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What period was the PALETTE OF NARMIR created?

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Eygyptian

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What period was the STONEHEDGE created?

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Neolitith or New Stone Age

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What period was the VENUS OF WILLENDORF created?

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Paleolitihic or Old Stone Age

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Statuettes of Worshippers were?

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intended as voitive offerings to the gods

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True or False - We know much about pr-historic art thanks to the discovery of written evidence

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FALSE

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6
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Lascaux Cave Paintings are an example of what?

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Sympathetic Magic

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True or False - Egyptians were not concerned with the afterlife.

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FALSE

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The Lascaux Cave Paintings are stylistically representative of what period?

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Paleolithic period

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Megalith referes to?

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The large stones used in the creation of the stonehedge.

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True or False - Stonehedge most likely had a religious significance

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True

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True or False - The Sumerian Civilization thrived along the Nile River

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False

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What did the VENUS OF WILLENDORF representative of?

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symbolized fertility

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True or False - The Death Mask of King Tutankhamen was ceremonial and hung on the wall of the Pharaoh’s tomb.

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False

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Palette of King Narmer is an example of what?

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Twisted Perspective.

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True or False - The post and lintel system

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TRUE

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The Pyramids are a found near which river?

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NILE RIVER

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True or False - The VENUS OF WILLENDORF was most likelyi associated with fertility and the life giving properties of women

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TRUE

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The sculpture of the Pharaoh was meant to be an abode for the Ka.

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True

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Where was the VENUS OF WILLENDORF found?

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Austria

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True or False - Egyptian art will have a profound influence on Greek art.

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True

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The Pyramids at Gizeh were tombs for the Pharaohs.

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True

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The BULL-LEAPING TOREADOR is from which period and found where?

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Minoan Art at the Palace of Knossis

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The SNAKE GODDESS state is of which art period and found where?

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Minoan Art at the palace of Knossis

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The Palace of Knossis is located where?

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Crete

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25
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Cyclades are?

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A group of islands between Greece and Asia Minor, which produce many marble figurines

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Homer is

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a Greek epic poet who wrote the Iliad

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True or false - Cyclopean Masonry was used on the Citadel in Tiryns

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True

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True or false - Minoan art shows little interest in nature

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FALSE

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29
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True or False - Cycladic refers to mainland Greece.

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FALSE

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Minotaur is?

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A creature from Greek mythology that was half-man and half bull

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True or False - Cycladic figurines are very naturalistic

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False

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True or False - Mycenaeans were war-like and built fortified palaces

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True

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True or True or False - The palace at Knossos is associated with the Greek legend of Athena.

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FALSE

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True or False - The Minoan Civilization takes its name from the King Minos and the legend of the Minotaur.

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True

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35
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Mycenaean is?

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A civilization that thrived on mainland Greece and built fortified palaces high up in their cities.

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36
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Cyclopeans are?

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Huge boulders that were used in the construction of fortified walls and masonry.

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37
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True or False - The SNAKE GODDESS was a large sculpture erected in a temple for worship.

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FLASE

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38
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True or False - Archeological discoveries have shown that Homer’s Iliad may have been based on real events and real people.

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true

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39
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Who is the sculpture of the Discus Thrower?

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Myron

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40
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What Period was the Discus Thrower created?

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High Classical Period

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41
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Who is the artist of the Doryphorous?

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Polykleitis

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42
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What period was the Doryphorous created?

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High Classical Period

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43
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What is another name for the Doryphorous?

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The Canon

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44
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Who is the artist of Hermes and Dionysos?

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Praxiteles

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45
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What period was the sculpture Hermes and Dionysos created?

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Late Classical Period

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46
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What does the Hermes and Dionysis sculpture emphasize?

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S-Curve, slenderizing the body

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Who was the artist of The Scrapper?

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Lysippos (alexander the great’s official portraitist)

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What does the Scrapper emphasize?

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The S-curve, slenderizing the canon proportions

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49
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What period is the Scraper created?

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Late Classical period

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50
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Who created the sculpture Aphrodite of Knidos?

