In the ninth and eighth centuries BCE, the Greeks developed independently governed ___ autonomous regions with a city as its political, economic, and cultural center.
city-states
The desire of Greek artists to ___ existing artistic trends resulted in dramatic stylistic changes over the course of a few centuries.
improve upon
The Greek myth of creation involved a battle between the earth gods, or ___, and the sky gods.
Titans
The ancient Greeks believes that, like humans, their gods were flawed in that...
they had human weaknesses and emotions
The sculpture Man and Centaur exemplifies the ___ style.
Geometric
The ___ period is named for the influence of Egypt, the Near East, and Asia Minor on Greek art.
Orientalizing
___ art flourished between 900-700 BCE.
Orientalizing
The ___ style of Greek art 700-600 BCE began in Corinth.
Orientalizing
Olpe is an early example of the ___ technique.
black figure
The beautiful Olpe is decorated with stylized flowers called...
rosettes
The term ___ mean "antiquated" or "old-fashioned" and is a name for the period prior to the Classical period in Greek art.
archaic
The Sanctuary at Delphi was the sacred home of the Greek god...
Apollo
Greek built ___ to house and protect their offerings.
treasuries
Clothed women in the form of columns are called ___ and are found on the Treasury of the Siphnians.
caryatids
Although caryatids appear in the place of columns are at the Treasury of the Siphians in Delphi, the structure's continuous frieze indicates use of the ___ order.
ionic
To give a sense of three-dimensional recession in the Battle Between the Gods and Giants the artist...
overlapped figures
___ was an enclosed sacred area that contained an altar.
Temenos
One of the best-preserved Archaic Greek temples is the ___, located at the Greek colony of Poseidonia.
Temple of Hera I
The Temple of Hera I at Paestum illustrates the early form of a ___ order temple.
Doric
The three orders of Greek architecture are the ___, ___ and ___ order.
doric, ionic and corinthian
...is the feature that distinguishes the Doric order in Greek architecture.
Column that stands directly on the stylobite
Columns whose capitals resemble acanthus leaves are called...
corinthian
In contrast to Egyptian temples, Greek temples encouraged the visitor to...
walk around the outside
The ___ was the architectural element that posed the greatest compositional challenge for the sculptors of temple decoration.
triangular pediments
At the ___ warriors involved in the military expedition against Troy was originally depicted in the pediments.
Temple of Aphaia
The practice of painting and fitting marble sculpture with bronze accessories reflects the Greek's desire for art that shows a heightened sense of...
reality
___ would never be seen on a Greek kore(women) figure.
nudity
Freestanding statues of male figures, which were made in the Archaic period, are called...
kouroi
Greek kouroi and Egyptian figures have...
a rigid upright stance in common
In the Archaic period, the center for pottery manufacturing and trade was the city of...
Athens
The beautiful black-figure vase of Dionysos with Maenads by the Amasis Painter exemplifies a vase shape called a(n)...
amphora
In both red and black-figure vase painting techniques, the areas that were painted with slip would be ___ after firing.
black
___ enabled Greek ceramic painters to create livelier human figures by painting interior details instead of incising them.
red-figure technique
___ was the most famous of all Athenian black-figure painters.
Exekias
The Greeks valued human ___ over human emotion.
reason
The Classical period is subdivided into three phases: the ___, ___, and ___ Classical period.
early, high and late
Some scholars think that the Greek's defeat of the Persians in 480 BCE...
accelerated artistic developments that led to the classical style
The Kritios Boy was found on the Athenian ___.
Akropolis
___ refers to presenting standing figures with opposing alternations of tension and relaxations around a central axis, a convention that dominates Greek Classical art.
Contrapposto
The Greeks preferred ___ as a material for figurative sculpture because it all allowed for complex action poses.
bronze
Buried after an earthquake in 373 BCE, the Charioteer was spared the fate of most ancient ___ sculptures, which were melted down so the material could be used for other purposes.
bronze
Based on the text's discussion of Greek art, the Tomb of the Diver is significant to art history because...
it is an example of Greek wall painting
Similar to the krater, the ___ was a type of vessel used at all male symposia.
psykter
Intimate images such as A Youth Pouring Wine into the Kylix of a Companion were painted on the interiors of ___ vessels, where it would have been seen only by the user as he tilted the cup up to drink from it.
kylix
The Greek ___ said, "Future generation will marvel at us, as the present day marvels at us now.
Perikles
Following the 480 BCE defeat of the Persians by the Greeks, the statesman ___ convinced the Greeks to rebuild the Akropolis.
Perikles
The artist ___ was in charge of the rebuilding of the akropolis.
Pheidias
The word ___ means a part of a city on top of a hill.
akropolis
The monumental gatehouse of the akropolis is called the...
propylaia
The mathematical ratio of ___ contributed to the harmony and balance of the Parthenon.
