ap art 4

The work has been interpreted both as honoring a deceased individual and as

(C) emphasizing the high social status of the deceased's family

In creating the figures, the artist used which of the following conventions of representation typical of the culture?

(D) Color differentiation to convey gender

The facade of the Temple of Minerva includes which of the following architectural features?

A pediment supported by Tuscan columns

The sculpture of Apollo from the Temple of Minerva at Veii shows the greatest stylistic similarity to the

Anavysos Kouros

The choice of imagery on the breastplate of the individual depicted was most likely intended to elicit which of the following responses from viewers?

Appreciation of his services as protector of peace and prosperity

The formal qualities of the sculpture shown suggest a strong influence by which of the following earlier works?

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

The formal qualities of the work shown identify it as an example of an

Early Byzantine icon because of the heavily contoured figures in a shallow space

The work primarily reveals the influence of ancient

Greece

Two structures associated with Emperor Justinian are

Hagia Sophia and San Vitale

The destruction of images for political or religious reasons is known as

Iconoclasm

The artists who created the wall frescoes in the House of the Vettii included which of the following visual effects?

Illusionistic architectural features and vistas to create a sense of spatial depth

The foreshortening of figures in the Alexander Mosaic likely affected viewers in which of the following ways

It conveyed the climactic moment of a narrative

Originally located in a private house in Pompeii, the Alexander Mosaic was likely interpreted by viewers in which of the following ways?

It conveyed the elevated and learned status of the owner of the house

The materials and art-making process used to create the work demonstrate the influence of

Late Antique Egyptian funerary portraiture

Works such as the one shown were typically placed in

Necropolis

San Vitale is located in

Ravenna

Both buildings are closely associated with a

Roman emperor

In terms of its content, the work is most similar to the

Sarcophagus of the Spouses

The House of the Vettii included wall paintings and a peristyle garden for which of the following reasons?

To impress visitors with the wealth and taste of the patrons

Which of the following works features paintings that are most similar in painting technique to those in the House of the Vettii?

Tomb of the Triclinium

The building combines

a basilican plan with a central plan

Like most churches from this period, the eastern end of the building terminates in

an apse

The interior on the left is called

an atrium

In designing the Basilica Ulpia for the Forum of Trajan, Apollodorus of Damascus drew upon ancient Egyptian traditions of the clerestory most likely because a clerestory provided

an efficient way to illuminate the interior

In the work shown, the influence of earlier architecture styles can be seen in the

arches that are framed by engaged columns and a lintel

While different theories exist about why no Christian art older than the earliest paintings from catacombs seems to have survived, some scholars theorize that early Christians

avoided making religious images to distinguish themselves from members of other religions

The pose of the figures suggests that they are

banqueting

The plan for this church is best described as

basilican

Early Christians would probably have recognized the figures with raised arms shown between the lunettes of the fresco as representing

believers in the act of prayer

The Catacomb of Priscilla was designed by its original founders to provide a

burial place for members of the early Christian community

Both plans are best characterized as

central

The building was converted into a

church

The Column of Trajan was built mainly for the purpose of

commemorating Trajan's victories in recent military campaigns

Roman innovations in concrete allowed the builders of the Colosseum to

create a multileveled freestanding structure with tiered seating that could be constructed quickly

The use of over one million small tiles to make the Alexander Mosaic allowed its creator to

depict a disorganized scene that overwhelms the viewer

The facade decorations of the Colosseum were notable in that

different architectural orders of columns were used to distinguish each level

Both San Vitale and the Pantheon have which of the following architectural features?

dome

The depiction of dancers and musicians references the

elaborate feasting that accompanied funerals

The artist of the Alexander Mosaic likely intended to celebrate ancient Greek art by

emulating an earlier painting described in ancient texts

The steady gazes and frontal poses of the foreground figures likely affected the original audience by

encouraging a personal connection with holy figures

The choice of iconography of the work shown was strongly influenced by the

establishment of the Roman Empire under Augustus

The Byzantine mosaics of Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora from the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna differ from classical Roman mosaics in that they

favor stylized figures against a gold-leaf background, reflecting the emphasis of early Christian art on spirituality

Spectators in the amphitheater would frequently have witnessed

gladiators and wild animals being lifted into view from the substructure

The folio Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well from the Vienna Genesis belongs to an illuminated manuscript tradition that favors

including multiple narrative episodes in one scene

The inclusion of radiating semicircular niches (exedrae) in the plan of San Vitale allowed its architect to

integrate the central domed space with the surrounding ambulatory and gallery

The coffers in the dome were intended to

lessen its overall weight

In designing the forum in which the column stands, Apollodorus of Damascus departed from the design traditions demonstrated in earlier Roman imperial fora by

making the basilica the central building in the public space

The architects of the structure were also

mathematicians

The spatial system followed in the overall decoration shown on the right is best characterized by its

mixture of perspective models

The original interior decoration primarily featured

mosaics

Scholars believe that the sculpture of Apollo from the Temple of Minerva at Veii served as a

part of group of figures depicting a mythological narrative

An important structural innovation of the building is the use of

pendentives

in order to achieve great height and plentiful light, Byzantine churches often used a dome raised from a larger hemisphere by triangular sections called

pendentives

Roman viewers would have recognized and responded to the location of the events depicted by the relief sculptures on the column largely because of the inclusion of the

personification of the Danube River on the frieze

The House of the Vettii functioned as a

place for worshipping an important deity

The sculpture shown appears life-like and natural as a result of the

sense of balance provided by the contrapposto stance

The reused columns in this building are examples of

spolia

The building was originally used as a

temple

While some Christian worshipers at the time of the work's creation saw such works as necessary to their devotions, others objected because they believed that the works

tempted the faithful to worship them as idols

The medium of the work is

terracotta

The culture in which the work was produced is known for

the relative equality of women

Church interiors from this time period typically were covered with

timber roofs

Roman Republican portraiture is characterized primarily by its

unidealized realism

The Temple of Minerva differs from traditional Greek temples such as the Parthenon in that the Temple of Minerva most likely

was made of wood, mud brick, and clay instead of stone and marble