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In the Archaic period,the black-figure style of vase painting was replaced by the ____ style.


A) red-figure
B) Corinthian animal
C) white ground lekythos
D) incising

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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The Geometric krater would most likely be found in which of the following?


A) An Egyptian tomb
B) An Athenian cemetery of the Geometric period
C) The royal burial at Ur
D) A temple of Apollo

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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____ was a Greek colony in Egypt that brought the Greeks into direct contact with Egyptian monumental architecture.


A) Syracuse
B) Edfu
C) Naukratis
D) Thebes

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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One indication that the lady of Auxerre may be a kore is ____.


A) her elaborate headdress
B) the gesture of prayer
C) the statue's immense scale
D) the image of Medusa on her breastplate

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The Corinthian black-figure amphora with animal friezes demonstrates the Greek fascination with ____.


A) Minoan and Cycladic art
B) the Orient
C) Archaic Greek art
D) China

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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In the statue of Athena Parthenos,what did she hold that made an overt reference to the Athenian victory over the Persians in 479 BC?


A) The shield with head of Xerxes
B) Small Persian soldier at her feet
C) The helmet with the headless Persian
D) A winged Nike figure

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Scholars mostly agree that the Ionic frieze on the Parthenon is a representation of the ____.


A) Erechtheion
B) Panathenaic procession
C) Amazonomachy
D) Athena's birth

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The Hellenistic image of Athena battling Alkyoneos on the Altar of Zeus has ____ not found in earlier sculpture.


A) an emotional intensity
B) coloristic properties
C) static and rigid qualities
D) a narrower range of subject matter

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The ____ is the historical event that ushered in the beginning of the Classical period.


A) death of Alexander the Great
B) defeat of the Persians
C) construction of the Temple of Hera I
D) Greek capture of Egypt

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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B

The rigidly frontal pose of archaic statues reflects the influence of ____.


A) Egyptian art
B) the Geometric period
C) the Minoans
D) Cycladic figures

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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In contrast to earlier pediments,the pedimental sculptures of the Temple of Aphaia at Aegina feature ____.


A) Medusa and her children
B) a gigantic statue of Zeus in the center
C) a unified theme and consistent scale
D) composite creatures

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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One of the rooms of the Propylaia reportedly functioned as a ____.


A) Hospital
B) shrine room
C) picture gallery
D) hotel

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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The sculptor Polykleitos imposed order on human movement in his Doryphoros by ____.


A) conveying the personality and emotional qualities of the individual
B) extending the figure into the surrounding space
C) creating a system of cross balances
D) copying Egyptian statues of pharaohs

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The drapery worn by the three goddesses on the Parthenon is characterized as ____.


A) heavy and course
B) revealing and concealing the body masses
C) conservative because of modesty laws
D) a throwback to the archaic period

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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B

In the gigantomachy of the Altar of Zeus,Pergamon alludes to a victory of the Pergamenes over the ____ in the third century BCE.


A) Romans
B) Gauls
C) Athenians
D) Persians

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Who is usually given credit for the invention of the red-figure technique as seen in the amphora of "Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game"?


A) Euthymides
B) Exekias
C) Andokides painter
D) Brygos painter

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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C

What scene is represented on the Attic white-ground lekythos painted by the so-called Achilles Painter?


A) lady performing her morning toilette
B) slave girl at the market
C) warrior taking leave of his wife
D) young men lounging at the Symposium

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Evident in the absence of a pediment and a roof,the Temple of Apollo,Didyma,reflected the ability of Hellenistic architecture to ____.


A) copy the Parthenon exactly
B) imitate treasuries
C) be small in scale
D) be surprising and dramatic

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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The earliest known example of the use of contrapposto is the sculpture known as the ____.


A) Kouros from Tenea
B) Kritios Boy
C) Diskobolos
D) Doryphoros

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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The depiction of Greeks on the Ionic frieze of the Parthenon was exceptional because ____.


A) they were shown as allies of the Spartans
B) they appeared to be wearing the costumes of deities
C) no human event had been depicted on a temple
D) they were defeated in battle

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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