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Please just check my answers! I tried REALLY hard but I am VERY bad at art history! If any are wrong please explain why! Thanks (my answers have <<<) 10 points for best answer!
16. Which of the following is NOT considered a Hellenistic sculpture?
Aphrodite of Milos
The Winged Victory of Samthrace
The Laocoon<<<my answer
Discobolus
17. Which of the following was the 2nd style of Greek vase painting to evolve?
Red-figure<<<my answer
Geometric
Black figure
Orientalizing
18. Which of the following is NOT a structure built on the Acropolis?
Erechtheum
Propylaea
Pericles<<<my answer
Temple of Athena Nike
19. Early Roman art was strongly influenced by the _____________ civilization, which ruled Rome.
Greek
Madedonian
Etruscan<<<my answer
Minoan
20. Romans first learned of wall paintings, also called ____________, from the Etruscans.
Tempura
Mosaics
Frescoes<<<my answer
Sgraggito
21. How have experts gained knowledge about Roman woodwork?
From ancient Roman woodworking manuals<<<my answer
From the abundant pieces of woodwork that still exist
From copies made in the Italian Renaissance
From ancient Roman woodworking tools
22. Beginning in the third century B.C.E., sculpture in Rome was:
Taken from conquered Greek city-states<<<my answer
Acquired through trade with the distant countries
Idealistic work created by Roman sculptors
Etruscan in origin
23. Where can you find some of the only surviving examples of Roman wall painting?
Tarquinia
Herculaneum<<<my answer
Palestrina
Athens
24. What civilization had the greatest influence on Roman sculpture?
Egyptian
Persian
Greek<<<my answer
Phoenician
25. Highlighted in one of your lessons, the _______________ of Todi statue in the Vatican Museum depicts a figure holding a _____________.
Venus/mirror
senator/book
emperor/laurel
mars/cup<<<my answer
26. With early private portraiture, funeral alters and tomb structures were graced with portrait
_______________ of the deceased.
paintings
reliefs<<<my answer
intaglios
busts
27. The Romans' ingenious use of ________________ was instrumental in the construction of the great cathedrals of Europe 1,000 years later.
the arch and key stoning<<<my answer
concrete
entablatures
columns
28. Placed at the highest point of an arch, the _____ locks the stones of the arch into place.
capital
vault<<<my answer
keystone
flagstone
29. What is the difference between a Greek Doric column and a Roman Doric column?
The Roman Doric column has a base.
The Roman Doric column has a capital.
The Greek Doric column was more elaborately decorated.<<<my answer
There is no difference between the two styles.
30. The Roman Republic was able to expand because of its
political stability<<<my answer
seafaring abilities
wealthy upper-class
numerous allies
31. What was the most popular of Roman leisure activities?
eating<<<my answer
bathing
dancing
chariot racing
32. Until the second century B.C.E., Roman classes were defined according to
male lineage<<<my answer
female lineage
male initiative and actions
a civic lottery
33. In 390 B.C.E., Rome was sacked by the
Persians
Etruscans
Greeks
Gauls<<<my answer
34. Roman copies of Greek statues were usually displayed
in a culina
in a niche
in the center of a room
in a laraium<<<my answer
35. What had become of the Greek bronze statues that the Romans copied?
The statues were lost or melted down for the metal.<<<my answers
The Greeks kept the statues as part of their national identity.
The statues were stolen by other invaders.
The Greeks destroyed them rather than have them taken.
36. Which of the following was not a valued character trait in the Roman Republic?
devotion to social class
devotion to public service<<<my answer
military genius
both a and c
37. Public officials in the Roman Republic would commission heroic, full-length statues of themselves composed of generic, well-formed bodies and
a realistic portrait<<<my answer
the face of a Roman god
a head portrait of an ancestor
a portrait of the reigning emperor
38. Beginning with Augustus, the emperors of the imperial period made full use of the sculpture's potential as a tool for communicating
the will of the gods
the republic's laws
the physical ideal
their specific ideologies<<<my answer
39. The Flavian era saw a dramatic change in the style of Roman portraiture. What was this change?
A fully idealized approach to portrait sculpture
A return to the Archaic style
A realistic depiction of its subjects<<<my answer
An emphasis on civic strengths

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