Elements
an asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure in which the line of the arms and shoulders contrasts with, while balancing, those of the hips and legs.
What is contrapposto?
Boundless amounts of art have been found in this era's immaculate tombs that include depictions of daily life to help the deceased navigate the afterlife.
What is Egyptian art?
He loves to paint ceilings, well, he painted a ceiling one time...
Who is Michelangelo?
This a small block of stone, tile, glass, or other material used in the construction of a mosaic.
What is a tesserae?
This art movement is closely related to another art movement at the same time, only it includes political imagery into its religious works.
who created the cave drawings in Lascaux?
Who is unknown?
This is the placement or arrangement of visual elements in a work of art, as distinct from the subject. It can also be thought of as the organization of the elements of art according to the principles of art.
What is a composition?
The term for this artistic movement in France was first coined for it's architecture.
What is Gothic?
This is a liquefied suspension of clay particles in water.
What is slip?
This is the degree of lightness and darkness in a color.
What is value?
This civilization's art was born from the context of volcanoes, sea travel, and the potter's wheel.
What is Aegean civilization?
consciously created a new approach to sculpture, writing a treatise and designing a male nude exemplifying his aesthetic theories of the mathematical bases of artistic perfection.
Who is Polykleitos?
This is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block, leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts.
What is a woodcut?