Art of Ancient Aegean
Technique where a mural is painted on wet plaster so when it dries it is a permanent addition to the wall it was painted on.
What is a True Fresco?
Who were the two main inspirations behind Roman art?
Greeks and the Etruscans
Minoan fresco is typically as what? This is similar to how Etruscan paintings appear.
Happy, full of life, showing emotions
Which of the three orders below was used the most often in Greece?
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
What is Ionic?
Name two types of art that were used as grave markers?
A subterranean domed tomb chamber of the Mycenaean age (also called the bee-hive tomb).
What is Tholos?
a form of art where the focus is on everyday conditions of the working classes
What is Social Realism?
A type of clay (used by the Lapita people and in the acient Mediterranean cultures)
What is terracotta?
What is the main idea behind Classical Greek architecture?
A lot of Mycenaean srt inspiration came from where? What region/ culture?
Egypt and Mesopotamia
What is the only column (order) that does not have a base?
What is Doric order?
What does Contrapposto mean?
Asymmetrical balance in scultpure
What is different between the gold sculpture of King Tut and the gold mask of Agamemnon from Mycenaean culture?
What is King Tut's sarcophagus was made of solid gold while the mask of Agamemnon was made out of hammared gold.
How would you characterize 5th century Greek art?