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AH Test 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | GRADED A

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AH Test 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | GRADED A. 1. The palace at Tivoli was constructed for which of the following emperors? Correct Answer: Hadrian 2. Republican portraits are usually of older men. Wh... ich of the following explains the lifelike verism of these portraits? Correct Answer: The tradition of the treasured household imagines What was the entrance porch of Old Saint Peter's in Rome called? Correct Answer: Narthex 5. In the First Style of Roman wall painting at Pompeii, the decorator's aim was to imitate ____. Correct Answer: c. costly marble 6. In portraying the personality of the emperor, and, in particular his sense of concern about the weakened state of the Empire, the portraits of ____ began a new trend in portraiture. Correct Answer: d. Marcus Aurelius 8. The sculptor Polykleitos imposed order on human movement in his Doryphoros by ____. Correct Answer: c. creating a system of cross balances 11. The artist of the spoils from Jerusalem from the Arch of Titus ____ to create the illusion of depth. Correct Answer: b. used different levels of relief 13. Why is the Christian community house in Dura Europos only a small house? Correct Answer: c. Christians did not enjoy the patronage of the Roman state. 14. Who is usually given credit for the invention of the red figure technique as seen in the amphora of "Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game"? Correct Answer: c. Andokides painter 16. ____ was a Greek colony in Egypt that brought the Greeks into direct contact with Egyptian monumental architecture. Correct Answer: c. Naukratis 17. The ____ is the historical event that ushered in the beginning of the Classical period. Correct Answer: b. defeat of the Persians 18. How did one recognize a Christian sarcophagus? Correct Answer: c. It was decorated with significant Christian subject matter [Show More]

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