Art History

The White Temple and its ziggurat symbolize all of the following EXCEPT

• the gods required their buildings to be of mud-brick to represent the impermanence of life

• the gods live in a place high above the mortals

• the gods live in relative seclusion at the top of a ziggurat, approachable by a select few

• the gods have a central role in daily life

The image provided is a picture of...

• Cave Hands artwork from Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas

• Cave Hound artwork from Rio de Janiero, Brazil

• Cave Hands artwork from Cantabria, Spain

• Caven Hands artwork from Tadrart Acacus, Southwestern Libya

The image is taken where....

• Lascaux, France

• Sulawesi and Borneo, Indonesia

• Altamira, Spain

• Cueva de las Manos, Argentina

The name of the building (pictured)

• Ziggurat of Ire

• Ziggurat of Ur

• Ziggurat of Oz

• Ziggurat or Ore

Sumerian art employed a variety of materials, including limestone, alabaster, bronze, and gold. Precious materials, such _______, were also used in jewellery and inlays, adding vibrant colours and luxurious aesthetics to the artworks.

• osmium

• ruthenium

• lapis lazuli

• rhodium

A rectangular superstructure of ancient Egyptian tombs, built of mud brick or, later, stone, with sloping walls and a flat roof.

• Mausoleum

• Mastaba

• Arboretum

• Pyre

In the Great Hall of the Bulls at Lascaux, the placement of the paintings within caves has led scholars to suggest that the paintings

• mark the graves of individuals

• provide evidence of ritual activity

• decorated the living spaces of Paleolithic rulers

• served as a backdrop for large community feasts

Although the cave paintings in the Great Hall of the Bulls at Lascaux were originally interpreted as depictions of hunting scenes, they have more recently been interpreted as paintings intended to

• warn people about dangerous animals threatening villages

• portray scenes of animal domestication

• document a series of animal-based rituals

• tell a mythic narrative of human origins

The work was created using

• standardized molds for uniform appearance and size

• hand-shaped clay and a sharp instrument to incise details

• early forging and casting techniques

• found stones that seemed to suggest bodily forms

The White Temple and its ziggurat had all of the following design elements EXCEPT

• it has tapered sides for the purpose of washing off rain water

• it has a small interior chamber that held the tomb of the King

• it was originally painted to relieve the oppressiveness of the color of mud

• the entire structure was meant to physically and symbolically represent a mountain