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PreHistory
What is Cave Painting?
These paintings were probably used as part
of an initiation or ceremonial rite.
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What is Essence?
most prehistoric artists strove to capture this
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Twisted Perspective
Depicting an object from more than one view
simultaneously
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Who was Ahkenaten?
The Egyptian Pharaoh who changed their
thousand year old style of art
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What is Venus of Willendorf?
The famous small sculpture/idol of a
heavy-set woman.
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What is webbing?
The material incorporated into a sculpture to protect
appendages
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What is the golden mean?
Mathematic ratio used heavily by the
Greek artists
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What is polytheism?
Belief in more than one god
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What is a fertility idol?
A small object of worship or good luck
That supposedly promotes reproductive
qualities.
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Who was Ahkenaten?
The Egyptian Pharaoh who turned their religion from
Polytheism to monotheism
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What is a Kouros?
Early Greek sculptures that represent male youths
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What is Geometric Style?
the early form of Greek art that
drew heavily upon math
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What is polychrome sculpture?
A sculpture that is painted in multiple colors.
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What is Hellenistic Style?
The later Greek style that drew heavily
on other cultures
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What is Kritios Boy
First early Greek sculpture to depict a natural pose
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What is illumination?
The decoration of rare ancient books with gold
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What are Purpose, Era, Taste & Culture?
These 4 factors are important in determining
The quality of a work of art.
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What is a Cycladic Plank Idol?
The flat marble sculptures found throughout the
Cycladic islands of the Aegean Sea
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What is weight shift?
The natural distribution of the figure when most of
the body’s center of gravity is placed on one leg
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What is Christianity?
The culture that survived the Roman Empire
and basically supplanted it.
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