1st Exam (Chapter 2)

Question 1

A greek city-state

Answer 1

Polis

Question 2

‘High City’ referring to the elevated place in the center of the city occupied by the temples of the Gods.

Answer 2

Acropolis

Question 3

Style of vase painting that made use of bold, simple, linear designs.

Answer 3

Geometric Style

Question 4

In 3D art, the __ style consisted of figured that exhibit a stiff, frontal pose

Answer 4

Archaic Style

Question 5

A freestanding sculpture of a nude male youth

Answer 5

Kouros

Question 6

A sculpture of a fully dressed female- that is the female counterpart o the kouroi.

Answer 6

Kore

Question 7

The arrangement of body parts in sculptures that the weight-bearing leg is apart from the free leg, thereby shifting the hip/shoulder axis.

Answer 7

Contrapposto

Question 8

A style of architecture employing columns capped by heavy lintels and pedimented roof.

Answer 8

Doric Order

Question 9

Minoan Civilization was centered

Answer 9

on Trade

Question 10

The mycenaeans supplanted the __ rulers of Crete

Answer 10

Minoans

Question 11

The Mycenaean military was basis of Homers_

Answer 11

Tamers of Horses

Question 12

Example of Mycenaean architecture

Answer 12

Lion Gate at the Palace

Question 13

The Greek Archaic period lasted from

Answer 13

800-400 BCE

Question 14

The word Philosophy means

Answer 14

Love of wisdom

Question 15

Horizontal Bands used in organizing a design

Answer 15

Registers

Question 16

Athenian Pottery can be divided into black-figure and ____

Answer 16

Red Figures

Question 17

A column on Greek temples probably originated in Egypt two thousand years earlier

Answer 17

Fluted

Question 18

A band of relief elements below the cornice or a Greek temple is called

Answer 18

Frieze