A) 2nd century BC B) Mid-2nd century BC C) Late 1st century BC D) 4th century BC
A) The Roman emperors B) Pericles C) Julius Caesar D) Alexander the Great
A) Colossus of Rhodes and Laocoön and His Sons B) Dying Gaul and the Jockey of Artemision C) Charioteer of Delphi and Venus de Milo D) Winged Victory of Samothrace and the Pergamon Altar
A) Athens B) Alexandria C) Delphi D) Sparta
A) Egypt B) Rome C) Persia D) India
A) Strictly mythological figures B) Abstract representations C) Increasing naturalism D) Geometric patterns
A) Temple priests B) Wealthy families C) Government officials D) Foreign conquerors
A) Materials for idealized art ran out B) A royal decree banned idealized art C) There was a shift toward realistic figures and naturalism D) Artists forgot classical techniques
A) New Hellenistic cities requiring statues of gods and heroes for temples and public places B) The banning of bronze working C) Mass production for foreign export D) A shortage of skilled stonecutters
A) Because they were buried in dry Egyptian sand B) Because they were made of gold C) Because the Romans protected them D) Because sculpture became a mass-produced industry
A) Increased humility and serenity B) Total emotionlessness C) Rigid frontality D) Greater expressions of power and energy
A) Charioteer of Delphi B) Jockey of Artemision C) Laocoön and His Sons D) Winged Victory of Samothrace
A) Charioteer of Delphi B) Venus de Milo C) Dying Gaul D) Jockey of Artemision
A) Late 1st century BC B) Late 3rd century BC C) Mid-2nd century BC D) About 230 BC
A) About 230 BC B) Mid-2nd century BC C) Late 1st century BC D) 336 BC
A) Abstract and geometric B) Austere and rigid C) Far more sensuous and emotional D) Unaltered and traditional
A) Pergamon Altar B) Colossus of Rhodes C) Winged Victory of Samothrace D) Laocoön and His Sons
A) An increase in scale B) A return to geometric abstraction C) An exclusive focus on pottery D) A preference for miniature carvings
A) Winged Victory of Samothrace B) Venus de Milo C) Colossus of Rhodes D) Pergamon Altar
A) Earthquakes and looting B) Fires and floods C) Religious iconoclasm by Romans D) Intentional burial by citizens
A) Alexandria B) Pergamum C) Antioch D) Heracleum
A) Aphrodite B) Isis C) Artemis D) Athena
A) Abstract and geometric B) Stylized in strict traditional Egyptian form C) Unusually sensual, detailed, and feminine D) Rigid, austere, and masculine
A) India B) Japan C) China D) Britain
A) Pergamum B) Ai-Khanoum C) Samothrace D) Heracleum
A) Greco-Egyptian syncretism B) Greco-Buddhist art C) Hellenistic realism D) Classical austerity
A) Kerala B) Punjab C) Bengal D) Goa
A) Greek converts to Buddhism who settled there B) Roman traders traveling the silk road C) Alexander the Great's generals D) Egyptian sculptors exiled to India
A) 4th century AD B) 336 to 323 BC C) 2nd century BC D) Late 1st century BC
A) As the absolute pinnacle of classical perfection B) As a decline in quality and originality C) As a return to strict Egyptian traditions D) As an era of purely abstract invention
A) Two B) Four C) Five D) Three
A) Animals B) The human form C) Geometric patterns D) Landscapes
A) Painted panels B) Vase painting C) Coin engraving D) The statue
A) Bronze B) Terracotta C) Marble D) Limestone
A) Hellenistic period B) Classical period C) Roman period D) Archaic period
A) Limestone B) Terracotta C) Wood D) Cast bronze
A) Terracotta figurines B) Gold figurines C) Ivory figurines D) Glass figurines
