Vocabulary
Egypt
Art as...
Renaissance
Artists
100
From the French translation of "cut and paste," this is a type of art that is made from many different pieces. Magazines, colored papers, and found images can be put together into a new image.
What is a collage?
100
The Egyptian form of writing, which combined pictorial representations and phonetic symbols.
What are hieroglyphics?
100
This theory describes art as a way to show defining aspects of a civilization, family, or individual.
What is "Art as Identification"?
100
The translation of the word Renaissance.
What is Rebirth?
100
Famous for painting the Starry Night. A post-impressionism painter who worked in quick, open, thick application of brushstrokes. Painted many portraits, both self portraits and people from his everyday life.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
200
The artistic concept of showing an idea or meaning through a symbol.
What is symbolism?
200
A ceremonial grey piece of stone, this artifact shows the unification of upper and lower Egypt by an important Pharaoh.
What is the palette of Narmer?
200
This theory describes art as an attempt to attain magical results through an image. Examples include the exaggerated animals of Lascaux and the highly decorated tombs of Egyptian upper class.
What is "Art as Image Magic"?
200
Known worldwide as a Renaissance man because of his proficiency at many things, he could be seen as an symbol of the Italian Renaissance. Mostly known for painting Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo Davinci?
200
A famous artist who helped pioneer Cubism, a style of painting that showed one object or person from a variety of angles.
Who is Pablo Picasso?
300
This is a type of picture that shows a person's face. Artists would usually include important details about the person's occupation, personality, or other characteristics.
What is a portrait?
300
The description of how egyptian artisans showed the human form from its clearest angle.
What is Composite pose?
300
This theory describes art as a way to focus spiritual energy in a ceremony or spread religious ideas. Examples include highly decorated illuminated manuscripts and the abstract symbols of prehistoric cave painting.
What is "Art as Religion/ Religious ceremony"?
300
Pioneered in the Renaissance era, this is an artistic technique that helps the artist see his subject in accurate proportions. By placing vertical and horizontal lines on an image, the artist was able to transfer realistically one square at a time.
What is the Grid Technique?
300
The original Impressionism painter, this man painted colorful scenes of gardens, flowers, haystacks, usually at different times of day. His style focused on the effects of light.
Who is Claude Monet?
400
Pioneered by the Greeks, this geometric concept allowed artists to paint scenes with a realistic illusion of depth. It is a central development of the Italian Renaissance.
What is linear perspective?
400
The palette of Narmer: Art as...
What is Political Power?
400
This theory describes art as a way for leaders to express their dominance. Examples could include Roman emperors building structures for entertaining their people or the palette of Narmer telling the story of a great leader unifying the Egyptian dynasty.
What is "Art as Political Power"?
400
Further developed by Renaissance artists, this is an artistic device that uses a vanishing point to shown an illusion of 3-dimensional depth on a 2-dimensional surface.
What is linear perspective?
400
A key artist in the Harlem Renaissance, he thought of his work as "Visual Jazz" because of the level of improvisation used in his collages.
Who is Romare Bearden?
500
This french term means painting outdoors in the natural elements and light. It was a key aspect of Impressionism.
What is Plein Air?
500
This theory from Greek sculpture and architecture shows that art should be an attempt to create a perfect combination of body and mind, head and heart, passion and reason. This goal was attained by exaggerated human proportions, accurate muscular and skeletal anatomy, and using Gods and Goddesses.
What is "Art as Ideal Beauty"?
500
An artistic, literary, and musical movement centered in New York City, that featured a surge of African American creative contributions like Jazz music and Romare Bearden.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
500
A graffiti artist in New York City in the 1980's, this artist used colorful human forms, quick line work, and large scale murals to bring attention to Street Art as a serious discipline.
Who is Keith Haring?
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