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.   Kore
C.   Ka
D.   Stele
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.   they were defeated in battle
C.   they appeared to be wearing the costumes of deities
D.   no human event had been depicted on a temple
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.   The shield with head of Xerxes
C.   A winged Nike figure
D.   The helmet with the headless Persian
Question #4
The earliest known example of the use of contrapposto is the sculpture known as the ____.
A.   Diskobolos
B.   Kouros from Tenea
C.   Doryphoros
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.   static and rigid qualities
D.   coloristic properties
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.   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.   gorgon
B.   kore
C.   caryatid
D.   kouros
Question #9
In contrast to earlier pediments, the pedimental sculptures of the Temple of Aphaia at Aegina feature ____.
A.   Medusa and her children
B.   a gigantic statue of Zeus in the center
C.   a unified theme and consistent scale
D.   composite creatures
Question #10
In his ____, Praxiteles took the unprecedented step of representing a female nude.
A.   Aphrodite of Knidos
B.   Diana and Actaeon
C.   Peplos Kore
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.   Romans
B.   Athenians
C.   Gauls
D.   Persians
Question #12
The sculptor Polykleitos imposed order on human movement in his Doryphoros by ____.
A.   extending the figure into the surrounding space
B.   conveying the personality and emotional qualities of the individual
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 of Sparta
B.   battle of Thermopylae
C.   battle at Marathon
D.   battle at Persepolis

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