Known as Aphrodite to the Greeks, but it’s the Roman name we use to identify this beautiful goddess.
Who is Venus
100
An artwork made up of three panels that may be hinged together so the side segments (wings) fold over the central area.
What is a Triptych
100
Drawing on many artistic traditions—not only Roman—as it blended various local styles and practices to form this new style.
What is Romanesque
100
From the Greek "old" and "stone".
What is Paleolithic
100
A building used for communal Muslim worship.
What is a Mosque
200
Founder of the Islamic Faith.
Who is Prophet Mohamed
200
A painting technique in which water-based pigments are applied to a surface of wet plaster and are absorbed into it.
What is (Buon) Fresco
200
The name of the style guided by a new emphasis on Humanist thinking which placed great value on science, reason, and the individual, while never abandoning a steadfast religious faith.
What is the Renaissance
200
From the Greek meaning “city of the dead”.
What is Necropolis
200
Churches named for their four huge timbers that formed their structural core.
What are Stave Churches
300
The Parthenon was designed and built by these two individuals.
Who are Kallikrates and Iktinos
300
A semiprecious blue stone.
What is Lapis lazuli
300
Artists identified with this style excelled at making monumental sculpture not out of stone, but with terracotta.
What is Etruscan
300
From the Latin 'cathedra', meaning throne.
What is Cathedral
300
Any large room where the Torah scrolls are kept and read.
What is a Synagogue
400
The designer of Djoser's Funerary complex.
Who is Imhotep
400
In painting, the effect of an overall smoky haze in an image.
What is Sfumato
400
Style established by the Eastern Roman Empire.
What is Byzantine Art
400
From the French meaning “fool the eye”.
What is trompe l’oeil
400
In architecture, a semicircular niche.
What is an Exedra
500
During Egypt’s New Kingdom, her husband brought about radical changes in artistic convention.
Who is Nefertiti
500
An almond-shaped area in which a sacred figure, such as Christ, is represented.
What is a Mandorla
500
The “antiquated” or “old-fashioned” Ancient Greek Period.
What is the Archaic Period
500
From the Latin term 'medium aevum' from which this ‘dark’ period gets its name.
What is Middle Age
500
In architecture, a circular opening usually found as a window or at the apex of a dome.