Question 1

How does a vault differ from a post-and-lintel system?

Accepted Answer

A vault allows more flexibility in cover

Question 2

Which of the following statements describes the character of the imagery portrayed on the Column of Trajan?

Accepted Answer

A) Dacians were depicted as insignificant with poor military skills. 
B) The enemy was never portrayed. 
C) Trajan rarely appears in the scenes 
D) Battle scenes take up one-quarter of the scenes. 
A) Dacians were depicted as insignificant with poor military skills. 
B) The enemy was never portrayed. 
C) Trajan rarely appears in the scenes 
D) Battle scenes take up one-quarter of the scenes.

Question 3

Where would an oculus be found?

Accepted Answer

A) At the center of a dome 
B) In the wall of a temple 
C) As part of a Roman peristyle 
D) In the apse of a basilica 
A) At the center of a dome 
B) In the wall of a temple 
C) As part of a Roman peristyle 
D) In the apse of a basilica

Question 4

Which of the following structural materials allowed the architect of the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia to raise such a grand and eloquent expression of Roman power?

Accepted Answer

A) Concrete 
B) Marble 
C) Bronze rebar 
D) Metal armatures 
A) Concrete 
B) Marble 
C) Bronze rebar 
D) Metal armatures

Question 5

How did the political situation in third century ce Rome differ from that of the first century ce , and what effect did that have on art? Cite specific monuments to illustrate your discussion.

Accepted Answer

The political situation in third century

Question 6

Describe Roman painting styles; how did they evolve? Use examples to support your essay.

Accepted Answer

Roman painting styles evolved over time,

Question 7

Explain the contributions of Diocletian and how he impacted the Late Empire period. Use examples to support your essay.

Accepted Answer

Diocletian was a Roman emperor who ruled

Question 8

The Emperor Trajan commissioned which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) The Colosseum 
B) The Arc de Triomphe now in Paris 
C) The Ara Pacis 
D) The column depicting his victories 
A) The Colosseum 
B) The Arc de Triomphe now in Paris 
C) The Ara Pacis 
D) The column depicting his victories

Question 9

How does the equestrian portrait of Marcus Aurelius go beyond verism?

Accepted Answer

Portraits of Marcus Aurelius w

Question 10

The influence for the procession of the imperial family on the Ara Pacis Augustae was ____.

Accepted Answer

A) the Column of Trajan 
B) the Panathenaic frieze from the Parthenon 
C) Pompeian wall painting 
D) the Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina 
A) the Column of Trajan 
B) the Panathenaic frieze from the Parthenon 
C) Pompeian wall painting 
D) the Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina

How does a vault differ from a post-and-lintel system?

Which of the following statements describes the character of the imagery portrayed on the Column of Trajan?

Where would an oculus be found?

Which of the following structural materials allowed the architect of the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia to raise such a grand and eloquent expression of Roman power?

How did the political situation in third century ce Rome differ from that of the first century ce , and what effect did that have on art? Cite specific monuments to illustrate your discussion.

Describe Roman painting styles; how did they evolve? Use examples to support your essay.

Explain the contributions of Diocletian and how he impacted the Late Empire period. Use examples to support your essay.

The Emperor Trajan commissioned which of the following?

How does the equestrian portrait of Marcus Aurelius go beyond verism?

The influence for the procession of the imperial family on the Ara Pacis Augustae was ____.

Art in the Stone Age

Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia

Egypt From Narmer to Cleopatra

The Prehistoric Aegean

Ancient Greece

The Etruscans

Late Antiquity

Byzantium

The Islamic World

Early Medieval Europe

Romanesque Europe

Gothic Europe

Late Medieval Italy

Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe

The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy

Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy

High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain

The Baroque in Italy and Spain

The Baroque in Northern Europe

Rococo to Neoclassicism: the 18th Century in Europe and America

Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America

Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism: Europe and America

Modernism in Europe and America

Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America

Contemporary Art Worldwide

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Exam 7: The Roman Empire

How does a vault differ from a post-and-lintel system?

Which of the following statements describes the character of the imagery portrayed on the Column of Trajan?

Where would an oculus be found?

Which of the following structural materials allowed the architect of the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia to raise such a grand and eloquent expression of Roman power?

How did the political situation in third century ce Rome differ from that of the first century ce , and what effect did that have on art? Cite specific monuments to illustrate your discussion.

Describe Roman painting styles; how did they evolve? Use examples to support your essay.

Explain the contributions of Diocletian and how he impacted the Late Empire period. Use examples to support your essay.

The Emperor Trajan commissioned which of the following?

How does the equestrian portrait of Marcus Aurelius go beyond verism?

The influence for the procession of the imperial family on the Ara Pacis Augustae was ____.

Art in the Stone Age

Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia

Egypt From Narmer to Cleopatra

The Prehistoric Aegean

Ancient Greece

The Etruscans

Late Antiquity

Byzantium

The Islamic World

Early Medieval Europe

Romanesque Europe

Gothic Europe

Late Medieval Italy

Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe

The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy

Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy

High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain

The Baroque in Italy and Spain

The Baroque in Northern Europe

Rococo to Neoclassicism: the 18th Century in Europe and America

Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America

Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism: Europe and America

Modernism in Europe and America

Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America

Contemporary Art Worldwide

Filters