Friday, September 17, 2010

Preparation for Test #1: GREECE



Monday's test will cover Early Greece, Chapter 2, pages 33-52; Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Period, Chapter 3

it will include 20 fill-in-the-blank questions (select from a list) and 40 multiple choice questions (each question is worth 2 points). Be prepared to name the italicized works of art from a picture of it.

Be sure you can identify/define the following:

  • meander
  • geometric vases
  • dentil molding
  • bead and reel molding
  • leaf and tongue molding
  • capital
  • pediment
  • metope
  • triglyth
  • frieze
  • Doric column
  • Ionic column
  • flute
  • volute
  • harmony
  • entasis
  • Parthenon
  • "parthenos"
  • "kore"
  • "kouros /kouroi"
  • Kritios Boy
  • Calf Bearer
  • Discobolus (Discus Thrower)
  • Aphrodite of Cyrene
  • Laocoon
  • Altar of Zeus, (Pergamun)
  • Doryphoros
  • Socrates
  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • Alexander the Great
  • The Academy
  • The Lyceum
  • Myron
  • Praxiteles
  • Caryatids
  • Polykleitos' "Canon"
  • Three characteristics of Greek thought and architecture: Rationalism, Humanism, Idealism
  • Lord Elgin
  • archaic smile
  • Aristotle's "Four Causes:" form, matter, agent/efficient and purpose/final

Use the glossary in the course compation site if you need to, and be sure to do the T/F and Multiple choice quizzes. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT QUESTIONS THAT CONCERN literature, drama, music; ONLY PHILOSOPHY, ART and ARCHITECTURE!