Prehistoric art showed their knowledge of __________________.
What are animals?
200
Who was Imhotep?
Who is the first recognized artist or architect in history?
200
Spirit.
What is Ka?
200
Realistic size relationships
What is proportion?
300
Orange, green, purple
What are secondary colors?
300
What would ancient people make pigment out of?
What is rocks, blood, charcoal, etc?
300
What was the purpose of the Sphinx?
What is to guard the tombs of the pharaohs against robbers?
300
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
300
Equal distribution of visual weight
What is balance?
400
One color value scale
What is monochromatic?
400
Powder made of ground up materials that are used to make color.
What is pigment?
400
Who is thought to be the image of the Sphinx?
Who is Khafre?
400
An underground burial chamber.
What is a mastaba?
400
A judgment, used to analyze, describe and interpret artworks.
What is a critique?
500
the main idea or focal point
What is Emphasis?
500
Compare and contrast European and Australian Prehistoric art.
Both: show animals, hunting, limited colors
Different: animals to region, Australian show x-ray view and use more white.
500
Compare and contrast stepped pyramids and the pyramids at Gizeh.
Both: hold riches for Ka, both funerary, both have tomb of pharaoh.
Different: Stepped- found in different cultures, have mastaba
Gizeh- larger, smooth surface, tomb in center
500
A frame around hieroglyphics that shows a name.
What is a cartouche?
500
An orderly arrangement of elements using the principles of design.