Greek

Question 1

What did the people of Greece become

Answer 1

The seafaring nation

Question 2

Why did Greece become a seafaring nation

Answer 2

Because of its central position and because it had lots of natural harbours, dry mountain terrain and mild Mediterranean weather

Question 3

What did being the seafaring nation help them to do

Answer 3

They had contact with a wide variety of cultures from the other countries with whom they traded and learnt about agriculture and metalwork techniques

Question 4

What was the Bronze Age

Answer 4

The establishment of the first cities in this area

Question 5

What was the Minoan period

Answer 5

A culture specific to the region around Crete developed and dominated the region around 2500 BC

Question 6

When did the Cretan culture collapse

Answer 6

After a volcanic eruption around 1400-1500BC

Question 7

Who took advantage of the collapse of the Cretans

Answer 7

The Myecenaeans from the mainland of Greece

Question 8

What was the Mycenaean culture

Answer 8

A culture cased on warfare

Question 9

What happened to the money that the Mycenaean warlords were gathering

Answer 9

It was not being shared

Question 10

Who were the Myecenaeans overthrown by

Answer 10

The Dorian tribes or groups within its own tribe

Question 11

When did the first monumental freestanding sculpture appear

Answer 11

In the army stages of the archaic period

Question 12

What were the kouros

Answer 12

The male statues

Question 13

What were the kore

Answer 13

The female statues

Question 14

What did the kouros wear

Answer 14

They were nude

Question 15

What did the kore wear

Answer 15

The were clothed

Question 16

Why did the Greeks create these sculptures

Answer 16

The reason was not always clear. Sometimes there were funerary monument while others were found in sanctuaries where they were placed as offerings to the gods.

Question 17

What did these statues represent

Answer 17

They did not represent specific people or god, but rather the idea of youthfulness and vigour (a stage of life that humans experience for a short period of time, while gods experience it eternally). The young men may also have represented self-confidence and pride in physical appearance associated with a male dominated society where the superiority of male strength and beauty was constantly admired and celebrated.

Question 18

What did the use of youth as subject matter and the increasing attempts at portraying people in a naturalistic style lead to

Answer 18

It led to the archaic artists portraying idealistic versions of young men and women and avoiding the portrayal of specific people

Question 19

Who was one of the famous kouroi

Answer 19

Kouros from Tenea. He was a funerary monument.

Question 20

What are the characteristics of the Greek sculptures

Answer 20

Rigid attitude, clenched fists, arms next to body, one foot slightly forward, raised heat looking strait ahead

Question 21

What aspects of the kouros are emphasised and what do they contribute to

Answer 21

Broad shoulders, developed pectoral and calf muscles, narrowness of waist and the roundness of the things and buttocks all contribute to the athletic look of the statue

Question 22

What is the defined facial features

Answer 22

The archaic smile and the impassive stare and stylised long flowing hair

Question 23

what are the different stages of Greece

Answer 23

Archaic period
Classical period
Hellenistic period
Late Hellenistic or Greco-roman period

Question 24

What was the piece of classical architecture

Answer 24

The Parthenon

Question 25

What were most significant buildings

Answer 25

Shrines or temples to the gods

Question 26

What did statues on the buildings communicate

Answer 26

Important aspects about the gods the buildings honoured

Question 27

Where did the Greeks derive the use if the post and lintel technique from

Answer 27

The Egyptians

Question 28

What did the Greek do differently to the Egyptians

Answer 28

They turned the Egyptian buildings inside out by using the columns as support for the outer framework of the rope.

Question 29

What was the main purpose of the Parthenon

Answer 29

To house the Greek go, Athena

Question 30

How does the parthenon differ from other Greek temples

Answer 30

It is wider, 8 columns instead of 6. It has 2 windowless chanmbers

Question 31

What was the discobolos

Answer 31

It was originally created in bronze by the Greek sculptor Myron

Question 32

What was Myron known for

Answer 32

Creating realistic sculptures

Question 33

Why did the discobolos become very popular amongst the Greek

Answer 33

Because if the representation fo the athletic ideal

Question 34

What do the early classical sculptures show

Answer 34

That sculptors were free from the rigid poses of the archaic period

Question 35

How was the placement of the arms and legs of the discobolos strategic

Answer 35

It distributes the body weight

Question 36

Is emotions shown

Answer 36

No, although there is a dramatic action, his face is emotion;es

Question 37

What is no emotion a sign of

Answer 37

Strength and power with the excellence of an athlete

Question 38

What is an example of a Hellenistic sculpture

Answer 38

The Laocoon.

Question 39

What do Hellenistic works look like

Answer 39

The seen exaggerated and emotional when seen next to classical sculptures

Question 40

What is the Laocoon

Answer 40

It is a group sculpture from the late Hellenistic period

Question 41

Who was the maecoon carved by

Answer 41

Rhodeians hagesadrus, polydorus and athenodorus

Question 42

What does the lad ion represent

Answer 42

A Trojan priest, Laecoon, and his sons antiphants and thymbaeus. The priest who defined one of the gods, was punished by the god by sending 2 sea serpents to attack him as he was about to make an offering to the temple