WorksheetsEGYPTIAN ART UNIT
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
Date
1.
What role did having extra food have on the people of early Egypt?
a)
High rates of heart attacks.
b)
Not everyone had to be a hunter or farmer. They could have professions: teacher, doctor, merchant etc...
c)
Too much obesity.
d)
Greed and hoarding of food.
2.
Who is Imhotep?
a)
He was the first artist/architect in known history.
b)
He was the first known scholar.
c)
He was brother of Cleopatra.
d)
He was a famous Egyptian chef
3.
What was Imhotep's importance in the history of art?
a)
He built a solid stone structure rising 20 stories in the desert air.
b)
He built the first step pyramid King Zoser.
c)
He built skyscrapers
d)
He painted Tutenkhamun's portrait.
4.
What was the purpose of 'the pyramid'?
a)
For tourists to visit.
b)
Tomb for the Pharaohs and all of their possessions.
c)
A place to hide the Pharaohs gold.
d)
Community center for the people of Egypt.
5.
What are the three main historical periods of Ancient Egypt?
a)
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.
b)
Ancient, Old and New
6.
How would you best describe sculpture of the Old Kingdom?
a)
Bodies are rigid, looking forward; no open spaces, legs attached; very stylized
b)
soft and flowing; bodies are fluid;
c)
Cut into cliff and partly built out of post and lintel styleTerraced walls, colonnadesWooden carved and painted to create the illusion of reality.
d)
Greek in nature.
7.
Describe architecture and art from the middle Kingdom...
a)
Stylized and formal appearance, Arms rigid, Faces look straight ahead, Left foot slightly forward, No open spaces, Not realistic.
b)
Informal and flowing; right foot slightly forward.
8.
What was the temple of Amun at Karnak built for?
a)
Worship of the gods and home for priests
b)
Huge complex of buildings including pylons or entrance ways
c)
Courtyards-halls-chambers-passageways
d)
All of the above
9.
What is descriptive perspective ?
a)
More important figures are larger than less important ones. Careful design and placement of figures.
b)
Figures are organized in alphabetical order.
10.
Why was the discovery of King Tut's tomb important?
a)
shows wealth and mummification process of the time.
b)
it is worth a lot of money
c)
His wife thought we should find it.
d)
Because it was lost.
11.
What is a sculpture in the round?
a)
A sculpture fully 3 dimensional and not attached to a wall
b)
A wall sculpture.
c)
A round base with a sculpture
d)
A sculpture that moves in a circle.
12.
What is a relief carving?
a)
a relief carving is when a flat surface has its negative space carved away, revealing objects or people as a raised surface
b)
It is when you carve away the positive space.
13.
What does this image symbolize?
a)
life and infinity
b)
creation and rebirth
14.
How did Egyptian artists make relief carvings of the human figure expressive?
a)
Carved in hieratic scale to show his or her importance and added hieroglyphics
b)
they painted them
c)
they added hieroglyphics
d)
they emphasized their faces
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