2014 IJCL
Classical Art & Architecture
# 1-25 are to be answered without pictures #26-50 correspond to pictures that follow
1. A simple Greek temple consists of a naos and a _________?
a. peristyle
b. opisthodomos
c. dipteral
d. pronaos
2. Which Greek sculptor was responsible for creating Hermes with the Infant Dionysus?
a. Praxiteles
b. Myron
c. Scopas
d. Phidias
3. Because it was used in modern times as a caravansaray, where is one of the best preserved theaters?
a. Jerash, Jordan
b. Merida, Spain
c. Aspendos, Turkey d. El Djem, North Africa
4. To what time period of Greek sculpture does the Kritios Boy belong?
a. Archaic
b. Classical
c. Hellenistic
d. Cycladic
5. A technique generally used for cult statues, which of the following works was made of chryselephantine?
a. Zeus at Olympia b. Ephesian Artemis c. Barberini Hera
d. Aphrodite of Aphrodisias
6. Which of the following pottery shapes would have been used to hold the olive oil that was during exercise?
a. hydria
b. loutrophoros
c. aryballos
d. lekythos
7. The Artemision bronze statue is thought to be a figure of either Zeus or ____?
a. Hades
b. Poseidon
c. Kronos
d. Mithras
8. In 1587 BCE, whom did Pope Sixtus the V place atop the column of Trajan?
a. Judas
b. St. Paul
c. Jesus
d. St. Peter
9. What period of Greek Art, beginning with death of Alexander the Great and ending with the Battle of
Actium, lasted from 323-31 B.C.?
a. Geometric b. Classical c. Archaic
d. Hellenistic
10. On which temple would you find the friezes depicting the battles between the Lapiths and the Centaurs?
a. Pergamon
b. Artemis at Corfu c. Parthenon
d. Zeus at Olympia
11. What are the rectangular recessed spaces between the triglyphs on a Doric frieze called?
a. architraves
b.metopes
c. stylobates
d. pediments
12. On what building in Athens would you find caryatids?
a. Erechtheion b. Parthenon
c. Temple of Hephaestus
d. Temple of Athena Nike
13. Which of the following is NOT represented on the breastplate of the Prima Porta Augustus?
a. Sol
b. Apollo
c. Venus
d. Aurora
14. Who created the amphora, now in the Vatican Museum, which depicts Achilles and Ajax engaged in game?
a. Aristodikos
b. Exekias
c. Andokides
d. Phidias
15. What is the function of a tholos?
a. for worship
b. for food storage
c. for entertainment d. for burial
16. To whom was the temple at Cape Sounion, right outside of Athens, dedicated?
a. Poseidon
b. Athena
c. Apollo
d. Hephaestus
17. Roman copies of Greek statues were usually of marble, but of what material were original Greek statues?
a. copper
b. chryselephantine c. travertine
d. bronze
18. What were the pieces that were used to create a mosaic called?
a. tuffa
b. tesserae
c. putti
d. frescoe
19. For what games was the Charioteer of Delphi erected?
a. Phythian
b. Olympian
c. Isthmian
d. Heraean
20. What is missing from the body of the statue of Knidian Aphrodite?
a. legs
b. head
c. clothes
d. arms
21. Out of what material were the Vaphio cups crafted?
a. bronze
b. gold
c. silver
d. glass
22. Which god’s statue was found in Veii in 1916 and used to decorate a roof beam of the Temple of Veio?
a. Jupiter
b. Minerva
c. Diana
d. Apollo
23. Which wonder of the Ancient World was located at Ephesus?
a. Tomb of Mausolus
b. Pharos
c. Temple of Artemis
d. Temple of Zeus
24. Where was the Villa Iovis, the largest of the twelve Tiberian villas mentioned by Tacitus located?
a. Capri
b. Etruria
c. Oplontis
d. Tivoli
25. Built in honor of the senator Tib. Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, where was the library of Celsus located?
a. Ephesus
b. Constantinople
c.Troy
d. Olympia
26. In what ancient city would you find this mosaic?
a. Rome b. Troy
c. Pompeii
d. Ostia
27. What style of wall painting is this?
a. 1st
b. 2nd
c. 3rd
d. 4th
28. What emperor does this bust represent? a. Hadrian
b. Caracalla c. Marcus Aurelius d. Commodus
29. This kouros was used as: a. grave marker
b. decoration
c. propaganda
d. cult statue
30. To whom is this temple dedicated?
a. Vesta
b. Venus c. Hercules Victor
d. Julius Caesar
31. Where would you see this frieze? a.Parthenon b.Ara Pacis c.Column of Trajan d.Temple of Olympian Zeus
26. 27. 29. 28. 30. 31. 32. What style does this vase represent?
a. Hellenistic b. Classical c. Cycladic d. Geometric
33. Who was the original sculptor of this marble copy? a. Myron b. Praxiteles c. Polykleites d. Aristodikos
34. Whom does this mask represent?
a. Menelaus b. Hector
c. Agamemnon
d. Paris
35. To whom was this sanctuary dedicated? a. Fortuna
b. Isis
c. Demeter
d. Roma
36. What style of pottery does this represent?
a. amphora
b. kylix
c. lekythos d. krater
37. Where would you find this fresco?
a. House of Tragic Poet
b. House of Vettii
c. House of the Faun d. Villa of the Mysteries
38. What style is this figurine?
a. Mycenean b. Minoan
c. Cycladic
d. Etruscan
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39. On what piece of pottery is this reconstructed illustration located?
a. Francois Vase
b. Antaios krater
c. Warwick cup
d. Eurytios krater
40. What is the name of this temple?
a. Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
b. Maison Carree
c. Temple of Augustus and Livia
d.Temple of Portunus
41. What does this frieze represent? a. Gigantomachy b. Hercules Labors c. Perseus & Medusa d. Titanomachy
42. What is the name of this object? a.Warwick Vase b.Borghese Vase c.Portland Vase d.Gemma Augustea
43. What is the name of this statue? a.Apoxyomenos b.Discobolus c.Anavyssos Kouros
d.Doryphoros
44. In what ancient Greek city in Turkey would you find this theater?
a. Priene
b. Ephesus
c. Pergamon
d. Aspendos
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45. Currently on loan to the National Gallery in Washington D.C., where does the statue permanently reside?
a.Nat. Archaeological Museum, Naples b.Louvre, Paris c.Capitoline Museum, Rome d.Uffizi, Florence
46. What group does this frieze from Aphrodisias represent?
a. Horae
b. Graces
c. Hesperides
d. Fates
47. What style of wall painting is this?
a. 1st
b. 2nd
c. 3rd
d. 4th
48. In what museum is this statue located? a. National Archaeological Museum, Naples b. Louvre, Paris
c. Capitoline Museum, Rome
d. Uffizi, Florence
49. Who sculpted this statue?
a. Bernini
b. Raphael
c. Borromini d. Michelangelo
50. Whose arch is this?
a. Titus
b. Augustus c. Constantine
d. Septimius Severus
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