Ancient Near Eastern and Ancient Egyptian Art & Architecture Practice Flashcards

Fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards testing key facts, vocabulary, and image identification for Ancient Near Eastern and Ancient Egyptian art and architecture.

The Ziggurat at Ur (c. 2100–2050 BCE) located in southern Mesopotamia was built primarily from __________, with broad staircases or ramps leading upward.

mud brick

King __________ sponsored the construction of the ziggurat at Ur as part of a major building campaign after the Sumerians regained control of the region.

Urnammu

The Ziggurat at Ur was dedicated to Nanna (Sin), who was the Sumerian __________ god.

moon

A ziggurat is defined as a massive stepped __________ platform.

temple

Sumerian votive figures (c. 2900–2300 BCE) feature clasped hands communicating prayer and oversized, __________ eyes suggesting constant attention toward the gods.

large, wide-open

Votive figures were placed in shrines as permanent __________ for donors in the presence of a god.

substitutes

The use of the costly material __________ in Sumerian votive figures signaled immense wealth and devotion to the gods.

Lapis Lazuli

The Stele of Naram-Sin (2254–2218 BCE) commemorates the military victory of the Akkadian ruler over the __________.

Lullubi

The artistic technique used in the Stele of Naram-Sin where the king is depicted significantly larger than the other figures is called __________ of scale.

hierarchy

Unlike the static poses of Sumerian art, the composition of the Stele of Naram-Sin is __________, creating a visual path and movement upward.

diagonal

On his stele, Naram-Sin wears a distinctive __________ helmet, which was traditionally associated with divinity.

horned

The Old Kingdom sculpture Menkaure and a Queen (2490–2472 BCE) demonstrates Egyptian royal idealism through its frontal, symmetrical, rigid poses and __________ bodies.

idealized

Art historian Stokstad connects Menkaure and a Queen to the core Old Kingdom sculpture qualities of dignity, calm, and __________.

permanence

A hypostyle hall is defined as a large interior space whose roof is supported by many __________.

columns

The Great Hypostyle Hall is located at __________ Temple, a sacred complex dedicated primarily to Amun, Mut, and Khons.

Karnak

The Hypostyle Hall contains __________ columns and measures approximately 340 feet wide by 170 feet long.

134

Light filtered into the interior of the Hypostyle Hall through elevated __________ windows situated between different roof levels.

clerestory

Construction of the New Kingdom Hypostyle Hall is primarily associated with the pharaohs Sety I and __________.

Ramses II