Section 3 content
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Which two rivers defined the territory of the Etruscan cities? | The Tiber and the Arno
🗑
|
||||
| What was the Greek name for the Etruscans? | Tyrrhenians
🗑
|
||||
| Which ancient author provides information about Etruscan architecture? | Vitruvius
🗑
|
||||
| The mixing of peoples that resulted in the Etruscan culture occurred when? | Villanovan period, first millennium BCE
🗑
|
||||
| What was the source of the Etruscan accumulation of wealth and luxury goods in the seventh century BCE? | Mining and trade
🗑
|
||||
| What was the function of the Etruscan fibula? | Pinning Cloth
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following Etruscan toiletry articles have been found in great quantities by archaeologists? | Cistae and mirrors
🗑
|
||||
| What term do art historians use to describe the base of an Etruscan temple? | podium
🗑
|
||||
| What accounts for the lack of Etruscan temple remains in the archaeological record? | Perishable Materials
🗑
|
||||
| Who would have been buried in each of these structures at Cerveteri? | Generations of Family
🗑
|
||||
| Why are scholars unable to use Etruscan inscriptions as a source of information about Etruscan culture? | the language is yet undeciphered
🗑
|
||||
| Of which Roman architectural form is the Porta Marzia thought to be a forerunner? | Triumphal arch
🗑
|
||||
| What is the purpose of the sculpted circles in this tomb chamber? | represent shields
🗑
|
||||
| What metalworking technique was used in the decoration of the Regolini-Galassi fibula? | granulations and repousse
🗑
|
||||
| We know from the inscription on the Ficoroni Cista that the workshop of its artist, Novios Plautios, was located in which city? | Rome
🗑
|
||||
| What was the purpose of the three-cella plan of Etruscan temples? | One chamber each for tinia, uni and menrva
🗑
|
||||
| The decoration of the Ficoroni Cista is most likely an adaptation of what art type? | Greek panel painting
🗑
|
||||
| The pose of the Aule Metele statue most resembles that of which work? | apoxyomenos lysippos
🗑
|
||||
| Etruscan art and iconography had a great influence on which culture? | Roman
🗑
|
||||
| Why are the man and woman on the Cerveteri sarcophagus shown in a reclining position? | They are shown at a banquet
🗑
|
||||
| Rome is located on which river? | Tiber
🗑
|
||||
| The development of what building material enabled the Romans to revolutionize architecture? | concrete
🗑
|
||||
| What legendary figures founded Rome as a modest village of huts on April 21, 753 BCE? | Romulus and remus
🗑
|
||||
| Which culture had the greatest influence in Rome during the Archaic period? | etruscan
🗑
|
||||
| When did the eruption of Mount Vesuvius cover Pompeii and the other cities surrounding the Bay of Naples? | 79 CE
🗑
|
||||
| Which adjective best describes the facial features of Roman Republican patrician portraits? | Accurate
🗑
|
||||
| What distinctly Roman architectural structure appears in this image? | Amphitheater
🗑
|
||||
| What was the outcome of the important battle that took place at the Greek city of Actium in 31 BCE? | Marc Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian/Augustus
🗑
|
||||
| What is the function of the Pont-du-Gard? | An aqueduct/bridge
🗑
|
||||
| What were the names of the two main intersecting roads in a Roman planned city? | Cardo and decumanus
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following is NOT a structure that Roman engineers brought to lands conquered and colonized during the Roman Empire? | Palace
🗑
|
||||
| Why is the Flavian Amphitheater in Rome known as the Colosseum? | Because of its location near a large statue of Nero
🗑
|
||||
| What long-lived division is foreshadowed in this portrait of the four tetrarchs? | Western and eastern Roman empires
🗑
|
||||
| What was the purpose of the spolia included in the Arch of Constantine? | Associate Constantine with preceding "good" emperors
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following was NOT a purpose of marble revetment? | Showcase the many varieties of local Italian marble
🗑
|
||||
| What was the thematic emphasis of much of Trajan building program in Rome? | His victories against the Dacians
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following statements does NOT accurately describe the pool and grotto of Hadrian villa at Tivoli? | It included typical Greek arcuated colonnades.
