Architecture
Greek and Roman Art
Renaissance and Baroque
Late 18th and 19th Centuries
The 20th Century
100
the keystone
What is the final stone put into place in the construction of an arch
100
Contrapposto
What is the sculptural pose which shifted weight onto one leg.
100
chiaroscuro
What is the use of dramatic lighting (especially in art of the Baroque period.)
100
Neoclassicism
What is an art movement that relied on Roman allegories to promote the messages of the French Revolution
100
Fauvism
What is the early 20th Century art movement that used color in expressive and imaginative ways.
200
dry masonry
What is the stacking of stones without mortar
200
Hellenistic Period
What is the latest period of Greek Art characterized by expressive and dramatic gestures and subject matter.
200
Genre painting
What is the depiction of everyday life in the art of the Northern Renaissance
200
Romanticism
What is the late 18th and early 19th Century art movement that emphasized the emotional and the power of nature
200
Futurism
What is the early 20th Century Italian art movement that celebrated new technology, speed and motion
300
post-and-beam
What is two vertical stones hold up one horizontal stone and support its weight.
300
Influential Greek belief
What is importance of the individual
300
humanism
What is a philosophy formed during the Renaissance that is concerned with the interests, achievements and capabilities of humans over the concepts of theology (religion.)
300
Impressionism
What is a French art movement from 1870 characterized by use of everyday subjects and focused on light and mood.
300
Earthworks
What is large outdoor sculpture forms made of natural materials (such as rocks, plants, etc.)
400
flying buttresses
What is outer structural supports that alleviate pressure on support walls.
400
Archaic Period
What is earliest Greek period influenced by Egypt and the Near East.
400
Renaissance
What is the "rebirth" period in Europe from the 14th - 16th Centuries characterized by a renewed interest in human-centered arts, literature, science and philosophy.
400
Realism
What is the mid-19th century representational art movement influenced by the invention of photography and the ordinary as its subject matter.
400
Feminist Art
What is the art movement that gained momentum in the 1970s and promoted artworks that express the experience of women (and often addressed gender inequality.)
500
the International Style
What is architecture characterized by its use of modern materials and rectilinear, non-decorative forms
500
Roman sculpture
What is less idealized than Greek sculpture and characterized by realism in its depictions of aging men.
500
linear perspective
What is the system for creating the illusion of depth of 3D space on a 2D surface based on converging parallel lines.
500
optical color mixing
What is Impressionist painting technique that places un-blended colors next to one another on the canvas to suggest implied color mixture (instead of actual color mixture.)
500
Cubism
What is the early 20th Century French art movement characterized by its use of fractured space based on simultaneous views of often geometric subjects.