Deck 5: Greek Art

Question 1

Which style was the earliest to produce freestanding statues of hollow cast bronze?

A) Hellenistic
B) Egyptian
C) Mycenaean
D) Classical Greek

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The Greek Pediment:

A) often contains sculpture
B) is in the cella
C) was designed by Imhotep
D) is part of an acanthus

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following describes the characteristics of Greek gods and goddesses?

A) Immortal and behaving in very human ways
B) Omniscient and selfless
C) Omnipotent and fair
D) Mortal and jealous

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What style is black-figure ceramics?

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

Question 5

For which style is the contrapposto stance an important characteristic?

A) Archaic Greek
B) Classic Greek
C) Mycenaean
D) Egyptian

Question 6

The statue of which deity was inside the Parthenon?

A) Zeus
B) Perikles
C) Xerxes
D) Athena

Question 7

Which was a testament to Alexandria's cosmopolitan nature and the vitality of shipping and commerce throughout the Hellenistic Empire?

A) Pharos
B) Kore
C) Naos
D) Tholos

Question 8

Sculpture that is often very emotional, individualized and realistic is typical of which style?

A) Archaic Greek
B) Classical Greek
C) Hellenistic
D) Mycenaean

Question 9

Which is one of the Greek orders?

A) Ionic
B) Severe
C) Egg and Dart
D) Hellenistic

Question 10

The lost wax process enabled Greek sculptors to create spatially freer forms than was possible in stone.

Question 11

How many major periods in Greek art are there?

A) six
B) three
C) four
D) nine

Question 12

Which style produced statues of nude male youths standing rigidly with the left foot forward, clenched fists and a stylized smile?

A) Hellenistic
B) Roman
C) Early Christian
D) Archaic Greek

Question 13

Krater, amphora, and kylix are :

A) Greek vessel shapes
B) The names of Greek gods
C) Famous Greek sculptors
D) Greek kouroi and korai

Question 14

Which of the following depicts a building as if it were sliced horizontally about three feet about the ground?

A) Ground plan
B) Elevation
C) Section
D) Stereobate

Question 15

In 490 BCE, the Persians defeated the Greeks at the Battle of Marathon.

Question 16

What is the name of the central room of a Greek temple where the statue of the deity was placed?

A) Megaron
B) Apadana
C) Pronaos
D) Cella

Question 17

What recent discovery in the pronaos of the Parthenon exacerbates problems of the structure's iconographic interpretation?

A) Frieze
B) Cult statue
C) Treasury
D) Kouros

Question 18

Where are triglyphs and metopes found?

A) In a ziggurat
B) As part of the Doric order
C) In a Corinthian frieze
D) In an Egyptian temple

Question 19

Which of the following phases of Greek art was the earliest?

A) Classical
B) Archaic
C) Red-figure
D) Geometric

Question 20

Homer was a Greek statesman.

Question 21

What influences caused Greek art to evolve more rapidly than Egyptian art?

Question 22

Compare Classical Greek sculpture to Hellenistic sculpture. How do they
differ?

Question 23

Discuss The Dying Trumpeter as an example of political art. What does this image communicate about winners and losers in the struggle between the Greeks and the Gauls?

Question 24

What are the characteristic differences between the three primary classical orders? Be sure to include friezes and capitals in your discussion.

Question 25

Discuss the removal to England of the Parthenon marbles by Lord Elgin. Why did this occur and what implications might it continue to have at the intersection of politics and art?

Question 26

What does Greek temple architecture have in common with Egyptian temples and how does it differ?

Question 27

What are the characteristics of Archaic Greek sculpture? Compare and contrast Archaic Greek sculpture and Egyptian sculpture.

Question 28

Examine the frieze of the Pergamon Altar. In comparison to the relief figures on the frieze of the Athenian Parthenon, which figures seem composed and serene, and which show violence and passion? Compare these in terms of themes, technique and style.

Question 29

The Athenian Akropolis, the hilltop citadel, had been a fortified site since Mycenaean times, around 1250 BCE.

Question 30

Lord Elgin of England returned marbles to Greece that had been removed from the Parthenon.