Greece
The following is taken from the 1992
Advanced Placement Art History
examination.
______1) The Greek sculpture on the left is
from which of the following periods? a)
Archaic b) Hellenistic c) Classical d)
Mycenaean
______2) The Greek sculpture on the right
is from which of the following periods? a)
Archaic b) Hellenistic c) Classical d)
Mycenaean
______3) The sculptures are similar in that
they both a) show figures in action b)
emphasize drapery and the human form c)
exhibit a tendency toward simplification d)
have been influenced by Persian sculpture
______4) The sculpture on the left is an
example of a) a frontal pose b)
contrapposto c) an open form d) a relaxed
stance
______5) The sculpture on the right
exhibits a) formal simplification b)
exaggerated proportions c) a feeling of
weightlessness d) a concern with natural
movement
______6) While the left figure is
freestanding, the right figure is a) a
caryatid b) part of a pediment group c) a
relief on a parapet d) a jamb figure
______7) The right figure is a part of a
temple a) on the Athenian Acropolis b) on
Mount Olympus c) in Paestum d) in the
Athenian Agora
The following is taken from the 1994
Advanced Placement Art History
examination.
______8) These sculpture were designed
for a) friezes b) pediments c) architraves d)
porticoes
______9) The central figure in the work on
the left is an example of a) low relief
sculpture b) high relief sculpture c) sunken
relief sculpture d) sculpture in the round
______10) The wok on the left is an
example of which of the following styles?
a) Geometric b) Archaic c) Classical d)
Hellenistic
______11) The work on the right is an
example of which of the following styles?
a) Geometric b) Archaic c) Classical d)
Hellenistic
______12) The work on the right was
created for the a) Temple of Zeus, Olympia
b) Temple of Aphaia, Aegina c) Altar of
Zeus, Pergamon d) Parthenon, Athens
______13) In contrast to the figures on the
right, the figures on the left appear to be
more a) rigid and less organic b)
independent of hierarchic scale c)
interrelated d) reflective of early
contrapposto
______14) The sculptural program to
which the work on the right belongs was
create by a) Polykleitos b) Phidias c)
Praxiteles d) Lysippos
The following is taken from the 2007
Advanced Placement Art History
examination.
______15) Both works show an
understanding of a) foreshortening b)
movement c) symmetry d) perspective
______16) The work on the left is from a)
Classical Greece b) Hellenistic Greece c)
Imperial Rome d) Baroque Italy
______17) The work on the right is from a)
Classical Greece b) Hellenistic Greece c)
Imperial Rome d) Baroque Italy
______18) The drapery in both works does
which of the following? a) emphasizes the
body b) establishes social status c)
suggests Etruscan influence d) renders the
figures static
______19) Both works personify a) victory
b) wrath c) death d) sainthood
______20) The work on the left represents
a figure a) witnessing a sacred event b)
showing loyalty to an emperor c) alighting
on the prow of a boat d) experiencing
spiritual enlightenment
The following is taken from the 2002
Advanced Placement Art History
examination.
______21) The sculpture is attributed to a)
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of
Miletus b) Ergotimos and Kleitias of
Athens c) Praxiteles of Athens d)
Hagesandros, Polydoros, and Athanadoros
of Rhodes
_______22) Stylistically, the sculpture is
an example of which of the following art
historical periods? a) Etruscan b)
Hellenistic c) Gothic d) Renaissance
______23) Which of the following
narratives is illustrated by the sculpture? a)
the punishment of Prometheus b) the twelve
labors of Hercules c) the death of a Trojan
priest d) the expulsion of snakes from
Delphi
______24) The sculptor whose work was
most influenced by the work shown was a)
Claus Sluter b) Ghiberti c) Michelangelo
d) Donatello
______25) The process used to produce
this sculpture is a) additive b) subtractive
c) assemblage d) modeling
______26) The sculpture does all of the
following EXCEPT: a) actively engage the
surrounding space b) exhibit classical
repose c) utilize negative space d) express
highly emotional content
______27) The emotionalism and drama of
the sculpture is most similar to that of
which later artistic style? a) Baroque b)
Neoclassical c) Rococo d) Minimalism
The following is taken from the 2012
Advanced Placement Art History
examination.
______28) The work on the left was
created during the a) 6th Century BC b) 5th
Century BC c) 3rd Century BC d) 1st
Century BC
______29) Precedents for works such as
the one on the left have been found
primarily in which of the following
cultures? a) Minoan b) Assyrian c)
Egyptian d) Mycenaean
______30) Which of the following is true
of the work on the left? a) it was carved of
granite b) it was originally painted c) it is
small scale d) it is made of terracotta.
