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Art History (Ancient Art ) (A guaranteed) Ancient Art 22000 BC-400 AD Milestone 2. Which of the following qualities are present in this painting from Lascaux? • Memory image, optical perspe ... ctive • Stele, hieratic scale • Twisted perspective, stele • Hieratic scale, memory image Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of sculpture at the Parthenon? • Panathenaic procession • Lamassu • Chryselephantine • Phidian wet drapery What is an important trait Minoan artworks share? • An interest in nature and the natural world. • Earth-toned colors. • The importance of the sea. • The absence of men. Which of the following sculptures is from the Hellenistic period? Select the statement that is FALSE about Yakshi figures. • Yakshi are female earth spirits that have ties to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. • These figures are spirits associated with fertility and protection. • They are often depicted as voluptuous female figures with wide hips. • The Yakshi figures date from the same period as the city of Teotihuacan. Etruscan temples were highly inspired by the architecture of the __________. • Minoans • Greeks • Ancient Egyptians • Sumerians Compare and contrast the Parthenon to the Pont du Gard. Select the option that is reflective of the Pont du Gard. • Made of concrete fill with stone veneer • Post and lintel — can only span a short space • Doric order • Built to gain popular approval Which of the following works of art is from the Amarna Period? Select the trait of Mycenaean architecture that is represented in this image. • Votive figures • Beehive tombs • Corbeled vault • Cyclopean construction Which of the following characteristics describe the Sumerian Ziggurat as a devotional object? • Hands clasped in offering, holy mountain • Holy mountain, gods dwell above humans • Attentive gaze, hands clasped in offering • Gods dwell above humans, attentive gaze Which of the following correctly describes the "Fertile Crescent?" • A Mesopotamian temple in the form of a pyramid tower with winding stories • A type of civic design intended to impress or intimidate viewers • An area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers • [Show More]

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