Question 1

What are menhirs?

Accepted Answer

A)  upright rough-hewn stones 
B)  tombs, originally underground, with several large upright stones supporting a single massive capstone 
C)  prehistoric monuments found only in the British Isles 
D)  markers of the summer solstice. 
A)  upright rough-hewn stones 
B)  tombs, originally underground, with several large upright stones supporting a single massive capstone 
C)  prehistoric monuments found only in the British Isles 
D)  markers of the summer solstice.

Question 2

What developments mark the change from Old Stone Age to New Stone Age? How did these developments affect different forms of architecture?

Accepted Answer

The transition from the Old Stone Age to

Question 3

Chauvet is a cave that:

Accepted Answer

A)  contains corbelling 
B)  shows post-and-lintel construction 
C)  has Paleolithic murals 
D)  is a menhir 
A)  contains corbelling 
B)  shows post-and-lintel construction 
C)  has Paleolithic murals 
D)  is a menhir

Question 4

Paleolithic carving:

Accepted Answer

A)  often represented the human form 
B)  was made using iron tools 
C)  was usually intensely lifelike 
D)  was usually without meaning 
A)  often represented the human form 
B)  was made using iron tools 
C)  was usually intensely lifelike 
D)  was usually without meaning

Question 5

What was depicted on Paleolithic cave walls? What purpose did these images most likely serve?

Accepted Answer

Paleolithic cave walls are famous for th

Question 6

The Woman of Willendorf :

Accepted Answer

A)  was made of fired clay 
B)  is a colossal sculpture 
C)  was made of cast bronze 
D)  is 4 3/8" in size 
A)  was made of fired clay 
B)  is a colossal sculpture 
C)  was made of cast bronze 
D)  is 4 3/8" in size

Question 7

Prehistoric cave paintings were first discovered:

Accepted Answer

A)  in the late 19ᵗʰ century 
B)  during the Renaissance 
C)  by a team of archaeological experts 
D)  in France 
A)  in the late 19ᵗʰ century 
B)  during the Renaissance 
C)  by a team of archaeological experts 
D)  in France

What are menhirs?

What developments mark the change from Old Stone Age to New Stone Age? How did these developments affect different forms of architecture?

Chauvet is a cave that:

Paleolithic carving:

What was depicted on Paleolithic cave walls? What purpose did these images most likely serve?

The Woman of Willendorf :

Prehistoric cave paintings were first discovered:

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Egyptian Art

Aegean Art

Greek Art

Etruscan Art

Roman Art

Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art

Islamic Art

Early Medieval Art

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Art in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Italy

Artistic Innovations in Fifteenth-Century Northern Europe

The Early Renaissance in Fifteenth-Century Italy

The High Renaissance in Italy, 1495-1520

The Late Renaissance and Mannerism in Sixteenth-Century Italy

Renaissance and Reformation Throughout Sixteenth-Century Europe

The Baroque in Italy and Spain

The Baroque in the Netherlands

The Baroque in France and England

The Rococo

Art in the Age of the Enlightenment, 1750-1789

Art in the Age of the Romanticism, 1789-1848

The Age of Positivism

Progress and Its Discontents: Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau, 1880-1905

Toward Abstraction: the Modernist Revolution, 1905-1914

Art Between the Wars

Postwar to Postmodern, 1945-1980

The Postmodern Era: Art Since 1980

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Exam 1: Prehistoric Art

What are menhirs?

What developments mark the change from Old Stone Age to New Stone Age? How did these developments affect different forms of architecture?

Chauvet is a cave that:

Paleolithic carving:

What was depicted on Paleolithic cave walls? What purpose did these images most likely serve?

The Woman of Willendorf :

Prehistoric cave paintings were first discovered:

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Egyptian Art

Aegean Art

Greek Art

Etruscan Art

Roman Art

Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art

Islamic Art

Early Medieval Art

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Art in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Italy

Artistic Innovations in Fifteenth-Century Northern Europe

The Early Renaissance in Fifteenth-Century Italy

The High Renaissance in Italy, 1495-1520

The Late Renaissance and Mannerism in Sixteenth-Century Italy

Renaissance and Reformation Throughout Sixteenth-Century Europe

The Baroque in Italy and Spain

The Baroque in the Netherlands

The Baroque in France and England

The Rococo

Art in the Age of the Enlightenment, 1750-1789

Art in the Age of the Romanticism, 1789-1848

The Age of Positivism

Progress and Its Discontents: Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau, 1880-1905

Toward Abstraction: the Modernist Revolution, 1905-1914

Art Between the Wars

Postwar to Postmodern, 1945-1980

The Postmodern Era: Art Since 1980

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