Greek Art Test

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AP Art HistoryMrs. Wiener

The Test on Greek art 2010:

Part I. Multiple choice. Circle the bestanswer for each question.

1. The cornice on a Greek temple is part of thea) stylobateb) entabulaturec) pedimentd) friezese) cella

2. __________ temples have triglyphs and metopes.a) Doricb) Ionic

c) A mix of Doric and Ionicd) Tholos

3. The Aphrodite of Knidos is froma) the Archaic erab) the Early Classical erac) the High Classical erad) the Late Classical erae) the Hellenistic era

4. The Aphrodite of Knidos was made by

a) Lysipposb) Myronc) Exekiasd) Praxitelese) Alexander the Great

5. Laocoon is froma) the Archaic erab) the Early Classical erac) the High Classical erad) the Late Classical era

e) the Hellenistic era

6. The Parthenon is froma) the Geometric erab) the Orientalizing erac) the Archaic erad) the Early Classical erae) the High Classical era


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7. The temple on the Acropolis that featured a goddess engaged in thevery human task of adjusting her sandal is the

a) Propylaiab) Erechtheion

c) Parthenond) Temple of Athena Nike

8. Warrior taking leave of his wife, by the Achilles painter, is anexample of

a) a red-figure lekythosb) a white-figure lekythosc) a calyx kraterd) an amphora in the style of Exekias

9. Many Greek sculptures are known to us from

a) historical documents that mention themb) bronzes found in Italyc) mosaics made in Italyd) Roman marble copies

10. The sculpture celebrated for being in motion while at rest and aharmony of opposites is

a) Diskobolosb) Doryphorosc) Aphrodite of Knidosd) Weary Herakles

e) Athena battling Alkyoneos

11. A Late Classical sculpture which shows Greek arts new shifttowards a focus on the moment after the action and suffering and painis

a) Diskobolosb) Doryphorosc) Aphrodite of Knidosd) Weary Heraklese) Athena battling Alkyoneos

12. Which work is from the Altar of Zeus from Pergamon?a) Diskobolosb) Doryphorosc) Aphrodite of Knidosd) Weary Heraklese) Athena battling Alkyoneos


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13. The first time the Corinthian column appeared on the exterior of aGreek building is

a) the Temple of Apollob) the Altar of Zeus at Pergamonc) the Choragic Monument of Lysikrates

d) the Parthenon

14. All of the following were media used by the Greeks excepta) marbleb) mosaicc) concreted) bronzee) chryselephantine

15. All of the following are Hellenistic works excepta)Apoxyomenos

b) the Nike of Samothracec) the Venus de Milod) Stag hunt, from Pellae) Laocoon

16. An artwork with over 200 labeled figures in six registers anddealing with the exploits of Peleus and his son Achilles is

a) Stag hunt, from Pellab) The Battle of Issusc) Achilles and Ajax playing a dice gamed) Herakles wrestling Antaios

e) Francois Vase

17. ____________is the technique whereby an artist uses perspective torepresent the apparent visual contraction of an object that extendsback in space at an angle to the perpendicular plane of sight.

a) The contrapposto poseb) The use of twisted perspectivec) A canond) Foreshortening

18. The Greek sculptors who established canons were

a) Exekias and Kritiosb) Kritios and Polykleitosc) Polykleitos and Myrond) Myron and Lysippose) Lysippos and Polykleitos

19. The pedimental friezes on the Parthenon depicta) the birth of Poseidon and the birth of Athena


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b) a gigantomachy and a centauromachyc) The Sack of Troy and the Laocoon and his sons being eaten by

snakesd) the birth of Athena and the contest between Athena and

Poseidon

e) the contest between Athena and Poseidon and the Pan-Athenaic procession

20. In the Pan-Athenaic procession,a) the gods watch Athenians in a paradeb) the Athenians watch the gods in a paradec) both the gods and the Athenians participate in a parade

d) none of the above

21. Which of the following buildings had caryatid columns?a) Temple of Artemis, Corfu, Greeceb) Siphnian Treasury, Delphi, Greecec) Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greeced) Temple of Hera II, Paestum, Italy

22. Select the correct chronological order for the following sculptures:a) Peplos kore, Three goddesses, Aphrodite of Knidos, Nike of

Samothrace

b) Peplos kore, Aphrodite of Knidos, Three goddesses, Nike ofSamothrace

c) Aphrodite of Knidos, Peplos kore, Nike of Samothrace, Threegoddesses

d) Three goddesses, Peplos kore, Nike of Samothrace, Aphroditeof Knidos

e) Three goddesses, Peplos kore, Aphrodite of Knidos, Nike ofSamothrace

23. __________________ introduced the contropposto pose to the world.a) Kouros

b) Kritios Boyc) Doryphorosd) Discobolose)Apoxyomenos

24. Seated boxer depicts a momenta) before the actionb) during the action


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c) after the actiond) of great happiness

25. The ______________ era has been termed a baroque era in Greekart.

a) Archaicb) Early Classicalc) High Classicald) Late Classicale) Hellenistic

Part II. Short answer. Answer the following questions on the imagesfrom Greek art.

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Name and date the artworks. In what way(s) are the two artworks

similar? In what way(s) do they differ? What are the innovations eachwork shows for its time?

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Name and date both artworks. Describe the subject matter of eachwork. What do the artworks have in common? In what ways do the

artworks differ?

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What is Hellenistic about this temple? Describe the main features ofthe temple. Where would worshippers in ancient Greece stand? Whatwas the main purpose of the Greek temple? How does the Greektemple plan reveal the values of the culture which produced it?


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5.

Name and date the artwork. Name the artist. How does the artworkreveal the new eroticism of the time in which it was made? Nameanother characteristic of the movement in which the artwork wasmade. Briefly describe the progression of the way the female form wasdepicted in Greek art. Finally, state how women were viewed in ancientGreece.

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