ARTHIST

What is a rhyton?

A conical pouring vessel

What is this object?

A cylinder seal

This painting at Lascaux is exceptional as the earliest depiction of what figure?

A male human

Which architectural form does the Treasury of Atreus exemplify?

A tholos tomb

What would have been the original context of the Geometric krater?

An Athenian cemetery

In which area did humans first make the transition to agriculture and raising stock?

Anatolia and Mesopotamia

Who is usually given credit for the invention of the red-figure technique, shown here?

Andokides Painter

What is the almost-exclusive subject of Paleolithic paintings?

Animals

What is the name of the sculpture in which Praxiteles took the unprecedented step of representing a female nude?

Aphrodite of Knidos

What is the story told by this relief?

Assyrians drive enemy forces into the Euphrates River.

Where would an oculus be found?

At the upper center of a dome

What important Roman figure is portrayed here?

Augustus

What is the name and location of this monument?

Basilica at Paestum

Which animals appear most prominently in the diver scene from the Tomb of the Hunting and Fishing?

Birds

Which part of the Greek temple housed the statue of the deity?

Cella

What is the name of this bronze statue?

Chimera of Arezzo

Which structural material made it possible for the architect of the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia to create such a colossal structure?

Concrete

Which emperor chose to recognize Christianity as the official religion of Rome in the early fourth century CE?

Constantine

What construction technique was used to make the gallery at Tiryns?

Corbeled arch

What did First Style wall painting at Pompeii imitate?

Costly marble panels

What technique did the sculptor Polykleitos use in his Doryphoros to impose order on human movement?

Created a system of cross-balances

What term describes the Sumerian writing system?

Cuneiform

What term is used for the stone fortification walls of such Mycenaean sites as Tiryns and Mycenae?

Cyclopean masonry

The figures from the frieze of the Villa of Mysteries are thought to be taking part in an initiation into the cult of which divine figure?

Dionysus

Which is considered one of the primary advances of Neolithic society?

Domestication of animals and plants

What Roman building type was the home of the vast majority of citizens of Rome?

Domus

Etruscan temples have columns closest to which Greek order?

Doric

Triglyphs and metopes were elements of Greek temples of which type?

Doric

In Etruscan iconography, which of the following symbolized regeneration?

Egg

What cultural influence is apparent in the rigidly frontal standing pose of Archaic male statues?

Egyptian

What is the name of the earliest-known author?

Enheduanna

What epic poem recounts the exploits of a legendary king of Uruk and slayer of the monster Huwawa?

Epic of Gilgamesh

Which component of this object, found at Mycenae, indicates it was created by a Minoan artist?

Garments

What materials made up the real statue of Athena Parthenos?

Gold and ivory

The independent spirit and relative freedom enjoyed by Etruscan women was shocking to which of the following?

Greco-Roman male authors

What is the primary support structure here?

Groin vault

Who placed many statues of himself in temples to render his perpetual service to the gods?

Gudea

Which emperor was responsible for the construction of the Pantheon in Rome?

Hadrian

What Mesopotamian king codified the law and prescribed penalties for infractions?

Hammurabi

What central concern of early humans does the emphasis on the anatomy of the Venus of Willendorf imply?

Health and fertility

Which period of Greek art witnessed a dramatic redefinition of portraiture?

Hellenistic

Which phrase best describes the rendition of the body of Cycladic figurines?

Highly schematized

How did the Etruscans typically bury their dead?

In tomb groups in a city of the dead

What aspect of the bronze statue of Aule Metele is Etruscan?

Inscribed name

What advance is evident in the pedimental sculptures of the Temple of Aphaia on Aegina?

Introduction of unified theme and consistent scale

The volute was a characteristic detail of which type of Greek column capital?

Ionic

Which of the following statements about the Venus of Willendorf is incorrect?

Its face is highly detailed.

What historical battle appears in mythological disguise on the Altar of Zeus at Pergamon?

King Attalos I over the Gauls

In Greek art, what label is given to a statue showing the standing nude figure of a young man?

Kouros

Which statue is the earliest known example of the use of contrapposto in sculpture?

Kritios Boy

What do art historians call the large composite creatures that guarded the gates of Assyrian royal complexes?

Lamassu

The Spring Fresco from Akrotiri is the first large-scale example of which genre?

