GREECE
ROME
EARLY CHRISTIAN/BYZANTINE
ISLAMIC ART
100
The act of creating a work of art that does not mimik how someone or something looks in life, but rather a "perfected" vision of what it should look like.
What is idealization?
100
Ultra realism, depicting things as they actually were in life. (harry potter reference and latin root) What was the truth serum that Snape forced upon Harry Potter? veritaserum! from the latin "veritas" meaning truth.
What is verism?
100
a semi-circular recess in the east wall of a church, which held the altar
What is an apse?
100
Holy figure in Islam?
What is Muhammed?
200
This is a set of ideal mathematical ratios in art based on measurements of the human body. Polykleitos paid a lot of attention to this concept with his Doryphoros (Spear Bearer).
What is canon of proportion?
200
1. the artist indicates depth by the increasingly blurred appearance of objects that are meant to be in the distance 2. a method of suggesting three-dimensional depth on a two-dimensional surface by having all receding lines in the composition converge on a single vanishing point along the painting’s central axis
What is atmospheric perspective? What is linear perspective?
200
image-breaking. In the 8th century, conservative Byzantine churchmen ordered iconic images to be destroyed, in reaction to their fear that people would worship the images themselves. This ban remained under effect from the years 726-843 CE.
What is iconoclasm?
200
Highly ornamental handwriting, often seen in Islamic art to convey the beauty of the words in the Koran and because they usually cannot show living creatures in their artwork?
What is calligraphy?
300
This is the act of returning to one's home country. Think of the dilema of the Elgin Marbles.
What is repatriation?
300
A freestanding arched sculpture commemoration a military or political victory. And name an example!
What is a triumphal arch?
300
an image, especially in Byzantine art, of a sacred figure. They were believed to have miraculous powers to transmit messages to God.
What is an icon?
300
small individual paintings, frequently the size of a page of a book, viewed by one or two individuals at a time.
What are miniatures?
400
She is the Greek goddess of Victory (and also a brand of shoe). Remember her sculpture at Samothrace, as she lands dramatically on the bow of a ship.
What is Nike?
400
Using borrowed elements in a new work (be in artwork, literature, etc...) Give me an example!
What is appropriation?
400
The Roman Empire eventually split into eastern and western parts. The western part collapsed in 476 CE and the eastern part emerged stronger. The Byzantine Empire is the Eastern Christian Roman Empire, with Constantinople (today, Istanbul) as its capital.
What is Byzantine?
400
a type of linear surface decoration, based on foliage and calligraphic forms, usually characterized by flowing lines and swirling shapes, central to Islamic art. Since depiction of people in art was discouraged, much of Islamic art focused on pattern design. These nonrepresentational designs helped free the mind from the contemplation of material form, opening the mind to the enormity of divine presence.
What is arabesque?
500
1. this order is characterized by squat columns with no ornamentation on the capitals 2. this order has very slender elegant capitals with decorative ornamentation on its capitals 3. this order was used more in the Rome, and had leafy and floral ornamentation on the capitals
What is Doric order? What is Ionic order? What is Corinthian Order?
500
A set of beliefs and values within a culture. (bonus points for giving me an example of an artwork that uses this concept a lot)...
What is ideology?
500
artists assimilate images from other traditions, giving them new meanings (can be deliberate or unconscious)
What is syncretism?
500
a semicircular niche set into the qibla wall of a mosque, indicating the direction (to Mecca), toward which Muslims face while praying.
What is a mihrab?
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