Exam 4: Art of the Ancient Aegean

Describe the iconography in Aegean art, and give at least three examples.

What is the metalworking technique that fuses minute balls of precious metal to a surface?

Scholars who think a confederation of aristocrats ruled Minoan civilization during the Old Palace period interpret the "palace" complex at Knossos as

Which term is used to describe the precisely cut blocks used to build Mycenaean tholos tombs?

Art historian Thomas Strasser identified the subject of the so-called Flotilla Fresco as

The beautiful Harvester Rhyton (Fig. 4-9) may have been covered with

What features suggests a main difference between Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations?

What defines the style of the Cycladic Island works of art?

Which city's walls were rebuilt three times?

In comparison to the Harvester Rhyton (Fig. 4-9), the figures on the Warrior Krater (Fig. 4-26) do not have the

Which of the following was an architectural feature of the "palace" complex at Knossos?

What were the earliest tomb structures on mainland Greece called?

Why is the term labyrinth appropriate for the Palace of Knossos?

What defines the styles used for depictions of sea life decorating works like Octopus Flask (Fig. 4-11)?

Give two reasons that the Harvester Rhyton is exceptional.

The first example of dressed stone in the Aegean is at

Aegean artists created exquisite luxury goods from imported

Compare the "palace" complex of Knossos with the Mycenaean citadel.