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WorksheetsGreek Review and Etruscan Art
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
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
