I have been working on these questions for over 1.5 weeks and can not seem to answer them. I have already answered 50 questions on this topic but I am stuchk on the following. Any help would be greatly appriciated. I am not trying to get someone to do my work for me, it's just I have researched everywhere I can think of.


1.) The ___ illustrates one positive byproduct of
Roman imperialism.

a. Roman emphasis on portraiture art
b. building of triumphal arches
c. development of the arch
d. colosseum
e. Roman highway system

2.) The Romans excelled at portraiture art
because.___

a. their philosophy motivated them toward
realism in art
b. they practiced ancestor worship
c. they employed Greek artisans throughout the
Empire who developed art academics
d. portraiture art was seen as a way of
symbolizing Roman imperial power

3.) We see the Roman technique of "continuous
narrative" persisting in Western art in___.

a. Giotto's "Madonna Enthroned"
b. da Vinci's "Last Supper"
c. Masaccio's "The Tribute Money"
d. Picasso's "Guernica"
e. Gericault's "The Raft of the Medusa"

4.) "Frontality" is a term used to describe___.

a. the abstract figurines of the Cycladic culture
b. the key innovation of Greek sculpture of the
classical era
c. how Mesopotamian art reflected their
orientation towards their gods
d. the dominant Egyptian style for depicting the
human form
e. the facade of a Greek temple

5.) Tragedy depicts the___of the hero while comedy
depicts his___.

a. integration/alienation
b. integration/subordination
c. subordination/alienation
d. alienation/integration
e. amelioration/subordination

6.) The___ and the ___ illustrate Rome's eclectic
building style.

a. Arch of Titus/Pantheon
b. Hagia Sophia/Parthenon
c. Pantheon/Colosseum
d. Colosseum/Hagia Sophia
e. St. Peter's/Arch of Titus

7.) The phrase "music of the spheres" is
associated with which Greek thinker.

a. Pythagoras
b. Aristotle
c. Plato
d. Protagoras
e. Diogenes

8.) The so-called "Archaic Grin" is associated
with what type of Greek sculpture.

a. Kouros
b. Discobolos
c. Parthenon
d. Nike of Samothrace
e. Athena

9.) The "Geometric Style" is descriptive of which
of the following.

a. Egyptian sculpture of the first Dynasty
b. Assyrian relief sculpture in Old Nineveh
c. the labyrinth of the Minoan Knossos
d. pottery in Archaic Greece
e. the syle of Sumerian cuneiform

10.) One example of the "grotesque" and distorted
style of late Hellenistic art is.

a. the Discus Thrower
b. Laocoon
c. Hermes and Dionysos
d. the Critios Youth
e. Apollo Belvedere

A cursory level read at these questions only led me to answer one off the top of my head and that is

#8 Kouros
#10 Lacoon

other than that, I think I'll have to do some digging. Can't promise you anything here.....you've got some pretty specific questions here.....

I think one thing you may want to do is to look at Western Art and not so much humanities - this will give you greater insight into things like architecture and art in western civ.....