Art History Milestone 2
1. wedge-shaped characters used in writing by the ancient Akkadians, Assyr-ians,
Babylonians: cuneifrom
2. small, incised sculptures that appear to be a set of disembodied eyes;possible a
form of votive: eye idols
3. temple shaped like a pyramid tower, winding and round, and having a
number of stories: ziggurat
4. paleolithic, artifacts: two of the following terms that could be used to describethe
earliest works of prehistoric art?
5. circumambulation: the main way that a practitioner of buddhism would interactwith
the Great Stupa at Sanchi is known as
6. Ashoka: was an important Buddhist king of 3rd century BC in India, knownfor
his edicts, posted at the top of monumental pillars
7. archaic: period in Greek art when a sculpture of the human figure was stiff and
unnatural in appearance is known as the period
8. a prayer hall in a buddhist or jain shrine: TRUE art Chaitya Hall
9. doric order: which feature is specific to the parthenon
10. pylon temple: NOT a key characteristic of necropolis?
11. with the discovery of bronze alloys, many tools and weapons were madeout of
bronze: why is the aegean period of prehistory referred to as the bronze age?
12. roman architecture uses both freestanding and engaged columns on theexterior
of buildings: how did roman architecture differ from greek architecture?
13. they act as protective deities: what is the function of the lamas figures in thepalace
of sargon 11?
14. large tombs decorated with replicas of everything needed for the afterlife-
: etruscan
15. beautiful marble temples decorated with columns and sculpture: greek
16. huge civic buildings, such as baths, built by emperors to win the favor ofthe
people: roman
17. no public buildings
entrance of home through hole in roofno
axial plan: catal huyuk
18. eliminate all earthly desires and thus suffering: how does a follower of
buddhism reach enlightenment
19. small rooms located on the edges of courtyards: cubicula
20. an open-roofed court in the center of an ancient roman house: atrium
21. A cistern or pool into which water from the roof ran in both ancient Greeceand
ancient Rome: impluvium
, Art History Milestone 2
22. provides protective personification of life and female energymeant
to emphasize female physical features
meant to present the dharma to the visitor: what is the role of yakshi in architec-ture
23. the columns: the corinthian order applies to which feature of the pantheon?
24. themes of energy and liveliness: what element below would you expect to findin
minoan art?
25. chimera of arezzo
aule metele
capitoline wolf: works of etruscan
26. pediment: triangular element on the front and back of a greek temple is knownas
27. mastaba: what earlier egyptian structure formed the basis for the design of the
pyramid?
28. beehive tombs: the tait of the mycenaean architecture that is represented inthis
image?
29. process of extracting parts of an idea or concept not specific or detailed-
: abstraction
30. an image that remains in the mind of something previously experienced: -
memory image
31. early stage of prehistory characterized by the development of stone tools,sculpted
figures and paintings on cave walls: paleolithic
32. sculpture technique that uses a process of cutting into a flat surface: wood,stone,
material, by chiseling or gouging: relief sculpture
33. type of sculpture that is completely free-standing, not attached to a flatsurface:
sculpture in the round
34. approximate representation of a three-dimensional form on a flat two-di-
mensional surface: descriptive point of view
35. view from a fixed perspective: optical view
36. when you view a form where the upper half is a frontal pose ahalf is nd the lower
a side view: twisted perspective
37. farming or relating to land: agrarian
38. system of step support elements: corbelling
1. wedge-shaped characters used in writing by the ancient Akkadians, Assyr-ians,
Babylonians: cuneifrom
2. small, incised sculptures that appear to be a set of disembodied eyes;possible a
form of votive: eye idols
3. temple shaped like a pyramid tower, winding and round, and having a
number of stories: ziggurat
4. paleolithic, artifacts: two of the following terms that could be used to describethe
earliest works of prehistoric art?
5. circumambulation: the main way that a practitioner of buddhism would interactwith
the Great Stupa at Sanchi is known as
6. Ashoka: was an important Buddhist king of 3rd century BC in India, knownfor
his edicts, posted at the top of monumental pillars
7. archaic: period in Greek art when a sculpture of the human figure was stiff and
unnatural in appearance is known as the period
8. a prayer hall in a buddhist or jain shrine: TRUE art Chaitya Hall
9. doric order: which feature is specific to the parthenon
10. pylon temple: NOT a key characteristic of necropolis?
11. with the discovery of bronze alloys, many tools and weapons were madeout of
bronze: why is the aegean period of prehistory referred to as the bronze age?
12. roman architecture uses both freestanding and engaged columns on theexterior
of buildings: how did roman architecture differ from greek architecture?
13. they act as protective deities: what is the function of the lamas figures in thepalace
of sargon 11?
14. large tombs decorated with replicas of everything needed for the afterlife-
: etruscan
15. beautiful marble temples decorated with columns and sculpture: greek
16. huge civic buildings, such as baths, built by emperors to win the favor ofthe
people: roman
17. no public buildings
entrance of home through hole in roofno
axial plan: catal huyuk
18. eliminate all earthly desires and thus suffering: how does a follower of
buddhism reach enlightenment
19. small rooms located on the edges of courtyards: cubicula
20. an open-roofed court in the center of an ancient roman house: atrium
21. A cistern or pool into which water from the roof ran in both ancient Greeceand
ancient Rome: impluvium
, Art History Milestone 2
22. provides protective personification of life and female energymeant
to emphasize female physical features
meant to present the dharma to the visitor: what is the role of yakshi in architec-ture
23. the columns: the corinthian order applies to which feature of the pantheon?
24. themes of energy and liveliness: what element below would you expect to findin
minoan art?
25. chimera of arezzo
aule metele
capitoline wolf: works of etruscan
26. pediment: triangular element on the front and back of a greek temple is knownas
27. mastaba: what earlier egyptian structure formed the basis for the design of the
pyramid?
28. beehive tombs: the tait of the mycenaean architecture that is represented inthis
image?
29. process of extracting parts of an idea or concept not specific or detailed-
: abstraction
30. an image that remains in the mind of something previously experienced: -
memory image
31. early stage of prehistory characterized by the development of stone tools,sculpted
figures and paintings on cave walls: paleolithic
32. sculpture technique that uses a process of cutting into a flat surface: wood,stone,
material, by chiseling or gouging: relief sculpture
33. type of sculpture that is completely free-standing, not attached to a flatsurface:
sculpture in the round
34. approximate representation of a three-dimensional form on a flat two-di-
mensional surface: descriptive point of view
35. view from a fixed perspective: optical view
36. when you view a form where the upper half is a frontal pose ahalf is nd the lower
a side view: twisted perspective
37. farming or relating to land: agrarian
38. system of step support elements: corbelling
