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Stack #142378
Art of the Western World part 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| kouros | a statue of a nude young man from the greek archaic period |
| Black figure techique | required scratching through a layer of slip to make details |
| praxiteles was | the sculptor famous for his sensuous figures of men and women |
| parthenon is a good example | of the Doric order |
| pediment is | the triangular area for sculpture under the roof of a temple |
| Hellenistic painting | is best represented by Roman copies |
| Laocoon and His sons | shows the emotional expressionand virtuoso technique typical of the Hellenistic period |
| An acropolis is | a sacred precinct above a creek city |
| The name given to rational town planning in Hellenistic Greece is | the Hippodamian plan |
| Caryatids | are seen on the Erechtheion in Athens |
| Roman temples | combine Greek and Etruscan forms |
| The pantheon is | the Roman temple dedicated to all the gods |
| the Augustus of Primaporta | shows that the first Roman emperor was godlike |
| the imperial procession relief from the Ara Pacis is similar to | the relief on the frieze of the Parthenon, except that it is more realistic |
| Verism refers to | extreme realism in portraiture |
| Roman wall painting shows | a wide variety of subject matter, including still life and genre scenes |
| Sculpture from the time of Constantine shows | simple figures, often with doll-like proportions |
| Two structural innovations that Romans used in the imperial period are | concrete and the rounded arch |
| A Roman basilica is | a civic building used for things like tax collecting |
| the following is not true of the colosseum | It was built from stone stolen from Greed temples |
| The early Christians | used images to tell stories form the Old Testament and the life of Christ |
| Christian churches built under the auspices of Constantine | used the Roman basilica as a model |
| Iconography refers to | the meaning of a work of art found in its symbols and subject matter |
| The most commom way that Jesus is shown in early Christian are | as the Good Shepherd |
| An ambulatory is | a walkway around an altar or tomb in a martyrium |
| the migrathing tribes of northern Europe made | small metal objects that often used animals in decorative ways |
| The book of Kells is | a manuscript that includes the Gospel of Matthew and is decorated with elaborate interlaced designs |
| Why might Charlemagne think a central plan was appropriate for his Palace Chapel in Aachen? | He was comparing himself to the emperor Justinian who had built a central plan church in the sixth century |
| in the Carlingian period, manuscripts were copied in | scriptoria of monasteries |
| The type of arch that characterizes Romanesque architecture is the | round arch |
| this architectural element is not found in a Romanesque church | triforium |
| who was Gislebertus | The artist who designed the last judgment at the church of Saint-Lazare in Autun |
| Which is th best reason for crediting Abbot Suger with the invetion of the Gothic style of Architecture? | His ideas about light as a metaphor for God encouraged builders to come up with the means to enlarge the windows |
| the main entrance to the Chartres Cathedral is known as | The Royal Portal |
| How does the Gothic style of sculpture differ from the Romanesque style? | Romanesques sculpture is proportioned to fit the space it is in; Gothic sculpture has more natural proportions |
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