Techniques
This philosophical field explores beauty
What is aesthetics?
The Chauvet Cave paintings used these two materials
What are ochre and charcoal?
Giorgio Vasari wrote this set of biographies of Italian artists
What is the Lives of the Artists?
This famous Constantinople church dates from the sixth century CE
What is The Hagia Sophia?
This monarch was known as the "sun king"
Who was Louis XIV?
This type of analysis focuses on the visual qualities of the art itself
what is formal analysis?
The Romans pioneered the use of this structure in bridges and aqueducts
What is an arch?
This text by Pliny the Elder sought to analyze historical and contemporary art
What is Natural History?
This period of history saw artists be considered individual geniuses rather than artisans
What was the Renaissance?
This artist pioneered the sfumato technique
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
These two forms of perspective developed in Renaissance art
What are aerial and linear perspective?
Stonehenge uses these two types of stone
What are sarsen and bluestone?
This sculpture is Donatello’s most famous
What is David?
This style of church architecture uses pointed arches and flying buttresses
What is Gothic?
This Renaissance artist painted The Birth of Venus in 1482
Who is Botticelli?
This style of painting distorts perspective and scale with acidic colors and oddly positioned subjects
What is mannerism?
Mycenaean art is best known for this type of artwork
What are relief sculptures?
This small stone, female figure constitutes one of the most famous Old Stone Age artworks
What is Venus of Willendorf?
This style of European art celebrated the gaiety, romance, and frivolity of court life
What was Rococo?
This artist is considered the founder of modern sculpture
Who is Donatello?
This painting technique dramatically contrasts light and dark
What is chiaroscuro?
This part of Stonehenge marks the point where the sun rises on the midsummer solstice
What is the heel-stone?
This famous Old Kingdom relic uses hierarchical scale and dates from 3159 to 3125 BCE
What is the Palette of King Narmer?
This early civilization centered around the city of Knossos on Crete
What is the Minoan Period?
This Italian Baroque painter created naturalistic depictions of working class and poor subjects
Who was Caravaggio?