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The bronze head of an Akkadian ruler is a rare example of ________ in ancient art. |
naturalism |
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One of the many standard Greek pottery shapes is a krater and belongs to the period known as: |
Late Geometric. |
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According to historians, the Roman era began in 510 B.C.E. with |
the founding of the Roman Republic. |
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The Great Sphinx at Giza, in Egypt, has the body of a lion and the head of a(n): |
pharoah. |
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Although bronze was the favored material for freestanding sculpture in Greece, most bronze statues have not survived because: |
they were melted down to make weapons and other objects. |
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Although we know almost nothing about the culture that created them, the abstract ________ of the Cycladic culture appear extremely sophisticated for five-thousand-year-old works. |
Female nude figures |
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The most notable example of Neolithic architecture in Europe is: |
Stonehenge in England. |
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A true arch was developed by ________ architects long before the Romans came up with the idea. |
Neo-Babylonian |
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The sculpture Akhenaten and His Family is an example of the ________ technique. |
sunken relief |
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The mummy of Artemidoros, from Fayum, shows the influence of the ________ culture(s). |
Egyptian, Greek, and Roman |
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King Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered in 1922 by: |
Howard Carter |
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Under the reign of ________, a new, more naturalistic style of Egyptian art developed. |
Amenhotep IV |
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Because they lacked stone, the ancient Sumerians built their cities from: |
sun-dried brick. |
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What destroyed the Roman colonies of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 C.E.? |
The eruption of a volcano |
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All of the following cultures were Mesopotamian EXCEPT: |
Assyrian, Sumerian, Babylonian, MINOAN, Akkadian |
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Romans could watch gladiators fight to the death, along with other sporting events, at the: |
Colosseum. |
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In Egyptian art, the convention of representing social importance by size—for example, where the pharaoh is shown much larger than his subjects—is known as: |
hierarchical scale. |
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The portrait bust of __________ is presented in a naturalistic and elegant style that is timeless. |
Nefertiti |
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A prime example of art from the Hellenistic era is: |
the Laocoön Group. |
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Three major cultures that preceded the Greeks in and around the Aegean Sea were the ________ cultures. |
Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean |
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The earliest-known writing system from which a recorded language developed was the invention of: |
the Sumerians. |
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