Exam 5: Art of Ancient Greece

Intimate images such as A Youth Pouring Wine into the Kylix of a Companion were painted on the interiors of __________ vessels, where it would have been seen only by the user as he tilted the cup up to drink from it.

What effect did the Greek victories over the Persians have on the Greeks?

What were the many purposes of Greek theater?

How would you compare the Charioteer with the Kritios Boy ?

What architectural element(s) posed the greatest compositional challenge for sculptors of temple decoration?

In the Archaic period, the center for pottery manufacturing and trade was the city of __________.

The teacher of Alexander the Great was the philosopher __________.

The term "Pausian" refers to ______________.

Upright stone slabs called _________ were used in cemeteries as gravestones.

Trace the development of pottery from the black-figure, to the red-figure, through to the white ground.

Why is the theater at Epidauros characteristic of the fourth century BCE?

How and why was the Akropolis built?

___________ art flourished between 900-700 BCE

The Propylaia was a monumental entrance to the Athenian akropolis, which also housed one of the earliest known _______.

The Porch of the Maidens on the Erechtheion is supported by __________.

Which of the following characteristics marks a stylistic departure from High Classical sculpture that occurred in Greek art of the fourth century BCE?

The Greeks preferred _________as a material for figurative sculpture because it allowed for complex action poses.

One of the best-preserved Archaic Greek temples is the __________, located at the Greek colony of Poseidonia (Roman Paestum).

______________refers to presenting standing figures with opposing alternations of tension and relaxation around a central axis, a convention that dominates Greek Classical art.

Some scholars think that the Greek's defeat of the Persians in 480 BCE had what effect on Greek art?