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History of Western Art I
Quiz 1
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Art/Design
Undergraduate 1
09/16/2012

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SUBJECT MATTER
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Portrait, still-life, landscape (city & seascape), religious subject matter, mythological subject, allegorical subject, and genre
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STYLE
Definition
Period style, regional style, personal style
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ARTIST

 

Definition
Attribution, biography
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PATRON
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Patronage, art market
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MEANING

 

Definition
Iconography, iconology, symbolism, cultural context, psychoanalytic criticism, feminism
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FORMAL (OR VISUAL) ANALYSIS
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(The primary elements) Space, line, shape, light, texture, color (neutral, primary, secondary, complementary, arbitrary, naturalistic)
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PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
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Balance, symmetry, asymmetry, proportion, scale, Golden Mean, hierarchial scale, atmosphere perspective, linear perspective, (one-point perspective or scientific perspective), vanishing point, non perspective space
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PREHISTORIC ART
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Stone Age (30,000 BCE)
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PALEOLITHIC
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Stone Age
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NEOLITHIC
Definition
"New Stone Age" (16,000-4,000 BCE)
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