Exam 1 Art History Objects and Terms Review

Comprehensive practice flashcards for Exam 1 covering key historical artworks, architecture, dates, mediums, dimensions, locations, and core art historical terms.

What are the date, medium, height, and location of discovery for the Venus of Willendorf?

Date: c. 24,000-22,000 BCE; Medium: limestone figurine; Height: $11.1\,\text{cm}$; Location: Austria.

What are the date and location for both the Hall of Bulls and the Shaft Scene at Lascaux Caves?

Date: c. 16,000-14,000 BCE; Location: Lascaux Caves, France.

What are the date, material, height, and origin of the Warka (Uruk) Vase?

Date: c. 3,500-3000 BCE; Material: alabaster; Height: $106\,\text{cm}$ high; Origin: Mesopotamia (Iraq).

What are the date, material, length, and origin of the Narmer Palette (both sides)?

Date: c. 3000 BCE; Material: graywacke; Length: $64\,\text{cm}$ long; Origin: Egypt.

What are the date, materials, period, and dynasty of The Great Pyramids of Giza?

Date: c. 2600-2500 BCE; Materials: limestone, mortar, and granite; Period: Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty, Egypt.

What are the date, medium, dimensions, period, and specific scene of the Book of the Dead for the Chantress of Amun, Nauny?

Date: c. 1050 BCE; Medium: paint and papyrus; Dimensions: $521.5 \times 35\,\text{cm}$; Period: Third Intermediate Period, Egypt; Scene: *The Weighing of the Heart.

Where is Yazılıkaya located, and to what date and empire does it belong?

Date: 13th century BCE; Empire: Hittite Empire; Location: near Hattusa, Turkey.

What attribution, date, medium, height, and location correspond to the Terracotta hydria (water jar)?

Attribution: Attributed to the Group of B.M.F. 308; Date: c. 340-330 BCE; Medium: red-figure terracotta; Height: $75.6\,\text{cm}$ tall; Location: Apulia, Italy.

What are the date, empire, and country of origin for The Great Stupa (Mahastupa) at Sanchi?

Date: c. 250 BCE; Empire: Maurya Empire; Country: India.

What are the date, medium, and imperial origin of the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi’s Mausoleum?

Date: c. 210 BCE; Medium: painted terracotta; Origin: Qin Empire, China.

What culture, date, medium, and dimensions belong to the False Face for Funerary Bundle?

Culture: Paracas culture, Peru; Date: 3rd century BCE-1st century CE; Medium: painted cotton; Dimensions: $39.37 \times 22.86\,\text{cm}$.

What are the date, medium, height, and origin of Augustus of Primaporta?

Date: 1st century CE; Medium: marble; Height: $2.08\,\text{m}$ tall; Origin: Roman Empire, Italy.

What are the completion date, origin, material, and dimensions of The Temple of Dendur?

Completion date: completed c. 10 BCE-10 CE; Origin: from Nubia; Material: aeolian sandstone; Dimensions: $6.4 \times 6.4 \times 12.5\,\text{m}$.

What are the date, medium, dimensions, and location of the Triumph of Shapur I over Valerian and Philip the Arab?

Date: c. 260-272 CE; Medium: rock relief; Dimensions: approx. $13 \times 6\,\text{m}$; Location: at Nasqh-e Rostam, Iran.

What are the date, medium, height, region, and empire for the Buddha sculpture?

Date: 3rd century CE; Medium: schist; Height: $92.7\,\text{cm}$ tall; Region/Empire: ancient region of Gandhara, Kushan Empire.

What are the date, medium, height, dynasty, and location of the Colossal seated Buddha at Cave 20?

Date: c. 460 CE; Medium: sandstone; Height: approx. $13.7\,\text{m}$ high; Dynasty: Northern Wei Dynasty; Location: Cave 20, Yungang Grottoes, near Datong.

What are the date, material, height, and kingdom of The Obelisk (Stele) of Aksum?

Date: 4th century CE; Material: phonolite rock; Height: approx. $24\,\text{meters}$ tall; Kingdom: Kingdom of Aksum, Ethiopia.

What are the alternate name, complex location, date, and civilization of the Feathered Serpent Pyramid?

Alternate name: Temple of Quetzalcoatl; Complex: Ciudadela complex of Teotihuacan; Date: c. 200 CE; Civilization: Teotihuacan civilization, Mexico (stone temple).

