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Short Answer Test Near East, Egyptian, Ancient Greece, and Roman Art

Explore the purpose of paintings, sculptures, and structures from different time periods and regions in art history. Analyze symbolic meanings, architectural significance, and artistic techniques employed in the ancient artworks.

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Short Answer Test Near East, Egyptian, Ancient Greece, and Roman Art

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  1. Short Answer Test Near East, Egyptian, Ancient Greece, and Roman Art Each question is worth 10 points. B

  2. Question #1: What is the purpose of this painting? House of Publius Fannius--reconstructed

  3. Pont du Gard Late 1st Century Nimes, France Question #2: Please explain how this structure made urban life possible.

  4. Question #3: What are the two specific ways that an arch can collapse?

  5. Question #4: Where would this sculpture be situated? How can you as the viewer tell? Dying WarriorTemple of Aphaia, Aegina c. 480 BCEmarble, 6 feet Archaic Period

  6. Frieze from the Parthenon (interior Ionic frieze), c. 438-32 B.C.E. Question #5: What does this scene symbolically communicate to the viewer?

  7. Question #6: What are two specific “things” that make this sculpture so different from Polykleitos’ Doryphoros? Praxiteles Hermes and the Infant Dionysos

  8. Question #7: What is the purpose of this column? Column of Trajan Rome113-16 or after 117 CE Overall height with base 125’Column alone 97’ 8”

  9. Question #8: What is the basilica such an INCREDIBLY significant structure? Basilica of Maxentius and ConstantineFinished 312 C.E.

  10. The Ziggurat of Urc. 2100-2050 BCE in Modern Iraq Question #9:What is the symbolic function of a ziggurat? What is the political purpose of a ziggurat?

  11. Question #10: What is the dog-headed man (Anubis) doing? What is the scary dog/crocodile (Ammit) waiting for so eagerly?What are both Horus and Anubis holding in their hands? Judgment before Osiris from a Book of the Dead Dynasty 19, c. 1285 BCE

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