Arts Lesson 8 - Distinct Characteristics of Arts (Sculptures) from Western Classical Art Traditions

Question 1

Upper Paleolithic female figurine found in 1908 at Willendorf, Austria.

Answer 1

Venus of Willendorf

Question 2

Realistic with heavy lided eyes, slender neck, determined chin, and pure profile under her heavy crown.

Answer 2

Queen Nefertiti
(18th Dynasty, 1375 – 1357 BC)

Question 3

Shows an attitude of maximum tension, full of compressed energy, and about to explode an action.

Answer 3

Myron, The Discobolus
(450 BC)

Question 4

It is a box-like funeral receptacle for a dead body and it depicts the battle scenes between Romans and Germans.

Answer 4

The Portonacio Sarchophagus
(Between 180 – 190 BCE)

Question 5

The only near-complete leaf of an imperial diptych, representing the emperor as triumphant victor.

Answer 5

The Barberini Diptych
(450 BC)

Question 6

It is above the main portal to the Cathedral of Saint-Lazare in Autun, France. Christ is the center and largest figure by far further illustrating the artists wish to show His power and glory

Answer 6

Last Judgement (between 1220-1240)

Question 7

A group of angels attend the resurrection of the Virgin, supporting her on her emergence from the tomb, that her soul was received by Christ upon her death.

Answer 7

Resurrection of the Virgin
(End of the 12th century)

Question 8

Archaeologists believed that their sculpture is a result of natural erosion and not of human artistry.

Answer 8

Pre-Historic Scupltures

Question 9

Symbolic Elements such as forms, hieroglyphics, relative size, location materials, color, actions, and gestures were widely used. Their tombs required the most extensive use of sculpture.

Answer 9

Egyptian Sculptures

Question 10

Tensed and stiff;their bodies were hidden within enfolding robes.

Answer 10

Greek Sculptures

Question 11

The monumental altars, commemorative columns and triumphal arches were excellent surfaces for decorative reliefs of the typical narrative style.

Answer 11

Roman Sculptures

Question 12

More an extensions of the Hellenistic art, were portraits of great impacting aesthetics drama were produced.

Answer 12

Byzantine Sculptures

Question 13

Some of famous sculptural pieces are reliquaries, altar frontals, crucifixes, and the devotional images. Small individual works of art were generally made of costly materials for royal and aristocratic patrons.

Answer 13

Romanesque Sculptures

Question 14

have a greater freedom of style. Figures were given their own particular attitudes instead of being set into particular patterns and are more lively and realistic.palaces and Churches.

Answer 14

Gothic Sculptures