art history II

Question 1

Kouros

Answer 1

Marble, Ancient Greece

Question 2

Doryphoros

Answer 2

Marble copy of Bronze, Ancient Greece

Question 3

Warrior from Riace

Answer 3

Bronze, Ancient Greece

Question 4

Acropolis

Answer 4

Marble, Ancient Greece

Question 5

Athena Parthenos

Answer 5

Gold and Marble, Ancient Greece

Question 6

Unswept floor

Answer 6

Mosaic, Ancient Rome

Question 7

Patrician with portrait Busts

Answer 7

Marble, Ancient Rome

Question 8

Villa of Mysteries

Answer 8

Fresco, Ancient Rome

Question 9

Augustus of Prima Porta

Answer 9

Marble, Ancient Rome

Question 10

Colosseum

Answer 10

Stone and brick, Ancient Rome

Question 11

Pantheon

Answer 11

Stone, brick, and concrete, Ancient Rome

Question 12

Christ as Good Shepard

Answer 12

fresco, Early Christian

Question 13

Monumental Head of Constantine

Answer 13

Marble, Early Christian

Question 14

Hagia Sophia

Answer 14

stone and brick, early Christian

Question 15

Sutton Hoo

Answer 15

Various materials, Medieval

Question 16

Book of Kells

Answer 16

Ink and gold on vellum, medieval

Question 17

Archaic smile

Answer 17

the primary focus was the body, so the face was an afterthought, sort of creates a generic emotion on the face

Question 18

Contrapposto

Answer 18

stance where you shift all of your weight onto one leg

Question 19

Lost wax Casting

Answer 19

method of metal casting in which a molten metal is poured into a mold that has been created by means of a wax model

Question 20

Apotropaic

Answer 20

trying to ward off people and things that would do you harm

Question 21

Pediment

Answer 21

triangular part of the facade and is a place where sculpture is placed in Greek temples

Question 22

Optical refinements

Answer 22

a set of adjustments of normal shaping and spacing made to counteract the optical illusions created by human eyes

Question 23

wet drapery

Answer 23

cloth that appears to cling to the body in animated folds while it reveals the contours of the form beneath in statues

Question 24

roman city planning

Answer 24

grid layout of streets, sewers, improved quality of life, bath houses, sidewalks, roads, entertainment, aqueducts, etc.

Question 25

Trompe l’oeil

Answer 25

a visual illusion in art, to fool the eye

Question 26

mosaic

Answer 26

a picture or pattern produced by arranging small colored tiles in a certain place

Question 27

fresco

Answer 27

a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries

Question 28

Damnatio Memoriae

Answer 28

condemnation of memory, destroying the memory of a person

Question 29

Triumphal arch

Answer 29

representing roman ingenuity but also commemorating an event usually military event

Question 30

baptistery

Answer 30

basically a place with a bath and scenes of Jesus’ life

Question 31

Catacombs

Answer 31

even after Christianity was made legal you had to burn bodies you couldn’t bury them but Christians believed in resurrection, so they had to bury their bodies outside of Rome and it also allowed for the preservation of early Christian art

Question 32

Icon (painting)

Answer 32

a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, used in religious devotion

Question 33

codex

Answer 33

a collection of documents that contain info. about the history, culture, and practices of a particular time or place, a.k.a. a book

Question 34

pilgrimage

Answer 34

a journey to a sacred place for religious reasons