Mid-Term review

Question 1

Aesthetics

Answer 1

A branch of philosophy that examines art, its foundations, its forms, and its effects on individuals and cultures.

Question 2

BCE

Answer 2

Before common era

Question 3

CE

Answer 3

Common era

Question 4

The Visual arts

Answer 4

Drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, film, printmaking,ceramics, furniture/interior design, jewelry, metalwork, woodwork

Question 5

Encaustic

Answer 5

Heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added

Question 6

Collage

Question 7

Mosaic

Question 8

Archaic smile

Answer 8

Statue of moschophoros (calf bearer) who dedicated it to Athena. Standing in left footed forward manner and smiling holding a bald around his neck. The smile indicates the person in the portrait is alive.

Question 9

Verism/Veristic

Answer 9

Type of sculpture; Hyperrealism, super realistic

Question 10

Sarcophagus

Answer 10

Marble sculptures of people

Question 11

Three point Perspective

Question 12

“Tao” and “Ci”

Answer 12

Two types of Chinese ware (Tao:) Pottery and (Ci:) stoneware and porcelain

Question 13

“Waka”

Answer 13

A populate 8th century (Heian period) 31 syllable format Japanese poetry style

Question 14

Chacmool

Answer 14

Sculpture of male figure lying down with knees up and head turned to the side

Question 15

Geoglyph

Answer 15

Nazca earthworks involving environmental sculptures like an earth drawing of a hummingbird

Question 16

Tiye

Answer 16

Queen of Egypt of the 18th dynasty, wife of pharaoh Amenhotep III, mother of Akhenaten and grandmother of Tutankhamun and Ankhsenamun. Also communicated with foreign nation rulers with Amarna letters.

Question 17

Hadrian

Answer 17

Spaniard, like Trajan that was his chosen successor. Respected and lots of portraits, statues, and arches for him. Beards became standard for Roman empowers for over 150 years because of his portraits.

Question 18

Yoritomo

Answer 18

Japan, first Shogun of Kamakura during the Kamakura period.

Question 19

Kuya

Answer 19

Japanese nomadic monk famous for urging people to sing in praise of Buddha Amida and advocated for Pure Land practices. Has a portrait statue by Kosho. His statue has 6 small buddhas emerging from Kuyas mouth (Na-my-A-mi-da-Butsu for the pure land chant.

Question 20

Julius Caesar

Question 21

Constantine

Answer 21

Roman emperor Constantine I

Question 22

Livia

Answer 22

Portrait was made in Arsinie Egypt and in the Early first century

Question 23

Hatshepsut

Answer 23

Daughter of King Thutmose I and queen of Egypt after marrying her half brother thutmose II at 12. After his death she acted as pharaoh for her infant son.

Question 24

Lascaux Cave

Question 25

“Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Radiocarbon Dating”

Answer 25

One of the most reliable techniques for dating objects.

Question 26

“Neolithic”

Answer 26

Relating to last phase of the Stone Age, marked by domestication of animals, development of agriculture, and manufacture of pottery and textiles. Thought to have begun c. 9,000-8,000 bce in Middle East.

Question 27

Canopic Jars

Answer 27

Egyptian jars made to contain embalmed viscera removed from a body in the process of mummification. The organs are then protected by the Four Sons of Horus whose heads are the jar lids. Happy, Imsety, Duamutef, and Kebehsenuef were their names.

Question 28

Scarab

Answer 28

Egyptian precious gems carved into the shape of a beetle.