Art History Chapter 4

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1. The Aegean culture is ____ dominated rather than river-dominated as in Mesopotamia and Egypt.

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the Aegean culture is sea-dominated rather than river-dominated as in Mesopotamia and Egypt.

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2. Finish the sentence-
a) The Cycladic culture gets its name from _____________ which were inhabited by the ______ era sea-farers, traders, farmers and craftsmen.
b) The Minoan culture flourished during the _________.
c) The Helladic or Mycenaean culture belongs to ___________. Was markedly more ______ than their Minoan counterparts.

Back 2

a. cycladic islands, neolithic
b. bronze age
c. mainland greece. militaristic

Front 3

3. What medium was readily available on the Cyclades?

Back 3

marble

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4. How did the Old Palace and New Palace periods end?

Back 4

old- earthquake
new- mycenaean invasion

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5. The "Minoan" culture was named after who?

Back 5

after the legendary King Minos

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6. What distinctive quality do Minoan columns posess?

Back 6

swell wider at the top and taper towards the bottom

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7. Define and describe fresco buon.

Back 7

true fresco. technique the pigment is painted into freshly prepared wet plaster which chemically fuses with the pigment upon drying.

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8. In the Aegean, color conventionally indicates what?

Back 8

color conventionally indicates gender

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9. What did Heinrich Schliemann set out to discover? Who wrote the Iliad ?

Back 9

archaelogical remains ofTroy, Mycenae and Tiryns. Homer

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10. The Mycenaean people built what on mainland Greece?

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built heavily fortified citadel-palaces on mainland Greece

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11. Define "Cyclopean masonry".

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defensive walls some 20 feet thick

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12. What is a megaron?

Back 12

the king’s throne room

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13. The city of Mycenae was home to Agamemnon; what decorated the space about the outer gateways?

Back 13

Relief sculptures of lions

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14. In a corbeled arch, a triangular space that was filled in with high relief carving is called what?

Back 14

relieving triangle.

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15. Describe the characteristics of a tholos tomb.

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a beehive-shape and it was covered with mounds of earth

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16. Define repousse.

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: the metal is hammered or beaten out from the reverse side to achieve the relief

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17. What possibly caused the Mycenaean culture to fall so abruptly?

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possibly from internal unrest