ap art history test 10/11/19

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

A pediment supported by Tuscan columns

The sculpture shown is most closely associated with images of

Akhenaten

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

Anavysos Kouros

The work shown can be attributed to which of the following ancient Mediterranean cultures?

Archaic Greece

Both buildings are part of a complex built to celebrate

Athens' domination of the eastern Mediterranean

The emotionalism and drama of the sculpture is most similar to that of which later artistic style?

Baroque

Which of the following techniques or materials allowed Roman architects to enclose large unobstructed interior spaces?

Concrete poured in molds

Precedents for works such as the one on the left have been found primarily in which of the following cultures?

Egyptian

The culture that produced this work was

Egyptian

The drapery in both works does which of the following?

Emphasizes the body

On the basis of style and subject matter, the work shown can be attributed to which of the following cultures?

Etruscan

The work is from which culture?

Etruscan

The image shows a detail from a larger sculptural frieze found on the

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon

The images show a plan and an overview of the same architectural complex. The architectural complex shown can be identified as the

Great Pyramids (Menkaura, Khafre, Khufu) and Great Sphinx

Both of these works were created in

Greece

The work shown can be attributed to which of the following ancient cultures?

Greek, because of the use of red figure painting

The sculpture is attributed to

Hagesandros, Polydoros, and Athanadoros of Rhodes

Stylistically, the sculpture is an example of which of the following art historical periods?

Hellenistic

The architects were

Iktinos and Kallikrates

The depiction of the gigantomachy on the reliefs of the Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon may have served as an allegory of

King Attalos' victory over the Gauls

The sculptor whose work was most influenced by the work shown was

Michelangelo

The work shown can be attributed to which of the following ancient Mediterranean cultures?

Neo-Assyrian

In its original function, the work is most similar to the

Palette of King Narmer

The work shown can be identified as an ancient Sumerian sculpture because of which of the following visual characteristics?

Rigid frontality with clasped hands

Both interiors are examples of

Roman residential architecture

The building is located in

Rome

The building on the right is the

Temple of Athena Nike

The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut originally included which of the following features as part of the complex?

Terraces filled with exotic trees and plants

Which of the following employed concrete as a building material?

The Pantheon in Rome

The work shown can be attributed to the style of Hellenistic Greece because of which of the following characteristics?

The depiction of the psychological effects of defeat to elicit an emotional response from the viewer

The work shown can be identified as an ancient Etruscan sarcophagus because of which of the following characteristics?

The stylized depiction of a couple reclining on a couch as they would have comported themselves at a banquet

Which of the following is a feature of the Standard of Ur that provides evidence of a vast trade network with foreign lands?

The use of luxury materials acquired from other cultures

The interior of the temple contains

a cella

Works such as the one shown were typically placed in

a necropolis

The colonnade around the perimeter of the temple is best described as

a peristyle

The image shows which of the following features of ancient Egyptian architecture?

a pylon gate

In contrast to the work on the left, the work on the right presents

a specific moment

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

The original patron of the building was

an emperor

In the work shown, features of different animals were combined for the purpose of creating

an imposing mythical creature that was meant to safeguard the entrance to a royal complex

The images show two views of the same building.

an oculus

The pose of the figures suggests that they are

banqueting

The building was converted into a

church

The citizens of ancient Athens likely responded to the Athenian agora with a sense of

civic pride, because it represented a place of communal governance and cultural identity

The Column of Trajan was built mainly for the purpose of

commemorating Trajan's victories in recent military campaigns

The specific pose of the largest figure can be best described as

composite

The dome of the building is primarily constructed of

concrete

The pose of the statue of the Aphrodite of Knidos can best be described as

contrapposto

Roman innovations in concrete allowed the builders of the Colosseum to

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

In the work shown from the Amarna period, the use of sunken-relief carving creates strong contours that accentuate the figure's

curvilinear form and elongated features

The form of the columns in the hypostyle hall was intended to recall the

dense clusters of papyrus reeds on the Nile

The facade decorations of the Colosseum were notable in that

different architectural orders of columns were used to distinguish each level

The relief served all of the following purposes EXCEPT to

document a specific event

In a Greek temple, the absence of a base on the columns identifies the architectural order as

doric

The architectural order shown on the left is

doric

The outer frieze of the temple is

doric

The style of the work on the left relates it to which century B.C.E.?

