ARTS1101 final review

Terra Cotta Warriors

Statues guarding a burial - rows of life size figures which are facing east; the direction which danger was expects. They used to be full of color, but now they are a grey

context

The personal and social circumstances surrounding the making, viewing, and interpreting of a work of art; the varied connections of a work of art to the larger world of its time and place.

Pointillism

The post-impressionist, Seurat, system of optical color mixing is known as _______

space

a dynamic visual that interacts with lines, color, and texture of artwork to give the definition

vehicle

a liquid that holds the particles of pigments together without dissolving them

line

a path traced by a moving point

Bodhisattva

a person who has attained enlightenment but who has postponed nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment

illusion of space

the following six things are used to create _______ 1. overlap 2. shading 3. placement 4. size 5. value and focus 6. linear perspective

composition

the organization of lines, shapes, color, ad other elements in a work of art. -more often applied to two-dimensional art

looking outward

the painting called Gas by Edward Hopper is an example of what theme of art

Haboku

the red seals on this were stamped to represent the artist and various owners of the document - Sheshu Toyo - the visual style of the calligraphy was admired

Sfumato

the technique of allowing tones and colors to shade gradually into one another, producing softened outlines or hazy forms. - Mona Lisa is an example

clerestory

the upper part of the nave, choir, and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows. It is clear of the roofs of the aisles and admits light to the central parts of the building.

hierarchical scale

the use of size to denote the relative importance of subjects in an artwork

motion

the very sign of life

primary colors

these colors consist of only red yellow and blue. no other two colors can be combined to create these colors

secondary colors

these colors consist of purple orange and green. these colors are created by combining two primary colors

ready mades

these probed the boarder between art and life in a way that later generations have returned to again and again -"fountain" by marcel duchamps

cave paintings

these types of painting were created in the Paleolithic period. -consisted of charcoal, clay, manganese dioxide (ground up/mixed with liquid) - this painting were created on walls by applying the substance with your fingers -showed depictions of animals, palm prints, and silhouettes of human hands

oil

this acts as a binder- creating a transparent film when dried with suspended pigment

Vincent Van Gogh

this artist created Starry Night he was painfully and disturbed artist he was 27 when he took the serious interest in art he also created "wheat field and cypress trees"

Pantheon

this consist of a dome like structure ceiling - In Rome - one of the first domed buildings ever erected dates from early 2nd century - temple dedicated to all gods

watercolor

this consists of pigment in a vehicle of water and gum Arabic - most common support is paper and this is used for small and intimate works

icongraphy

this form of art is the identification, description, and interpretation of subject matter in art. this form of art can help us understand meanings we might not be able to see for ourselves -background information about subject matter is the domain of this form of art

casting

this involves a mold of some kind, into which liquid or semi-liquid material is poured and allured to harden

camera obscura

this is a dark room in which helps to focus objects

color

this is a function of light

Contrapposto

this is a pose that suggests the potential for movement, and thus life in a standing human figure the sculpture called David by Michelangelo

Illuminated Manuscript

this is a type of manuscript - this particular picture, "page with lion" from the Gospel Book of Durrow is an example - likely made by Irish monks working in Scottlan - illuminated - announces the beginning of the gospel of Mark and shows how the monks adopted animal style and interlace to a christian setting - the boarder of this picture has intricate interlace patterns that became a specialty of the Irish illuminators

encaustic wax

this is a type of paint that when melted can be brushed easily

Purse Cover

this is an artwork found from Sutton Hoo

etching

this is done with acids, which eat lines and depression into a metal plate much as sharp tool cut those depressions in the other methods

Zigurrat

this is found in Mesopotamia and is the largest structure of a Sumerian city. This is a temple of shrine raised on a monumental stepped base. -Made of sun-dried brick -dedicated to the moon god (nana) -Elevated the Temple to symbolic mountain top which is the meeting place for heaven and earth

pointed arch and vault

this is involved in the Gothic Architecture -this arch sides up to a point - visible in nave ceiling of Reims Cathedral

high relief

this is one form of relief. - a sculpture to which forms project more broadly from their back ground

low relief

this is one form of relief. - a technique where figures project only slightly from their background

