chapters 15-17 Flashcards
true or false
the pantheon’s oculus was included to both lighten and strengthen the dome
false - coffers lighten and strengthen structure, oculus provides daylight and ventilation
what we know about greek paintings are primarily showcased on
pottery
approximately 2,000,000 years ago, the first stone tooles enabled our ancestors to
gain some control over their relationship to their surroundings
the ziggurat shape came from
a mountain
greek art is considered dynamic and yet does not deal with idealized subject matters in the
hellenistic period
true or false
the greeks developed the structural use of concrete
false - romans
the word “neolithic” means
new stone
egyptian paintings were less natural looking than greek paintings because
the egyptians felt the need to position the figure so it exposed and presented the most descriptive view of the body
the first christian churches were patterned after roman basilicas used by romans as
assembly halls
true or false
geek classical sculpture was both naturalistic and idealistic
true
____________ is a particular position a figure takes when posing
contrapposto
the ancient sumerians developed the world’s first wheel, plow, and
writing
true or false
the baroque period had more varied styles than that of the renaissance
true
true or false
paleolithic means new stone age
false
true or false
early christian and byzantine figures showed characteristics which were not natural, but were symbolic
true
in the beginning, christianity was considered a strange cult and the romans sough to suppress it. accordinly, christians were forced to worship and hide their religious art in
catacombs
true or false
mesopotamia means “the land between the rivers”
true
one feature which sets gothic architecture apart from romanesque architecture was the extensive use of
stained glass
the systems of government of the united states was originally developed and then further refined by
the greeks and romans
between the paleolithic and neolithic periods, artistic style went from
naturalistic to abstract
one of the most remarkable female artists of the baroque period was
artemisia gentileschi
greek architecture mainly used the ____ & ____ system of construction
post and beam
the egyptian dynasty lasted as long as it did mainly because of
deserts on either side of the river nile
the dome as a roof is found on
the pantheon
the rigid poses of egyptian and early greek statues gave way to more fluid poses in later greek works because
the greeks became more interested in anatomy
