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Horticultural society

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gardening society

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megaliths

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giant stones made with post and lintel construction

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dolman

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megalithic tomb

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sculpture in the round

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a sculpture. completely round

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fetish figure

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a sculpture believed to have ritualistic magic tendencies

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funerary culture: egypt

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ka sculpture, tomb paintings

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high relief sculpture

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a sculpture not completely carved in the round, simply chiseled away from a surface

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iconography

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icons/ symbols or representations within art

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Mycerinus and his Queen

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high relief ka sculpture with korus figure stance

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prehistoric art view

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homeopathic or ritualistic art

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egyptian art view

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doesn’t need to look like the real world. we simply need the idea to come across. this can be shown through hieratic perspective and the Egyptian stance

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fertile crescent

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a place between the tigris and Euphrates river where land was arable and there was society bc of agriculture

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minoan

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on the island of crete, there was the minoan. mythology was made to likely explain all the bull themes seen here. this was destroyed after thera erupted

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mycenaean

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the late bronze age in greece

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votive figure

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a thing made as gift to gods

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repousse

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metal being punched in from the back to create low relief sculpture

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fresco

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watercolor method?

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stele

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a monument erected from stone or wood and made into art

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greek art view

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man is the measure of all things. art must look perfect to men, even if that means making it imperfect to appear as if it is.

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entasis

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in architecture, the convex curve given to a column, spire, or similar upright member, in an attempt to correct the optical illusion of hollowness or weakness that would arise from normal tapering.

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capital of column

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the top of the column

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post and lintel

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rock suspended on two pillars or columns

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idealized form

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coming from “the man is the measure of all things,” the sculptures must have the perfect body and the perfect mind. perfect mind is portrayed through solemn, intelligent looking face.

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colonnade parthenon

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appears perfect but is imperfect. uses optical illusions like entasis

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Doryaphorus

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made by Polyclitus
this is the spear carrier. we only have a stone copy of him. originally, great sculptures are made with bronze. sometimes bronze statues were repurposed for the bronze, so we no longer have the Doryaphorus.

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Arch

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stolen by Romans
keystone in center and made using a wooden mold.

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barrel vault

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arches in a hallway

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cross vault

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arches in an intersecting hallway

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aqueduct

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man made carrying water system

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basilica

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roman house for multiple different uses

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vouissior

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the wooden thing used to make the arch

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Flavian Amphitheatre

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the really famous Roman area structure very commonly used for arena fights and stuff

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Augustus Prima Porta

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a statue of the first emperor of rome, man pointing his finger with a midget at his foot

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Early Christian, Byzantine and Gothic art view

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Constantine won in a battle to see who the next emperor of Rome would be, and used (illegal) christianity worship. because of this, he allowed christians to practice openly. this caused christian’s worldview to go into art. christians believed that external didn’t matter, only internal. so art became less realistic and more of simply for Christian art.

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basilical plan

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the way the basilica was built.
nave was the main isle down the center, and the apse was the half dome part at the front of the building.

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codex

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book made with things other than paper that would be written on by hand and also drawn on in the blank spaces.

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romanesque

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relating to a style of architecture which prevailed in Europe c. 900–1200, although sometimes dated back to the end of the Roman Empire

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Icon Painting

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something with discernible characteristics that cause the painting to be easily identified as fitting into a certain category

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Justinian

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mosaic with two panels

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hagia sofia

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largest dome with a hole on top

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flying buttress

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a price of stone sticking out of a gothic wall to keep the thin walls supported

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pointed arch

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gave illusion of looking up into the heavens because it looked like it reached further than it really did

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cruciform plan

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building it like a cross shape

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ogival

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an gothic pointed arch that has 4 sides like a box

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Abbot Suger

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he was the guy who made us the gothic cathedral style

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Early Renaissance art view

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After Giotto made an excellent and realistic copy of the Madonna enthroned, it was sensational. this changed art’s view from “only internal things matter and meaning, looks don’t matter” to “realism is the new way of expression. we should care how things look on the outside, in the secular world.”

