ART 151-Final Exam Review Flashcards
Intro: Elements of Art
Define:
1. Medium
2. Style
3. Iconography
4. Perspective
5. Composition
- Medium: the material of the artist
- Style: a manner of execution typical of an identifiable group (i.e. an individual, a time period, a school)
- Iconography: the analysis of art through symbolism
- Perspective: an illusion of depth
- Composition: the arrangement of elements within the work
Intro: Elements of Art
Explain the difference between formalism and contextualism
Formalism: appearance based analysis of a work of art
Contextualism: historical based analysis of a work of art
Intro: Elements of Art
Explain the difference between form and content
Form: The total effect of every element of the work combined
Content: The meaning of the work
Ancient Greece
Offer background on Greek city-states
- Between 7-6th BC (700-500 BC) city-states become communities
- Athens new democracy inspires changes in art
- Monumental temples made of stone instead of wood emerge
Ancient Greece
What is this a picture of?
Acropolis
Ancient Greece
Offer a history of the Parthenon and Acropolis
- 480 BC: Persians sack Acropolis
- 479 BC: Greeks don’t rebuild Acropolis as a reminder
- 450 BC: Peace with Persia
- 447-432 BC: Parthenon is built
- 5th century AD: Cult figure of Athena inside the parthenon is looted and destroyed by Roman Emperor
- 6th century AD: Parthenon converted into a Catholic Church
- 1456: Ottomans conquest over Athens, turn Parthenon into Mosque
- 1967: Greek government begins Parthenon restoration
400-300 BC = 4th century BC
Ancient Greece
Name the 13 different parts of this structure
- Geison
- Frieze
- architrave
- Capital
- Column
- Eentablature
- Sterobate
- Base
- Echinus
- Abacus
- Triglyph
- Metrope
- Volute (only Ionic)
Ancient Greece
Name the difference between Doric and Ionic friezes
- Doric: Presence of triglyphs, less adorned, more masculine and stoic
- Ionic: continous frieze, skinnier and more adorned, feminine
Which order is this?
Ionic
Which order is this?
Doric
Ancient Greece
Explain the significance of Metropes
They depict general themes of Greek myths
Ancient Greek Sculpture
Name the four periods (and dates) of Ancient Greek Art
- 9th-7th century BC (900-600 BC): Geometric Period
- 6th century BC (600-500 BC): Archaic Period
- 5th century BC (500-400 BC): Classical Period
- 4th century BC (400-300 BC): Late Classical Period
Ancient Greek Sculpture
What is Humanism?
An approach to art that focuses on the human condition over the divine
Ancient Greek Sculpture
Name the time period and name of this sculpture:
Kouros Figure
Archaic Period
600 BC
Ancient Greek Sculpture
Name the time period and name of this sculpture:
Kore, Lady of Auxerre
Archaic Period
650-625 BC
Ancient Greek Sculpture
Name the time period and name of this sculpture:
Peplos Kore
Classical Period
530 BC
Ancient Greek Sculpture
Name the time period, the name of this sculpture, and it’s significance:
Kritios Boy
Late Classical Period
480 BC
Early appearance of contraposto
The Image of Christ
Give a Brief History of the Later-Hellenistic/Greco-Roman period (also called the Early Christian Period) (1st-4th century)
- 146 BC (1st century BC): Roman invasion of Greece
- 31 BC (1st century): Greece absorbed into Roman Empire
- 50-60 AD (1st cen.): Establishment of Christian communities in Greece
- 313 AD (4th cen.): Edict of Milan allowed for religious tollerance in Milan (for Christians)
The Image of Christ
Give a history of cultural developments from the Early Christian Period to the Byzantine Period
- 2nd-5th cen. (100-500 AD) Early Christian Period
- 2nd-4th cen. (100-400 AD): Catacombs
- 306-337 AD (4th cen.): Constantine becomes Roman Emperor
- 476 AD (5th cen.): Fall of Western Roman Empire
- 5th-14th cen. (400-1400 AD): Byzantine/Medival Style
The Image of Christ
Characterize Early Christian Art
Early Christian Art evolved from avoiding images of Christ in fear of idolatry, to fully depicting him in his divinity
The Image of Christ
Identify the name and the time period of this work:
The Good Shepard Catacomb
Early Christian/Greco-Roman/Late-Hellenistic Period
4th century
The Image of Christ
Identify the name and the time period of this work:
Christ as Good Shepard
Byzantine Period
425 AD (5th century)
The Image of Christ
Characterize the difference between Byzantine and Greek art
While Greek art focused on humanity, Byzantine art focused on the divine to escape turmoil, thus rendering their art more flat and less realistic
The Image of Christ
Identify the time period and name of this work:
Emperor Justinian and His Attendants
Byzantine Period
547 BC (6th century)
The Image of Christ
How are the four Evangalists (St. John, St. Luke, St. Matthew, and St. Mark) depicted in Byzantine art?
- St. John : Eagle
- St. Luke : Ox
- St. Matthew : Angel
- St. Mark : Winged lion
Gothic Art
List the three major phases of the Gothic Period
- 1150-1250 (12th-13th cen.): Gothic Architecture
- 1220-1420 (13th-15th cen.): Gothic sculpture
- 1300-1350 (14th cen.): Gothic painting (in Italy)
Gothic Art
Give a history of the Gothic Peroid
- ** Gothic architecture was the result of a peaceful and prosperous Europe**
- Education was no longer confined to monestaries in the country - Universities founded in urban centers
- Agriculture became more efficient, ushering in prosperity, urban growth, and the middle class (bozos)
- Collapse of feudalism are rise of guilds proffited the middle class
Gothic Art
Identify the name, time period, and significance of this work:
Saint Denis Catheral, France
Gothic, 1135-late 1200s (12th-13th cen.)
The first Gothic structure, creating a completely new and revolutionary atmosphere
Gothic Art
Name the unique characteristics of Gothic Architecture
- Butresses: outward support structures
- Pointed arches
- Many windows (mostly circular and pointed)
- Stained glass
- The verticality of structure
Gothic Art
Identify the time period and name of this structure
Notre Dame, France
Gothic Period, 1163-1250 (12th-13th cen.)
Gothic Art
Identify the time period and name of this structure
Cologne Cathedral, France
Gothic Period, 1248-1880
Gothic Art
Identify the time period, name, and significance of this work:
Death of the Virgin
Strasbourg Cathedral, France
Gothic Period, 1230 (13th cen.)
Drapery informs movement, and facial expressions convey emotions –> signifies a return to humanism
Gothic Art
Describe the cultural circumstances during the end of the Gothic Period (1200-1400) that gave rise to the Early Italian Renaissance
- Greek and Roman texts preserved by Muslim scholars resurface
- A return to Humanism and reason usher the Reneissance