(Intro to Art History) The Parthenon and Riace Warriors- Chapter 3

The Parthenon was built during the "Golden Age" of Ancient Greece after the defeat of which foreign adversary?

The Persians

The Parthenon originally contained a colossal statue of Athens' patron goddess. Who was she?

Athena

The Parthenon's prominent sculptures were carved from what material?

marble

What subject matter is most common among the Parthenon's carved metopes?

battle

What mythological part-man, part-horse creature figures prominently in Parthenon iconography?

centaur

How many Riace Warrior statues were discovered in 1972?

2

The Riace Warriors were cast using what famous technique?

the lost-wax method

What artistic term is used to describe the stance, or posture, of the Riace Warriors?

contrapposto

What aspect of the Riace Warriors is still subject to scholarly debate?

The century they were made.

Some art historians believe that the Riace Warriors could be characters from what kind of story?

a tragic play