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Western Classical Painting

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This artwork depicts a goddess reclines in a cockle shell after her birth from the sea foam. She is accompanied the winged love-god Eros (Roman Cupid) and a Nereid-nymph riding a dolphin. The goddess wears a necklace, tiara-crown and billowing cloak.

a)

Aphrodite (fresco)

b)

Judgment of Paris

c)

Tomb of the Diver

d)

Pitsa Panel

2.

The dominant features in the painting were large animals native in the region. It was discovered on 12 September 1940 and given statutory historic monument protection. The painting has nearly 2,000 figures composed mainly of animals, human figures and abstract design.

a)

Court of Empress Theodora

b)

Head of Alexander

c)

Lady of the Unicorn Tapestry

d)

Cave of Lascaux

3.

A Roman floor mosaic originally from the House of the Faun in Pompeii (an alleged imitation of a Philoxenus of Eretria or Apelles' painting) that dates from circa 100 BC.

a)

Mosaic Dionysus on a Tiger

b)

Mosaic Battle of Alexander and Darius at Issus

c)

Mosaic Skeleton of a Cup Bearer

d)

Mosaic Head of Alexander

4.

This artwork is from the North transept, about 1230 Stained glass -color glass used to form decorative or pictorial designs windows were created to transform the vast stone interiors with warm and glowing color and at the same time to instruct Christians in their faith.

a)

Tomb of the Diver

b)

Pitsa Panel

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Rose Window

5.

This panel shows solemn and formal, with golden halo, crown and jewels, and a group of court women as well as eunuchs.

a)

Court of Empress Theodora

b)

Head of Alexander

c)

Lady of the Unicorn Tapestry

d)

Cave of Lascaux

6.

This masterpiece was found by Mario Napoli in June of 1968, near the city of Paestum located in Magna Graecia. An only example of Greek wall painting from the Orientalizing, Archaic, or Classical period to survive in entirety. The paintings were done in the fresco style. .

a)

Rose Window

b)

Tomb of the Diver in Paestrum

c)

Lady of the Unicorn Tapestry

d)

Hieroglyphics

7.

A character of the ancient Egyptian writing system.

a)

Aphrodite (fresco)

b)

Pitsa Panel

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Cave of Lascaux

8.

These panels tablets are a group of painted wooden tablets found near Corinthia. They are the earliest surviving examples of Greek panel painting.

a)

Judgment of Paris

b)

Pitsa Panel

c)

Rose Window

d)

Hieroglyphics

9.

Commonly interpreted as depicting the five senses – taste, hearing, sight, smell, and touch. What is the name of this painting?

a)

Pitsa Panel

b)

Lady of the Unicorn Tapestry

c)

Court of Empress Theodora

d)

Judgment of Paris

10.

A story from Greek mythology, which was one of the events that led up to the Trojan War and to the foundation of Rome, what is the name of this artwork

a)

Judgment of Paris

b)

Tomb of the Diver

c)

Rose Window

d)

Pitsa Panel

11.

It is an art process where an image is produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material such as stone, tile or glass.

a)

Tempera

b)

Fresco

c)

Mosaic

d)

Encaustic

12.

It is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall.

a)

Encaustic

b)

Fresco

c)

Kerch Style painting

d)

Mosaic

13.

It is a system of writing that employs characters in the form of pictures.

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Tempera

c)

Kerch style

d)

Fresco

14.

It is a method of painting with colored pigments dispersed in an emulsion miscible with water, typically egg yolk.

a)

Encaustic

b)

Fresco

c)

Panel Painting

d)

Tempera

15.

It is a painting made on a flat panel made of wood, either a single piece, or a number of pieces joined together.

a)

Kerch style

b)

Encaustic

c)

Panel Painting

d)

Fresco