Exam 3: Art of Ancient Egypt

What were the ideal proportions that the Egyptians established for the human form?

The female pharaoh __________ was one of the few women to have ruled Egypt.

Architects of the New Kingdom expanded earlier temple designs to include all of the following features EXCEPT:

The _________ located within a mastaba was a chapel for mourners and offerings.

How is the lesser rank of the servants demonstrated in Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt ?

The ______________ was moved to higher ground in the 1960s when the Aswan High Dam was built.

How might the pyramids have been constructed?

The great pyramids at Giza were originally faced with a veneer of polished___________.

The __________ is the symbol of everlasting life.

Akhenaten and His Family is an example of __________relief, in which the flat surface of the stone serves as a background and the outlines of figures are deeply incised.

The text on the Stele of the Sculptor Userwer asks the viewer to ____________.

The type of stone used for the statue of Khafre ______________ producing a rare optical effect.

Historians refer to the reign of Akhenaten as the _____________period.

Along with possessing a religious meaning, pictorial reliefs in tombs also ____________.

Prominent individuals, who were not of royal descent, were typically represented in more __________postures in Old Kingdom sculpture.

Walls of the tomb of Queen Nefertari were covered with brilliantly colored _____________.

How were the Egyptian kings revered during the Early Dynastic period?

Where were ordinary people allowed to go in the Great Temple of Amun?

What is depicted in the Palette of Narmer?

One of the tests that Egyptians had to undergo to enter successfully into the afterlife was to _________________.