Prehistoric to Romanesque
The materials that prehistoric artists used.
What are natural materials like charcoal, ochre, stones, and bones for painting and carving.
What are key features of a gothic cathedral?
Gothic cathedrals feature pointed arches, flying buttresses, ribbed vaults, and stained glass windows.
What emotions do romantic paintings show?
What is awe, fear, wonder, passion, and the power of nature or individual freedom?
This art movement, characterized by its emphasis on light and color, originated in France in the late 19th century.
What is Impressionsim?
The ways in which Egyptian art reflects the afterlife.
What is depicting gods, rituals, and idealized figures to guide and protect the soul in the next world?
What is linear perspective?
Linear perspective is a technique that creates the illusion of depth by having lines meet at a vanishing point; it made art more realistic.
What subjects did Realists portray?
Realist artists focused on everyday life, working-class subjects, and real social issues—without idealizing their subjects.
This Dutch painter is famous for his post-impressionist works, including "Starry Night."
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
Roman art differed from Greek art.
What is Roman art emphasized realism, engineering, and public utility, while Greek art focused on idealized beauty and mythology.
How do Baroque artists show emotion?
Baroque artists used dramatic lighting, strong contrast (chiaroscuro), movement, and emotional intensity to create powerful scenes.
How did Impressionists break tradition?
Impressionists challenged rules by using visible brushstrokes, painting outdoors (plein air), and capturing fleeting moments of light and color.
This Renaissance artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
Why were the Romanesque churches fortress-like?
Symbolize protection, reflect political instability, and accommodate large pilgrim crowds.
How does Rococo reflect wealthy lifestyles?
Rococo art depicts the leisure, romance, and frivolity of the wealthy class through pastel colors and decorative, playful scenes.
How did Post-Impressionists build on impressionism?
Post-Impressionists expanded Impressionism by adding more emotion, structure, and symbolism (e.g., Van Gogh’s expressive brushwork, Cézanne’s form).
This technique involves applying paint in small dots or strokes to create an image.
What is Pointillism?
What architectural innovations came from Rome?
Introduced arches, concrete, domes, and aqueducts - innovations that allowed larger and more durable structures.
How does Neoclassicism contrast Rococo?
Neoclassical art focused on order, clarity, and classical ideals like reason and heroism, in contrast to Rococo’s softness and luxury.
What makes Cubism unique?
Cubism broke subjects into geometric shapes and showed multiple viewpoints at once, abandoning perspective and realism.
his method of printmaking involves carving an image into a block of wood.