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INTRO FINE ARTS 1 pt 1

Terms in this set (62)

In visual arts and architecture, _________ refers to the arrangement of line, for, mass, and color
Composition
________ refers to the representation of distance and three-dimensionality on a 2-D serface
Perspective
__________ is a system of writing music so the composer can communicate clearly to the performer the pitches, rhythms, and other elements of the piece.
Music Notation
In Theater, film, and narrative literature, _____ is the structure of the artwork comprising crises, climax, exposition, complication and denouement, foreshadowing, discovery and reversals.
Plot
a ________ is a form, image, or subject standing for something else.
Symbol
___________ is a descriptive analysis of a work of art that may or may not include a value judgment about the work
Criticism
__________ Consists of paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs
Media (of 2-D arts)
___________ are the physical material of the work, such as oil paint.
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The elements and principles of _________ are the building blocks of 2-D art.
composistion
_________ refers to the basic colors of the spectrum, such as red.
Hue
______ refers to the relative grayness or whiteness of a color
Value
__________ refers to the number of hues and values used by an artist in a work.
Pallette
The receding lines of linear perspective that converge on a vanishing point are called _________ lines
Linear
____________ Refers to the illusion that shapes and colors appearing on either side of an artwork's axis
Foreshortening
______ refers to balance achieved by using unequal shapes
Symmetry
________ refers to balance achieved by using unequal shapes
Asymmetrical
in sculpture, ____ refers to the size, shape, and volume of forms
Mass
_____ sculpture is freestanding and fully 3-D
Full-rounded
_____ sculpture projects from the background and cannot be seen from all sides.
Relief
____ sculpture emphasizes construction with thin, tubular items such as wire
Linear
____ refers to the surface treatment of a sculpture.
Texture
_____ refers to relief sculpture in which the figures protrude from the background by at least half their depth.
High
____ refers to the relief sculpture that projects only slightly from it's background
Low
_________ is a method of casting sculpture using was model melted to leave the desired spaces in the mold
Lost-wax
One of the oldest architectural structures is the ______, in which a horizontal piece is laid across two vertical supports
Post and lintel
_______ refer to arches joined end-to-end
Vaults
_________ uses a framework to support the building
Skeleton frame structure
Skeleton framing using wood (as in house construction) is called _________ construction
balloon construction
__________ refers to wall material that is solid and continuous, rather than joined or pieced together
Monolithic
When metal forms the fram of a building (as in a skyscraper), it is called______ construction
steel-cage
_______ refers to the first stage of human culture, marked by simple social organization, the discovery of fire, and basic techniques for hunting and gathering
Paleolithic
_________ is a word meaning "all the gods"
Pantheon
________ is the sumerian writing system, consisting of wedge marks pressed into damp clay.
Cuneiform
_________ refers to an Egyptian burial tomb of great size and scale
Pyramid
the fist stage of human culture dates before ______ years BCE
one million
_________ refers to the second stage in human culture
Neolithic
Domestication of animals began during the _______ period
New Stone Age
________ refers to the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Mesopotamia
_________ was the first civiliation to emerge in the Fertile Crescent
Sumerians
The capital of the ruler Hammurabi was _________
Babylon
Two of the main cities of the Babylonian empire were Nimrud and __________
Nineveh
the ________ appeared as a transportation device in Sumer around 3000 BCE
Wheel
the ________ were first to use a potter's wheel
Sumerians
the __________ king was a direct link between the royal family line and the creator sun god
"Son of Ra"- the king
the most important part of Egyptian architecture is _______ buildings
mortuary
Egyptians believed that life continued for the dead as long as the corpse, or ___________ of it, survived.
some material image
Among other things, writing served as a tool of _________
control and power
the ______ of Hammurabi was based on the notion of "an eye for an eye"
Code
Hammurabi's authority and law was believed to come from the ___________
gods
The cave paintings at Lascaux date from around __________ BCE
16,000-14,000 BCE
________ art refers to the art made for the rituals of death
Funerary
__________ was the major art form of the Egyptians
Sculpture
Egyptian sculpture typically represents _______
Kings
The Egyptian royal headdress seen in the funerary mask of Tutankhamun is call a/an ______
Nemes
the basic instrument in Mesopotamia and Egypt was the _________
Harp
The oldest known story in the world is the epic of __________
Giglamesh
The Egyptian ___________ contains magic formulas placed in tombs to serve and protect the dead in the afterlife
"Book of the Dead"
Most of our knowledge of Egyptian painting comes from the tombs of ___________
Khufu, Khafre and Menkaura
__________ sprang up around Sumer to house the sacrifices thought necessary to ensure good harvests.
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Around ______ years ago, humankind began to develop nations of selfhood and individuality
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_________ refers to the basic Greek city-state
Polis
________ means the "high city", and referred to the elevated place in the center of the city occupied by the temples of the Gods
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