🗑
|
||||
| Who appears as the central figure in this relief? | A combination of these figures
🗑
|
||||
| The uniformity imposed by the centralized authority of the Roman Empire is best exemplified by which city? | Timgad
🗑
|
||||
| What effect did the use of concrete allow the Romans to achieve in architecture? | Build massive structures that shaped the enclosed space
🗑
|
||||
| Dura-Europos is a town overlooking the Euphrates River in which modern country? | Syria
🗑
|
||||
| TThe synagogue at Dura-Europos has an extensive program of decoration in what medium? | Painting on plaster
🗑
|
||||
| figure did not appear in the synagogue paintings of Dura-Europos? | God
🗑
|
||||
| In their construction, catacombs most resembled which earlier funerary structures? | Etruscan tomb chambers
🗑
|
||||
| The Jewish and Christian communities of Rome tunneled the catacombs out of the tufa bedrock outside the city walls, as did the Etruscans with their chamber tombs. | Purple
🗑
|
||||
| What was the date and purpose of the Edict of Milan? | 313, recognized Christianity as a legal religion equal to the cults of the traditional gods
🗑
|
||||
| Who are the figures called orants in Christian art? | Praying people
🗑
|
||||
| Which term refers to the Early Christian view of how events in the Old Testament and the New Testament are related to each other? | Prefiguration
🗑
|
||||
| What was the function of cubicula in the Christian catacombs of Rome? | Mortuary chapels
🗑
|
||||
| What was the effect of the gold background of tesserae in church mosaics? | Transferred figures from the real world to the spiritual plane
🗑
|
||||
| In clarifying the importance of the Old Testament to Christians, who claimed "the New Testament is hidden in the Old; the Old is clarified by the New"? | Saint Augustine
🗑
|
||||
| Which artwork reveals the continued attachment to pagan style and iconography among the Roman upper classes after the Theodosian ban in 391? | Diptych of Symmachi
🗑
|
||||
| What aspect of the codex form enabled the production of elaborately decorated texts? | Animal skin was a good base for painting
🗑
|
||||
| Which aspect of this mosaic from the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia is no longer rooted in the naturalist classical tradition? | Jesus carries a cross-secpter and wears purple
🗑
|
||||
| The prohibition in the Second Commandment regarding the worship of images made the decorative program of which structure a surprise to art historians? | Jewish synagogue at Dura Europos
🗑
|
||||
| In what way does this painting differ from contemporaneous decoration of Roman houses? | Subject matter
🗑
|
||||
| Which aspect of the plan of Old Saint Peter's is unusual for an early church? | Transcept
🗑
|
||||
| Which early church had a mosaic program that included many subjects common to Roman funerary art—such as putti and wine—that could be given a Christian interpretation? | Santa costanza
🗑
|
||||
| In their stillness, stylized gestures, and frontality, the figures in this painting most resemble those of which Roman monument? | Arch of Septimus severus
🗑
|
||||
| What explains the large size of tesserae used in Early Christian church mosaics as compared to earlier Roman Republican mosaics? | placement in building
🗑
|
||||
| the people whom the Romans called Etrusci or Tusci, the region centered on Florence and the Greeks referred to as Tyrsenoi or Tyrrhenoi | Etruscans
🗑
|
||||
| in the Old Testament, a prophetic forerunner of Christ | prefiguration
🗑
|
||||
| The round, central opening of a dome. | oculus
🗑
|
||||
| a semicircular wall area, often framed by an arch over a door or window. | lunette
🗑
|
||||
| the point at which two barrel-vaults cross | __groin vault______
🗑
|
||||
| a large, semi-circular niche protruding from an end wall. In a Christian church, it houses the altar | ___apse_________
🗑
|
||||
| true to natural appearance; super-realistic | __verisitic__________
🗑
|
||||
| a portrait or image, especially in churches that are objects of veneration. | Icon
🗑
|
||||
| a hard-baked clay used for sculpture and as a building material. | _terracotta__________
🗑
|
||||
| a picture depicting an arrangement of inanimate objects | still life
🗑
|
||||
| An arrangement of windows on a building | fenestration
🗑
|
||||
| Sunken panels, often decorated, in a vault or ceiling | ____coffers/coffered_____
🗑
|
||||
| a luxurious handmade book with painted illustrations | __Illuminated manuscript_____
🗑
|
||||
| the style of room decoration in which the aim was to dissolve the walls of a room with the illusion of a three-dimensional world | _Second Style painting_____
🗑
|
||||
| this type of temple has engaged columns rather than freestanding columns | __pseudo-peripteral_______
🗑
|
||||
| the arm of a cruciform church, perpendicular to the nave | __transept________
🗑
|
||||
| style in which the aim of the artist was to imitate the appearance of marble | __first style painting______
🗑
|
||||
| A public building for legal and civic proceedings, rectangular in plan. | __basilica________
🗑
|
||||
| Which term best describes the shape of the main body of this sculpture? | cylinder
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following describes the decorations on this container? | They are a combination of two-dimensional and three-dimensional images.
