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Prehistoric Cave Paintings
Ancient Egyptian Art
Greek and Roman Art
Origami and Mimbres Pottery
Perspective,
Amate Paintings,
and Symmetry
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How did cave paintings last 20,000 years?
They were preserved in caves and protected from the elements like the sun, rain, and mold.
100
What river flows through egypt for 900 miles?
The Nile
100
Soil was very bad in Greece so they transported water to their cities using these.
Aquaducts
100
What clay technique did the Mimbres use to build their pottery?
They built them using COILS which they stacked on top of one another.
100
What is Amate and how is it made?
Amate is handmade paper made from tree bark fibers. The fibers are soaked in lime and charcoal, laid out in strips across each other, and pounded till they are flat.
200
What natural materials did we use to create our own cave paintings?
Vine charcoal and red clay.
200
What is the ancient writing form of the Egyptians called
Hieroglyphics
200
What is a Mosaic?
A picture made from small tiles of glass or stone.
200
What does Ori mean in Japanese?
Ori means FOLDING
200
What time period was perspective invented?
The Renaissance.
300
What is the art word for simplified pictures of the real thing?
Stylized
300
How did the Egyptians paint their people? (Include the whole body)
Face were painted from the side, the shoulders and arms from the front, and the feet from the side
300
Who is the month July named after?
Julius Caesar
300
Where did the Mimbres culture live?
Southern New Mexico, USA
300
What type of symmetry is a starfish?
Radial Symmetry
400
What were two possible purpose of ancient cave art?
record events and stories religious ceremonies instructions or warnings as art or clan tags
400
What is a loop of rope that meets at both end and is a symbol for eternity and protection in Egyptian art?
Cartouche
400
Name 2 major differences between the Romans and Greeks
Roman people looked real, Greeks look perfect like the gods Romans had better roads Rome had an Empire, not city-states like the Greeks Roman women had more rights.
400
The Mimbres people are famous for how they painted their bowls. How were these bowls painted?
They used black and white, symmetrical designs, geometric and stylized designs, and were very detailed.
400
What are 3 characteristics of Amate Paintings?
they are bright and colorful scenes of everyday life, indigenous animals and plants They are stylized and simplified The images are flat, and outlined with black.
500
What was the most famous cave where 2000 paintings were found? One painting of a bull was 17 feet long!
Lascaux Cave in France.
500
How long did the mummification process take to complete?
70 days.
500
Name two inventions of the GREEKS.
Olympics, Democracy, aqueducts, arches and columns.
500
How was Sadako Sasaki important to Origami Cranes? What did she help them symbolize?
After the bombing of Hiroshima Sadako Sasaki developed leukemia and decided to make a 1000 cranes. After her passing, her classmates started a campaign to memorialize her and other victims of the nuclear bombs. This started a worldwide movement of paper cranes for peace, a symbol of the need to end and disarm all nuclear weapons.
500
What exactly is perspective about? Think about the point and horizon line when you use perspective.
Perspective is a system that explained how objects shrink in size according to their position and distance from the eye. Like a train track that gets smaller as it moves away.