Study sets matching "art history exam 1"
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Venus of Willendorf
Hall of the Bulls
Warka Vase
Eshnunna Statuettes
Limestone... Paleolithic
Cave drawing... France... Neolithic
Alabaster ... Presentation of offerings to Inanna... 3200-3000 BCE
Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone... Paleolithic
Venus of Willendorf
Limestone... Paleolithic
Hall of the Bulls
Cave drawing... France... Neolithic
Hue, Value, Saturation
Texture
Composition
History Painting
-Produced by different wavelengths of electromagnetic energy... -…
-tactility of an object or the perception of tactility (rough,…
- background, middle ground, foreground... -art that creates dept…
-tells a story though art of the past ( Michaelangelo, The Cre…
Hue, Value, Saturation
-Produced by different wavelengths of electromagnetic energy... -…
Texture
-tactility of an object or the perception of tactility (rough,…
Human with Feline Head
nude woman (venus of willendorf)
spotted horses and hand imprints
Hall of Bulls, Lascaux, France
Prehistoric- Paleolithic... 12000 BCE
Prehistoric- Paleolithic... 12000 BCE
Prehistoric- Paleolithic... 12000 BCE
Prehistoric- Paleolithic... 12000 BCE
Human with Feline Head
Prehistoric- Paleolithic... 12000 BCE
nude woman (venus of willendorf)
Prehistoric- Paleolithic... 12000 BCE
Venus of Willendorf
Chinese Horse
Stonehenge
Sculptured Vase from Uruk (Warka Vase)
Prehistoric... Date: 25,000-21,000 B.C.... Material: Limestone... Size:…
Prehistoric... Date: 15,000-13,000 B.C.... Material: Paint on limest…
Prehistoric... Date: 2800-1500 B.C.... Material: Sarsen blocks... Size:…
Ancient Near Eastern... Date: 3500-3000 B.C.... Material: Alabaster…
Venus of Willendorf
Prehistoric... Date: 25,000-21,000 B.C.... Material: Limestone... Size:…
Chinese Horse
Prehistoric... Date: 15,000-13,000 B.C.... Material: Paint on limest…
Woman from Willendorf
Hall of Bulls
Bison
Newgrange, Ireland
Date: 24,000 BCE... Medium: Limestone... Period: Prehistoric... Culture…
Date: 15,000 BCE... Medium: Paint on Limestone... Location: Lascaux,…
Date: 13,000 BCE... Medium: Unbaked Clay... Location: Le Tuc d'Audou…
Date: 3,000 BCE... Medium: Tomb Interior w/ engraved stones... Perio…
Woman from Willendorf
Date: 24,000 BCE... Medium: Limestone... Period: Prehistoric... Culture…
Hall of Bulls
Date: 15,000 BCE... Medium: Paint on Limestone... Location: Lascaux,…
abstraction
menhir
megalith
dolmen
a general concept formed by extracting common features from sp…
upright megaliths
huge stone used in prehistoric structures
A tomb made of upright stones (post and lintel construction)
abstraction
a general concept formed by extracting common features from sp…
menhir
upright megaliths
Prehistoric art matierals used
significance of cave painting
change from paleolithic (caves) to...
Ancient near east tools
pigments and tools
animals, in depths of caves where light does not hit, narrativ…
neolithic (mud bricks, better tools, walls)
metalwork, pottery, textiles
Prehistoric art matierals used
pigments and tools
significance of cave painting
animals, in depths of caves where light does not hit, narrativ…
Middle Ages
Medieval
gothic
Renaissance
(noun)... =Dark Ages... --transition to a new appreciation for human…
(adjective) ... late medieval= beginnings of the Renaissance... --ex…
--developed in the middle of the 12th century & is named after…
--"Art in the Dark"... --rebirth... --immediately follows the Middle…
Middle Ages
(noun)... =Dark Ages... --transition to a new appreciation for human…
Medieval
(adjective) ... late medieval= beginnings of the Renaissance... --ex…
composite creature
sculpture in the round
figurine
relief
creature composed of separate part of other creatures... (human w…
fully carved on all sides
small portable object
stone slab, carved into it, drawing in stone
composite creature
creature composed of separate part of other creatures... (human w…
sculpture in the round
fully carved on all sides
line
shape
contrast
form
1.1- what organizes the visible world- mark of implied mark be…
1.1-a two- dimensional area, the boundaries of which are defin…
1.1-
1.2- an object that can be defined in three dimensions (height…
line
1.1- what organizes the visible world- mark of implied mark be…
shape
1.1-a two- dimensional area, the boundaries of which are defin…
"Elizabeth Freake and Baby Mary"... Anonym…
"Isaac Winslow and his Family"... Joseph B…
"Mrs. Thomas Boylston"... John Singleton C…
How were Copley's paintings were differ…
ability to capture the character of the sitter, portraits show…
"Elizabeth Freake and Baby Mary"... Anonym…
"Isaac Winslow and his Family"... Joseph B…
reliquary
portal
buttress
nave
a container, often elaborate made of precious material, used a…
a grand entrance, door or gate, usually to an important public…
a projecting support built against an external wall, usually t…
the central space of a church two or three stories high and us…
reliquary
a container, often elaborate made of precious material, used a…
portal
a grand entrance, door or gate, usually to an important public…
The Lion Human
Characteristics of the Paleolithic Grou…
Women Figures
Woman from Willendorf
Germany, 30,000-26,000 BCE. Mammoth Ivory. Cro-Magnan.... The mak…
In the lower paleolithic periods, early humans made tools rath…
Women were round, large hips, belly, and breasts, signifying f…
22,000-21,000 BC Austria Limestone ... Expressing fertility
The Lion Human
Germany, 30,000-26,000 BCE. Mammoth Ivory. Cro-Magnan.... The mak…
Characteristics of the Paleolithic Grou…
In the lower paleolithic periods, early humans made tools rath…