Art 114 Midterm Ch. 3 Questions and Answers
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The first large-scale "archaeological" expedition in history came with the landing of
the French general, ___ in 1789.
Ans: Napoleon
The archaeologist who discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922 was...
Ans: Howard Carter
King Tutankhamun's mummified body was enclosed in three nested coffins with the
innermost made of...
Ans: gold
The great Greek historian ___ said "Egypt is the gift of the Nile."
Ans: Heterodotus
...are all artworks that survive from the Predynastic period of ancient Egypt.
Ans: Reliefs carved on ivory and stone, wall paintings depicting people and animals,
and decorated pottery...
After unification, Egyptian history divided into...
Ans: dynasties
The ___ is the symbol of everlasting life.
Ans: ankh
Scholars interpret the ___ as a representation of the unification of Upper and Lower
Egypt.
Ans: Narmer Palette
The Palette of ___ commemorates the unification of Egypt and signals the beginning
of the dynastic period.
Ans: King Narmer
An Egyptian convention used for representing the human figure was to show eyes
and torsos...
Ans: frontally
In the art of the Early Dynastic period after the unification of Egypt, we see an...
Ans: emphasis on kingship
For millennia, artists depicted Egyptians royals as...
Ans: a composite of multiple view points
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Scholars determined the name of the figures depicted on the Palette of Narmer
from...
Ans: heiroglyphics
The Egyptian life spirit or life force is called the...
Ans: ka
A ___ is not associated with the preservation of the ka but mummification, serdab,
and ka statue are.
Ans: palette
In Egyptian tombs, the ka statue was placed in the chamber called the...
Ans: pectoral serdab
During the Early Dynastic period, the most common tomb structure was the...
Ans: mastaba
The ___ located within the mastaba was a chapel for mourners and offerings.
Ans: serdab
A ___ is literally a "city of the dead."
Ans: necropolis
Canopic jars were special containers in tombs that were used to hold...
Ans: bodily organs
King ___ commissioned the earliest known monumental architecture in Egypt.
Ans: Djoser
___ is the first architect known in history by name.
Ans: Imhotep
Egypt's most famous pyramids are the ones at...
Ans: Giza
The oldest and largest pyramid at the Giza site is that of...
Ans: Khufu
The great pyramids at Giza are originally faced with veneer of polished...
Ans: limestone
After a king died, the body was embalmed and ferried across the Nile to the...
Ans: valley temple
The Great Sphinx is thought to be a portrait of...
Ans: King Khafre