Patty Whitmer
Arth 2710 th
Fall 2012
Art History Exam
1.
Artist:Cycladic period
Title: Seated harp player, Keros, Cyclades
Date:2800/2700 BCE early Cycladic period
Significance: 3 dimensional modeling of hands and arms, one of earliest portrayals of a musician.
Definition in facial features shows sensitivity
2.
Artist: Dedalos (possibly)
Title: Knossos Interior
Date:1550-1450 Minoan period
Significance: uses upside down columns , light wells, abstract art, makes use of natural objects,
pictographs
3.
Artist: Dedalos (possibly)
Title: Bull jumping
Date: 1550-1450 Minoan Period
Significance: shows an extreme moment, movement
4.
Artist: Mycenean
Title: Lion Gate, Mycenae
Date: 1250 BCE
Significance: corbelled , with post and lintel, mixed media, sculptured relief
5.
Artist: Mycenaen
Title: Mask of Agememnon
Date: 1600-1550 BCE
Significance: metal work, realistic eyes, eyebrows, mustache and bears, separation of the ears, compares to
19th century
6.
Artist: Greek
Title: Centaur, Lefkandi
Date: 900BCE
Significance: figures of mythology, geometric patterns on tera cotta
7.
Artist: Greek
Title: Warrior a, Riace
Date: 460-450 BCE
Significance: perfected anatomy, details of realism inlaid copper and silver
8.
Artist: Greek
Title:Ktitios ( Kritian boy)
Date: 480 BCE
Significance: beginings of contrapposto, opposing alterations of tension
9.
Artist: Kallikrates and Iktinos
Title: Parthenon
Date: 450 BCE Dedicated 438 BCE
Significance: largest building built of marble, uses visual techniques, attention to proportions 4.9 ratio
10.
Artist: Praxiteles
Title: Aphrodite of Knidos
Date: 350 BCE
Significance: first female nude form
11.
Artist:
Title: Alexander the great confronts Darius
Date: 310 BCE
Significance: floor mosaic, dramatic narrative, and use of fore shortening
12.
Artist: Hellenistic
Title: Theatre, Epidauros
Date: 4thy century
Significance: uninterrupted lines of sight, good acoustics, easy entrance and exit, best designed theatre
13.
Artist: Hellenestic Period
Title: Gaulic Chieftain Killing Himself
Date: 230 BCE
Significance: shows extreme emotions, causing the viewer to respond
14.
Artist: Greek
Title: Peplos Kore
Date: 530 BCE archaic Greece
Significance: rounded body form, less stylized, carefully rendered, shows muscle tension
15.
Artist: Exekias
Title: Suicide of Ajax
Date: 530 BCE
Significance: black figure style ceramics
16.
Artist: Hellenistic period
Title: Nike of Samothrace
Date: 180 BCE
Significance: theatrical, realistic in movement and balance, contrasts of light and dark, deeply sculpted,
realistic, feathers, fabric, skin, one can feel the movement