Daguerreotype

this is the first practical photographic process invented by Jacques Daguerr and was made public by 1839 - this produced a single permanent image directly on a prepared copper plate

Parthenon

this is within the classical period -doric style - dedicated to Athena - In Greece

paleolithic

this means " relating to the early phase of the stone age, when primitive stone implements were used " - Female Figure, by Willendorf is an example of this period

memento mori

this paining by Masaccio *Trinity with the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, and Donors* includes a __________ and is involved with Southern Renaissance

Christ the Pantokrator

this painting is found in the interior of Santa Maria la Nuova - form of Byzantine iconography - emphasizes the divine, awe-inspiring, even terrifying majesty of Christ as opposed to his gentle, approachable, human incarnation as Jesus

Hellenistic

this period began ca. 323 BCE - refers to the spread of Greek Culture eastward through Asia Min o, Egypt and Mesopotamia - statue of Lacoon Group and Aphrodite Melos is an example

Archaic

this period is the 6th century BCE - beginning of characteristics Greek forms - kouros (men) and kore (women_ scultures

Classical

this period lasted from 480-323 BCE - high point of Greek Art - Golden Age of Greece - Parthenon is an example - "Warrior A" is an example

linear perspective

this perspective is when the tendency for parallel lines to appear to converge on each other

The Lamentation

this piece of art depict Mary, St. John, and other mourning the dead Christ -Artist: Giotto - interacts in a natural human way that gives this and the artists other religious scenes a special warmth

from

this the way a work of art looks

representational

this type of art is a descriptive of a work of art that depicts forms in the natural world. The first communion by Pablo Picasso is an example of this - the Mona Lisa may also be and example of this

abstract

this type of art is descriptive in which the forms of the visual world are purposely simplified, fragmented, or distorted

complimentary

this type of color harmony involves colors directly opposite of each other on the color wheel

monochromatic

this type of color harmony is composed or variation of the same hues, often with different values of intensity. the sculpture In Bed by Inka Essenhigh is a great example

analogous

this type of color harmony is when colors adjacent to one another on the color wheel is combined. The Site by Dianna Cooper is a great example of this harmony

non representational

this type of is a descriptive of art that does not represent or otherwise refer to the visible world outside itself

Byzantine

this type of mosaic is found in churches and the images convey the ruler's symbolic presence

tempera

this type of paint/painting is an aqueous medium, dries to a tough -insoluble film- colors remain brilliant with high clarity, and is also paint in which the vehicle is an emulsion

atmospheric perspective

this type of perspective is an optical effect caused by the atmosphere that interposes itself between us the objects we perceive -this is the 3rd and final element of the optically based system for representing the world that was developed during the renaissance

Neolithic

this was a period when ground or polished stoned weapons and implements prevailed - the daily life of this period survive in the rock paintings of the Tassili n'Ajjer region of Algeria, northern Africa

male torso

this was found in India in the Indus valley. From Harappa -made of red sandstone

lithography

this was invented by Alors Senefelder - the printing surface is flat -image area holds ink; non image areas repel ink

cuneiform

this was the first written language; using abstract symbols - originated in Mesopotamia

mass

three-dimensional form that occupies a volume of space

true

true or false: African art has been lost because it was made of perishable material like wood

true

true or false: Picasso was influenced by African masks in his Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

shape

two dimensional form

Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic

what are the following Greek artistic styles in order of development: put in order from first to last - hellenistic - archaic - classical

overlapping, diminishing size, and vertical placement

what are the three things used to create depth in art work

ziggurat

what best goes with the ancient near east (Mesopotamia) Parthenon Ziggurat Pantheon

Parthenon

what best goes with the classical world (Greece) Parthenon Ziggurat Pantheon

Pantheon

what best goes with the classical world (Rome) Parthenon Ziggurat Pantheon

Japanese

what culture? - Neolithic culture began in this country - is known for oldest pottery - this culture has the ability to absorb and transform new ideas while keeping older traditions vital

Quran

what did the Islamic art design?

