ART 2022-2023

Question 1

Art history

Answer 1

is an academic discipline dedicated to the
reconstruction of the social, cultural, and economic
contexts in which an artwork was created.

Question 2

Why would some people view art differently?

Answer 2

Differences such as social status, education, physical
access to a work of art, religious background, race,
and gender have an impact on the construction of the
meaning of a work of art.

Question 3

The 2 types of analysis:

Answer 3

These two modes of analysis are called
formal analysis and contextual analysis.

Question 4

What is formal analysis?

Answer 4

Formal
analysis focuses on the visual qualities of the work of
art itself.

Question 5

What art was found in Lascaus and Altamira?

Answer 5

The art in these caves
takes the form of large colored drawings of animals such
as horses, bears, lions, bison, and mammoths, and the
paintings include several outlines of human hands.

Question 6

What kinds of paitings were in the Chauvet cave?

Answer 6

Except for a minimal use of yellow, the paintings and
engravings in Chauvet Cave were created using red
ochre and black charcoal and depict animals such as
horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalos, and mammoths.

Question 7

Venus (or
Woman) of Willendorf (c. 28,000–25,000 bce),

Answer 7

are small stone female figures that
have exaggerated bellies, breasts, and pubic areas.

Question 8

What was similar about rock shelter art and cave art?

Answer 8

rock shelter paintings, like the cave paintings
that preceded them, demonstrate the skill of their
creators in the depiction of animal figures.

Question 9

What was different between rockshelter art and cave art?

Answer 9

depiction of the human figure.

Question 10

What artwas popular in new stone age?

Answer 10

are rings or rows of rough-
hewn stones located in Western Europe.

Question 11

What is the stonehedge made of in England?

Answer 11

Stonehenge features concentric rings made
with sarsen (a form of sandstone) stones and smaller
“bluestones”—rocks indigenous to the region.

Question 12

What did the sumerians make in mesotampanio?

Answer 12

impressive sculptures and buildings.

Question 13

What did the sumerians build?

Answer 13

built massive temples at the centers of their cities.

Question 14

What did the Addikas art based off?

Answer 14

monarchy

Question 15

What is the most known persian art?

Answer 15

the palace at Persepolis,

Question 16

What was the palace of Perpalois made out of?

Answer 16

of stone, brick, and wood
-showedthat they had influence of egypt

Question 17

What was egypt art based off?

Answer 17

Egyptian art emphasizes a style called
hierarchical scale,

Question 18

what is hierarchical scale?

Answer 18

the status of figures
or objects to determine their relative sizes within an
artwork.

Question 19

the Palette
of King Narmer,

Answer 19

King Narmer
centrally, and he is depicted as being considerably larger
than the other figures.

Question 20

Figures are presented so that each part of
the body is shown as clearly as possible,

Answer 20

“fractional representation.”

Question 21

What are some cycladic art?

Answer 21

nude female figures and decorated peices of pottery

Question 22

What is minoean art?

Answer 22

The art of these island people depicts sea
life and includes statues of a female snake goddess.

Question 23

What are architecture acheivements of minoean?

Answer 23

They built four major
palaces, all completely unfortified and designed in a
light, flexible, and organic style.

Question 24

the did myceneans build?

Answer 24

The Mycenaeans built elaborate tombs,
and their burial practices allowed for a large number
of objects to be preserved.

Question 25

what were mycean mainlymade out of?

Answer 25

gold

Answer 26

relief sculpture.