Final Exam Terms

Question 1

Doric

Answer 1

the oldest type of Greek column that is fat and has rounded (disc) capitals

Question 2

Ionic

Answer 2

slimmer columns with scroll work on the capitals

Question 3

Corinthian

Answer 3

slimmest columns with acanthus leaves and flowers on the capitals

Question 4

Traditional Art

Answer 4

executed in a realistic style and includes portraits, still-lifes, landscapes, sunrises, sunsets, seascapes, historical events, animals, human figures, religious or mythological topics, scenes from everyday life, and the erotic

Question 5

Aesthetics

Answer 5

a branch of philosophy that studies the nature and forms of beauty

Question 6

Sublime

Answer 6

moves us with its magnificence, nobility, or horror

Question 7

Art

Answer 7

a form of human communication

Question 8

Kylix

Answer 8

a cup

Question 9

Hydria

Answer 9

a kind of jug that’s used for water

Question 10

Amphora

Answer 10

much larger, two-handled container

Question 11

Pediment

Answer 11

the triangular space above a structure

Question 12

Perceptual View

Answer 12

believable, natural, realistic

Question 13

Conceptual View

Answer 13

not really natural but giving information to understand

Question 14

Griffin

Answer 14

(from Minoan culture) half lion, half eagle

Question 15

Rotunda

Answer 15

a big round, circular room

Question 16

Post & Lintel

Answer 16

the first type of architecture – posts and lintels stacked on top of one another

Question 17

Chimera

Answer 17

an imaginary creature made up of two or more creatures

Question 18

Abstract

Answer 18

has one or more properties of the natural world

Question 19

Non-Objective

Answer 19

has no relationship to nature or the creation of human beings

Question 20

Chiaroscuro

Answer 20

extremes in light and dark

Question 21

Modernism

Answer 21

all about change and the new replacing the old (1904-1970s)

Question 22

Dominant Image

Answer 22

the most important image in any work of art

Question 23

Contrapposto

Answer 23

a stance introduced by the Romans where weight is primarily on one foot over the other

Question 24

Oculus

Answer 24

a hole (circular cut-out) in the top of a dome to let light in

Question 25

Perspective

Answer 25

techniques developed in the Renaissance to show the illusion of depth

Question 26

Iconoclastic Controversy

Answer 26

the first time the government imposed restrictions on art – religious figures could not look like normal people