ART 101
The backstory and culture of the art
what is CONTEXT
An example of a post-and-lintel construction using megaliths
What is STONEHENGE
A stone coffin used to store a mummified body
What is a SARCOPHAGUS
This is an upright stone slab sometimes used as a grave marker
What is a STELE
An Archaic Greek grave marker
What is a KOUROS or KORE
Line, Color, Form, Shape, Value, Space, and Texture
What are the ELEMENTS OF ART
from 8000-500 BCE
what is the NEOLITHIC PERIOD
A colossal statue in situ
What is the SPHINX OF GIZA
Wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
What is CUNEIFORM
a column with volutes on its capital
What is an IONIC COLUMN or
what is the IONIC ORDER
A shallow relief
what is a BAS RELIEF
Three large stones stacked together to create a doorway/entryway
What is a TRILITHON
A hall in an Egyptian temple that has a roof supported by a dense thicket of columns
what is a HYPOSTYLE HALL
Showing importance by size and placement
what is HIERARCHY OF SCALE
what is a FRESCO
showing importance by size and placement
what is HIERARCHY OF SCALE
hyper-realistic busts
what is VERISIM or VERISITIC SCULPTURES