Art 201: Chapter 3 Quiz Questions

A magnificent mortuary temple was built at Deir el Bahri for which of the following pharaohs?

Hatshepsut

Egyptian art-- with the exception of the Amarna period --can be described as which of the following?

conservative and formulaic

Evidence of the swamp-plant origin of stone columns can be seen in columns at Karnak. Which of the following descriptions supports this?

capitals are shaped as lotus or papyrus

How does the kneeling statue of Hatshepsut indicate her status as pharaoh?

she is wearing the royal male nemes headdress

In about 3000 BCE, the conventions for representing the human figure that dominated Egyptian art until end of the New Kingdom can be found in which of the following?

Palette of King Narmer

Jean Champollion deduced that hieroglyphs were more than just pictographs; he proposed that they were which of the following?

signs of a once-spoken language

Pyramids were most popular during which of the following periods?

Old Kingdom

The god who is symbolic of the river Nile and who dies and is reborn each year is ____?

Osiris

The many-columned hall found in an Egyptian temple is called a(n) ____?

hypostyle hall

The Palette of King Narmer established the convention for state policy represented in art, a policy proclaiming the pharaoh a divine ruler. Which of the following supports this idea?

larger than life representation of pharaoh

The use of elongated heads and necks and intimate, relaxed poses describes which of the following periods?

New Kingdom, Amarna Period

Tomb interiors often depicted scenes of hunting. This was associated with the idea of providing provisions for the ka, and it is also a metaphor for which of the following?

triumph over evil

Tomb paintings were created in which of the following techniques?

fresco secco

What was discovered during Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1799 that was of immense importance in understanding and interpreting Egyptian hieroglyphics?

Rosetta Stone

Which of the following describes one of the drawbacks of the fresco secco technique?

colors do not fuse to the wall surface

Which of the following is depicted as a hawk or falcon and protector of pharaoh?

Horus

Which of the following is the best explanation for the portrayal of Akhenaton's body type?

deliberate artistic reaction against the established canon

Which of the following is the most significant resource for understanding Egyptian civilization and religious beliefs?

tomb interiors

Which work likely commemorates the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt?

Palette of Narmer

Whose mortuary temple was located in Abu Simbel until it was moved in 1968 to save it from the Aswan Dam Reservoir?

Ramses II