Study Questions for 1301 Art History Test Ancient Aegean and Greek Art

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Study Questions for 1301 Art History Test: Ancient Aegean and Greek Art Answer a minimum of 5 questions with short answers using your notes and textbook. Write answers legibly on lined notebook paper or typed. These will serve as “insurance” on the test. Place a star next to the questions that you think you need to understand better. 1. Make some observations in the differences between male and female figures in Cycladic art. The female figures all follow the same mold. Each is a carved statuette of a nude woman with her arms crossed over her abdomen. The bodies are roughly triangular, and the feet are kept together. The head of the women are inverted as a triangle with a rounded chin The male figures sit on a chair and plays a musical instrument. 2. Decorative artwork, unusual architectural planning, and elaborate rituals relate the Minoan palace at Knossos with what mythical story? The Minoan civilization was named after the mythical King Minos. he was the son of Zeus, the king of the gods, and of Europa, a Phoenician princess and personification of the continent of Europe. 3. What are some of the characteristics of Minoan architecture? * Minoan architecture was graceful, beautiful, and colorful. Building materials were usually native stone and clay. Columns were tapered. The cities were unfortified with paved roads. 13. What are some of the main characteristics of the wall and ‘vase’ painting of the Minoan culture? * Minoan ceramics and vase painting are uniquely stylized and are similar in artistic style to Minoan wall painting. As with Minoan frescoes, themes from nature and marine life are often depicted on their pottery. Similar earth-tone colors are used, including black, white, brown, red, and blue. 14. What was the connection between the Minoans and Myceneans? How is their architecture similar or different? Mycenaean palaces are citadels, built on a hill and fortified. Minoans, settled on an island and oriented towards trading, not expansion, had no need for defensive structures. Militant Mycenaeans had to surround their palaces with massive walls, also known as Cyclopean.
Minoans decorated their palaces with wall paintings and used vibrant colors to paint the columns, balustrades, and pediments, which held the multiple stories of the palace. Mycenaean palaces, like their visual arts, reflect the militaristic character of their civilization that Homer so marvelously described in Iliad. The best-preserved palaces are those in Pylos and Tiryns. The difference from the Minoan style is very clear. 15. How could you describe the differences between Greek Geometric and Orientalizing ceramics? * Greek geometric art is characterized by largely geometric patterns in vase painting Orientalizing are characterized by floral and animal patterns. 16. What other culture does figural sculpture such as the Archaic Greek Kouros appear to be influenced by? Many aspects of the Kouros are directly reflect by Egyptian influence 17. How are changes from Archaic Greek figural sculpture to Greek Classical Sculpture seen? Classical Greek sculpture incorporated more diverse figure types and bodily poses as well as a sharp increase, resulting in far more naturalistic and realistic sculptures compared to the Archaic sculptures 18. What are some of the possible political and social influences on mature Greek Classical art? * The civilization of ancient Greece was immensely influenced by Roman Empire, which ultimately ruled it. 19. What is one way you can often tell if a sculpture is Late Classical Greek? Sculptors humanized the cold, remote deities and athletes of the Early and High Classical periods. 20. What are the possible political and social influences on Hellenistic Greek art? * Was influenced by the philosophy of the time and that shaped the way they produced art forms.
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