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tempura

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paint made from egg whites

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One point perspective

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Made by Brunelleschi to fit the Renaissance’s newfound realism.

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Neo Platism

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Neoplatonists believed human perfection and happiness were attainable in this world, without awaiting an afterlife. this also made it okay to paint about “mythologies” without being deemed to hell.

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humanism

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a revised interest in greek and roman thought: “man is the measure of all things”

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David by Donatello

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the unusually young and erotic statue of David and Goliath’s story.

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Birth of Venus by Botticelli

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the first Neo Platonism painting. it reflected themes of Celtic gods and myths

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Northern Renaissance art view

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this turned early renaissances view of realism into trying to get as much detail into a piece as possible. the more you bring to it, the more you take out.

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oil painting

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created by Jan Van Eyke for more efficiency with detail

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triptych

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three panel art peice

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diptych

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two panel art peice

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print making

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easy way to reproduce texts and works of arr

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Arnolfini Wedding Portrait

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oil painting made by jan van eyke for a rich guy. the painting has high details with a mirror and oranges

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Isenheim altarpiece

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symbolism within art. this altarpeice was put in a hospital to show that christ once suffered, just like you and was enlightened by heaven.
it has three panels and a bottom piece

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High Renaissance art view

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the high renaissance was a huge combo of the northern and early renaissance views, but adding in more Neoplatistic views.

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fresco

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rapid watercolor you must paint quickly or it would be ruined

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Last Supper

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by Leonardo da Vinci
This piece was a steppingstone in art. It’s geared toward symbolism and story within the peace. you have to find out Who each character is based on clues

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Philosophia

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Otherwise, known as the school of Athens, this piece was made by Raphael. It was a neoplatism piece

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David by Leonardo da Vinci

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in this era, neoplatism was a huge thing in art, but so was christianity. before Leonardo’s David statue, the two ideas never mixed in art. but with the David, Leo brings both the Greco-Roman world view and the Christian world view into one piece of art. a christian story of David, but almost completely based off the Doryaphorus by Polyclitus.

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Mannerism art view

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Leonardo went crazy after being forced to paint for a church again. he painted the last judgement and made everything distorted, chaotic. this made people look at art differently and start questioning religion through art. these had keys of erotism, chaos, distortion etc.

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personal iconography

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things in art with personal meaning, and nothing else.

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individual stylization

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having your own art style!

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Madonna with the Long Neck

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by Parmigianino, this painting showed erotism distortion and chaos. key painting in mannerism.

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supper in the house of levi

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by Paolo Veronese
this was supposed to be a last supper painting, but was actually too religiously questioning to be called the last supper. there was a lot of chaos

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Baroque world view

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because of some stupid laws or something, Mannerism was “stopped.” instead of it leaving completely, it was just melded with the Renaissance view. Art was still religiously questioning, but wasn’t allowed to be erotic or chaotic. instead it had a mellow drama sequence.

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chiaroscuro

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the ratio of very light and very dark that makes something look dramatic, but unreal.

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dynamic

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a sense of movement within Baroque art.

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theatrical setting, drama

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baroque art was like a play—dramatic.

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Calling of St Matthew

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By Caravaggio
this was very religiously questioning with a very dramatic scene. the main source of light didn’t come from christ.

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The ecstasy of Saint Teresa

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by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
this was a very erotic statue but told a story.

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Rococo Art view

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the rococo period started when the french elite were the most powerful and had highest influence over art. Rococo art had little to know meaning other than humorous sexual stuff and themes of love.

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fete galante

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groups of elegantly attired men and women, most often placed in a parkland setting and engaged in decorously amorous play. so rich people in paintings

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Happy Accident of the Swing

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by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
this was a rococo painting with a story of a secret lover getting to peek up his gfs dress everything her husband pushed the swing.

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the journey to the isle of Cythera

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by Jean-Antoine Watteau
this was an erotic painting about a sex island.

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