Please help me with these art history questions, I answered some of them but aren't sure about the others pls

1. (2 pts.) Which part of ancient Egypt was considered “Lower” and which was considered “Upper”?


Answer: The northern part was Lower and the southern part was upper.


2. (2 pts.) According to the course text, what dates do historians trace the beginning and end of ancient Egyptian civilization?


Answer: 3100 BCE to 332 BCE


3. (2 pts.) Why did you look at artwork from only the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms of Egyptian history and not the “Intermediate periods”?


Answer: Because the artwork from the Old, Middle and New kingdoms were so expanitory as to how the Egyptian society was and how it changed. It showed how they lived, their beliefs, and what they felt about different things.


Refer to the “Metropolitan Museum of Art: Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids” Web site to answer questions 4–6. (This link can be found in the middle of page 2 in Lesson 1. Click on “Old Kingdom Art.”)


4. (2 pts.) Pyramid complexes included not only the pyramid itself, but also what?


Answer: It also included the tombs inside and the stories that its contents told.


5. (2 pts.) What is used as an indicator of an individual's status in Egyptian statues and relief carvings of people?


Answer: The size of the statue and what the statue is made of is an indicator of a person’s status.


6. (3 pts.) Who did not have decorated tombs in ancient Egypt, and where do images of them appear instead?


Refer to the “Carnegie Museum of Natural History” Web site to answer questions 7 and 8. (This link can be found at the bottom of page 2 in Lesson 1. Click on “Chronology of Ancient Egypt.”)


7. (2 pts.) How did the Egyptians interpret natural occurrences?


8. (3 pts.) What three things would assure a successful afterlife?


Lesson 2 Questions


9. (2 pts.) What was the purpose of the pyramids?


10. (2 pts.) Pharaohs were not only considered earthly rulers, but what else?


11. (4 pts.) Who built the first pyramid? Who designed the first pyramid? Where was it built and what kind of structure was it?


12. (3 pts.) What was the subject matter of tomb paintings in ancient Egypt?


Refer to the "Writing as Art: Hieroglyphics” Web site to answer questions 14 and 15.(This link can be found at the bottom of p.1 in Lesson 2. Click on "ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.")


13. (2 pts.) What are the two kinds of hieroglyphic signs?


14. (2 pts.) What is the name of the famous stele that helped to break the code of hieroglyphics?


Lesson 3 Question


15. (4 pts.) What is an obelisk?


Lesson 4 Questions


16. (3 pts.) How did Hatshepsut have herself portrayed in sculptures, carvings, and paintings after she became pharaoh?


17. (2 pts.) How did Hatshepsut become a pharaoh?


18. (3 pts.) Hatshepsut was totally erased from history until 1903. Why?


19. (3 pts.) Why is the reign of Akhenatun so significant?


20. (3 pts.) Why is Tutenkhamun so well known?


21. (4 pts.) Ramesses is considered a great spin-doctor. What does that mean and what was one of Ramesses’ greatest "spins"?


Task 2 (20 possible points)


Answer the following questions in paragraph form.


1. (10 pts.) Describe the main differences between the Amarna style and the traditional style of ancient Egyptian art.


2. (10 pts.) Most ancient Egyptian art was created for spiritual reasons, although a lot of Egyptian artwork was commissioned by pharaohs (particularly Hatshepsut and Ramesses) for another very different purpose. Identify that other purpose and provide specific examples of artwork that exemplify this.


Task 3 (25 possible points)


Refer to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Looking at Ancient Egyptian Art” Web site to complete Task 3. (This link can be found on the bottom of page 2 in Lesson 2. Click on "Looking at Egyptian Art.")


Below is a list of formal art qualities from the "Looking at Ancient Egyptian Art" Web site. Please write a sentence or two in your own words describing how the Egyptians applied that principle, quality, or technique to their own artworks.





1. (3 pts.) Balance and Symmetry


2. (3 pts.) Proportion


3. (2 pts.) Geometry


4. (3 pts.) Point of View


5. (3 pts.) Scale


6. (2 pts.) Naturalistic Details


7. (2 pts.) Depicting Animals


8. (2 pts.) Color


9. (2 pts.) Surface Contrasts


10. (3 pts.) Pose and Gesture

Please help me with these art history questions, I answered some of them but aren't sure about the others pls
is this your Mid-term Test?.