ART HISTORY QUIZ QUESTIONS

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Prehistoric Art
Refers to art introduced prior to the development of literacy.
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Blombos Cave
Site in South Africa where the first known art objects, dating to 77,000 years ago, were discovered.
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Iconography
The objective study of images and symbols.
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Post-and-Lintel Architecture
Architecture exemplified by structures like Stonehenge.
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Parietal Art
Art made on cave walls or stone.
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Venus of Willendorf
A portable figure from the paleolithic period symbolizing female fertility.
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Sumerians
The civilization that developed the first system of writing.
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Standard of Ur
An ancient artifact made of lapis lazuli, not discovered in a temple.
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Lamassu
A mythical creature with bird wings, a crown, the body of a bull, and a human head.
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Register
A horizontal band used to organize a visual narrative.
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Votive Figures
Ancient Sumerian figures placed in temples as stand-ins for the worshipper.
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Law Code of Hammurabi
Contains laws along with a prologue and epilogue addressing the legacy of the king.
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Shamash
The god of justice in ancient Babylonia.
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Ziggurat
A type of temple built using mudbrick in ancient Mesopotamia.
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Mastaba
A flat, one-story funerary temple in ancient Egypt.
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Canon of Proportions
A system used by Egyptians to create the image of the ideal human form.
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Menkaure and Queen
An Egyptian art piece depicting ideals and virtues associated with the monarch.
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Middle Kingdom
Characterized by independent rule and military battles in ancient Egypt.
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Old Kingdom
A period of political stability, military expansion, and architectural advancements.
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Akhenaten and Family
A sculpture where Aten takes the form of a solar disk.
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Great Pyramids
Monumental structures likely not built using a crane system.
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Kouros
An idealized depiction of the human body used as grave markers in ancient Greece.
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Archaic Period
Marks the shift from wood to stone in temple construction.
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Amphora
A jar with an egg-shaped body used for storing oil and wine.
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Votive Offerings
Small bronze sculptures used as gifts for the gods.
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Temenos
An enclosed sacred area reserved for worship.
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Architrave
The lower portion of the entablature in classical architecture.
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Frieze
The upper portion of the entablature containing triglyphs and metopes.
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Parthenon
A temple dedicated to Athena Parthenos.
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Late Classical Period
Characterized by male figures having taller, slender proportions.
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Agora
An open space in a Greek town used as a gathering place or market.
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Acropolis
A religious sanctuary in ancient Greece.
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Early Classical Period
Marked by the defeat of Persian armies.
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Laocoon and His Sons
Characters from the Iliad associated with the Trojan War.
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Doryphoros
A sculpture associated with contrapposto from the high classical period.
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Temple of Demeter in Naxos
The earliest surviving example of a Greek archaic temple that used stone and optical refinements.
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Erechtheion
Marks the mythical contest between Poseidon and Athena.
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Canon
Original title for the Doryphoros sculpture.