Study Guide for Art 1: Quiz 2

STUDY TIPS:

·  Look at the slide lists and focus on being able to answer the questions below.

·  Make flashcards for each work with title, artist, date on one side and

the main idea and visual or stylistic elements on the other.

·  Use the textbook CD – remember there is one on reserve in the library.

I.  Cycladic sculptures

1. What are the visual characteristics of Cycladic sculptures?

2. Where were they found and what were they used for?

II. Minoan art and architecture

1. Where was the Minoan culture and the most important palace architecture?

2. What was the “labyrinth” of the Minotaur and how does the palace fit that description?

3. What is the subject matter and style of Minoan wall paintings?

4. What is the dominant imagery painted on Minoan pottery?

III. Mycenaean art and architecture

1. Describe how the Mycenean palaces are different from the Minoan palaces.

2. What is the structure and decoration of the Lion Gate?

3. What is the Treasury of Atreus and why is it important?

4. What does the Funerary Mask from Grave Circle A tell us about the Mycenaeans?

IV. Greek Art: Geometric and Archaic Periods

1.  What are the artistic elements and influences in the Geometric style?

2.  How is the human figure represented and how does it evolve in Archaic statues? What are these statues called and what is their function?

3.  What are the key elements that differentiate the Doric and Ionic orders?

4.  What are the characteristics of sculptural decoration in temple architecture and how do they change from the Archaic to the early Classical periods?

5.  How does the representation of the human figure evolve in early Greek vase painting?

6.  What are the different vase types and techniques?

V. Greek Art: Early and High Classical Periods

1. What is the concept of contrapposto and how does Polykleitos’ canon exemplify Greek ideas of human bodily perfection?

2. What are buildings the on the Acropolis and what was their meaning in Greek culture?

3. How does the Parthenon exemplify the culmination of Greek Classical architecture?

4. What were the main themes of the sculptural decoration on the Parthenon?

5. What does the Grave Stele of Hegaso tell us about Greek society?

VI. Greek Art: Late Classical and Hellenistic Periods

1.  How do social and political events effect later Greek art?

2.  How are late Classical and Hellenistic sculptures different than Classical ones?

Look at female figures, male figures, and multi-figure statues.

Which sculptures were made by Praxiteles, Skopias and Lysippos?

3. Describe the visual qualities and techniques of late Classical mosaics.

4.What are the architectural characteristics of the Corinthian order?

5. What are the architectural achievements of the Hellenistic period?