Quiz on Ideal Beauty in the Ancient World

What is the name of the founder of the militaristic Akkadian Empire?

• Sargon

• Akhenaten

• Menkaure

• Naram-Sin

Which ancient civilization is credited with uniting Upper and Lower Egypt?

• Akkadians

• Mesopotamians

• Sumerians

• Egyptians

What is the name of the Egyptian king frequently associated with the Amarna period?

• Menkaure

• Narmer

• Akhenaten

• Tutankhamun

Which Greek sculpture represents the ideal beauty of an athletic male youth during the Early Classical Period?

• Spear Bearer

• Kroisos Kouros

• Kritios Boy

• Metropolitan Kouros

What is the significance of the composite pose in ancient Egyptian art?

• Depicts gods and kings with profile heads

• Shows each body part from the most characteristic angle

• Depicts gods and kings with frontal eyes

• Shows the torso and shoulders in profile

Which Greek sculptor developed a set of rules for constructing the ideal human figure known as 'The Canon'?

• Polykleitos

• Athanadoros

• Lysippos

• Praxiteles

What is the pose in which a figure is engaging one leg while relaxing the other, allowing the hips to angle, as demonstrated in the Kritios Boy sculpture?

• Contrapposto

• Kouros

• Verism

• Idealism

Which Roman emperor was depicted in the sculpture known as Augustus of Primaporta?

• Augustus

• Nero

• Caligula

• Julius Caesar

What is the name of the sculpture that illustrates a scene from the Trojan War and shows the priest Laocoön with his sons in a moment of bitter anguish?

• Laocoön and his Sons

• Man Scraping Himself

• Metropolitan Kouros

• Spear Bearer

During which period did Greek works of art turn from the heroic to the everyday and appeal to the senses and emotion?

• High Classical period

• Roman Republic

• Hellenistic period

• Roman Empire