Study Guide for Art History I (ART 22006) Exam I

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I.    Slide Identification (10 slides; 30 percent).  For this section, you should be able to identify any illustration in your text that has been shown during class. You will not be shown any architectural plan, map, or diagram in this section, just pictures of real objects and buildings that survive to this day.

For each illustration, you should be able to identify (1) the appropriate culture/period [2 percent of total exam] and (2) the appropriate date range [1 percent] from the following possibilities:

Note:  

§        This will apply all semester....Carefully evaluate each possible image on a case-by-case basis, making sure that it fits into only one of each of the above categories. In other words, if we discussed a work as being from 2750 BCE, then the only possible answer from the date range list here is D ... Don’t worry that the culture that made it may have begun in 3500 BCE.  It’s the object (or building) that matters here.  The same goes for the culture/period part...each possible slide will have only one possible answer for its provenance (where it comes from).

§        I will accept either date range for any work that might overlap the arbitrary date ranges we are using.  For example, Gardner's date for Stonehenge (Fig. 1-19) is ca. 2550 - 1600 BCE, which means that I can accept either the D or the E date range for this if shown (1 point).  Still, it's a Neolithic site, so only Neolithic will be accepted as the answer for the Culture-Period identification (2 points).  This will also apply all semester.

§       There were some strange revivals of the Sumerian and Babylonian cultures that may complicate things for you.  Figs. 2-3 and 2-14 are both Sumerian, even though these objects were made at different times, and Figs. 2-16 and 2-25 are both Babylonian. Once again, use the date of the object itself to determine the correct date range answer from the box above.  

II.    Important Terms, Concepts, Names and Places. Left-Right Comparison, Matching and Fill-in-the-Blank type questions (70 percent of total exam).  Be sure to read each question on the exam carefully. Be able to recognize a definition of, or any visual example of the terms that we discussed in class, whether found in the text or not. Many important terms are also defined in the glossary section at the end of your Gardner text that shouldn't be overlooked. 

Below is a partial list of the terms relevant to Exam I.  In other words, you may still be tested on terms or issues that are not found here in this list.

Beware that (1) many of these linked sites now have pop-up advertising in order to stay active, and (2) there may be way more information than you need on the linked page.  If you've read about this issue/technique/person in the text and/or followed along in class, then following all of these links won't likely be necessary.

additive method prehistory freestanding sculpture Stonehenge cylinder seals stele lapis lazuli iconoclasm Rosetta Stone propaganda mastaba Hatshepsut rock-cut architecture Akhenaten and Nefertiti

naturalism Neolithic "Revolution"  cuneiform Lascaux votive offering hierarchy of scale alluvial Sumeria Royal Graves at Ur lamassu hieroglyphic writing Canon of Proportions obelisks necropolis pylon temple

stylization Jericho relative dating system Çatal Höyük relief sculpture mosaic polytheism ziggurat Narmer colossus sarcophagus Tutankhamen Osiris Herodotus

post & lintel method anthropomorphic subtractive method Naram-Sin secular v. religious Hammurabi ka Imhotep Gizeh hypostyle hall cartouche Amarna Period Ramesses II and KV-5 papyrus

 

The remaining 70 percent of the exam is broken down as follows:

The Left-Right Comparison section (five pairs of slides, ten percent of exam total) challenges you to work with these important terms and issues both visually and analytically.  For example, which of these buildings is made of mudbrick, the one the left or the one on the right?  Both?  Neither? 

left

right

term: mudbrick

left a

right b

both c

neither d

 

For the fill-in-the-blank section (30 questions, 2 points each, 60 percent of exam total) an image will often be provided for you, as seen here: The continuity of Egyptian art and religion was temporarily disrupted by the actions of the unusual pharaoh _______________ during what is called the Amarna Period.               a) Tutankhamen               b) Hatshepsut         c) Akhenaten           d) Djoser              e) Sesostris III               f) Khafre                         g) Imhotep             h) Narmer                i) Ramses II          j) Tupac I

   

General Tips:

• As I’ve recommended, you should always read the relevant sections of our text before our lectures over that material. For this exam, you should have read the Introduction and Chapters 1, 2 and 3.

 

• Don't forget the Links for Exam I page is very important, too!  In addition to perhaps being entertaining at times, many of these links have been used in the formation of test questions, even if we never got around to discussion the issue in class. I also tend to form questions from issues and/or terms that are discussed in both the text and our lectures.  Note: Failure to consult this page will likely result in a score of a least a letter grade lower than what you'd like.

 

•  Get a good night's sleep and bring a #2 pencil.  Good luck!