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following best describes the two figures depicted on this sarcophagus (funerary monument)? | The figures' faces are individual and animated.
🗑
|
||||
| Which statement is an accurate description of this sarcophagus? | The entire sarcophagus appears to be made of the same material.
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following best describes this sculptural figure? | The figure has an animated expression and strides forward.
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following best describes the way this figure's garments are depicted? | In flat, patterned folds
🗑
|
||||
| How do these tomb interiors compare? | One is subdivided into a variety of spaces.
🗑
|
||||
| Which statement best describes the decorations in these tomb interiors? | One tomb contains colorful abstract patterns on the ceiling.
🗑
|
||||
| What architectural feature do these Etruscan structures have in common? | Sculptural elements attached to the architecture
🗑
|
||||
| Which statement accurately describes the structures in these photographs? | One is a model of a complete building; the other is part of a larger structure.
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following best describe the overall arrangement of figures in this sculpture? | Chaotic and crowded
🗑
|
||||
| How has the artist treated space in this sculptural scene? | The space is flat, with no deep space visible beyond the wall of figures.
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following best describes the ceiling of the Roman Pantheon? | The ceiling is a large, rounded dome.
🗑
|
||||
| Which description best applies to the interior of the Pantheon? | The interior of the Pantheon contains rich and varied architectural detailing.
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following best describes the wall paintings pictured here? | Confused and crowded
🗑
|
||||
| What subjects do these wall paintings feature? | They feature a variety of subjects, including architectural views and mythological scenes.
🗑
|
||||
| Which is a similarity between these sculptures? | Both figures are posed with their right arms outstretched.
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following statements is an accurate description of these sculptures? | The facial features of each figure are individualized and detailed.
🗑
|
||||
| What architectural feature do these Roman structures have in common? | Rounded arch
🗑
|
||||
| Which statement accurately describes these Roman structures? | . Only one appears to have an entrance to a large, enclosed space.
🗑
|
||||
| How has the artist of this painting distinguished two individuals from the group? | One figure is larger in scale, and the other wears purple.
🗑
|
||||
| What similarities connect all the figures depicted in this painting? | The figures lack volume and their faces are expressionless.
🗑
|
||||
| Which architectural features are visible in this catacomb? | Two columns in the corners
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following best describes the decoration in this catacomb? | There are painted decorations on the walls as well as the ceiling.
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following best describes this scene painted on the page of a manuscript? | It shows four figures with a landscape of trees and a building in the background.
🗑
|
||||
| How has the artist arranged the elements of text and the painted scene on this page? | The painted scene is set apart from the text and framed with a red border.
🗑
|
||||
| Which is a similarity between these two works? | Both of the works depict multiple scenes with figures in separate spaces.
🗑
|
||||
| Which of the following statements is an accurate description of these sculptures? | One of the works is painted, and one is carved.
🗑
|
||||
| What architectural features do these structures share? | Round columns supporting rounded arches
🗑
|
||||
| Judging from these photographs, which of the following best describes the spatial arrangement of these buildings? | One is arranged in a circle; the other has a rectangular layout.
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
Schu.22