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