Romanesque
Art Techniques
Critical Analysis
Gothic Period
Byzantine/Islamic Art
100
It means to paint on wet plaster.
What is fresco?
100
When writing calligraphy, the choice of this tool, the tip of the stylus, will determine the width of your lines.
What is a nib?
100
This element guides the viewers eyes around the page, often highlighting what is important.
What is line?
100
The term "gothic" originally meant this
What is barbaric?
100
These dark tunnels housed the dead in complex mazes beneath ancient cities.
What are catacombs?
200
Roman meeting places that later became churches for the new Christian faith.
What is basilicas?
200
This type of paint is used to prime canvas because it is more opaque.
What is gesso?
200
This principle means the elements are similar in the composition.
What is harmony?
200
These are considered the greatest achievement of the gothic period
What are cathedrals?
200
This group of African Muslims conquered and ruled Spain for 400 years.
Who were the Moors.
300
This "barbarian" leader conquered most of Western Europe and initiated a period of peace.
Who is Charlemagne?
300
When throwing pottery, your elbows should be in this position.
What is tucked into your sides or thighs?
300
This element implies that objects are rough, smooth or even fuzzy.
What is texture?
300
A framework of stone to support the exterior walls of a gothic cathedral
What is a flying buttress?
300
This palace in Granada is one of the finest examples of Islamic art and architecture.
What is the Alhambra Palace?
400
These woven murals hung on castle walls to provide warmth, both physical and aesthetic.
What are tapestries?
400
When painting or doing ink washes, paper is often taped or stretched to prevent this.
What is cockling (wrinkling)?
400
This principle highlights the difference in size between two or more elements.
What is proportion?
400
Like a medieval monk's daytimer, this book provides a schedule of prayers and meditations.
What is the book of hours?
400
These pieces of art were composed of stone and glass on walls of churches and palaces by Early Christians, Byzantines and Muslims alike.
What are mosaics.
500
In this date, the first Holy Roman Emperor was crowned.
What is December 25th, 800AD?
500
Technique used in drawing that uses parallel lines that follow the curvature of the object in order to create depth and shading
What is contour hatching?
500
This principle describes how elements transition across a composition.
What is gradation?
500
The Limburgh Brothers perfected the "international style" used to bring light to these documents.
What is illuminated manuscripts.
500
A famous landmark in Istanbul, it was first a great church, then a mosque and now is a museum for tourists.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
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