Summative Examination: Greek and Roman Art September 2013

Part I: Slide Identification Please write the answer by hand on the answer sheet. Each question is worth 3 points: 90 points total 2

Extra Credit: Approximate Date? 1. Title? Extra Credit: Approximate Date? 3

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4. Title? 5. Architect/Designer? Extra Credit: Approximate Date?

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8. Sculptor (of the original)? Extra Credit: Approximate Date? 7. Title? 8. Sculptor (of the original)? Extra Credit: Approximate Date? 8

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10. Title? 11. Period ? 10

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Extra Credit: Approximate Date? 15. Title? 16. Architect? Extra Credit: Approximate Date? 14

18. Sculptor (of the original)? Extra Credit: Approximate Date? 17. Title? 18. Sculptor (of the original)? Extra Credit: Approximate Date? 15

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21. Used for? 22. Period?

23. Type of Vase? (What is the proper term?) 24. Used as a? Panathenaic amphora ca. 530 BCE Archaic Terracotta This Panathenaic amphora would have been filled with oil from the sacred olive groves in Attica, and would have been awarded as a prize to some worthy victor in one of the Panathenaic games held in Athens every four years. With its typically fat body and small neck and foot, the prize vase is, perhaps, the best example of a vase shape made to serve an official function. Each Panathenaic amphora was made according to a standardized shape and capacity of one metretes (approximately 42 quarts), and was decorated in black-figure technique. The principle decoration is always in the panels of the body of the amphora, with an armed Athena typically on the front and an illustration of the featured competition on the back. Foot races, the earliest competitions of the Olympic games, were undertaken over varying distances. The stadion, probably the original race, was a fast sprint over one length of the track (over 200 meters), while the diaulos and the dolichos, both introduced somewhat later, covered distances of approximately 400 meters and 1,400 to 3,800 meters, respectively. The painter of this vessel has neatly fit five sprinters—five men and a youth—into the panel of the pot. Notice the wealth of incised lines depicting musculature, a preoccupation of Greek artists for centuries to come. Orders for Panathenaic amphorae were placed with leading artists of the time. On the basis of style, this vessel has been attributed to the Euphiletos Painter. An inscription on the front of the amphora gives not only the official designation of the vase as a prize, but also the signature of the potter, Nikias, a rare occurrence on pots of this shape. Panathenaic amphora ca. 525-500 BCE Archaic Terracotta This splendid Panathenaic amphora is inscribed with the words "from the games at Athens." On one side is the figure of Athena, the presiding goddess at the Panathenaic games in Athens, and on the other side, shown here, is the pankration, the contest at which this vase was awarded as a prize. The object of the pankration, a combination of boxing and wrestling, was to bring one's opponent to the ground. A favorite trick was to seize a contestant by the leg and force him to fall backward, such as depicted here. One athlete has grasped the other's foot and is trying to throw him by placing an arm under his opponent's thigh. A trainer stands nearby, closely watching the struggle to see that all rules are properly observed The pankration was the toughest and most dangerous of all athletic events. One could twist, strangle, hit, and pound one's opponent; in fact, the only things forbidden were biting and gouging the eyes. Injury to the competitors was unavoidable since they sought to win by all possible means, heedless of the life of their opponents.

25. Type of Vase? (What is the proper term?) 26. Who is the woman pictured?

27. Title? 28. What type of relief? (not high or low) 29. Found on what structure?

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Part II: Short Answer Please write the answer using the “keyboard.” Your answers will probably be two or three sentences long. Each question is worth 10 points: 30 points total 23

1. What is the purpose of a triumphal arch? 24

2. What was the original purpose of the basilica 2. What was the original purpose of the basilica? How is the basilica later reinterpreted by the Catholic Church? 25

3. What is the title of this sculpture 3. What is the title of this sculpture? Why is this sculpture considered so important?

Please compare the two works you have been assigned. Part III: A Comparison Please write the answer using the “keyboard.” This question is worth 100 points. Please compare the two works you have been assigned. The best answers will link assertions to visual evidence (whenever it is possible); the writer will offer a claim and immediately connect that utterance to what can be “seen.” Specificity matters. 27

Coin with head of Alexander ca. 305-281BCE Augustus of Primaporta early 1st century