Exam 5: Art of Ancient Greece

The sculpture Man and Centaur exemplifies the __________style.

The three orders of Greek architecture are the __________, __________, and __________ order.

The mythic battle scenes that decorated the Parthenon's 92 metopes symbolically represented the triumph of _________over unbridled animal passions.

______________was used to create the more realistic facial details of the Riace Warriors .

What are the historical divisions of Greek art?

The Sanctuary at Delphi was the sacred home of the Greek god __________.

Columns whose capitals resemble acanthus leaves are called __________.

What are some of the characteristics of the Geometric period?

The beautiful Olpe (Pitcher) is decorated with stylized flowers called __________.

Buried after an earthquake in 373 BCE, the Charioteer was spared the fate of most ancient _________sculptures, which were melted down so the material could be used for other purposes.

How would you compare the kore and kouros with Egyptian sculpture?

How is the Athena Attacking the Giants characteristic of Hellenistic art?

The term __________ means "antiquated" or "old-fashioned" and is a name for the period prior to the Classical period in Greek art.

The Greek myth of creation involved a battle between the earth gods, or __________, and the sky gods.

Freestanding statues of male figures, which were made in the Archaic period, are called ______________.

What purpose did the Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi serve?

White-ground technique is most common on vessels used for ___________.

The original location of the Nike (Victory) of Samothrace was a hillside niche above the sanctuary of the Greek gods at __________.

The sculpture of the Dying Gallic Trumpeter dates from the __________ period.

The Classical period is subdivided into three phases: the __________, __________, and __________ Classical period.