1. ART HISTORY REVIEW
By Meghan Gallagher 

3. WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS
• High Classical Greek 450- 400 BC

5. WINGED NIKE OF SAMOTHRACE
• Hellenistic 323- 31 BC

7. EQUESTRIAN GROUP
• High Classical Greek 450- 400 BC

9. FEMALE CYCLADIC IDOL
• Cycladic 3000- 1000 BC

11. “MASK OF AGAMEMNON”
• Mycenean 1600-1100 BC

13. TEMPLE OF ATHENA NIKE,
ACROPOLIS
• High Classical Greek 450-400 BC

15. BOY WRESTLING WITH A GOOSE
• Hellenistic 323- 31 BC

17. POSEIDON/ ZEUS
• Early Classical 480- 450 BC

19. THREE GODDESSES, BIRTH OF
ATHENA, PEDIMENT, PARTHENON
• High Classical Greek 450- 400 BC

21. GEOMETRIC AMPHORA
• Geometric Greek 1000- 700 BC

23. POLYPHEMOS AMPHORA
• Orientalizing 700-600 BC

25. RED- FIGURE KARATER
• Archaic 600- 480 BC

27. ACROPOLIS, ATHENS
• High Classical Greek 450-400 BC

29. NIOBID KRATER
• Early Classical

31. HEAD OF ALEXANDER
• Hellenistic 323-31 BC

33. MEGARON
• Mycenean 1600-1100 BC

35. TOREADOR FRESCO
• Minoan 2000- 1500 BC

37. SNAKE GODDESS
• Minoan 2000- 1500 BC

39. LION GATE
• Mycenean 1600-1100 BC

41. GREEK AND CENTAUR METOPE
• High Classical Greek 450-400 BC

43. THEATER AT EPIDAUROS
• Late Classical Greek 400- 300 BC

45. ALTAR OF ZEUS, PERGAMON
• Hellenistic 323- 31 BC

47. CARYATID PORCH
• High Classical Greek 450- 400 BC

49. GRAVE CIRCLE A
• Mycenean 1600- 1100 BC

51. QUEEN’S MEGARON
• Minoan 2000-1500 BC

53. NEW YORK KOUROS
• Archaic 600-480 BC

55. THOLOS TOMB
• Mycenean 1600- 1100 BC

57. MALE CYCLADIC AULOS PLAYER
• Cycladic 3000-1000 BC

59. ALEXANDER MOSAIC
• Hellenistic 323-31 BC

61. BIRTH OF ATHENA
• High Classical Greek 450-400 BC

63. KRITIOS BOY
• Early Classical 480- 450 BC

65. LAOCOON AND HIS SONS
• Hellenistic 323-31 BC

67. OCTOPUS VASE
• Minoan 2000- 1500 BC

69. BLACK- FIGURE AMPHORA
• Archaic 600-480 BC

71. ALTAR OF ZEUS
• Hellenistic 323-31 BC

73. ERECHTHEUM
• High Classical Greek 450-400 BC

75. POLYKLEITOS, DORYPHOS
• High Classical Greek 450-400 BC

77. PEPLOS KORE
• Archaic 600-480 BC

79. PARTHENON
• High Classical Greek 450-400 BC

81. ACROPOLIS
• High Classical Greek 450- 400 BC

83. PRAXITELES
• Late Classical Greek 400-300 BC

85. ATHENA BATTLING WITH
ALKYONEOS
• Hellenistic 323-31 BC

87. TEMPLE OF ZEUS
• High Classical Greek 450- 400 BC

88. QUESTIONS

89. • What is one theroy on how minoan palaces were
destroyed and culture ended?

90. NATURAL CATASTROPHIC
EARTHQUAKE AND
VOLCANO ERUPTION

91. • Terra- Cotta means?

