Images of deities:
Can vary from culture to culture, can be male or female, and can not be represented in some cultures
Most early deities represented:
Female Fertility Goddess
The Snake Goddess is from:
Greece
From ancient Egypt came the convention of representing deities as:
Partaking of animal qualities
The Hindu God Brahman can never be:
Known
The Buddhist concept of heaven or paradise is called:
Nirvana
A Buddhist stupa, at first a mound tomb, was transformed into a relic of......?
reincarnation
Later statues of Buddha emphasized what?
Serenity
A mandala is an attempt to show what?
the cosmos
The Ziggurat of Ur is an _________.
artificial mountain (Sumerian)
Many religious structures from Stonehenge to the Pantheon use ____________ to convey their power.
Geometry
A journey to a special shrine is called a:
Pilgrimage
The Hindu God ____ is the unity in which all opposites meet- the source of good and evil, male and female.
Shiva
As see non the columns of the Parthenon, _____ is a slight swelling at the middle of a column to create a feeling of organic flexing.
Entasis
Minarets are associated with which of the following structures:
mosques
Mortality means:
being subject to death
The earliest tombs were:
hill-shaped
One example of a Stone Age tomb is:
Newgrange
The Egyptians used the pyramid form to create the meeting place for:
For the ba and the ka
The Egyptians painted important people with their heads in profile and their eyes:
In frontal positions
The Etruscan tombs were very much like:
Houses
The bronze canopy in St. Peter's by Bernini is called a:
Baldacchino
Probably the most famous Islamic mausoleum is the:
Taj Mahal
A small shrine which contains the remains of a holy person is called a:
Mausoleum
The AIDS Memorial Quilt is:
is on permanent display in Washington, DC
Tribute in Light was displayed in:
New York
Ancient tombs were often oriented to the movement of:
Celestial bodies
Goddess's important function was to promote abundant growth of corn crops:
Xilonen
The relief carving of Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc depicts:
A Mayan bloodletting ritual
The placement of nails in a kongo Power Figure represents:
a prayer request
In Mexico, small votive paintings are left in shrines to "give thanks" for an answered prayer. These paintings are referred to as:
Retablos
The Main Shrine at Ise, Japan is rebuilt every 20 years according to the beliefs of:
Shintoism
The pattern of Chartres cathedral's circular window in the north transept suggests:
A blooming rose as the symbol of Mary
The Pyramid of the sun at Teotihuac�n was the central focus of a ceremonial center adopted by the:
Aztecs
The Kandarya Mahadeva Temple was designed as:
an artificial mouton for Hindu worship in India
In the Ark of the Covenant mosaic, the central chest is symmetrically flanked by:
Seven-branched candelabras
What is NOT a feature of the Royal Mosque in Isfahan?
Representational mosaics of Allah
In Hinduism, multiple manifestations of the one supreme being are identified as:
Avatars
A large half-domed mound or_____ was built in Sanchi, India to preserve Buddhist relics for pilgrims.
Stupa
The colossal sculptures of China's Shrine to Valrocana Buddha in Longmen Caves was intended to be a:
pilgrimage destination- Buddhism
Which structure encompasses the most land?
Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuac�n, Mexico
What is NOT a component of a mosque?
Mudra
Which structure was designed with reference to the summer solstice?
Stonehenge, England
Ancient Egypt deities were usually depicted as:
animals or composites of human animal forms
T/F: The Navajo believe that Makurna are nature spirits in the forest?
False
Buddhism originated with the life of _____ who was born in _________ during the 6th century BC.
Siddhartha Gautama in Nepal, India
Representational images of Allah are ______ in Islamic art.
Prohibited
T/F: The roof of the Parthenon collapsed during and earthquake in the 17th century?
False
What are the three religions that are considered to be monotheistic faiths?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
A Circular temple to preserve relics of Nigerian Royalty:
...
The ____ was the basis for the tiered design of the Chinese Temple of Heaven in Beijing
Pagoda
_______ are symbolic hand gestures in Buddhism and Hinduism
Mudras
A term to identify the worship of multiple deities is:
Polytheistic
The theme of________ unites the Parthenon, Pantheon, Temple of Horus, and Chartres Cathedral
Religion
Spirit dolls or _____ are carved from cottonwood root and painted in symbolic colors as an educational resource about religion for Hopi children.
