Art History 1380 quiz 2 Flashcards

The meaning of Greek images (in vessel painting and/or sculpture)
could be

All of the above (relationships between gods and people; political
allegories; and illustrations of moral values

The correct chronological order of the period styles defining the
development of Greek art is:

Geometric, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic

Polykleitos was

a sculptor & writer who defined the High Classical Greek canon
for representing the human figure

The subjects shown in Greek vessel painting consisted mostly of

Greek mythology about the Gods

The Greeks were very systematic in many of the arts; in architecture
this encompassed the naming of all the parts of the building. The
major parts of BOTH the DORIAN & IONIC Greek architectural orders include:

All of the above: (a) capital, (b) pediment, and (c) column

Minoan art and architecture are characterized by

(b) lots of light, (c) use of bright colors and patterns, (d)organic
(curving) lines and forms

Iktinos and Kallicrates were important

architects

In Greek art, nude figures signified

(b) heroism and (b) the ideal human form

The Greek "kouros" was

(b) a figure of a nude male youth and (c) used as a grave marker

Minoan artists often took as their subject

life in and near the sea

The belief that powerful animals could offer magical protection as
guardian figures is reflected in Aegean art by

Mycenaean lion gate

The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs was a popular story in Greek
art that was interpreted in several different ways depending on the
circumstances in which it appeared, including:

(a) superiority of rationality over irrationality and (b) superiority
of the Greeks over their enemies

The Greek Classical �canon� included rules for artists to depict

all of the above (human body proportions; degree of human emotion;
and contrapposto)

The Mycenaen civilization contributed to architecture with

(a) corbelled arches and (b) conical domes

A leading figure whose agenda strongly influenced High Classical
Greek Athenian art and architecture was named

Pericles