Art Flashcards
The underpainting for a fresco
Sinopia
Who is considered the founding father of the Renaissance?
Donatello
Whose work was the source of the Impressionism movement name?
Claude Monet
Who is considered one of the most important thinkers associated with postcolonial theory?
Edward Said
The brightness or purity of a color
Intensity
In what present-day country did the Persian Empire flourish?
Iran
Prints from what country influenced French nineteenth-century artists?
Japan
During which time period is Stonehenge believed to have been built?
New Stone Age
When complimentary colors are blended by the eye it is known as
Optical Mixing
In a photograph of a three dimensional form we perceive the edges of the form as which kind of lines?
Outlines
In African artwork, what is the primary purpose of exaggerated head body proportions?
Symbolic
What were the sculptures of the Yoruba civilization made of?
Terracotta and bronze
The Cubists were influenced by
African Art
Which culture is credited with the invention of paper?
Chinese
What is the oldest legal code in its entirety?
Code of Hammurabi
Who is wildly considered the founder of modern sculptures?
Donatello
Who is often referred to as the first Impressionist?
Edouard Manet
A type of printmaking that uses acid to create an image
Etching
The arrangement of the windows of a building
Fenestration
In the past what objects did art historians limit their focus on?
Fine art
A solution sprayed on drawings to prevent smudging is known as a
Fixative
The Islamic Dome of the Rock is located where?
Jerusalem
What type of artwork uses small tiles, pieces of stone, or glass where they are set into a ground material to create large murals?
Mosaic
Who is considered the father of Greek painting?
Polygnotus
What was the central aspect of Sumerian life in Mesopotamia?
Religion
What was the Oath of the Horatii meant to illustrate?
Republican virtues
What two elements in an artwork occupy positive space?
Shape and Forms
Joan Mitchell was born in
Chicago
The slabs in the Field of Stelae are made from
Concrete
Code X: The City of Culture of Galicia was published by
Eisenman
To what country did Mitchell relocate permanently in 1955?
France
Which American artist sculpted two peace bridges in the Peace Memorial Park?
Isamu Noguchi
Whose work “synthesizes a multitude of contrasting concepts and forms: light and dark, warm and cool, space and density, growth and decay, gravity and lightness”?
Joan Mitchell
Who helped found the “Reflex” group?
Karel Appel
The name given to a category of artworks in which the artists use several art mediums
Mixed media
Giacometti’s father was a/an
Painter
Which artist was interested in the idea of “recapitulation”?
Still
Chagall was born in the Russian city of
Vitebsk
an academic discipline dedicated to the reconstruction of the social, cultural, and economic contexts in which an artwork was created
Art history
the philosophical inquiry into the nature and expression of beauty
Aesthetics
the explanation of current art events tot he general public via the press
Art criticism
focuses on the visual qualities of the work of art itself
Formal analysis
focuses on the cultural, social, religious, and economic context in which the work was produced.
Contextual analysis
southeastern France; cave paintings discovered in 1994 and dating from c. 30,000 BCE (Old Stone Age or Upper Paleolithic Period), mostly animal depictions
Chauvet Cave
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England; megalithic stone circles dating from c. 2100 BCE (New Stone Age or Neolithic Period)
Stonehenge
stepped pyramids built by Sumerians in Mesopotamia starting c. 4000 BCE; function as temples as well as administrative and economic centers
Ziggurats
Egyptian style; head in profile with eye in frontal view, torso in full frontal view, and lower body, legs, and feet in profile
Fractional representation
counter positioning = standing figure is posed with its weight shifted onto one leg, for a more relaxed, naturalistic appearance
Contrapposto
work in which small ceramic tiles, pieces of stone, or glass are set into a ground material to create large murals
Mosaic
a series of arch-shaped structures used as a ceiling or a support to a roof; common in Romanesque architecture
Barrel vault
framework of thin stone ribs or arches built under the intersection of the vaulted sections of the ceiling; common in Gothic architecture
Ribbed vault
additional bracing materials and arches placed on the exterior of a building (especially in cathedrals); common in Gothic architecture
Flying buttress
1377-1446, Italian artist who completed the dome of the Florence cathedral, developed linear perspective (single vanishing point)
Filippo Brunelleschi
1389?-1466, Italian Renaissance artist, founder of modern sculpture
Donatello
1444?-1510, Italian Renaissance artist, established ideal for female beauty with “The Birth of Venus” (c. 1482)
Botticelli
1452-1519, Italian High Renaissance artist, inventor, architect, engineer, scientist, musician; “The Last Supper” (c. 1495-98), “Mona Lisa” (c. 1503-05)
Leonardo da Vinci
the use of mellowed colors and a blurred outline, allows forms to blend subtly into one another with obvious transitions; da Vinci’s key innovation
Sfumato
1475-1564, Italian High Renaissance artist; “David” (1504), ceiling at Sistine Chapel (1508-1512)
Michelangelo (di Buonarotti)
