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AP Art HistoryMrs. Wiener

The Test on Greek art:

Part I. Match the era to its correct time period, and the technique to its

correct description. Write the corresponding letter next to the wordsnumber:

COLUMN A COLUMN B1. foreshortening A. panel between the triglyphs on aDoric2. contrapposto temple, often sculpted inrelief3. canon B. 600-480 BCE4. Geometric C. ornate and elaborate5. Orientalizing D. 400-323 BCE

6. Archaic E. 700-600 BCE7. Early Classical F. bent leg with resulting hip shift8. High Classical G. 450-400 BCE9. Late Classical H. room that held statue of cultdeity10. Hellenistic I. system of proportions11. baroque J. 480-450 BCE12. stoa K. open building with a roof supported by a13. metope row of columns parallel to the backwall;

14. pediment covered colonnade or portico15. cella L. 900-700 BCE

M. technique whereby a two-dimensional

is made to look like a three-dimensional one

by creating the illusion that thefigure

recedes into spaceN. 323-31 BCEO. triangular space at end of a

building,formed by the ends of the sloping

roof

Part II. Multiple choice. Circle the best answer for each question.

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16. The building that shows the shift from the Archaic to the EarlyClassical time period was

a) the Parthenonb) the Erectheionc) the Temple of Aphaia

d) the Temple of Hera Ie) Zeus altar at Pergamon

17. The figures on the building in #16 were

a) giantsb) Amazonsc) godsd) warriors

18. The sculptor responsible for the sculptures on the Parthenon and inits cella was

a) Iktinosb) Exekiasc) Phidiasd) Praxiteles

e) Myron

19. The ruler who commissioned the sculptures on the Parthenon wasa) Socratesb) Heraklesc) Iktinosd) Periclese) Alexander

20. The ruler whose death began the Hellenistic era wasa) Socrates

b) Heraklesc) Iktinosd) Periclese) Alexander

21. The ruler who defeated Darius III wasa) Socratesb) Herakles

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c) Iktinosd) Periclese) Alexander

22. The sculptor largely responsible for turning gods into men was

a) Lysipposb) Praxitelesc) Polykleitosd) Myrone) Exekias

23. A work that we have that is actually in its original bronze form isa) Discobolusb) Doryphorosc) Warrior from Riaced) Kritios Boy

24. A gift: Old market woman is from the period.a) Orientalizingb) Archaicc) Early Classicald) Late Classicale) Hellenistic

25. Kritios Boyis from the period.a) Orientalizing

b) Archaicc) Early Classicald) Late Classicale) Hellenistic

Part III. Short answer based on images.

26. From what time period is the work and who painted it? What wasso innovative about the composition? Give at least two examples of thepainters masterful style and composition?

27. What is the time period of the work, and who is the sculptor? Whatdid this sculptor innovate, and how does the sculpture exemplify theidea of motion while at rest and harmony of opposites?

28. What building is this? How and why does it mix the Ionic and Doricstyles? What was the theme for friezes that graced the outside of thebuilding, and are these friezes typical of Greek art?

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29. What is one easy way to identify this hero? What is unusual aboutthe way this hero is depicted? How does the heros unusual depictionreveal the time period in which the work was made (To answer thequestion, you must explain what time period the work is from)?

30. Identify the work and explain why it was made. What is baroqueabout the work?