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Bonus!
100
A stepped pyramid platform that had a temple on top
What is a ziggurat?
100
To make wall paintings, artists used this technique of applying plaster to a wall, letting it dry, then painting onto the plaster.
What is fresco?
100
Greek artworks emphasize the importance of both religion and humanity in the Greek culture. Artists created sculptures that reflected the beliefs of the people. They carved life-sized figures of this.
What is gods and goddesses and youthful, physically fit warriors and athletes?
100
The Romans style of art and architecture was influenced by what culture?
What is the Greeks?
100
An artistic technique where foreground figures are larger and lower than background figures creates an illusion of this
What is depth?
200
Planned on a monumental scale, temples and palaces were intended to overwhelm visitors, and demonstrate the power of ____________ and _______________?
Who is gods and kings?
200
A simple and massive gateway with sloping walls, characteristic of Egyptian temples
What is a pylon?
200
Beauty, harmony, and proportion are all important characteristic of this
What is ancient Greek architecture?
200
Roman architects used this material to create open spaces unencumbered by columns or supports.
What is concrete?
200
An artistic technique (principle of design) that helps the viewer's eye travel from one area to another
What is movement?
300
Assyrian artists created sculptures in _________, in which the raised areas are relatively shallow.
What is low relief?
300
Egyptian artists wanted their funerary sculptures to last for eternity. They used these techniques to help them last
What is made them out of stone using compact forms with few projecting parts?
300
Artists of ancient Greece expressed their deep admiration for the human form through their art. During the Classical period, Greek sculptors showed figures in this way
What is with idealized beauty and perfect proportions?
300
A type of relief sculpture in which figures rise high from the surface and are undercut to appear detached
What is high relief sculpture?
300
Questions that get you thinking deeply about the nature of art, like: must all art be beautiful
What is aesthetic questions?
400
The Processional Way led from the Ishtar Gate to the Temple of Marduk. The avenue had great ceremonial significance. Sixty fierce, winged lions, march majestically along each wall. This row of lions on Babylon’s Processional Way is made of_______________
What are raised relief sculptures of glazed brick?
400
The Great Hypostyle Hall is filled with rows of massive stone columns covered in relief sculpture glorifying pharaohs, gods, and goddesses. Sculptors used this type of technique.
What is sunken relief? (a type of relief sculpture in which the figures are lower than the surface )
400
Ancient Greek artists carefully observed the human body and created both free standing sculpture and sculptures on flat surfaces called this
What is relief sculpture?
400
Which architectural forms are distinguishing characteristics of Roman architecture?
What are Arches, vaults, and domes?
400
A principle of design, where artists use different kinds of lines, colors, and patterns.
What is variety?
500
The Ishtar Gate at Babylon is made of baked bricks covered with turquoise glaze. The Ishtar Gate protected the city literally and symbolically. The dragon and bull images on the gate symbolized this.
What is gods that were important to Babylon?
500
Pharaohs and their families were buried with gold, jewels, sculpture, spices, and other treasures. Egyptians also filled the walls of tombs with paintings and relief sculpture showing scenes from the life of the deceased, such as cooking and fishing, and spiritual scenes because they believed this about the afterlife.
What is that a person's spirit (ka) would need to be provided for?
500
In this type of Greek vase, the artists filled in the figures with slip, and then carved details with a stylus.
What is a black-figure vase?
500
Classical Greek sculpture influenced Roman sculptors. Roman figures can be seen in this pose where the body forms an S-curve
What is contrapposto?
500
A principle of design, where artists use contrast and placement to draw your attention
What is emphasis?