a way of combining art elements to create a feeling of equilibrium.
What is balance
100
Aesthetic theory that stresses the importance of the literal qualities of a work
What is imitationalism
100
a stepped mountain made of brick-covered earth; a Sumerian shrine
What is a ziggurat
100
Leader of Athens who beautified Athens with treasury money
Who is Pericles
200
How something feels if it touched or would feel if you could touch it.
What is texture
200
a visual tempo or beat
What is rhythm
200
Aesthetic theory which holds the most important aspect of a work is the effective use of the principles of art to arrange the elements of art
What is formalism
200
Writing with wedge shaped characters
What is cuneiform
200
Organization that helped unify the Greek city-states against the Persians
What is the Delian League
300
a 2-d area bound by lines
What is shape
300
creating a feeling of wholeness or oneness in a work
What is unity
300
Aesthetic theory that places great importance on the expressive qualities or the feeling, moods, and ideas communicated to the viewer by a work of art
What is emotionalism
300
Paintings used in hunting rituals, the creation of the images was thought to help capture the spirit of the animal making the hunt easier
What are cave paintings
300
Greek decorative style characterized by a broad plain capital
What is Doric
400
Lightness or darkness of a hue
What is value
400
a way of combining elements to stress the differences between those elements
What is emphasis
400
step in art criticism that looks at the use of elements and principles in an artwork.
What is analysis
400
set of laws that were inscribed on a stele;
What is the Code of Hammurabi
400
Order of Greek decorative style characterized by columns with an elaboarte base and a capital carved into double scrolls taht looked like the horns of a ram
What is Ionic
500
the area above, below, around or within things
What is space
500
concerned with the relationship of certain elements to the whole and to each other
What is proportion
500
step in art criticism that looks at the moods, feelings, and ideas communicated by the work
What is interpretation
500
One of eight gateways the marked a procession route that curled through Babylon; raoun-arched gateway covered with blue-glazed bruicks and edged with geometric designs in white and gold
What is the Ishtar Gate
500
order of greek decorative style carachterized by capitals elongated and decorated with leaves