Unit 6: Hellenistic and Roman Art

Question 1

Hellenistic period

Answer 1

roughly 300 years after the death of alexander the great in 323 BCE

Question 2

Influences on the hellenistic period

Answer 2

influences from east (oriental) and from the west (occidental)

Question 3

Hellenistic artist say themselves as __________________________

Answer 3

living after the period of best art

Question 4

Platonic ideal

Answer 4

There is a metaphysical ideal that we dont have access to and everything we produce is an imitation/flawed

Question 5

Aristotle

Answer 5

less focused onideal and more focused on peoples purpose in the world. Art becomes more about lt, expression and less about official function. As a result, people begin signing thir art

Question 6

Answer 6

Dancer
225-175 BCE
Doesn’t have any purpose, just for individual enjoyment

Question 7

Answer 7

Demosthenes
280 BCE
roman copy. Is in aristotile era and is becoming more focused on naturalism

Question 8

Answer 8

Boxer
more modern looking. Get emotional connection like it is looking up at you

Question 9

Answer 9

victory of Samothrace
190BCE
Art/deities become symbolic
statues become less religous and more allegorical

Question 10

allegory

Answer 10

story or picture that can hold a hidden meaning

Question 11

Answer 11

Hellenistic ruler
150-140 BCE
Still has tendency to revert to ideal forms

Question 12

Mosaic

Answer 12

tiny coloured stones or glass on surface. usually seen as higher forms of art than paintings

Question 13

Answer 13

Stag hunt mosaic
300 BCE

Question 14

T or F: the roman empire is heavily indebted to the greeks for their culture and art

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Why were mosiacs considered better than paintings

Answer 15

it took a long time and was expensive to make

Question 16

Answer 16

Roman mosaic battle of issus
200-100 BCE

Question 17

Answer 17

Bathhouse floor
ostia
Depicts gods but with symbolism (allegory)

Question 18

Answer 18

Mosaic and wall painting
herculeanum

Question 19

Answer 19

Ixion room
Pompeii
1century CE
From house of aristocrat painted to look like they have windows and framed pictures

Question 20

Answer 20

pompeii
couple
1st century CE
In the house of a bakery (art wasn’t just for the rich)

Question 21

Answer 21

Pompeii riot
59-79 CE
In civic space, tells city’s story

Question 22

Who was the first to put higher value on an original than a copy?

Answer 22

romans

Question 23

What did Romans build with and what did that help with?

Answer 23

Built with concrete. it allowed a less skilled workforce force to build quickly and was also less expensive. Often would clad buildings in marble

Question 24

Answer 24

The coliseum

Question 25

Answer 25

The Pantheon
118-128 CE
repurposed as a christian church. Still has original marble inside

Question 26

Who copied who? greeks or the romans

Answer 26

romans copied the greeks

Question 27

Which is greek and which is roman?

Answer 27

Left=roman
right=greek

Question 28

portrait busts

Answer 28

sculpture of ahead. Came from honoring ancestors by creating sculptures of their heads

Question 29

Answer 29

Patrician carrying 2 portrait heads of ancestors
early 1st century CE

Question 30

Answer 30

bust of a roman lady
90 CE
sculpture of aristocratic lady (which is rare)

Question 31

Answer 31

Trajan’s column
113 CE
Capital letters came from this period in rome