A) Terracotta figurines B) Chryselephantine sculptures C) Relief sculptures D) Acrolithic sculptures
A) Mountain hiking B) Pyramid exploration C) Desert excavations D) Marine archaeology or trawling
A) Bronze B) Gold C) Limestone D) Ivory
A) Painted wood B) Plaster or stucco C) Real human hair D) Gold leaf
A) Cloth garments B) Feather crowns C) Jewellery D) Glass eyes
A) They were carved from pure white marble B) Acid rain washed away the paint C) Ancient Greeks preferred monochrome art D) Original pigments have deteriorated
A) Homer's Iliad B) Sophocles's Oedipus Rex C) Euripides's Helen D) Hesiod's Theogony
A) No B) Yes, several are in the British Museum C) Yes, but only fragments survive D) Only one survives in Athens
A) The Karditsa warrior B) The Mantiklos Apollo C) The Lefkandi Centaur D) The Delphi Charioteer
A) Herakles B) Odysseus C) Achilles D) Apollo
A) Direct carving B) Sand casting C) Hammering sheet metal D) Lost-wax technique
A) Persia B) Syria C) Egypt D) Mesopotamia
A) Burial goods for wealthy kings B) Votive offerings left at Panhellenic sanctuaries C) Decorations for private homes D) Trade goods exported to Italy
A) Athens B) Thebes C) Olympia D) Sparta
A) The Parthenon Marbles B) The Karditsa warrior C) The Winged Victory of Samothrace D) The Venus de Milo
A) Lefkandi Centaur B) Mantiklos "Apollo" C) Delphi Charioteer D) Karditsa warrior
A) Sparta B) Athens C) Thebes D) Olympia
A) A list of Olympic victors B) A hexameter inscription C) A prose dedication to a king D) A description of a battle
A) Neo-Attic B) Proto-Daedalic C) Hellenistic D) Post-Geometric
A) Running winged goddess B) Reclining warrior C) Standing nude male youth D) Seated male elder
A) Kourae B) Kori C) Kouroses D) Kouroi
A) Koris B) Kores C) Kouroi D) Korai
A) Seated woman B) Mounted horseman C) Seated old man D) Standing nude female
A) Athens B) Auxerre C) Argos D) Anafi
A) The seated woman B) The bronze relief C) The architectural relief D) The kouros
A) Abstract geometric patterns B) Naturalistic poses C) Symmetrical rigidity D) Exaggerated mythical proportions
A) The Kritios Boy B) The Aphrodite of Knidos C) The Statue of Zeus at Olympia D) The Charioteer of Delphi
A) Roughly half B) Roughly one quarter C) Roughly three quarters D) The entirety
A) Lysistratus B) Phidias C) Praxiteles D) Lysippos
A) Lysippos B) Phidias C) Lysistratus D) Praxiteles
A) Pliny the Elder B) Pausanias C) Herodotus D) Thucydides
A) Lysistratus B) Lysippos C) Phidias D) Praxiteles
A) Cast bronze B) Terracotta C) Solid marble D) Chryselephantine
A) Constantinople B) Alexandria C) Rome D) Delphi
A) A cult image B) A burial tomb C) A treasury D) An oracle chamber
A) Cella B) Acrolith C) Xoanon D) Temenos
A) Ivory plaques B) Gold leaf C) Polished bronze D) White marble
A) Bronze B) Gold C) Wood D) Ivory
A) An iron rod B) A solid bronze core C) A stone pillar D) A wooden framework
A) Four B) Two C) One D) Ten
A) Floral wreaths B) Royal crowns C) Identifying attributes D) Written name tags
A) Maximum durability B) Religious secrecy C) Cost-saving D) Easy transport in processions
A) Moderately stylized B) Crude and primitive C) Highly sophisticated D) Basic and symbolic
A) Temple cult images B) Private garden decorations C) Tomb markers D) Athletic prize trophies
A) 0.85 metres B) 2.35 metres C) 1.50 metres D) 3.10 metres
A) Phidias B) Diomedes C) Aeneas D) Odysseus
A) Ovid's Metamorphoses B) Virgil's Aeneid C) Homer's Iliad D) Hesiod's Theogony |