Ancient Art Flashcards
The Louvre is located in the city of ___ and is often considered the most famous museum of the world
Paris
The Louvre served as a medieval fortress and a royal palace before it was transformed into a museum in 1793 during the _____.
French Revolution
Americans used the phrase ____ East or ___ East to distinguish this area of the world from the ___East which was used to refer to places like China and japan. These are ___ terms.
Middle, Near, Far, ethnocentric
Mesopotamia’s invented a style of writing and record-keeping known as ___
cuneiform
Monumental architecture of Mesopotamia was usually designed to glorify the deeds of famous kings and warriors such as ___ of Akkad.
Sargon
One of the art forms perfected in Mesopotamia was ___ which literally translates to ___.
terra cotta, baked earth
An example of terra cotta is a head of a lion that symbolically guarded a temple in _________.
Babylon
A prime example of cuneiform gives details about the fall of ___, home of the Biblical figure we know as ___.
Ur, Abraham
Egyptian art often uses the symbol of a ___ to depict the king.
Falcon
Egyptian scribes keep records on __.
Papyrus
Egyptian pottery indicates their excellence in the ___ arts and gives us an appreciation for how much work and artistry went in these “pots”.
applied
If we had to put this much work into making everything we use to “carry stuff around,” what would be different about our society?
less garbage
Amphores were ___ used to transport and store “vin”, which is the French word for ___.
vessels, wine
The unique shape of the Egyptian vessels were because?
they were transported and unloaded in sand
The Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was the bodily incarnation of the falcon-god ___
Horus
