Chapter 6 - Etruscan/Roman Art

Question 1

Romans were first to use ___ arch extensively

Answer 1

Round

Question 2

The result of crossing two barrel vaults

Answer 2

Groin vault

Question 3

Building material pioneered by Romans

Answer 3

Concrete

Question 4

Domed structure with a temple front and an oculus

Answer 4

Pantheon

Question 5

Built the largest forum in Rome and commissioned artists to tell the story in a spiraling frieze on a giant colum

Answer 5

Emperor Trajan

Question 6

First emperor of Rome, also inaugurated the Pax Augstea

Answer 6

Octavian Augustus

Question 7

Roman emperor whose military accomplishments are reflected in bronze equestrian statue

Answer 7

Marcus Aurelius

Question 8

First Christian emperor, was baptized on his deathbed

Answer 8

Constantine

Question 9

Type of perspective used in roman paintings that was not created mathematically

Answer 9

Intuitive perspective

Question 10

Vacation home in Pompeii depicting Dyonisian cults

Answer 10

Villa of the Mysteries

Question 11

Mosaic depicting aftermath of a banquet

Answer 11

The Unswept Floor

Question 12

Group sculpt that marks a return to abstraction and idealization

Answer 12

The Tetrarchs

Question 13

Fresco illustrating passage from life to death of a young man

Answer 13

Tomb of Hunting and Fishing, Tarquinia

Question 14

Trend in Roman republican portraiture depicting subjects in realistic detail without idealization

Answer 14

Verism

Question 15

Sculptor combined orator pose with contropossto

Answer 15

Augustus of Primaporta

Question 16

Life size Etruscan terracotta sculpture

Answer 16

Apollo of Veii

Question 17

Sculpture portraiture that emphasized virtue and wisdom

Answer 17

Portrait head of an elder

Question 18

Copy of a Greek original by Lysippus, placed in baths of Caracalla

Answer 18

Farnese Hercules

Question 19

Large rectangular public building in the Trajan forum, including nave, apses, and legal center

Answer 19

Basilica Ulpia

Question 20

Unofficial religions imported from conquered nations and tolerated by the status quo

Answer 20

Mysteries

Question 21

Most of the Etruscan imagery and artifacts that have reached us are from ___

Answer 21

Tombs/Necro

Question 22

Christian persecutions intensified in the year 250 but were ended in the year 313 by Emperor ____

Answer 22

Constantine

Question 23

Greek letter sign seen by Constantine in a dream

Answer 23

Chi-Rho

Question 24

Long period of peace and prosperity inaugurated by Emperor Octavian Augustus

Answer 24

Pax Romana (Roman Peace)

Question 25

Arch of Constantine, a marvel of sculpture recycling, celebrated this victorious battle

Answer 25

Battle of the Milvian Bridge in which Constantine defeated Maxentius

Question 26

Built in four arcades, this Roman landmark was a stadium for Gladiator games

Answer 26

Coliseum or Flavian Amphitheater

Question 27

The Roman temple differs from the Greek in that...

Answer 27

It can only be accessed from the front

Question 28

Altar built in the times of Octavian Augustus to celebrate a period of peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana

Answer 28

Ara Pacis Augustae