Exam 4: Greek Classicism and Hellenism

At the end of the Peloponnesian Wars,__________ had gained political dominance.

Greek classical sculpture begins with the sculptors Myron and __________ in the middle of the fifth century B.C.E.

Although talented in many things,the Greeks produced no major mathematicians.

The histories of Thucydides are polemical and biased.

__________ is a style of art relying on the fundamentals of simplicity,clarity of structure,and appeal to the intellect.

For __________,proper art depends upon the "moral ends of the polis."

The best soldiers in Greece came from __________.

__________ developed a set of rules for constructing the ideal human figure,which he laid out his treatise The Canon.

__________ called artistry a form of "divine madness."

Ptolemy I sought to unite Egyptians and Greeks by founding a new god.

__________ is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty and art and their relation to human beings.

After the sack of Athens by the Persians,the Acropolis was rebuilt by __________.

Zeno was the founder of Stoicism.

"Man is the measure of all things," according to __________.

Plato's Theory of __________ held that material reality was only a copy of a perfect,universal reality that can only be grasped by reason.

Among the four characteristics of Greek __________ painting is the portrayal of figures in simple line drawings.

__________ architecture sought to produce an overpowering emotional experience.

Hellenistic sculptors turned away from __________.

__________ was the first to view history as a specialized discipline.

Much surviving Greek art is actually a __________ copy.