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Art App Exam 1

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This structure, the largest in a Sumerian city, is a temple raised on a stepped base.
Ziggurat, Samaria
The oldest Stone Age
Prehistoric Art
Paleolithic
New Stone Age
Prehistoric Art
Neolithic
Gave us the first laws, and circle 360.
Babolyians
Best artist, wall built around the kingdom with pictures and stories of the kingdom
Assyrian
glazed brick, 50 ft tall, Berlin location, first to use an ARCH
Ishtar Gate, Neo/Second-babylonians
a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
Egypt believed strongly in it.
hierarchy
What country's style of art didn't change?
Egypt
Wore the crown of lower Egypt
Life-like and natural style of Amarna Period
Nefertit Sculpture
Who discovered the Tomb of King Tut?
Carter
Between the Greek peninsula and the continent of the Asia Minor is the arm of the Mediterranean Sea known as...
Aegean
What is the three types of art of the Aegean?
Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean
Which forms two forms of Aegean art started Greek Art?
Minoan and Mycenaean
Which form of Aegean art is Abstract?
Cycladic
Which form of Aegean art is elegant and contempary?
Minoan
Which form of Aegean art is known of gold work?
Mycenaean
What are the three styles of Greek ART?
Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic
Who is Perikles?
He is the foundation of Greek art (classical), he also was made into a sculpture that made Greece what is it today
What is the most famous Greek Building ever?
The Parthenon
What sculpture was inside the Parthenon?
Athena
What city in Rome was destroyed by a Volcano?
Pompeii
What did they use the Colosseum for?
they would make gladiators fight to the death; along with other sporting events
What was one of the numerous religions in the Late Roman Empire but quickly became one of the most popular and well organized ones?
Christianity
a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass
Mosaic
Who was the Empire of Rome?
Constantine The Great
What did Constantine do for Rome?
Let Christians be able to freely worship God and made Christianity the official religion of Rome.
What are the features of Romanesque architecture?
thick stone walls, barrel-vaulted stone ceilings, overall massiveness, and round churches
What is a Pilgrimage?
taking a trip to the church
What is an ambulatory?
a place for walking, especially an aisle around the apse or a cloister in a church or monastery
What made Conquest of England?
embroidery
what is a key feature in Gothic churches?
reaching towards heaven or tall towards, pointed arches, flying buttresses, and stained glass windows
What is ionography?
the visual images and symbols used in a work of art or the study or interpretation of these
ex. story of christ
Who were two of the first named artist?
Duccio and Giotto
what was duccio known for?
Trying to make the viewer part of the storyline, and make us believe what happened
Christ Entering Jerusalem
what is Giotto known for?
He brought Psychology, emotions, and humanism to the paintings
The Lamentation
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