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Praxiteles

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51
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What period was the sculpture Aphrodite of Knidos created?

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Late Classical Period

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52
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What era was the Peploses Kore created

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Orientalizing Period/Archaic Period

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53
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What period was the Sleeping Saytr created?

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Hellenistic Period

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54
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What does the Sleeping Saytr depict?

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ideas explored beyond the rational concerns of the greek classical world

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55
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What does the Old Market women depict?

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a strong contrast with the idealism of the classical period

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56
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When was the sculpture Old Market Women created?

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Hellenistic Period

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57
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True or false - There is no real significant stylistic change from the Archaic to the Late Classical Periods because the Greeks preferred permanence and the stability of tradition.

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False

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True or false - Greeks never sculpted the female nude.

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False

59
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True or false - Kurous figures were found near graves

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True

60
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The Golden Age of Greece corresponds to what?

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To the early and high classical periods

61
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Praxitles is the sculpture of what?

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Hermes and Dionysius

62
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Doryphoros is an example of what?

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The perfect example of the canon of proportions.

63
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True or False - Kouros and kore figures are stylistically frontal, rigid, and static

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True

64
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True or False - High Classical Sculpture is naturalized and idealized

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True

65
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True or False - Myron was the sculpture who modified the Canon proportions.

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False

66
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True or false - The Aphrodite of Knidos sculpture is sensual

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True

67
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Sculpture from the Orientalizing Period refers to sculpture that was made by the Egyptians.

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False

68
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Archaic Smile is found in which sculpture?

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The Calf Bearer sculpture

69
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Controapposto means?

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“To stand against” and refers to a relaxed stance

70
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True or false - The contrapposto stance is introduced in the Rchaic period.

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False

71
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True or false - Lysippos wrote the treatise on the canon of proportions of the male nude.

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False

72
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What order is the PARTHENON an example of?

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DORIC ORDER w/ionic elements

73
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What type of system does the PARTHENON instill?

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The post and lentil system

74
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What period was the PARTHENON built?

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High Classical Period

75
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What did the PARTHENON house?

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The colossal statue of Athena Parthenos

76
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Who built the PARTHENON

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Iktinos and Kallikrates

77
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Who built the colossal statue, Athena Parthenos?

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Phidias

78
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What period was the Alter of Zeus built?

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Hellenistic Period

79
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Where did the ALTER OF ZEUS stand?

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Pergamon

80
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What period was the TEMPLE OF HERA II create?

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Early Classical Period

81
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What type of Order is the TEMPLE OF HERA II?

A

Doric temple

82
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Where is the TEMPLE OF HERA II located?

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Paestum

83
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True or False - The ionic column contained volutes on the capitals.

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True

84
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The Athena Parthenos refers specifically to which aspect of Athena?

A

Virgin

85
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The Porch of Maidens refers to which of the following temples?

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Erechtheion

86
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A classic colonnade around a building or courtyard is called what?

A

A peristyle

87
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The Parthenon contains both Doric and Ionic elements

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True

88
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The acropolis refers to what?

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The highest point of a city

89
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What type fo column is considered to be the matronly order, is more elegant and slender in its proportions than other order, and is recognizable by a pair of volutes (or curls) in its capitals?

A

Ionic Column

90
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True or False - Iktinos and Kallikrates were the architects of the parthenon.

A

True

91
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One of the architectural orders of Ancient Greece that is characterd by a slender column with a capital carved into acanthus leaves is what type of order?

A

Corinthian

92
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True or False - Pericles sculpted the Athena Parthenos

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False

93
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The Parthenon reflects the Greeks’ quest for perfect harmony, balance, and mathematical proportions. in this it is the perfect architectural counterpart to the Doryphoros.

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True

94
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What was the function of a Greek temple?

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To house the cult statue of a deity

95
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A half-column attached to a wall is called a/an

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Engaged column

96
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True or False - Pericles used the funds from the Treasury of the Delian League to build the monuments on the acropolis.

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True

97
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True or false - The doric order was character by a continuous frieze

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False

98
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When was the sculpture HEAD OF ROMAN PATRICIAN created?

