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  1. A polytheist culture means what?
A culture that believes in many gods.

  1. What binder was used in Ancient Egypt to polychrome sculptures specifically?
Bees' wax

  1. We have seen two different plant forms on the tops of Ancient Egyptian columns and in a great deal of the visual art they created.  
Name the water plants species?
i. Lotus
ii. Papyrus

  1. Two lands emerged "Upper Egypt" in the South located upstream of the Nile River and "Lower Egypt" in the north (downstream).            TRUE         or              FALSE

  1. We have seen many art forms in the Art of Africa chapter including wood, fiber and metal. Hollow metal head forms were made by what process? LOST WAX

  1. As we move through the various periods in Ancient Egypt, visual art changed quite a bit to celebrate those in power.  What visual changes does it make? Images (2D) and sculptures (3D) of kings and queens became more realistic in terms of their physical bodies

  1. Explain what a toron is:  Wooden beams used for scaffolding and where can it be found?  Beams that project from the mosque at D'Jenne

  1. Hierarchical Scale suggests that relative size indicates relative importance within the culture.  Circle the correct answer:     TRUE     or           FALSE     
  1. Name the three cultural periods (from earliest to late) found in the  sacred city of the Yoruba:
i. Pavement Period
ii. Middle Period
iii.  Late Period

  1. The god Horus is represented by what in early Egyptian culture?  A falcon

  1. Name the three amphora types:
i. Geometric
ii. Black Figure
iii. Red Figure

  1. Red-figure kraters are an earlier type than Geometric figure. Is this statement:
   TRUE                       or                       FALSE

  1. What natural material are amphoras and kraters made from?
Clay

  1. Akhenaten was an amazing Egyptian Pharaoh who changed many things in Egypt.  One thing was he changed his name, the second was he moved the capital of Egypt of Thebes to be further north. Is this statement: 
 TRUE              or               FALSE

  1. Many artistic depictions of Nefertiti belong to what period? The Late Period / Art of the Amarna Period c. 1353 - 1336 BCE

  1. What does scarffito mean? To scratch into a surface, allowing the substrate to show through. We see this done on Red Figure Amphoras

  1. An Egyptian pharaoh went from a polytheist worshipper to a  Mono - theist one. Who?       Akhenaten

  1. What does necropolis mean? City of the Dead

  1. Name the three architectural types found in Ancient Egypt in chronological order from earliest to latest.
i. Mastaba
ii. Stepped Pyramid or Ziggurat
iii. Pyramid (three at Giza)

  1. Where on the color wheel are complementary pairs located?
The sit across from one and other.

  1. A basic color wheel is divided into six parts. 
Name the  Primaries:       RYB                              Name the secondaries:   OGV
  1. Explain what a relief in sculpture is: It is a one sided sculpture, only seen from 180 degrees

  1. A pyramid is the earliest architectural form found in Egypt.     TRUE      or      FALSE

  1. The art produced in Africa, both very old and made in the 18th and 19th c., influenced this famous 20th-century artist, who? Pablo Picasso

  1. What is an anchor line? It is the horizontal run that is found in Ancient Egyptian art, it is the 'base' line that figures stand on.    What does it symbolize? Sacred ground

  1. In West Africa, what is the cultural significance of the ending of the Late Period in 1897?  The end of the human slave trade.

  1. Benin established a relationship with what country that carried active trade to Europe and the Americas, starting first with ivory, timber, but eventually, and tragically, human slaves lasting into the 16th century. What European country? Portugal / Spain

  1. Gold ostrich eggs are found on top of a mosque in Africa. What two symbolic concepts do the ostrich eggs serve? Purity and the cycle of life

30. The word Zimbabwe is derived from dzimba dza kabwe. In English it translates to:
Houses of stone

31. The Great Mosque in Djenné, Mali is made from what material? Clay - adobe mud

32. Explain specifically what a composite pose is: Found in Ancient Egypt it is an      UNNATURALISTIC pose: Head in profile, eyes located frontal, upper torso = frontal, lower torso = profile

33.  Ancient African palaces are created in a:
  1. Symmetrical pattern
  2. Grid pattern
  3. Circular pattern

Bonus Questions worth 2 points each:

  1. The word polychrome means what? 
Many colors

b.  Analogous colors are located on the color wheel where?  They sit side by side, adjacent to one and other.

c.   “Ancient Egyptians lived to die.”      
TRUE           or             FALSE

d. “Ancient Egyptian sculpture and pictorial images that depicted people lower on the socio-political strata are visually found  more naturalistic.”
     TRUE            or                   FALSE

e.  The art of Africa we have seen in the course consists of what materials:
Clay - wood - ivory - metal - fiber 



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