92. BAKED EARTH

93. What are the names of the four vase shapes pictured
below?

94. -KYLIX
-KRATER
-AMPHORA
-LEKYTHO

95. What are 2 Hellenistic stylistic conventions of the work
shown?

96. STRONG
DIAGONALS AND
SHOWING
MOVEMENT

97. What are 2 stylistic conventions of geometric vase
paintings?

98. -GEOMETRIC
SHAPES
-HORROR VACUII

99. What was the goal of the Panathenaic procession?
Where is is depicted on the Parthenon?

100. THEY WERE TAKING
A NEW SHROWED TO
HER AND IT WAS ON
THE FRIEZE

101. What was the Kylix used for?

102. DRINKING CUP,
WIDE BOWL,
ALMOST PLATE.

103. What was the amphora used for?

104. TRANSPORT
LIQUIDS, VASE WITH
LONG NECK, 2
HANDELS, BIG
BOTTOM

105. How did the Poseidon and Warrior form Riace avoid
being melted down?

106. IT GOT LOST UNDER
THE OCEAN, WHICH
PROTECTED IT FROM
BEING DESTROYED.

107. What was the Krater used for?

108. TO MIX THE WINE
AND WATER
TOGETHER

109. What were most white- ground lekythoi used for?

110. PUT ON GRAVES,
HELD PRECIOUS
OILS.

111. What are the 3 parts of the Greek entablature, from the
bottom part up?

112. -ARCHITRAVE
-FRIEZE
-CORNICE

113. How did the palace at knossos function in addition to
being Residence?

114. SERVED AS A
DISTRIBUTION
CENTER AND
SENDING OUT
GOODS.

115. Who discovered and Restored knossos?

116. AURTHER EVANS
1900

117. What large room in Minonan and Mycenean palaces had
3 parts?

118. MEGARON

119. What kind of arch did the Myceneans use?

120. CORBELING

121. Why would the tree trunk not be meeded in the original
statue?

122. THE ORIGINAL
SCULPTURE WAS
BRONZE AND
HOLLOW, SO IT
WASN’T HEAVY.

123. Why did the Athenians rebuild the Parthenon and other
buildings?
How did they fund the rebuilding?

124. PERICLES REBUILT IT AS A
MEMORIAL TO THE WAR WITH
THE PERSIANS.
IT WAS FUNDED WITH OTHER
CITYSTATE MONEY.

125. An architectual order is an arrangenent of ______
and________.

126. GREECE AND
ROME

127. A row of columns is called a?

128. COLONNADE-
PARISTYLE

129. What did the Greeks call foreigners who didn‟t speak
their language?

130. BARBARIANS

131. What is unusual about the form of Minoan and
Mycenean columns?

132. REVERSE TAPERED,
BIGGER AT THE TOP
AND NARROW AT
BOTTOM.

133. The cornice encloses a triangular section at the end of a
building of porch called the _______.

134. THE PEDIMENT

135. Who convinced the Athenians to restore the temples of
Acropolis?

136. PERICLES

137. What is the origin of the terms „Doric‟ and „Ionic‟ for
the architetural orders?

138. DORIC= PLACE ON MAINLAND CALLED
DORISS, USED ON MAINLAND ONLY.
IONIC= NAMED FOR IONIA, USED ACROSS
THE AGEAN SEA.

139. What are 3 ways the Parthenon is different from a
typical temple?

140. 1. CORNER COLUMNS CLOSER TOGETHER
2. COLUMNS POINT INWARD
3. ENTIRELY MARBLE
4. WIDER THAN OTHER TEMPLES

141. What is one traditional method used to cast large bronze
sculptures?

142. THE WAX METHOD

143. What are column flutes?

144. CONCAVE
GROOVES

145. How is the weight shifted in the contraposto stance?

146. THE WEIGHT IS SHIFTED
ONTO ONE LED, THE
HEAD IS SLIGHTLY
TURNED, AND THE
STANCE IS RELAXED.

147. Where is the only place, besides the roof, where statues
can be placed on the exterior of a Greek Temple?

148. FRIEZE

149. What is one meaning of the term „classical‟ when
applied to art?

150. VARIETY AND
UNITY (?)

151. GREEK ERAS

152. GEOMETRIC= 1000-1700 BC
ORIENTALIZING= 700-600 BC
ARCHAIC= 600-480 BC
EARLY CLASSICAL= 480-450 BC
HIGH CLASSICAL= 400-300 BC
HELLENISTIC= 323-31 BC

153. Who first discovered Mycenae and Troy?

154. HEINRICH
SCHLIEMANN

155. What did the Romans call Greeks? What did the Greeks
call themselves?

156. ROMANS= GREEKS
GREEKS=
HELLEANS

157. Where did the Greeks settle?

158. ON THE MAINLAND,
SOUTHERN ITALY AND SICILY,
AEGEAN ISLANDS, AND COAST
OF TURKEY (ASIA MINOR)

159. What significant event marked the transition from the
Archaic period to the Early classical period?

160. PERSIAN WAR=
GREEKS VS. PERSIANS.
END OF WAR WAS 479 BC.

161. What is Akrotiri?

162. ISLAND BETWEEN
CRETE AND CYCLADES.

163. What does „Kouros‟ mean?
What does „Kore‟ mean?

164. KOUROS= YOUNG MAN= YOUTH
KORE= YOUNG WOMAN= MAIDEN

165. What is the purpose of the naos/cella?

166. MAIN ROOM HOUSING
THE STATUE OF THE
DEITY TO WHOM THE
TEMPLE IS DEDICATED

167. What is the more naturalistic stance introduced in the
early classical period?

168. CONTRAPASTO

169. Who conquered and spread Greek culture to the Near
East and Egypt?

170. ALEXANDER THE
GREAT

171. What is the Cycladic period named for?

172. CYCLADES ISLANDS

173. What is one feature of the Palace at Knossos related to
the myth of the Minotaur?

174. -FOUND BULL IMAGERY
-PALACE WAS MAZE
LIKE AND COMPLEX

175. 3 AGEAN CULTURES

176. -CYCLADIC= 3000- 1000 BC
-MINOAN= 2000- 1500 BC
MYCENEAN= 1600- 1100 BC

177. What is the Aegean Sea named after?

178. KIND AEGEUS

179. What are the 2 Minoan languages?

180. -LINEAR A
-LINEAR B---ONLY ONE THAT WAS
DECIPHERED------
ONLY HAVE INVENTORY RECORDS ON
CLAY PALETTES.

