A recurring approach(s) to representation throughout the Ancient Near
East include(s):
use of composite view, and the balance of naturalism and abstraction
During the Neolithic period, after the Paleolithic period and the
Ice-Age ended:
architecture began, and representations of humans in art increased
The Assyrian relief of king Ashurbanipal hunting lions, which
included the dying lioness, showed:
the kings' power and strength, and that the artists had great powers
of observation
In Sumerian art, the hierarchy of social classes was expressed in:
the design of the ziggurat, and the size of votive figures
The "Venus" of Willendorf probably represented
the idea of fertility and its importance
The following culture(s) had a hierarchical society in which
different classes had different rights and privileges:
Egyptian and Sumerian
Prehistoric cave painters used:
mineral and plant pigments, brushes, spray painting, and come-and-go-outlines
The part(s) of the body that had special symbolic significance in
ancient art:
hair and eyes
Egyptian art was strongly influenced by the following cultural
circumstances and factors:
the Nile River, belief in the "ka", and the absolute
authority of the pharaoh
The earliest building construction techniques included:
post-and-lintel
The Egyptian canon for representing the human figure included:
figural proportions, composite view, and hierarchy of importance
Pictorial devices used by ancient artists to indicate the most
important figure in an image include:
larger size, and higher placement on the pictorial surface
In Egyptian sculpture, harder stone could be used to show:
status/importance of the subject, eternal life, and the strength and
power of the person represented
Subjects frequently represented in Ancient Mesopotamian art include:
kings or other rulers
The composite view was used by ancient artists:
to describe the body and indicate the figure has symbolic meaning