Luncheon on the grass

what is the title of this painting by Edouard Manet -style: Impressionism

The Scream

what is the title of this painting by Edvard Munch - expressionism - depicts a bridge - contains emotional effect of color

The Castle at La Roche-Guyan

what is the title of this painting by Georges Braque - cubism - fragmenting figures and other elements into flat planes

The Joy of Life

what is the title of this painting by Henri Matisse style: fauvism

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

what is the title of this painting by Pablo Picasso - 2oth century art - cubism - representing form in space - can be considered pivotal

Mount St. Victoire

what is the title of this painting by Paul Cezanne - post impressionism - brightened pallet and painting technique

The Seed of Areoi

what is the title of this painting by Paul Gauguin - post-impressionism - flattened forms and broad color areas, a strong outline, tertiary color harmonies, exotic taste, area of mystery and quest for the primitive

Black Lines No. 189

what is the title of this painting by Vasili Kandinsky - style: Non-representational

Starry Night

what is the title of this painting by Vincent van Gogh -post-impressionism -expresses personal feelings

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

what is this painting titled by Umberto Boccioni - fantasy and futurism - contemporary science - represents striding human figure

Falling Water

what is this particular art work called - by Frank Lloyd Wright

Roman period

what period is this painting from? Roman or Greek? - this is from the villa of the mysteries, Pompeii c. 50 BCE - fresco

French, American and Industrial

what three revolutions impacted the late 18th and early 19th centuries?

contour line

what type of lines are drawn to record boundaries

Gothic Sculpture

what type of sculpture is this? - this sculpture is called "Door Jamb" statues from the Chartres Cathedral - was often created to embellish architecture - these statues serve as a transition between the everyday world of the town and the scared space within, forming a sort of welcoming committee form the faithful as they enter

Cubism

which of the following does the artists Picasso and Braque fall under: German Expressionism, Cubism, or Les Fauves?

The Sistine Chapel and Mona Lisa

which of the following goes best with the Renaissance: The Sistine Chapel and Mona Lisa Romanesque and Gothic style

Romanesque and Gothic style

which of the following goes best with the middle ages: The Sistine Chapel and Mona Lisa Romanesque and Gothic style

Marcel Duchamp

who was the artist of Fountain - dada sculpture - 1917

Dejeuner sur l'herbe

Manet's art work ______________ as rather scandalous but proved to be a touchstone or modern art

Transept

The part of a church with an axis that crosses the nave at a right angle.

Roman Arch and vault

Adopted aspects of Greek architecture; new style; used vaults and arches - Pont du Gard

Stonehenge

"pile of stone on stone" this was created in the neolithic area, consisted of several concrete circles of megaliths and larges stones surrounded by a circular ditch. This art began around 3100BCE and marks a graveyard of up to 240 cremations. This type of art held meaning for the Neolithic community

Renaissance

- 1400-1600, it brought vast changes to the world of art - can be said that this was the concept of when art arose -the word itself means rebirth - refers to the revival in ancient Greek and Roman culture

Taj Mahal

- built by a Muslim emperor - built as a tomb got his wife - constructed of pure white marble

Gothic

- this is a type of architecture - more northern than Romanesque - thy type of architecture can be seen in elongated and flattened bodies of 12th century carvings

Romanesque

- type of architecture from the high middle ages - the aerial view of Sainte-Foy Conques is an example - 1050-1200, based on southern styles from the Roman empire -marked by a building boom - shows certain features of ancient Rome - massive, thick stoned, rounded arches, barrel vaulted stone ceilings

Animal style

-(animal print) is a style that was prevalent in arts of northwest Europe - a legacy, very likely, from the migratory herdsmen who were the people's ancestors - Purse Cover from Sutton Hoo is an example

relief

-describes and printing method in which the image to be printed is raised from a background - high and low

apse

A recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a building, commonly found at the east end of a church. (cant see by this pic)

Intaglio

Any printing process in which the ink sits below the surface of the plate

Neoclassical

Does David's *Oath of the Horatii* fall under the Middle ages, Renaissance, or the Neoclassical period?

