ARCHITECTURE
This type of column includes scrolls at the top.
What is an 'Ionic Column'?
This Renaissance statue by Michaelangelo was inspired by Greek marble statues.
What is the 'David'?
Name one use for pottery in ancient Greece
funerary rituals, holding spices, celebrating events
This was the highly influential capitol city of Ancient Greece.
Athens
Which temple was Greek: The Parthenon or the Pantheon?
the Parthenon
True or False: Both Greeks AND Romans created bronze statues?
True
This ancient culture was very open to inspiration from surrounding empires and cultures.
The Roman Empire
This city was lost under ash after the eruption of Mt.Vesuvius.
Pompeii
Arches, domes, and vaulted ceilings became possible with the invention of what architectural medium in Rome?
What is concrete?
This group influenced the more realistic and unflattering approach to sculpture in ancient Rome.
Who were the Etruscans.
This technique used by the Greeks involved scratching the surface of the uncooked pot to create images by revealing the clay underneath.
Black Figure Technique
This Roman emperor utilized art, such as carved coins, to spread political propoganda.
Who was Augustus?
The Colosseum in Rome contained archways around the perimeter that housed statues depicting this.
What is the Roman gods?
The statue of The Winged Nike of Samothrace, now housed in the Louvre in Paris, was the product of which period in ancient Greek history.
What is the Hellenistic period?
Name one image you may see depicted on a Greek amphora
Mythology- Athletics/Olympic events - everyday life
This Military leader was responsible for ushering in the Athenian influence of early Greek art and architecture, especially by commissioning the construction of the Parthenon.
Who was Pericles?
This opening at the top of a dome allows for both illumination of the space below, as well as causing the viewer to look to the heavens.
What is an oculus?
These architectural sculptures were found on both Greek and Roman buildings, but only compared mortal leaders to gods in battle scenes of Roman architecture.
What is a relief sculpture?
This is the unofficial first period of ancient Greece, which included basic but well executed designs on pottery.
What is the Geometric period.
This city became the Roman capitol after Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity.
What is Istanbul/Constantinople?