Prehistoric-Egypt
This artifact measures roughly 4 1/2 inches tall, and is believed to by a symbol of fertility.
Venus of Willendorf
Doric, Corinthian, and Ionic
What are the three classical Greek orders?
Dedicated to the five planetary gods:
Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, & Venus
Pantheon
characterizations of the style include small, visible brushstrokes that offer the bare impression of form, unblended color and an emphasis on the accurate depiction of natural light.
Impressionism
The Fauves were first given this less-than-positive nickname.
Wild Beasts
These caves have been closed to the public since 1963, but contain over 600 paintings of humans, animals, and local fauna.
What are the Lascaux Caves, France?
This Greek Temple was built to honor Athena
Parthenon
Built largely of concrete and made extensive use of arches between 72 A.D and 80 A.D under Emperor Vespasian, in the heart of Ancient Rome.
What is the colosseum?
Credited as the founder of Impressionism
Claude Monet
a group of early 20th-century
modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color
over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism.
Fauves or Fauvism
Known as "shenou" in the ancient Egyptian language, these are symbols designed to accommodate the inscription of a pharaoh's name.
What is a cartouche?
counterpose, is a stance of the human body in which one leg bears the weight while the other is relaxed.
What is contrapposto?
The Pantheon and Colosseum are located here.
Rome
a technique of painting in which
small, distinct dots of color are applied in
patterns to form an image.
Pointillism
a revolutionary new approach to representing reality invented in around 1907–08 by artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
Cubism
These structures were built over the span of three generations by the rulers Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure.
What are the Great Pyramids of Giza?
(carved in low relief) ran high up around
all four sides of the building inside the colonnades.
frieze
This Roman monument was built to transport water.
What is the Pont du Gard, or roman aqueduct?
is based on van Gogh’s direct
This painting is based on observations as well as his imagination, memories, and emotions. The steeple of the church, for example, resembles those common in his native Holland, not in France.
What is Starry Night
ran from 1908–12. Its artworks look more severe and are
made up of an interweaving of planes and lines in muted tones of blacks, greys
and ochres.
Analytical cubism
This popular Neolithic construction, was built in three - phases.
What is stongehenge?
an ideological or philosophical approach that stresses the importance of the human being, rather than divine or celestial forces, and the human being’s potential for achievement or greatness in all things.
What is Humanism?
Consists of two main elements: a traditional rectangular portico & a huge concrete rotunda
What is the Pantheon, Rome?
was not permitted to
enroll in the École des Beaux-Arts, the
leading art academy in France, but she
found private instruction and educated
herself by copying paintings in the Louvre
Museum.
Mary Cassatt
is the later phase of cubism, generally considered to date
from about 1912 to 1914, and characterised by simpler shapes and brighter
colours.
synthetic