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Art History 1 Midterm
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
02/29/2016

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Definition

Made In the Paleolithic Period (25,000 B.C.). 

 

Opened form mass, Actual Mass

 

Aslo they used it to show ferility

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Caryatid

Definition

 

 

 

A columm carved to represent a female form

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Content 

Definition

 

 

 

The theme or ideas in a work of art (Its Meaning)

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Context

Definition

 

 

 

 

The circumstances surrounding an artwork's production

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Dromos

Definition

 

 

 

 

An entry way to a tomb 

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Facade

Definition

 

 

 

 

The front or face of a buliding

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Fresco 

Definition

 

 

 

Painting on Plaster

Term

1. Idealized: 


2. Incised: 


3. Register:


4. Stele:


Definition

1. The representation according to concepts of perfection

 

2. Designs that have been cut into a hard surface 

 

3. A range or row, espcially when one of a series 

 

4. an upright stone slab or pillar, usally carved for commemorative purposes. 

Term

1. Tholos: 

 

2. Trilithon: 

 

3. Ziggurat: 

Definition

1. A beehive shaped tomb 

 

2. an ancient monument consisting of two vertical stones supporting a third as the lintel 

 

3. a temple tower in the form of a terraced pyramid

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[image]
Definition

Just study front 

 

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Warm and Cool Colors 

 

 

Definition

Warm Colors: Red, Orange, Yellow. Def. Brings warmth

 

Cool Colors: Green, Blue, Purple. Def. Brings a cooling feeling 

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Implied Lines

Definition
A line that cannot be seen. These are the lines that lead eyes to the focal point.
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Hierarchical Scale 

Definition
proportion is a technique used in art, mostly in sculpture and painting, in which the artist uses unnatural proportion or scale to depict the relative importance of the figures in the artwork.
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Iconography

Definition
the visual images and symbols used in a work of art or the study or interpretation of these.
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[image]
Definition

Paleolithic Period

 

Closed form mass, Relief Sculpture 

 

The animal horn is representing birth and ferility 

Term
[image]
Definition

Neolithic Period 

 

Geomertic Design 

 

Was used as an ritual site or a form of architectural magic

Term
[image]
Definition

Early Dynastic Period 

 

Relief

 

Used for a king reception hall as well as to worship the gods.  

Term
[image]
Definition

Archaic Era

 

Opened form mass, 

 

Kouros figure shows that the body of the male is stiff and the boy is in geometric form. Aslo the figure shows that nude figure shows the muscles and powerful picture.

Term

 

 

 

What is order of Doric, Ionic, Voulate, Corinthian, Captials

Definition

Doric: First Design. It is thickess to 

 

Ionic:

 

Voulate: is the new design 

Corinthian:

Captial: Top of Coloumns 

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What are the order that the tombs were built in? 

Definition
Mastaba, Stepping Pyramids, Great Pyramids, Rock Cut, Mortuary Temple Of Hutshepsut.
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What shows the different in the columns? Aslo what is the order of the three.
Definition
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