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.   Ka
B.   Kouros
C.   Kore
D.   Stele
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 were shown as allies of the Spartans
D.   they appeared to be wearing the costumes of deities
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.   Small Persian soldier at her feet
B.   A winged Nike figure
C.   The helmet with the headless Persian
D.   The shield with head of Xerxes
Question #4
The earliest known example of the use of contrapposto is the sculpture known as the ____.
A.   Doryphoros
B.   Kouros from Tenea
C.   Kritios Boy
D.   Diskobolos
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.   an emotional intensity
D.   static and rigid qualities
Question #6
The ____ is the historical event that ushered in the beginning of the Classical period.
A.   defeat of the Persians
B.   construction of the Temple of Hera I
C.   death of Alexander the Great
D.   Greek capture of Egypt
Question #7
The rigidly frontal pose of archaic statues reflects the influence of ____.
A.   the Minoans
B.   the Geometric period
C.   Egyptian art
D.   Cycladic figures
Question #8
A female statue column used as an architectural support was known as a ____.
A.   kouros
B.   kore
C.   caryatid
D.   gorgon
Question #9
In contrast to earlier pediments, the pedimental sculptures of the Temple of Aphaia at Aegina feature ____.
A.   a gigantic statue of Zeus in the center
B.   composite creatures
C.   a unified theme and consistent scale
D.   Medusa and her children
Question #10
In his ____, Praxiteles took the unprecedented step of representing a female nude.
A.   Peplos Kore
B.   Diana and Actaeon
C.   Aphrodite of Knidos
D.   Caryatid A
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.   Gauls
C.   Persians
D.   Romans
Question #12
The sculptor Polykleitos imposed order on human movement in his Doryphoros by ____.
A.   extending the figure into the surrounding space
B.   copying Egyptian statues of pharaohs
C.   conveying the personality and emotional qualities of the individual
D.   creating a system of cross balances
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 Sparta
C.   battle of Thermopylae
D.   battle at Persepolis

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