Exam 1: Prehistory and the First Civilizations

Attribute the images on the screen to a culture and give an approximate date.Explain your attributions,using complete sentences and referring to specific works discussed in class.

Which object commemorated the unification of Egypt?

How does this image represent the divine status of the king?

Which object represents the beginning of monumental sculpture in the ancient world?

What is one of the suggested functions of this figure?

How is the Akkadians concept of royal power illustrated in their art?

Contrast the approach to human figural representation between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods.Include in your argument the differences and similarities.Be specific in your discussion and use examples to support your essay.

Stele of Hammurabi presents the ruler's famous ____.

What does this structure say about Ramses II?

Paleolithic paintings are generally found ____.

Paleolithic artists produced many ____ figurines.

Paleolithic artists usually represented animals in ____.

Most surviving Egyptian art and architecture is ____.

Persian relief sculpture is more ____ than Assyrian reliefs.

Evaluate the social and economic changes that took place in human development from the Paleolithic through the Neolithic periods and the ways in which art was affected by those changes.Use examples to support your essay.

Egyptian art has been said to express ____.

Paleolithic animal paintings could not be described as ____.