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Studio Art Midterm
History, principales, elements, etc.
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Art History
8th Grade
01/16/2013

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Venus of Willendorf
Definition
Time Period- Prehistoric
Media- stone, oolitic limestone
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Stonehenge
Definition
Time Period- Prehistoric
Media- Stone
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Lascaux Cave Paintings
Definition
Time Period- Prehistoric
Media- Mainly iron oxides (oches)
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Prehistoric art takes the form of:
Definition
Sculpture, paintings, and architecture.
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Sculptures were made from what mediums?
Definition
Stone, ivory, and bone
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What did people use as tools to make artwork in the prehistoric time period?
Definition
Fingers and brushes made of sticks
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What materials created color in prehistoric art?
Definition
Berries, rocks, and charcoal.
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Paintings and sculpures were created to:
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Illustrate everyday life, wnsure successful hunts and fertility, to please natural forces like wind animals and storms.
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Judgement before Osiris
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Time Period- Egyptian
Media- royal court or aristcracy, Painted on papyrus
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King Menkauara and Queen
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Time Period- Egyptian
Media- Stone
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Giza, Sphinx of Chephren
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Time Period- Egyptian
Media- limestone
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Egyptian art takes the form of:
Definition
To celebrate the life of the pharoh, to prepare the pharoh for life after life
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Parthenon
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Time Period- Acient Greece
Media- Limestone and pentelic marble
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Caryatid
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Time Period- Acient Greece
Media- Compound Stone
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Egyptian plates and vases
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Time Period- Egyptian Media- Clay
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Pantheon
Definition
Time Period- Roman
Media- Brick walls and marble coloums
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Colosseum
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Time Period- Roman
Media-limestone, marble, lead, and cement
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Primaporta Augustus
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Time Period- Roman
Media- Marble
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Greek art is:
Definition
Sculpture, showcasing the emperor, archetecture,organization/symmetry, painting on ceramic, ideal beuaty, nude figure.
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Roman art is:
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Sculpture, showcasing the emperor, archetecture,organization/symmetry,showcasing the empire, functional structures; used concretefor a rooftop
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Ideal Beauty is
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Representing the figure in the most beautiful way possible even if it is not representative
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Romans created what
Definition
concreate
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Romans created what with concrete?
Definition
Dome, Arch, Vault
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Romans were ruled by
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An emperor
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The Greeks were
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A democracy
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Hagia Sophia
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Time Period- Medieval
Media- 40 equally spaced ribs
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St Trophime
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Time Period- Medieval
Media-dark stone
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Notre Dame
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Time Period- Medieval
Media-21 hectares of oak and the roofs made of 1,320 lead plates
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Stained Glass
Definition
Time Period- Medieval
Media- glass
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We seperate art into what 4 catagories?
Definition
Realistic (imitationalism), fromalism, expressionalism, functionalism.
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What is expressionalism?
Definition
artwork that is a little distorted and gives it an emotional effect.
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What is realism (Imitationalism)?
Definition
when an artwork looks realistic.
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What is formalism?
Definition
when an artwork is made to emphasize artistic elements.
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What is functionalism?
Definition
when an artwork is made for a function or need.
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Name the elements
Definition
Space form texture color line value
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Name the principles
Definition
proportion variety balance emphasis movement contrast unity
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Proportion
Definition
Aka scale, relationships of sizes in art
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Unity
Definition
A sense that all the parts belong together as one piece of art
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Balance
4 Kinds
Definition
An appearance of eveness in an artwork.
4 Kinds- Asymmetry, Verticle, Horizontal, Radial.
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Variety
Definition
Differnces in any elements in a work of art give it variety EX: Variety of shapes
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Contrast
Definition
Large difference between elements EX: green and red, large and small
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Emphasis
Definition
when artists draw attention to one or more parts of a design
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Movement
Definition
The path of the viewers eye is directed to take by the artists choice of elements such as line
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Form
Definition
In 3D srt quality of the shape in non-3D art its the illusion your creating 3D shapes
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Space
Definition
The amount of depth in both 2D and 3D art. Positive&Negetive space
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Line
Definition
A mark that have thickness, direction, movement, can be interupted, and show emotion
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Shape
Definition
Line curves or corners around and crosses over itself, it becomes a shape. There are two types geometric and organinc
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Color
Definition
3 main properties. Hue value property
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Hue
Definition
specific name of a color
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Value
Definition
lightness and darkness of a hue
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Property
Definition
dullness or purity or intensity
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Texture
Definition
Quality of the surface smooth rough bumpy hairy etc.
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Actual Texture
Definition
Texture that has texxture and feels smooth or rough
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Implied Texture
Definition
texture that looks like it would feel bumpy or hairy but doesnt.
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Achromatic
Definition
A color scheme based on white, black, and vsriations of gray.
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Complimentary
Definition
A color scheme based on two colors opposite from each other on the color wheel.
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Monochromatic
Definition
A color scheme based on varyations of a single hue.
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Triadic
Definition
A color scheme based on three colors which are equidistant on the color wheel
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Analogous
Definition
A color svheme based on hues that are adjacent on the color wheel. Can use 3-5 colors that are next to each other on the color wheel
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