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what is Aerial Perspective?
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smokey, fuzzy, distant objects, used to create a sense of depth
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distant
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what is Asymmetrical?
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one side is different from the other
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not symmetrical
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what is Camera Obscura?
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a box with a hole in one side and a mirror
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what is Canon of Proportions?
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the ideal body according to each different culture
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what is Chiaroscuro?
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very dramatic lighting, a lot of contrast
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what is Complementary Color?
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colors opposite on the color wheel
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what is Contour Line?
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art using outlines
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what is Contrapposto?
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the greek body shown slouching in a natural way
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what is Entasis?
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the slight swelling of a column for the purpose of perspective
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what is Focal Point Emphasis?
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point artist wants you to focus on using beams of light or a stare from a person
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what is Form?
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physical characteristics
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what is Content?
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meaning or message
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what is Idealization?
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perfect figure
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what is Impasto?
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texture in paint
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what is Kouros?
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male nude in Greek
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what is Linear Perspective?
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lines come to a vanishing point
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what is Monochrome?
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one color
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what is Painterly?
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no outline or contour lines, open form
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what is Persistence of Vision?
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illusion of film
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what is Picture Plane?
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2-D picture surface
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what is Post and Lintel?
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2 or more posts to support a horizontal beam
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what is Realism?
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realistic depiction
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what is Sfumato?
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smokey background
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what is Straight Photography?
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photography using an artistic eye, no special effects
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what is Vanishing Point?
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the point at which lines converge
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what is Verism?
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honest depiction of a face by Romans
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what is Ziggurat?
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sumerian temple, a place of worship
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what are the 3 Greek Time Periods?
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Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic
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what is Archaic art like?
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frontal male nude
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what is Classical like?
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natural standing male nude
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what is Hellenistic?
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male nude in dramatic situations with heightened emotion
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what is Daguerreotype?
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photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre in1830 which used a chemically treated metal plate
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what is an Implied Line?
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a line that implies a shape or subject
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what are some characteristics of Mesopotamian Art?
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unibrow, large eyes, borrowed twisted perspective, ribbed hair
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what is Venus of Willendorf?
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the stone fat lady
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what is Lascaux and Chauvet?
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the bulls painted on the wall
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what is Aegean/Cycladic art like?
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male playing the harp, abstract geometric woman, stylized figure, a skinnier version of the Venus
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what is a Kore?
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Greek female nude
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who is Gudea?
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a famous Akkadian leader, 27 statues of
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what is Caryatid?
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standing Female used as a column
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who is Alexander Calder?
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that guy who invented wire sculpting
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what is Relief Sculpture?
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low relief = low carving (coins)
high relief = work really pop outs |
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who is Ansel Adams?
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a photographer who learned from Alfred Stieglitz, photographed that one mountain, often photographed nature in black and white
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who is Alfred Stieglitz?
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an early photographer who helped out a lot of other photographers. did straight photography. was married to Georgia OKeefe
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who is Margaret Bourke-White?
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well known for documenting 1920s industry and documenting war. used photography for documentation. stamps. also did the white family on the black line up.
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what was significant about The Great Train Robbery?
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it was the first film that followed a story. first narrative.
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who is Edward Weston?
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friend of Stieglitz, photographed everyday objects in a weird way. did that Bell Pepper picture.
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who is Eadweard Muybridge?
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he introduced running still images together (film) in the 1870s
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who is Dorthea Lange?
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documented the Great Depression. famous for the Migrant Mother.
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who is DW Griffth?
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first epic film director: Birth of a Nation. a very racist film.
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what was the first movie?
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done by Thomas Edison, it was a man sneezing.
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who invented Cinematography?
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the Lumiere Bros
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who is Mathew Brady?
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a photographer who invented photojournalism. he moved bodies on the battlefield of the Civil War
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what cultures were in Mespotamian?
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Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian
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what culture is the head with the rigid beard from?
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Akkadian
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Sumerians were fond of what?
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the bull
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Assyrians were often fond of what?
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the lion hunt
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Babylonians were fond of what?
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the code of Hammurabi
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what is the Armana Period?
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a period in Egypt where all the art styles were changed. which shortly after that leaders death it went back to normal.
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who is Ictinus?
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famous architect who designed the Temple of Athena Nike and Parthenon
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who is Euphronios?
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a famous red and black potter and painter.
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who is Polykleitos?
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the sculptor who sculpted that classical standing male nude. famous due to his use of contrapposto
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who is Praxilites?
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sculptor of the famous female nude, Aphrodite of Knidos.
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who is Phidias?
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sculptor of female columns.
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artists of REALISM?
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Gustave Courbet, Rosa Bonheur, Thomas Eakins, Henry Ossawa Tanner
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artists of ROMANTICISM?
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Goya, Delacroix, Thomas Cole, Frederic Church
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artists of BAROQUE?
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Caravaggio, Bernini, Rubens, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Velazquez
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artists of HIGH RENAISSANCE?
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Raphael, Michaelangelo, Giotto, Leonardo Da Vinci, Titian
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artists of NORTHERN RENAISSANCE?
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Jan Van Eyck, Albrecht Durer
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artists of ROCOCO?
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Francois Boucher, Jean Honore Fragonard, Jean Antonie Watteau
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artists of MANNERISM?
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Pontormo, Tintoretto, Coreggio, Parmigianino
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artists of NEO CLASSICISM?
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Jacques Louis David, Dominique Ingres, Angelica Kauffman
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artists of POST IMPRESSIONISM?
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Paul Cezanne, George Seurat, Henri Toulouse, Van Gogh, Munch
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artists of IMPRESSIONISM?
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Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Gustave Caillebotte, Eduoard Monet
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