Landscape

Who is depicted in this equestrian portrait?

Marcus Aurelius

To what period do art historians now date the Capitoline Wolf?

Medieval

What is the primary form of monuments from the Neolithic period in northwestern Europe, such as Stonehenge?

Megalithic architecture

Which period saw the taming of the dog?

Mesolithic

Which earlier culture(s) also followed the drawing convention of a frontal eye in a profile head for a human figure?

Mesopotamia and Egypt

What is the most likely source for the Orientalizing motifs on fibula excavated from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb?

Mesopotamia and Persia

Which culture produced this figure?

Minoan

The complex and extensive plan of the palace at Knossos gave rise to which myth?

Minotaur in the labyrinth

What best describes the site of Tiryns?

Mycenaean fortified palace

What very recent scientific discovery adds to our understanding of Stonehenge?

NOT (It was a kind of astronomical observatory and solar calendar.)

What was the preferred subject for much Minoan art?

Nature

Where was the Apollo of Veii originally set up?

On a temple roof

What is the material of the object shown?

Painted terracotta

Which scientific field of study has NOT been used to verify the authenticity of Paleolithic cave paintings?

Paleography

What building appears in this image?

Pantheon

How do Persian palatial reliefs differ from Assyrian reliefs?

Persian reliefs are more rounded and project more from the surface.

What term do art historians use to denote an engaged column?

Pilaster

Which of the following made a significant contribution to the downfall of the Etruscans?

Political disconnectedness

Which of these forms is the simplest and oldest method of spanning a passageway?

Post and lintel

This drawing is an example of what universal Paleolithic painting convention?

Profile view

What is the decoration of the Tomb of the Reliefs?

Reliefs showing everyday household items

What is the term for the feature above the lintel here?

Relieving triangle

What is the effect of the drapery worn by the three goddesses in the Parthenon east pediment?

Reveals and conceals the forms of their bodies

Which Roman temple design during the Republican period reflected the colossal design of the Greek Hellenistic style?

Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, Palestrina

What is the least helpful art historical criterion for determining chronology in Paleolithic art?

Style

Apulu (Apollo of Veii) is made of which of the following materials?

Terracotta

The Etruscans preferred to use which of the following materials for their sculpture?

Terracotta

Which region of Greece has yielded significant numbers of small marble figurines representing naked women with arms folded over abdomens?

The Cyclades

Which monument provides information about the lives of women in Greek society?

The Hegeso stele

What do scholars mostly agree is the subject of the lengthy Ionic frieze on the Parthenon?

The Panathenaic procession

What event ended the Achaemenid empire?

The death of Darius III after his defeat in 330 BCE

What historical event ushered in the beginning of the Classical period?

The defeat of the Persians

On which part of their temples did the Etruscans place their architectural sculpture?

The edges and ridge of the roof

Which drawing convention for the representation of animals was used almost exclusively in Paleolithic art?

The profile view

What was the administrative and economic center of the Sumerian city?

The temple

What is the most likely reason for the prevalence of Neolithic sites in Anatolia and Mesopotamia?

These regions supplied the best conditions for agriculture.

What was the purpose of these statuettes from the Square Temple at Eshnunna?

They accompanied the deceased in the tomb to offer prayers to deities.

Why did many freed slaves order portrait reliefs for their tombs?

To commemorate their status as Roman citizens

What is the primary function of architectural coffering?

To lighten weight of dome or arch

On the Warka Vase, shown here, what is the purpose of the hierarchy of scale?

To show the greater importance of the king and priestess

The Homeric poems inspired Heinrich Schliemann's discovery of which site?

Troy

Minoans coated the rough surface of their rubble walls with a fine white lime plaster that required rapid execution and great skill. Which painting method was used with this type of fabrication?

True fresco

What tomb type appears in the Etruscan cemetery at Cerveteri?

Tumulus

What is the find context of this garden fresco?

Villa of Livia

What is the name of the only Etruscan artist to be mentioned in ancient literature?

Vulcan

What are the subjects of the two sides of the Standard of Ur?

War and peace

Which innovation in sculpture separates Archaic from Classical statuary?

Weight shift

The Etruscans preferred to use what building material(s) for their temples?

Wood and mud-brick