The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 1 - 3 Flashcards
What should you look at when looking at a painting?
- composition, movement, unity and balance, color and light/dark contrast, and mood
When was art born?
- around 25,000 years ago
What are the three main art forms?
- painting, sculpture, and architecture
What does art from ancient civilizations help us with?
- learn about ancient societies such as Mesopotamia and Egypt
When was Venus of Willendorf sculpted?
- 25,000-20,000 B.C.
When were the first cave paintings created?
- 15,000-10,000 B.C.
When did Imhotep, first recorded artist, build pyramid?
- 2610
When was the Ziggurat at Ur constructed?
- 2150
When was Stonehenge erected?
- 2000
When did Sargon II build Royal Palace?
- 742-706
When were wall reliefs sculpted at Nineveh?
- 650
When was the freestanding sculpture developed?
- c. 650
When did African sculpture begin?
- 500 B.C. - A.D. 200
When was the Parthenon built?
- 448-432
When was the Amphitheater at Epidauraus, Greece, built?
- c. 350
When was the first aqueduct built?
- 312
When was Nike of Samothrace sculpted?
- 190
When were Pompeii mosaics created?
- 80
When did the Colosseum open?
- 82
When was the Pantheon constructed?
- 118-25
When did the Mayans create Classic culture?
- 300-900
When was the Hagia Sophia built?
- 532-37
When were Ravenna mosaics executed?
- 547
When did the Irish monks illuminate manuscripts?
- 600-800
When was the African bronze sculpture made by lost-wax casting method?
- 900
When were Romanesque churches built?
- 1000-1200
When did Gothic styles reign?
- 1200-1500
When did Giotto paint frescoes in Padua?
- 1305
When did Icons dominate Byzantine art?
- 1347-50
When did Carter discover Tut’s tomb?
- 1922
