Posted by Walter | Posted in Handcrafted Pottery | Posted on 03-07-2009
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Art HISTORY HELP !!!!!?
1. This was a small statue that represented a human, which was placed inside a temple for the purpose of praying for its owner, in its owner’s absence:
ziggurat
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votive
2. The funerary temple of Hatshepsut was built into this natural formation.
a pyramid
cliffs of a mountain side
banks of the Amazon River
top of a granite mound
3 .Egyptian glassmakers became expert in this art, in which glass paste is fired to produce a smooth and shiney opaque finish.
faience
encaustic
frescoe
cartouche
4 .The earliest pottery in the Near East dates to about this time:
4,000 BC
2,000 BC
7,000 BC
10,000 BC
5 .Nebuchadnezzar II turned this city into one of the most splendid cities of the time.
Jerusalem
Jericho
Uruk
Babylon
Just Google the potential answers… it would have taken you no time at all.
1. Votive
2. cliffs of a mountain side
3. faience
4. 4,000 to 6,000 BC
5. Babylon
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