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Which architectural form does the Treasury of Atreus exemplify?
A tholos tomb
Which best describes the shape of a Minoan column?
A tapering shape and a bulbous capital
Which region of Greece has yielded significant numbers of small marble figurines representing naked women with arms folded over abdomens?
The Cyclades
Which of the following palatial sites is on Crete?
Knossos
What best describes the site of Tiryns?
Mycenaean fortified palace
Which fortified Mycenaean site includes the Lion Gate?
Mycenae
What is the name art historians give to the style of Minoan pottery in which creamy white and reddish-brown motifs were applied to a black background?
Kamares Ware
Minoans coated the rough surface of their rubble walls with a fine white lime plaster that required rapid execution and great skill. Which painting method was used with this type of fabrication?
True fresco
The Spring Fresco from Akrotiri is the first large-scale example of which genre?
Landscape
Which of the following works of art provides information about the Minoan religion?
Hagia Triada sarcophagus
The Homeric poems inspired Heinrich Schliemann's discovery of which site?
Troy
Which phrase best describes the rendition of the body of Cycladic figurines?
Highly schematized
What event seems to have brought about the end of the Old Palace period in Minoan art?
Earthquake
Which of the following elements show that the new palace at Knossos was carefully planned?
Clusters of rooms of similar function around the central court
The Mycenaean practice of placing death masks over the deceased's face is reminiscent of which group?
Egyptians
How prevalent was large-scale figural art on the Greek mainland During the Mycenaean period?
Very rare
hat is the term for the feature above the lintel?
Relieving triangle
The heraldic arrangement of the guardian figures of the Lion Gate can also be found in what group of works?
Cretan seals
The use of guardian figures on the Lion Gate is reminiscent of which monument?
The Akkadian Lamassu
Which object differs from earlier Minoan and Greek art in its simplified narrative and use of repetitious pattern?
Warrior vase
Aside from wealth, the inlaid dagger blades found in Grave Circle A attest to what aspect of Mycenaean kingship?
Its warlike nature
What was the central element of a Mycenaean palace plan?
Megaron
Which earlier culture(s) also followed the drawing convention of a frontal eye in a profile head for a human figure?
Mesopotamia and Egypt
What is the primary context of the Akrotiri frescoes?
Houses
What is the material of the Minoan Snake Goddess?
Faience
Which of the following appeared on Crete in the Middle Minoan period?
Potter’s wheel
What construction technique was used to make the gallery at Tiryns?
Corbeled arch
What was the preferred subject for much Minoan art?
Nature
Which was the most important architectural component of a Mycenaean palace?
Megaron
What is the main subject of the Mycenaean Linear B tables?
Administrative recordkeeping
Which culture produced Kamares Ware?
-Minoan
What original decorative component of Cycladic figurines is now almost entirely missing?
Paint
Which component of the object found at Mycenae indicates it was created by a Minoan artist?
Garments
What instrument is being played by the Cycladic Keros musician?
Harp
The complex and extensive plan of the palace at Knossos gave rise to which myth?
Minotaur in the Labyrinth
What is the subject of much Minoan pottery?
Nature
What is an innovative feature of the Minoan Harvesters Vase?
Animated facial expressions
Which Mycenaean site includes corbel-vaulted galleries in its fortification walls?
Tiryns
What architectural form makes up the Lion Gate at Mycenae?
Post and lintel
Which monument at Mycenae has yielded the most burial goods?
Grave circle A
What term is used for the stone fortification walls of such Mycenaean sites as Tiryns and Mycenae?
Cyclopean masonry
he tholos tombs of the Mycenaeans are best described by which term?
Corbeled dome structure
What fills the relieving triangle of the Lion Gate at Mycenae?
Sculpted relief
What is the form of the graves in Grave Circle A at Mycenae?
-Shaft graves
The subject of this inlaid dagger is most prevalent in which culture?
Mesopotamian
What best describes the arrangement of the soldiers on the Warrior Vase?
Frieze
The Minoan La Parisienne is made in what medium?
Fresco
Which best describes the shape of a Minoan column?
A tapering shape and a bulbous capital
The Spring Fresco from Akrotiri is the first large-scale example of which genre?
Landscape
What is the primary context of the Akrotiri frescoes?
Houses
Which region of Greece has yielded significant numbers of small marble figurines representing naked women with arms folded over abdomens?
The Cyclades
What function did this object serve?
Burial
The Minoan La Parisienne is made in what medium?
Fresco
The complex and extensive plan of the palace at Knossos gave rise to which myth?
Minotaur in the labyrinth
The heraldic arrangement of the guardian figures of the Lion Gate can also be found in what group of works?
Cretan seals
Which phrase best describes the rendition of the body of Cycladic figurines?
Highly schematized
Which earlier culture(s) also followed the drawing convention of a frontal eye in a profile head for a human figure?
Mesopotamia and Egypt
Which monument at Mycenae has yielded the most burial goods?
Grave Circle A
The use of guardian figures on the Lion Gate is reminiscent of which monument?
The Akkadian lamassu
What original decorative component of Cycladic figurines is now almost entirely missing?
Paint
Which object differs from earlier Minoan and Greek art in its simplified narrative and use of repetitious pattern?
Warrior Vase
What term is used for the stone fortification walls of such Mycenaean sites as Tiryns and Mycenae?
Cyclopean masonry
Minoans coated the rough surface of their rubble walls with a fine white lime plaster that required rapid execution and great skill. Which painting method was used with this type of fabrication?
True fresco
What event seems to have brought about the end of the Old Palace period in Minoan art?
Earthquake
Which of the following appeared on Crete in the Middle Minoan period?
Potter's wheel
Which component of this object, found at Mycenae, indicates it was created by a Minoan artist?
Garments
Which was the most important architectural component of a Mycenaean palace?
Megaron
What is the form of the graves in Grave Circle A at Mycenae?
Shaft graves
Which of the following elements show that the new palace at Knossos was carefully planned?
Clusters of rooms of similar function around the central court
What was the preferred subject for much Minoan art?
Nature
What instrument is being played by the Cycladic Keros musician?
Harp
Which fortified Mycenaean site includes the Lion Gate?
Mycenae
What is the subject of much Minoan pottery?
Nature
Which architectural form does the Treasury of Atreus exemplify?
A tholos tomb
What construction technique was used to make the gallery at Tiryns?
Corbeled arch
How prevalent was large-scale figural art on the Greek mainland During the Mycenaean period?
Very rare
Which of the following palatial sites is on Crete?
Knossos