Ch 8 Art Quiz A
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Art historians talk about how the Parthenon combines Doric elements with Ionic elements. T/F
18th century
In the _______________, Lord Elgin received permission from the Turkish government to take the sculptures that had already fallen off the temple and bring them back to England. 1st century 15th century 18th century 20th century
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Part One - Parthenon The Parthenon is a huge marble temple to the goddess Aphrodite. T/F
the triangular composition
Part Two: East Pediment Sculptures What features of this sculpture reflects its original placement in the Parthenon? the expressive interaction of the figures the clinging drapery that reveals the bodies the subject matter depicted the triangular composition
placed inside the Parthenon
Phidias sculpted a 40 foot high statue of Athena, which was ____________________. placed inside the Parthenon placed at the foot of the Acropolis placed at the entrance gate placed in the middle of the town square
a law court
Since its creation in the 5th century B.C.E., the Parthenon has served all of the following functions EXCEPT a law court to store gunpowder a treasury a mosque and a Roman Catholic church
peace and prosperity
The Athenians chose Athena as their patron goddess because she offered them the olive tree, a symbol of ___________________. naval superiority peace and prosperity fertility olive oil
British Museum in London
The East Pediment Sculptures in this video are located in the ___________________. British Museum in London National Archaeological Museum in Athens New Acropolis Museum in Athens Vatican Museums in Rome
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The Greeks thought about mathematics as the way that we could understand the divine. T/F
classical period
The Parthenon, which represents wealth, power, and wisdom of the first democracy, was built in the 5th century B.C.E., the _______________ of ancient Greece. hellenistic period classical period archaic period Roman period
the ideas of civilization over barbarism and rational thought over chaos
The metopes contain battle scenes, symbolizing _______________. the triumph of the gods the ideas of civilization over barbarism and rational thought over chaos the triumph of the Persians all of the above
Dionysus
The reclining nude male statue is thought to be _________________ . Dionysus Zeus Apollo Poseidon
the birth of Athena from Zeus' head
The story of the East Pediment is ___________________. the Judgment of Paris the battle of the Centaurs and the Lapiths the birth of Athena from Zeus' head the birth of Aphrodite
all of the above
What distortions in the Parthenon were used to create the illusion of physical perfection? right angles are not used in the building the columns expand near their center and the columns are not evenly space the metopes are of differing widths and the stylobate (temple platform) rises near the center all of the above
the Panathenaic Procession (the religious procession in honor of the goddess Athena)
What subject appears on the Parthenon's ionic frieze? the Panathenaic Procession (the religious procession in honor of the goddess Athena) the birth of Athena the battle of the Lapiths and the Centaurs the contest between Athena and Poseido
it's a metope
Which statement is NOT true of this sculpture from the Parthenon? it would have been brightly painted it's now in the British Museum it's a metope the artist used drapery to highlight anatomy
Phidias
Who was the artist responsible for the sculptural program decorating the Parthenon? Pericles Iktinos Phidias Kallikrates
as a symbol of democracy
Why did architects model building in Washington D.C. on the classical style of the Parthenon? as a symbol of peace and prosperity as a symbol of victory as a symbol of democracy as a symbol of religious freedom
