Antiquities
What is the subject matter of Myron's Discus Thrower?
A Greek athlete.
What was the artist of the painting of Olympia trying to do?
Update a classical subject for his own time.
When an artist uses scale to indicate importance, he or she is employing what kind of scale?
Hierarchical scale
In ancient Egypt, which part of the body was used as a standard of measurement?
The palm.
Any of the ____________ of art can help focus our interest on specific areas of a work.
Elements
What was used to create the sculpture of Menkaure and his wife, Queen Khamerernebty?
A canon of proportions.
When and where was the artist of the painting of Olympia working?
Nineteenth-century, France.
How were Icarus and Blue Nude II made?
Using painted paper cutouts.
The relationships between the sizes of different parts of a work make up its ___________.
Proportions
Why did the ancient Greeks design the Parthenon according to the idealized proportions of the human body?
To create a harmonious design.
Which culture created the sculpture of Menkaure and his wife, Queen Khamerernebty?
The Egyptians.
What does Titian's Venus of Urbino show?
A classical goddess, represented as both modest and inviting.
What is revolutionary about Walking Man?
The artist presented a rough representation of a figure as a finished work.
Which group of artists used distorted scale to create dreamlike images?
Surrealists
The ancient Greeks used which part of the human body as a standard unit for proportional measurement?
The head.
What is believed to be the purpose of the Woman of Willendorf?
A fertility figure.
What was the form of the goddess' figure based on in The Birth of Venus?
Classical Greek sculptures.
Who made the sculpture Walking Man?
Auguste Rodin
Jan van Eyck used hierarchical scale to communicate ____________ in his painting Madonna in a Church.
Spiritual importance.
Which two Greek philosophers appear in the center of the painting The School of Athens?
Plato & Aristotle
What is the medium of the Woman of Willendorf?
Limestone
Who was the artist of The Birth of Venus?
Sandro Botticelli
Which Renaissance painted nude served as an influence for later artists?
Titian's Venus of Urbino.
What type of scale was used in Egyptian relief sculpture to indicate social importance?
Hierarchical
Which Renaissance artist painted The School of Athens?
Raphael