Final Quiz Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome

Which city, ravaged in - 79 by a volcanic eruption, preserved many traces of Ancient Roman civilisation?

Palermo Pompeii Naples Corinth

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This sculpture dates …. of the Ancient Greek period.

From the last half From the end From the middle From the end of the beginning

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In the 19th century it was discovered that Ancient Greek art …

Was covered with very brightly coloured paint. Was made of plaster and not marble. Was copied from Roman art. Was finally neither Ancient nor Greek.

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Name the goddess who has an owl with her.

Zeus Hera Aphrodite Athena

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What is the “canon” in the history of art?

A body proportioned so that its total vertical height is six times that of the head An ideal of beauty, which has remained the same since Archaic Greek art An ideal of beauty which changes from era to era A work that it was difficult to transport

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Which period in Greek art remained the absolute reference for Western artists for centuries?

Archaic art Classical art Ionic art Corinthian art

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This is an example of …

Cameo. Marquetry. Engraving on wood. Intaglio engraving.

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The Parthenon columns are …

Doric Composite Ionic Corinthian

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What was the Greek sculptors’ preferred material from the classical era onwards?

Bronze. Ceramics. Marble. Plaster.

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In what form did the Romans often represent major historical events?

In the form of carved friezes In the form of cameos They never represented them In the form of reconstructions in wax

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These portraits of dignitaries are …

Copies of Greek style. Of Egyptian inspiration. In the Palmyra style. In pure Roman style.

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Trajan’s column depicts …

Military victories. Trajan’s wedding. The founding of Rome. The Greek gods.

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