Deck 2: Ancient Greece

Question 1

The construction of _____ characterize the building efforts on Crete in the early centuries of the second millennium.

A)theaters
B)beehive tombs
C)architectural complexes
D)cyclopean masonry walls

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The Greeks created the concept of _____, or rule by the people.

A)polis
B)a canon
C)democracy
D)Hellenic

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The dimensions of the Parthenon were calculated on _____.

A)the Temple of Athena Nike
B)a fixed proportional scheme
C)the dimensions of earlier temples
D)theater designs

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The positioning of the feet of the figurine of a woman from Syros suggests that it must have been placed lying down in a _____.

A)home
B)grave
C)cave
D)citadel

Question 5

Well-preserved Minoan frescoes were found at _____.

A)Sparta
B)Athens
C)Tiryns
D)Akrotiri

Question 6

The use of dark silhouettes against a cream-colored background typifies the decoration of _____ ceramic pots.

A)Greek red-figure
B)Minoan
C)Mycenaean
D)Cycladic

Question 7

Along with the patron goddess of Athens, Athena, the Parthenon celebrated the _____.

A)Olympian deities
B)Spartans
C)Macedonians
D)Athenian people

Question 8

Minoan painting introduced the first _____.

A)battle scene
B)pure landscape
C)representations of animals
D)ruler portraits

Question 9

The _____ was the central feature of the palace at Knossos.

A)fortifications wall
B)large rectangular court
C)outdoor theater
D)entrance gate

Question 10

_____ was the sculptor who designed the reliefs and sculptures for the Parthenon.

A)Phidias
B)Exekias
C)Epigonos
D)Hegeso

Question 11

Why do some scholars believe Snake Goddess is a deity?

A)She displays power over animals.
B)She wears the Minoan goddess dress.
C)She is posed frontally.
D)She was found in a temple.

Question 12

_____ did not play a role in public or political life, but were confined to the home.

A)Philosophers
B)Athenian leaders
C)Land-holding males
D)Greek women

Question 13

Most early Cycladic sculptures represent _____.

A)bison
B)males
C)women
D)composite creatures

Question 14

Minoan columns are distinguished by a _____.

A)tapering shape and bulbous capitals
B)pronounced swelling in the center
C)bud-shaped capitals
D)bull-shaped capitals

Question 15

Minoan art takes its name from _____.

A)a Minoan city
B)the legendary King Minos
C)the Homeric epics
D)Socrates

Question 16

Mycenaean citadels, such as those at Mycenae and Tiryns, we famous in antiquity for their _____.

A)murals
B)towers
C)fortification walls
D)domes

Question 17

Cycladic figures, such as the woman from Syros, are rendered _____.

A)with bulbous circular forms
B)naturalistically
C)as portraits
D)in a highly schematic manner

Question 18

_____ provided illumination and ventilation in the palace at Knossos.

A)Light and air wells
B)Corbeled vaults
C)A timber framework
D)The Lion Gate

Question 19

The earliest dated Aegean artworks came from _____.

A)the Cyclades
B)Tiryns
C)Athens
D)Crete

Question 20

Mycenaean masonry is called Cyclopean because of its _____.

A)color
B)size
C)texture
D)pattern

Question 21

The tholos at Mycenae was a _____.

A)throne room
B)temple
C)treasury
D)tomb chamber

Question 22

Which sculpture employs contrapposto?

A)Kroisos
B)Kritios Boy
C)Lady of Auxerre
D)Peplos Kore

Question 23

How is the Parthenon imperfect?

A)The columns are not perpendicular to the ground.
B)The pediments are not triangular.
C)The cella is not square.
D)The stylobate is not straight.

Question 24

One of the primary purposes for temples was to house an image of a deity called _____.

A)an atlantid
B)a caryatid
C)a kouros
D)a cult statue

Question 25

The early Greek style of representing statues with triangular heads and is called the _____ style.

A)canon
B)Kroisos
C)daedelic
D)Doryphoros

Question 26

Following the Peloponnesian war and the alienation and disillusionment that followed, Late Classical artists focused on _____.

A)community values
B)mathematical perfection
C)real-world appearances
D)Polykleitos's Canon

Question 27

The defeat of the Persians is the historical event that marked the beginning of the _____ age.

A)classical
B)Minoan
C)Hellenistic
D)Dark

Question 28

_____ were among the artifacts found in the shaft graves at Grave Circle A.

A)statues of deities
B)ceramic vessels
C)lyres
D)beaten gold masks

Question 29

At the time of the Trojan wars, wealthy Mycenaeans were buried in _____.

A)ceramic urns
B)sarcophagi
C)tholos tombs
D)shaft graves

Question 30

The Altar of Zeus celebrates the _____.

A)victory of Attalos I over the Gauls
B)life of Alexander the Great
C)birth of Zeus
D)lapiths' defeat of the centaurs

Question 31

Greek vase painting of the _____ consisted mainly of abstract motifs.

A)Geometric age
B)Orienalizing period
C)Hellenistic age
D)Pergamenes

Question 32

Which Athenian politician reconstructed the Athenian Acropolis?

A)Pausanius
B)Polykleitos
C)Xerxes
D)Pericles

Question 33

Cantilevered rows of stone formed a _____ above the lintel of the Lion Gate at Mycenae.

A)corbeled arch
B)barrel vault
C)pattern of vines
D)ogee

Question 34

_____ was the master of the black-figure technique.

A)Philoxenos of Eretria
B)Exekias
C)Kroisos
D)Daedelus

Question 35

In the Archaic period, ceramic painters introduced a new painting technique called _____.

A)white-ground painting
B)kamares ware
C)black-figure painting
D)the Orientalizing style

Question 36

Greek temples reveal the influence of _____.

