Greek Review and Etruscan Art

The facade of the Temple of Minerva includes which of the following architectural features?

• A portico flanked by Corinthian columns

• A blind arcade

• A hypostyle hall

• A pediment supported by Tuscan columns

Works such as the one shown were typically placed in

• an atrium

• a necropolis

• a treasury

• a temple

The pose of the figures suggests that they are

• sleeping

• banqueting

• praying

• grieving

On the basis of style and subject matter, the work shown can be attributed to which of the following cultures?

• Susian

• Sumerian

• Etruscan

• Classical Greece

The work shown can be identified as an ancient Etruscan sarcophagus because of which of the following characteristics?

• The naturalistic portrayal of a couple's unique features to memorialize them as they would have appeared in life

• The stylized depiction of a couple reclining on a couch as they would have comported themselves at a banquet

• The presentation of a god alongside the deceased to show that the deceased has journeyed to the afterlife

• The inclusion of a guardian figure to protect the tomb to ensure the safety of the deceased after death

The pose of the statue of the Aphrodite of Knidos can best be described as

• oratorical

• contrapposto

• composite

• profile

The depiction of the gigantomachy on the reliefs of the Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon may have served as an allegory of

• King Attalos’ victory over the Gauls

• Athens’ defeat of Sparta

• Rome’s control over the Mediterranean

• Alexander the Great’s military campaigns

The work shown can be attributed to which of the following ancient Mediterranean cultures?

• New Kingdom Egypt

• Archaic Greece

• Etruria

• Republican Rome

The Temple of Minerva differs from traditional Greek temples such as the Parthenon in that the Temple of Minerva most likely

• was made of wood, mud brick, and clay instead of stone and marble

• was enclosed on all sides by columns instead of featuring only a front portico

• featured closed pediments with sculptures instead of open, undecorated pediments

• had a low-rising, stepped entrance instead of a high podium with a frontal entryway

The column shown demonstrates the style of which of the following orders?

• Doric

• Ionic

• Corinthian

• Composite