Art Quiz 6

Which artist was investigated by the US Treasury Department for counterfeiting because his painting of a dollar bill looked so real?

William Harnett

Which two ancient Greek painters were masters of illusion?

Zeuxis and Parrhasius

An Archaic Greek sculpture portraying a nude male youth is called ________.

A Kouros

acropolis

A complex of cities at the highest point in the city

contrapposto

A pose in the sculpture where the body appears to stand in a natural state

metope

A sqaure space in a frieze

An amphora is the name for any female Greek goddess. True False

False

We have found that many Roman houses in Pompeii had ________ covering the walls.

fresco paintings

Which part of René Magritte's The Human Condition is painted?

the entire scene

composition

the overall design or organization of a work

What is not true about the interior of the Pantheon?

It has a poor drainage system

archaeology

the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

avant-garde

Artistic approach that challenged values traditions and techniques

The form of the goddess's figure in Botticelli's The Birth of Venus was based on ________.

Classical Greek sculptures

Who developed a canon of harmonious proportions to be used for the portrayal of the ideal human body in sculpture?

Polykleitos

pediment

Triangular space on the facade of a building

Ancient Greek notions of beauty were based upon the combination of an underlying canon of mathematical proportions and the finely honed physiques possessed by male athletes. True False

True

Parmigianino created his skillful and unusual Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror to give to Pope Clement VII because he thought it might help him to get commissions for more artworks. True False

True

The Emperor Constantine recycled sculpture from other monuments to use on his triumphal arch. True False

True

Trompe l'oeil means "fool the eye".

True

The statue of a Roman with busts of his ancestors shows that:

all of the answers

When columns are intentionally designed to swell at the midpoint, this is called ________.

entasis

iconic

possessing established and widely recognizable characteristics

convention

practice widely observed in a group; custom; accepted technique or device

What did Venus do for Pygmalion?

she brought his sculpture of a beautiful woman to life