Art 101 Final
1. What is stylistically unique about the colossal heads The detailed degree of
sculpted by Olmec artists? naturalism achieved in
their facial features, such
as the eyelids, nose, and
mouth, that suggests each
head represented a partic-
ular person.
2. The Goddess mural at Teotihuacan is an example of True Fresco
which technique?
3. The function of an ancient Greek temple was to provide True
a setting for sacrifices and offerings. True or False?
4. What is a possible political reading associated with They may have symbolized
the mythological battle scenes included on the the Greek defeat of the
Parthenon's exterior, such as this one? Persians.
5. Which of the following observable details is more Hel- The twisting action of the
lenistic than Classical? scene.
6. What does the wheel on this pillar capital symbolize?
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, Art 101 Final
The "wheel of the law" that
the Buddha put into mo-
tion at Sarnath.
7. From where have objects such as this one been exca- Atop tomb mounds, both
vated? along the central axis and
near the perimeter.
8. In which creative form did the Romans resist Greek Republican portrait sculp-
influences? ture.
9. What town, along with Pompeii, was buried by the Naples
eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
10. Which element of iconography on the sculpture of The cornucopia full of fruit.
Augustus as imperator symbolizes the peace during
Augustus's rule?
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1. What is stylistically unique about the colossal heads The detailed degree of
sculpted by Olmec artists? naturalism achieved in
their facial features, such
as the eyelids, nose, and
mouth, that suggests each
head represented a partic-
ular person.
2. The Goddess mural at Teotihuacan is an example of True Fresco
which technique?
3. The function of an ancient Greek temple was to provide True
a setting for sacrifices and offerings. True or False?
4. What is a possible political reading associated with They may have symbolized
the mythological battle scenes included on the the Greek defeat of the
Parthenon's exterior, such as this one? Persians.
5. Which of the following observable details is more Hel- The twisting action of the
lenistic than Classical? scene.
6. What does the wheel on this pillar capital symbolize?
1/9
, Art 101 Final
The "wheel of the law" that
the Buddha put into mo-
tion at Sarnath.
7. From where have objects such as this one been exca- Atop tomb mounds, both
vated? along the central axis and
near the perimeter.
8. In which creative form did the Romans resist Greek Republican portrait sculp-
influences? ture.
9. What town, along with Pompeii, was buried by the Naples
eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
10. Which element of iconography on the sculpture of The cornucopia full of fruit.
Augustus as imperator symbolizes the peace during
Augustus's rule?
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