Final Quiz Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome

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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The gods of Roman mythology …

Can be counted on the figures of one hand. Are mainly copies of those of Greek mythology, except for the name. Are copies of those in Greek mythology, including the name. Are vaguely inspired from those of Greek mythology.

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What technique is used here?

Pointillism Ceramics Engraving Mosaics

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Name the goddess who has an owl with her.

Zeus Hera Aphrodite Athena

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

Palermo Pompeii Naples Corinth

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Which of these innovations is purely Roman?

Bronze sculptures Mosaics The sculpted portrait Cameo

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

Bronze. Ceramics. Marble. Plaster.

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Circus games are a … tradition

Roman which is exported throughout the Empire Roman uninterested in the rest of the Empire Egyptian, exported to Rome Greek, that the Romans did not much appreciate

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What "order" did these columns belong to?

None of the three Corinthian Ionic Doric

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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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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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