Art of Greece and Rome

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A sacred hill with several Greek temples

Acropolis

A ? is a special kind of vase with twin handles

Amphorea

Inside the Parthenon was a 40-foot statue dedicated to ?

Athena

The Greek city-state of ? was the largest and most powerful.

Athens

The ancient Romans used ? , a hard building material made from a mixture of powdered minerals and small stones, to construct buildings with large domes.

Concrete

An alliance of Greek city states

Delian League

A column built to celebrate the Roman success of an Emperor

Tower of Trajan

The ? arches built by ancient Romans were decorative rather than useful; they were monuments to celebrate great military victories.

Triuphel

In general, the ancient Romans were interested in engineering and law than in Art

True

The Greeks were great story tellers as well as great artists

True

The painters of ancient Greece are even more famous than the Greek sculptors

True

A sculptor who carves a decorative horizontal relief across the upper part of a wall creates a ?.

frieze

In some parts of Europe, you can still see ancient Roman ?networks of channels meant to carry water.

Aqueducts

A Roman Arc to honor a Roman Emperor

Arc of Constantine

Roman Gentlemen - Ancient Roman Sculptor

OLD MAN HEAD

A Roman temple built to honor all the Roman gods

Pantheon

A Greek temple built to honor the Godess Athena

Parthenon

Many people consider the ? the most perfect building ever created.

Parthenon

One of ancient Greeks Greatest sculpture

Phadias

Roman architects were the first to use a ? , a curved arrangement of stones over an open space

Round Arch

The most important Roman contributions to art were in the field of ?.

Architecture

Black-Figured Panel Amphora - Ancient Greek Potter

But Women Working

At one time the population of the ancient city of Rome was more than 10 million

False

Because the influence of the Greeks were so strong, the ancient Romans did not make any significant contributions to the world of art

False

No works created by the greatest sculpture of ancient Greece survived to the present day

False

The Roman empire fell to the Greeks after it became weakened by war

False

The people of ancient Greece formed an nation around 15 BC

False


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