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Chapter 4 Flashcards

0
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What is humanism?

A

The idea that all humans are incredible

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Two ideas that dominated ancient Greek culture

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Beauty and humanism

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Who was Dionysus?

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God of wine, passion, fertility, sexual freedom and orgies

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Who was Apollo?

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God of reason, logic, order and clear thinking

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4
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Who was Aphrodite/Venus?

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God of love and sensuality

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5
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Who formed the 12 Great labors?

A

Hercules

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6
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What god ran the Delphian oracle?

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Apollo

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Which goddes came out of her fathers head in full armor ready to defend Athens?

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Athena

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8
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What god lead to the creation of theater?

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Dionysus

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9
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What civilization strongly influenced early Greek art?

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Egypt

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10
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What are the three Greek periods?

A

Archaic, golden age, and Hellenistic

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What wars preceded the golden age?

A

Persian wars.

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12
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Who fought in the Persian wars?

A

Persia v. Greece.

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13
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Who won the Persian war?

A

The Greeks.

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14
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What wars ended the Golden Age?

A

Peloponnesian wars.

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15
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When were the peloponessian wars?

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431-404 BC

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16
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Who was involved in the peloponessian wars?

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Athens v. Sparta

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17
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Who won the peloponessian wars?

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Sparta

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18
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When was the first Olympics?

A

776 BC

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19
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What was the system of gov first explored by the Greeks?

A

Democracy

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20
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What system of engineering did the Greeks use?

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Post and lintel

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21
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What connects the pillar to the lintels?

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Capitals

22
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What are the different types of capitals?

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Doric. Ionic. Corinthian.

23
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What was the most commonly used capital during the first two Greek periods?

A

Doric

24
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What capital did not become popular until the third period?

A

Corinthian

25
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What is the triangular shape on top of a post and lintel?

A

The pediment

26
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What is the most copied building in western architecture?

A

Parthenon

27
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What was the purpose of the Parthenon?

A

It was a temple to the virgin Athena

28
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Where is the Parthenon?

A

Athens

29
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Who was the patron of the Parthenon?

A

Pericles

30
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Who was the architect of the Parthenon?

A

Ictinus

31
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Who sculpted the parthenons pediment?

A

Phidius

32
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When was the Parthenon completed?

A

432 BC

33
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Artistic conventions in the archaic period?

A

Korous were always nude

Kore were always dressed

34
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Artistic conventions in the classical period?

A

Contrappasto - shifted one leg
Short hair
Serious
Defined structure

35
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Artistic conventions in the Hellenistic period

A

Female becomes nude

Suffering, defeat, pain.

36
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What group remains independent but defends others?

A

The Delian League

37
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What is the Macedonian conquest?

A

When the Greeks were conquered by a foreign country

38
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What period is a kouros in?

A

Archaic

39
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Who sculpted the discus thrower?

A

Myron

40
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Period for discus thrower

A

Classical

41
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Who sculpted the spear bearer?

A

Polykleitos

42
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Stance of spear bearer

A

Contrapposto

43
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Period of spear bearer

A

Classical

44
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What kind of capitals are on the Parthenon?

A

Doric

45
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Period for dying Gaul

A

Hellenistic

46
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Period for Laocoon

A

Hellenistic

47
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Period for Nike

A

Hellenistic

48
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Period for Venusde Milo

A

Hellenistic

49
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What is Acropolis?

A

A high city in Athens

50
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Who wrote Oedipus Rex?

A

Sophocles

51
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What is aesthetics?

A

The study of beauty.

52
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What is the Torah?

A

First five books in the bible

53
Q

What is stated in the Republic?

A

Music has the ability to affect your emotions and your character

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