AP Art History

The form of the Code of Hammurabi is shaped as a

• palette

• pyxis

• stele

• frieze

The work was made in

• Egypt

• Assyria

• Persia

• Mycenae

In the Egyptian stele shown, the imagery is organized in which of the following ways?

• As a diptych framed by an outline

• As composite figures placed in registers

• As a continuous narrative displayed in columns

• As multiple scenes presented in one-point perspective

The two figures portray a

• king and his chief priest

• pharaoh and his scribe

• god and a king

• high priest and a warrior

The work serves to legitimize the

• invasion of neighboring city-states

• king's right to rule

• institution of monotheism

• authority of the priests

The visual organization of the work is meant to suggest a

• solemn procession as part of a civic ceremony

• sequence of successive events in an important narrative

• contrast between orderly control and chaotic drama

• strict hierarchy between the relative importance of the figures

In its original function, the work is most similar to the

• Palette of King Narmer

• Great Pyramids (Menkaura, Khafre, Khufu) and Great Sphinx

• Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall

• sculpture of Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters

The stylistic innovations that are evident in the relief sculpture of Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters are a result of

• the introduction of a new monotheistic religion under the Pharaoh Akhenaton

• the introduction of Asian art to New Kingdom Egypt through the Silk Road

• the rise of a wealthy Egyptian merchant class who created a demand for new types of luxury objects

• the shift of the political system during the Amarna period from a kingdom to an oligarchy

In the work shown, features of different animals were combined for the purpose of creating

• a symbolic representation of a kingdom that was made through uniting separate realms

• an imposing mythical creature that was meant to safeguard the entrance to a royal complex

• the personification of a multifaceted deity to be placed inside the shrine of a temple complex

• the symbolic portrait of a king as protector and defender of stability in the realm

How did Renaissance art differ from Medieval art?

• It was more godly

• It was more realistic, and had three dimensions

• it portrayed religious subjects

• it was more biblical