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Republican Period

99
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When was the sculpture AUGUSTUS OF PRIMA PORTA created?

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Early Imperial Period

100
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What was the AUGUST OF PRIMA PORTA inspired by?

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The Doryphorous

101
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Who created the PANTHEON

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Hadrian

102
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When was the PANTHEON built?

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During the high Imperial Period

103
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What was the most revolutionary and influential Roman structure?

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the PANTHEON

104
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Who created the Arch of Titus?

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Emperor Domitian

105
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What was the ARCH OF TITUS for?

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In honor of Emperor Domitian’s brother Titus and their capture of Jerusalem

106
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When was the ARCH OF TITUS built?

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During the Early Imperial Period

107
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When was the Colosseum Built?

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During the Early Imperial Period

108
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Who Built the Colosseum?

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Emperor Vespasian

109
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What was the Colosseum used for?

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Gladiatorial combat

110
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True or False - caesar Augustus modeled himself after Pericles and his Rome after Periclean Athens, constructing monuments in marble with classical elements with distinctly Roman elements.

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True

111
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Who commissioned the Colosseum?

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Vespasian

112
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The Augustus Prima Porta was inspired by what?

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The Doryphorous

113
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The pax romana is associated with which emperor?

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Caesar Augustus

114
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True of False - The column of Trajan was built to commemorate the defeat of Jerusalem

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False

115
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What was the function of the PANTHEON?

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Temple of all the GODS

116
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True or False -Romans preferred the use of arch as an architectural system for the distribution of weight.

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True

117
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True or False - The Colosseum was originally known as the Flavium Amphitheater.

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True

118
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True or False - The ARCH OF TITUS commemorated the emperor’s victory of the Dacians

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False

119
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The pont-du-guard is what?

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An aqueduct

120
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True or false - The Colosseum was built over Nero’s artificial lake.

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True

121
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which of the following is an example of the encaustic technique?

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The mummy portrait from Faiyum

122
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What building was largely a civic structure to conduct business and within the apse to conduct legal courts of justice?

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Basilica

123
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True or False -Romans invented concrete

A

true

124
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True or False - Columns representing the different Greek orders adorn the outer walls of the Colosseum for decorative purposes

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TRUE

125
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Who commissioned the PANTHEON?

A

Hadrian

126
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Which of the following is a complex of structures in a sacred heart of Rome?

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a FORUM

127
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Where was the original location of the HEAD OF CONSTANTINE?

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Basilica Nova

128
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WHen was the HEAT OF CONSTANTINE created?

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Late Imperial Period

129
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Where was the CHRIST AS GOOD SHEPARD painting located?

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Catacomb of St. Peter and Marcellinus, Rome

130
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Where was the MIRACLES OF THE LOAVES AND FISH

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Mausoleum of Galla Placidia

131
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What does the SARCOPHAGUS OF JUNIUS BASSUS have adorned on it?

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Both old and new testament

132
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What do the Portrait of 4 Tetrarchs represent?

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Augustin and Caesar of east and west

133
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Who commissioned the Portrait of 4 Tetrarchs

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Diocleatin

134
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Where is the Portrait of 4 Tetrarchs located?

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San Marco, Venice

135
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True or False - Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Jerusalem.

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False

136
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True or False - Constantine was the first Christian Roman Empire

A

True

137
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True or False - Much of the subject matter found in the catacombs relates to themes that privded hope for Christians that in depth they would be born into a new life, the paradise of heaven.

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True

138
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True or false - The Edict of Milan ended the persecution of Christians.

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True

139
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True or False - Christians did not use images in places of worship

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False

140
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What is a mausoleum?

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A domed structure built as a memorial

141
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What pagan building did Christians appropriate for their place of worship?

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Basilica

142
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True or False -Christianity emerged from the Roman empire, borrowing and appropriating the artistic language of pagan Rome.

A

True

143
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Why was Old St. Peter’s Built?

A

The church marked the tomb of Saint Peter

144
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Constantine was a staunchly pagan Roman Emperor

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False

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