Classical Art 2009 Notes

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT on the Athenian acropolis?

Answer 1

Correct: Temple of Olympian Zeus
Wrong: Erechtheum, Temple of Athena Nike, Propylaea

Question 2

Which style of Greek vase painting developed LAST?

Answer 2

Red Figure

Question 3

Heinrich Schliemann worked at all of the following sites EXCEPT

Answer 3

Knossos

Question 4

Which of these was commissioned by the emperor Augustus?

Answer 4

Ara Pacis

Question 5

Which emperor’s arch was located in the Forum?

Answer 5

Septimius Severus

Question 6

The official sculptor of Alexander the Great was

Answer 6

Lysippus

Question 7

The Altar of Zeus from Pergamum has been reconstructed in a museum in

Answer 7

Berlin

Question 8

The Castel Sant’ Angelo in Rome was originally the

Answer 8

Tomb of Hadrian

Question 9

Where did Spyridon Marinatos discover a well preserved Minoan town in 1967?

Answer 9

Santorini

Question 10

The Maison Carree is a well-preserved example of a

Answer 10

Roman Temple

Question 11

Caryatids are

Answer 11

Sculpted female figures used as columns

Question 12

Which of these statures exists as an original bronze?

Answer 12

Zeus of Artemesium

Question 13

Which emperor was an architect?

Answer 13

Hadrian

Question 14

Which site would you visit to see Roman insulae?

Answer 14

Ostia

Question 15

Pausanias was an

Answer 15

Author of an ancient travel guide

Question 16

Which statement about the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius is NOT true?

Answer 16

The original bronze has been lost

Question 17

Which Greek city produced coins depicting a turtue?

Answer 17

Aegina

Question 18

The Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos is best known for his discovery of ____ near the town of Vergina.

Answer 18

The tomb of Philip II

Question 19

What was depicted on the west pediment of the Parthenon?

Answer 19

Athena’s contest with Poseidon

Question 20

Which of these was well-known painter?

Answer 20

Apelles

Question 21

The Kritios Boy

Answer 21

Is an early example of the use of contrapposto

Question 22

The Alexander Mosaic was found in

Answer 22

The house of the Faun, Pompeii

Question 23

The Temple of Venus Gentrix was located in the Forum of

Answer 23

Julius Caesar

Question 24

A tholos is a

Answer 24

Bronze Age tomb

Question 25

The inscription on the Pantheon tells us that it was built by the

Answer 25

Consul Agrippa

Question 26

A clay disc covered with a spiral of stamped symbols was found at this Minoan site:

Answer 26

Phaistos

Question 27

Dioscurides was the favorite ____ of the emperor Augustus

Answer 27

Gem cutter

Question 28

Which city’s walls were constructed from boulders so large that they were called “cyclopean”?

Answer 28

Mycenae

Question 29

Which emperor is honored by a column that stands in the center of the Piazza Colonna in Rome?

Answer 29

Marcus Aurelius

Question 30

A tourist headed to the modern town Cerveteri is most likely interested in seeing

Answer 30

Etruscan tombs

Question 31

The picture is a detail of a statue of

Answer 31

Apollo

Question 32

Of what material was the statue of Apollo made?

Answer 32

Terracotta

Question 33

The statue of Apollo was part of the sculptural decoration of

Answer 33

An Etruscan temple in Italy

Question 34

This vase is an example of

Answer 34

Mycenaean pottery

Question 35

This diagram illustrates the _____ order of the architecture

Answer 35

Doric

Question 36

The area marked by the letter A is called a

Answer 36

Metope

Question 37

Which number labels the stylobate

Answer 37

4

Question 38

Which temple is NOT an example of this order of architecture

Answer 38

Olympian Zeus in Athens

Question 39

The vase is the work of

Answer 39

Euphronios

Question 40

Identify the fallen figure

Answer 40

Sarpedon

Question 41

This vase dates to around ____ B.C.

Answer 41

515

Question 42

It is an example of a

Answer 42

krater

Question 43

Which statement about this vase is true?

Answer 43

It was imported illegally into the United States and has recently been returned to Italy.

Question 44

The relief sculpture on the left

Answer 44

Is a panel from the Ara Pacis

Question 45

The statue group on the left is

Answer 45

Late Roman

Question 46

It decorates the corner of a building in

Answer 46

Venice

Question 47

The statue on the left dates to the ___ century B.C.

Answer 47

3rd

Question 48

In which museum is it displayed?

Answer 48

The Louvre in Paris

Question 49

The picture above is a view of the ruins of the temple of

Answer 49

Venus and Rome

Question 50

The exaggerated S curve of this statue is characteristic of the work of

Answer 50

Praxiteles