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Ancient Greece Quiz

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  • What did Greek sculptors want to represent?
    Human beauty
  • What is the name of the horizontal, decorative panel used in the construction of temples?
    Frieze
  • What did Greek sculpture become in the Classical period?
    Realistic to represent ideal beauty.
  • What did Greek sculptures usually represent?
    Deities and heroes.
  • Where was the Parthenon located?
    The Acropolis
  • What is a pronaos?
    The entrance porch to the temple.
  • What materials did sculptors work with?
    Marble and bronze
  • What is the opisthodomos?
    The back room where offerings were left.
  • When was the Parthenon built?
    5th Century BC
  • What are the three Greek orders of architecture?
    Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
  • What material were Ancient Greek temples made of?
    White marble
  • What is the naos?
    The main hall where the statue of the God was kept.
  • What are the characteristics of the Archaic Greek sculptures?
    Static and rigid