Art History 25 - Survey of Art History: Ancient Worlds to Gothic » Summer 2019 » 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.   Stele
C.   Kore
D.   Kouros
Question #2
The depiction of Greeks on the Ionic frieze of the Parthenon was exceptional because ____.
A.   they were defeated in battle
B.   they were shown as allies of the Spartans
C.   no human event had been depicted on a temple
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.   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.   Kritios Boy
B.   Doryphoros
C.   Diskobolos
D.   Kouros from Tenea
Question #5
The Hellenistic image of Athena battling Alkyoneos on the Altar of Zeus has ____ not found in earlier sculpture.
A.   static and rigid qualities
B.   a narrower range of subject matter
C.   an emotional intensity
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.   construction of the Temple of Hera I
C.   Greek capture of Egypt
D.   death of Alexander the Great
Question #7
The rigidly frontal pose of archaic statues reflects the influence of ____.
A.   the Geometric period
B.   Cycladic figures
C.   Egyptian art
D.   the Minoans
Question #8
A female statue column used as an architectural support was known as a ____.
A.   gorgon
B.   caryatid
C.   kore
D.   kouros
Question #9
In contrast to earlier pediments, the pedimental sculptures of the Temple of Aphaia at Aegina feature ____.
A.   a unified theme and consistent scale
B.   Medusa and her children
C.   composite creatures
D.   a gigantic statue of Zeus in the center
Question #10
In his ____, Praxiteles took the unprecedented step of representing a female nude.
A.   Peplos Kore
B.   Diana and Actaeon
C.   Caryatid A
D.   Aphrodite of Knidos
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.   Persians
B.   Romans
C.   Athenians
D.   Gauls
Question #12
The sculptor Polykleitos imposed order on human movement in his Doryphoros by ____.
A.   creating a system of cross balances
B.   extending the figure into the surrounding space
C.   copying Egyptian statues of pharaohs
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 Sparta
C.   battle at Persepolis
D.   battle of Thermopylae

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