Futurism

Does the artwork of Umberto Boccioni, *Unique Forms of Continuity in Space* fall under Futurism, German Expression, or DADA?

Realism

Does the painting of Corbet, *A Burial at Ornans* fall under romanticism, realism, or impressionism?

cantilever

Falling Water by Frank Lloyd Wright is an example of this - a project form supported only at one end

subject matter

In representational or abstract art, the objects or events depicted.

buddha

Means "Enlightened One." He is said to have found a path for overcoming suffering. - Sarnath, Northern India

Cubists

Post impressionist painter, Cezanne's, geometric simplification of forms would later inspire the ______

Matisse

___________ was the leader in the Fauvism where color was widely expressive

carving

a subtractive process in which one starts with a mass material larger than the planned sculpture and takes away material until only the desired form remains

binder

a vehicle indicates this. this is an ingredient that insures that the point, even when diluted and spread thinly, will adhere to the surface

artium

an open-roofed entrance hall or central court in an ancient Roman house.

dome

architectural structure in a hemispheric or half glob shape - in Rome - the stresses in this are much like those of an arch, except that they are spread in a circle around the perimeter - pantheon can be an example

Rococo

baroque or rococo? - extension of baroque - extravagant ornate style, more intimate, gentle pastels, smaller scale, lighthearted and playful - The Pursuit from The Progress of Love by Jean-Honore

Baroque

baroque or rococo? - full of emotion, energy, and movement - vivid colors; great contrast b/w light and dark - Entombment by Caravaggio

Romanticism

do the paintings of Delacroix *the Women of Algiers* and Goya, *The Third of May* fall under romanticism, realism, or impressionism?

DADA

does the art work of Marcel Duchamps, *Fountain* fall under Futurism, German Expression, or DADA?

rococo

does the painting *The Pursuit* from *The Progress of Love* best shows what type of style: baroque or rococo?

Post impressionism

does the painting of Cezanne, Monet Sainte-Victoire* fall under impressionism or post impressionism?

German Expresssion

does the painting of Kandinsky, *Black Lines No. 189* fall under German Expressionism, Cubism, or Les Fauves?

Les Fauves

does the painting of Matisse, *The Joy of Life* fall under German Expressionism, Cubism, or Les Fauves?

impressionism

does the painting of Monet, *Autumn Effect at Argenteuil* fall under romanticism, realism, or impressionism?

Baroque

does the sculpture of *St. Teresa in Ecstasy* best goes with baroque style or rococo style?

time

element in which we live

dadism

is the following characteristics of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, or Dadaism? - anti art, anti middle-class society, anti politicians, anti good manners anti business-as-usual, anti all that brought about the war in Europe -was a yes to life, silliness, and spontaneity - provocative and absurd - refused to make sense or to be pinned down - READY MADES "fountain" by marcel duchamps is an example

expressionism

is the following characteristics of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, or Dadaism? - arose as artists came to believe that the fundamental purpose of art was to express their intense feelings toward the world -this art movement developed in Germany in the early 20th century where the expression ideal had its greatest experience - the artist in this movement looked to Gauguin and van Gogh as the their predecessors - broadly describes any style where the artists subjective feelings take precedence over objective observations

Romanticism

is the following characteristics of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, or Dadaism? - claims of emotion, intuition, individual experiences, and imagination - mysterious subjects, extreme/ tumultuous human events the struggle for liberty and scenes of exotic culture - artist: Eugene Delacroix "the women of Algiers" - Eugene was the leading painter of this movement - drawings and water colors - forms are built up with fully loaded brush strokes, contours are blurred, and colors are broken

futurism

is the following characteristics of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, or Dadaism? - early 20th century - Umberto Boccilion "unique forms of continuity in space" - motion itself was the glory of the 20th century - futurist groups

