Question 1
Which classical Greek architectural order is distinguished by column shafts resting directly on the stylobate without an individual base, plain cushion-like capitals (echinus), and a frieze divided into alternating triglyphs and metopes?
Correct Answer:
Doric order
Question 2
Architects Iktinos and Kallikrates incorporated optical refinements into the construction of the Parthenon in Athens. Which architectural adjustment was designed to counteract human visual distortion?
Correct Answer:
Incorporating entasis (a subtle convex swelling of column shafts) and curving horizontal lines upward toward the center
Question 3
Which Classical Greek sculptor authored the treatise known as the Canon (Kanon) and sculpted the Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer) to demonstrate ideal mathematical body proportions and contrapposto?
Correct Answer:
Polyclitus
Question 4
The Erechtheion on the Athenian Acropolis features an iconic asymmetric porch where sculpted female figures function as load-bearing architectural columns. What are these figures called?
Correct Answer:
Caryatids
Question 5
Which characteristic distinguishes Hellenistic Greek sculpture (such as Laocoön and His Sons or the Nike of Samothrace) from High Classical sculpture?
Correct Answer:
Dramatic emotional expression, dynamic diagonal movement, and intense pathos
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