Principles of Design
What is the element of art that is seen in drawing of a cube that demonstrates depth through shading, contour lines, or highlights?
Form
When were the Lascaux caves closed to the public in order to preserve the paintings?
1963
What makes the aqueducts different from most Roman architecture?
They were primary built for functionality
From which country did Gothic architecture emerge in the mid-twelfth century?
France
How do the Catholic Baroque and Dutch Baroque styles differ?
Dutch Baroque appealed to the middle class
What are the three aspects of color?
Hue, value, and intensity
How is the Stele of Naram-Sin different from previous Mesopotamian works?
Use of wavy, slanted registers
What technique describes a popular style of vase painting in Greece from about 550 BCE into the Classical period?
Red-figure pottery
What was one of the finest artistic achievements of the Byzantine Empire that survived iconoclasm?
Books
What is a style of art that became popular in the 16th
the century that, in contrast to Renaissance art, emphasized exaggeration and unnatural attributes?
Mannerism
A long, curving line that leads a viewer’s eye around a canvas is an example of which principle of design?
Movement
What is the significance of the Stele of Hammurabi?
The stele contains Hammurabi’s laws
What is one of the best-known bronze sculpture pieces of the Classical Period?
Myron’s discus thrower
During the early Medieval Period, how did Northern Europe differ from Southeastern Europe and the Middle East?
Northern Europe was controlled by tribes
Who was the first Western artist known to have specialized in landscapes?
Jan van Eyke
What is a type of balance?
Proportional
How are the Great Pyramids at Giza different from the pyramid of Djoser?
The Great Pyramids had tombs within the structures.
What tool did artists use for firing their pottery?
Kiln
Why do so few artworks of the Early Byzantine Empire still exist today?
Emperor Leo III destroyed religious images.
What country is noted for beginning the Renaissance movement?
Italy
What is one of the most effective ways that artists create space in two-dimensional art?
Perspective
What was one type of animal that made up the body of lamassu sculptures in Assyrian palaces?
Lion
For which Greek god was the Parthenon constructed?
Athena, the goddess of wisdom
What architectural form of Islamic art was replaced in Romanesque art because of the cost of production?
Mosaics
What material did Flemish artists almost exclusively use in the 15th
century?
Oil Paints