Ap Art History Units 1-2 Flashcards
Paleolithic
hunter gather, focuses on genitals/women, cave paintings/free standing sculptures
Neolithic
land bridge, narrative/landscape
zoomorphic
represents animal/gods of animal form
anthropomorphic
having human characteristics
Paleolithic characteristics
animals/women
Neolithic characteristics
humans dominating over animals
Menhir
Neolithic, standing up rock
Megalith
structures made of large stones
post and lintel
Stone doorway shape thingy
Mesopotamia art
focus on human activity, humans are clothes- anatomical
Iconoclasm
destruction of artwork
ziggurat
place of worship
ground lines
ground level
hypostyle
many columns placed together
obelisk
tower w/ triangle thing on top
ankh
female sign thingy
pylon
front entrance to an Egyptian tower
necropoli
city of the dead
triclinium
dining table w/ 3 couches
fresco
mural on wall
mosaics
picture of small tiles
grain vault
square looking like barrel vault
barrel vault
looks like inside of barrel
coffer
square cut outs in ceiling
pediment
triangle on top of building (triangle falling people sculpture killed by British)
frieze
under pediment (normally decorated)
architrave
under frieze
doric column
no base
ionic column
stipe w/ swirly thing on the top base
Corinthian column
decoration on top
controposto
weight on 1 leg