Kachinas
A ______ is the Judaic place of worship, assembly, and study.
Synagogue
A primary purpose of the Gabon Reliquary Guardian Figure is to:
Protect relics from evil
The terracotta figures in the underground pits surrounding Shi Huangdi's tomb were outfitted with:
Crossbows, swords, bronze spears
The peanut in the Moche civilization is:
Ceremonial food and food of honor
The tall slender towers surrounding the Taj Mahal are:
Minarets
The coiled carvings on each end of the Oseburg burial ship suggest a:
A snake
Which structure is primarily a mausoleum?
Taj Mahal
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut was plundered and vandalize in the years after Hatshepsut's death. Her portraits were defaced and records of her rule were obscured.
True
The Taj Mahal is the resting place of who?
Mumtaz Mahal (The wife of a great Shah)
The chapel of Henry VII in London's Westminster Abbey was designed with a variation of the:
Gothic Style
There is a correlation between_____ and _____.
Religion and Funerary practices
A_________is a special container or shrine to preserve pieces of clothing or body parts of a martyr, saint, or ancestor.
Reliquary
In Rome, early Christians used________as burial centers.
Catacombs
Shi Huangdi was the title for the first emperor of the____________.
Qin
The Aids Memorial Quilt is a commemorative work with a personal and_______impact.
Political
The Tribute in Light projected two powerful beams of light into the night sky to represent where the________stood.
Twin towers of the World Trade Center
What is not true about the Great Pyramids at Gizeh?
They originally had a temple balanced on top.
Rivera's fresco Day of the Dead is a reminder of:
a popular Mexican celebration
Which site contains the oldest mound tomb?
Newgrange, Ireland
Mound tombs were an innovation of Egyptian civilization.
False
What is not true about the terracotta figures found near the tomb of Shi Huangdi?
Each figure represents an executed enemy.
A replica mannequin's costume from the Royal Tomb of Sipan suggests:
Moche preference for ceremonial pageantry.
What culture was the snake goddess from?
Minoan
The goddess of Hathor:
Egyptian Deity
Great Stupa:
Sanchi, India: Siddhartha Guatama is represented symbolically here
Madonna of the Meadow, Italy
Raphael
The Isenheim Altarpiece, Germany
Matthias Gr�nwald: Shows Jesus at death- a monument both of annihilation and of redemption from sin
Sacrifice of Isaac, Florence, Italy
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Ahola Kachina, Hopi, Third Mesa, Oraibi
Jimmie Kewanwytewa
Ceiling of Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
Notre Dame du Haut
Le Corbusier
Who designed the Parthenon?
Iktinos and Kallikrates (Classical Greek Structure)
Coca Pod Coffin
Kane Kwel
Baldacchino
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Ophelia
John Everett Millais
Dia de Los Muertos, Mexico
Diego Rivera
Rebuilt World Trade Center
Studio Daniel Libeskind
What is symbolic of god in the Islamic religion?
Ornamentation
Animism
All forces of nature are inhabited by spirits- natural elements or animals are seen as dieties
First of Polytheistic gods
The Earth Mother
Greeks believed life began with what?
Gaia (Primordial being of earth)
Pantheism
There is a divine spirit that pervades all things in the universe
Oldest known monotheistic religion
Judaism
Pantheon in Rome
shrine to the chief deities of the Roman Empire
The Dome of the Rock
Jerusalem is a historic and sacred place for Jews, Christians, and Muslims
Donic Style
Plain Columns
Ionic Style
Scroll topped columns
Corinthian Style
Acanthus Leaves at the top of the columns, slimmer, elegant
Ba
Physical part of the soul believed by Egyptians
Ka
Mental part of the soul, like personality- Egyptians
The Fowling Scene
Shows an Egyptian noble hunting along the Nile River- Face to the side but eyes facing forwards
Necropolis
city of the dead
Etruscan tomb chambers were carved directly out of soft the bedrock called?
Tufa
Vast underground networks:
Catacombs
Early Christians always did what to their dead?
Buried them instead of cremating them
Taj Mahal
Surrounded by 4 Minarets, symbolizes the throne of Allah, gardens symbolize paradise
Who organized the AIDS memorial quilt?
The Names Project
Synagogue at Dura-Europos
Syria- a place of worship for Jews