Deck 5: Art of Ancient Greece

Question 1

Which of the following would NOT be seen in a Greek kore figure?

A) peplos
B) an Archaic smile
C) brightly colored paint
D) nudity

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The three orders of Greek architecture are the __________, __________, and __________ order.

A) Doric; Ionic; Corinthian
B) Doric; Ionic, Hellenistic
C) Archaic; Corinthian; Classical
D) Ionic; Hellenistic; Classical

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The beautiful Olpe (Pitcher) is decorated with stylized flowers called __________.

A) lilies
B) roses
C) rosettes
D) caliphs

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The __________ period is named for the influence of Egypt, the Near East, and Asia Minor on Greek art.

A) Orientalizing
B) Hellenistic
C) Proto-Egyptian
D) Suma-Eastern

Question 5

The Propylaia was a monumental entrance to the Athenian akropolis, which also housed one of the earliest known _______.

A) restaurants
B) museums
C) libraries
D) theaters

Question 6

The word __________ means a part of a city on top of a hill.

A) metropolis
B) Parthenon
C) Erechtheion
D) akropolis

Question 7

___________ art flourished between 900-700 BCE

A) Archaic
B) Geometric
B) Orientalizing
C) Classical

Question 8

The Classical period is subdivided into three phases: the __________, __________, and __________ Classical period.

A) Early; Middle; Late
B) Pre; Early; Late
C) Early; High; Final
D) Early, High, Late

Question 9

Buried after an earthquake in 373 BCE, the Charioteer was spared the fate of most ancient _________sculptures, which were melted down so the material could be used for other purposes.

A) silver
B) copper
C) bronze
D) gold

Question 10

The Greek myth of creation involved a battle between the earth gods, or __________, and the sky gods.

A) Cretans
B) Olympians
C) Titans
D) Muses

Question 11

The beautiful black-figure vase of Dionysos with Maenads by the Amasis Painter exemplifies a vase shape called a(n) __________.

A) krater
B) olpe
C) lekythos
D) amphora

Question 12

The sculpture Man and Centaur exemplifies the __________style.

A) Hellenistic
B) Oriental
C) Geometric
D) Classical

Question 13

The sculptor Polykleitos wrote a treatise called _________ that specified a set of rules for constructing what he considered to be the ideal human figure.

A) The Contrapposto
B) The Doryphoros
C) The Canon
D) The Symmetria

Question 14

What architectural element(s) posed the greatest compositional challenge for sculptors of temple decoration?

A) the columns
B) the frieze
C) the triangular pediments
D) the metopes

Question 15

Which of the following does NOT appear on the Funerary Krater from the Dipylon Cemetery ?

A) geometric designs and patterns
B) depictions of funerary ritual
C) images of the Greek landscape
D) mourners expressing their grief

Question 16

______________refers to presenting standing figures with opposing alternations of tension and relaxation around a central axis, a convention that dominates Greek Classical art.

A) Balanced right
B) Contrapposto
C) Cantilevering
D) Classical rhythm

Question 17

Some scholars think that the Greek's defeat of the Persians in 480 BCE had what effect on Greek art?

A) Near Eastern traditions became more acceptable in Greek art
B) It accelerated artistic developments that led to the Classical style
C) Greek art was used as propaganda against the Persians
D) None

Question 18

The desire of Greek artists to _________existing artistic trends resulted in dramatic stylistic changes over the course of a few centuries.

A) reject
B) maintain
C) improve upon
D) critically undermine

Question 19

A bronze sculpture called ____________ was created as an illustration of the principles set out in The Canon of Polykleitos.

A) Charioteer
B) Warrior
C) Spear Bearer (Doryphoros)
D) Aphrodite of Knidos

Question 20

The ancient Greeks believed that, like humans, their gods had what flaw?

A) they were mortal
B) they had human weaknesses and emotions
C) they could bleed
D) none-the gods embodied absolute perfection

Question 21

Which of the following features distinguishes the Doric order in Greek architecture?

A) fluted columns
B) column that stands directly on the stylobate
C) a continuous frieze on the entablature
D) a peristyle collonnade

Question 22

The practice of painting and fitting marble sculpture with bronze accessories reflects the Greek's desire for art that shows a heightened sense of ________.

A) luxury
B) decoration
C) emotionalism
D) reality

Question 23

Which of the following characteristics marks a stylistic departure from High Classical sculpture that occurred in Greek art of the fourth century BCE?

A) more emotional expressivity
B) fully nude female figures
C) taller and leaner proportions
D) all of the above

Question 24

Although caryatids appear in the place of columns at the Treasury of the Siphnians in Delphi , the structure's continuous frieze indicates use of the ________order.

A) Doric
B) Ionic
C) Corinthian
D) none of the above

Question 25

Subtle refinements in the Parthenon's design ________ absolute regularity in order to create a more harmonious effect of the building on the viewer.

