Art History Chapter 6
What is an exedra?
Alcove
Which of the following might Youth and Female Demon represent?
An awareness of the isolation of death
Which aspect of Etruscan art suggests familiarity with Near Eastern artistic conventions?
Animal motifs
The stylistic details seen in this sarcophagus from Cerveteri are typical of a work from the __________ period.
Archaic
The Porta Marzia in Perugia was part of which section of the city?
Defensive walls
A fibula would be most likely to be made of which of these materials?
Gold
On an Etruscan temple such as the one shown in this reconstruction drawing, where would the revetment plaques have been placed?
In the triangular area toward the top
Which aspect of the sarcophagus from Cerveteri distinguishes it from the Youth and Female Demon cinerary container?
It likely represents a married couple.
Pottery urns begin to assume human characteristics during the __________ period.
Orientalizing
Which material lent itself to easy modeling of distinctive facial features and more sensitive treatment of the flesh in Etruscan sculptures?
Terra cotta
Why is it difficult to study the buildings created by the Etruscans?
They were predominantly made of wood or mud bricks.
The change in mood of funerary art from the Classical period to the Late Classical period is characterized by
an overwhelming sense of sadness.
The architecture pictured below is typically linked to Roman
atrium houses.
The Etruscans used the pisé technique in
house building.
Scholars suggest that Etruscan tombs may mimic
houses.
In comparison to Archaic Greek kouroi, the Archaic figure of Aplu (Apollo) from Veii shows greater
movement.
The most dramatic use of sculpture in Etruscan temples was
on the ridgepole.
The statue of Aplu (Apollo) from Veii was originally located
on the roof of the temple.
An alabastron is a
perfume container.
The houses that composed Etruscan towns such as Poggio Civitate were typically built with
pisé.
In the sculpture below, the __________ suggests that the subject is Roman.
raised arm gesture
Etruscans believed that mirrors could
reveal the future.
Early Etruscan funerary sculptures of people tended to be
stylized.
Etruscans used plaques made of __________ to protect exposed beams in their monumental buildings.
terra cotta
The Regolini-Galassi Tomb makes use of
tuff.
A mound-shaped tomb is known as a(n)
tumulus.
The wedge-shaped stones placed in a semicircle in the image below are called
voussoirs.
