VA17 Art History I
FINAL EXAM
Three essay questions each worth 30% of the final test grade.
1. “Lapith and Centaur”
versus
“Percussion, salt and honey.
A quivering in the thighs;
He shakes me all over again,
Eros who cannot be thrown,
Who stalks on all fours
Like a beast.”
Sappho
“Scenes of a Dionysian Mystery Cult”
“Every now and then they would bite
themselves savagely and as a climax cut
their arms with the sharp knives they
carried…Then he called upon his hands to
inflict the necessary punishment and
snatching up one of the whips that these half
men carry…gave himself a terrific flogging.
The ground was slippery with the blood
that oozed from the knife cuts and
wounds…”
Apuleius, from The Golden Ass
Contrasting these two works of art, and the accompanying works of literature, describe
how Greek and Roman cultures dealt with intense sexual and aggressive passions.
2. “Toreador Fresco
Versus
“Colosseum”
Use these two artifacts of “games” to contrast Minoan and Roman cultures.
3. “Charioteer of Delphi”
Versus
“Ashurnasirpal II Killing Lions”
Contrast the ways these Greek and Assyrian sculptures used animals to convey narrative
meaning and cultural values.
VA17 Art History I
Slides for Final Exam
Aegean Art
Idol from Amorgos, 2500 BC, Cycladic
Staircase from Knossos, 1500 BC, Minoan
The Queen’s Megaron from Knossos, 1500 BC, Minoan
Rhyton in the Shape of a Bull’s Head, 1500-1450 BC, Minoan
Snake Goddess, 1600 BC, Minoan
Toreador Fresco, 1500 BC, Minoan
Octopus Vase, 1500 BC, Minoan
Treasury of Atreus, 1300-1250 BC, Mycenaean
Rhyton in the Shape of a Lion’s Head, 1550 BC, Mycenaean
Vaphio Cups, 1500 BC, Mycenaean
Lion’s Gate, 1250 BC, Mycenaean
Greek Art
Dipylon Vase, 800 BC, Geometric
Exekias, Dionysus in a Boat, 540 BC, Archaic
Psiax, Herakles Strangling the Nemean Lion, 525 BC, Archaic
Kouros, 600 BC, Archaic
Kroisos, 525 BC, Archaic
Calf-Bearer, 570 BC, Archaic
Rampin Head, 560 BC, Archaic
Hera of Samos, 570 BC, Archaic
Peplos Kore, 530 BC, Archaic
Dying Warrior (from Aegina), 490 BC, Archaic
Herakles (from Aegina), 490 BC, Archaic
Ictinus and Calicrates, Parthenon, 448-432 BC, Classical
Ktitios Boy, 480 BC, Classical
Polykleitos, Doryphorus, 450 BC, Classical
Zeus (Poseidon?), 460-450 BC, Classical
Myron, Discobolus, 450 BC, Classical
Dionysus (from Parthenon) 435 BC, Classical
Lapith and Centaur (metope from Parthenon), 440 BC, Classical
Nike (adjusting her sandal), 410 BC, Classical
Scopas, Battle of the Greeks and Amazons, 359 BC, Hellenistic
Praxiteles, Hermes (with baby Dionysus) 320 BC, Hellenistic
Lysippus, Apoxymenos, 330 BC, Hellenistic
Dying Trumpeter (Dying Gaul), 230 BC, Hellenistic
Barbarini Faun, 220 BC. Hellenistic
Pergamun Alter, 180 BC, Hellenistic
Nike of Samothrace, 200 BC, Hellenistic
The Loacoon, 100 BC, Hellenistic
Roman Art
Pont du Gard, 100 AD, Roman
Colosseum, 80 AD, Roman
Pantheon, 125 BC, Roman
Market Gate from Miletus, 160 AD, Roman
Aulus Metellus, 100 BC, Roman
Roman Patrician with Busts of His Ancestors, 100 BC, Roman
Augustus of Primaporta, 20 AD, Roman
Imperial Procession (from Ara Pacis), 13 PC, Roman
Column of Trajan, 106 AD, Roman
Vespasian, 75 AD, Roman
Portrait of a Lady, 90 AD, Roman
Trajan, 100 AD, Roman
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, 161 AD, Roman
Philippus the Arab, 244 AD, Roman
Arch of Constantine, 312 AD, Roman
Scenes of a Dionysian Mystery Cult (Villa of Mysteries), 50 BC Roman