A) achieve an almost
B) deviate from
C) mathematically produce
D) conform to

Question 26

Based on the text's discussion of Greek art, why is the Tomb of the Diver significant to art history?

A) It is an example of Greek wall painting
B) It depicts Greek funerary ritual
C) It includes a landscape
D) It was the tomb of a foreigner

Question 27

______________was used to create the more realistic facial details of the Riace Warriors .

A) Bronze
B) Encaustic
C) Inlaid glass and metal
D) Engraved lines

Question 28

The mathematical ratio of ______ contributed to the harmony and balance of the Parthenon.

A) 5:19
B) 6:12
C) 4:9
D) 8:17

Question 29

Greeks built ______________ to house and protect their offerings.

A) tombs
B) peristyles
C) treasuries
D) fountains

Question 30

The Greeks preferred _________as a material for figurative sculpture because it allowed for complex action poses.

A) wood
B) bronze
C) marble
D) terra-cotta

Question 31

What feature(s) do Greek kouroi and standing figures in Egyptian art have in common?

A) full nudity
B) the Archaic smile
C) a rigid, upright stance
D) all of the above

Question 32

Freestanding statues of male figures, which were made in the Archaic period, are called ______________.

A) temple guardians
B) kouroi
C) Apollos
D) cult statues

Question 33

Where was Pheidias's large ivory and gold statue of Athena located in the Parthenon?

A) the pronaos
B) the cella
C) the east pediment
D) the west pediment

Question 34

Which structure was NOT located on the Athenian akropolis?

A) the Agora
B) the Propylaia
C) the Erectheion
D) the Temple of Athena Nike

Question 35

____________ was an enclosed sacred area that contained an altar.

A) pronaos
B) abacus
C) cella
D) temenos

Question 36

Intimate images such as A Youth Pouring Wine into the Kylix of a Companion were painted on the interiors of __________ vessels, where it would have been seen only by the user as he tilted the cup up to drink from it.

A) amphora
B) krater
C) hydria
D) kylix

Question 37

The mythic battle scenes that decorated the Parthenon's 92 metopes symbolically represented the triumph of _________over unbridled animal passions.

A) reason
B) Greek culture
C) religion
D) physical strength

Question 38

In both red- and black-figure vase painting techniques, the areas that were painted with slip would be ________after firing.

A) yellow
B) black
C) white
D) red

Question 39

_____________enabled Greek ceramic painters to create livelier human figures by painting interior details instead of incising them.

A) Red-figure technique
B) Black-figure technique
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B

Question 40

Man Scraping Himself (Apoxyomenos) demonstrates Lysippos's new use of __________by encouraging the viewer to move around the statue.

A) space
B) proportion
C) scale
D) modeling

Question 41

In the Archaic period, the center for pottery manufacturing and trade was the city of __________.

A) Athens
B) Corinth
C) Ionia
D) Poseidonia

Question 42

White-ground technique is most common on vessels used for ___________.

A) drinking wine
B) funerary purposes
C) domestic tasks
D) storage of grain

Question 43

In contrast to Greek art of the High Classical period, ________________became popular subject matter in the late 4?? century.

A) historical events
B) dramatic narratives
C) allegorical images
D) military battles

Question 44

Clothed women in the form of columns are called __________ and are found on the Treasury of the Siphnians .

A) volutes
B) caryatids
C) entasis
D) kouroi

Question 45

Although some Hellenistic artists emulated earlier Classical forms, an experimental anti-Classical trend emerged that was especially popular in the city of ___________.

A) Alexandria
B) Athens
C) Pergamon
D) Epidauros

Question 46

The term __________ means "antiquated" or "old-fashioned" and is a name for the period prior to the Classical period in Greek art.

A) orientalizing
B) archaic
C) stylized
D) idealism

Question 47

Prior to the Hellenistic period, the Corinthian order ______________.

A) did not exist
B) was used only in interiors
C) was not considered structurally sound
D) was used only in Corinth

Question 48

The Sanctuary at Delphi was the sacred home of the Greek god __________.

A) Apollo
B) Achilles
C) Hermes
D) Mars

Question 49

Expressionism, or the artist's attempt to evoke a specific emotion from the viewer, is characteristic of which period of Greek Art?

A) Geometric
B) Archaic
C) Classical
D) Hellenistic

Question 50

The Kritios Boy was found on the Athenian __________.

A) Agora
B) Stoa
C) Akropolis
D) theater

Question 51

The Canon for constructing the ideal human figure was developed about 450 BCE by __________ of Argos.

A) Epigonos
B) Pheidias
C) Praxiteles
D) Polykleitos

Question 52

The __________ style of Greek art 700-600 BCE began in Corinth.

