Short Answer Test Near East, Egyptian, Ancient Greece, and Roman Art Each question is worth 10 points. B
Question #1: What is the purpose of this painting? House of Publius Fannius--reconstructed
Pont du Gard Late 1st Century Nimes, France Question #2: Please explain how this structure made urban life possible. 3
Question #3: What are the two specific ways that an arch can collapse?
Question #4: Where would this sculpture be situated Question #4: Where would this sculpture be situated? How can you as the viewer tell? Dying Warrior Temple of Aphaia, Aegina c. 480 BCE marble, 6 feet Archaic Period
Frieze from the Parthenon (interior Ionic frieze), c. 438-32 B.C.E. Question #5: What does this scene symbolically communicate to the viewer?
Question #6: What are two specific “things” that make this sculpture so different from Polykleitos’ Doryphoros? Praxiteles Hermes and the Infant Dionysos
Column of Trajan Question #7: What is the purpose of this column? Rome 113-16 or after 117 CE Overall height with base 125’ Column alone 97’ 8” 8
Question #8: What is the basilica such an INCREDIBLY significant structure? Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine Finished 312 C.E.
The Ziggurat of Ur c. 2100-2050 BCE in Modern Iraq Question #9: What is the symbolic function of a ziggurat? What is the political purpose of a ziggurat?
Judgment before Osiris from a Book of the Dead Dynasty 19, c. 1285 BCE 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