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Art 1309 > Test 3 Vocab > Flashcards

Test 3 Vocab Flashcards

1
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Ibex

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A wild goat with long, thick ridged horns and a beard

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Megalith

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Monumental stone architecture

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Civilizations

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Social, economic, and political entities distinguished by their ability to express themselves through images and written languages
Mesopotamian
Egyptian
Indian and Chinese river valleys

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Polytheistic

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Believe in more than one god

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Canon of proportions

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A rule of proportion employed for representations of the ideal, like pharaohs

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Ka

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The part of the human being that defines personality and survives on earth after that

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Mesoamerica

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Mexico and Central America prior to European contact

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Olmec people

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Southern Mexico

buildings on earthen platforms and pyramidal mounds monumental scale to protect ceremonial centers from flood

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Minoan people

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Early Aegean culture to inhabit the island of Crete in the Mediterranean

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Greek civilization

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Interest in human behavior and human form
Concept of democracy
Cities

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Triumphal arch

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Roman arches design for triumphant armies to march through

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Barrel vault

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Continuous series of arches, one lined up behind the other

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Stupa

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Burial mound

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Mohenjo Daro
Indus River valley
2600 BC

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City in Indus River valley

Public and with your bathing, sophisticated drainage system, fired durable bricks

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Trefoil

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Three petal design

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Drapery carving

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Reveals and conceals the body

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Acropolis

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Top of the city
Parthenon is central building
Elevated site demonstrates power of human engineering

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Ambulatory

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A covered, circular, colonnaded walkway

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Pendentive

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Curved triangular section of masonry hemisphere, four of which provide the transition from the vertical sides of a building to a covering dome

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Byzantine

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Refers to Christianity in the eastern Roman Empire; present day Istanbul was the capital Byzantium

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Mosaic

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Small pieces of stone, glass, or tile arranged in a pattern or image

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Mosque

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Place of prostration

Contain hypostyle space, open courtyard, covered porches

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Hypostyle space

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Covered porches featuring many columns

Easy to expand architectural design seamlessly

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Calligraphy

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The art of handwriting

Prominent in Islamic art

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Qibla

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The wall of a mosque that is oriented in the direction of Mecca, contains the mihrab

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Mihrab

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Niche commemorating the spot at Medina where Muhammad planted his lance to indicate the direction people should pray

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Romanesque

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1050
Dominant in Europe
Easily recognizable geometric masses

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Tympanum

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Semicircular arch above the lintel over a door

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Gothic

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verticality, stained glass

Dominant in Europe from 12th to 15th centuries
Verticality symbolic of the ethereal and heavenly
Churches flooded with light - stained glass

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Garbhabriha

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Womb chamber

Symbolic sacred cavern at the heart of the temple

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Scarification

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Decorative effects made by scarring the body

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Tesserae

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Small stones that make up mosaics

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Renaissance

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Period in Europe form 14th to 16th centuries

Revival of interest in the arts and sciences

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Humanism

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Belief in the unique value and capacity of human beings to act individually and collectively in meaningful ways

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Contrapposto

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Self admiring
Pose of body in which hips and legs oppose shoulders and chest
Naturalistic representation of body at rest with potential for movement

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Neoplatonic thought

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Contemplating beauty can transform love in a corrupt soul to spiritual love

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Baroque

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Dominant in Europe in 17th century

Theatrical of dramatic use of light and color, ornate forms, disregard for classical principles of composition

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Romanticism

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Reality is a function of an individuals point of view- artist must reveal that reality
Unified by philosophical affirmation rather than formal principles

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Odalisque

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Female slave or concubine in a Turkish harem

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Sublime

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Awe inspiring sights that the human mind struggles to comprehend

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Realism

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Desire to describe world exactly as it is
Arose in context of war in France and invention of photography
Not an idealized or imaginative version of events

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Impressionist

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Goal to communicate scenes with spontaneous feeling

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Cubism

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Style of art noted for geometric forms, fragmentation of object, increasing abstraction

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Collage

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Work made by pasting various scraps of material onto surface of composition

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Dada

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Annihilation of tradition, no sense of hope
Senselessness noise and illogic
Insult and outrage
Anti art

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Readymade

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Mass produced object isolated from intended use and elevated to the status of art simply because the artist declares it

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Surrealism

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Style of art emphasized dream imagery, chance operations, and rapid thoughtless forms of notation that expressed the unconscious mind

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Kachina

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Figurines representing Pueblo spirits who inhabit the clouds rain crops and animals

Art 1309 (6 decks)

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