front 1 The meaning of Greek images (in vessel painting and/or sculpture) could be | back 1 All of the above (relationships between gods and people; political allegories; and illustrations of moral values |
front 2 The correct chronological order of the period styles defining the development of Greek art is: | back 2 Geometric, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic |
front 3 Polykleitos was | back 3 a sculptor & writer who defined the High Classical Greek canon for representing the human figure |
front 4 The subjects shown in Greek vessel painting consisted mostly of | back 4 Greek mythology about the Gods |
front 5 The Greeks were very systematic in many of the arts; in architecture this encompassed the naming of all the parts of the building. The major parts of BOTH the DORIAN & IONIC Greek architectural orders include: | back 5 All of the above: (a) capital, (b) pediment, and (c) column |
front 6 Minoan art and architecture are characterized by | back 6 (b) lots of light, (c) use of bright colors and patterns, (d)organic (curving) lines and forms |
front 7 Iktinos and Kallicrates were important | back 7 architects |
front 8 In Greek art, nude figures signified | back 8 (b) heroism and (b) the ideal human form |
front 9 The Greek "kouros" was | back 9 (b) a figure of a nude male youth and (c) used as a grave marker |
front 10 Minoan artists often took as their subject | back 10 life in and near the sea |
front 11 The belief that powerful animals could offer magical protection as guardian figures is reflected in Aegean art by | back 11 Mycenaean lion gate |
front 12 The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs was a popular story in Greek art that was interpreted in several different ways depending on the circumstances in which it appeared, including: | back 12 (a) superiority of rationality over irrationality and (b) superiority of the Greeks over their enemies |
front 13 The Greek Classical “canon” included rules for artists to depict | back 13 all of the above (human body proportions; degree of human emotion; and contrapposto) |
front 14 The Mycenaen civilization contributed to architecture with | back 14 (a) corbelled arches and (b) conical domes |
front 15 A leading figure whose agenda strongly influenced High Classical Greek Athenian art and architecture was named | back 15 Pericles |