art 301-350

Question 1

shading with crisscrossed lines

Answer 1

crosshatching

Question 2

shading with varying densities of small colored dots

Answer 2

stippling

Question 3

FOUR styles of printmaking

Answer 3

relief, intaglio, lithograph, and screen painting

Question 4

printing plate in which the image is created

Answer 4

matrix

Question 5

process where pieces of matrix are cut away so the image projects from the surface

Answer 5

relief printmaking

Question 6

tool used to apply ink to a plate

Answer 6

brayer

Question 7

TWO tools used to transfer ink from a plate to a page

Answer 7

printing press and burnisher

Question 8

an environemental artist must first do what before beginning a project?

Answer 8

recieve approval for his or her work from community and governmental agencies

Question 9

this environmental artist usedr rocks and algae to create a huge spiral in the great salt lake

Answer 9

robert smithson

Question 10

this environmental artist surrounded islands in florida with pink polyester and wrapped pont neuf of paris with plastic

Answer 10

christo

Question 11

this environmental artist is known for his ice sculptures and his arrangements of leaves and twigs floating on water

Answer 11

andy goldsworthy

Question 12

what structures are the greatest known works of the sumerian reestablishment period?

Answer 12

ziggurats built at city centers

Question 13

what THREE purposes did ziggurats serve?

Answer 13

temples, administrative, and economic centers

Question 14

which city state conquered Mesopotamia in 1792 BCE?

Answer 14

babylonia

Question 15

who was the king of babylonia during its conquest of mesopotamia?

Answer 15

Hammurabi

Question 16

what legal achievment was hammurabi’s enduring legacy?

Answer 16

he codified the babylonian law into the Code of Hammurabi

Question 17

what two works of art from hammurabi’s rule and best known today?

Answer 17

a stone steele engraved with hammurabi’s code and a relief sculpture of hammurabi

Question 18

where is the stone stele containing hammurabi’s code kept?

Answer 18

the lourve museum

Question 19

which civilization dominated northern mesopotamia from 900 to 600 bce?

Answer 19

the assyrians

Question 20

most notable medium of assyrian artwork

Answer 20

relief carvings

Question 21

civilization which controlled Mesopotamia between 612 and 538 bce

Answer 21

babylonians

Question 22

two important architectural constructs built during the Neo-Babylonian period

Answer 22

the hanging gardens and the Ishtar Gate

Question 23

architectural style that influenced the design of the palace at Persepolis

Answer 23

Egyptian

Question 24

four major works produced during the Ancient Egyptian period

Answer 24

Sphynx, pyramids of Giza, Pharoah statues, and head of Queen Nefertiti

Question 25

hierarchal scale

Answer 25

determining figures relative size in an artwork according to their social status

Question 26

egyptian artifact exemplyfying the use of hierarchal scale

Answer 26

the Palette of Kind Narmer

Question 27

function of Palette of King Narmer

Answer 27

mixing cosmetics

Question 28

main image of palette of king narmer

Answer 28

narmer holding the hair of a fallen enemy and preparing to deliver a death blow

Question 29

fractional representation

Answer 29

a method of presenting figures so that the body is shown as clearly as possible

Question 30

what burial practices did egyptians observe?

Answer 30

mummification and entombment with furnishings, jewelry, and servants

Question 31

egyptian king whose famously well hidden tomb was uncovered in 1922

Answer 31

tutankhamen

Question 32

kingdom that covered much of africa during the reign of ancient egypt

Answer 32

nubia

Question 33

cycladic

Answer 33

aegean culture that flourished from 3200 to 2000 bce in the cyclades

Question 34

minoan

Answer 34

aegean culture which supplanted the cycladic culture on crete, peaking around 1000 bce

Question 35

knossos

Answer 35

central city in minoan culture, believed to be the home of the minotaur

Question 36

minotaur

Answer 36

half man, half bull creature believed to have lived in a maze in knossos

Question 37

two major forms of minoan painting

Answer 37

frescoes on palace walls and pottery designs

Question 38

mycenaean

Answer 38

aegean culture whose rise coincided with the fall of the minoans

Question 39

mycenae

Answer 39

central city of the mycenaean culture

Question 40

material used in the best known mycenaean works of art

Answer 40

gold

Question 41

archaic period

Answer 41

period in history lasting from 660 to 475 bce

Question 42

two regions whose sculptures influenced archaic greek sculptures

Answer 42

egypt and mesopotamia

Question 43

two column styles used in archaic greek temple construction

Answer 43

doric and ionic

Question 44

corinthian style of pottery decoration

Answer 44

depicting figures against a floral ornamented background

Question 45

common column style used in early classical period temples

Answer 45

doric

Question 46

contrapposto, or counter positioning

Answer 46

greek pose invented to show the body to its best advantage

Question 47

middle classical period

Answer 47

art historical period following the early classical period

Question 48

late classical period

Answer 48

period in which architecture declined after athen’s defeat in the peloponnesian war

Question 49

corinthian column design

Answer 49

column design which became popluar in the late classical period

Question 50

hellenistic period

Answer 50

art historical period that saw increased influence of eastern civilizations on greek works