Art History: Greek and Roman Art Flashcards
It is the high aesthetic idealism and is not a natural and direct reality representation but an idyllic and perfect vision of the artistic mind.
Ancient Greek Art
TRUE or FALSE:
Ancient greek art is not an idyllic and perfect vision but a natural and direct reality of the artistic mind.
FALSE. Is not a natural and direct reality
representation but an idyllic and perfect
vision of the artistic mind
It is a period the occured during the development of the first Greek city-states and during the Homer
Geometric Period
TRUE or FALSE:
Greeks did not always practice art for art’s sake alone.
True.
This is the period that is best known for its vase painting and sculpture, where it witnessed a more narrative style of art.
Archaic Period
TRUE or FALSE:
In the geometric period, people were often depicted by stick figures
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE:
Figures during the Archaic period were painted red.
FALSE. black
It is known as the Golden Ahes where it witnessed the great realism of form as well as narration; traced to the fifth century B.C
Classical Period
It was built during the classical period that also witnessed a flowering of sculpture.
Parthenon of Athens
TRUE or FALSE:
Figures during the classical period where often painted red instead of black
TRUE
The representation of human figures is the taste developed for ____________
Athleticism
It is the period where it was associated with the reign of Alexander the Great
Hellenistic Period
TRUE or FALSE:
Art during the hellenistic period tends to be more active and depicts heroic scenes like Athena battling a giant.
TRUE
It is the first roman art that can be dated back to 509 BCE with the legendary founding of the Roman Republic
Ancient Roman Art
TRUE or FALSE:
Greek art did not have a powerful influence on Roman practice
FALSE
He famously said that “Greece, the captive, took her savage victor captive,”
Roman poet Horace
Supposed to have happened in 509 BCE when the last Estruscan kin, Tarquinius Superbus, was overthrown
Republican Rome
In the republican rome, when did the government system broke down and civil wars were ensued?
100 to 42 BCE
TRUE or FALSE:
Patrons in the republican dome chose to have themselves represented with balding heads, large noses, and extra wrinkles
TRUE
It was the signal of the end of the Roman Republic and the formation of the imperial rule
Augustus’s rise to power / Imperial Rome
Refers broadly to the influence of Greek art from the Classical and Hellenistic periods.
Classical or Classicizing
In Imperial Rome, they were particularly fond of adapting Classical elements into their art.
Augustus and Julio-Claudian dynasty
What was made at the end of Augustus’s life?
Augustus of Primaporta
