Unit 0: Fundamentals
Line, Shape, Form, Color, Value, Space, Texture
What are the Elements of Art?
Most statues in Greece and Etrusia were originally decorated in this way.
What is painting?
This triangular space on a temple was often decorated with sculptures.
What is the pediment?
[BLANK] figures in Greek art were commonly depicted in the nude.
What are male figures?
Pictorial arts, craft arts, or art design, sculptures
What can art be?
This facial feature is a key characteristic of early Greek and Etruscan statues.
What is the "Archaic smile"?
This order is typical of Archaic temples and often features columns without a base.
What is Doric?
A Greek idea/philosophy that emphasized the importance of human beings over divine beings.
What is humanism?
Physical hard core evidence and documentary evidence
Greek sculptors used this technique to show the female body/form.
What is "wet drapery"?
This order features in both the Parthenon and Temple of Athena Nike.
What is Ionic?
This era broke many artistic traditions in order to bring greater emotion and a heightened sense of drama to its art.
What is Hellenism?
Balance, Emphasis, Movement, Rhythm/Pattern, Proportion/Scale, Unity, Variety/Contrast
This technique gave life and fluidity to sculpted figures through asymmetrical balance.
What is "contrapposto"?
Most of what we know about Etruscan art and culture comes from these.
What are necropoli?
This era featured idealized human bodies and emphasized perfection through balance/symmetry.
What is Greek Classicism?
Why do we study art History?
This sculpted feature was used to tell a structured narrative on temples such as the Parthenon.
What is a continuous frieze?
Corinthian capitals combined these two decorative features.
What are volutes and leaves?
Etruscan depictions of men and women together suggest this aspect of their society.
What is gender equality? OR What is higher status of women?