Cubism

is the following characteristics of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, or Dadaism? - minimum color, concentration on the problem of representing form in space - Pablo Picasso "Les Demoroiselles d'Avigon" - movement developed by Picasso and George Braque - abstracted the forms of the visible world into fragment or facets drawn multiple view points, then constructed an image from which had its own internal logic - severely restricted color pallet (black white and brown) and painting technique of short, distinct "touches' allowed shards of figure and ground to interpenetrate in a shallow, shifting space

Neoclassicism

is the following characteristics of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, or Dadaism? - the foremost painter from this periods is Jacques Lois David - ingres portrait - Jupiter and Thetis by Jean Dominique is and example - classical mythology and biblical scenes

impressionism

is the following characteristics of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, or Dadaism? - this is when are moves outdoors -truly outdoors- to get the shifting light the artists wanted to depict - artist: Claude Monet "Autumn Effect of Argenteuil"

realism

is the following characteristics of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, or Dadaism? -A 19th century artistic movement in which writers and painters sought to show life as it is rather than life as it should be - first movement in the 19th century that arose as a reaction against both romanticism and neoclassicism - depictions of everyday life and the ordinary rather than historic, the heroic, or the exotic - artist: Gustave Courbet "a burial at Ornans"

Post-impressionism

is the following characteristics of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, or Dadaism? -A late nineteenth-century style that relies on the Impressionist use of color and spontaneous brushwork but that employs these elements as expressive devices. - Georges Stuart, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Guaguin, and Paul Cezanne - flattened forms, broad color areas, strong outline, tertiary color harmonies, exotic taste, area of mystery, and a quest for the primitive - Paul Gauguin "Te Aa No Areois" is an example

Fauvism

is the following characteristics of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, or Dadaism? - in their vision, color was freed from its supporting rate in describing objects a fully identity expressive element - broad area of full color - part of a larger trend in Europe's expressionism - was crucial for the development of modern art - artist: Henri Matisse "The joy of Life"

linoleum

linocut -softer than wood -has no grain -art work by John Muafangejo, Men are working in town

Renaaissance

the changes: position in society, identities and influence of patrons, cultures that served as a points of reference are all changes of artists that took place during the ?

side aisles

one of the lateral aisles of a building (such as a church, basilica, or theater) as distinguished from the central aisle or nave

pigment

powdered color that is combined with a medium or vehicle

Ancient near east and Egypt, Classical world, middle ages, Renaissance, baroque and rococo, Neoclassicism romanticism realism, impressionism and post impressionism, and expressionism

put the following in order of development: middle ages baroque and rococo period renaissance Expressionism (including fauvism) Classical World (Greece and Rome) Neoclassicism, romanticism, realism Ancient Near East and Egypt Impression and post impression

light

radiant energy generated through electricy

stupa

solid earthen bound faced with stone

Southern Renaissance

southern or northern renaissance? - this painting is by Leonardo de Vinci - the people in this painting (Madonna and Child with Saint Anne) are in a triangle for to show lineage

Southern

southern or northern renaissance? this renaissance has characteristics of new era- draped fabrics - nude figures - Masaccio *Trinity with the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, and Donors*

northern

southern or northern renaissance? this renaissance was in west Europe- Switzerland, Germany, North France and Netherlands - evolved from the late middle ages - holds details of the visible world - Arnolfini Double Portrait by Van Eyck

texture

surface quality- perception of smooth or rough

the natural world

the Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson is an example of what theme of art

silkscreen

the artwork by Ed Ruscha (Standard Station) is an example of this and so is the many pictures of Marilyn Monroe - screen printing - ink passes through areas of a screen that are blocked

nave

the central part of a church building, intended to accommodate most of the congregation

gatehouse

the complex of towers, bridges, and barriers built to protect each entrance through a castle or town wall