______31) The work on the left was
originally used as a a) columnar support b)
frieze decoration c) grave marker d) jamb
figure
______32) In contrast to the work on the
left, the work on the right presents a) an
eternal ideal b) a specific moment c) a
divine figure d) political concerns’
______33) The work on the right presents
a) a ruler b) an orator c) a boxer d) a
priest
______34) The work on the right was
created during which of the following
periods? a) Early Classical b) Late
Classical c) Archaic d) Hellenistic
The following is taken from the 2000
Advanced Placement Art History
examination.
______35) These buildings date to the a)
sixth-century B.C.E. b) fifth-century B.C.E.
c) fourth-century B.C.E. d) third-century
B.C.E.
______36) Which of the following
designed the building on the left? a)
lktinos and Kallikrates b) MnesikIes and
Hippodamus c) Isidorus of Miletus d)
Anthemius of Tralles
______37) The building on the right is the
a) Temple of Fortuna Virilis b)
Erechtheion c) Ara Pacis d) Temple of
Athena Nike
______38) Both buildings are part of a
complex built to celebrate a) the conquests
of Alexander the Great b) Athens'
domination of the eastern Mediterranean
c) the deification of the Roman emperor d)
the end of the Trojan War
______39) The architectural order shown
on the left is a) Doric b) Ionic c) Tuscan d)
Corinthian
______40) The architectural order shown
on the right is a) Doric b) Ionic c) Tuscan
d) Corinthian
______41) The horizontal band above the
columns in both works is known as the a)
cella b) pilaster c) frieze d) peristyle
______42) In the building on the left, the
triangular area that had been formed by the
roof and the cornice is the a) volute b)
capital c) pediment d) lintel
______43) When sculptural figures take
the place of columns in similar
architectural structures, they are called a)
flutes b) caryatids c) jamb figures d)
triglyphs
The following is taken from the 2001
Advanced Placement Art History
examination.
______44) Both of these works were
created in a) Greece b) Rome c)
Mesopotamia d) Egypt
______45) The style of the work on the left
is a) Orientalizing b) calligraphic c)
Geometric d) Classical
______46) Figurative depictions on the
vase on the left represent a a) funeral
procession b) childbirth c) banqueting
scene d) mythological scene
______47) The style of the work on the left
relates it to which century B.C.E.? a)
Eighth b) Seventh c) Sixth d) Fifth
______48) The style of the work on the
right relates it to which century B.C.E.?
a) Eighth b) Seventh c) Sixth d) Fifth
______49) The work on the right does
which of the following? a) Depicts a
legislative event. b) Depicts a domestic
event. c) Uses realistic scale. d) Expresses
intense emotion.
______50) Both of these works served as
a) garden ornaments b) athletic prizes c)
victory commemorations d) grave markers
The following is taken from the 2008
Advanced Placement Art History
examination.
The slide shows a Roman copy of a lost
Greek original. Name the specific arthistorical style of the original. How is the
theme of death treated and why?
The following is taken from the 2006
Advanced Placement Art History
examination.
Name and date this sculpture. How does it
differ from earlier sculpture in this culture?
Support your explanation by comparing it
to one specific earlier sculpture.
The following is taken from the 1995
Advanced Placement Art History
examination.
Identify the period in Greek Art that this
work exemplifies. Describe the main
elements of the work that place it in its
period.
The following is taken from the 1993
Advanced Placement Art History
examination.
Compare and contrast the ways in which
the human body is shown in these two
battle scenes from Greek monuments.
Which sculpture is earlier?
The following is taken from the 1996
Advanced Placement Art History
examination.
The vase on the left is a Ming Dynasty vase
(fifteenth century A.D.) Name the period of
the vase on the rights. Discuss the ways in
which each artist has used figural
decoration and related it to the shape of the
vase.
The following is taken from the 1998
Advanced Placement Art History
examination.
On the left is a detail of the architectural
sculpture from the pediment of a Greek
temple, and on the right, a drawing of the
same temple’s reconstructed façade.
Discuss the formal problems of filling the
space of the pediment and the ways in
which those problems are resolved here.
The following is taken from the 2005
Advanced Placement Art History
examination.
Name the art historical period of the
sculpture. Discuss how the characteristics
that place the sculpture in this period also
differentiate it from sculpture of the
preceding period.
Answers: 1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-A, 5-D, 6-C, 7-A, 8-B, 9-B, 10-B, 11-C, 12-D, 13-A, 14-B,
15-B, 16-B, 17-A, 18-A, 19-A, 20-C, 21-D, 22-B, 23-C, 24-C, 25-B, 26-B, 27-A, 28-A,
29-C, 30-B, 31-C, 32-B, 33-C, 34-D, 25-B, 36-A, 37-D, 38-B, 39-A, 40-B, 41-C, 42-C,
43-B, 44-A, 45-C, 46-A, 47-A, 48-D, 49-B, 50-D