Art History Segment 1 Study Guide

1. Architecture: Catal Huyuk, Ziggurat at Ur, Sargon's palace, Egyptian architecture, Assyrian
Palaces, Great Sphinx, Athena Parthenos temple, Parthenon, Psuedo Dipteral, San Vitale,
Santa Costanza, Hagia Sophia, Pont-du-Gard, Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
2. Artists( know their artworks, style and culture they belong to): Lamassu, Giotto, Van Eyck,
Polyklietos, Euphronios, Hadrian
3. Artworks/ Artifacts ( culture they belong to, design, characteristics): Book of Durrow,
Barberini Ivory, Votive Statuettes from Eshnunna, Venus of Willendorf, Standard of Ur,
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, Snake Goddess sculpture, Chauvet, Stonehenge, Stele of
Hammurabi, Fresco of a Fisherman from Akrotiri, Boxing Boys Fresco From

Akrotiri, Santorini, Mantiklos Apollo, Cappella degli Scrovegni, Arnolfini Portrait, statue of
doryphorus or spear carrier, Ebbo Gospels
4. Cultures (style/ characteristics, time period, basic information): Sumerians, Ancient Near
Eastern ethnic groups, Persian, Assyrian art, Akkadians, Roman Republican art, Neolithic
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period, Egyptians, Minoan, Etruscan, Roman, Greek, Mycenaean, Hiberno-Saxon art,

Influences of the Amarna period
Know the difference between the 4 Roman styles
Gudeas portrait emphasized what?
What is Hammurabi known for?
How is the Byzantine portrayal of Christ similar to Early Christian portrayal?
What are the elements of prehistoric cave paintings and what part of the cave are they found
What is twisted perspective?
What color is lapis lazuli?
Characteristics of the mosaic decoration of the Daphni Monastery and Hagia Sophia.
Characteristics of Byzantine art
What does the goat in Early Christian art represent?
Know the order for Greek vase painting types
Define squinch, loculi, and pendentives?
Augustus role in classic great art
Characteristics of the High Classical period of Greek art
Characteristic of the Hellenistic period of Greek art
Time frame of the late Gothic period
Know the basilica-plan structure
What did Romans borrow from Etruscan temples
Characteristics of Romanesque architectural sculpture
Which nation carried on the traditions of the Byzantine Empire after it fell
Know the characteristics of Etruscan art including the Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Know the characteristics of Romanesque Architecture and Sculpture including the reliquary

of the head of St. alexander

28. How does the Gothic relief sculpture, Adoration of the Magi, reflect another culture's
influence

29. Who is the emperor portrayed in San Vitale

30. Matthew the Evangelist, Luke the Evangelist, and Mark the Evangelist are represented as
what symbols
31. What did Augustus commission?
32. What did Emperor Trajan commission
33. Chronological order of Cimabue, Giotto, Martini, Pisano