Module 1
The relationship between one part of a composition and other parts or the whole work
What is proportion?
Mythical creatures with a man's head, the body of a lion or bull, and wings
What is Lamassus?
A technique for painting murals the uses paint applied to wet plaster.
What is Fresco?
A cross-shaped floor plan of a church
What is Cruciform plan?
A distinct artistic culture that flourished in Belgium and Luxembourg during the 15th century
What is Flemish Art?
The colors name
What is Hue?
Material of the caves
What is limestone?
Region surrounding the Aegean Sea, including mainland Greece, the Greek islands, and Crete.
What is Aegean region?
The destruction of religious icons
What is iconoclasm?
Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
What is Julius II?
Focal point of a work, or the part that the eye is usually drawn to first
What is emphasis?
Called the "Fertile Crescent"
What is Mesopotamia?
One of the greatest Classical Greek sculptors
What is Myron?
The oldest surviving Islamic sanctuary
What is Dome of rock?
Major advancement in Flemish art
What is oil paints?
Similar meaning in music
What is Repetition?
He built his capital in the city of Babylon
What is Hammurabi?
Home to many monuments that highlight various Roman victories over neighboring lands
What is Rome?
Invented by art historians to describe art from the eleventh and twelfth centuries
What is Romanesque?
Art that was used to support the Monarchy in France
What is Baroque?
It can be much more difficult to identify than the other principles of design because it is subjective
What is Harmony
The worlds most famous cave paintings location.
What is Lascaux, France?
The most famous work of Roman architecture.
What is the Roman Colosseum?
In the mid-twelfth century a new and distinctive style of architecture emerged in France
What is Gothic?
The "sun-king"
What is Louis XIV?