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