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Prehistoric Aegean and Ancient Greece Art History 2019
Prehistoric Aegean and Ancient Greece Art History 2019
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Questions about the art of Ancient Greece
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1
What was the tallest and largest dome for a thousand years?
Erechtheion
the Treasury of Atreus
The Parthenon
Siphnian Treasury
2
From what Greek era does this sculpture fit into?
Orientalizing
Hellenistic
Archaic
Classical
3
What was the purpose of large ceramic Kraters like the
Dipylon Krater
?
It held the remains of the dead
It was used to mix water and wine
It was buried with the dead
It was a grave marker
4
What is the purpose of these idols?
Female figures representing musical expression
Female figures representing fragility of life
Fertility male figures
Female figures representing fertility in the next life
5
What is this?
A tray
a make-up pallet
A woman
A table
6
This temple is the ultimate example of Greek mathematical perfection.
The Pantheon
The Temple of Hera I
The Temple of Zues
The Parthenon
7
How do we know the gender of the figures on this sarcophagus?
The men are dark and the women are light
The men are in dresses and the women are kilted
The men are light and the women are dark
The men are kilted and the women are in dresses
8
What are these called?
Metatops and Triclops
Metatopes and the Triglyphs.
The Capital
Ranking Cornice
9
This was the largest open man-made structure, without internal support, until the Romans.
The Treasury of Atreus
Megaron from the Palace of Nestor
The citadel at Tiryns
The Corbeled Dome of New Grange
10
What is this male figure called?
Korrosive
Kouros
Kore
Korona
11
Who was the citadel at Tiryns thought to be built by?
The gods
Centaurs
Cyclops
Egyptian slaves
12
What architectural problem did the Corinthian capital solve?
The Baroque pillars
The Greek 1:2 ratio
The Ionic capital corner problem
The Doric orders
13
What is this female figure called?
Korpus Kristie
Kore
Kouros
Korrugated
14
What is thought to be the purpose of this Snake Goddess?
It is a goddess using snakes as a weapon
To show a goddess with power over animals.
It is Zelda's during her darker days
A woman with power over men
15
What is this palace?
Palace at Knossos
King Minos's palace
Bowser's castle
Mario's plunger palace
16
Which answer lists the correct names of the individuals represented on this pediment?
Chrysaor, Pegasus, Zeus and Megatron
Medusa, Apollo, Zeus, and Herakles
Zeus, Medusa, Felines, and Apollo
Medusa, Pegasus, Chrysaor, and Zeus
17
Who killed King Oinomaos in the story told through this pediment sculpture?
King Oinomaos killed himself
Myrtilos (the groom) killed the king
Hippodameia killed the king by marrying Pelops
Pelops killed the king
18
The Lions Gate at Mycenae puts the sculpture in this part of the architectural structure.
Post and Lintel
A Corbeled Dome
An Arch
Corbeled Arch
19
Who are these two men?
Ajax and Achilles
Herakles and Apollo
Jax and Aching
Pelops and Oinomaos
20
Which of the orders is more traditional or conservative?
The Ionic order
The Doric order
21
From what Greek era does this sculpture fit into?
Classical
Orientalizing
Hellenistic
Archaic
22
Most Greek sculpture is made of marble
True
False
23
What is a Bilingual Vase?
A vase with both Greek and Arabic writing
A vase with two forms of ceramic imagery
The opposite of a Hi- Lingual vase.
A vase with Greek and Demotic writing
24
What change to Greek sculpture does this piece of Zeus (or Poseidon) signify?
The use of a spear
The use of Natural human motion
The use of the perfect body
The use of Bronze
25
What is the Mnesikles of the Propylaia on the Acropolis in Athens?
Art museum
Entrance to the Acropolis
Poseidon's Trident mark
Temple to Athena Nike
26
The citadel at Tiryns uses this technique to protect it.
It had trapdoors and hidden passages
It was built by cyclops
It was a labyrinth of corridors
It was harder to attach if you are right handed
27
What was the purpose of an image like this one
It was used to promote Olympic swimming
It explained how the individual died
It showed a man entering the next life
It showed a boy becoming a man
28
Which is an asymmetrical temple that was build differently then other Greek temples?
Propylaia
Siphnian Treasury
Erechtheion
Parthenon
29
What is this type of sculpture called?
Kore
Carytide
Nike
Kouros
30
What is the earliest known example of the use of contrapposto is sculpture.
The Shepherd Boy
Riace Warrior
The Kritios Boy
The Weary Herakles
