Question 1

Which was a testament to Alexandria's cosmopolitan nature and the vitality of shipping and commerce throughout the Hellenistic Empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pharos 
B)  Kore 
C)  Naos 
D)  Tholos 
A)  Pharos 
B)  Kore 
C)  Naos 
D)  Tholos

Question 2

What does Greek temple architecture have in common with Egyptian temples and how does it differ?

Accepted Answer

Greek temple architecture and Egyptian t

Question 3

In 490 BCE, the Persians defeated the Greeks at the Battle of Marathon.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The Greek Pediment:

Accepted Answer

A)  often contains sculpture 
B)  is in the cella 
C)  was designed by Imhotep 
D)  is part of an acanthus 
A)  often contains sculpture 
B)  is in the cella 
C)  was designed by Imhotep 
D)  is part of an acanthus

Question 5

What recent discovery in the pronaos of the Parthenon exacerbates problems of the structure's iconographic interpretation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Frieze 
B)  Cult statue 
C)  Treasury 
D)  Kouros 
A)  Frieze 
B)  Cult statue 
C)  Treasury 
D)  Kouros

Question 6

Which of the following phases of Greek art was the earliest?

Accepted Answer

A)  Classical 
B)  Archaic 
C)  Red-figure 
D)  Geometric 
A)  Classical 
B)  Archaic 
C)  Red-figure 
D)  Geometric

Question 7

The Athenian Akropolis, the hilltop citadel, had been a fortified site since Mycenaean times, around 1250 BCE.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which style was the earliest to produce freestanding statues of hollow cast bronze?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

What are the characteristics of Archaic Greek sculpture? Compare and contrast Archaic Greek sculpture and Egyptian sculpture.

Accepted Answer

Archaic Greek sculpture is characterized

Question 10

Which of the following depicts a building as if it were sliced horizontally about three feet about the ground?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ground plan 
B)  Elevation 
C)  Section 
D)  Stereobate 
A)  Ground plan 
B)  Elevation 
C)  Section 
D)  Stereobate

Which was a testament to Alexandria's cosmopolitan nature and the vitality of shipping and commerce throughout the Hellenistic Empire?

What does Greek temple architecture have in common with Egyptian temples and how does it differ?

In 490 BCE, the Persians defeated the Greeks at the Battle of Marathon.

The Greek Pediment:

What recent discovery in the pronaos of the Parthenon exacerbates problems of the structure's iconographic interpretation?

Which of the following phases of Greek art was the earliest?

The Athenian Akropolis, the hilltop citadel, had been a fortified site since Mycenaean times, around 1250 BCE.

Which style was the earliest to produce freestanding statues of hollow cast bronze?

What are the characteristics of Archaic Greek sculpture? Compare and contrast Archaic Greek sculpture and Egyptian sculpture.

Which of the following depicts a building as if it were sliced horizontally about three feet about the ground?

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Egyptian Art

Aegean Art

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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

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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

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Exam 5: Greek Art

Which was a testament to Alexandria's cosmopolitan nature and the vitality of shipping and commerce throughout the Hellenistic Empire?

What does Greek temple architecture have in common with Egyptian temples and how does it differ?

In 490 BCE, the Persians defeated the Greeks at the Battle of Marathon.

The Greek Pediment:

What recent discovery in the pronaos of the Parthenon exacerbates problems of the structure's iconographic interpretation?

Which of the following phases of Greek art was the earliest?

The Athenian Akropolis, the hilltop citadel, had been a fortified site since Mycenaean times, around 1250 BCE.

Which style was the earliest to produce freestanding statues of hollow cast bronze?

What are the characteristics of Archaic Greek sculpture? Compare and contrast Archaic Greek sculpture and Egyptian sculpture.

Which of the following depicts a building as if it were sliced horizontally about three feet about the ground?

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

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