Chapter 4: LATER ANCIENT ART, 400 BCE TO 200 CE
1. The Great Stupa at Sanchi:
a. was a mound form invented to honor Confucius
b. was a Buddhist temple that was entered
c. includes carved jataka tales depicting the lives of Buddhist holy men
d. has representations of yakshas and yakshis as guardian figures
2. In Roman republican art the Arch of Titus in Rome was:
a. a commemorative monument
b. the first use of the Roman tunnel vault
c. designed with both fluted and plain shafts
d. primarily an adaptation of Greek style and ideas
3. The Flavian amphitheater (Colosseum) at Rome:
a. derives its beauty from the exclusive use of Doric pilasters
b. is circular in ground floor plan
c. has a unified exterior design based on groin vaults
d. has annular tunnel vaults
4. The Pantheon in Rome has:
a. a Doric vault and an axial basilica
b. a Corinthian portico and a domed rotunda
c. a series of hidden cross-groin vaults
d. concentrated the weight of the dome on the rim of the rotunda
5. The baths in Roman public architecture:
a. basically served a religious purpose
b. were initially for women only
c. were planned on a circular axis
d. were vast complexes for bathing and recreation
6. The unique Roman temple that was dedicated to “all the gods” and combined a cylindrical
domed cella with a standard temple porch is the:
a. Parthenon
b. Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia
c. Temple of Sibyl
d. Pantheon
7. The original patron of the Great Stupa was:
a. the Chinese military
b. Ashoka
c. Kanishka
d. an Indian prince
8. The religion of the Great Stupa was:
a. Hindu
b. Shinto
c. Confucian
d. Buddhist
9. The figures in the Terracotta Army of the First Emperor of Qin in China are:
a. both male and female
b. stylized representations of soldier figures
c. detailed, naturalistic renderings
d. much smaller than life-size
10. Our knowledge of Hellenistic painting:
a. comes largely from Roman copies in fresco or mosaic
b. is the result of close study of the paintings themselves
c. is very limited
d. comes from personal records kept by Alexander the Great
11. Both Hellenistic painting and sculpture show a strong interest in:
a. religious subject matter
b. dramatic naturalism
c. subdued emotion
d. symbolism
12. The fresco secco wall paintings in the houses at Pompeii served to:
a. convey the political beliefs of the inhabitants
b. document the family through portraiture
c. transform spaces into elegant rooms for living and entertaining
d. help regulate the temperature indoors
13. The first and longest-ruling Roman emperor, who wrote that he “found Rome a city of brick
and left it a city of marble,” was:
a. Aeneas
b. Julius Caesar
c. Achilles
d. Augustus
14. Roman fresco paintings that attempt to momentarily trick the viewer into believing that a
painted scene is real are examples of:
a. illusionism
b. realism
c. naturalism
d. imperialism
15. An important trade route between China and ancient Rome was known as the:
a. Spice Route
b. Seres Road
c. Silk Road
d. Scythian Route
16. The painted, T-shaped banner found in a tomb at Mawangdui, China, from the Han
Dynasty, was used in a:
a. funeral procession and burial
b. wedding ceremony
c. coming-of-age ritual
d. coronation ceremony
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