AP Art History Mrs. Wiener Test on Egyptian and Aegean art: Part I. Multiple choice.

Circle the best answer for each question. 1. The shape of pyramids is associated with the pharaohs role as a) ruler of Upper Egypt b) ruler of Lower Egypt c) sun god d) tamer of chaos 2. The Pyramids at Gizeh were from a) the Pre-Dynastic era b) the Old Kingdom c) the Middle Kingdom d) the New Kingdom 3. The Stepped Pyramid at Saqqara was from a) the Pre-Dynastic era b) the Old Kingdom c) the Middle Kingdom d) the New Kingdom 4. Hatshepsuts tomb was from a) the Pre-Dynastic era b) the Old Kingdom c) the Middle Kingdom d) the New Kingdom 5. All of the following were common media in Egyptian art except a) limestone b) marble c) wood d) gold e) diorite 6. Ti watching the hippopotamus hunt has or is all of the following except a) a wall relief b) subjugation of chaos c) passage to the afterlife d) hierarchy of scale e) Tis children

7. Naturalism can be found in Egyptian art in all of the following except: a) plants and animals b) depictions of scribes c) depictions of noblemen d) depictions of the pharaoh 8. Atlantids are a) hypostyle halls b) pharaohs c) always shown with a uraeus d) columns with men replacing the column shafts e) Amen-Re 9. The first hypostyle hall can be seen at a) the Temple at Karnak b) the Temple at Saqqara, Djosers Precinct c) Hatshepsuts Temple d) the Temple of Horus at Edfu 10. All of the following are buon fresco except a) La Parisienne b) Spring Landscape with Swallows c) Fowling Scene d) Bull-Leaping 11. The favored light colors and fluid lines, while the architecture and coarse stone work. a) Egyptians; Minoans b) Egyptians; Mycenaeans c) Mycenaeans; Minoans d) Minoans; Mycenaeans 12. are associated with Cyclopean masonry. a) Minoans b) Egyptians c) Kings of the Amarna period d) Mycenaeans e) Cyclopes favored heavy

13. The first round building is attributed to a) Minoans b) Egyptians c) Kings of the Amarna period d) Mycenaeans e) Cyclopes

14. The purpose of the first tholos was probably a) religious b) funerary c) ornamental d) historical e) mythological 15. Placement of the columns in the Knossos palace ensured a) a dramatic entry into the palace b) the king would be surrounded by the columns in the megaron c) better light in the stairwells d) better light in the palaces bedrooms e) nothing 16. The word labyrinthine can be used to describe a) Ramses II temple at Abu Simbel b) Djosers Stepped Pyramid c) the palace at Knossos d) the Mycenaean citadel e) beehive tombs 17. The precursor to the Greek temple is a) the megaron in the Mycenaean citadel b) the palace at Knossos c) Ramses II temple at Abu Simbel d) Djosers Stepped Pyramid e) Hatshepsuts temple 18. Which of the following did the Mycenaeans invent to span a doorway? a) post-and-lintel construction b) the arch c) the corbelled arch d) the relieving triangle e) none of the above 19. Cycladic statuettes were done in a) Egypt b) diorite c) limestone d) marble e) the palace at Knossos

20. All of the following can be said of the funerary mask from Mycenae except a) It has complete optical accuracy b) It was done in gold c) It was done using the technique of repousse d) It depicts a mans face and beard

Part II. Answer the following questions about the slides shown: 21. a) List the conventions of Egyptian sculpture that are shown here. b) List the conventions of Egyptian pharaonic sculpture that are shown here. 22. Name any artwork that is roughly contemporaneous with this artwork. 23. Explain three of the iconographic symbols on this artwork. During what period was this artwork made and for what purpose? 24. What civilization created the artwork? What influenced this civilization and how can that influence be seen in the artwork?

Part III. Essay. Compare and contrast the two works shown in the slide. Discuss date, medium, style, subject matter and purpose and function of the works.