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What artwork has been dated as the oldest in existence? What is this date? |
The caves in Chavot, France. 30,000 BCE |
Think of Lions |
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What is the oldest known sculpture and where was it found? |
Female figure from Willendorf, found in Austria |
Fat and chubby |
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What are the characteristics of the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras? |
Paleolithic: old stone age, hunter and gathers, lived in caves Neolithic: new stone age, farming, pottery developed, social structure developed |
Old and New |
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What conditions need to exist for art to survive? |
Durable material, environment, culture must be organized, caching artwork in hard to find places |
King Tut’s Tomb |
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Where did the first established cities originate? |
Mesopotamia |
The two rivers meeting point |
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What is the most famous work of Neolithic architecture? |
Stonehenge |
Think Aliens |
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What were the focal point structure of ancient Mesopotamia cities? What were they? |
Ziggurats: a temple or shrine made from dried brick and raised on a monumental stepped base, often the city center |
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Why is it that Greek artwork and architecture spread through and influenced all of Europe? |
The Romans conquered Greece and enjoyed their style and the Romans went in to conquer the rest of Europe |
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What is a Kouros? |
A life sized stylized sculpture of a young male |
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Why was Akhenaten so unique among ancient Egyptian pharaohs? |
He broke away from stylized art and made his art more realistic |
Think: Big belly |
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What were the constant messages of Egyptian art? |
Religion, the gods |
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What ass one material found in great abundance in King Tut’s tomb and why was it significant? |
Gold and it showed trade |
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What discovery in 1922 unearthed the greatest treasure of ancient Egyptian art? |
The discovery of King Tut’s tomb |
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What ass one material found in great abundance in King Tut’s tomb and why was it significant?What |
Gold and it showed trade |
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What were the three civilizations that pre-dated classical Greece? |
Cycladic, Minoan and Mycenaean |
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Historians concluded Minoan culture was known as being focused on what activities? |
Games and sports, light hearted fun, bull fighting |
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What is a Fresco? |
A painting technique where wet paint is applied directly into wet plaster of a wall |
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What’s the main reasons we respect and revere ancient Greece? |
Emphasis on excellence |
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The most important part of ancient Athens is what area? |
The Acropolis |
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What is the earliest Romanesque church still standing? |
The Church of Abby |
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What is the subject of the Bayeux Tapestry? |
The story of the conquest of England by William of Normandy (William the Conquerer) |
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What is the best example of Gothic Architecture? |
The Cathedral at Chartres, France |
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What was unique about collecting tapestries at the end of the Middle Ages? |
Portable paintings did not exists yet |
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What are some compositional techniques used in The Lamentation by Giotto that would influence painters for centuries? |
Directional lines, casual positions of figures, Jesus is partially covered, illusion of space, diagonal of hill leads eyes to focal point |
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What was the primary reason for the Renaissance? |
A rebirth that was prompted by resurgence of interest in Greek and Roman culture |
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Where did the Renaissance begin? |
Italy |
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What are some key aspects of the Renaissance? |
Rebirth of Greek and Roman culture, a time of relearning, artists had multiple jobs which keyed the term Renaissance man, scientific discoveries |
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Who was the finest sculptor of the early Renaissance? |
Donatello |
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What is Contrapasto? |
an asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure in which the line of the arms and shoulders contrasts with, while balancing, those of the hips and legs. |
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What is the most important architectural structure in Ancient Athens? |
Iktinos and Kallikrates Parthenon |
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Why is the sculpture on the doors of the Florence Cathedral by Lorenzo Ghiberti so revolutionary? |
He created the illusion of depth in a relief sculpture and that had never been achieved before |
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Who were the two most outstanding artists of the High Renaissance period? |
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo |
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What are some compositional techniques used in The Lamentation by Giotto that would influence painters for centuries? |
Directional lines, casual positions of figures, Jesus is partially covered, illusion of space, diagonal of hill leads eyes to focal point |
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What compositional techniques are used in Da Vinci’s Madonna and Child w/ St. Anne? |
Triangular or pyramid compositional structure |
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What did Michelangelo have access to in terms of learning about the human body that classical greek artists did not? |
He had access to cadavers and seeing inside the human body |
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What are two interesting facts about Michelangelo’s Pieta?Who |
