Final Quiz Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome

Trajan’s column depicts …

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

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What "order" did these columns belong to?

None of the three Corinthian Ionic Doric

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

Bronze. Ceramics. Marble. Plaster.

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What technique is used here?

Pointillism Ceramics Engraving Mosaics

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Venus was the goddess of …

Marriage and fertility in Celtic mythology. Arts in Roman mythology. Hunting in Greek mythology. Love and beauty in Roman mythology.

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Which Gallic chief did Caesar beat in -52, therefore bringing Gaul inside the Roman Empire after its fall?

Ambiorix Vercingetorix Brutus Brennus

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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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Why are there so few examples of classical sculptures in bronze?

Because bronze has poor resistance to the passing of time. Because the Romans were jealous and destroyed a lot of them. Because many works have been melted down to reuse the bronze. Because sculptors preferred working with marble.

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In the Classical Greek Canon (Polykletos Canon of Proportions) the body must measure … times the vertical length of the head.

Nine or ten times Seven or eight times Five times Five and a half times

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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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