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The drawings from Ardèche Gorge are located in |
Chauvet cave |
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The figures from the Abu Temple represent worshippers from the complex society of? |
Sumer. |
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Nike of Samothrace is an outstanding example of? |
Hellenistic realism. |
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Sanchi, India has one of the earliest surviving examples of? |
a stupa. |
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The She-Wolf, later adopted by Romans as a symbol of their civilization, was, until recently, thought to have been made by which culture? |
the Etruscans |
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The colossal head found in La Venta, Mexico was created by the which culture? |
the Olmecs |
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Like much of Egyptian art, the statue of King Khafre shows? |
rigorous geometry. |
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The "Toreador" fresco was created by which culture? |
the Minoans |
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Found in Austria, the Venus of Willendorf is most likely a? |
fertility figure |
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The word Neolithic means? |
New Stone Age. |
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Egyptian culture was dedicated to providing a home for what? |
the ka |
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Neolithic culture developed quickly in the world’s fertile valleys. By 4000 BCE, urban societies had developed in? |
Egypt and Mesopotamia. |
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Construction of the Acropolis in Athens began about 450 BCE under the leadership of? |
Pericles. |
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According to Buddhism, the release from worldly desires that ends the cycle of death and reincarnation and begins a state of permanent bliss is called? |
nirvana. |
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Stonehenge in England is an example of what type of monumental stone architecture? |
megalith |
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The stele inscribed with the Law Code of Hammurabi was created by which Mesopotamian culture? |
the Babylonians |
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The Palette of King Narmer is historically important because it? |
probably represents the first unification of Upper and Lower Egypt |
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How was sculpture from the reign of Akhenaten in Egypt different from previous and subsequent sculpture? |
It was more naturalistic and informal |
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Classical Greek sculpture can best be described as? |
relaxed poses that sought to depict ideal form |
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According to Roman tradition, when was Rome founded and by whom? |
in 753 B.C.E. by Romulus and Remus |
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What was the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten famous for? |
changing the traditional Egyptian religion and art for the first time |
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Architecture and art of the Roman Republic was heavily influenced by the building styles of which earlier culture? |
the Greeks |
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The capitol of the Roman Empire moved in the 4th century, splitting the empire in two. What was the name of the new capital? |
Byzantium |
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The earliest known civilization in India, contemporary with the great civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt, is known as the? |
Harappan civilization |
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The Great Stupa at Sanchi, India is a typical Buddhist structure. What purpose does it serve? |
It houses some of the ashes of the cremated Buddha and serves as a devotional site. |
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