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