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Art Flashcards

1
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The underpainting for a fresco

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Sinopia

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2
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Who is considered the founding father of the Renaissance?

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Donatello

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Whose work was the source of the Impressionism movement name?

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Claude Monet

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4
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Who is considered one of the most important thinkers associated with postcolonial theory?

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Edward Said

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5
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The brightness or purity of a color

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Intensity

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6
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In what present-day country did the Persian Empire flourish?

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Iran

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7
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Prints from what country influenced French nineteenth-century artists?

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Japan

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During which time period is Stonehenge believed to have been built?

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New Stone Age

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9
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When complimentary colors are blended by the eye it is known as

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Optical Mixing

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10
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In a photograph of a three dimensional form we perceive the edges of the form as which kind of lines?

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Outlines

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11
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In African artwork, what is the primary purpose of exaggerated head body proportions?

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Symbolic

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12
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What were the sculptures of the Yoruba civilization made of?

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Terracotta and bronze

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13
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The Cubists were influenced by

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African Art

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14
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Which culture is credited with the invention of paper?

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Chinese

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15
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What is the oldest legal code in its entirety?

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Code of Hammurabi

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16
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Who is wildly considered the founder of modern sculptures?

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Donatello

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17
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Who is often referred to as the first Impressionist?

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Edouard Manet

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18
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A type of printmaking that uses acid to create an image

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Etching

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19
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The arrangement of the windows of a building

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Fenestration

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20
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In the past what objects did art historians limit their focus on?

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Fine art

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21
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A solution sprayed on drawings to prevent smudging is known as a

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Fixative

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22
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The Islamic Dome of the Rock is located where?

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Jerusalem

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What type of artwork uses small tiles, pieces of stone, or glass where they are set into a ground material to create large murals?

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Mosaic

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24
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Who is considered the father of Greek painting?

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Polygnotus

25
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What was the central aspect of Sumerian life in Mesopotamia?

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Religion

26
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What was the Oath of the Horatii meant to illustrate?

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Republican virtues

27
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What two elements in an artwork occupy positive space?

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Shape and Forms

28
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Joan Mitchell was born in

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Chicago

29
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The slabs in the Field of Stelae are made from

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Concrete

30
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Code X: The City of Culture of Galicia was published by

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Eisenman

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To what country did Mitchell relocate permanently in 1955?

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France

32
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Which American artist sculpted two peace bridges in the Peace Memorial Park?

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Isamu Noguchi

33
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Whose work “synthesizes a multitude of contrasting concepts and forms: light and dark, warm and cool, space and density, growth and decay, gravity and lightness”?

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Joan Mitchell

34
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Who helped found the “Reflex” group?

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Karel Appel

35
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The name given to a category of artworks in which the artists use several art mediums

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Mixed media

36
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Giacometti’s father was a/an

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Painter

37
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Which artist was interested in the idea of “recapitulation”?

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Still

38
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Chagall was born in the Russian city of

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Vitebsk

39
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an academic discipline dedicated to the reconstruction of the social, cultural, and economic contexts in which an artwork was created

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Art history

40
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the philosophical inquiry into the nature and expression of beauty

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Aesthetics

41
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the explanation of current art events tot he general public via the press

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Art criticism

42
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focuses on the visual qualities of the work of art itself

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Formal analysis

43
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focuses on the cultural, social, religious, and economic context in which the work was produced.

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Contextual analysis

44
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southeastern France; cave paintings discovered in 1994 and dating from c. 30,000 BCE (Old Stone Age or Upper Paleolithic Period), mostly animal depictions

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Chauvet Cave

45
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Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England; megalithic stone circles dating from c. 2100 BCE (New Stone Age or Neolithic Period)

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Stonehenge

46
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stepped pyramids built by Sumerians in Mesopotamia starting c. 4000 BCE; function as temples as well as administrative and economic centers

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Ziggurats

47
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Egyptian style; head in profile with eye in frontal view, torso in full frontal view, and lower body, legs, and feet in profile

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Fractional representation

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counter positioning = standing figure is posed with its weight shifted onto one leg, for a more relaxed, naturalistic appearance

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Contrapposto

49
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work in which small ceramic tiles, pieces of stone, or glass are set into a ground material to create large murals

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Mosaic

50
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a series of arch-shaped structures used as a ceiling or a support to a roof; common in Romanesque architecture

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Barrel vault

51
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framework of thin stone ribs or arches built under the intersection of the vaulted sections of the ceiling; common in Gothic architecture

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Ribbed vault

52
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additional bracing materials and arches placed on the exterior of a building (especially in cathedrals); common in Gothic architecture

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Flying buttress

53
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1377-1446, Italian artist who completed the dome of the Florence cathedral, developed linear perspective (single vanishing point)

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Filippo Brunelleschi

54
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1389?-1466, Italian Renaissance artist, founder of modern sculpture

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Donatello

55
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1444?-1510, Italian Renaissance artist, established ideal for female beauty with “The Birth of Venus” (c. 1482)

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Botticelli

56
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1452-1519, Italian High Renaissance artist, inventor, architect, engineer, scientist, musician; “The Last Supper” (c. 1495-98), “Mona Lisa” (c. 1503-05)

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Leonardo da Vinci

57
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the use of mellowed colors and a blurred outline, allows forms to blend subtly into one another with obvious transitions; da Vinci’s key innovation

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Sfumato

58
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1475-1564, Italian High Renaissance artist; “David” (1504), ceiling at Sistine Chapel (1508-1512)

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Michelangelo (di Buonarotti)

Academic Decathlon (WWII) (12 decks)

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