Oral Quiz Review Flashcards
Identify three characteristics of Classical Greek sculpture.
- ) Peaceful
- ) Heroic
- ) Captures the Ideal and Perfect
The Hellenistic Period is considered the period between _______ and the ______.
Death of Alexander the Great
Beginning of the Roman Empire
Define tesserae.
Tiny stones/pieces of glass cut to specific sizes and shapes
Who is the artist of the Diskobolos.
Myron
What is the order of the Temple of Olympian Zeus?
Corinthian
How long is the frieze on the Altar of Zeus?
400 ft long
Where is the Temple of Olympian Zeus located?
Athens
What is the date of the Temple of Olympian Zeus?
175 BC
How many larger-than-life size figures are on the Altar of Zeus?
100
Identify one characteristic of the Lyssipan tradition
Get the full affect by walking around the work
How are art and nature combined in Nike of Samothrace
The fountains flowing water creates the illusion of waves against the ship
What is the date of the Nike of Samothrace?
190 BC
The Sleeping Satyr is also called _____
Barberini Faun
How does Old Market Woman reflect social change?
depicts the new unstable social class
Who was the sculpture of Alexander the Great?
Lysippos
Identify three Greek philosophers.
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
Identify four characteristics of the Laocoon Group
- ) Dramatic facial expressions
- ) Dramatic motion
- ) Strong diagonal
- ) muscles flexed
What is the style of Gustav Courbet?
Realism
What is the style of Diego Velasquez?
Spanish Baroque
What is the date of the Venus de Milo?
150 BC
What is the order of the Temple Athena Nike?
Ionic
Who discovered Tut’s tomb?
Howard Carter
What culture flourished on the island of Crete?
Minoan
What palace is located on the island of Crete?
Knossos
___ sea is between Greece ad Asia Minor
Mediterranean
____ is an ancient circular tomb.
Grave circle A (Mycenaean tomb of kings and families)
What is the first historic work of art?
Palette of King Narmer
Who is the artist of Luncheon on the Grass?
Eduard Manet
What is the style of Seurat?
Pointillism
____ is a bench-shaped Egyptian tomb.
mastaba
What is the first monumental royal tomb?
Stepped pyramids of King Zoser
With what culture is the Ishtar Gate associated with?
Neo-Babylonian
Column from the High Empire
Trajan
Arch from the Late Empire
Constantine
Reminder of divine descent in Augustus of Primaporta
Cupid
Poses with authority and persuasiveness
Allus Mellus
Patricians celebrated their elevated states through the creation of
Portraits
Begins with overthrowing last Etruscan King
Roman republican period
Augustus was crowned as Jupiter on this
Gemma Augustea
accessible only at the front, Temple of Portunis
High podium
Superrealistic
Veristic
oasis in the heart of Pompeii
Forum
Catches rainwater in the Roman House
Impluvium
What is the throat of the Roman house
Fauces
Two characteristics of the Roman House
- ) inward looking in nature
2. ) Influenced by Etruscans architecture
First Style (masonry style)
painted Stucco to look like marble
Second style
creates 3D illusion on floors ceiling and walls- created through pictorials
Intuitive perspective
atmospheric perspective
atmospheric perspective
creates the illusion of distance ex. Tribute money
Third style
Delicate linear Fantasies
Forth Style
obsessions with illusions returned
Portrait of a husband and wife (Pompeii)
- ) depicted as educated
2. ) Individualized
Still life with peaches
illusion created here is the furthest advance by ancient painters in representational technique
August
Rome’s first emperor
Constantine
First Christian emperor
