Deck 3: Egyptian Art

Question 1

The Palette of King Narmer tells about:

A) the death of a pharaoh.
B) a royal hunt.
C) the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.
D) war with the Assyrians.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Akhenaten:

A) worshipped in the supreme deity, Osiris.
B) was half brother to Cleopatra.
C) was monotheistic.
D) united Upper and Lower Egypt.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Tutankhamun carried on the religious devotions of his predecessor Akhenaten.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The great pyramids at Giza were constructed during the Fourth Dynasty.

Question 5

What expresses visually the concept of the king as unifier?

A) the Sculpture of Khafra
B) the bas relief of Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt
C) the bas relief of King Narmer
D) the bas relief of Akhenaten and His Family

Question 6

evolved from a mastaba.

A) Post and lintel
B) Cartouche
C) Ka sculptures
D) Step pyramids

Question 7

Hatshepsut is usually shown with male attributes such as a kilt, a beard and a bare, flat chest because:

A) kingship was defined as a male office.
B) Hatshepsut was a man.
C) the new monotheistic religion dictated it.
D) Hatshepsut's real identity was a secret.

Question 8

The Palette of Narmer:

A) expresses visually the concept of the king as unifier.
B) commemorates the separation of Upper and Lower Egypt.
C) was used by Narmer's queen to grind paint for her eye paint.
D) is sculpted in high relief.

Question 9

Egyptian kings:

A) were believed to combine divine and mortal qualities.
B) ruled by the consent of their subjects.
C) were thought to live as peasants in the afterlife.
D) were unconcerned with events following their deaths.

Question 10

Imhotep:

A) designed the funerary complex of King Djoser.
B) was the sculptor of The Great Sphinx.
C) served as court artist to Akhenaten.
D) unified Upper and Lower Egypt.

Question 11

Whose was the first artist's name to have been recorded in history?

A) Imhotep
B) Menkaure
C) Akhenaten
D) Djoser

Question 12

The use of diorite in royal images:

A) expresses the king's control of distant lands.
B) makes the sculptures indestructible.
C) displays monotheistic religious values.
D) began in the New Kingdom.

Question 13

The period of Akhenaten ushered in a new artistic style and figural canon in Egyptian art.

Question 14

The Egyptian figural canon:

A) determined the ideal proportions of a human figure.
B) was the same for all members of Egyptian society.
C) dictated that all males should be represented as youthful.
D) forbade the depiction of women.

Question 15

Who was the architect of the Step Pyramid at Saqqara?

A) Djoser
B) Narmer
C) Imhotep
D) Hatshepsut

Question 16

Where is the painted relief of Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt?

A) on a pylon gate
B) on a tomb wall
C) on a palette
D) on a sarcophagus

Question 17

The portrait of Queen Tiy, chief wife of Amenhotep III went through two stages of design:

A) to suit the beliefs of Akhenaten's new monotheistic religion.
B) because the original design was rejected by the king.
C) as a result of damage by tomb robbers.
D) in order to reflect the tastes of her new husband.

Question 18

A mastaba is a(n):

A) Egyptian deity.
B) form of Egyptian stone.
C) early tomb form.
D) step in the embalming process.

Question 19

Why is Tutankhamun so well known?

A) His is the only tomb found largely unplundered.
B) He was famous for his powerful and lengthy reign.
C) He was famous for the architecture he commissioned.
D) He was famous because of his conquests in battle.

Question 20

What is the gateway of an Egyptian temple that leads to a series of pillared halls or courts called?

A) lintel
B) pylon
C) atrium
D) facade

Question 21

Examine Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt. Discuss Egyptian conventions of depicting people in painting and relief sculptures. Include in your discussion the different angles of poses, the different handling of Egyptians versus foreigners, and the significance of differences in scale.

Question 22

The Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates Rivers define and divide the Egyptian landscape.

Question 23

All eras of Egyptian religion were monotheistic.

Question 24

Interpret the meaning of the Palette of King Narmer. Explain the different ways in which its message is conveyed.

Question 25

In what ways did Egyptian religious beliefs have an impact on Egyptian art?

Question 26

Compare and contrast the treatment of the human form in the Sculpture of Khafra and the Sculpture of Seated Scribe. How do you account for the similarities and differences in these statues?

Question 27

How and why did the art style change under the rule of Akhenaten?