THAD Quiz 2

La Venta

Site of Olmecs, 1300 BCE

Tikal

Site of Mayans, 900 CE

Chichen Itza

Site of Mayans, 1200 CE

Society, place of origin, date?

Olmec, San Lorenzo (900 BCE)

Title + material of this type of sculpture?

Ruler’s head, basalt stone

Society, place of origin, date, material?

Olmec, La Venta, 900-400 BCE, basalt stone

Type of object + what does it depict?

altar/throne, offering of the jaguar baby

Object depicted + material?

buried offering of miniature figures and monoliths, jade and other precious stones

Society, place of origin, date?

Olmec, La Venta, 900-400 BCE

Object depicted, site of origin, date?

Chacmool, Chichen Itza, 1000-1200 CE

Monument depicted, site, date?

Temple of Kukulkan or El Castillo, Chichen Itza, 700-1100 CE

Clapping in front of El Castillo is meant to mimic what sound?

Call of the quetzal

Significance of number of steps on El Castillo?

Acts as a calendar

Siddartha Gautama

of the Sakya clan in Lumbini (modern Nepal), ca. 563 BCE

Type of object, place of origin, date?

Asokan Stambha (pillar), Lauriya, India, 272-232 BCE

Object depicted, place of origin, date?

Buddha’s throne (Vajrasana), Bihar, India, c. 250 BCE

Significance of the site depicted?

Site where Buddha reached enlightenment under the Bhodi tree

Structure depicted, location, date?

Great Stupa, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, c. 300-200 BCE

Feature depicted, what building, location, date?

The Torana, Great Stupa, Sanchi, c. 300-200 BCE

Object depicted, what does it depict, date?

Bharhut stupa, Jataka stories, 2 century BCE

Structure depicted, location, date?

Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia, c. 860 CE

Sculptor, object depicted, date, place of origin?

Aristion of Paros, kore of Phrasikleia, c. 550-540 BCE, Myrrhinous, Greece

Architects, sturcture depicted, location, date?

Iktinos and Kalikrates, Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos), Akropolis, Athens, 447-432 BCE

What does Athena Parthenos translate to?

Athena the Virgin

Sculptor, title, location, original medium, date?

Phidias, Athena Parthenos, Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ivory and gold, ca. 438 BCE

Structure depicted, location, date?

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater), Rome, Italy, ca. 70-80

Items depicted, place of origin, date, mediums

pair of clasp knife handles, Szombathely, Hungary, middle of the 1st century CE, bone handles and iron blades

Which gladiators are shown?

Pardus (murmillo) and Senilus (thraex)

Architects, structure depicted, location, date?

Anthemios of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus, Hagia Sophia Cathedral, Constantinople (today Istanbul), 532-37 CE

Title, medium, site, date?

“Deeisis” (Christ with Mary and St. John the Baptist), mosaic, Church of Hagia Sophia, ca. 1261 CE

Title, date, medium, site and place of origin?

Christ Pantokrator, c. 6th century, encaustic pain and gold on wooden panel, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai, Egypt

Structure depicted, location, date

The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 691-92 CE

Object shown, medium, place of origin, date?

The Blue Qur’an, gold and silver on indigo dyed parchment, Tunisia, Qayrawan, 850-950 CE

Object depicted, date, medium

The reliquary of St. Foy, c. 1000 CE with later additions of gold, silver gilt, jewels, and cameos over a wooden core

Object depicted, location, date

Last Judgement Tympanum, Conques, France, c. 1130 CE

Structure depicted, location, society, date?

Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia, Khmer dynasty, c. 1113-45 CE

Title, medium, site?

The Churning of the Sea of Milk, low relief, Angkor Wat