Arts q1 Flashcards
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Purpose of cave carvings?
Religious beliefs, education, communication, and self-expression.
Age where tools were from stones?
Paleolithic(Stone age)
In the Paleolithic age, paintings were from ___
naturally occurring pigments
People with no permanent address
Nomadic people
Age where modern people started. People were much educated & discovered things to make life easier
Mesolithic
Clue to understand early human life
Prehistoric Art
First artist
Cro-magnon
When was the lascaux painting found?
September 12 1940 by 4 teenage boys
Painting has nearly 6000 designs & located in southwest france
Lascaux painting
Sculpture of one of the most earliest image of the body. Fertility charm
Venus of Willendorf
What is the sculpture “Venus of Willendorf” made of?
Limestones and red ochre
Earliest for of architectures for burial purposes
Megalita Stone
Hunting scones are common subjects in ancient Egyptian tombs
Tomb of Nebamum
System of writing composed entirely of images
Hieroglyphics
Container used to hold corpses to bury pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
Sarcophagus
Largest pyramid
Pyramid of Giza
Birthplace of the western culture & tradition
Greek
Paintings usually seen in vases, panels, & tombs
Greek
Water-based pigments
Fresco
Hot-wax or just wax
Encaustic
Human figurines are upright, rigid with feet together. Realism
Greek sculptures
Dedicated to Athena Parthenos
Parthenon
Has a variety of subjects & influenced by Greek
Classical Art: Roman
Assemblage of small pieces of colored materials
Mosaic