Prehistory to Ancient Egypt
The cave paintings at Pech-Merle were probably created using this technique.
What is spray painting?
This vessel's function was to pour ritual libations.
What is a Rhyton?
This is the material from which a work of art is made.
What is Medium?
In ancient Mesopotamia, these were tall, stepped towers of earthen materials, often supporting a shrine.
What is a Ziggurat?
This is the use of differences in size to indicate relative importance.
The Sumerians invented this, which was the first system of writing.
What is Cuneiform?
This ruler expanded Greece and conquered the Persian empire in 334 BCE.
Who is Alexander the Great?
These are the shape, size, materials, and technique of a work of art.
What are the Physical Properties?
This is a flat-topped, one-story structure with slanted walls built over an ancient Egyptian underground tomb.
What is a Mastaba?
This technique means creating a three-dimensional sculpture that is carved free of any background or block.
What is sculpture in the round?
This Egyptian period saw dramatic changes in the conventions used in royal art.
What is the Amarna period?
In the High Classical period, this set of ideal mathematical ratios served as the template for the perfect statue.
What is Polykleitos' canon of proportions?
This is a pose used to describe the Classical convention of representing human figures with opposing alternations of tension and relaxation.
What is contrapposto?
This is the topmost zone of a wall with windows.
What is a Clerestory?
This technique means creating a three-dimensional image or design whose flat background surface is carved away to a certain depth, setting off the figure.
What is relief sculpture?
This work was significant as both a work of ancient Mesopotamian art and as a historical document recording a written code of law.
What is the Stele of Hammurabi?
This technique creates an image by arranging small colored stones or glass pieces and affixing them to a hard, stable surface.
What is Mosaic?
This is a device used in systems of spatial definition. Sometimes used to differentiate layers of space within an image or as borders.
What is a Register?
Stonehenge used this method of construction to secure the beams.
What is mortise-and-tenon joints?
This is an exploration of the visual character that artists bring to their works through the expressive use of elements such as line, form, color, and light, and through its overall structure or composition.
What is Formal analysis?
This work of art commemorates the unification of Egypt and signals the beginning of the dynastic period.
What is the Palette of Narmer?
This sanctuary was the sacred home of the Greek god Apollo.
What is the Sanctuary of Delphi?
This is an elite gathering of wealthy and powerful men in ancient Greece that focused principally on wine, music, poetry, conversation, games, and love making.
What is a Symposium?
This is a small, round building. Sometimes built underground, as, for example, with a Mycenaean tomb. Also referred to as having a “beehive” shape.
What is a tholos tomb?
This is combining different viewpoints within a single representation.
What is composite pose?