Art history 1 Challenges unit 2 Sophia Course
Challenge 1
1. What does an archaeologist study?
What type of artwork is created by a process of cutting into a flat stone or wood surface?
Select the sta
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Art history 1 Challenges unit 2 Sophia Course
Challenge 1
1. What does an archaeologist study?
What type of artwork is created by a process of cutting into a flat stone or wood surface?
Select the statement that is true about an image when it is rendered from a descriptive
point of view.
2. Which two of the following terms DO NOT describe the construction of Stonehenge, or
the people who built it?
Which two of the following terms describe the construction of the prehistoric temples at
Malta, or the people who built them?
their technical innovations, including the wheel, written language, and the use of flood
control devices.
Challenge 2
1. Select the name of the king of the dead, represented as a partially-wrapped mummy.
2. Which two of the following are examples of funerary architecture?
Which two of the following are examples of funerary architecture?
Pyramid
3. Who is the ruler depicted in this sculpture?
4. What does the style of the grave goods from the tomb of Tutankhamen reveal about art
after the Amarna period?
Which of the following statements is NOT true about the stylistic changes in art brought
about during the Amarna period?
Challenge 3
1. Which aspect is NOT characteristic of Aegean cultures?
What is the term used to denote the simplification of this figure's body into triangular shapes?
2. Select the statement about Minoan art and culture that is TRUE.
What is the difference between buon fresco and secco fresco?
4. Which of the following correctly identifies a Greek deity and his or her primary
association?
5. Select the option that describes the style of this vase:
6. What physical characteristic is exhibited in this sculpture?
7. What classical order is displayed in the image?
Doric
Select the feature or characteristic that is NOT present in the image of the Parthenon.
Ionic order, Entablature, Doric order
9. Which of the following sculptures is from the Hellenistic period, just like the Nike of Samothrace?
CHALLENGE 4
1. What does this Etruscan sculpture reveal about the similarities between the
some deities in human form.
2. Which term, associated with Etruscan art and architecture, describes a coffin made of
stone that is typically adorned with sculpture?
3. Select the statement that describes BOTH the atrium and the peristyle garden.
5. Select the statement that is FALSE regarding the use of concrete over other building
materials.
Why did Roman emperors build large entertainment complexes like baths and
amphitheaters?
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7. How is the interior of the Pantheon illuminated?
8. Which two of the following statements are NOT true about architecture in the later
Roman Empire?
Challenge 5
1. What is a major tenet of Jainism?
2. What of the following is NOT a function of this artwork?
3. What is the function of a stupa?
4. What is the dharma?
5. Which individual was the Mauryan emperor who erected great pillars inscribed with his
moral edicts?
6. What is an important feature of this building?
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