ETRUSCAN ART QUIZ

ETRUSCAN ART QUIZ

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Question 1/15

Pedimental sculpture is extremely rare in Etruscan temple architecture. Normally the Etruscans placed their narrative statuary on which of the following elements.

only in interior niches in the cella

only in niches next to the entrance

the peaks of the temple roof

Question 2/15

The Etruscan temple differed from the Greek temple because it had which of the following?

three cellas

an Ionic frieze

a false porch

Question 3/15

How did the Etruscans typically bury their dead?

in catacombs outside the city walls

in subterranean rooms arranged along a network of streets in a city of the dead

in columbaria within the city limits

Question 4/15

The theme celebrated in the Tomb of the Triclinium is which of the following?

the sorrow of death

the joy of life

the gloom of death

Question 5/15

What is one SIMILARITY this work shares with an ancient Greek building of the same function?

Sculptures' placements

Front stairs

Pediment

Question 6/15

The wall painting in the Tomb of the Triclinium portrays which of the following?

banqueters and musicians

centaurs and lapiths

funeral processions

Question 7/15

During the sixth century BCE, Etruscans favored monumental sarcophagi that contained which of the following?

bones of the deceased

ashes of the deceased

bones of the entire family

Question 8/15

The typical tomb form found at Cerveteri is which of the following?

Etruscan house-shaped terra cotta

tumulus

tomb-shrine small

Question 9/15

This work was part of the Temple of Minerva complex. It was contemporary with which other movement?

Classical Greece

Imperial Rome

Archaic Greece

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Question 10/15

The Etruscans preferred what building material(s) for their temples?

wood and mudbrick

marble

Limestone

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Question 11/15

The column used on Etruscan temples is similar to which type of Greek column?

Ionic

Doric

Corinthian

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Question 12/15

Etruscan art depicts upper-class women ____________

as political rulers

participating in public events

subservient and not engaged in public life

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Question 13/15

Which of the following is NOT a key difference between the sarcophagus of the spouses and the Grave Sele of Hegeso?

One is made for public viewing; the other was placed in the tomb itself.

One is made for public viewing; the other was placed in the tomb itself.

One shows a scene from domestic life; one shows the dead interacting with gods.

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Question 14/15

'Apollo' represents a combination of Etruscan innovations and...

Greek influence in its idealized presentation

Persian influence in its formal iconography

Egyptian influence in its detailed facial features

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Question 15/15

In Etruscan art, kline figures are used on_________.

Temples

Sarcophagi

Jewelry boxes

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