181. What are 2 features the standing male and female have
in common?

182. -HAIR, BROAD SHOULDERS, ARMS
DOWN, FISTS
-CAUGHT IN INTERNAL SMILE
-BLISS BEYOND LIFE/ BETTER LIFE

183. What maybe the reason:
a) The parthenon colonnade includes inward?
b) The entablature bows upwards?
c) The corner columns are set closer together?

184. A) INCLINES INWARDS
B) THE FOUNDATION IS CURVED
C) COMPENSATION

185. Where is the only place, besides the roof, where statues
can placed on the exterior of a Greek temple?

186. PEDIMENT

187. What is one reason red figure painting replaced black-
figure painting?

188. SHOWED UP BETTER AGAINST BLACK
BACKGROUND
EASIER TO PAINT THAN TO CUT

189. What did each diety offer in the contest between
Poseidon and Athena for the patronage of Athens?

190. SALT SPRING AND
OLIVE TREE

191. Who designed the Parthenon sculptures and made the
Athena Parthenos and Zues cult statues?

192. PHIDIAS

193. What compositional characteristic of the High Classical
Style is seen in both works?
(The goddess from the Parthenon east pediment,
Equestrian Group)

194. UNITY IN VARITY-
DRAPERY UNITES
FIGURES

195. What are 2 physical features of Darius that shows his
reaction to his bodyguards demise?

196. HAND IS STRETCHED
TERROR IN HIS EYES

197. What is on explanation advanced for the openness of
the palace at Knossos and other Minoan palaces?

198. NO WALL= NO
ENEMIES= GOOD
RELATIONSHIPS

199. Explain how the acoustics of the Theater at Epidauros
are renowned.

200. PIN DROP IN THE
ORCHESTRA CAN BE
HEARD AT THE TOP.

201. What does the phrase “Man is the measure of all things”
say about the Greeks?

202. THEY REPRESENTED
HUMAN VALUES,
EMOTION AND
APPEARANCE AND
EXTENDED IT TO THEIR
GODS.

203. A female figure who substitutes for a column?

204. CARYATID

205. What are 2 reasons why Greeks painted vases are
considered important?

206. -WE DON’T HAVE OTHER
KINDS OF PAINTINGS
-SHOWS A WIDE RANGE OF
SUBJECT MATTER

207. The maze- like designs often painted on Geometric
vases.

208. INTERLACE

209. Why is the Erectheum irregular in plan?

210. DEDICATED TO
MULTIPLE DEITIES

211. Briefly describe the buon fresco technique

212. PAINT ON WET PLASTER IN PATCHES

213. What are 2 significant differences by which the Greek
work differs?

214. SMILE, NUDITY, FREE
STANDING

215. How were the lines made in black figure painting?

216. INCESION

217. What are 2 stylistic conventions of Praxiteles style?

218. SOFT MARBLE,
CONTRAPASTO,
SOFTNESS IN
PRESENT FEATURES

219. Describe the circumstances that caused much of the
Parthenon to collapse in 1687?

220. GUNPOWDER WAS
STORED HERE

221. What is one major feature of the male Cycladic figure is
different from the female Cycladic figure?

222. HE STANDS ON HIS
OWN ON A PEDESTAL
3D BODY MORE
ROUNDED

223. What is on naturalistic feature of the painting that may
reflect lost larger-scale paintings?

224. FORESHORTENING, SOME FIGURES ARE
LOWER DOWN

225. What are 2 stylistic conventions that separate
Orientalizing vase painting from geometric?

226. -DOESN’T HAVE TIGHT
ORGANIZATION
-MORE FIGURES TELLING
STORIES
-FEWER REGISTERS

227. What is one theory about how the Mycenean Period
ended

228. INVASION OF DORIAN,
FAMINE, EARTHQUAKE

229. The name Parthenon celebrates Athena in her identity as
a ________ goddess

230. YOUNG VIRGIN

231. What makes the black clay slip of Greek vases stay black
once it‟s fired?

232. HIGH IRON CONTENT

233. What was the goal of the Panathenaic procession?
Where is it depicted on the parthenon

234. GIVE NEW DRESS TO
WOODEN STATUE OF
ATHENA
ON INNER FRIEZE

235. How were the lines made in red figure painting?

236. PAINTED