Ancient Greek

Question 1

Ancient Greece has had an outsized impact on _____ despite _____

Answer 1

European and Western culture and its small size

Question 2

divisions of Ancient Greek

Answer 2

1. Archaic
2. Classical
3. Hellnistic

Question 3

Archaic division

Answer 3

600 - 480 BCE

Question 4

classical division

Answer 4

480 to 323 BCE

Question 5

Hellenistic division

Answer 5

323 to 31 BCE

Question 6

The Parthenon is the

Answer 6

central temple on the Acropolis in Athens

Question 7

The Parthenon is in

Answer 7

classical Greece

Question 8

Temples often hold

Answer 8

looted artifacts

Question 9

where would temples usually be located

Answer 9

in hard to access spots

Question 10

Metropolitan Kouros

Answer 10

archaic Greece

Question 11

kouros

Answer 11

young male

Question 12

a kouros is a

Answer 12

free standing sculpture

Question 13

free-standing sculpture

Answer 13

attached to architecture

Question 14

kore

Answer 14

female structure

Question 15

korai

Answer 15

female plural

Question 16

kouroi

Answer 16

male plural

Question 17

what is common for males in kouros art

Answer 17

they are naked

Question 18

why are male kouros naked

Answer 18

represent something in between a god, warrior, or victorious athlete

Question 19

where are kouros found

Answer 19

1. cemeteries
2. line the path to temples

Question 20

how do kouros differ from Egyptian

Answer 20

nude, except for the neckband and hairband.
One foot forward, but little sense of actual movement
bodies very geometric.
Function

Question 21

how is archaic different from other Greek divisions

Answer 21

it’s more linked to death and less public life

Question 22

similarities of Ka statutes to Kouros

Answer 22

The male poses are similar
The arms are down with hands in fists
The foot is forward

Question 23

what suggests there was cultural contact between Greece and Egypt

Answer 23

the similar poses of the Ka statues and the kouros

Question 24

differences of the Kouros to the Egyptian Ka Statues

Answer 24

The Greek kneecaps are softer and almost more realistic and naturalistic
The Greek has gaps around the arms while the Egyptian has a solid rock
Greece is almost always fully naked

Question 25

Berlin Kore

Answer 25

Archaic Greek

Question 26

kore are always

Answer 26

clothed

Question 27

kore are usually holding

Answer 27

devotional objects

Question 28

kore is usually found

Answer 28

in temples and making offerings to the goddess

Question 29

kore have more _____ because of the _____

Answer 29

variation and clothing

Question 30

archaic smile

Answer 30

those staring eyes like Mesopotamian, but tight close-mouthed smile very identifiable

Question 31

contrapposto

Answer 31

pose that shows a figure with weight shifted to one weight-bearing leg, which means other knee bends and hip lifts, so bent leg ready to move

Question 32

contrapposto results in

Answer 32

other shifts in the body (across the arms and head) and it is the pose that makes you ready for movement

Question 33

key to increased naturalism

Answer 33

contrapposto

Question 34

mark is the beginning of the Early classical period.

Answer 34

contrapposto

Question 35

The development in Greek art of contrapposto is a marked step towards increasingly naturalistic art (2)

Answer 35

Greeks unite to defeat a much stronger force of Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE Development of democracy in Athens over the course of the 500s BCE, which is solidified in the 400s BCE, particularly when Athens is led by Perikles

Question 36

Dying Warrior (that is on the right)

Answer 36

archaic

Question 37

what was highly valued in ancient Greek culture.

Answer 37

stoicism

Question 38

stoicism

Answer 38

having control over your emotions and showing little emotion

Question 39

stoicism in Greek philosophy

Answer 39

accepting your fate, treating others justly and living a virtuous life, even if those virtues might seem quite different than how we would define them today

Question 40

Riace Warrior

Answer 40

classical period

Question 41

Riace warrior was made from

Answer 41

bronze

Question 42

what did bronze allow but marble did not

Answer 42

can be shaped into more poses and have greater freedom

Question 43

how does the Riace warrior differ from the koroi

Answer 43

these are adult males

Question 44

what signifies an adult male

Answer 44

beards musculation

Question 45

what is important in the Riace Warrior

Answer 45

evidence of contrapposto

Question 46

why are there very limited bronze statues

Answer 46

Bronze would be melted down in times of need

Question 47

types of columns

Answer 47

1. doric 2. ionic 3. corinthian

Question 48

doric column

Answer 48

No bases, simple capital, entablature only has sculptures in the metope

Question 49

ionic column

Answer 49

a. Bases are fluting in column b. The capitals have spirals Continous sculpture on frieze of entablature

Question 50

corinthian column

Answer 50

Most notable with the elaborate capitals

Question 51

what does the centaur show in the Centaur vs Lapith

Answer 51

The centaur represents the symbolic degradation of culture The Greeks wanted to suppress and eliminate the animal of us all It was against stoicism - a figure of madness

Question 52

Canon or proportions

Answer 52

set of rules that describes the "best" proportions- that gives ratios that determine the relation of parts to the whole

Question 53

Woman's role in society

Answer 53

main duty was to bear children, especially sons Carrying and collecting water

Question 54

History of the nude in Greek art

Answer 54

Nudes depicted on vases, but usually sexual or low class

Question 55

How Hellenistic differs from classical

Answer 55

1. Composition complex 2. Faces show emotions for one of the first times, less about stoicism 3. there is more than one figure, which shows more of a story