Exam 4: The Prehistoric Aegean

It has been suggested that Cycladic figurines were funerary offerings.Based on their schematized representation and size,how might they have been placed in the graves?

Who was Frank Calvert?

The guardian figure design of the Lion Gate can also be found in miniature on ____.

Minoan columns are distinguished by ____.

The Lion Gate is the gateway to ____.

What form of arch is above the lintel of the Lion Gate?

Significant numbers of small marble figurines representing naked women with arms folded over abdomens have been found in ____.

Which of the following works of art provides information about the Minoan religion?

Landscape with swallows (Spring fresco)is significant because it is the first ____.

The Treasury of Atreus is an excellent example of a ____.

Tiryns was ____.

The Old Palace period in Minoan art came to an end around 1700 BCE.What was the probable cause?

What is the Iliad,and how did it impact the art history of the Aegean?

The rendition of the body of Cycladic figures is ____.

German amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann discovered in his excavations ____.

____ is a style of Minoan pottery in which creamy white and reddish-brown motifs were applied to a black background.

Found in Grave Circle A,the inlaid dagger blades attest to the wealth of the Mycenaean kings as well as ____.

During the Mycenaean period,large-scale figural art on the Greek mainland was ____.

Who was Sir Arthur Evans?

The Mycenaean practice of placing death masks over the deceased's face is reminiscent of the ____.