A tall slender column used to call people to prayer.
What is a minaret?
100
A painting technique that uses small dots of color that are combined by the eye at a given distance.
What is Pointillism?
(AKA Divisionism)
100
A patron of a work of art who is often seen in that work.
What is a donor?
100
The triangular top of a temple that contains sculpture.
What is a pediment?
100
Egyptian writing using symbols or pictures as characters.
What is hieroglyphics?
200
A tower built of many stories. Each succeeding story is identical in style to the one beneath it, only smaller and typically have dramatically projecting eaves that curl up at the ends.
What is a pagoda?
200
A large outdoor work in which the earth itself is the medium.
What is an Earthwork?
200
An altarpiece in which the Madonna and Child are accompanied by saints and engaged in a 'holy conversation.'
What is Sacra Conversazione?
200
A large Greek bowl used for mixing water and wine.
What is a Krater?
200
A king or ruler of ancient Egypt.
What is a Pharaoh?
300
A fully enlightened being; there are several , the most famous of whom is Shakyamuni, also known as Gautama or Siddhartha.
What is Buddha?
300
Named for inventor Benjamin Day; this printing process uses the pointillist technique of colored dots from a limited palette placed closely together to achieve more colors and subtle shading.
What is Benday dots?
300
A smoke-light or hazy effect that distances the viewer from the subject of a painting.
What is Sfumato?
300
Literally a 'high city;' a Greek temple complex built on a hill over a city.
What is an Acropolis?
300
Art created during the reign of Akhenaton, which features a more relaxed figure style than in Old and Middle Kingdom art.
What is Amarna style?
400
The prophet whose revelations and teachings form the foundation of Islam.
Who was Muhammad?
400
An American art movement from the early 20th century that emphasized Midwestern rural life in a direct style.
What is Regionalism?
400
Literally, 'Ruler of the World,' a term that alludes to figures of Christ placed above the altar or in the center of a dome in a Byzantine church.
What is Pantocrator?
400
The upper story of a Greek temple.
What is an Entablature?
400
A tall aquatic plant used as a writing surface in ancient Egypt.
What is Papyrus?
500
Scarring of the skin in patterns by cutting with a knife. When the cut heals, a raised pattern is created, which is painted.
What is Scarification?
500
A style of abstract painting characterized by simple shapes and monochromatic color.
What is Color Field?
500
A gradual transition from light to dark in a painting, forms are not determined by sharp outlines, but by the meeting of lighter and darker areas.
What is Chiaroscuro?
500
An archaic Greek sculpture of a standing youth.
1) male
2) female
What is a 1) Kourous 2) Kore?
500
A monumental gateway to an Egyptian temple marked by two flat, sloping walls between which is a smaller entrance.