Midterm Guide

Question 1

3 great artists of the 16th Century

Answer 1

1- Michelangelo
2- Raphael
3- Leonardo Da Vinci

Question 2

Chiaroscuro

Answer 2

Italian word meaning the contrast of dark and light in paintings, drawings, or print. The use of effective art in modeling

Question 3

Sfumato

Answer 3

Italian term for “smokey” soft or mellow. Creates a smokey or hazy effect on the canvas

Question 4

Mannerism

Answer 4

Manipulating human proportions to fit the art

Question 5

What do the double piazza at the St Peters Basilica represent

Answer 5

The motherly arms of the church reaching out to hug the people

Question 6

Genre Paintings

Answer 6

Quiet, reflective scenes or topics. Symbolic references, everyday scenes

Question 7

Etching

Answer 7

Intaglio technique that carves design out of the surface of a printing plate

Question 8

Dry point

Answer 8

Intaglio technique in which a sharp needle scratches directly into the metal

Question 9

Tenebrism

Answer 9

The use of strong chiaroscuro. Figures seem to emerge from a dark background with a bright light from a single light source

Question 10

Vanitas

Answer 10

All the objects represent the transience of life

Question 11

Bodhisattva

Answer 11

In Buddhism, one who has attained enlightenment but chooses to remain in this world to help others advance spiritually

Question 12

Gopuras

Answer 12

The towering gateway to an Indian Hindu temple complex

Question 13

Mughal

Answer 13

• Member of the Muslim dynasty.
• Part of the Islamic conquest in India
• mostly ethnic Turks
• Indian, Asian, Persian design

Question 14

Mongal

Answer 14

• Conquered Central Asia (power)

Question 15

What type of stupa was used in Southeast Asia after 1200

Answer 15

Pointed stupas

Question 16

Literary style and beliefs

Answer 16

• Subtle brushwork

- Meant to be viewed by an intimate audience

Question 17

The Literati Aesthetics

Answer 17

• Motif of a poet surveying the landscape from a mountain plateau is his creation
• Dominated artistic trends in the South

Question 18

Underglaze

Answer 18

The pattern is painted beneath the glaze

Question 19

Underglaze

Answer 19

The pattern is painted beneath the glaze

Question 20

How did Minarets change after 1200 in Southeast Asia

Answer 20

They became blockier, stouter, and larger

Question 21

Raku wear

Answer 21

Ceramics made by hand, coated with thick dark glaze, and fired at low heat.
Irregularly shaped and glazed.
Highly prized for Japanese Tea ceremonies

Question 22

Lacquer box

Answer 22

Used for holding writing implements.

• Ink stone (well)
• Ink stick
• Brushes

Question 23

Fusuma

Answer 23

Sliding doors covered with paper, used in traditionally Japanese construction. Decorated with paintings and coloured backgrounds

Question 24

Chanoyu

Answer 24

A Japanese ceremony at which tea is prepared, served, and taken with an ancient and involved ritual

Question 25

Ukiyo-e

Answer 25

Popular art that was favoured in the 16th century.
Coloured woodblock prints.
Depicted images of the world of the common people in Japan, such as landscapes and myths

Question 26

Nishiki-e

Answer 26

Multi coloured wood block printing.

Favoured over other printing techniques

Question 27

Japanese Woodblock Print

Answer 27

A print made from one or more carved wooden blocks. Woodblock prints are made with multiple blocks carved in relief, usually a block for each colour used.

Question 28

what do Tea Ceremonies represent

Answer 28

Represents harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility

Question 29

Mana

Answer 29

A generalized, supernatural force, prestige, or power, that may be concentrated in objects or persons

Question 30

Bilum

Answer 30

Netted bags made mainly by women throughout the central highlands of New Guinea.

Question 31

Uptei

Answer 31

In pacific cultures, a carved wooden design tablet, used to create patterns by dragging the fabric across and rubbing pigments on it.

Question 32

3 Steps to how a woodblock print is created

Answer 32

1- An artist would design and supply a master drawing
2- A carver would paste the drawing to a block and cuts the “key block”
3- A printer then inks the block and aligns the paper with the blocks registration marks and transfers the ink on the block onto the paper

Question 33

Uses and metaphor of the bilum

Answer 33

• Everyday use
• Carry the bones of recently deceased (in mourning)
• Symbols of the womb, and the bride

Question 34

Kowhaiwhai

Answer 34

Painted curvilinear patterns often found in Maori art

Question 35

Tuktuku

Answer 35

Lattice patterns created by women from the Maori culture and used in architecture

Question 36

Uses and metaphor of the bilum

Answer 36

• Everyday use
• Carry the bones of recently deceased (in mourning)
• Symbols of the womb, and the bride

Question 37

Renaissance Vs Baroque

Answer 37

Renaissance was the rebirth of art

Baroque had intense and emotional artworks

Question 38

Ovoid

Answer 38

Rectangular with round corners

Question 39

Baroque time period

Answer 39

Style of art, architecture, and music in that followed mannerism and characterized by ornate detail.

• Artist found patron in church
• Wealth in the middle class

Question 40

What period in the Rock garden in Kyoto

Answer 40

Muromachi

Question 41

What period and medium in Otani Oniji

Answer 41

Edo period

Polychrome woodblock print with ink, colours, and white on mica paper

Question 42

What period is the Tea Bowl, Yugure from

Answer 42

Momoyama

Question 43

What time period and medium is the flask from

Answer 43

Ming dynasty

Under glazed porcelin

Question 44

Where and what years was hardwick hall built

Answer 44

Derbyshire, England

1591-1597

Question 45

What period was the Taj Mahal constructed in

Answer 45

Mughal period

Question 46

What period was the arm chair constructed in

Answer 46

Ming dynasty

Question 47

What was period and medium was the Jahangir and Shah Abbas constructed in.

Answer 47

Mughal period

Opaque watercolour, gold and ink on paper