Study Guide Unit I Exam Remember to review the reading guide posted on learning suite, as well as discussion questions

on the literature powerpoints. Prehistory

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Significance of the horses at Chauvet? Symbolic significance of cave paintings deep in the earth? Why are the prehistoric sculptures of women called venuses? What details make the Venus of Willendorf a fertility figure? Was it originally painted? Why doesnt the Venus of Willendorf have a face? What was the purpose of megalithic structures in France and Britian? What accounts for the emergence of architecture? Why the rise of agriculture?

Ancient Cultures Mesopotamian- Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian - How did this art function as propaganda? - What is a ziggurat? What is its symbolism? - What was the significance of the Law code of Hammurabi? - Significance of the Epic of Gilgamesh? What does he gain? Egyptian - Funerary tradition: what specific works/artifacts illustrate Egyptian concern with death and the afterlife? - What is an ankh? What does it symbolize? - Concept of ruler? Different than concept of Mesopotamian ruler? - After you die what test will you face? - Function of the pyramids? - How was Akhenaton an eccentric ruler? o How was the style and mood of the art different during his rule? Greece Ancient Greece Cyclades - what do we know about this culture? Minoan -why did Minoans sacrifice bulls? What did they represent? -What greek myth is associated with the ancient culture of the Minoans? -what dominated Minoan art? Mycenaean - What greek epic is associated with the ancient culture of the Mycenaeans? - What dominated the art of the Mycenaeans? Early Greek Art & Archaic Style - know the artistic style and characteristics

-archaic sculpture- what influenced this style? -know the evolution of the Kouros -contrast with the sculptures of the Egyptians -significance of Olympics? Culturally? Religiously? Hellenic Greece - know the artistic style and characteristics - What is the golden section? Where do we see it in Greek art? - Who was Polyclitus? What contribution did he make to art? Why is his Doryphoros important? - Why was the Parthenon built? What did it symbolize? Specific sculptures that reflect this symbolism? - What is humanism? How do we see it in the arts of the time period? - Origins of Greek Theatre? Hellenistic Greece - know the artistic style and characteristics Compare Hellenic art to Hellenistic art Praxiteles Aphrodite of Knidos- significance? Philosophy -pre-socratic philosophers? What was their interest? Who were the sophists? What was their concern? -How did Socrates differ from the Sophists? -what was the term for Socrates method of instruction? (other than the Socratic Method) -How is The Allegory of the Cave a parable for Platos theory of idealism (realm of forms) -What did Plato think about perception? Physical/material? Rome - know the artistic style and characteristics - The Arch- know all the variations and their implications - be able to recognize these visually - What two cultures did Rome claim as their origins? - Know the Etruscan founding myth of Rome. - Why does Virgil write the Aeneid? - What is pietas? Any examples in art/literature? - Roman politics- why was Julius Caesar a problem? - Augustus of Primaporta as propaganda? - What values were most important to Augustus? How did he try to enforce them? - Verism?