Pre-Finals Flashcards
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Collective name given to a series of works of art with a common style
Art Movement
40,000 years ago, marked the beginning of human art.
Media: Ochre, charcoal, twigs or animal hair
Style: Simple forms, silhouettes, dynamic animals, geometric patterns.
Purpose: Hunting Rituals, documentations
Artist: Early Hunters
Cave Art
France. Paintings of animals, human figures, and abstract symbols
Lascaux Cave
3000 BCE to 30 BCE. Afterlife and the divine to honor gods and pharaohs.
Media: Stone - Sculpture/Monument
Wood- Small artifact
Metal- Decorative items
Papyrus- Writing/Painting
Style: Hieratic Scale- large figures
Karnak Temple, frontal poses
Purpose: Religious and funerary
Artist: Imhotep- Pyramid of Djoser.
Egyptian Art
800 BCE to 30 BCE. Influenced Western culture through beauty, humanism, human form.
Media: Marble- Fine detail, sculptures Bronze- Dynamic poses
Pottery- black-figure François Vase, red-figure Panathenaic Amphora
Style: Naturalism, Contrapposto
Purpose: Mythology, public spaces
Artists: Phidias
Greek Art
Figures are painted in a black slip on a natural red clay background
Black figure François Vase
Figures retain the natural red color of the clay while the background is painted black
Panathenaic Amphora
What are the statues made by Phidias?
Zeus at Olympia, Praxitales
What is the sculpture made by Phidias?
Aphrodite of Knidos
500 BCE to 500 CE. Adaptation of Greek influences, realism and everyday life.
Media: Marble
Frescoes
Mosaics- stone or glass
Style: Portraiture, arch and dome
Purpose: power, commemorate achievements, cultural values.
Artist: Augustus, the first Roman emperor.
Roman Art
What structures did Augustus commissioned?
Ara Pracis, Forum of Augustus
Characterized by its deep influence from the church, religious themes.
Media: illuminated manuscripts, stained glass windows, sculpture.
Style: Flat, symbolic representations. Prioritizing spirituality
Purpose: Educate and inspire religious devotion.
Artist: Monks
Medieval Art
Examples of illuminated manuscripts (Medieval Art)
Book of Kells, Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.
Rooted in ancient traditions, emphasized harmony with nature and philosophical concepts.
Media: Brush, ink, silk, rice paper
Style: Landscape painting, calligraphy
Purpose: Spiritual and philosophical concepts
Artist: Wang Wei
Chinese Painting
Tang dynasty artist known for his artwork, “A Solitary Temple Amid Clearing Peaks”
Wang Wei
Edo period (1603-1868).
Media: Woodblock printing
Style: Vibrant colors, bold lines, and perspective, Bakashi.
Purpose: Capture fleeting moments
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshige
Ukiyo-e
Means “pictures of the floating world”
Ukiyo
Emerged after the Black Death (1347-1351) and the decline of feudalism
Media: Oil paint, frescoes, and marble.
Style: Realism, perspective, complex compositions, anatomy and light
Purpose: Celebrated human experience and the beauty of the world
Artist: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael.
Renaissance
What is the art made by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael?
Mona Lisa and Last Supper (Leonardo)
David, Sistine Chapel ceiling (Michelangelo)
School of Athens (Raphael)
Emerged in Europe during the late Renaissance.
Media: oil paint, fresco, and sculpture
Style: elongated forms, exaggerated poses, unusual spatial relationship.
Purpose: Provoke thought and evoke emotion
Artist: Parmigianino, Jacopo Pontorm
Mannerism
Emerged in Europe during the late 16th century and lasted into the early 18th century, following the Renaissance.
Media: oil paints, marble, and frescoes.
Style: Chiaroscuro, tenebrism
Purpose: Religious themes, historical events, and mythological scenes
Artist: Caravaggio, Peter Paul Rubens
Baroque
Derived from the Portuguese word “barroco,”
Baroque
Barroco means?
Irregular pearl
Features dramatic lighting that highlights certain areas
Tenebrism