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.   Stele
B.   Kouros
C.   Kore
D.   Ka
Question #2
The depiction of Greeks on the Ionic frieze of the Parthenon was exceptional because ____.
A.   they were shown as allies of the Spartans
B.   no human event had been depicted on a temple
C.   they appeared to be wearing the costumes of deities
D.   they were defeated in battle
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.   The helmet with the headless Persian
B.   A winged Nike figure
C.   The shield with head of Xerxes
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.   Diskobolos
B.   Doryphoros
C.   Kouros from Tenea
D.   Kritios Boy
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.   an emotional intensity
C.   coloristic properties
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.   Greek capture of Egypt
C.   death of Alexander the Great
D.   construction of the Temple of Hera I
Question #7
The rigidly frontal pose of archaic statues reflects the influence of ____.
A.   Cycladic figures
B.   the Minoans
C.   Egyptian art
D.   the Geometric period
Question #8
A female statue column used as an architectural support was known as a ____.
A.   caryatid
B.   kouros
C.   gorgon
D.   kore
Question #9
In contrast to earlier pediments, the pedimental sculptures of the Temple of Aphaia at Aegina feature ____.
A.   composite creatures
B.   a unified theme and consistent scale
C.   Medusa and her children
D.   a gigantic statue of Zeus in the center
Question #10
In his ____, Praxiteles took the unprecedented step of representing a female nude.
A.   Diana and Actaeon
B.   Aphrodite of Knidos
C.   Caryatid A
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.   Romans
B.   Persians
C.   Gauls
D.   Athenians
Question #12
The sculptor Polykleitos imposed order on human movement in his Doryphoros by ____.
A.   conveying the personality and emotional qualities of the individual
B.   extending the figure into the surrounding space
C.   copying Egyptian statues of pharaohs
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 Persepolis
B.   battle at Marathon
C.   battle of Thermopylae
D.   battle of Sparta

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