Exam one Flashcards

Question

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

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arches in a hallway

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arches in an intersecting hallway

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man made carrying water system

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roman house for multiple different uses

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the wooden thing used to make the arch

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

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

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mosaic with two panels

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largest dome with a hole on top

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

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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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building it like a cross shape

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an gothic pointed arch that has 4 sides like a box

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he was the guy who made us the gothic cathedral style

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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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paint made from egg whites

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

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

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

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

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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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created by Jan Van Eyke for more efficiency with detail

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three panel art peice

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two panel art peice

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easy way to reproduce texts and works of arr

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

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rapid watercolor you must paint quickly or it would be ruined

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

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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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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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things in art with personal meaning, and nothing else.

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having your own art style!

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

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

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a sense of movement within Baroque art.

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baroque art was like a play—dramatic.

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

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