Byzantine Art
what was Constantine's finest achievements?
The book of Genesis
what is a mastaba?
flat-topped one story structure with slanted walls that served as a tomb
lines can be used to create ______?
shapes
what is fresco?
a technique for painting murals that uses water-based paint applied to wet water.
In Roman mythology who was Venus?
the goddess of love
In the book of genesis what were the pages made of?
vellum, or calfskin
what is cuneiform?
a system of writing
Three types of art elements?
shape, form, and line.
what is a cyclade?
a group of islands south of Greece
who were the 4 most important artists during this time?
Botticelli, Michaelangelo, Raphael Sanzio,and Leonardo da Vinci
what is a central plan?
a building with a main central area.
what is a low relief sculpture?
a sculpture that extends only slightly away from the background surface
shapes do not have _____?
depth
Early Cycladic artists made use of what material?
white marble
what is humanism?
the high potential of human nature
what is an apse?
an apse is a semicircular niche, or recess in the wall.
what is a rock cut tomb?
a tomb cut into a cliff face
what are 2 different types of lines?
Descriptive and implied
Did the minoan culture start to decline before or after 1500 BCE?
after
what does the term Renaissance mean?
rebirth
what is iconoclasm?
destruction or religious icons.
what is a stylus?
a writing tool that is pointed on one end and triangular at the other
three dimensional representations
what was white marble used for?
to sculpt distinctive human figures
In Greek mythology who was Aphrodite?
the goddess of love