Art Hist Exam 1 Review

Clerestory

A row of windows in the upper part of a wall.

Elongated skulls, physical features, relaxed imagery, and a single god

Amarna period

these monumental heads of Olmec chieftains are referred to as

Colossal Heads

the earliest form of an arch still fused with the post and lintel

Corbeled arch

These figures were ruled by three and often had lines and eyes along their surface

Cycladic figures

A kind of masonry built by mythic giants

Cyclopean masonry

Archiac figures were deeply inspired by this previous culture

Egypt

This period reflects dramatic, dynamic, and emotional scenes

Hellenism

Beware of this mythic zoomorphic figure of a man and jungle cat

Jag-were

This is quite possibly the most naturalistic figure seen in Indo-China and antiquity

MALE TORSO From Harappa

four types of investigation

Physical Properties, Formal Structure, Subject/Iconography, and Context

This Englishman discovered and "restored" the Complex of Knossos

Sir Arthur Evans

This stone structure was astrologically aligned and associated with the dead

Stonehenge

false beards, horned headdresses, linen headdresses, bare feet, staffs, thrones, elaborate clothing

Symbols of authority and power

a mountain-like feature found in La Venta

Temple of La Venta

The sculpture that Praxiteles designed to reflect absolute proportion, the ideal canon and beauty

The Doryphorous

Subject/iconography

The science of identification, description, classification, and interpretation of symbols, themes, and subject matter in the visual arts. The term can also refer to the artist's use of this imagery in a particular work.

these lions decorated a well for ritual makeup

The twisted lions on the Palette of Narmer

This fresco exhibits a possible continuous narrative of a coming of age ceremony

Toreador Fresco or Bull Leaping Fresco

the two indicators on the Stele of Naram-Sin that indicate that this was an actual historical event

Tree and Mountain

these large structures simulate the rays of the sun for the ka to ride up

True Pyramids or The Great Pyramids of Giza

Woman of Willendorf, Austria, limestone, 4.5" h, c. 24,000 BCE

Venus" is tiny but organic and "monumental" (sense of great size or importance

This figure was likely a symbol of fertility for nomadic early man

Woman of Willendorf

a hypostyle hall is made of these architectural features

columns

These reflect a ceremonial killing of the sculpture

drilled holes

cultural context

example: the prospect that Rogier was influenced by the work of another artist

The geometric lines andand shapes on a cong are this kind of art historical type of investigation

formal structure

This ritual pouring vessel features geometric patterns across it

guang

Zoomorphic beings found on ritual bronze vessels and their meanings are examples of what type of art historical investigation

iconography

Formal structure

line, light, form, and color

these hybrid figures in white kaolin are often referred to as

man-babies

these structures were on top of a ziggurat and often housed votive figures

near eastern temple

This geometric krater has multiple decorative bands called

registers

physical properties

shape, size, material, and technique

the stairs of a Greek temple

stereobate

a rendering of patterned lines usually depicting abstracted decorative patterns of braided hair

stylized

This fury facial feature is only seen on Near Eastern figures

unibrow