It was the only sculpture he ever signed and it was attacked by a man with a hammer in 72 |
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Who were the two greatest Venetian painters of the High Renaissance? |
Giorgione and Titian |
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What does the Merode Altarpiece contain that is unique to Northern Renaissance painters? What did |
Extreme detail, use of symbolism, done in oil, wonky perspective and the vanishing points not consistent |
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Why is the sculpture on the doors of the Florence Cathedral by Lorenzo Ghiberti so revolutionary? |
He created the illusion of depth in a relief sculpture and that had never been achieved before |
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Conceptually, what did Northern Renaissance artist, Albrecht Durer, try to combine in his art works? |
Italian ideas and discoveries with Northern love of meticulous observation |
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What is Entasis? |
An art technique where they put a bulge that goes outward slightly in the middle but gives the illusion of straight up and down columns |
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What compositional techniques are used in Da Vinci’s Madonna and Child w/ St. Anne? |
Triangular or pyramid compositional structure |
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The late Renaissance period was characterized by compositions becoming shallower in space and filled with figures, what was this? |
Mannerist Period |
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Who was the most famous Spanish artist in the late Renaissance who painted Roman Catholic stories and Spanish royalty? |
El Greco, meaning The Greek |
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Baroque art has some defining qualities, name three: |
• colorful • decorative • dynamic • ornamental |
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What does the Merode Alterpiefr contain that is unique to Northern Renaissance painters? What did |
Extreme detail, use of symbolism, done in oil, wonky perspective and the vanishing points not consistent |
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What is Which? |
Dramatically highlighted figures projecting out of dark, deep shadowed backgrounds |
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Which Baroque artist developed the technique of Tenebrism? |
Caravaggio |
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What were Peter Paul Rubens compositions know man for? |
Curved lines and curved motions |
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What is the most impressive example of Baroque architecture in France? |
The Palace of Versailles |
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What unique approach to group portraiture did Rembrandt develop in the Dutch Baroque? |
He would put all subjects into one group and doing activities that were the same |
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What is the last phase of Greek Art? |
Hellenistic |
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What made this Baroque sculpture by Bernini so innovative? What |
It’s anchored to the wall so it appears to be floating and there is a window in the chapel to have lighting become part of the art work |
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What compositional technique did Jacob Van Rusideal implement in this painting? |
The rule of 3rds |
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Rococo art and architecture has what qualities?The |
Soft, dream like, pastel colors, light and refined work |
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The Oath if the Horatii was a classic example of what art period in Europe? |
Noe-classism |
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What French female painter did a motherly painting of Marie Antoinette? How many portraits did she do in her lifetime?Who |
Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun and she painted over 660 portraits |
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Who was the subject of Jacques Louis-David’s Death of Marat painting? Why is he important? |
Jean-Paul Marat, he was part of the radical politician fraction in the French Revolution |
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Name the figure and where it was found. |
Female figure of Willendorf found in Austria |
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What compositional technique did Jacob Van Rusideal implement in this painting? |
The rule of 3rds |
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Be able to name of the artwork. |
Ishtar Gate from Babylon |
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Be able to name of the artwork. |
The funeral temple of Hapsheput |
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The Laocoon Group, a sculpture based on Greek myth, is important for what reasons? |
Dramatics, contorted figures had never been done before |
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Be able to name of the artwork. |
The Death of Marat by Louis-David |
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Name the figure and where it was found. |
Female figure of Willendorf found in Austria |
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Be able to name of the artwork. |
Lion Hunt from the Palace Complex of Assurnasiroal II |
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Ishtar Gate from Babylon |
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The funeral temple of Hapsheput |
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The Death of Marat by Louis-David |
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Sortie of Captain Banning Cocq’s Company of the Civic Guard, or The Night Watch by Vanieijn |
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Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor) by Velázquez |
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Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles |
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St. Teressa in Ecstasy by Bernini |
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Judith and Maidservant With the Head i’d Holofernes |
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The Last Supper by Tintoretto |
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The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein |
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School of Athens by Raphael |
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David by Michelangelo |
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