exam 2

Question 1

Art historians date the Classical age from which historical event listed below?

Answer 1

the Persian defeat by Hellenic city-states

Question 2

Kritios Boy is considered to be one of the most important sculptures in the history of art because:

Answer 2

never before had an artist depicted a human so naturalistically.

Question 3

The Riace bronze warrior was made using the ______________________ of casting.

Answer 3

lost-wax method

Question 4

Most Greek bronzes do not survive. As a result, we study the Roman marble copies of the Greek bronze originals.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Who was the politician most responsible for the re-building of the Athenian Acropolis in the 5th Century BCE?

Answer 5

Pericles

Question 6

Why did Mnesikles create a wide causeway between the central pair of columns on either side of the Propylaia, the gateway to the Acropolis?

Answer 6

for the Panathenaic Festival

Question 7

The Parthenon was dedicated to:

Answer 7

Athena

Question 8

Who was the director of the sculptural programs on the Parthenon?

Answer 8

Phidias

Question 9

Select the architectural element where sculpture was NOT found on the Parthenon.

Answer 9

architrave

Question 10

The Ionic frieze inside the Parthenon depicted the:

Answer 10

Panathenaic Festival

Question 11

Which structure from the Athenian Acropolis has four sides of very different character with each side on different ground levels?

Answer 11

Erechtheion

Question 12

A female figure used as an architectural support was known as

Answer 12

caryatid

Question 13

_____________________ finally defeated Persia in 4th century BCE.

Answer 13

Alexander the Great

Question 14

Late Classical sculpture tends to focus on real world individuals and appearances in contrast to the ideal world of perfect beings and shrines.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

The Greek theater is a giant circle with the stage in the middle much like the Colosseum in Rome.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

The more ornate Corinthian capital become more popular and most commonly used in what two periods of Greek Art?

Answer 16

Late Classical and Hellenistic

Question 17

When compared to the Classical style, Greek Hellenistic art could be characterized as:

Answer 17

more realistic and emotional

Question 18

Small marble figurines of naked women with arms folded over their abdomen have been found in:

Answer 18

the Cyclades Islands

Question 19

Minoan columns are distinguished by:

Answer 19

tapering shape and bulbous capital

Question 20

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?

Answer 20

buon fresco (true or wet fresco)

Question 21

What form of arch is above the lintel of the Lion Gate?

Answer 21

corbelled arch

Question 22

The Lion Gate is the gateway to:

Answer 22

Mycenae

Question 23

The Lion Gate is reminiscent of the _____________.

Answer 23

lamassu figures of Assyria

Question 24

The Treasury at Atreus is an excellent example of a(n):

Answer 24

beehive tomb

Question 25

The funerary practice of the Mycenaeans covering the faces of the dead with gold masks, recalls what other culture?

Answer 25

Egyptians

Question 26

In which artistic process or technique does the artist hammer the shape from sheet metal pushing the features from behind?

Answer 26

repousse

Question 27

Considering its subject matter, the bronze dagger blades executed from Grave Circle A can be said to show a __________.

Answer 27

sythesis of Mesopotamian and Aegean styles

Question 28

After what event did Greeks calculate their chronology and, despite rivalries and differences, regard themselves as citizens of Hellas?

Answer 28

First Greek Olympiad

Question 29

A Dipylon krater would most likely be found in which of the following?

Answer 29

an Athenian cemetery of the Geometric period

Question 30

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.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

The Orientalizing period of art is so named because of the early Greek’s exposure to which two cultures?

Answer 31

Mycenae and the Near East