Art of the Western World part 1
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| kouros | a statue of a nude young man from the greek archaic period
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| Black figure techique | required scratching through a layer of slip to make details
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| praxiteles was | the sculptor famous for his sensuous figures of men and women
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| parthenon is a good example | of the Doric order
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| pediment is | the triangular area for sculpture under the roof of a temple
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| Hellenistic painting | is best represented by Roman copies
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| Laocoon and His sons | shows the emotional expressionand virtuoso technique typical of the Hellenistic period
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| An acropolis is | a sacred precinct above a creek city
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| The name given to rational town planning in Hellenistic Greece is | the Hippodamian plan
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| Caryatids | are seen on the Erechtheion in Athens
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| Roman temples | combine Greek and Etruscan forms
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| The pantheon is | the Roman temple dedicated to all the gods
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| the Augustus of Primaporta | shows that the first Roman emperor was godlike
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| 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
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| Verism refers to | extreme realism in portraiture
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| Roman wall painting shows | a wide variety of subject matter, including still life and genre scenes
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| Sculpture from the time of Constantine shows | simple figures, often with doll-like proportions
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| Two structural innovations that Romans used in the imperial period are | concrete and the rounded arch
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| A Roman basilica is | a civic building used for things like tax collecting
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| the following is not true of the colosseum | It was built from stone stolen from Greed temples
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| The early Christians | used images to tell stories form the Old Testament and the life of Christ
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| Christian churches built under the auspices of Constantine | used the Roman basilica as a model
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| Iconography refers to | the meaning of a work of art found in its symbols and subject matter
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| The most commom way that Jesus is shown in early Christian are | as the Good Shepherd
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| An ambulatory is | a walkway around an altar or tomb in a martyrium
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| the migrathing tribes of northern Europe made | small metal objects that often used animals in decorative ways
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| The book of Kells is | a manuscript that includes the Gospel of Matthew and is decorated with elaborate interlaced designs
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| 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
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| in the Carlingian period, manuscripts were copied in | scriptoria of monasteries
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| The type of arch that characterizes Romanesque architecture is the | round arch
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| this architectural element is not found in a Romanesque church | triforium
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| who was Gislebertus | The artist who designed the last judgment at the church of Saint-Lazare in Autun
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| 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
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| the main entrance to the Chartres Cathedral is known as | The Royal Portal
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| 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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