Exam ReviewMidterm Fall 2011

Exam Format

I. 10 Slide IDsI. Artist (if known) (Ex. Polykleitos)II. Title (Ex. Doryphoros/Spear Bearer)III. Style/Period (Ex. Classical Greece)IV. Cultural Significance (Ex. The Doryphoros follows

Polykleitos’ canon of ideal proportions)

II. 10 Chronological OrderingI. 3 Groups of Images (3, 3, and 4)

III. 2 Short EssaysI. Very broadII. I am going to give you a lot of room to run.

Notes on Grading

I. Spelling: As long as I can recognize what you are trying to spell, you will get full points.

II. Cultural Significance: You will be graded on the accuracy of your fact and the specificity of your fact.

III. Examples: Be as complete as possible when mentioning artworks as examples (titles and culture, preferably).

Neolithic

Paleolithic

24,000-12,000 BCE

2900-1500 BCE

1

2

Sumerian3300-2500 BCE

Akkadian

2254-2218 BCE

1

2

Neo-Sumerian

3

2090 BCE

Old Babylonian1792-1750 BCE

4Assyrian

Neo-Babylonian

5.

6 7875-706 BCE

Persian6th Century 518-460 BCE

Early Dynastic

Old Kingdom

Middle Kingdom New Kingdom

2950-2575 BCE

2575-2325 BCE

1938-1756 BCE

1473-1190 BCE

1

2

3

4

Cycladic Minoan Mycenaean2600-2400 BCE 1700-1450 BCE 1600-1100 BCE

Geometric Orientalizing Archaic

Early Classical High Classical Late Classical

Hellenistic

1 2 3

4 5 6

7

Etruscan

Roman Empire

Roman Republic

1

2 3

Roman Emperors as Builders

Bread and Circuses

Hieratic Scale

Size = Importance

What is “verism”?

Triumph

Trajan

Hadrian HadrianMarcus Aurelius

Arch of Constantine (south side). Rome. 312-315 CE.

Spolia