Download ART107 Foundations Core Concepts II 2014 Worksheet for Unit 2

ART107 Foundations Core Concepts II
2014
Worksheet for Unit 2: Temple of Amun-Ra and the Parthenon
As you watch the PowerPoint lectures on the Temple of Amun-Ra and the Parthenon, answer each of the
following questions or define each vocabulary term:
What is the name of this building? Where is it located? When was it built? What period in history does it
belong to?
What is an aerial view?
What was the function of the Temple of Amun-Ra?
Who is Amun?
Who is Ra?
What does the term "polytheistic" mean?
Where is Karnak, Egypt?
What does BCE stand for?
What does CE stand for?
What does “c.” or "ca." stand for?
If you want to remember a single circa date for the Temple of Amun-Ra, what would be a good choice?
Which king dedicated his reign to building structures honoring Ra and started the construction of the
Hypostyle Hall as well as numerous obelisks dedicated to Ra?
What does the phrase, “New Kingdom Egyptian,” mean?
What culture was the first anywhere in the world to built posts and lintels using stone?
What are pylons and who was allowed into the shrines beyond the third pylon?
What tools did the Egyptians use to quarry the sandstone for the Temple of Amun-Ra
Why did the Egyptians create monumental architecture?
What is an obelisk, and what did it symbolize?
Where can you find Egyptian obelisks in Adrian, Michigan?
What is a hypostyle hall?
What plant did the columns in the hypostyle hall resemble?
What are the terms used to describe the parts of the Egyptian column?
Where was the clerestory and what was its purpose?
What is the Daily Ritual associated with the Temple of Amun-Ra?
Why would the Egyptians go to the bother of building a hypostyle hall and obelisks in their temple
precinct?
Identify this building by name, location (modern city and country), circa date, and culture:
What does the term, "Classical" mean?
What are the names of the Parthenon's architects and principle sculptor?
What is an Acropolis?
Who was Athena?
What does Parthenos mean?
What is the alternate name for the Parthenon?
What does Mediterranean mean?
From which culture did the Greeks get the idea of building in monumental materials?
What was the largest empire in the world in 525 BCE?
What building on the Acropolis in Athens did the Persians destroy in 480 BCE?
What were the Athenians' two responses to the Persian attacks?
What is the Delian League?
Who was Pericles?
Why did the Athenians decide to build the Parthenon?
What does "democracy" mean, and who got to vote in the Athenian democracy?
Were Greek buildings shimmering white?
What is the source of the marble used on the Parthenon?
What kind of tools did the Athenians have to quarry their stone?
What is the evidence that the Parthenon functioned in part as a monument to the military superiority of
the Athenians?
What is the evidence that the Parthenon functioned in part as a symbol of the unity of the Doric and Ionic
people who formed the Delian League?
What is the evidence that the Parthenon functioned in part as place where Athenians came together to
honor the goddess Athena each year?
What is the evidence that the Parthenon functioned in part as a home for the cult statue of Athena
Parthenos?
What does "chryselephantine" mean?
What is the evidence that the Parthenon functioned in part as a secure vault in which to store the
community’s wealth?
Why have art historians invented the "typical Greek temple."
What is the evidence that the Parthenon functioned in part as an expression of the Athenians' belief that
mathematics underlay all things that they thought was beautiful and good.
What do the proportions of the Parthenon tell us about the Classical Greek civilization?
You can find flashcards for this set of questions at:
http://www.gflashcards.com/flashcards/55741, and
http://www.gflashcards.com/flashcards/55745