Chapter 7 (Roman Art)
1. The Pantheon was constructed during the reign of ________.
a. Augustus
b. Vespasian
c. Caracalla
d. Hadrian
2. The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (7.1) had a _______cella.
a. large
b. triple
c. single
d. double
3. The Esquiline tomb painting (7.14) was probably commissioned by Quintus
Fabius, a Roman ___________.
a. general
b. slave
c. emperor
d. merchant
4. Portraits from the Republican period are usually _________.
a. relief sculptures
b. frontal
c. idealized
d. veristic (lifelike)
5. The Theater complex of Pompey (7.7) was unlike its Greek forebears due to the
use of _________.
a. marble
b. concrete
c. tufa
d. wood
6. The statue of Augustus of Primaporta (7.29) is probably based on ________.
7. What is the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius (7.33) made of?
a. bronze
b. marble
c. terracotta
d. gold
8. The Ara Pacis Augustae (7.34) promotes a message of ________.
a. frugality
b. divinity
c. war
d. peace
9. Identify the significance of the Scenes of Dionysiac Mystery Cult (7.53) at the
Villa of the Mysteries.
a. They depict illusionistic wall painting.
b. They depict participation in the cult of Isis.
c. They depict initiation rites.
d. They depict funerary rituals.
10. Define arch.
a. a colonnade
b. a curved form
c. a rectangular form
d. a spiral form
11. The Maison Carrée (7.44) was long thought to be dedicated to Rome and
Augustus, but now it is thought to been dedicated to ______________.
a. Commodus
b. Hadrian
c. Trajan
12. The rock-cut façade known as El Khasneh (7.45) in Petra is carved from
_____________.
a. granite
b. marble
c. limestone
d. the living rock
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13. Second Style wall painting, such as the wall painting of the garden from the Villa
of Livia (7.55) at Primaporta, is associated with __________.
a. still life panels
b. solid planes of intense color
c. the emulation of marble paneling
d. fantasy realms
14. X-ray diffractometry and infrared spectography confirm that ancient artists often
used bright ____________in their sculptures.
a. lines
b. marbles
c. themes
d. colors
15. The insertion of still life panels, such as the Still-life painting of peaches and
water jar (7.57) from Herculaneum, is characteristic of the __________Style of
Roman wall painting.
a. First
b. Second
c. Third
d. Fourth