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Unit 1 Quiz Questions
Unit 1:
- Who was Agammemnon?
- Which technique was used to produce the Mask of Agamemnon?
- What leads some scholars to think that the Mask of Agamemnon is a fake instead of a genuine antiquity?
- What construction techniques were used to make the Lion Gate?
- What was the Dipylon Amphora used for?
- What elements and features make art historians think that the main image on the Dipylon Amphora is a funerary scene?
- Ancient Greek artists created black figures on a red background using a sophisticated technique. Place the following steps in slipwear in the correct sequence: figures are visible on the pot; oxygen is added to the kiln; oxygen is withdrawn from the kiln; slip is applied to the pot; the pot is formed on a wheel; the pot is placed in a kiln; the pot turns black.
- How did the artist create the intricate figures on the shield of Ajax on the Ajax and Achilles Amphora?
- What lessons was the artist of the Ajax and Achilles Amphora trying to teach the viewers of the vase?
- What does the term “Kouros” mean, and what was the function of Archaic Kouros figures?
- What details of anatomy and style are characteristic of Archaic Kouros figures?
- How do female Kore figures differ from male Kouros figures?
- What leads scholars to believe that the Peplos Kore is a representation of the goddess Artemis?
- What is contrapposto posture (as seen on the Kritios Boy sculpture)?
- Why do scholars call Polykleitos’ Doryphoros statue a “canon”?
- What subject is depicted in the Doryphoros?
- What did the Greeks base their ideal of beauty on?
- What myths are represented in the art of the Parthenon?
- Why did architects model buildings in Washington DC on the classical style of the Parthenon?
- What other functions or uses has the Parthenon served since it was created for use as a temple?
- Why is Victory adjusting her sandal, on the relief from the Temple of Athena Nike?
- What object did Hegeso once hold in her hand on her grave stele?
- In addition to providing Hegeso's name, what other information is included in the inscription on this stele?
- What is the reason that very few bronze sculptures from ancient Greece exist today?
- Why did Hellenistic artists add details such as the inlaid eyes, use of inset copper, and incisions to the cast bronze on the sculpture of the Boxer at Rest?
- Which details of the sculpture of the Boxer at Rest tell us that he is a boxer?
- Why do scholars say that Anglo-Saxons expressed a love of riddles and puzzles in their metalwork?
- What are some of the explanations scholars have for why the illustrations in the Lindisfarne Gospels are so elaborate? Why do you think they are so elaborate?
- What are some of the ways that the Palatine Chapel refers to ancient Rome?
- What are some of the differences between the Coronation and the Ebbo Gospels?
- Why do you think the objects in the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial were chosen to honor a king?
- Why was Charlemagne interested in both warfare and culture?
- Why is the catacomb of Priscilla empty today?
- What are some of the theories that scholars use to try to explain why Christian art doesn’t exist before the third century CE?
- Why is the Vienna Genesis one of the most important early surviving manuscripts?
- How is Christ represented differently on the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus than in most other Christian art?
- What role did Ravenna play in history of the late Roman Empire?
- How did the style and appearance of images change during the Early Medieval period in order to be more compatible with theology?
- What does the style of the decoration of Sant Quirze de Pedret tell us about the political conditions of Europe at that time?
- What are the special architectural features of pilgrimage churches?
- What are some of the reasons pilgrimages travelled to pilgrimage churches?
- What are some of the unique architectural and decorative features of Durham Cathedral?
- What are some of the scenes shown on the Bayeux Tapestry? Why do you think the artists chose to show these scenes?
