Art Section 1 Flashcards
What art form was the MOST important in establishing the identity of the emerging U.S.?
Portraiture
What is the primary purpose of art history?
To understand a work of art in its original context
Aesthetics is BEST defined as
Study of the nature and expression of beauty
What is NOT typically included in the category of fine art?
Pottery
What art forms are most often considered craft art?
Posters and tattoos
The meaning of artwork is NOT
Fixed
Art analysis that focuses specifically on the visual elements of an artwork?
Formal
An art critic using formal analysis would be MOST interested in the
Work of art itself
The broadest definition of contextual analysis is
Outside information important to a work of art
An art element that is LEAST different in a reproduction of an artwork
Composition
What field of study is BEST suited for cultures that rely on oral rather than written history
Anthropology
What ancient Roman philosopher analyzed historical artworks in “Natural History”?
Pliny the Elder
Giorgio Vasari’s “The Lives of the Artists” outlined the
developing roles of artists in society
Johann Joachim Winckelmann was notable for shifting art history to focus on?
Stylistic development
Why do modern art historians focus more on ancient Egyptian art rather than ancient West African art?
Egypt’s climate allows ancient art to be preserved for longer than in West Africa
The Chauvet Cave paintings are found in modern-day?
France
What animals appear in the cave paintings at Lascaux and Altamira?
lions, bison, horses, mammoths
What function did the statue “The Venus of Willendorf” likely serve?
fertility figure
What development first caused Europeans in the Middle Stone Age to move away from cave dwellings?
An increase in temperatures prompted a transition to rock shelters
Stonehenge is a classic example of artistic production from the?
New Stone Age
The sarsen at Stonehenge is a type of?
Sandstone
Why did ancient Mesopotamia witness more invasions than ancient Egypt?
Mesopotamia lacked Egypt’s natural protections
Ancient Sumerian ziggurats were both temples and
Economic hubs
Hammurabi is known most today for his surviving
Law code (Code of Hammurabi)
What group ruled Mesopotamia first?
the Akkadians
The Ishtar Gate is known for its depictions of?
animal figures
What city was home to the Persian Empire’s most famous royal palace?
Persepolis
The Egyptian artistic practice of showing influential people as larger in works is known as?
Hierarchical scale
What Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb is most significant today?
Tutankhamun’s
What civilization existed first?
Cycladic
The Minoan civilization flourished on the island of?
Crete
What art form was NOT prevalent in the Cycladic civilization?
Iron pendants
The Minoans’ greatest architectural projects were the construction of several
Palaces
How did Archaic Greek art differ MOST from that of ancient Egyptians?
Archaic Greek art prioritized accurate depiction of human features
“Contrapposto” is BEST described as a technique in which a
Figure leans on one leg to create a greater sense of realism
The Parthenon’s restoration is the most famous architectural achievement of the
Middle Classical Period
What region had the most influence on Greek culture during the Hellenistic Period?
Asia Minor
Modern art historians’ primary sources for Etruscan art are?
decorated tombs
The ancient Romans pioneered the use of?
Concrete
Why did Roman sculpture depart from naturalistic depictions of human figures?
Roman sculptors created idealized depictions that were in line with broader societal values
What art media is most closely associated with the Byzantine period?
Mosaics
The dominant literary language in medieval western Europe was?
Latin
Hiberno-Saxon refers to an artistic and cultural overlap of the English, Irish, and the
Vikings
What church is an important example of Romanesque architecture?
Saint-Sernin Basilica
What artist is most associated with the transition between the Gothic and Renaissance periods?
Giotto di Bondone
Who designed the “Gates of Paradise”?
Lorenzo Ghiberti
What artist first popularized linear perspective?
Masaccio
Donatello is best known for his?
David
Michelangelo di Buonarotti sculpted what statues?
“Moses”, “The Bound Slave”, “The Dying Slave”, “David”
Leonardo da Vinci pioneered
sfumato
What artist is best known for introducing nude statues to the Renaissance?
Donatello
Why was Michelangelo di Buonarotti initially hesitant to accept the commission to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
The pope had canceled the previous commission
What artist is best known for the use of chiaroscuro?
Tintoretto
How did “The Tempest” most revolutionize Renaissance art?
by highlighting the landscape
Titian Vecelli was best known for his?
portraits
What artist is most known for depictions of the Madonna?
Raphael Sanzio
How did the Reformation most affect Renaissance art?
It encouraged artists to focus on secular themes
What artist is best known for his association with the Counter-Reformation?
Dominikos Theotokopoulos (aka El Greco)
The Renaissance in Northern and Southern Europe differed
Artworks in the north were smaller, classical art influenced southern artists, northern art was more detailed, northern artists used more oil paints
Matthias Grunewald is best know for art depicting?
Religious scenes
The term “caravaggesque” refers to the use of?
Chiaroscuro
Who engraved “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”?
Albrecht Durer
Hans Holbein the Younger was a court painter in?
England
True statement in comparing Baroque and the Renaissance
Baroque art was more dynamic than Renaissance art
Who painted the “Isenheim Altarpiece”?
Matthias Grunewald
Why did several patrons reject Caravaggio’s works?
The paintings depicted religious figures and other individuals in threadbare garments
Artemisia Gentileschi is best known for?
Her religious art
Who created “Ecstasy of Saint Teresa”?
Gianlorenzo Bernini
What Baroque artist came from Northern Europe?
Peter Paul Rubens
What monarch approved the creation of the “Salon”?
King Louis XIV
Diego Velazquez painted for
King Philip IV
Diego Velazquez most influenced?
Impressionism
The Baroque style mainly focused on portraying?
emotions
Who developed the fete galante genre of painting?
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Who most influenced the works of Honore Fragonard?
Francois Boucher
What historical event most coincided with the development of Neoclassicism?
French Revolution of 1789
What branch of philosophy most influenced Neoclassicism?
Enlightenment
How did Jacques Louis David’s paintings for Napoleon Bonaparte differ from his earlier works?
He previously championed republican virtues, but his paintings for Napoleon Bonaparte were akin to propaganda
Jean Dominque Ingres’s rival worked in the style of
Romanticism (his rival was Eugene Delacroix)
The Baroque style and the Romantic style shared an emphasis on?
emotion
Realism can be considered a reaction to?
Neoclassicism and Romanticism
What Realist artwork caused outrage at the Salon?
“The Stonebreakers” by Gustave Courbet’s