Etruscans and Rome Facts

Question 1

What sort of architecture did the Etruscans favor?

Answer 1

Masonry architecture

Question 2

List facts of the Etruscans from your handouts

Answer 2

Origins are a mystery, vitality in art, monarchy period in Roman history, Masonry Architecture, Pre-Roman figurative Art, development Atrium houses (seen in Rome), Preferred clay and bronze, and lack of political unity allows Romans to take over.

Question 3

What is a tumulus?

Answer 3

Etruscan Tomb

Question 4

T or F: Etruscan women had a measure of independence and freedom

Answer 4

True

Question 5

What two brothers are part of the founding story of Rome?

Answer 5

Romulus and Remus

Question 6

T or F: The monarchy period in Roman history is after the late empire period

Answer 6

False, the monarchy period is when the Etruscans are present

Question 7

What was the most common Etruscan painting technique?

Answer 7

Fresco

Question 8

Where does Rome shine in its achievements?

Answer 8

Law, Government, and Engineering

Question 9

T or F: An artist was a servant to the state

Answer 9

True

Question 10

What are the three types of second style painting?

Answer 10

Architectural, Landscape, and Perspective

Question 11

What are the time periods of Rome?

Answer 11

Roman Republic period, Early Empire Period, High Empire Period, and Late Empire Period

Question 12

Name the only religious architecture in the Roman Republic Period

Answer 12

Temple of Fortuna Virillis

Question 13

What is a Domas and an Atrium?

Answer 13

Domas=single family home

Atrium=Rectangular, open air, “reception hall” of a domus

Question 14

What is the difference between a compluvium and an impluvium?

Answer 14

Compluvium=Rectangular opening in the ceiling

Impluvium=Basin in the floor

Question 15

What is the purpose of having cupid on the sculpture of Augustus of Primaporta?

Answer 15

To show Augustus is connected to the Gods

Question 16

What are the two civil architecture builds in the Early Empire period?

Answer 16

Pont Du Gard and The Colosseum

Question 17

What are the two commemorative monuments during both the Early Empire Period and Late Empire Period?

Answer 17

Arch of Titus and Arch of Constantine

Question 18

What Greek sculpture is the basis of Augustus of Primaporta?

Answer 18

Doryphoros

Question 19

What are double theaters placed together called?

Answer 19

Amphitheater

Question 20

What characteristics of the Pantheon helps it be the largest unobstructed space in antiquity?

Answer 20

Coffered Dome and Oculus

Question 21

What two pieces of sculpture take content over form?

Answer 21

Column of Trajun and The Tetrarchs

Question 22

T or F: Both the arch of Titus and arch of Constantine are commemorative monuments

Answer 22

True

Question 23

With the concept of the rules (Tetrarchs) presented in the sculpture rather than the rules them selves, the idealism of classical Greece…

Answer 23

Had vanished

Question 24

What Year did Christianity become legal and what year did it become the official religion of Rome?

Answer 24

313 CE and 325 CE