Arts Lesson 4 - Paintings from The Western Classical Arts Tradition

Question 1

Paintings during this era were
found inside the caves which may have been their way of communicating with each other.

Ex: Cave of Lascaux

Answer 1

Pre-Historic Paintings

Question 2

The purpose of these paintings is to make the deceased afterlife place pleasant. Most paintings were highly stylized, symbolic and show profile view of an animals or people.

Answer 2

Egyptian Paintings

Question 3

Paintings from this era were most found in vases, panels, and tomb. Most of the subjects were battle scenes, mythological figures, and everyday scenes.

Ex: Judgement of Paris

Answer 3

Greek Paintings

Question 4

Paintings from this era use the technique of mosaic, an art process
where an image is created using an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stones, or other
materials.

Ex: Head of Alexander

Answer 4

Roman Paintings

Question 5

The lively styles of paintings which had been invented in Greek and Rome lived on in Byzantium but this time for Christian subjects.

Ex: Empress Theodora

Answer 5

Byzantine Paintings

Question 6

These paintings only depict religious sentiments that were enormous in size and covered entire church walls. It shows traces of Mozarabic influence through elongated oval faces, large staring eyes and long noses, figures against flat colored bands and heavy outlining.

Answer 6

Romanesque Paintings

Question 7

Paintings have been confined in the illumination of manuscript pages and the painting of frescoes on the walls of churches cosmopolitan style, elegant mannered, and sophisticated.

Answer 7

Gothic Paintings

Question 8

A continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point.

Answer 8

Line

Question 9

Consists of Hue, Intensity and Value.

Answer 9

Color

Question 10

The lightness or darkness of a color.

Answer 10

Value

Question 11

An enclosed area defined and determined by other art elements; 2dimensional.

Answer 11

Shape

Question 12

A 3-dimensional object; or something in a 2-dimensional artwork that appears to be 3-dimensional.

Answer 12

Form

Question 13

The distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things.

Answer 13

Space

Question 14

The surface quality or “feel” of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc.

Answer 14

Texture

Question 15

The way the elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability in a work.

Answer 15

Balance

Question 16

The focal point of an image.

Answer 16

Emphasis

Question 17

A large difference between two things to create interest and tension.

Answer 17

Contrast

Question 18

A regular repetition of elements to produce the look and feel of movement.

Answer 18

Rhythm & Movement

Question 19

Repetition of a design.

Answer 19

Pattern

Question 20

When all the elements and principles work together to create a pleasing image.

Answer 20

Unity & Harmony

Question 21

The use of differences and change to increase the visual interest of the work.

Answer 21

Variety

Question 22

The comparative relationship of one part to another with respect to size, quantity, or degree.

Answer 22

Proportion