Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
34 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
The Tuscan order is the Etruscan variation on the ____________ order.
|
- Doric
|
|
|
In contrast to stone, Roman building material made of ___________ was cheap, relatively light, and easily transported.
|
- Concrete
|
|
|
The Roman Empire encompassed the largest area under Emperor ____________?
|
- Trajan
|
|
The Arch of Titus was built to commemorate the capture of _____________?
|
- Jerusalem
|
|
|
The central aisle of a basilica is called a ____________?
|
- Nave
|
|
|
Roman cities layouts along grid patterns with two main axes derived from ____________ towns.
|
- Etruscan
|
|
The richly decorated ____________ recalls the practice of famous Greek ceramic painters in using broad foliate and ornamental bands to frame the figural narrative art.
|
- Ficoroni cista
|
|
____________ was the emperor who legalized Christianity in Rome.
|
- Constantine
|
|
|
The interior walls of Roman houses were often decorated with ___________?
|
- Wall paintings
|
|
|
The Basilica Ulpia served the function of ___________?
|
- Court of law
|
|
The Colosseum is also known as ___________?
|
- The Flavian Amphitheater.
|
|
|
Mosaic production became more efficient with the development of a "central design" called the __________?
|
- Emblemata
|
|
Etruscan artists excelled at creating large statues made of ___________, such as Apollo, attributed to Master sculptor Vulca.
|
- Terra Cotta
|
|
The sunken panels in the dome of the Pantheon are known as __________?
|
- Coffers
|
|
|
There was an increased demand for funerary sculpture in Rome during the second and third centuries due to ___________?
|
- A shift from cremation practices to inhumation.
|
|
The relief decoration on the Trajan Column narrates scenes from the __________ military campaigns.
|
- Dacian
|
|
|
Mount Vesuvius buried the city of Pompeii in the __________?
|
- First Century CE.
|
|
The individual blocks of the round arch are called ____________?
|
- Voussoirs
|
|
Reclining couple on a Sarcophagus from Cerveteri is made in ___________?
|
- Terra Cotta
|
|
In a marble portrait bust, the Emperor Caracalla had himself depicted as __________?
|
- A fierce ruler.
|
|
In Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, the emperor's head is styled in the manner of a Greek ___________?
|
- Philosopher
|
|
The Mildenhall Treasure was discovered in present-day ___________?
|
- England
|
|
|
The __________ is part of the column.
|
- Capital
|
|
|
Roman portraiture during the Republican period differed from that of Greek classicism in that it __________?
|
- Emphasized aspects of age and individual likenesses.
|
|
|
The murals of the villa of the Mysteries are just outside ____________?
|
- Pompeii
|
|
___________ was the first Roman emperor upon whom the title Augustus, meaning "exalted," was conferred.
|
- Octavian
|
|
___________ is an example of a domed structure.
|
- The Pantheon
|
|
|
Chapter: 6 Etruscan and Roman Art
|
ii
|
|
|
Roman apartment blocks were called ___________?
|
- Insulae
|
|
Master Sculptor Vulca, Apollo was made from ____________ material?
|
- Terra Cotta
|
|
Priestess of Bacchus was made from ______________ ?
|
- Ivory
|
|
Aulus Metellus (The Orator) was made from what Material?
|
- Bronze
|
|
What material was used to make Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace)?
|
- Marble
|
|
Gemma Augustea was made from ____________?
|
- Onyx
|
