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100
A design chiseled or chipped out of a rock surface.
What is a petroglyph?
100
The upright form of a spitting cobra.
What is Uraeus?
100
When your eyes mix two colors that are right next to each other.
What is optical mixing?
100
In this period, we find the Virgin and Child, realistic distance and volume, and the theme of death.
What is the Gothic period?
100
Artists use spray-paint to express themselves in public places, often using tags or signatures.
What is graffiti?
200
Decorated in a variety of colors.
What is polychrome?
200
A tomb in the shape of a person.
What is anthropoid?
200
A technique of painting in which many tiny points are combined to form a picture.
What is pointillism?
200
In this period, we find grotesque monsters, architecture with rounded arches and windows, and figures of the Virgin Mary.
What is the Romanesque Period?
200
Creates an “optical illusion” that uses lines, colors, and shapes to trick the viewer’s eye
What is Op Art?
300
When you place points close together to form a line.
What is the dot method?
300
When artwork is symmetrical on either side of a figure.
What is heraldic grouping?
300
Orange, green, and purple.
What are secondary colors?
300
In this period, we find large-eyed figures floating in blank space, an anti-realist style, and icons.
What is the Byzantine period?
300
Joint invention of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque; shattering of “object” into sharp, geometrical pieces.
What is Cubism?
400
Where cave art can be found.
What is caves in Europe?
400
Sculptures of them were made large to impress and overwhelm the people.
What are Egyptian pharaohs?
400
Painted diagonal compositions; known for painting ballerinas and horses.
Who is Edgar Degas?
400
In this period, we find metalwork with geometric designs, runestones detailed wooden carvings, and little to no realism.
What is the Migration period?
400
Expresses the unconscious, element of surprise.
What is Surrealism?
500
The tools used by the Paleolithic people.
What are stone tools?
500
The type of stone that Egyptian sculptures were made from.
What is limestone?
500
Considered the father of Impressionism.
Who is Edouard Manet?
500
In this period, we find few human figures, interlace design, high crosses, and historiated initials.
What is Insular art?
500
This art is impersonal; uses primary colors; straight lines.
What is De Stijl?