Art History

The Roman Colosseum has Doric, Ionic and Corinthian columns; however the most important architectural element in terms of its structure is the use of ________ .

The round arch

The Greek sculpture, The Three Goddesses, is also known as the ________ .

The eglin marbles

The great Greek sculpture, The Nike of Samothrace is a representation of ________ landing on the prow of ship.

a victory goddess

The Roman Pantheon has an opening in the ceiling or dome known as ________ .

an oculus

Although the Greeks were politically fragmented they were united by their common language and religion, sophisticated literature and art, and their ________ .

love of athletics

The Emperor Qin Shi Huang was buried in his great tomb surrounded by ________ .

thousands of soildiers

The sculpture of Nefertiti has come to symbolize ________ .

ideal feminine beauty

The Great Sphinx, which sits near the pyramids, was built by the Pharaoh ________ .

Chephren

The Roman style began to decline with the ________ .

Arch of constantine

The Laocoon group represents the ultimate in first century ________ theatrics.

Hellenistic

The epics the Iliad and the Odyssey were written by ________ .

Homer

Akhenaton's wife was Queen ________ .

Neferiti

The Athenian Acropolis was build by the Greek leader ________ .

Pericies

Greek and ________ art marked the beginning, set standards, and greatly influenced the art of the Western world.

Roman

Pax Romanus means ________ .

Roman Peace

The ________ contributed the tradition of realistic portraiture to the world of Western sculpture.

Romans

One of the most famous victory symbols of imperial Rome, which commemorates victories against the Dacians is the ________ .

column of trajan

In additional to the Roman arch the ________ was also developed by the Romans.

dome

A feature of the architectural masterpiece, the Parthenon was that ceremonies were ________ .

held outside the building

Canon simply means measure or ________ .

model

Akhenaton tried to introduce ________ to the Egyptians.

monotheism

A ________ is built up of tiny pieces of tiles or colored stones.

mosaic

The Indian stupa is not a traditional building or house of worship such as a church, temple or mosque because it is actually a ________ that cannot be entered.

mound

The Battle of Romans and Barbarians decorated a stone ________ , which the Romans used to bury their dead.

sarcophagus

Egyptian art and culture focused on ________ .

the afterlife