Art 1 Midterm Study Guide Fall 2015
Instructor Drew Burgess College of
Alameda Read the textbook, Art a Brief
History 5th edition. Study the thematic
sections we have created in class and know
the importance of the following concepts
and works of art:
Origins of the Image
The ‘Starter Kit’ and Introduction
What is art--what is art history?
Know about: representation, patronage, the
social context of art, beauty, sections on
form, content, style, mediums, techniques
and architectural terms
Chapters 1 and 2
p. 18 Spotted Horses and Human Hands
p. 21 Lion Human
p. 21 Woman of Willendorf
p. 24 Hall of Bulls
p. 30 Stonehenge
p. 37 Sumerian Votive statues
p. 37 Bull Lyre
p. 39 Cylinder Seal
p. 40 Nanna Ziggurat
p. 41 Stele of Hammurabi
p. 43 Assurnasipal Two Killing Lions
p. 46 Persepolis
Imagery of Ancient Peoples
Chapters 3, 4 and 5
p. 51 Palette of Narmer
p. 54 Great Pyramids
p. 56 Menkaure and Khamerernebty
p. 56 Seated Scribe
p. 59 Kneeling Figure of Hatshepsut
p. 64 Akhenaten and His Family
p. 64 Nefertiti
p. 71.Torso from Harappa
p. 73 Great Stupa at Sanchi
p. 74 Standing Buddha
p. 79 Fang Ding Vessel
p. 68 Terracotta Soldiers
p. 85 Calligraphy
Imagery of Ancient Peoples continued…
p. 87 Bodhisattva Seated in Meditation
p. 88 Haniwa
p. 89 Main Compound Horyu-ji
p. 92 Ajax and Achilles playing a game
p. 95 Cycladic figure of a woman
p. 98 Minoan Bull Jumping fresco
p. 104 Elements of Architecture
p. 108 Peplos Kore
p. 110 Kritios Boy
p. 113 Parthenon
p. 116 Spear Bearer
p. 122 Greek Theaters
p. 123 Aphrodite of Melos
p. 124 Market Woman
p. 124 Nike of Samothrace
p. 125 Dying Gallic Trumpeter
Civilians, Warriors, and People of the Book
Chapters 6, 7 and 8
p. 133 Reclining couple on a sarcophagus
p. 134 Aulus Metellus
p. 137 Arch and Vault
p. 138 Augustus Primaporta
p. 141 Peristyle Garden Pompeii
p. 143 Wall painting Villa of Mysteries
p. 144 Flavian Amphitheater
p. 149 Pantheon
p. 154 Constantine the Great
p. 161 Menorahs and Ark of the Covenant
p. 161 Wall with Torah Niche
p. 165 Good Shepherd
p. 166 Longitudinal and Central plan
Churches
p. 167 Oratory of Galla Placidia
p. 170 Church of Hagia Sophia
p. 177 Iconoclasm
p. 187 Dome of the Rock
p. 194 Tile Mosaic Mihrab
p. 198 Shazi Pen Box
Art of the Middle Ages
Chapter 9 and 10
p. 208 Shiva Nataraja
p. 215 Travelers among Mountains and
Streams
p. 216 Formats of Chinese Painting
p. 228 Rock Garden Ryoan-ji
p. 230 The Great Wave
p. 232 Chi Ro Page Book of Kells
p. 240 St. Gall Plan
p. 242 Crucifixion with Angels and Mourning
Figures
p. 244 Gero Crucifix
p. 251 The Romanesque Church Portal
p. 257 Hildegard of Bingen
Questions to help with your study:
1. What culture strongly influenced Roman
art?
2. Mesopotamian writing---what does it
look like? What is it called?
3. What is the term for the Greek ‘relaxed’
pose?
4. Name a very early sculpture of a mother
figure or fertility goddess.
5. What is the purpose of the pyramids at
Giza?
6. An artwork that is a very early code of
law.
7. Select art examples from the ‘golden age’
of Greece.
8. Name a significant construction material
of Roman origin.
9. Buddhist art of India---name elements of
the Stupa at Sanchi.
10. What are some symbols of Buddhism?
11. Why is the Indus River significant?
12. Name a sculpture that portrays an
athlete?
13. Consider worship; compare various
cultures and their art.
14. Name examples animal imagery of the
ancient world.
15. Archaic smile, what artwork has this?
16. Sculpture----Marital harmony?
17. In what culture(s) is calligraphy
especially prominent?
18. What is a beehive tomb?
19. How does style differ in the art of
sculpture?
20. Empire known for realistic busts,
architectural engineering and law and
government?
21. What is a very common building
material of Mesopotamia?
22. A Persian complex of the ancient world.
23. A Greek artwork: She is aging.
24. Functional and beautiful these moved
water over long distances.
25. An early mausoleum in China.
26. An example of the musical heritage of
the Middle East in the form of an ancient
instrument.
27. A person who supports art.
28. When something is depicted or made
like nature--as observed.
29. A style when related to time is known
as.
30. Three ways in architecture to span an
opening.
31. Early Christian sculpture—what figure?
32. Christian churches of the Middle Ages--what architectural features?
33. Judaism, Christian and Islamic art--similarities and differences.
34. In the middle ages an art of illustration
done in monasteries.
35. What is an Icon?
36. Compare examples of figurative art—
how are they similar and different?
37. What is regional style?
38. What is the relationship of form and
content?
39. What are the primary colors?
40. What is a barrel vault?
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