VA17 Art History I
MIDTERM EXAM
Three essay questions each worth 30% of total test grade
1. “Gudea”
Versus
“Akhenaten”
As you describe the personal and cultural values embedded in these two sculptures,
contrast these two political leaders and their cultures
2. “Black Bull”
Versus
“Tutankhamen on a Leopard”
Describe the changing role of animals as you contrast Paleolithic and Egyptian art and
culture.
3. “Reindeer with a Square”
Versus
“Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren
and Mycerinus”
Describe how this prehistoric cave painting is a precursor of the great pyramids at Giza.
VA17 Art History I
Slides for Midterm Exam
Prehistoric
Black Bull, cave painting from Lascaux, 15000BC, Paleolithic
Wounded Bison, cave painting from Altamira, 15000 BC, Paleolithic
Ritual Dance, rock engraving, 10000 BC, Paleolithic
Bison, carved reindeer horn, 15000 BC, Paleolithic
Venus of Willendorf, carved stone, 25000BC, Paleolithic
Plastered Skull, Jericho, 7000 BC, Neolithic
Dolmen, Carnac, 1500 BC, Neolithic
Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, 2000 BC, Neolithic
Near Eastern
White Temple Ziggurat, Urak, 3500 BC, Sumerian
Female Head, Marble, 3500 BC, Sumerian
Abu Figures, 2700 BC, Sumerian
Ram and Tree, Ur, 2600 BC, Sumerian
Inlay Panel from the Soundbox of a Harp, 2600 BC, Sumerian
Head of an Akkadian Ruler, 2300 BC, Akkadian
Head of Gudea, 2150 BC, Neo-Sumerian
Stele of the Law Code of Hammurabi, 1760 BC, Babylonian
Ashurnasirpal II Killing Lions, 850 BC, Assyrian
Dying Lioness, 650 BC, Assyrian
Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes, 500 BC, Persian
Egyptian
Palette of Narmer, 3000 BC, Egyptian
Portrait Panel of Hesy-Ra, 2660 BC, Egyptian
Step Pyramid of King Zoser, 2600 BC, Egyptian
Pyramids of Mycerinus, Cheops, and Chefren, 2530-2470, BC, Egyptian
Chefren, diorite, 2500 BC, Egyptian
Mycerinus and his Queen, 2499 BC, Egyptian
Rahotep and Nofret, 2580 BC, Egyptian
Seated Scribe, 2400 BC, Egyptian
Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt, 2400 BC. Egyptian
Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, 1480 BC, Egyptian
Akenaten,Limestone relief, 1360 BC, Egyptian
Nefertiti, painted limestone 1360, BC, Egyptian
Coffin Cover of Tutankhamen, 1340 BC, Egyptian