Survey Of Art Flashcards
(30 cards)
——- is a time before the Common Era that is also known as B.C.
B.C.E
A —— is a hand written or typed document
Manuscript
In Egyptian art a human is drawn with the head in ——
Profile
A piece of cloth backed or framed as a surface for a painting is called a —–.
Canvas
What time period in art history did Pre-Columbian Art Style include?
Before 1492
A ——– textile is a woven or knitted cloth.
Textile
A ——- is an Egyptian ruler
Pharaoh
When a painter applies a water based paint to wet plaster the artwork is called a…
Fresco
——- ——— is enamel painting on gold.
Enamel cloisonné
——— is an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements used to create sculpture
Bronze
When an artist ——– a manuscript they decorate it with gold or silver or bright colors.
Illuminates
——- is the term used in China to describe a ruling family that maintains it’s control for a long time.
Dynasty
—— is the abbreviation for the Latin words anno Domini which means “in the year of our lord”.
A.D
——– is an Ancient Greek jar or case with a large oval body, a narrow neck and two handles near the neck of the jar.
Amphora
The Pyramids in Egypt were used as ——–
Tombs
——- is a coloring material used in making painting or drawing media, dyes, inks, and toners. They can be natural or man-made
Pigment
——– is a painted panel in a church or cathedral usually of an important person or event
Alter panel
—— is an abbreviation for Common Era also known as A.D
C.E.
Michelangelo sculpted the ——
Pieta
This is a type of formal balance when two sides of an artwork are a motor image of each other
Symmetrical balance
In Roman architecture the Colosseum is an ———, a circular building with rows of raised tiers for seating around an open space.
Amphitheater
———— is a way of organizing parts of a design so that unlike objects have equal visual weight.
Asymmetrical balance
—- is a design created with small pieces of colored tiles and other materials.
Mosaic
In the Byzantine Art Style what popular art took the place of frescoes in churches of this time.
Mosaics