Arts q1 Flashcards

(29 cards)

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Purpose of cave carvings?

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Religious beliefs, education, communication, and self-expression.

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Age where tools were from stones?

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Paleolithic(Stone age)

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In the Paleolithic age, paintings were from ___

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naturally occurring pigments

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People with no permanent address

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Nomadic people

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Age where modern people started. People were much educated & discovered things to make life easier

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Mesolithic

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Clue to understand early human life

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Prehistoric Art

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First artist

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Cro-magnon

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When was the lascaux painting found?

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September 12 1940 by 4 teenage boys

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Painting has nearly 6000 designs & located in southwest france

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Lascaux painting

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Sculpture of one of the most earliest image of the body. Fertility charm

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Venus of Willendorf

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What is the sculpture “Venus of Willendorf” made of?

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Limestones and red ochre

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Earliest for of architectures for burial purposes

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Megalita Stone

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Hunting scones are common subjects in ancient Egyptian tombs

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Tomb of Nebamum

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14
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System of writing composed entirely of images

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Hieroglyphics

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Container used to hold corpses to bury pharaohs of Ancient Egypt

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Sarcophagus

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16
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Largest pyramid

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Pyramid of Giza

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Birthplace of the western culture & tradition

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Paintings usually seen in vases, panels, & tombs

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Water-based pigments

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Hot-wax or just wax

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Human figurines are upright, rigid with feet together. Realism

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Greek sculptures

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Dedicated to Athena Parthenos

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Has a variety of subjects & influenced by Greek

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Classical Art: Roman

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Assemblage of small pieces of colored materials

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Made by Alexander Mosaic
Philoxenus of Eretria(1.5 million Tesserae)
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Focused on the face of a person, animal, or group (honor their dead)
Bust
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Concreted-dome building with the use of arch and amphitheatre
Roman Architecture
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"Temple of every god"--commissioned by Marcus Agripa
Roman Parthenon
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4 stories, flavianamphitheater, gladitorial combat
Colosseum