exam 2

Question 1

know title, culture, date, and materials

Answer 1

Kouros, Ancient Greek, 600-100 BCE, marble

Question 2

know title, culture, date, and materials

Answer 2

Kore, Ancient Greek, 600-100 BCE, marble

Question 3

know title, culture, date, and materials

Answer 3

Doryphoros, Ancient Greek, 600-100 BCE, marble, originally bronze

Question 4

know title, culture, date, and materials

Answer 4

Parthenon, Ancient Greece, 600-100 BCE, marble.

Question 5

know title, culture, date, and materials

Answer 5

Nike of Samothrace, Ancient Greece, 600-100 BCE, marble

Question 6

know title, culture, date, and materials

Answer 6

Pont du Gard, Roman, 100 BCE- 400 CE, stone

Question 7

know title, culture, date, and materials

Answer 7

Augustus of Primaporta, 100 BCE- 400 CE, marble

Question 8

know title, culture, date, and materials

Answer 8

Colosseum, Roman, 100 BCE- 400 CE, concrete, stone and brick

Question 9

know title, culture, date, and materials

Answer 9

Cubiculum of Leonis, Early Christian, 200-500 CE, catacomb painting.

Question 10

know title, culture, date, and materials

Answer 10

Menorahs and Ark of the Covenant, Early Jewish, 200-500 CE, catacomb painting.

Question 11

know title, culture, date, and materials

Answer 11

Hagia Sophia, Byzantine, sixth century, mixed material.

Question 12

know title, culture, date, and materials

Answer 12

Empress Theodora and her Attendants, Byzantine, sixth century, mosaic

Question 13

know title, culture, date, and materials

Answer 13

Dome of the Rock, Islamic, sixth century, tile surface.

Question 14

compare and contrast, also know title, culture, date, and materials

Question 15

compare and contrast, also know title, culture, date, and materials

Question 16

define contrapposto

Answer 16

the classical convention of representing human figures with opposing alternations of tension and relaxation on either side of a central axis that gives figures a sense of potential for movement

Question 17

define concrete

Answer 17

building material developed by romans. made from lime, sand, cement, and rubble mixed with water.

Question 18

define clerestory

Answer 18

the topmost zone of a wall with windows in the basilica extending above the roof to provide direct sunlight.

Question 19

define catacomb

Answer 19

an underground cemetery made of tunnels on different levels, with niches for burials, urns and sarcophagi.

Question 20

Trompe-l’oeil

Answer 20

Highly optical illusion of a three dimensional piece on a two dimensional surface