?

1. Name: Relief of Purification of the Altar

2. Location: Egypt

What is important about this artwork?

1. clothed priests in sheer fabric with hair

2. purifying altar with water

3. Potential perform a spiritual ritual

What is the name and location of this artwork?

Name: Dendera Temple of Mammisi

Location Dendera Egypt

What is important about this artwork?

1. Possibly dedicated to Hathor

2. Used to study Egyptian astrology

3. Circle calendar on the ceiling with 360 deities for each day

4. Possibly used to track menstrual cycles