Greeks and Etruscans

Question 1

Answer 1

House Urn

Rome

7th c

“Home for eternity” - holds ashes

Made from clay

Question 2

Answer 2

City plan, Temples at Paestrum

c 560-440

Question 3

Answer 3

Temple of Portunus

Rome

150 BCE

Question 4

Answer 4

Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus

Capitoline Hill

6th c BCE

Model of typical Etruscan temple

Similar to Greek except: different shape, oriented in one direction (Auguers read the sky), not as many columns, statues on top of wood roof

Question 5

Answer 5

Apollo of Portonaccio Sanctuary

Veii

510 BCE

Terra cotta, hollow - stone too heavy for roof

Look like Archaic Greek statue (archaic smile)

Base looks classical

Question 6

Answer 6

Sarcophagus of Married Couple

Cerveteri

c 525

Hollow, ashes placed inside

Hair & smile = archaic

Laying on couch at banquet

Question 7

Answer 7

Tomb of the Shields and Chairs

Cerveteri

c 550 BCE

Imitate architecture and furniture

Entire home (for afterlife) built underground, big enough for 18 people

Question 8

Answer 8

Tomb of the Augurs

Tarquinia

c 530

Priests stand outside on each side of painted door frame, touching heads, saying goodbye to the dead

Question 9

Answer 9

Tomb of the Augurs

Tarquinia

c 530

Funeral scene: wrestlers with stacked metal bowls, spilling of blood > start of gladitorial combat

Question 10

Answer 10

Tomb of the Leopards

Tarquinia

c 470 BCE

Importance of men and women shown in afterlife - they liked each other, women attended games and banquets with husband

Question 11

Answer 11

Tomb of the Leopards

Tarquinia

c 470 BCE

Afterlife scene or funeral scene

Holding egg: symbol of rebirth

Question 12

Answer 12

Doric Order

Masculine style

Developed first

Question 13

Answer 13

Ionic order

New order, end of 5th century

Feminine, more decorative

Question 14

Answer 14

Corinthian Order

More ornate capital, based on acanthus plant

Romans loved this order

Question 15

Find the capital, pediment and frieze

Answer 15

Question 16

Archaic Period

Answer 16

First phase of Greek sculpture

600-480 BCE

influenced by Egyptian art

first learning human form

liked repetitive pattern (hair, clothes)

Archaic smile

Question 17

Classical Period

Answer 17

Second phase of Greek sculpture

480-323 BCE

pinnacle of artist achievement

contraposto

better at cloth, drapery

Greek men = rational, logical (no emotion)

Question 18

Hellenistic Period

Answer 18

Third phase of Greek sculpture

323-31 BCE

death of Alexander the Great > Rise of Roman Empire

shows drama, violence, facial expressions

Question 19

Contrapposto

Answer 19

Classical period

Counter poised or counter balanced

Question 20

Answer 20

Tuscan Order

Simplified Doric

Question 21

Fresco

Answer 21

mural painting technique

executed on freshly laid or wet-lime plaster

how tombs were painted