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Intro to Art History
Stone Age Art
Greek Art
Renaissance Artists
What is the Definition?
100
What is Art History?
What is an academic discipline dedicated to the reconstruction of the social, cultural, and economic contexts in which an artwork was created.
100
The oldest work (currently) is found at what cave?
What is Chauvet Cave
100
Which column is the most complex?
What is Corinthian
100
Giotto di Bondone was best known for his ______
What is frescoes
100
Chiaroscu-ro means
What is dramatic contrasts of light and dark
200
Contextual analysis is ___________
What is involves looking outside of the work of art in order to determine its meaning
200
Chauvet Cave is located at what country?
What is France
200
A greek term for counter positioning is?
What is contrapposto
200
This artist is given credit for putting Brunelleschi’s theory into practice, as he used both linear and aerial per- spective in his frescoes
Who is Masaccio
200
Negative space & Positive space
Negative space- surround the form Positive space- the form
300
Modern art history was strongly influenced by ________
What is Enlightenment philosophy. Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768)
300
Middle Stone Age is also known as _________
What is Mesolithic Period
300
During the Early Classical Period, most temples were built on what kind of columns?
What is silm Doric columns
300
This person is considered the founder of modern sculpture
Who is Donatello
300
Optical color & Local color
Optical color- effect that special lighting has on the color of objects Local color- “true” color of an object
400
Pliny the Elder wrote Natural History to analyze what kind of art?
What is historical and contemporary art
400
New Stone Age also known as?
What is Neolithic Period
400
The Parthenon was built in what period?
What is Middle Classical Period (c. 448–400 b.c.e.)
400
These two artists are considered “Renaissance Man .”
Who are Leonardo da Vinci (1452– 1519) and Michelangelo (1475–1564)
400
Motif
Motif- single element of a pattern
500
During the Renaissance, this person gathered the biographies of great Italian artists, past and present, in the book "The Lives of the Artists".
What is Giorgio Vasari
500
The Stonehenge is bulit during which period
What is Neolithic Period
500
The top of the column is called _________
What is capital
500
Who painted "The Birth of Venus"
Who is Botticelli
500
Relief printmaking
Cuts away parts from the surface of the plate. The remaining parts will stand out.