A) Orientalizing
B) Geometric
C) Hellenistic
D) Late Classical

Question 53

In the ninth and eighth centuries BCE, the Greeks developed independently governed ___________, autonomous regions with a city as its political, economic, and cultural center.

A) colonies
B) republics
C) kingships
D) city-states

Question 54

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Hellenistic art?

A) unusual or exotic subjects
B) extreme expressions of pain, stress, or sorrow
C) an emphasis on melodrama
D) linear and balanced compositions

Question 55

The term "Pausian" refers to ______________.

A) mosaic copies of painted originals
B) opulent floral borders in paintings and mosaics
C) hunting scenes
D) a type of textile

Question 56

The Temple of Hera I at Paestum illustrates the early form of a __________ order temple.

A) Ionic
B) Caryatid
C) Corinthian
D) Doric

Question 57

The Greeks valued human ________over human emotion.

A) knowledge
B) strength
C) reason
D) form

Question 58

One of the best-preserved Archaic Greek temples is the __________, located at the Greek colony of Poseidonia (Roman Paestum).

A) Temple of Aphaia
B) Temple of Olympian Zeus
C) Temple of Hera I
D) Theater at Epidauros

Question 59

__________ was the most famous of all Athenian black-figure painters.

A) Amasis
B) Praxiteles
C) Exekias
D) Hippodamus

Question 60

To give a sense of three-dimensional recession in the Battle Between the Gods and Giants the artist __________.

A) place rosettes in blank spaces
B) included landscape elements
C) overlapped the figures
D) stacked the pictorial motifs

Question 61

The Greek marketplace is also called the __________.

A) stoa
B) agora
C) akropolis
D) Panathenaic way

Question 62

The Greek __________ said, "Future generations will marvel at us, as the present day marvels at us now."

A) Perikles
B) Attalos
C) Ptolemy
D) Sparta

Question 63

Hagesandros, Polydoros, and Athenedoros from the island of __________ are thought to be the sculptors of Laocoön and His Sons .

A) Corinth
B) Thera
C) Crete
D) Rhodes

Question 64

The sculpture of the Dying Gallic Trumpeter dates from the __________ period.

A) Hellenistic
B) Geometric
C) High Classical
D) Late Classical

Question 65

The original location of the Nike (Victory) of Samothrace was a hillside niche above the sanctuary of the Greek gods at __________.

A) Athens
B) Samothrace
C) Melos
D) Miletus

Question 66

The monumental gatehouse of the Akropolis is called the __________.

A) Peristyle
B) Erectheion
C) Propylaia
D) Altar of Zeus

Question 67

Alexander the Great's most lasting legacy was the spread of _________beyond its original borders.

A) Macedonian legend
B) Greek culture
C) monotheism
D) the Arabic language

Question 68

The Ionic temple on the Akropolis with a porch on each end is called the Temple of __________.

A) Hera
B) Aphaia
C) Athena Nike
D) Olympain Zeus

Question 69

In the fifth century BCE, one of the major proponents of the ideal city plan was __________.

A) Lysippos
B) Epigonos
C) Iktinos
D) Hippodamos of Miletos

Question 70

A specialty of Greek goldsmiths was the design of earrings in tiny forms of ______.

A) mosaics
B) sculptures
C) flowers
D) ceramic vases

Question 71

Following the 480 BCE defeat of the Persians by the Greeks, the statesman __________ convinced the Greeks to rebuild the Akropolis.

A) Praxiteles
B) Perikles
C) Glykera
D) Aristotle

Question 72

Upright stone slabs called _________ were used in cemeteries as gravestones.

A) volutes
B) temenos
C) parapet
D) stele

Question 73

The teacher of Alexander the Great was the philosopher __________.

A) Aristotle
B) Pythagoras
C) Kallikrates
D) Socrates

Question 74

Olpe (Pitcher) is an early example of the __________ technique.

A) geometric
B) marine
C) black figure
D) krater

Question 75

The Aphrodite of Melos demonstrates the influence of earlier__________ styles in Hellenistic sculpture.

A) Archaic
B) Minoan
C) Classical
D) Geometric

Question 76

The artist __________ was in charge of the rebuilding of the Akropolis.

A) Polykleitos
B) Exekias
C) Skopas
D) Pheidias

Question 77

The Porch of the Maidens on the Erechtheion is supported by __________.

A) caryatids
B) piers
C) Corinthian columns
D) barrel vaults

Question 78

The Temple of the Olympian Zeus was designed by the Roman architect __________.

A) Euripides
B) Polykleitos
C) Cossutius
D) Kallikrates

Question 79

Columns whose capitals resemble acanthus leaves are called __________.

A) Ionic
B) Tuscan
C) Corinthian
D) Doric

Question 80

_________is an opaque, water-based medium mixed with glue or egg white, which was used on white-ground lekythoi like Woman and Maid vase .

A) Mosaic
B) Slip
C) Tempera
D) Gilding