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Byzantine/Flemish Art
100
Located in Constantinople, Emperor Justinian asked his imperial architects and mathematicians to design this fireproof holy place.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
100
Much of Egyptian art focused on achieving this quality.
What is timelessness?
100
The Greeks embraced developed this concept, which focused on the glorification and betterment of the individual.
What is humanism?
100
The Romans prized rustic values like honesty and responsibility because their ancestors mostly worked as this.
What are shepherds or farmers?
100
He ushered in a mini Renaissance in the 9th century.
Who is Charlemagne?
200
Best example of an early Christian church (located in Rome), was built by Peter of Illyria, a Dalmatian Priest and most notable features are its large windows, which are made of selenite instead of glass, and it's wooden doors, that have carved panels depicting scenes from the bible.
What is the Santa Sabina?
200
This was a period of religious revolution and marked deviation from traditional artistic forms.
What is the Amarna period?
200
Though Archaic Greek statuary was typically made of marble, this was the preferred medium of statues in the Classical period.
What is bronze?
200
These were the two major architectural developments of the Romans.
What are concrete and arches?
200
These were wars fought to give the West control over the Holy Land.
What are the Crusades?
300
He set forth the first set of written laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
300
The pyramids connect the pharaohs because their shape resembles this.
What is the ben-ben?
300
Identify the artist of the sculpture below.
Who is Praxiteles?
300
The first emperor of Rome, Augustus, used art as this.
What is propaganda?
300
This is the term applied to art after the year 1000 and before 1200.
What is Romanesque?
400
Of the nine gates of Babylon, this was the most highly decorated.
What is the Ishtar Gate?
400
Egyptian art followed a system of proportions called this.
What is a canon?
400
The Hellenistic period began with the death of this world leader in 323 BCE.
Who is Alexander the Great?
400
In the Late Roman Empire, the art of this class of people was becoming more popular as the taste for the older classical style had waned.
Who are the plebeians?
400
The primary form of artistic expression the early Middle Ages was this.
What are illuminated manuscripts?
500
The primary building material for Near Eastern architects was this.
What is baked brick?
500
Egyptian history is divided into these three periods.
What are Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom?
500
Early Greek statuary was highly influenced by this culture.
What is Egyptian?
500
He was the architect of Pantheon.
Who is Hadrian?
500
The early Middle Ages was dominated by art produced in this part of Europe.
What is the North?