Art History B Final Exam Review

How many floors did a typical, early Roman house have?

Beginning with Augustus, emperors of the imperial period used sculpture's potential as a tool for communicating

Which of the following was not a valued character trait in the Roman republic?

In sculpture, the Greeks portrayed gods as:

In 390 BCE, Rome was sacked by the

Which of the following was an extremely influential medium for imperial portraits?

Where can you find some of the only surviving examples of Roman wall painting?

The ancient Greek civilization gave birth to the concept of:

The Romans' indigenous useof ___was instrumentalin the construction of the great cathedrals of Europe 1,000 years later.

Placed at the highest point of an arch, the ___ locks the stones of the arch into place.

What was the Roman (Latin) word for public baths?

Romans first learned of wall paintings, also called ___, from the Etruscans.

Cameo portraits were usually

The _____ is the top feature of a column.

Which of the following was the 2nd style of Greek vase painting to evolve?

What civilization had the greatest influence on Roman sculpture?

Many of the features of the Parthenon can be found in what modern American monument?

Which of the following Roman emperors had an arch built in his name?

Myron's Discobolus was originally created in:

Public officials in Roman Republic made heroic, full-length statues of themselves made of generic, well-formed bodies &

Which of the following is NOT a structure built on the Acropolis

The Archaic Greek male sculpture form is called a:

In the 5th century BCE, _____ began to appear in Greek sculpture.

Which of the following is NOT considered a Hellenistic sculpture?

Egyptians had a great influence on the Greek sculptors of the ______ period.

____ columns can be recognized by their double rams' horn-shaped capitals.

Flavian era saw a dramatic change in the style of Roman portraiture. What was this change?

How have experts gained knowledge about Roman woodwork?

In the Flavian period, ___ was renowned for its corkscrew hairstyles.

With early private portraiture, funeral alters and tomb structures were graced with portrait ___ of the deceased.

What had become of the Greek bronze statues that the Romans copied?

Though often attributed to the Romans, the arch was actually conceived by the__

The Roman Republic was able to expand because of its

What is the difference between a Greek Doric column and a Roman Doric column?

What was the center of public life in ancient Rome?

Only the _____ was/were allowed to use Greek temples.

Highlighted in one of your lessons, the __ of Todi statue in the Vatican Museum depicts a figure holding a __.

Most ancient Greek sculpture did not survive the ages. How do we know what this sculpture looked like?

The only surviving Roman ___ of the first order was/were built by Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia.

What was the most popular of Roman leisure activities?

The ____ is a classic example of a Greek temple, with a simple rectangular building on a three-step platform

Besides the Appian Way, what other feat of architecture and engineering did the Appius Claudius Caecus initiate?

The area of the ancient Roman home where a Roman would dress to go out in public was the __

Beginning in the third century BCE, sculpture in Rome was:

Until the second century BCE, Roman classes were defined according to

Early Roman art was strongly influenced by the ___ civilization, which ruled Rome.

What style of Greek column has no base?

Among the most highly revered principles in the ancient Greek culture was:

Roman copies of Greek statues were usually displayed