Test #2 of 5 Results

1. Name the three Greek Orders in chronological order:

i. IONIC

ii. DORIC

iii. CORINTHIAN

2. A polytheist culture means what exactly?

One that believes in many gods

3. We have seen two different plant forms on the tops of Ancient Egyptian columns.  

Name the plants they represent?

Lotus and papyrus

4. A contrapposto pose is:   >___ii.____  (fill in i, ii, or iii)

i. a figure showing symmetrical balance    

ii.  a figure showing asymmetrical balance

iii.  a bronze object carried by wealthy women

5. Hierarchical Scale suggests that relative size indicates relative importance within the culture,  TRUE     or           FALSE     

6. In architecture where is the Frieze located?Above the columns under the pediment

7. A marble carving can be described as:  (Circle the correct answer.)

i. subtractive carving

ii. hollow lost wax carving

iii. additive carving

8. Name the three amphora types:

i.  Red figure amphora

ii. Black figure amphora

iii. Geometric amphora

9. Name two North American buildings, we have seen in class, that take their design from early Ancient Greek temples:

i.   The  White House                                                 and   ii. Thomas Jefferson's Monticello home

10. Red-figure kraters are an earlier type than Geometric figure. Is this statement:

          TRUE                 or                  FALSE

11. Akhenaten was an amazing Egyptian Pharaoh who changed many things in Egypt.  One thing was he changed his name, the second was he moved the capital of Egypt of Thebes to be further north.    

 TRUE              or               FALSE

12. What material are amphoras and kraters made from? red clay

13. Many artistic depictions of Nefertiti belong to what period? The Late Arman Period

14. What does scarffito mean? To scratch into a surface (red clay for Greek amphoras)

15. These architectural columns are carved in the form of clothed women in flowing garments that hold up the building's pediment are called: Caratyids 

16. This new pharaoh went from a polytheist worshipper to a __Mono-theist one. 

Who?         Akhenaten _________________________

17. What is another name for a necropolis? City of the Dead

18. Greek temples are found located where (the answer is not the name of the country)? High on the hillsides

19. Name two attributes that the Boy of Kouros is different from an Ancient Egyptian sculpture of a male. 

i. nude

ii. negative space between his legs

iii. walks towards us

20. To the right, draw the shape of a pediment:  a triangle

21. Where on the color wheel are complementary pairs located? Colors that sit across from one and other

22. The color wheel is divided into six parts. 

Name the  Primaries: R B Y 

Name the secondaries: O V G 

23. Explain what a relief in sculpture is:

A "one-sided" sculpture

24. A pyramid is the earliest architectural form found in Egypt.     TRUE      or      FALSE

25. Two lands emerged "Upper Egypt" in the South located upstream of the Nile River and "Lower Egypt" in the north (downstream).            TRUE         or              FALSE

26. What two materials we have seen in class are found in to make a lost-wax cast?

Wax and bronze/iron

27.  The art produced in Africa, both very old and made in the 18th and 19th c., influenced this famous 20th-century artist, who? Picasso

28.   What is an anchor line? And what is it symbolic for? Grounds figures in Ancient Egypt and is symbolic of "holy ground"

29. In West Africa, explain the cultural significance of the ending of the Late Period in 1897: British troops ransack Oni's palace and ends human slave trade

30. Benin established a relationship with what country that carried active trade to Europe and the Americas, starting first with ivory, timber, but eventually, and sadly, human slaves lasting into the 16th century. What European country Portugal and Spain

31. Gold ostrich eggs are found on top of a mosque in Africa. What two symbolic concepts do they serve? Fertility and purity

32. The word Zimbabwe is derived from dzimba dza kabwe = which translates to:

Houses of Stone

33. The Great Mosque in Djenné, Mali is made from what material? clay / adobe mud

Bonus Questions worth 1 point each:

a. The word polychrome means what?

many colors

b.  Explain specifically what a composite pose is: Ancient Egyptian figure that is unrealistic:

Head = profile

Eye = frontal

Upper torso = frontal

Lower torso = profile

c.   “Ancient Egyptians lived to die.”      TRUE           or             FALSE

d. “Ancient Egyptian sculpture and pictorial images that depicted people lower on the socio-political strata are visually found  more naturalistic.”
     TRUE            or                   FALSE

e. To the right, draw the contour edges of a mastaba: