Which Of The Following Works Of Art Was Created First
Question: The Ziggurat at Ur can best be described as a:
Sumerian burial ground
b. fortified city-state
c. palace for Naram-Sin
d. Sumerian temple base
Answer: D:Sumerian temple base
Question: Ishtar Gate, with its relief decorations of a dragon, lion and bull, comes from the city of:
a. Lagash
b. Persepolis
c. Ur
d. Babylon
Answer: D:Babylon
Question: Bull-headed capitals would most likely be found in
a. Lascaux
b. Jericho
c. Persia
d. Israel
Answer: C:Persia
Question: The new concept of godlike sovereignty can be described by the representations of ____, the king who
appeared as a god in Mesopotamian Akkadian art.
a. Urnanshe
b. Naram-Sin
c. Eannatum
d. Gilgamesh
Answer: B: Naram-Sin
Question: Use of glazed brickwork is most characteristic of the city of ____.
a. Lascaux
b. Stonehenge
c. Babylon
d. Jericho
Answer: C: Babylon
Question: The stylistic conventions of rigidly frontal symmetry, abnormally large eyes, and tightly clasped hands are most characteristic of the early art of ____.
a. Jerichob.
b.Çatal Höyük
c. Sumer
d. Babylon
Answer: C: Sumer
Question: The White Temple, Uruk is oriented to the ____.
a. Orion constellation
b. Cardinal points of the compass
c. Persian Gulf
d. North
Answer: B:Cardinal points of the compass
Question: A predominant theme or themes found in the narrative reliefs of the Assyrians was or were:
a. the sun disk, Aton
b. war and hunting
c. scenes of the afterlife
d. animal fables
Answer: B:war and hunting
Question: Persian relief figure sculpture can be distinguished from earlier Mesopotamian styles by:
a. the bulging muscles
b. use of extremely large eyes
c. a preference for nudity
d. forms are more rounded
Answer: D: forms are more rounded
Question: Which of the following best describes the Standard of Ur?
a. early example of an official account of the rulers of Sumer.
b. early example of an official account of import goods.
c. early example of mythological narrative.
d. early example of historical narrative.
Answer: D:early example of historical narrative.