Classical and Byzantine Flashcards
What are the dates of the Hellinistic Period?
323-31BC
What are the dates of the Byzantine Empire?
330-1453AD
What were the dates of the First Byzantine iconoclasm?
726-787AD
When were the dates of the Second Byzantine iconoclasm?
814-842AD
When was the Parthenon built?
447-432BC
Plural of Kouros
Kouroi
Plural of Kore
Korai
Metope
Between two triglyphs
What was first, Black figure painting or Red?
Black
What dates are black figure painted pots generally?
Pre-530BC
What dates are red figure painted pots generally?
Post-530BC
Name of a pot with one side red figure painting, other side black
Bilingual
What is a Kylix?
A drinking bowl
What was the name of the event where scholars met to drink and discuss philosophy?
Symposium
What gender were most of the consumers of Greek pots?
Male
Name of a Greek prostitute present at a symposium
Hetaira
Name of the Laocoön discoverer
Guiliano da Sangillo
Artists of the Laocoön
Hegesandros, Polydoros, Athenodores
Year Laocoön is thought to have been made
AD79
What style of statues were from Pergamon?
Hellinistic
Where was the Laocoön found?
Rome
What period of Antiquity did ancient Roman art look to?
Hellenism
When did Christ begin to be depicted in Roman art?
4th century
Where was hailed as the first wholly Christian country?
Constantinople
When was Dura Europos built?
Middle of AD3rd century
Why was there no need for naturalism in early Christian art?
It would distract the congregation’s attention
When was the arch of Constantine built?
312-315AD
What are the dates of the classical period?
479-323BC
Was the Roman Empire monotheistic of polytheistic?
Polytheistic
What nationality were the Byzantines?
Greeks, but they called themselves Roman
When was the last pagan church closed, signifying the rise of Christianity?
6th century
Where is Hagia Sophia?
Constantinople
When was Hagia Sophia built?
Sixth century AD
Why didn’t Western viewers like Hagia Sophia?
Broke Classical
When was the San Vitale built?
526-547
What shape is the San Vitale?
Octagonal
What was the subject of the mosaics in San Vitale?
Mosaics give vision of viewer’s place in the universe and history
When was Sant’ Apollinare built?
549
How are the apostles represented in Sant’ Apollinare?
Sheep
How did the Byzantine style avoid problems of iconography
Simplified styles avoided realistic representation
