QUESTION 1 True or False: Ancient Greek sculpture was oftentimes brightly painted. We don't know because absolutely no sculpture from this period survives. True False QUESTION 2 The Parthenon's architecture contains subtle distortions because they contribute to an illusion of perfection this culture celebrated imperfection the builders made small miscalculations and mistakes later restoration of the building distorted the original perfection QUESTION 3 The Parthenon was originally built as a pagan temple dedicated to Athena Christian church named after St. Parthenon a library and treasury both a law court and place to cast a vote QUESTION 4 A corbeled arch is best defined as an arch which: is formed by courses of stones, each of which projects beyond the lower course until the space is enclosed connects the wall piers on both sides of an interior space, up and over a square stone vault supports a complex post-and-lintel system of architecture located above it features a semi-circular shape and is adorned by both relief sculpture and sculpture in the round QUESTION5 The scene depicting the Bull Leaping suggests that ancient Aegeans had: been terrorized by bulls and other wild animals discovered the wheel and used it to make carts established rituals involving the interaction between humans and animals a nomadic, hunter-gatherer lifestyle QUESTION 6 The Spear Bearer by Polykleitos features _______ which results in _____________. contrapposto / a counterbalancing of the figure's weight corbelling / the expression of relief seen on the face relief sculpture / the figure being fully attached to a background all of the answers listed here QUESTION 7 The source of the story in the amphora by Exekias is The Illiad The Odyssey The Bible The Torah QUESTION 8 The New York Kouros shows the influence of Egyptian art Roman art Chinese art Hellenistic art QUESTION 9 The New York Korous is thought to have served as a grave marker specific portrait of an individual both of the above neither of the above QUESTION 10 The Lion Gate features which of the following: post-and-lintel, sculpture in the round, dome contrapposto, red-figure painting, corbelling ziggurat, corbelling, and lost-wax-bronze corbelling, post-and-lintel, and relief sculpture QUESTION 11 The Dying Gaul is characteristic of _______ art because it shows __________. Hellenistic / raw emotion and suffering Classical / serene calm and harmony Archaic / geometric patterns and abstract shapes Archaic / strong influence of Egyptian art QUESTION 12 The Spear Bearer by Polykleitos was originally made of: papyrus bronze stucco wood
