Art

Question 1

Myron

Answer 1

made the discobolus

Question 2

who made the Zeus at Olympia

Answer 2

Pheidas

Question 3

when was the bronze age

Answer 3

3000-1000 BC

Question 4

cycladic art

Answer 4

marble idols; simplistic and stylized

Question 5

who excavated Minoa

Answer 5

Sir Arthur Evans in the 1900s

Question 6

where was Minoa

Answer 6

crete

Question 7

characteristics of Minoan palace

Answer 7

complicated maze of rooms used for buisness, multi story, downward taping columns

Question 8

what material was the snake goddess made of

Answer 8

faience

Question 9

where is the Toreador fresco found

Answer 9

Minoan/ Crete

Question 10

where is the La Parisienne found

Answer 10

Minoan /Crete

Question 11

where is the Prince of the lillies found

Answer 11

Minoan/ Crete

Question 12

where is the dolphin fresco found

Answer 12

the Queens megaron in crete

Question 13

where is Boxing children found

Answer 13

Thera/Santorini

Question 14

where is blue Monkeys found

Answer 14

Thera/Santorini

Question 15

where is Fisherman found

Answer 15

Thera/Santorini

Question 16

where is the Harvester Vase found

Answer 16

Thera/Santorini

Question 17

where is the octopus vase found

Answer 17

Thera/Santorini

Question 18

where is the Bulls head Rhyton found

Answer 18

Thera/Santorini

Question 19

where was Mycenaea

Answer 19

mainland greece

Question 20

characteristics of Mycenaean architecture

Answer 20

“cyclopean” walls, stone walls, tholos tombs, lion gate

Question 21

what form was the Treasury of Atreus

Answer 21

tholos tomb

Question 22

who found the mask of Agamemnon

Answer 22

Heinrich Schliemann

Question 23

who excavated the pylos

Answer 23

Carl Blegen

Question 24

who deciphered linear B tablets

Answer 24

Micheal Ventris in 1950

Question 25

characteristics of protogeometric art

Answer 25

pots were decorated with black bands, wavy lines, simple geometric designs, concentric circles

Question 26

date of the protogeometric period

Answer 26

1000-900BC

Question 27

dates of the Geometric period

Answer 27

900-700 BC

Question 28

characteristics of the Geometric period

Answer 28

human and animal figures, meander pattern, triangles

Question 29

Diplylon Vase

Answer 29

Geometric, large vase that served as a grave monument, depicts funeral scene

Question 30

Orientalizing period dates

Answer 30

700-600 BC

Question 31

Orientalizing period characteristics

Answer 31

signs of influence from east, decorative floral motifs, animals

Question 32

The Eleusis Amphora

Answer 32

Orientalizing, vase that depicts the blinding of Polyphemus by odysseus

Question 33

black figure technique

Answer 33

developed in 700 BC in Corinth, silhouetted in black against the reddish clay, details scratched with a needle

Question 34

francois vase

Answer 34

Orientalizing, Kleitias, depicts the wedding of Peleus and Thetis; black figure

Question 35

Ajax and Achilles playing Dice

Answer 35

Orientalizing, Exekias, amphora, black figure

Question 36

Lekythos

Answer 36

used for oils, perfumes, pouring funeral libations

Question 37

amphora

Answer 37

two handles vase used for storage and transport

Question 38

krater

Answer 38

used for mixing wine with water

Question 39

kylix and kantharos

Answer 39

drinking cups

Question 40

Archaic Period dates

Answer 40

600-480 BC

Question 41

Red figure technique

Answer 41

invented in Athens in 530 BC, figures are left red and the background is black, allows for greater details, forshortening

Question 42

Death of Sarpedon

Answer 42

Archaic, Euphronios, red figure,

Question 43

archaic kouros

Answer 43

youth male, free standing nude, with one foot forward, stiff, hair- formalized, unnatural "archaic smile"

Question 44

Kore

Answer 44

maiden, freestanding but always clothed

Question 45

significance of the Kritias Boy

Answer 45

480, marks the end of the archaic and the beginning of the classical period, figures head and body are turned, weight shifts from one leg to another and hips move, controposto

Question 46

classical period dates

Answer 46

5th century BC

Question 47

Parthenon Sculpturer

Answer 47

Phidias

Question 48

how many metopes does the Parthenon have

Answer 48

92

Question 49

what was the theme of the northern face of the parthenon

Answer 49

the trojan war

Question 50

what was the theme of the eastern face of the parthenon

Answer 50

gigantomachy

Question 51

what was the theme of the southern face of the parthenon

Answer 51

lapiths and centaurs

Question 52

what was the theme of the western face of the parthenon

Answer 52

amazonomachy

Question 53

what does the Parthenian inner frieze depict

Answer 53

panathenaic procession, done in low relief

Question 54

what does the west pediment show in the parthenon

Answer 54

competition between Athena and Poisiden

Question 55

what does the east pediment show in the parthenon

Answer 55

the birth of athena

Question 56

what were the Elgin Marbles

Answer 56

the sculpture from the Parthenon displayed in the British Museum that were taken by lord Elgin in the 19th century

Question 57

Amasis

Answer 57

did pottery

Question 58

what color ground decorated black figure pottery

Answer 58

red-orange

Question 59

the original architect of the propylaea

Answer 59

callicrates

Question 60

The presence of ____________ in Attic clay made it particulary valuable for red and black-figure pottery

Answer 60

iron

Question 61

where is they dying gaul from

Answer 61

pergamum

Question 62

what is the severe style

Answer 62

early classical forms that were stiff

Question 63

examples of severe style

Answer 63

zeus (or poisiden), the charioteer of delphi

Question 64

Discobolus

Answer 64

by Myron, only roman copy survives

Question 65

Doryphorus

Answer 65

spearbearer, by Polyclitus, only marble copies survive, stands in controposto, ideal body of man

Question 66

what book did Polyclitus write

Answer 66

canon