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100
They primarily lived on the island of Crete.
Who are the Minoans?
100
The reaction of the human body when all weight is placed on one foot is to referred to as this.
What is contrapposto?
100
Etruscan sculptures are made of this material.
What is terra-cotta?
100
Extremely realistic portraiture, "warts and all"
What is verism?
100
In which Roman building did Roman architects test their technique?
What is the Roman Baths?
200
This culture painted images of a religious "sport" called bull-leaping.
WHo are the Minoans?
200
Archaic artists learned to sculpt from this culture?
Who are the Egyptians?
200
The Etruscans created sculptures that primarily had characteristics of this Greek period?
What is the archaic period?
200
This material enabled the Romans to build large, magnificent buildings.
What is concrete?
200
Which Greek order was associated with female traits?
What is the Ionic order?
300
The symmetrical marble figures of this culture were made asymmetrical when eyes were painted in various locations.
Who are the Cycladic culture?
300
This style of pottery features a painted black background and figures that are the color of the pottery.
What is red-figure?
300
Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, were believed to be raised by the subject of this sculptor.
What is the Capitoline Wolf?
300
What word literally means "double headed ax"?
What is labyrinth?
400
The archeologist Heinrich Schlieman believed that the gold death mask he discovered belonged to this king.
Who is Agamemnon?
400
The "Canon" or "Doryphorus" was sculpted by this sculptor?
Who is Polykleitos?
400
The Etruscans buried their dead in coffins referred to as this.
What is sarcophagi?
400
This Roman order combines the Greek Doric and Ionic orders.
What is the composite order?
400
This style of Roman painting has painted panels that imitate wood and marble?
What is the the first style?
500
This style of Minoan pottery is decorated with stylized marine plants and animals.
What is Kamares ware?
500
This time period is characterized by taller, lankier sculptures, sensuous skin, and female nudity.
What is the Late Classical period?
500
Roman city planning, in which streets were aligned with the directions of a compass, can be attributed to this Etruscan group of people.
Who are the priests?
500
The Romans used this philosophy of architecture that was not used by most earlier cultures?
What is interior space?
500
What type of arch/vault was used by the Mycenaen tomb builders?
What is a corbelled arch?