IHUM 201 Exam 1 questions &
answers graded A+ 2025/2026
Arete - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The real attribute of the nobleman and is always connected with
leadership
Female Arete - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔beauty and domesticity.
canon of proportions - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Polyclitus: devising a formula that could be used
to create the perfect ideal figure. Classical Greece
caryatid - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A stone sculpture of a draped female figure used as a
supporting column in a Greek-style building.
catharsis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A cleansing of the soul, or release of pent-up emotions.
Cella - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The small inner room of a Greek temple, used to house the statue
of the god or goddess to whom the temple was dedicated; located behind solid masonry walls,
the cella was accessible only to temple priests. Early Greece.
Chorus - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔In Greek drama, a company or group of actors who comment
on the action in a play, either by speaking or singing in unison.
chryselephantine - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔made of gold and ivory
colonnade - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A series of columns, usually capped by a lintel, that can
support a roof.
,conceptual representation - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The portrayal of a person or object as it is
known or thought (conceptualized) to be rather than copied from nature at any given moment.
Conceptual figures tend to be stylized rather than realistic.
contrapposto - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A position in which a figure is obliquely balanced around
a central vertical axis. The body weight rests on one foot, shifting
the body naturally to one side; the body becomes curved like a subtle S.
corbeling (or corbeled arch) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔An arch in which each successive layer of
stone projects slightly beyond the course below.
Corinthian order (including acanthus leaves) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the most decorative of the
classical Greek architectural styles, featuring a fluted column shaft, capitals with flowers and
leaves below a small scroll, and a large base; used more by the Romans
covenant - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Agreement; referring to the "special relationship" between
God and the Israelites.
Cyclopean masonry - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Walls constructed of extremely large and heavy
stones.
cuneiform - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A system of writing featuring wedge-shaped characters;
used in ancient Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian writing
dactylic hexameter - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A poetic meter or rhythm consisting of six feet or
units of dactyls. A dactyl contains three syllables, the first of which is long is stressed, and the
following two of which are shorter or unstressed.
, Decalogue - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Another term for the Ten Commandments, as set forth in
the book of Exodus.
Doric order (including fluting, entasis, triglyph and metope) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The earliest
and simplest of the Greek architectural styles, consisting of relatively short, squat columns,
sometimes unfluted, and a simple, square-shaped capital
entablature - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔In architecture, a horizontal structure supported by
columns that in turn supports any other element, such as a pediment, that is placed above;
from top to bottom, the entablature consists of a cornice, a frieze, and an architrave.
epic - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which
recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society
epithet - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A descriptive word or phrase that refers to a particular quality
in a person or thing.
frieze - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔In architecture, a horizontal band between the architrave and the
cornice that is often decorated with sculpture.
foreshortening - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The use of perspective to represent in art the apparent
visual contraction of an object that extends back in space at an angle to the perpendicular plane
of sight.
hieroglyphs - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔An ancient Egyptian system of writing that used pictures or
symbols.
hollow-casting - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A sculpture technique using molds that are lined with
molten material—such as copper or bronze—rather than filled with the material (which would
yield a solid rather than a hollow form).
answers graded A+ 2025/2026
Arete - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The real attribute of the nobleman and is always connected with
leadership
Female Arete - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔beauty and domesticity.
canon of proportions - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Polyclitus: devising a formula that could be used
to create the perfect ideal figure. Classical Greece
caryatid - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A stone sculpture of a draped female figure used as a
supporting column in a Greek-style building.
catharsis - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A cleansing of the soul, or release of pent-up emotions.
Cella - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The small inner room of a Greek temple, used to house the statue
of the god or goddess to whom the temple was dedicated; located behind solid masonry walls,
the cella was accessible only to temple priests. Early Greece.
Chorus - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔In Greek drama, a company or group of actors who comment
on the action in a play, either by speaking or singing in unison.
chryselephantine - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔made of gold and ivory
colonnade - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A series of columns, usually capped by a lintel, that can
support a roof.
,conceptual representation - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The portrayal of a person or object as it is
known or thought (conceptualized) to be rather than copied from nature at any given moment.
Conceptual figures tend to be stylized rather than realistic.
contrapposto - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A position in which a figure is obliquely balanced around
a central vertical axis. The body weight rests on one foot, shifting
the body naturally to one side; the body becomes curved like a subtle S.
corbeling (or corbeled arch) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔An arch in which each successive layer of
stone projects slightly beyond the course below.
Corinthian order (including acanthus leaves) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔the most decorative of the
classical Greek architectural styles, featuring a fluted column shaft, capitals with flowers and
leaves below a small scroll, and a large base; used more by the Romans
covenant - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Agreement; referring to the "special relationship" between
God and the Israelites.
Cyclopean masonry - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Walls constructed of extremely large and heavy
stones.
cuneiform - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A system of writing featuring wedge-shaped characters;
used in ancient Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian writing
dactylic hexameter - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A poetic meter or rhythm consisting of six feet or
units of dactyls. A dactyl contains three syllables, the first of which is long is stressed, and the
following two of which are shorter or unstressed.
, Decalogue - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔Another term for the Ten Commandments, as set forth in
the book of Exodus.
Doric order (including fluting, entasis, triglyph and metope) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The earliest
and simplest of the Greek architectural styles, consisting of relatively short, squat columns,
sometimes unfluted, and a simple, square-shaped capital
entablature - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔In architecture, a horizontal structure supported by
columns that in turn supports any other element, such as a pediment, that is placed above;
from top to bottom, the entablature consists of a cornice, a frieze, and an architrave.
epic - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which
recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society
epithet - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A descriptive word or phrase that refers to a particular quality
in a person or thing.
frieze - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔In architecture, a horizontal band between the architrave and the
cornice that is often decorated with sculpture.
foreshortening - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔The use of perspective to represent in art the apparent
visual contraction of an object that extends back in space at an angle to the perpendicular plane
of sight.
hieroglyphs - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔An ancient Egyptian system of writing that used pictures or
symbols.
hollow-casting - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔A sculpture technique using molds that are lined with
molten material—such as copper or bronze—rather than filled with the material (which would
yield a solid rather than a hollow form).
