art

Question 1

jomon pottery

Answer 1

clay pots in japanese art

Question 2

haniwa figures

Answer 2

• clay soldiers placed around tombs

Question 3

what was the purpose of haniwa figures?

Answer 3

functioned as spiritual barriers

Question 4

mold bronze casting

Answer 4

shang dynasty

Question 5

guang vessels

Answer 5

piece mold casting used in rituals in athens

Question 6

lost wax process (bronze)

Answer 6

method of metal casting

Question 7

contrapposto

Answer 7

most weight on one leg

Question 8

acropolis

Answer 8

building built on a mountain

Question 9

doric and ionic

Answer 9

doric simple and oldest form (huge and stocky)

Ionic- 2nd form slender and taller

Question 10

archaic sculpture

Answer 10

Releasing the figure
Egyptian influence
Kouros
Had a creepy smile on the figure to bring life to it

Question 11

classical period

Answer 11

Had a more natural look to it
Athens - Pericles -Plato-Aristotle
Naturalism and idealism
Canon of proportions

Question 12

daoism confucianism

Answer 12

Direct connection between calligraphy and painting - both the act of painting the picture itself carries meaning

Question 13

six canons of xie he

Answer 13

daoism

Question 14

shifting perspective

Answer 14

Chinese landscapes. The foreground of the painting is separate from the background. The foreground is detailed, and stretches to the middle ground – where a vast space appears. Photo-Realism. Art the is rendered so realistically that it appears to be a photograph.

Question 15

scientific or linear fixed perspective

Answer 15

illusion of depth on flat surface

Question 16

fresco

Answer 16

paint easier to cover large areas, mossachio used this

Question 17

oil paint

Answer 17

slow pigmented drying paint

Question 18

prints (woodcut and engraving)

Answer 18

woodcuts are a form of relief printing in which a block of wood is carved leaving the raised image

Question 19

chiaroscuro

Answer 19

the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting.

Question 20

Tenebrism

Answer 20

a beam of light, dramatic effect

Question 21

impasto

Answer 21

really thick paint

Question 22

ukiyo-e

Answer 22

pictures of the floating world

Question 23

polykeitos

Answer 23

wrote a perfect porportion of the human form

Question 24

tomb of nintoku

Answer 24

Had a key-shaped tomb
Kofun period
15000 clay cylindrical figures, haniwas would be placed around the tombs
The tomb was shaped like a key
Largest tomb in Japan

Question 25

Fu hao

Answer 25

greteast military general

servents were buried with her

Question 26

li cheng

Answer 26

landscape painter
escape to nature
painted natures essence