Module 1
The name of a color.
What is Hue?
A writing tool that is pointed on one end and triangular at the other.
What is Stylus?
A special oven used for firing pottery.
What is Kiln?
The central aisle of a church or basilica.
What is Nave?
A belief in the high potential of human nature and human accomplishments.
What is Humanism?
The lightness or darkness of a color.
What is the Value?
Built using very large stones.
What is Megalithic?
Art that deliberately attempts to elicit a specific emotional response from the viewer.
What is Expressionism?
The destruction of religious icons.
What is Iconoclasm?
It emphasized exaggeration and unnatural attributes.
What is Mannerism?
The area around, between, and within the objects in a composition.
What is Space?
A system of writing developed by the Sumerians.
What is Cuneiform?
A popular style of vase-painting in Greece from about 550 BCE into the Classical period.
What is Red-figure pottery?
A fast-drying paint made by mixing pigments with water and a binder, often egg yolk.
What is Tempera?
Meaning "rebirth," a term used to describe a period in European history (15th and 16th centuries).
What is Renaissance?
The repeating visual elements, such as lines, colors, shapes, or textures.
What is Repetition?
Mythical creatures with a man's head, the body of a lion or bull, and wings.
What is Lamassus?
A metalworking technique that involves hammering a thin sheet of metal from the back to push out a low relief sculpture.
What is Repoussé?
A book that survived the iconoclasm.
What is Book of Genesis?
The famous work of Sandro Botticelli painted with tempera paint on canvas.
What is Birth of Venus?
Lines that are suggested in an artwork, such as the direction a figure in the artwork is looking.
What is Implied Lines?
A work of art created using small pieces of material, such as rocks, metals, or colored glass, arranged to create a picture or pattern. Palette - A flat stone used for grinding paint..
What is a Mosaic?
One of the most famous wall paintings at Knossos.
What is bull leaping?
An icon from the Late Byzantine period, was painted by a Russian artist named Andrei Rubliev. The painting is done with tempera paint on wood.
What is The Old Testament Trinity?
Michelangelo saw himself primarily as a sculptor, but in 1508 Julius II gave him the commission to paint the ceiling.
What is Sistine Chapel?