Match the vocabulary word to the correct definition
1.
Corinthian order
2.
Columns
3.
Archaic style
4.
Classical style
5.
Black-figure style
a.
Pillars or large, round, vertical structures that help support the weight of the structure overhead
b.
Style of Greek sculpture characterized by more natural poses and more skillful depictions of the human form
c.
Started in the middle of the sixth century BCE; the artists used silhouetted figures for pottery decoration.
d.
Some of the first attempts by ancient Greeks to carve stone sculptures; the results are similar to some of the statues that we find from ancient Egypt in their rigid frontal stances.
e.
Style of ancient Greek architecture that grew out of Ionic order and has many characteristics in common with Ionic order; however, the capitals of the columns are much more ornate and elaborate than those in Ionic order.
2.
Match the vocabulary word to the correct definition
1.
Great Sphinx of Giza
2.
Ka
3.
Doric order
4.
Ionic order
5.
Hellenistic style
a.
Spirit
b.
Ancient Greek style of architecture that originated in Eastern Greece
c.
Style of ancient Greek architecture that started on the mainland of Greece sometime before 600 BCE; the main characteristic is the capital or top of the column, consisting of a rounded echinus at the top of the column joined to a square called the abacus.
d.
Ancient Greek style of sculpture that features naturalistic human forms; common people, animals, and domestic scenes were included in sculptures and reliefs.
e.
This limestone statue shows a mythical sphinx with the body of a lion and the head of a man.
3.
Match the vocabulary word to the correct definition
1.
Sunk relief
2.
Ushabti
3.
Sumerians
4.
Warka Vase
a.
Small figurines that were placed in Egyptian tombs to act as a substitute for the person in case he or she was called upon to do manual labor in the afterlife
b.
Technique of sculpture that consists of cutting an image into a flat surface
c.
An alabaster vase that has carvings on it; one of the oldest known examples of relief sculpture that tells a narrative
d.
One of the earliest ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia; developed sometime after 4000 BCE in the southern part of Mesopotamia
4.
Match the vocabulary word to the correct definition
1.
Red-figure style
2.
Orientalizing style
3.
Proportional system
4.
The Palette of Narmer
5.
Mesopotamia
a.
Ancient Greek style of pottery painting that was dominant in the eighth and seventh centuries BCE and was characterized by greater representation and narrative depictions;
b.
Ancient Greek style of pottery decoration that consisted of painting the background in black and leaving the figures or scenes red
c.
One of the oldest surviving pieces of Egyptian art, it appears to have been created to mark the unification of Egypt.
d.
Called the “cradle of civilization”; it was home to ancient cultures
e.
A grid was used for many of the Egyptian sculptures, paintings, and other forms of art, creating a uniform representation.