Homework for Chapter 5: Greek Art

The following questions should be answered and turned in no later than Friday, Sept. 21

Greek Chapter Questions
1. How and where did the early Greek polis originate?
2. What purpose did the Temple of Delphi serve?
3. What are some of the characteristics of the Geometric period?
4. How did the Greeks paint their vases? Consider both black-figure and red-figure styles.
5. What are the orders of Greek architecture and how would you describe them?
6. Compare the kore and kouros with Egyptian sculpture.
7. How does the Doryphoros exhibit contrapposto? Use specific descriptions in your explanation.
8. How and why was the acropolis built? Under whose rule was it built?
9. What stories did the pediments on the Parthenon tell?
10. What was the “new” Canon of Proportions developed during the Late Classical period?
11. How was Hellenistic art different from earlier periods? Demonstrate with a specific example.
12. Why is the Gallic Chieftain Killing His Wife and Himself (fig. 5-62) characteristic of Hellenistic art?
13. Describe the story of the sculpture depicting Laocoon and his sons?