Elements of Art
Figures that appear larger than others in order to show their importance is an example of this type of scale
What is hieratic scale?
These are large temple bases made of mud brick common in ancient Mesopotamia
What are ziggurats?
This ancient Aegean Civilization is often associated with the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur
What is the Minoan Civilization?
This type of poetry, written by the poet Sappho, is emotional and personal and was meant to be accompanied to music.
What is lyric poetry?
The worship of many gods is referred to as this
What is polytheism?
When artists portray objects that are meant to look farther away as paler and less-detailed, we refer to it as this type of perspective
What is atmospheric perspective?
The destruction of Jerusalem and Solomon's Temple that occurred in 587 BCE marked the beginning of this significant event in the Old Testament known as the ________________ captivity.
What is the Babylonian Captivity?
This ancient Aegean Civilization is thought to be the setting for the Iliad and the Odyssey
What is the Mycenaean Civilization?
These are short stories geared toward the masses that generally contained a moral, and often had animals as primary characters
What are Aesop's Fables?
Commonly used in ancient times, this was an upright slab (usually stone) that contained inscription or sculpture (or both), and was used to commemorate an event or memorialize a person. Famous ones include Hammurabi receiving his code of laws and Narum Sin victorious in battle.
What is a stele?
Analyzing a piece of art or literature according to things like time period, background or beliefs of the artist, contemporary styles, etc. is referred to as this type of analysis
What is contextual (or historical) analysis
Using repetition to emphasize an idea is a common literary device in Psalms and is referred to as this
What is parallelism?
Beginning in medias res, being written in verse, containing grand similes and metaphors, and featuring a larger than life hero are often considered characteristics of this type of literature.
What is epic poetry?
These free-standing sculptures of young men, popular during the Archaic Period and often depicted with a half-smile, are thought to have been memorial or votive sculptures
What are koroi (kouros in the singular)?
This is sometimes referred to as inverted parallelism, because it presents a series of ideas in one order and then restates the same ideas in the opposite order
What is chiasmus?
Paintings that include many different colors are referred to as this
What is polychromatic?
Much of the Old Testament is centered around the promises made by God to Abraham and his posterity. These promises are summed up in what we refer to as this
What is the Abrahamic Covenant?
Achilles' meeting with this King of Troy at the end of the Iliad illustrates the way in which suffering can unify us as human beings
Who is Priam?
Large-scale temples made of stone date back to the archaic period in Greece. The oldest order of architecture we see in these temples had a very basic column, no bases, and alternating triglyphs and metopes accross the frieze. We refer to this order as this
What is Doric?
This myth explains why Paris abducted Helen and describes why the Greeks declared war on the Trojans
What is the Judgment of Paris (or Apple of Discord)?
Symbols used in art that would be familiar to a specific culture or subculture are referred to as this
What is iconography?
This book of the Old Testament reads differently from many of the others because of its emphasis on emotion and our personal relationship to God, and the fact that most of the verses were written to be accompanied by music
What is Psalms?
She held off her suitors by weaving a shroud during the day and then unweaving it at night
Who is Penelope?
During the Archaic Period, we begin to see philosophers asking significant questions and looking to reason and logic to answer those questions. Even though they held many different ideas, we often refer to these philosophers as this
What are pre-Socratic philosophers?
The first five books of the Old Testament are referred to as "the law," or by this name in Judaism
What is the Torah?