AP Art History Classical World

Few original Greek bronzes survive due to the value of the material in the making of other things. If so little if it survives how do we know so much about it?

• abundant text and roman marble copies
• abundant annecdotal evidence
• Polykleitos’ Canon
• workshop records
  

Polykleitos’ Doryphoros was actually created by him in bronze as

• a demonstration piece to accompany treatise on what makes an ideal statue
• a gift to the athenian state to place on the acropolis
• as an ideal version of apollo
• a reaction to the unrealistic Archaic style
  

This complex was built to celebrate

• The conquests of Alexander the Great
  
• Athens’ domination of the eastern Mediterranean
  
• The deification of the Roman Emperor
  
• The end of the Trojan War
  

The architects of the parthenon, and the sculptor in charge of the decoration of the parthenon are

• Pericles, Iktinos, and Phidias
• Phidias, Kallikrates, and Polykleitos
• Myron, Polykleitos, and Phidipides
• Iktinos, Kalikrates, and Phidias
  

To whom is this temple dedicated?

• Zeus
• Athena
• Demeter
• Aphrodite

As evidenced by the triglyphs and metopes found on this temple, as well as the type of columns that it has, identifies this as a _______ temple.

• Doric
• Ionic
• Etruscan
• Corinthian

What is this building?

•  Temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis
  
• Bernini Fountain of Four Rivers in Rome
  
• Alter of Zeus in Pergamon
  
• Arch of Titus in Rome
  

What features identify the order of this building?

• The volutes and the running frieze
• The Triglyphs and metopes
• The building material
• The abundance of Acanthus leaves

What building does this come from on the Acropolis?

• The Parthenon
• The Temple of Athena Nike
• The Propylaea
• The Erechtheion

What makes this sculpture Classical Greek?

• Its material
• Its static frontal rigidity
• Its naturalism
• Its ironic use of kitsche