AP ART HISTORY - UNIT 2

Name?

• Epic of Gilgamesh
• Standard of Ur
• Stele of Hammurabi
• Narmer Palette

Function?

• Makeup Palette
• Food Palette
• Paint Palette
• Cleft Palette

How does this differ from a pharaoh's portrait?

• Shows realism/ naturalism
• Contains no negative Space
• is highly idealized
• holds the KA 

The difference in media can be attributed to

• Subject’s social position
• Availability of materials
• Artist’s preference  
• Scale of sculpture

Why was this sculpture idealized?

• To show kingship/royalty?
• the KA can only live in a beautiful vessel
• The king and queen were ideally beautiful
• the sculptors could only make generic faces

the purpose of this work was

• decorative
• funerary
• intimidation
• narrative

The white temple and the great pyramids of giza are different in that the white temple:

• is in the shape of a trapezoid whereas the pyramids are in the shape of a triangle
• is seen as a religious structure whereas the pyramids are seen as secular structures
• is created out of limestone whereas the pyramids are created out of sandstone
• functions as a space for the living while the pyramids are reserved for the dead

Which is the most significant resource for understanding Egyptian civilization and religion?

• Detailed hieroglyphic records found in the Library of Alexandria
• Written accounts from ancient Greek visitors
• Egyptian Tombs with the artifacts buried inside
  
• New Kingdom Temples and their rites of sacrifice

What is a hypostyle hall?

• a row of columns
• a row of columns enclosing a perimeter
• a row of arches
• a forest of columns

Who was the intended audience for this building?

• Common people for weekly worship services
• Only the Aristocracy
• Primarily the Pharoah
• Only the gods- no humans could enter