exam 2 Flashcards
Art historians date the Classical age from which historical event listed below?
the Persian defeat by Hellenic city-states
Kritios Boy is considered to be one of the most important sculptures in the history of art because:
never before had an artist depicted a human so naturalistically.
The Riace bronze warrior was made using the ______________________ of casting.
lost-wax method
Most Greek bronzes do not survive. As a result, we study the Roman marble copies of the Greek bronze originals.
True
Who was the politician most responsible for the re-building of the Athenian Acropolis in the 5th Century BCE?
Pericles
Why did Mnesikles create a wide causeway between the central pair of columns on either side of the Propylaia, the gateway to the Acropolis?
for the Panathenaic Festival
The Parthenon was dedicated to:
Athena
Who was the director of the sculptural programs on the Parthenon?
Phidias
Select the architectural element where sculpture was NOT found on the Parthenon.
architrave
The Ionic frieze inside the Parthenon depicted the:
Panathenaic Festival
Which structure from the Athenian Acropolis has four sides of very different character with each side on different ground levels?
Erechtheion
A female figure used as an architectural support was known as
caryatid
_____________________ finally defeated Persia in 4th century BCE.
Alexander the Great
Late Classical sculpture tends to focus on real world individuals and appearances in contrast to the ideal world of perfect beings and shrines.
True
The Greek theater is a giant circle with the stage in the middle much like the Colosseum in Rome.
False
The more ornate Corinthian capital become more popular and most commonly used in what two periods of Greek Art?
Late Classical and Hellenistic
When compared to the Classical style, Greek Hellenistic art could be characterized as:
more realistic and emotional
Small marble figurines of naked women with arms folded over their abdomen have been found in:
the Cyclades Islands
Minoan columns are distinguished by:
tapering shape and bulbous capital
Minoans coated the rough surface of their rubble walls with a fine white lime plaster that required execution and great skill. Which painting method did they use?
buon fresco (true or wet fresco)
What form of arch is above the lintel of the Lion Gate?
corbelled arch
The Lion Gate is the gateway to:
Mycenae
The Lion Gate is reminiscent of the _____________.
lamassu figures of Assyria
The Treasury at Atreus is an excellent example of a(n):
beehive tomb
The funerary practice of the Mycenaeans covering the faces of the dead with gold masks, recalls what other culture?
Egyptians
In which artistic process or technique does the artist hammer the shape from sheet metal pushing the features from behind?
repousse
Considering its subject matter, the bronze dagger blades executed from Grave Circle A can be said to show a __________.
sythesis of Mesopotamian and Aegean styles
After what event did Greeks calculate their chronology and, despite rivalries and differences, regard themselves as citizens of Hellas?
First Greek Olympiad
A Dipylon krater would most likely be found in which of the following?
an Athenian cemetery of the Geometric period
The Dipylon krater was a tomb marker. It has a hole in the bottom that allowed for rainwater or devotional libations to drain into the ground below.
True
The Orientalizing period of art is so named because of the early Greek’s exposure to which two cultures?
Mycenae and the Near East
