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WorksheetsUnit 1- Prehistoric Art
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
The work shown was created by the
Susian culture between 4200 and 3500 B.C.E
Liangzhu culture between 3300 and 2200 B.C.E.
Tlatilco culture between 1200 and 900 B.C.E.
Lapita culture in 1000 B.C.E.
The work was found in which of the following contexts?
Painted on the wall of a cave
Buried with other grave goods
Located in a rock shelter in the mountains
Embedded in the ruins of an ancient temple
The work shown can be identified as
the Apollo 11 stones from Namibia, created c. 25,500–25,300 B.C.E.
a section of the Great Hall of the Bulls at Lascaux, created 15,000–13,000 B.C.E.
the Ambum Stone from Papua New Guinea, created c. 1500 B.C.E.
a Lapita terra cotta fragment from the Solomon Islands, created 1000 B.C.E.
The culture that created the work can be characterized as
defined by social rank and a specialization of labor
composed of groups of mobile hunters and gatherers
organized into an early farming community with domesticated animals
engaged in trade with small seafaring communities on other continents
The creator of the work shown, which is from Neolithic Papua New Guinea, carved the top into an elongated, rounded shape most likely to suggest the
curved top of a threshing flail whose handle ends in a scepter
head and upper body of an animal, conforming to the shape of a handle
upright posture of a standing human, reflecting the vertical form of a stele
shape of a blossom whose stem forms a palette used for mixing pigments
The form of the animal is represented using which of the following techniques?
Composite pose to show the figure from multiple angles
Profile so that distinctive aspects of the animal are clearly recognizable
Foreshortening to create the illusion that the animal is in motion
Overlapping extremities that convey a sense of spatial depth
In the painting of the running horned woman from Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria, the impression of movement is conveyed primarily through the use of
value contrast
radial balance
diagonal lines
organic shapes
The running horned woman from Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria, is presented using which of the following visual characteristics?
The figure is placed on a clear ground line.
The figure is represented in composite pose.
The facial features are unique and individualized.
The musculature is clearly defined.
The ceramic figurine shown from Tlatilco, Central Mexico, is characterized by
a lack of attention to the hands and feet
molded patterns on the hair and skirt
static gestures and an indifferent expression
a composite pose that shows multiple angles
The work shown from Susa, Iran, includes patterns that can best be described as
organic
naturalistic
elongated
geometric
In Neolithic China, artisans shaped jade congs by
incising them with metal tools
using cast molds
rubbing them with abrasive sand
firing liquefied clay
In the Tlatilco figurine shown, the artist created an effect of stylization through which of the following visual characteristics?
Monochromatic coloration to give a smooth, even tone to the work
A static pose to create a sense of balance and harmony
Hierarchical scale to demonstrate the central importance of the figure
Exaggerated proportions that place an emphasis on truncated arms and expansive hips
