Art History 25 - Survey of Art History: Ancient Worlds to Gothic » Summer 2020 » Unit 5 Quiz Ancient Greece

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Question #1
A standing nude figure of a young man is known in Greek art as which of the following?
A.   Kouros
B.   Ka
C.   Stele
D.   Kore
Question #2
The depiction of Greeks on the Ionic frieze of the Parthenon was exceptional because ____.
A.   they were defeated in battle
B.   no human event had been depicted on a temple
C.   they appeared to be wearing the costumes of deities
D.   they were shown as allies of the Spartans
Question #3
In the statue of Athena Parthenos, what did she hold that made an overt reference to the Athenian victory over the Persians in 479 BC?
A.   A winged Nike figure
B.   The shield with head of Xerxes
C.   The helmet with the headless Persian
D.   Small Persian soldier at her feet
Question #4
The earliest known example of the use of contrapposto is the sculpture known as the ____.
A.   Kouros from Tenea
B.   Diskobolos
C.   Kritios Boy
D.   Doryphoros
Question #5
The Hellenistic image of Athena battling Alkyoneos on the Altar of Zeus has ____ not found in earlier sculpture.
A.   a narrower range of subject matter
B.   coloristic properties
C.   static and rigid qualities
D.   an emotional intensity
Question #6
The ____ is the historical event that ushered in the beginning of the Classical period.
A.   Greek capture of Egypt
B.   construction of the Temple of Hera I
C.   death of Alexander the Great
D.   defeat of the Persians
Question #7
The rigidly frontal pose of archaic statues reflects the influence of ____.
A.   the Geometric period
B.   Egyptian art
C.   Cycladic figures
D.   the Minoans
Question #8
A female statue column used as an architectural support was known as a ____.
A.   kore
B.   kouros
C.   gorgon
D.   caryatid
Question #9
In contrast to earlier pediments, the pedimental sculptures of the Temple of Aphaia at Aegina feature ____.
A.   composite creatures
B.   a gigantic statue of Zeus in the center
C.   Medusa and her children
D.   a unified theme and consistent scale
Question #10
In his ____, Praxiteles took the unprecedented step of representing a female nude.
A.   Caryatid A
B.   Aphrodite of Knidos
C.   Diana and Actaeon
D.   Peplos Kore
Question #11
In the gigantomachy of the Altar of Zeus, Pergamon alludes to a victory of the Pergamenes over the ____ in the third century BCE.
A.   Athenians
B.   Persians
C.   Romans
D.   Gauls
Question #12
The sculptor Polykleitos imposed order on human movement in his Doryphoros by ____.
A.   copying Egyptian statues of pharaohs
B.   extending the figure into the surrounding space
C.   creating a system of cross balances
D.   conveying the personality and emotional qualities of the individual
Question #13
What event is chronicled on the frieze of the Temple of Athena Nike detailing victory over the Persians?
A.   battle at Marathon
B.   battle of Thermopylae
C.   battle at Persepolis
D.   battle of Sparta

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