ARTS 1303 Test 2

The Geometric krater would most likely be found where?

an Athenian cemetery of the Geometric period

Who or what was the Minotaur?

Half man, Half bull

Significant numbers of small marble figures representing naked women with arms folded overabdomens have been found in:

The Cycladic Islands

Knossos

Achilles killing Penthesliea

The Lion Gate is the gateway to:

Mycenae

The Treasury of Atreus is an excellent example of a(n)

Tholos tomb

What was the subject matter seen on the largest dagger found in the tomb from Grave Circle A

Hunters attacking lions

Delphi

Peplos Kore

In using ____ the pedimental sculptures of the Temple of Aphaia at Aegina were better adapted to its triangular shape than those of earlier Archaic temples.

Statues of equal size but in different poses

Which of the following elements showed that the new palace at Knossos was carefully planned?

Placement of clusters of rooms of similar function around the central court

Landscape with Swallows (Spring Fresco) is the first pure landscape. Which of the following best defines landscape?

It has no humans and no narrative element

Minoan columns are distinguished by

Tapering shape and bulbous capitals

Geometric Greek

Tomb of the Diver

Parthenon

______ is the historical even that ushered in the beginning of the Classical period.

Defeat of the Persians

Erechtheion

Temple of Hera II

Alexander the Great

Originally titled the Canon, Polykleitos’s Doryphohors reflects the artist’s belief that a perfect statue _______

Was constructed according to a mathematical formula

Laocoon

Hellenistic

Bronze

The earliest known example of the use of contrapposto is the sculpture known as the ______

Kritios Boy

Temple of Zeus

Dying Gaul

The ______ by Praxiteles was one of the first statues to represent a female nude.

Aphrodite of Knidos

When compared to the Classical style, Greek Hellenistic art could be characterized as:

More realistic and emotional