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Which of the following is true of ancient Roman sculpture (choose all that apply)?

ALL APLLY Ancient Roman sculpture sometimes reflected the Greek ideals of youth and beauty and sometimes the more Roman Republican ideals of old age and wisdom. Ancient Roman sculpture often reflected political ideologies. Ancient Roman sculpture was often painted. Ancient Roman sculpture was influenced by ancient Greek art.

The Colosseum and the Pantheon share a structural material for which Roman engineers became famous. What is that material?

CONCRETE

The Colosseum was built largely of _____ and made extensive use of ______.

CONCRETE ARCHES

Constantine moved the administrative center of the empire from Rome to ______ , which contributed to the decline of Rome as a city.

CONSTANTINOPLE

The square base of the column shows ______ , which emphasizes the strength of the Roman army in defeating a strong opponent.

DACIAN WEAPONS

Here is a doric, ionic and corinthian capital. Put these in the chronological order of their development.

DORIC, IONIC, AND CORINTHIAN

People were seated in the Colosseum according to their religion.

FALSE

Portraits of Roman emperors were entirely realistic.

FALSE

The Ara Pacis commemorated Augustus' military victory at the Battle of Actium.

FALSE

The Equestrian Sculpture of Marcus Aurelius is one of many equestrian sculptures to survive from antiquity.

FALSE

The artist of the Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus followed earlier Roman models and based this active and chaotic composition on earlier Roman work.

FALSE

The current building was built under the direction of the Emperor Augustus and it replaced an earlier Pantheon built by Caesar.

FALSE

The facade of the Pantheon looks like an oversized Greek temple. All of the following contribute to this visual effect, EXCEPT the . . .

LATIN INSPIRATION

The Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius influenced ___ artists, who revived the ancient tradition of equestrian sculpture and celebrated individual human achievements

RENAISSANCE

The emerging abstraction that is present in the Colossus of Constantine came to be associated with . . .

THE RAISE OF CHRISTIANITY

Later Roman portrait sculpture, under the Emperor Augustus, looks back to the Greek ideals of age and wisdom.

TRUE

The Equestrian Sculpture of Marcus Aurelius reflects a sophisticated knowledge of both human anatomy and the anatomy of the horse.

TRUE

The Pantheon was built to contain a perfect sphere and was influenced by Greek mathematical ideas.

TRUE

The senators who ruled Rome came from elite families.

TRUE

This is the only large-scale bronze sculpture of an emperor on his horse to survive from antiquity.

TRUE

The ground level columns of the Colosseum use which of the classical orders?

TUSCAN

Which of the following is NOT true of the Pantheon?

The dome of the Pantheon was constructed with precisely cut marble bricks.

Which of the following is INCORRECT about the Augustus of Primaporta?

This statue is modeled on Patrician sculpture from the Roman republic.

The spiral frieze that winds up Trajan's Column represents . . .

Trajan's two main wars with the Dacians.

Match these monuments with the Emperor who commissioned them.

Vespasian- COLOSSEUM Hadrian- COLUMNS WITH WATER Constantine- ARCH Augustus- BUILDING

Late Republic sculptors emphasized which of the following features in portrait sculpture?

WISDOM &AGE

The scenes in the frieze show battles and . . .

building projects.

Originally the Colossus of Constantine was probably 40 feet high and stood . . .

in a niche in the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine.

The Column of Trajan was built with . . .

marble blocks that were stacked.

Late Republic portraits are supposed to be true to life, but they may exaggerate. . .

the age of the figures