What are the institutional date, current building date, materials, and location of Ise Jingū (Ise Grand Shrine)?

Institutional date: institutional from 690; Current building date: 2013; Materials: Japanese cypress and thatch; Location: Mie Prefecture, Japan.

What are the date, medium, dimensions, and place of manufacture for the Folio from the Blue Qur’an?

Date: c. 850-950; Medium: gold and silver on indigo-dyed parchment; Dimensions: $30.4 \times 40.2\,\text{cm}$; Manufacture: made in Tunisia.

Who are the architects of Hagia Sophia, and what are its dates and imperial location?

Architects: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus; Dates: 532-537; Location: Constantinople (Istanbul), Byzantine Empire.

What are the dates, materials, interior height, and country of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Chartres?

Dates: c. 1145 and 1194-c. 1220; Materials: limestone and stained glass; Interior height: $37.5\,\text{m}$ ($123\,\text{ft}$); Country: France.

What are the date, medium, dynasty, and location of Bete Giyorgis?

Date: late 12th -early 13th century; Medium: carved volcanic rock; Dynasty: Zagwe dynasty; Location: rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia.

What are the date, period, material, height, and location of Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)?

Date: c. late 11th century; Period: Chola period; Material: copper alloy; Height: $68.3\,\text{cm}$ tall; Location: Tamil Nadu, India.

What are the dates, medium, culture, and location of Lintel 24 and 25, Structure 23, Yaxchilán?

Dates: 723-726; Medium: limestone; Culture: Classic Maya; Location: Mexico.

What are the date, material, height, and cultural origin of the Head of a Ruler (Ife Head)?

Date: c. 14th -early 15th century; Material: brass; Height: approx. $35\,\text{cm}$ tall; Origin: Yoruba people, Ife, Nigeria.

What are the artist, date, medium, height, and location of David?

Artist: Donatello; Date: c. 1440s; Medium: bronze; Height: $158\,\text{cm}$ tall; Location: Florence, Italy.

What are the artist, date, medium, dimensions, and city of origin for Adam and Eve?

Artist: Albrecht Dürer; Date: 1504; Medium: engraving; Dimensions: $25.1 \times 19.4\,\text{cm}$; City: Nuremberg, Germany.

What are the artist, date, medium, and imperial origin of The Seduction of Yusuf?

Artist: Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād; Date: 1488; Medium: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; Origin: Timurid Empire, Herat, Afghanistan.

What are the artist, date, medium, dimensions, and location of the Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement?

Artist: Fra Filippo Lippi; Date: c. 1440; Medium: tempera on wood; Dimensions: $64.1 \times 41.9\,\text{cm}$; Location: Florence, Italy.

What are the date, materials, mounted height, weight, and period of the Armor (Yoroi) of Ashikaga Takauji?

Date: early-mid 14th century; Materials: iron, leather, lacquer, silk, and gilt copper; Mounted height: $108.59\,\text{cm}$; Weight: $17.3\,\text{kg}$; Period: Kamakura–Nanbokuchō period, Japan.

What are the date, material, dimensions, and imperial origin of the Inca Tunic?

Date: 15th century; Material: camelid fiber; Dimensions: $87 \times 76.5\,\text{cm}$; Origin: Inca Empire, South America.

Which sculptural relief terms appear on the Exam 1 terms list?

Low relief, High relief, and Sunk relief.

Which architectural and church structural terms appear on the Exam 1 terms list?

Column, Capital, Talud-tablero, Pendentive, Basilica, Nave, Side aisle, Elevation, and Lintel.

Which religious, spiritual, and devotional terms are listed on the Exam 1 review sheet?

Polytheism, Ka, Buddhism, Stupa, Aniconism, Circumambulation, Kami, Relic, Pilgrimage, and Darshan.

Which media, format, and production technique terms appear on the Exam 1 terms list?

Red-figure, Slip, Stele (plural: stelae), Parchment, Lost-wax casting, Engraving, and Tapestry weaving.

Which composition, representation, and stylistic terms are listed on the Exam 1 review sheet?

Canon, Composition, Registers, Hieroglyphs, Hierarchy of scale, Necropolis, Zoomorphic, Pax romana, Propaganda, Contrapposto, Cuirass, Silk Road, Iconoclasm, Nude, Weibermacht (Power of Women), Allegory, and Linear perspective.