A)Minoan palace plans
B)Neolithic shrines
C)Egyptian columnar halls
D)Persian citadels

Question 37

The depopulation and poverty that followed the fall of the Mycenaeans is called the _____.

A)Doric period
B)Dark Age of Greece
C)Golden Age of the Minoans
D)Hellenistic era

Question 38

The Mycenaean funerary mask was one of the first attempts at _____ by Greek artists.

A)a life-sized human face
B)repoussé
C)rendering the human face
D)metalwork

Question 39

The so-called Archaic smile likely signified _____.

A)life
B)joy
C)personality
D)perfection

Question 40

_____ strongly influenced the pose of early Greek kouros figures.

A)Minoan portraits
B)Egyptian statues
C)Persian art
D)Snake goddesses

Question 41

The fusion of Doric and Ionic elements in the Parthenon may reflect the Athenian belief that _____.

A)Persia would invade Greece
B)they were the leaders of the Greeks
C)eastern Greeks were superior architects
D)there should be a new Greek order

Question 42

Describe the relationship between Mycenaean funerary masks and Egyptian art.

Question 43

Unlike their Early Classical predecessors, Late Classical artists focused on _____.

A)community values
B)mathematical perfection
C)real-world appearances
D)Polykleitos's canon

Question 44

Classical statues departed from the Archaic by abandoning _____.

A)painted features
B)the Egyptian pose
C)naturalism
D)nudity

Question 45

Funds from the _____ were used to finance Pericles's rebuilding of the Akropolis.

A)Delian League
B)Peloponnesian war
C)Battle of Actium
D)Athenian senate

Question 46

The irregular form of the Erectheion was necessitated by its _____.

A)function of housing several sacred sites
B)dedication to Zeus and Hera
C)placement next to the Parthenon
D)multistory form

Question 47

Unlike Classical sculptors, Hellenistic artists created _____.

A)monumental images
B)a variety of physical types
C)idealized figures
D)relief and full-round sculpture

Question 48

The cultural centers of the Hellenistic period were _____.

A)court cities of Alexander's successor
B)Athens and Sparta
C)Macedonia
D)Greek colonies in Italy

Question 49

Describe how the civilizations of the Aegean are named.

Question 50

Large bronze sculptures were created using the _____ technique.

A)bas relief
B)reduction
C)cloisonné
D)lost wax

Question 51

The artist Phidias treated the floor of the Parthenon's pediment as _____.

A)an imitation of the Temple of Aphaia at Aegina
B)a ground line for life-size figures
C)a horizon line through which figures could pass
D)a shallow ledge supporting relief sculptures

Question 52

_____ took the unprecedented step of representing the goddess Aphrodite nude.

A)Epigonos
B)Praxiteles
C)Euphronios
D)Lysippos

Question 53

The subject of the Parthhenon's Ionic frieze is the _____.

A)extinction of the Amazons
B)battle between the gods and giants
C)the Persian war
D)Panathenaic procession

Question 54

The white-ground technique was used almost exclusively on _____.

A)amphora
B)kraters
C)lekythoi
D)mosaic pavements

Question 55

What are some of the characteristic architectural features of the palace at Knossos?

Question 56

What made the Parthenon a "perfect temple"?

Question 57

Describe the possible functions served by the architectural complexes on Crete.

Question 58

On the Stele of Hegeso, the deceased is represented ______.

A)teaching her children
B)taking leave of her husband
C)with her parents
D)in a domestic setting

Question 59

How do the themes portrayed on the Parthenon sculptures and reliefs allude to the Greek victory over the Persians?

Question 60

Polykleitos created the _____ to accompany a treatise on the ideal statue of a nude male warrior or athlete.

A)Dying Gaul
B)Centauromachy
C)Doryphoros
D)Dying Warrior

Question 61

What are the characteristics of the daedelic style in early Archaic sculpture?

Question 62

How were the subjects of the Parthenon's pediments connected to the temple's function?

Question 63

Citing specific examples examine the development of the male figure in Greek sculpture from the Archaic to the Classical period.

Question 64

How did Hellenistic sculpture deviate from the Classical period? Please provide examples.

Question 65

Compare and contrast the dominant architectural features of the Minoan palace at Knossos and the Mycenaean citadels. What do the differences reveal about their respective societies?

Question 66

Describe the development of the Doric order in temple architecture. How did it change from the Archaic to the Classical period?

Question 67

How did the female form develop from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period? Please provide examples.

Question 68

What reasons did Greek vase painters have for signing their names?

Question 69

Identify the primary differences between the Doric and Ionic orders.

Question 70

Citing specific examples explain how Mycenaean monuments' art objects promote the power of the king.

Question 71

Both the Palace at Knossos and houses at Akrotiri are adorned with mural paintings. What are the distinctive stylistic features of Minoan art? What new themes did Minoan artists explore?

Question 72

Attribute the images on the screen to a culture and give an approximate date. Give the reasons for your attributions, using complete sentences and referring to specific works discussed in class.
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Question 73

Where did Greeks typically place architectural sculpture?

Question 74

Discuss the changes in vase painting from the Geometric period to the Classical era in Greece. Consider the manner in which artists treated the surface and the techniques employed. Please provide examples.

Question 75

How were Geometric vases, such as the funerary krater, decorated?

Question 76

Describe the three different vase painting techniques used from the Archaic to the Classical periods. What were the advantages of each?

Question 77

Which Ionic features appear on the Parthenon, and what theories explain why the Doric and Ionic orders were blended in this building?

Question 78

Describe Exekias's skill as a black-figure painter.

Question 79

Why does the Geometric krater mark a turning point in the history of Greek art?

Question 80

What did the sculptors Lysippos and Praxiteles contribute in the Late Classical period of sculpture?