Quiz 2

Question 1

Hatshepsut

Answer 1

first great female monarch ever recorded (1473-1458 BCE)

Question 2

Ramses II

Answer 2

greatest pharaoh, last major warrior-king

Question 3

Atlantids

Answer 3

male-statue columns

Question 4

Pylon temple

Answer 4

typically bilaterally along a single axis that runs from an approaching avenue through a colonnaded court hall into a dimly lit sanctuary

Question 4

pylons

Answer 4

gateways w/sloping walls

Question 5

hypostyle hall

Answer 5

columns support the roof

Question 6

clerestory

Answer 6

lets the most light in a building

Question 7

Middle Kingdom

Answer 7

2030-1630 BCE

Question 8

Faience

Answer 8

man made material ceramic with quartz crystals, can be glazed

Question 9

fresco secco

Answer 9

paintings on dry plaster

Question 10

Aegeans had 3 geographical areas w/ art

Answer 10

Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean

Question 11

… was widely available

Answer 11

marble

Question 12

How did the Minoans paint on walls?

Answer 12

They coated the walls with white lime plaster and applied paint while the plaster was still wet

Question 13

landscape

Answer 13

a picture of nature in it’s own right with no narrative context

Question 14

faience

Answer 14

low-fired opaque glasslike silicate

Question 15

Cyclopean Masonry

Answer 15

huge, roughly cut stone blocks, used to fortify walls

Question 16

corbeled arch

Answer 16

constructed by placing blocks in horizontal courses

Question 17

Geometric Age

Answer 17

called this because vase painting was primarily abstract motifs, marked return of human figures

Question 18

krater

Answer 18

bowl for mixing wine and water

Question 19

meander

Answer 19

key pattern around the rim

Question 20

Greek statues were not…

Answer 20

attached to their original block of material it was formed from

Question 21

encaustic

Answer 21

technique where the pigment is mixed with hot wax before it is applied to the statue

Question 22

Peplos

Answer 22

simple, long, wool garment worn by greek women on the mainland

Question 23

cult statue

Answer 23

the best of all votive offerings

Question 24

amphora

Answer 24

two handled storage jar

Question 25

fore-shortened

Answer 25

drawn in a three-quarter view

Question 26

Oinoche

Answer 26

3 spouted pitcher

Question 27

polis

Answer 27

city-state

Question 28

Minoan time-period

Answer 28

2000-1400 BCE

Question 29

True Fresco

Answer 29

painted while plaster is still wet

Question 30

Steco Fresco

Answer 30

painted while plaster is dry (easily damaged)

Question 31

The cycladian islands were…

Answer 31

volcanic, so there were weird rock formations

Question 32

Minoan art is…

Answer 32

very representative of nature

Question 33

relative dating

Answer 33

based on styles and stratigraphy

Question 34

absolute dating

Answer 34

numbers, what’s earlier and later

Question 35

Mycenaean time-period

Answer 35

1700-1150/1100 BCE

Question 36

dolch

Answer 36

dagger

Question 37

What was used as grave markers?

Answer 37

Huge, oversized pottery

Question 38

amphora

Answer 38

associated with women

Question 39

krater

Answer 39

associated with men

Question 40

orientalizing

Answer 40

taking inspiration from something near eastern

Question 41

kouros

Answer 41

youth, young man, type of sculpture representing this

Question 42

contrapposto

Answer 42

line of arms and shoulders contrasts with hips and legs

Question 43

Archaic Smile

Answer 43

not emotional, a way to make the statue seem more alive

Question 44

kouros

Answer 44

male figure

Question 45

kore

Answer 45

female figure