Intro to Art
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Greece
Rome
100
This type of art distorts reality, but is still recognizable subject matter
What is abstract art
100
the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials
What is mosaic
100
horizontal bands that organize imagery in traditional Egyptian art
What are registers
100
Art style that most resembles Egyptians- very stiff with idealized hair
What is Archaic
100
Oval Amphitheater located in Rome that held gladiator battles, animal fights, criminal executions, and plays
What is the Coliseum
200
The placement or arrangement of visual elements in a work of art, as distinct from the subject of a work
What is composition
200
wedge shaped writing from Mesopotamia
What is cuneiform
200
Egyptian writing system
What is hieroglyphs
200
a political government either carried out directly by the people or by means of elected representatives of the people
What is democracy
200
systems that brought water into major Roman cities
What are aqueducts
300
The customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group
What is culture
300
large vertical stones with a converging slab like a giant table
What is dolmen
300
This Pharaoh changed the religion as well as the art style while he ruled in Egypt
Who is Akhenaten
300
Greek order known as the "masculine" order
What is doric
300
City in Italy that was covered in Volcanic ash in 79 AD
What is Pompeii
400
An assessment or evaluation of a work; A formal analysis of a work; A constructive criticism of the effectiveness of a work or the appropriateness of the choices made by it’s creator, based on the established parameters of the assignment
What is critique
400
Law code that covered criminal laws, family laws, and consumer laws,
What is Code of Hammurabi
400
Pharaoh who dies as a teenager, his un-robbed tomb is famous for his gold death mask
Who is King Tut
400
philosopher who developed a formalized system of reason: who taught that the validity of any argument can be determined by its structure rather than its content
Who is Aristotle
400
First Emperor of Rome
Who is Augustus 1
500
the experience of seeing and enjoying something for its own sake, or for its beauty and pleasurable qualities
What is an aesthetic experience
500
Name of the tiny female statuette which is one the earliest known human figures
What is the Venus of Willendorf
500
Location of the three great Pyramids
What is Giza
500
Style of art with lots of emotion, twisted bodies, and draping fabric
What is Hellenistic
500
location of famous Roman bathhouse with heated pools and exercise gym
What is Caracalla