Survey Of Art Flashcards

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——- is a time before the Common Era that is also known as B.C.

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B.C.E

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A —— is a hand written or typed document

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Manuscript

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2
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In Egyptian art a human is drawn with the head in ——

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Profile

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3
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A piece of cloth backed or framed as a surface for a painting is called a —–.

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Canvas

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What time period in art history did Pre-Columbian Art Style include?

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Before 1492

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A ——– textile is a woven or knitted cloth.

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Textile

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A ——- is an Egyptian ruler

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Pharaoh

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7
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When a painter applies a water based paint to wet plaster the artwork is called a…

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Fresco

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——- ——— is enamel painting on gold.

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Enamel cloisonné

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——— is an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements used to create sculpture

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Bronze

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When an artist ——– a manuscript they decorate it with gold or silver or bright colors.

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Illuminates

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——- is the term used in China to describe a ruling family that maintains it’s control for a long time.

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Dynasty

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—— is the abbreviation for the Latin words anno Domini which means “in the year of our lord”.

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A.D

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——– is an Ancient Greek jar or case with a large oval body, a narrow neck and two handles near the neck of the jar.

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Amphora

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The Pyramids in Egypt were used as ——–

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Tombs

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——- is a coloring material used in making painting or drawing media, dyes, inks, and toners. They can be natural or man-made

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Pigment

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——– is a painted panel in a church or cathedral usually of an important person or event

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Alter panel

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—— is an abbreviation for Common Era also known as A.D

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C.E.

18
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Michelangelo sculpted the ——

A

Pieta

19
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This is a type of formal balance when two sides of an artwork are a motor image of each other

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Symmetrical balance

20
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In Roman architecture the Colosseum is an ———, a circular building with rows of raised tiers for seating around an open space.

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Amphitheater

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———— is a way of organizing parts of a design so that unlike objects have equal visual weight.

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Asymmetrical balance

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—- is a design created with small pieces of colored tiles and other materials.

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Mosaic

23
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In the Byzantine Art Style what popular art took the place of frescoes in churches of this time.

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Mosaics

24
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“The night watch” is a group portrait by

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Rembrandt

25
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Leonardo da Vinci painted

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Mona Lisa

26
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Renaissance is a French word that means….

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Rebirth

27
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Gothic cathedrals have arches that are ——-

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Pointed

28
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The word gothic comes from the word goth which means ———

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Very ugly barbarians

29
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The Disc thrower is a roman copy of a Greek ——-

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Sculpture