Study Guide_ Classical Art

Uruk Vase

"Standard" of Ur

Narmer Palette

Great Pyramids at Giza

Stepped Pyramid of Djoser

Seated statue of Djoser.

Seated statue of Khafre

King Menkaure, the goddess Hathor, and Local Goddess

Menkaure and Queen

Mitri

The King's Acquaintances Memi and Sabu

Colossal Statue of Akhenaten

Portraits of Nefertiti

The Aten, Akhenaten and Nefertiti and their daughters

Menna and Family Hunting in the Marshes

Burial Ritual and sacrifice from the Book of The Dead of Hunefer

the veneration of Osiris from the “Book of the Dead” of Maiherpi.

Female Cycladic figurine

Minoan “Snake Goddesses”

Boxers

Women gathering saffron

“Toreador” Fresco/Bull-leaper fresco from Knossos

What is the Uruk Vase made out of

alabaster

What period was Uruk vase made

Early Dynastic Period

When was the Standard of Ur made

Old Kingdom

What is the "Standard" of Ur made out of

A wooden artifact inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and more

Where was the standard of Ur created

Tomb 779 of Ur in Iraq

When was Narmer palette created

Early Dynastic Period

Where was the Narmer Palette

Nekhen, Egypt

What is Narmer Palette made out of

Siltstone

When were the great pyramids at Giza created

Early Dynastic Period

What were The Great Pyramids of Giza made out of

Limestone

What was the Stepped Pyramid of Djoser made out of

limestone

Where were the Stepped Pyramid of Djoser

Saqqara Necropoli ( Memphis )

When was the Stepped Pyramid of Djoser created

Early Dynastic Period

Where was the Seated statue of Djoser

from Serdab in Saqqara Necropolis

What is statue of Djoser made out of

limestone, plaster and pigment

What period was the statue of Djoser

Early Dynastic Period

Where was the Seated statue of Khafre (son of Khufu)

Giza

What was the Seated statue of Khafre (son of Khufu) made out of

diorite-gneiss

What period was the the Seated statue of Khafre (son of Khufu) created

Old kingdom

What was the King Menkaure, the goddess Hathor, and local goddess (the Hare nome), statue made out of

greywacke stone

Where was the Menkaure and Queen statue

Giza/ Imentet

What time period was the Menkaure and Queen statue

Old Kingdom

What was the Menkaure and Queen statue made out of

gray sandstone

What was Mitri, head of scribes, made out of

wooden core with painted plaster surface, inlaid quartz and lapis lazuli (eyes)

What period was Mitri, head of scribes made

Old Kingdom

What was The King's Acquaintances Memi and Sabu made of

limestone and pigment

What period was The King's Acquaintances Memi and Sabu

Old Kingdom

What period was the Colossal Statue of Akhenaten

Amarna Period

Where was the Colossal Statue of Akhenaten created

Temple of Aten at Karnak near Waset (Thebes)

What were portraits of Nefertiti made out of

Plaster

What period was the portraits of Nefertiti

Armana

Where were the portraits of Nefertiti created

Amara

Where were The Aten, Akhenaten, and Nefertiti and their daughters created

Amarna Period

What was The Aten, Akhenaten and Nefertiti and their daughters made out of

Limestone with polychromy

What period was The Aten, Akhenaten and Nefertiti and their daughters created

Amarna Period

What was Menna and Family Hunting in the Marshes made out of

wall painting

What period was the Menna and Family Hunting in the Marshes created

New Kingdom

Where was the Menna and Family Hunting in the Marshes created

Egypt near Thebes

What was the burial ritual and sacrifice from the “Book of the Dead” of Hunefer made out of

papyrus and pigment

When was the burial ritual and sacrifice from the “Book of the Dead” of Hunefer created

Bronze age

What was the Female Cycladic figurine made out of

Marble

When was the Female Cycladic figurine made

Bronze Age

What was the Minoan “Snake Goddesses,” made out of

faience

What era was the Minoan “Snake Goddesses” created

Bronze Age

What was Boxers made out of

fresco

Where was Boxers created

Akrotiri (Santorini)

What age period was boxers created

Bronze Age

How was the Women gathering saffron made out of

wall painting

Where was the Women gathering saffron created

Akrotiri (mod. Santorini)

Where period was the Women gathering saffron created

Bronze Age

Where was “Toreador” Fresco/ Bull-leaper created

Knossos

What was “Toreador” Fresco/ Bull-leaper made out of

fresco

What age was “Toreador” Fresco/ Bull-leaper created

Bronze Age

Pre dynastic kings

Djoser and narmar

Old kingdom

Khafre and menkaure

New kingdom

Amenhotep 3

Amarna period

Akhenaton and nefertiti

Low relief

Creating an incision inside the rock to form a shape

Inanna

Goddess of war and fertility

Upper egypt crown

White

lower egypt crown

red

Lyre

Represent something shiny and divine

Ma’at

Goddess of order

Isfet

Goddess of disorder

Serdab

The room in the pyramid with the statute

Iaret “iraeis

Cobra head, supposed to protect. It can also be worn with queens and with any crowns 

Wesek

Anyone can wear but only pharaohs can wear gold ones. Means broad necklace, metal

Psychent

 the double crown of unified Egypt

Smiting

Only the Pharoah can smite human beings

Wesek

Means broad necklace, metal

Psychent

the double crown of unified Egypt

Ankh

Arrows on the Sun

Who was the 1st Pharaoh

Narmar