The Acropolis
Sculptural Techniques
Architectural Orders & Features
Culture & Context
100
This is the largest temple on the Athenian Acropolis.
What is the Parthenon?
100
Most statues in Greece and Etrusia were originally decorated in this way.
What is painting?
100
This triangular space on a temple was often decorated with sculptures.
What is the pediment?
100
[BLANK] figures in Greek art were commonly depicted in the nude.
What are male figures?
200
This small temple sits to the right of the Propalaya, upon one of the highest points on the Acropolis.
What is the Temple of Athena Nike?
200
This facial feature is a key characteristic of early Greek and Etruscan statues.
What is the "Archaic smile"?
200
This order is typical of Archaic temples and often features columns without a base.
What is Doric?
200
A Greek idea/philosophy that emphasized the importance of human beings over divine beings.
What is humanism?
300
This goddess was honored by at least two temples on the Acropolis.
Who is Athena?
300
Greek sculptors used this technique to show the female body/form.
What is "wet drapery"?
300
This order features in both the Parthenon and Temple of Athena Nike.
What is Ionic?
300
This era broke many artistic traditions in order to bring greater emotion and a heightened sense of drama to its art.
What is Hellenism?
400
The Acropolis was the culmination of this important route through the city of Athens.
What is the Panathenaic Way? OR What is the Panathenaic Procession?
400
This technique gave life and fluidity to sculpted figures through asymmetrical balance.
What is "contrapposto"?
400
Most of what we know about Etruscan art and culture comes from these.
What are necropoli?
400
This era featured idealized human bodies and emphasized perfection through balance/symmetry.
What is Greek Classicism?
500
Most Acropolis structures were built to commemorate this Athenian achievement.
What is Pericles' victory over the Persians?
500
This sculpted feature was used to tell a structured narrative on temples such as the Parthenon.
What is a continuous frieze?
500
Corinthian capitals combined these two decorative features.
What are volutes and leaves?
500
Etruscan depictions of men and women together suggest this aspect of their society.
What is gender equality? OR What is higher status of women?