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| Which pharaoh introduced monotheism to the Egyptians? |
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| What has Queen Nefertiti's portrait bust come to symbolize? |
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| It symbolizes that feminine beauty transcends time. |
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| Which pharaoh was the son-in-law of Akhenaton? |
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| Which pharaoh demanded a more colossal, formal style of Egyptian Sculpture? |
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| What characteristics united the very different greek city-states? |
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| Culture, common language and religion, sophisticated literature and art, love of athletics |
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| Where did the immortal gods of Greek mythology live? |
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| What was the classical age in greek history? |
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| Took place during 4th and 5th century, all of the arts flourished, greeks enjoyed plays of dramatists. |
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| What is considered the most important building in the Acropolis complex? |
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| How do Greek statues differ in style from those of previous cultures? |
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| The statues represent the ideal beauty of the human form - youth, strength, grace |
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| The greek ideal of dignity and self-control |
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| What is considered the most beautiful domed monument of ancient times? |
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| Romain paintings in stone |
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| Why does thew moslem faith forbid the visual representation of Allah? |
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| They believe that the act of creation should be reserved for Allah Alone. |
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| Who was pope Gregory the Great, and why is he important? |
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| He was the one who settled the debate about whether 2d pictures like paintings and mosaics should be allowed in chruches, he approved of the paintings and mosaics not for their beauty but for their instructional value. |
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| How did roman\greek art influence early Christian art? |
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| They used the style of the romans and greeks int heir art |
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| What early christian art was created in monasteries? |
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| What is pre-columbian art? |
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| The art and culture of the Americas before European contact |
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| What were the purposes of Mayan Pyramids? |
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| They were part of a plan, surrounded by huge open spaces, where peasants would come witness religious rites performed by priests and rulers |
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| What is nirvana according to buddhism? |
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| What is karma according to hinduism? |
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| The concept of karma determines ones fate: the deeds of one lifetime influence ones status in another. |
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| Where is the Phrophet Jeremiah carved, in Saint pierre, Moissac, France? |
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| What are the nave and the transsept in a middle ages christian chruch |
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| Nave is a long rectangular room and a transept is a shorter rectangular room |
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| Who recognized the artist Giotto's genius in a poem? |
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| Who were the Medici family? |
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| International leaders in banking, as well as great patrons of the arts |
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| Who was Lorenzo Ghiberti? |
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| He was the one who won the competition and was chosen to design the bronze doors of the city's baptistery |
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| What inspired Brunelleschi's dome of Florence Cathedral? |
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| He lost int he competition to Lorenzo Ghiberti for the design of the bronze doors |
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| What is a renaissance man? |
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| A man who has broad intellectual interests and is accomplished in areas of both the arts and the sciences |
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| What was the causes of the dark colors on the sistine Chapels ceiling? |
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| The cause was a result of animal glues used in varnishes by past restorers |
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| How did titian use color? |
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| He used color to make his art full of energy, using thick layers of paint to build up for added richness. |
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| What were the artistic goals of the renaissance? |
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| What is the main stylistic difference between the Italian and northern renaissance? |
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| The Italians were pursuing naturalism with the technique of sfumato light, while northerners used detail upon detail to carefully recreate nature |
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| Which german artist was called "leonardo of the north" |
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| The destruction of religious imagery |
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| What was the highest goal of mannerist art? |
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| Be familiar with tintorettos last supper |
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| Full of energy, opposing motions, swirling lines |
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| What was El Greco's initial training. |
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| He had been trained as an apprentice to make icons, or religious images in the centuries old Byzantine style |
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| Why were Caravaggios paintings considered controversial? |
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| People felt that his artwork did not serve to promote catholic faith |
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| Why did Artemisia often portray strong women? |
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| She was easily able to find models and to study female anatomy in great detail, and it would have been considered improper for her to study the nude male figure |
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| What was the focus of Baroque art? |
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| Who was the primary patron for Velazquez? |
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| Why is the viewpoint of Las Meninas unusual? |
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| It gives us the same viewpoint as the king and queen |
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| What does the term Rubenesque mean? |
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| Pudgy, overweight, not slim |
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| What is alla prima painting? |
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| Rapid spontaneous marks at a great speed |
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| Be familiar with rembrandt's Sortie of Captain banning Cocq's company of the civic guard. |
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| Painting of eighteen men, didnt show everyone equally even though they all paid one hundred guilders for a traditional portrait |
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| What are the Doctrines of French Baroque Classicism? |
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1. Reject Naturalism
2. Highest aim of a work of art is to represent noble and serious thoughts
3. An artist should make images with logic and order
4. True art should depict great themes and raise viewers up by appealing to their reason, not their base emotions |
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| Who was known as the sun king? |
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| What are the characteristics of Rococo Art? |
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| Peaceful, characters are distant, lighting is soft and gentle, not energetic |
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