4:9
Subtle refinements in the Parthenon's design ___ absolute regularity in order to create a more harmonious effect of the building on the viewer.
deviate from
___ was the subject of the East Pediment of the Parthenon.
The birth of Athena
Pheidias represented the female goddesses in the East Pediment of the Parthenon as...
wearing drapery that reveals and conceals
The mythic battle scenes that decorated the Parthenon's 92 metopes symbolically represented the triumph of ___ over unbridled animal passions.
reason
According to Joan Connelly, the subject of the Parthenon's ionic frieze is...
the sacrifice of the daughter of King Erechtheus
In the Parthenon, Pheidias' statue of Athena was located in the...
cella
The Canon for constructing the ideal human figure was developed about 450 BCE by ___ of Argos.
Polykleitos
The sculptor Polykleitos wrote a treatise called ___ that specified a set of rules for constructing what he considered to be the ideal human figure.
The Canon
A bronze sculpture called ___ was created as an illustration of the principles set out in The Canon of Polykleitos.
Spear Bearer
The Propylaia was a monumental entrance to the Athenian akropolis, which also housed one of the earliest known...
museums
The Porch of the Maidens on the Erechtheion is supported by...
caryatids
The Ionic temple on the akropolis with a porch on each end is called the Temple of ...
Athena Nike
The Greek marketplace is also called the ...
agora
The ___ was NOT located on the Athenian acropolis.
agora
In the fifth century BCE, one of the major proponents of the ideal city plan was...
Hippodamos of Miletos
Upright stone slabs called ___ were used in cemeteries as gravestones.
stelei
___ is an opaque, water-based medium mixed with glue or egg white, which was used on white-ground lekythoi like Women and Maid.
Tempera
White-ground technique is most common on vessels used for...
funerary purposes
The teacher of Alexander the Great was the philosopher...
Aristotle
....are the characteristics that mark a stylistic departure from High Classical sculpture that occurred in Greek art of the fourth century BCE.
More emotion expressivity, fully nude female figures, and taller and leaner proportions
Man Scraping Himself demonstrates Lysippos's new use of ___ by encouraging the viewer to move around the statue.
space
A specialty of Greek goldsmiths was the design of earrings in tiny forms of ...
sculptures
In contrast to Greek art of the High Classical period, ___ became popular subject matter in the late 4th century.
dramatic narratives
The term "Pausian" refers to...
opulent floral borders in paintings and mosaics
Alexander the Great's most lasting legacy was the spread of ___ beyond its original borders.
Greek culture
___ are NOT characteristic of Hellenistic art.
Linear and balanced compositions
Prior to the Hellenistic period, the Corinthian order...
was used only in interiors
The Temple of the Olympian Zeus was designed by Roman architect ___.
Cossutius
Although some Hellenistic artists emulated earlier Classical forms, an experimental anti-Classical trend emerged that was especially popular in the city of ___.
Pergamon
Expressionism, or the artist's attempt to evoke a specific emotion from the viewer, is characteristic of the ___ period of Greek art.
Hellenistic
The sculpture of the Dying Gallic Trumpeter dates from the ___ period.
Hellenistic
Hagesandros, Polydoros, and Athenedoros from the island of ___ are thought to be sculptors of Laocoon and His Sons.
Rhodes
The original location of the Nike (Victory) of Samothrace was a hillside niche above the sanctuary of the Greek gods at...
Samothrace
The Aphrodite of Melos demonstrates the influence of earlier ___ styles in Hellenistic sculpture.
classical
The founder to the Olympian Games was the god
Herakles
The term____, as per the Greeks, applied to only those who spoke Greek
humanity
The Greek myth of creation involved a battle between the earth gods, or _____, and the sky gods
titans
The Greeks believed that "Man is the measure of all things.
True
Because the early Greeks had so much good farmland, they did not have to relay on commerce to supply their needs
False
The primary source of information about Greek art before the second century BCE is pottery
False
The ____ period is named for the influence of egyptian and near eastern art in greek pottery
orientalizing
The classical period is subdivided into three phases; the ____,_____, and ______ Classical period
Early, High, Late
The Centaur in figure 5-3 exemplifies the _____ style
Classical
The beautiful pitcher (olpe) in figure 5-6 contains stylized flowers called
rosettes
The first appearance of a specifically greek style of vase painting and not recognizably minoan or Mycenaen, dates about 700 bce
False
In the geometric period, large funerary vases were often used as grave markers
true
as greek architecture progressed, marble was replaced by brick and wood construction
false
Temple metopes were usually carved in relief and then painted
true
The three orders of Greek architecture are the _____,______, and _______ order
doric ionic corinthian
the centerpiece of the temple of artemis (figure 5-9) on the island of Korkyra is a snake haired _____
Medusa
a greek male statue, usually nude, is called a ____ and is exemplified in figure 5-14
kouros
the beautiful black figure vase of dionysos with maenads (figure 5-20) by the amass painter exemplifies a vase shape called a ____
amphora
the classical period of greek art is framed by two important events: the 480 bce defeat of the persians and the death of_______
alexander the great
in greek architecture, no element of an order could be changed without producing a corresponding change in other elements
true
the greek kouroi figures may have symbolized the protective soldiers of Athena
False
the dying warrior (figure 5-13) would have originally been painted and fitted with real bronze accessories, making it appear as real as possible
true
red figure painting is the same as black figure, only the figures are red instead of black
false
The artist Exekias signed his works as both painter and potter
true