GREEK AND ROMAN ART EXCURSION

Name _________________

1. The art of the ancient Greeks and Romans is called ___________________________

2. The Romans learned sculpture and painting from the __________________________.

3. Classical art owes its lasting influence to which four factors: ____________________

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4. The first and greatest period of classical art began in Greece when? _______________

5. The Greeks used _____________________ for their temples and sculptures.

6. They also used ________________ to get away from the cold whiteness of marble alone.

7. Name three Greek painters famous in the 4th century BC that were famous as colorists: ___________________________________________________________

8. Name the renewed draftsman of the 5th century __________________________

9. The Greeks used one form of sculpture that was an example of their wonderful feeling for form and line. What was that form of sculpture? _________________________

10. Name the crisis that affected Greek sculpture so much that affected Greek sculpture so much that most sculptures had to be rebuilt. ______________________________

11. Name the sculptor that was famous for the boldness with which he fixed moments of violent action in bronze._________________________________________________

12. Name the sculpture that was called the rule or guide in composition because it was believed to follow the true proportions of the human body perfectly. ________________

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13. The greatest name in Greek sculpture is that of _______________________________

14. What was the name of his greatest work? ___________________________________

15. His great works are known as the _______________________________________

16. In reference to the Parthenon Sculptures, around the outside of the portico above the columns were 92 square panels known as the ________________________________

17. Each panel depicted two figures in ______________________

18. The "Aphrodite" of Melos, commonly known as the "Venus do Milo", is a beautiful statue exhibited in __________________________________________________

19. The period following the death of Alexander is known as the __________________

20. A sculpture which depicts a father and his sons crushed to death by serpents illustrates the extremity of _______________________________________________.

21. To a large extent the art of the Romans was a development of that of their predecessors in Italy, the __________________________.

22. For the Romans, art was used not so much for the expression of great and noble ideas and emotions as for _______________________ & ________________________

23. As art became fashionable, it lost much of its ____________________quality.

24. The Romans were lacking in great _________________________________.

25. The Roman sculptors did show originality when they produced many vigorous realistic __________________________________________________

26. Many of these works of art no longer exist, but we can learn much from the mural paintings found in houses at what three locations? ___________________________

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27. ________________ was the home of painters of great talent.

28. ________________ painting, especially flourished at Rome.