Question 1

Lord Elgin of England returned marbles to Greece that had been removed from the Parthenon.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Which is one of the Greek orders?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ionic 
B)  Severe 
C)  Egg and Dart 
D)  Hellenistic 
A)  Ionic 
B)  Severe 
C)  Egg and Dart 
D)  Hellenistic A

Question 3

The statue of which deity was inside the Parthenon?

Accepted Answer

A)  Zeus 
B)  Perikles 
C)  Xerxes 
D)  Athena 
A)  Zeus 
B)  Perikles 
C)  Xerxes 
D)  Athena D

Question 4

How many major periods in Greek art are there?

Accepted Answer

A)  six 
B)  three 
C)  four 
D)  nine 
A)  six 
B)  three 
C)  four 
D)  nine

Question 5

Which style produced statues of nude male youths standing rigidly with the left foot forward, clenched fists and a stylized smile?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hellenistic 
B)  Roman 
C)  Early Christian 
D)  Archaic Greek 
A)  Hellenistic 
B)  Roman 
C)  Early Christian 
D)  Archaic Greek

Question 6

Homer was a Greek statesman.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What influences caused Greek art to evolve more rapidly than Egyptian art?

Accepted Answer

Greek art evolved more rapidly than Egyp

Question 8

Sculpture that is often very emotional, individualized and realistic is typical of which style?

Accepted Answer

A)  Archaic Greek 
B)  Classical Greek 
C)  Hellenistic 
D)  Mycenaean 
A)  Archaic Greek 
B)  Classical Greek 
C)  Hellenistic 
D)  Mycenaean

Question 9

What is the name of the central room of a Greek temple where the statue of the deity was placed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Megaron 
B)  Apadana 
C)  Pronaos 
D)  Cella 
A)  Megaron 
B)  Apadana 
C)  Pronaos 
D)  Cella

Question 10

For which style is the contrapposto stance an important characteristic?

Accepted Answer

A)  Archaic Greek 
B)  Classic Greek 
C)  Mycenaean 
D)  Egyptian 
A)  Archaic Greek 
B)  Classic Greek 
C)  Mycenaean 
D)  Egyptian

Question 11

Discuss The Dying Trumpeter as an example of political art. What does this image communicate about winners and losers in the struggle between the Greeks and the Gauls?

Accepted Answer

The Dying Trumpeter is a famous painting

Question 12

What are the characteristic differences between the three primary classical orders? Be sure to include friezes and capitals in your discussion.

Accepted Answer

The three primary classical orders in ar

Question 13

Krater, amphora, and kylix are :

Accepted Answer

A)  Greek vessel shapes 
B)  The names of Greek gods 
C)  Famous Greek sculptors 
D)  Greek kouroi and korai 
A)  Greek vessel shapes 
B)  The names of Greek gods 
C)  Famous Greek sculptors 
D)  Greek kouroi and korai

Question 14

Compare Classical Greek sculpture to Hellenistic sculpture. How do they
differ?

Accepted Answer

Classical Greek sculpture and Hellenisti

Question 15

Which of the following describes the characteristics of Greek gods and goddesses?

Accepted Answer

A)  Immortal and behaving in very human ways 
B)  Omniscient and selfless 
C)  Omnipotent and fair 
D)  Mortal and jealous 
A)  Immortal and behaving in very human ways 
B)  Omniscient and selfless 
C)  Omnipotent and fair 
D)  Mortal and jealous

Question 16

The lost wax process enabled Greek sculptors to create spatially freer forms than was possible in stone.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Where are triglyphs and metopes found?

Accepted Answer

A)  In a ziggurat 
B)  As part of the Doric order 
C)  In a Corinthian frieze 
D)  In an Egyptian temple 
A)  In a ziggurat 
B)  As part of the Doric order 
C)  In a Corinthian frieze 
D)  In an Egyptian temple

Question 18

What style is black-figure ceramics?

Accepted Answer

A)  Orientalizing 
B)  Archaic 
C)  Classical 
D)  Hellenistic 
A)  Orientalizing 
B)  Archaic 
C)  Classical 
D)  Hellenistic

Question 19

Discuss the removal to England of the Parthenon marbles by Lord Elgin. Why did this occur and what implications might it continue to have at the intersection of politics and art?

Accepted Answer

The removal of the Parthenon marbles by

Question 20

Examine the frieze of the Pergamon Altar. In comparison to the relief figures on the frieze of the Athenian Parthenon, which figures seem composed and serene, and which show violence and passion? Compare these in terms of themes, technique and style.

Accepted Answer

The frieze of the Pergamon Altar depicts

Exam 5: Greek Art

Lord Elgin of England returned marbles to Greece that had been removed from the Parthenon.

Which is one of the Greek orders?

The statue of which deity was inside the Parthenon?

How many major periods in Greek art are there?

Which style produced statues of nude male youths standing rigidly with the left foot forward, clenched fists and a stylized smile?

Homer was a Greek statesman.

What influences caused Greek art to evolve more rapidly than Egyptian art?

Sculpture that is often very emotional, individualized and realistic is typical of which style?

What is the name of the central room of a Greek temple where the statue of the deity was placed?

For which style is the contrapposto stance an important characteristic?

Discuss The Dying Trumpeter as an example of political art. What does this image communicate about winners and losers in the struggle between the Greeks and the Gauls?

What are the characteristic differences between the three primary classical orders? Be sure to include friezes and capitals in your discussion.

Krater, amphora, and kylix are :

Compare Classical Greek sculpture to Hellenistic sculpture. How do they differ?

Which of the following describes the characteristics of Greek gods and goddesses?

The lost wax process enabled Greek sculptors to create spatially freer forms than was possible in stone.

Where are triglyphs and metopes found?

What style is black-figure ceramics?

Discuss the removal to England of the Parthenon marbles by Lord Elgin. Why did this occur and what implications might it continue to have at the intersection of politics and art?

Examine the frieze of the Pergamon Altar. In comparison to the relief figures on the frieze of the Athenian Parthenon, which figures seem composed and serene, and which show violence and passion? Compare these in terms of themes, technique and style.

Prehistoric Art

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Egyptian Art

Aegean Art

Etruscan Art

Roman Art

Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art

Islamic Art

Early Medieval Art

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Art in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Italy

Artistic Innovations in Fifteenth-Century Northern Europe

The Early Renaissance in Fifteenth-Century Italy

The High Renaissance in Italy, 1495-1520

The Late Renaissance and Mannerism in Sixteenth-Century Italy

Renaissance and Reformation Throughout Sixteenth-Century Europe

The Baroque in Italy and Spain

The Baroque in the Netherlands

The Baroque in France and England

The Rococo

Art in the Age of the Enlightenment, 1750-1789

Art in the Age of the Romanticism, 1789-1848

The Age of Positivism

Progress and Its Discontents: Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau, 1880-1905

Toward Abstraction: the Modernist Revolution, 1905-1914

Art Between the Wars

Postwar to Postmodern, 1945-1980

The Postmodern Era: Art Since 1980

Filters