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Plato felt that art was Mimesis.
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| Another way to say "imitation". |
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In the Classical period, artists weren't called Artists.
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Demiourgos
(One who works for the people) |
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Doryphoros - 440 to 450 Sculpture of Perfect Human Being |
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| The object is on the borderline between art and something purely functional. What is the label for this? |
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| Formal Art study means you are studying what? |
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| The visual elements of a painting (color, line, texture, scale, mass, etc) |
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| Contextually studying a painting means you are studying what? |
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| Issues that may effect the work (religious, political, patronage, etc.) |
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| The study of subject matter, signs, and symbols |
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| Evaluating art for its aesthetic or cultural worth |
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| How art functions in society and social groups |
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| use of psychological theories to understand artists and their work |
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| Use of economic theories to understand artistic pressures |
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| Doryphoros is standing in what type of pose? |
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| Contrapposto (Center Pose) |
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Pisano, Pisa Baptistry Pulpit, Nativity 13th Century |
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Giotto, Lamentation 13th Century |
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Campin Merode Triptych 15th Century |
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Van Eyck, Arnolfini Portrait 15th Century |
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| Similarities and differences in figures to suggest space |
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| use elements of light and dark without color |
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| no abrupt lines, blending |
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