2009 Study Guide Flashcards
Which of the following is not on the Athenian acropolis?
A) Erechtheum B) Temple of Olympian Zeus C) Temple of Athena Nike D) Propylaea D) Propylaea
B) Temple of Olympian
Which style of Greek vase painting developed LAST?
A) Red figure B) Black figure C) Geometric D) Orientalizing D) Orientalizing
A) Red figure
Heinrich Schliemann worked at all of the following sites EXCEPT
A) Mycenae
B) Troy
C) Orchomenos
D)Knossos
D) Knossos
Which of these was commissioned by emperor Augustus?
A) Domus Aurea
B)Circus Maximus
C) Ara Pacis
D) Forum Caesaris
C) Ara Pacis
Which emperor’s arch was located in the Forum
A) Hadrian
B)Trajan
C)Domus Aurea
D)Forum Caesaries
D) Forum Caesaries
The official sculptor of Alexander the Great was:
A) Scopas
B) Lysippus
C) Myron
D) Polyclitus
B) Lysippus
The Alter of Zeus from Pergamum has been reconstructed in a museum in
Berlin
The Castel Sant’ Angelo in Rome was originally the
Tomb of Hadrian
Where did Spyridon Marinatos discovered a well preserved Minoan town in 1967?
Santorini
The Masion Carree is a well-preserved example of a(n)
Roman Temple
Caryatids are
Sculpted female figures used as columns
Which of these statues exists as an original bronze
A) Spear Bearer
B) Farnese Hercules
C) Zeus of Artemesium
D) Discus thrower
C) Zeus of Artemesium
Which emperor was an architect
A) Nero
B) Augustus
C)Marcus Aurelius
D)Hadrian
D) Hadrian
Which site would you visit to see Roman Insulae
A) Paestum
B) Herculaneum
C) Stabiae
D) Ostia
D) Ostia
Pausanias was a(n)
Author of an ancient travel guide
Which statement about the equestrain statue of MarcusAuelius is NOT true?
A) It was believed to be a statue of Constantine in the middle Ages
B) The original bronze has been lost
C) The emperor is depicted without weapons or amor
D) A copy of the statue adorns Michelangelo’s Pizza del Campidoglio in Rome
The original bronze
The Greek city produced coins depicting a turtle
Aegina
The Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos is the best known for his discovery of _________
The tomb of Philip II
What was depicted on the west pediment of the Parthenon
Athena’s contest with Poseidon
Which of these is a well-known painter
Apelles
The Kritios Boy
A) Is a rare example of an original bronze sculpture
B) Is the only surviving piece of a large Hellenistic Statue group
C)is an early example of the use of contrapposto
D) decorate the pediment of the temple of Apollo at Bassae
Is a rare example of an original bronze sculpture
The Alexander Mosaic was found in
The house of the Faun, Pompeii
The temple of Venus Genetrix was located in the Forum of
Julius Caesar
A tholos a(n)
Bronze Age tomb
The inscription on the Pantheon tells us that it was built by the
Consul Agrippa
A clay disc covered with a spiral of stamped symbols was found at this Minoan site:
A) Knosos
B) Malia
C) Zakros
D) Phaistos
Phaistos
Diosurides was the favorite _______ of the emperor Augustus
Gem cutter
Which city’s walls were constructed from boulders so large that they were called “cyclopean”
A)Knossos
B) Mycenae
C) Troy
D) Akrotiri
Mycenae
The emperor is honnored by a column that stands in the center of the Piazza Colonna Rome?
Marcus Aurelius
