ART FINAL PART 1

In the Paleolithic period, sprinkled powders and beads were found in ​.

• gravesites

• temples

• ziggurats

• pyramids

According to archaeologists, the first known examples of artistic creativity are

• monumental ziggurats

• cave paintings of animals

• pieces of engraved ochre

• pottery with abstract designs

Stone tools and cave paintings are characteristic of ​.

• Neolithic art

• Paleolithic art

• Mesopotamian art

• Ancient Egyptian art

Some scholars believe that the Woman of Willendorf depicts

•  a female ruler

• the figure of a shaman

• a hunter-gatherer

• the Great Mother Goddess

Which of the following characteristics are shared by the Hohle Fels Figure and the Woman of Willendorf?

• naturalistic details

• hierarchic scale

• exaggerated female body parts

• abstract petroglyphs

What distinguishes the imagery in the Chauvet Cave from that of the Great Gallery in Horseshoe Canyon?

• The images are pictographs

• The figures are naturalistic

• The figures are in hierarchic scale

• The artist included hieroglyphs

Petroglyphs are made by ​.

• painting on a rock wall or mud building

• scratching an image onto a stone surface

• carving a form into tusk or bone

• modeling designs on clay vessels 

Archaeologists speculate that the human figures painted in the Great Gallery of Horseshoe canyon portray

• shamanic rituals

• deities

• royal figures

• hunting events

Which of the following is an example of Paleolithic art?

• Stonehenge

• the wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun

• the Warka vase

• the Hohle Fels Figure

In the Neolithic period, the production of clay storage pots was the direct result of the

• needs of hunting and gathering

• agricultural revolution

• development of burial practices

• increase in ritual offerings at temples