Ch. 4+5 Aeggon And Ancient Greece

Front 1

A Greek male statue, usually nude, is called a(n) _______________.

Back 1

Kouros

Front 2

Clothed women in the form of columns are called ___________ and are found on the "Treasury of the Siphnians."

Back 2

Caryatids

Front 3

The piece of Laocoon and His Sons...

Back 3

-Depicts a Trojan priest.

-Exemplifies the Hellenistic taste for dramatic sculptures.

-May be a Roman copy rather than an original.

Front 4

An example of Hellenistic sculpture which demonstrates the taste for new emotionally expressive subjects is...

Back 4

-Hermes and the Infant Dionysus

-Nike of the Samothrace

-The Dying Gallic Trumpeter

Front 5

The Athenian Akropolis was...

Back 5

-Rebuilt nude the leadership of Pericles.

-Sacked by the Persians.

-Means "city on a hill."

Front 6

The Parthenon is an Ionic temple. T/F?

Back 6

False

Front 7

Experts have interpreted the scenes on the "Harvester Vase" as possibly a fall festival or even a crowd of warriors. T/F?

Back 7

True

Front 8

"The Aphrodite of Knidos" was the first sculpture of a nude female by an established Greek artist. T/F?

Back 8

True

Front 9

Ancient Greek sculpture...

Back 9

-Shows dramatic evolution in style from the Archaic to the Classical period.

-Was originally brightly painted.

-Celebrated the athletic prowess of the male in nude sculptures.

Front 10

Temple metropes were usually carved in relief, then painted. T/F?

Back 10

True

Front 11

What was the chronological order of the following Greek statues?

-"Standing Youth" (kouros)
-"Nike of Samothrace"
-"Spear Bearer"

Back 11

1. "Standing Youth" (kouros)
2. "Spear Bearer"
3. "Nike of Samothrace"

Front 12

What is the technique of painting on a wet plaster surface?

Back 12

Fresco prima

Front 13

What is true of the civilizations centered on the islands of Thera and Crete?

Back 13

-They provide evidence of international trade.

-They attest to a prosperous sea-faring culture.

-They probably declined as the result of a volcanic eruption.

Front 14

What does the Parthenon frieze depict?

Back 14

It depicts a procession of Athenians in low-relief.

Front 15

The three orders of Greek architecture are what?

Back 15

1.Doric
2.Ionic
3.Corinthian

Front 16

The large above-ground burial places of Mycenae are called what?

Back 16

- beehive or tholos tombs.

Front 17

The stones of the citadel of Mycenae are so massive that they are called what?

Back 17

Cyclopean

Front 18

The Bull Leaping mural from the Palace of Knossos, on Cretes, may represent an initiation but NOT a fertility ritual. T/F?

Back 18

False