The chances that a work of art from ancient times will be found or preserved are greatly increased if: |
All of these answers are correct |
Because they lacked stone, the ancient Sumerians built their cities from |
sun-dried brick. |
To compensate for the natural visual distortion in which tall columns appear to bend inward, the Greeks gave them a slight bulge, which is known as: |
entasis. |
All of the following cultures were Mesopotamian EXCEPT: |
the Minoan. |
The bronze head of an Akkadian ruler is a rare example of ________ in ancient art. |
naturalism |
The most notable example of Neolithic architecture in Europe is: |
Stonehenge in England. |
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. |
Under the reign of ________, a new, more naturalistic style of Egyptian art developed. |
Amenhotep IV |
The earliest-known writing system from which a recorded language developed was the invention of: |
the Sumerians. |
The sculpture Akhenaten and His Family is an example of the ________ technique. |
sunken relief |
King Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered in 1922 by: |
Howard Carter. |
A true arch was developed by ________ architects long before the Romans came up with the idea. |
Neo-Babylonian |
Three major cultures that preceded the Greeks in and around the Aegean Sea were the ________ cultures. |
Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean |
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. |
Romans could watch gladiators fight to the death, along with other sporting events, at the: |
Colosseum. |
A prime example of art from the Hellenistic era is: |
the Laocoön Group. |
According to historians, the Roman era began in 510 B.C.E. with: |
the founding of the Roman Republic |
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 |
What destroyed the Roman colonies of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 C.E.? |
The eruption of a volcano |
The mummy of Artemidoros, from Fayum, shows the influence of the ________ culture(s). |
Egyptian, Greek, and Roman |