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ART 101: ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL ART - Exam 2 Study Guide

Preparation Strategies

Identification of Exam Objects:
  - Must be able to fully identify the "Exam Objects" including:
    - Artist/architect (if known)
    - Title/name/subject of object
    - Original place of production
  - For three objects, be prepared to know the specific date as indicated by underlined dates.
Summarization of Learned Material:
  - Explain the materials and techniques used in creating the object.
  - Discuss the object's general size.
  - Describe the subject matter, patron, context, meaning, and function of the object.
  - Connect the object to other objects and themes discussed in the course.
  - Understand and use terms introduced in class related to specific objects.
Review of Class Materials:
- Carefully review class notes and the Exam 2 Study Images.
- Be able to identify images on sight, using a corresponding numbered list.

Exam Format

The exam will consist of:
  - Sixty-six multiple-choice questions (1.516 points each) divided into:
    1. Comparisons
       - 11 pairs of slides with questions related to identification, relation to one another, and understanding of broader themes (subject matter, materials, techniques, patronage, context, and meaning).
    2. Architectural Orders
       - Identification of the three major Greek architectural orders:
         - Doric
         - Ionic
         - Corinthian
       - Labeling parts of architecture:
         - Column (base, shaft, capital)
         - Entablature (architrave, frieze, cornice)
         - Pediment
         - Metope
         - Triglyph
       - Additional challenge (5 extra points): Name, location, and date of one studied building featuring all three architectural orders.

Potential Questions/Topics for the Exam

Comparative Analysis of Buildings:
- Compare a Greek building with a Roman building in terms of structure, decoration, space, and function.
Roman Sculptures and Communication of Ideas:
- Explain how Roman sculptures conveyed concepts about power and authority during the Republic and Early Empire periods.
Evolution in Depiction of the Human Body:
- Analyze how the representation of male and female bodies evolved in Greece, citing specific examples in terms of form and function.
Comparative Analysis of Painted Pottery:
- Discuss the differences in function, subject matter, and style between two examples of Greek pottery.
Contrast in Funerary Art:
- Compare and contrast two examples of funerary art (one Greek, one Roman) and how they differ in communicating concepts about life and death.
Architectural Differences:
- Identify the architectural differences between a Greek temple and a Roman temple.
Visual Innovations in Greek Pottery:
- Identify pictorial or visual innovations present in two examples of Greek pottery.
Dynamic Movement and Emotion in Art:
- Compare the subject matter and form of a painting with those of a group sculpture, focusing on how each conveys dynamic movement and emotion.

Exam Objects

Prehistoric Aegean

Female and Male Figurines
- Origin: Cyclades, Greece
- Date: c. 2500 BCE.
Bull-Leaping
- Origin: Palace, Knossos, Crete
- Date: c. 1450-1400 BCE.

The Art of Ancient Greece

Geometric Krater
- Origin: Dipylon Cemetery, Athens, Greece
- Date: c. 740 BCE.
Mantiklos Apollo
- Origin: Thebes, Greece
- Date: c. 700-680 BCE.
Temple of Hera I
- Location: Paestum, Italy
- Date: c. 550 BCE.
Achilles and Ajax Playing a Game
   - Artist: Exekias
   - Type: black-figure amphora
   - Origin: Athens, Greece (found in Vulci, Italy)
   - Date: c. 540-530 BCE.
Three Revelers
   - Artist: Euthymides
   - Type: red-figure amphora
   - Origin: Athens, Greece (found in Vulci, Italy)
   - Date: c. 510 BCE.
Artemis & Apollo Killing Niobe's Children
   - Painter: Niobid Painter
   - Type: red-figure krater
   - Origin: Athens, Greece (found in Orvieto, Italy)
   - Date: c. 450 BCE.
Youth Diving
- Location: Wall painting from the Tomb of the Diver, Paestum, Italy
- Date: c. 480 BCE.
Kritios Boy
- Location: Acropolis, Athens, Greece
- Date: c. 480 BCE.
Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
    - Artist: Polykleitos
    - Medium: Roman marble copy of Greek bronze original
    - Origin: Athens, Greece
    - Date: c. 450 BCE.
Diskobolos (Discus Thrower)
    - Artist: Myron
    - Medium: Roman marble copy of Greek bronze original
    - Origin: Athens, Greece
    - Date: c. 450 BCE.
Parthenon
    - Architects: Iktinos and Kallikrates
    - Location: Acropolis, Athens, Greece
    - Date: 447-438 BCE.
Aphrodite of Knidos
    - Artist: Praxiteles
    - Medium: Roman marble copy after Greek original
    - Origin: Knidos, Greece
    - Date: c. 350 BCE.
Laocoön and His Sons
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Date: Early 1st century CE copy of 2nd century BCE original.

The Art of the Etruscans

Model of a Typical Etruscan Temple
- Location: Italy
- Date: 6th century BCE.
Leopards, Banqueters, & Musicians
- Location: Tomb of the Leopards, Tarquinia, Italy
- Date: c. 480-470 BCE.

The Art of Ancient Rome

Temple of Fortuna Virilis (or Portunus)
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Date: c. 75 BCE.
Head of a Roman Patrician
- Location: Otricoli, Italy
- Date: c. 75-50 BCE.
Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor
- Location: Boscoreale, Italy
- Date: c. 50-40 BCE.
Augustus as General
- Location: Primaporta, Italy
- Medium: Copy of a bronze original (of c. 20 BCE).
Colosseum
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Date: c. 70-80 CE.
The Pantheon
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Date: 118-125 CE.
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Date: c. 175 CE.
Portrait of Septimius Severus and Family
- Location: Egypt
- Date: c. 200 CE.
Naked Portrait of Trebonianus Gallus
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Date: 251-253 CE.
Battle Between the Romans and Barbarians
- Location: Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus, Rome, Italy
- Date: c. 250 CE.