Art Quiz

Quiz #1

1. Where is the fertile crescent? Name one work of art that you might find from that area.

2. What is a mastaba? How did the mastaba influence later architecture?

3. What is a cylinder seal? What culture invented it?

4. What is a pictograph? Cite one example of Egyptian art that utilizes pictographs. What is the function of this work? What story does it tell?

5. What do you know about the Egyptian culture from the sculpture entitled "Menkaura and a Queen?" What do you know about the relationship of the two people from the way the artist has depicted them?