Northeast Texas Community College INTR TO A 1301 8

Northeast Texas Community College

INTR TO A 1301

8. Ancient Mediterranean Cultures Through the 18th Century  EXAM 350735 ATTEMPT #1

1)means a person who is extremely skilled in many areas or educated in many subjects.

a                              Renaissance man or woman

b             Academic c         Ignudi

d             Intellectual

2                                             refers to the spread of Greek culture through countries further east. a  Aegean

b   Naturalism c     Hellenistic d Neoclassic

3              One of the things that make Gothic cathedrals stand out is their a Stained glass

b             Domes

c              Steeples

d             Abbeys

4              Around 13,000 BCE art primarily focused on a      Religious figures

b             Animals

c              Monarchs

d             Civil leaders

5                             is so named because of the new type of stone tools that were developed

a              High renaissance b          Neogothic

c              Neolithic

d             Neoclassical

6              The only written legal code to survive from the ancient world comes from a        Knossos

b             Babylon

c              Giza

d             Nimrud

7              Which type of architecture is best described by thick stone walls, round arches, and barrel-vaulted stone ceilings?

a.            Arcade

b.            Romanesque c  Rococo

d             Gothic

8              Donatello was thought to be one of the most talented a               Photographers

b             Sculptors

c              Painters

d             Architects

9              Donatello started his sculptures by first creating a a         Form made of paper-mache

b             Wax model of a clothed figure c                Display stage

d             Full-scale model of a nude figure in clay

10           Vespasian planned this roman amphitheater of gladiatorial games and other public entertainments

a              Colosseum

b             Pompeii

c              Parthenon

d             Vatican

11           Durer’s two written works regarding art are

a              Treatise on measurement and four books on human proportions

b             Monumental perspective and landscape composition

c              Linear perspective and musculature design d      Durer’s philosophy and human perspective

12                                          was the writing system in Mesopotamia for over 3,000 years.

a              Calligraphy

b             Cuneiform

c              Hieroglyphics

d             Ziggurat

13           Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE and buried the town of   with the lava and ash creating a time capsule that left the city undisturbed for 16 centuries.

a              Troy

b             Pompeii

c              Palermo

d             Syracuse

14           The                                        lasted from around 1400 to 1600. a          Middle ages

b             Baroque style c Gothic era

d             Renaissance

15           The term Renaissance can be translated as a       Classical style

b             Monotheist culture c      Divine

d             Rebirth

16           Renaissance artists focused on a               Spanish monuments

b             Catholic teachings

c              Christian themes only

d             Greek and roman gods and goddesses

17                                          became a common baroque tool.

a              The S-curve

b             Compositional movement

c              Classical perspective

d             Linear perspective

18                                          literally means new classicism

a                              Neoclassicism

b             Renaissance c    Horatii

d             Neostoicism

19                          were common iconography that emphasized the divine, awe-inspiring, and sometimes terrifying majesty of Christ.

a              Icons

b             Basilicas

c              Mosaics

d             Pantokrators