The study of symbols/icons in art and their meanings.
Who is Vincent Iconography?
100
Every variation of this element is created from three primary categories. They have three properties – hue, value, and intensity.
What is color?
100
During this time we find nomad societies
cave Paintings, mini sculptures
What is Paleolithic?
100
Mastaba
Stepped Pyramid
Pyramid
What ara Egyptian burial constructions?
100
Greek sculptures can be seen in this pose where the body forms an S-curve
What is contrapposto?
200
The sound and the written form of a word
What is Signifier?
200
The path of a point moving through space.
What is Line?
200
Female figurine from the Paleolithic era that represents fertitlity
What is Venus of Willendorf?
200
The pyramid rises to a height of 146 meters with a base of 230 meters and is comprised of over two million blocks of stone.
What is Cheops or Gize?
200
The Ancient Greek word which is commonly translated as "art," more accurately means "skill" or “craftsmanship"
What is 'tekhni'?
300
Steps to use a technique to analyze art from a history perspective and it goes like this
What are DESCRIPTION —> ANALYSIS —> INTERPRETATION —> JUDGING?
300
Refers to relative lightness and darkness and is perceived in terms of varying levels of contrast.
What is Value?
300
This is the major staple of architecture during the Neolithic period
What is Stonehenge?
300
Egyptians wanted to represent every object from its most recognizable form. They modified the natural structure of the human body to achieve greater clarity
What is Law of Maximum Representation
300
In this period the most important sculptural form was the Kouros, the standing male nude and Kore female figure
What is Archaic Period?
400
Must answer these questions: Who?, Where?, What?, When? and, depending on the case, Why?
Who is Description?
400
Refers to the tactile qualities of a surface (actual) or to the visual representation of such surface qualities (implied).
What is Value?
400
Mesopotamian buildings that were dedicated to their gods however they were not worship centers, only priests were allowed on the top to care for the gods needs.
What is Ziggurat?
400
The art of the this period is so realistic that modern-day scholars have been able to reasonably suggest what physical problems people in the pictures probably suffered from.
What is New Kingdom period?
400
This type of greek column consist of a scrolls or spirals above the shaft.
What is Ionic column?
500
To read something that is not obvious, making relations between what you know and what you see and trying to create a new message behind the artwork. Always prove what you are saying with facts.
What is Interpretation?
500
This has depth, length, and width and resides in space. It is perceived as three-dimensional.
What is Form?
500
This civilization created the firsts monumental temples, irrigation systems, governments based on the city-states structure and the cuneiform writing system
What is Persia?
500
Saw the rise of mass-produced artwork. Amulets, coffins, ceramics, and shabti dolls were among these crafts.
What is 1st Intermediate Period?
500
In this period for the first time we know the names of individual sculptors