eighth

The depiction of war on the Column of Trajan differs from earlier depictions, such as the one seen in the Alexander Mosaic, in that the narrative frieze on the Column of Trajan

emphasizes the methodical power of imperial leadership

The Standard of Ur and the Palette of King Narmer are similar in that both works

employ hierarchical scale to distinguish between figures of varying degrees of importance

The sculpture does all of the following EXCEPT

exhibit classical repose

The images show a plan and an overview of the same architectural complex. The plan shows processional routes and secondary structures that were primarily intended to

facilitate priestly offerings of food and drink to the deceased

The most likely time period for both interiors is

first century C.E.

The horizontal band above the columns in both works is known as the

frieze

Figurative depictions on the vase on the left represent a

funeral procession

The style of the work on the left is

geometric

Spectators in the amphitheater would frequently have witnessed

gladiators and wild animals being lifted into view from the substructure

Both of these works served as

grave markers

In the geographical region, the evolution in form from earlier tombs to the architectural complex shown most likely resulted from a desire to

heighten the symbolic association with the Sun

The scale of the central figure indicates

high rank

The sculpture is made principally of

hollow-cast bronze

The work depicts a

husband and wife

In the fresco shown, overlapping forms and architectural elements are used to create the effect of

illusionistic spatial depth beyond the wall

In its original context, the work would have been placed

in a tomb to guide a deceased person in the afterlife

The architect of the Pantheon in Rome sought to impress viewers by

incorporating an unexpectedly large interior space

The architectural order shown on the right is

ionic

The column shown demonstrates the style of which of the following orders?

ionic

The scenes depicted in the work are intended to convey the ancient Egyptian concept of

justice and morality, by depicting the divine judgment of a mortal person's life

The huge carvings of human-headed, winged bulls that guarded the entrances of Assyrian palaces are called

lamassu

The inscribed text outlines

laws governing crime and punishment

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 Flavian Amphitheater became commonly known as the Colosseum because of the

monumental statue of an emperor that stood nearby

Both works show an understanding of

movement

The walls of the interior shown on the right are decorated with

paintings

The work shown is painted on

papyrus

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

In the last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb (page from the Book of the Dead), the presence of the ibis-headed god Thoth demonstrates that the ancient Egyptians

placed great importance in written records and observations

The statue of the seated scribe indicates that sculptors in Old Kingdom Egypt were willing to deviate from the traditional canon of representation, as exemplified by the statue of King Menkaura and queen, when they were

portraying figures of relatively lesser social status

The art produced during this period involved

radical stylistic change

In Egypt and Mesopotamia, relief figures were often carved in

registers

In its original context, the interaction between the god Shamash and Hammurabi on the Code of Hammurabi was intended to cause in viewers a sense of

respect for the laws recorded on the stele by suggesting their divine origin

The sculptural work originally functioned as a

sarcophagus

The visual organization of the work is meant to suggest a

sequence of successive events in an important narrative

The use of high relief in the work shown allowed the sculptor to convey

shadows and highlights

A pharaoh progressing through the temple complex was intended to encounter

spaces that were increasingly dark and mysterious, leading to the inner sanctum housing the cult statue

The form of the Code of Hammurabi is shaped as a

stele

The process used to produce this sculpture is

subtractive

The building was originally used as a

temple

The medium of the work is

terracotta

The culture in which the work was produced is known for

the relative equality of women

The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut differs from the Great Pyramids at Giza in that the temple did not function as a

tomb for a deceased ruler

Roman Republican portraiture is characterized primarily by its

unidealized realism

Both works personify

victory

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

The Anavysos Kouros is similar to the Tlatilco figurine in that both

were found in burial contexts