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Which did paleolithic sculptures depict most? |
Women |
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The women of willnedorf is an example of |
Roundation. Sculpture in round |
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A depiction that reduces simplifies or summarizes the original objects is an |
Abstract |
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The visual components such as the elements of art and the principles of art are referred to as |
Form |
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How can ideas of beauty differ in different cultures |
Idealization women in culture |
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The old stone age means |
Paleothic period |
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What is unique about the cave at Lascaux France |
Human figures first to tell story birdman |
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What is the characteristic of the Neolithic era? |
New agriculture and new tools |
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Ceramics are made of |
Baked clay |
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The space between two vertical elements band buy a horizontal element is called |
Post and Intel |
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A circle formed by stones or wooden post is called a |
Hinge |
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When lines are cut into a hard surface what is it called |
Incised line |
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An early form of writing using wedge-shaped marks |
Cuneiform |
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An image created as a devotional offering to a deity |
Votives |
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A device for showing space where figures are placed in a row separated by a ground line this device can cover a wall or be used in a vase each row is called |
A register |
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What is the study of the meaning of the object or subject matter in a work of art |
Iconography |
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A small Stone decorated with incised patterns that makes an identifying signature when rolled across soft clay or wax and is used for ownership information is |
Cylinder seals |
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An upright stone slab decorated with writing or images used as a marker or Memorial is a |
Stele |
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The size of the figures denotes their importance is known as |
Hierarchy scale |
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The world's oldest record code of law is found on |
Stele of Hammurabi |
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The alabaster relief of Ashurbanipal and his queen in the garden commemorates |
Victory celebration over vanquished enemies |
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Which was the function of the shape of the palette of Narmer |
Used it as a pallet |
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In Egypt which kind of person would be portrayed in most naturalistic |
Lower class |
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City of the dead means |
Necropolis |
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An oval design with hieroglyphics inside it that is someone's name is |
Cuntouche |
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Egyptian symbol of life is |
Ankh |
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What is the most significant thing about the Reign of Akhenaten |
He started a new religion he believed in one God only aten |
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Tutankhamun tomb was exceptionally because |
It was intact not broken into all of the above |
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Which of the following is a rectangular Stone |
Sarcophagus |
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Where are the cycladic figurines usually found |
Graves Greece |
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a three-dimensional sculpture free of any background or block |
Sculpture in the round |
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Which subject occurs most often in the Ancient Greek art |
Humans and gods gods and goddesses |
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What is the platform or base of a greek temple called |
Stylobate |
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In architecture the Greeks had a set system of proportion and decoration or ornament called |
Greek orders |
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Which is the sculpted block at the top of a column |
A capital |
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The Triangular Gable end of the greek temple is the |
Pediment |
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What does archaic mean |
Old, earliest |
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What is the period called with statues such as the Korus in Kore |
Archaic Period |
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A Greek jar for storing oil or wine with an egg-shaped body and two curved handles |
Amphora |
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Which of the following best describes the shape of a volute |
Spiral scroll |
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What happened to the most classical Greek bronze sculptures |
Melted down for weapons |
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Which architectural order is used in the partheon |
Doric |
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What made communication in the Roman Empire so fast by ancient World standard |
Rows |
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The words classic and classical mean |
Standard |
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Which of the following is a carving of a maiden that functions of a column |
Carotid |
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Much of Hellenistic art like the Nike of samothrace it was strange that periods preoccupation with |
drama and emotion |
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Hellenistic means |
Greek life |
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Small colored stone or glass pieces used in a mosaic |
Testeray |
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Term for creating the illusion of three-dimensionality on a flat surface through the use of lights and darks |
Modeling |
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Hellenistic are once what response from the viewers |
Emotion |
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The difficulty of making large clay sculpture is |
Collapses easily |
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What is an unroofed interior Courtyard of a Roman house |
Atrium |
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The appearance of reality such as the Roman Mosaic on subfloor it is said to be |
Illusionistic |
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A Roman town center with markets temples and administrative buildings is |
Forums |
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A large rectangular Roman administration building with 2 rounded Ridges at the ends is a |
Basilica |
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The Romans were most influenced by what country |
Greece |
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Roman coins give us an unprecedented understanding of what |
The rulers appearance |
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What was the very important contributing tradition that resulted in Roman realistic portraiture |
Death mask |
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The basic unit of Roman architecture is the |
Round Arch |
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The act of a human being becoming a God is called |
Apotheosis |
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The exterior of the statue Augustus of primaporta was originally |
Painted in bright colors |
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Augustus triumphal return to Rome the prosperity and peace of the Empire is commemorated in |
The aroporchis |
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What is the striking difference between frieze possessions and the parthian versus the Ara pacis |
Real people |
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A half-column like element that is rectangular instead of rounded is called |
Pilaster |
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The Romans could build faster and cheaper because they developed the use of |
Concrete |
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A circular building such as the pantheon which is usually covered with Adam is a |
Rotunda |
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What is the Roman word for all gods |
Pantheon |
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Mare nostrum means |
Our sea |
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+ 313 Constantine through the Edict of Milan did what |
Gave freedom to all religions |
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What did the Romans record on arches columns and mausoleums |
Propaganda and Victory |
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What two techniques were used to make prehistoric cave paintings |
Spitting and painting with pigments |
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What is the sculptural innovation of kritios boy |
Contrapposto |
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The earliest great civilizations had what important geographic features |
The rise of Agriculture and rivers |
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What traditional regarding the coloring of men and women do we often find Egyptian minoan and Greek art |
Men are darker women car lighter |
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The Romans very effectively random vast Empire because they were great |
Organizers and engineers |
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Why was the equestrian statue of Marcus aurelius is never melted down |
It was thought to portray Constantine |
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What new subject matter became important to the Hellenistic Greeks |
Dramatic narrative |