Exam 10: Artistic Reflections in the Pre-Modern World

The fall of Rome moved Europe into what period in history?

Unlike Western buildings the stupa does not include this element.

What artistic style and cultural perspective represents idealized perfection rather than real life?

The earliest extant poem in a modern European language.

The highest form of all art in Islamic society.

The greatest temple built by the Greeks and the prototype for all Classical buildings.

Explain the meaning of the Surah 4 ("The Women")from the Qur'an.

From the eleventh to the end of the thirteenth century a class of lyric-poet-musicians chiefly in southern France,northern Italy,and northern Spain.

In this characteristic style of Greek Classical sculpture,the body's weight rests on one leg thereby shifting the hip/shoulder axis and resulting in a subtle play of curves.

Chinese secular painting emphasized what specific themes?

The intent of this artistic style is to create social and spiritual distinction and some distance between the viewer and the image,dealing with proportions.

What epic poem tells the story of the founding of Rome?

How do the sculptures of Imperial Roman Classicism differ from Greek Classicism?

Gothic poet whose poems of courtly love and female heroism championed women.

The first and greatest professional teacher and philosopher in China living almost 1,000 years before Muhammad 500 years before Christ.

How do the plays of Euripides differ from those of Sophocles or Aeschylus?

The most significant characteristic of typical Roman architectural style.

During the period of the Middle Ages,who assumed the responsibility for transmitting much of the classical knowledge of the ancient world?

During the first millennium B.C.E.the Nok style in Nigeria first appeared in what form?

Explain why the sculpture Nike of Samothrace is considered Hellenistic style.