Prehistoric
Egyptian
Greek
Renaissance
Baroque
100
A Neolithic site in Southern England; an ancient cromlech used to ascertain the time of the summer solstice
What is Stonehenge?
100
Boy King from the New Kingdom.
Who was King Tut?
100
Most important site in Ancient Classical Greece; contained several temples, the largest dedicated to the Goddess Athena.
What is the Acropolis?
100
The Italian city in which the Medici lived.
What is Florence?
100
Strong contrast of light and dark developed first by Caravaggio; used to dramatize a scene.
What is chiaroscuro?
200
Tiny Paleolithic figurine, probably a fertility figure.
What is a the Venus of Willendorf?
200
Flat-topped burial site; precursor to the stepped-pyramid and the flat-sided pyramid
What is a mastaba?
200
Archaic male youth; life-size, free-standing male figures, with one foot forward and hands and arms clenched at each side were called this.
What is a kouros?
200
Architect responsible for the construction of the Dome of Florence Cathedral.
Who was Brunelleschi?
200
Architect responsible for the creation of the Church of San Carlo of the Four Fountains, the best know of all Italian Baroque facades.
Who is Borromini?
300
Most famous Paleolithic Cave site in France.
What is Lascaux?
300
The reed-like plant that grows along the Nile River; used in ship building and architecture; stone capitals are shaped after this plant.
What is papyrus?
300
Term used to describe the position of the hips and shoulders of the Kritios Boy; this position was used to "animate" the figures who possessed it
What is contrapposto?
300
The most popular subject matter for sculpture; an underdog figure from the bible.
Who was David (and Goliath)
300
Canopy, built by Bernini, over the main altar of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
What is the baldacchino?
400
Oldest fortified or walled city; mentioned in the bible.
What is Jericho?
400
Pre-Dynastic work of art that shows the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
What is the Palette of King Narmer
400
Artist credited with the creation of "the canon"
Who was Polykelitos?
400
City in which Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" was painted and in which it still exists.
What is Milan?
400
A type of painting at which the Dutch excelled; these paintings reminded the viewers that they would die.
What is vanitas (or memento mori)?
500
Technique in which size suggests importance - the larger the subject, the more important irrespective of actual scale.
What is hieratic?
500
Wax-based substance into which pigment is mixed; used on mummy portraits from Saqqara.
What is encaustic?
500
Column shaped like a woman, such as that used on the Erechthium at the Parthenon
What is a caryatid?
500
Invention by Northern artists like van Eyck; this medium was the northern alternative to fresco.
What is oil?
500
Rubens's most important patron.
Who was Marie de Medici?
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