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1 Strange Beginnings
In what way is early art similar ...,
How does the ability of objects t...,
Date of cave paintings in lascaux...
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2 Art for Eternity: Egypt, Mesopotamia and Crete
Why is the art of the egyptians i...,
Why did egyptians preserve bodies,
Why were pyramids built two main ...
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3 The Great Awakening: Greece, seventh to fifth century
Who were the minoans,
Who were the minoans,
Who were the minoans
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4 The Realm of Beauty: Greece and the Greek world, fourth century BC to first century AD
Identify date describe,
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5 World Conquerors: Romans, Buddhists, Jews and Christians, first to fourth century AD
Most artists working in rome were...,
The most outstanding achievement ...,
How are the greek styles of build...
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6 A Parting of Ways: Rome and Byzantium, fifth to thirteenth century
Year that emperor constantine est...,
Why was the early christian churc...,
What became the model for early c...
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7 Looking Eastwards: Islam, China, second to thirteenth century
What is the purpose of chinese la...,
How did chinese landscape painter...,
What prompted the exploration of ...
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8 Western Art in the Melting Pot: Europe sixth to eleventh centuries
Dark ages approximate dates,
What did norwegian viking captain...,
Highlight of saxon and celtic art
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9 The Church Militant: The twelfth century
Symbol of st mark,
Symbol for st matthew,
Symbol for st luke why
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10 The Church Triumphant: The thirteenth century
Chief innovation of gothic archit...,
Kind of arch used in gothic period,
What purpose to flying buttresses...
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11 Courtiers and Burghers: the fourteenth century
How had europe changed from 12th ...,
What is this building what are it...,
What are the characteristics of t...
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12 The Conquest of Reality: the early fifteenth century
Why was the renaissance so called,
Where does name gothic come from,
Why were the middle ages so called
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13 Tradition and Innovation: I The later fifteenth century in Italy
In the 15th century painters and ...,
As the cities gained importance a...,
How did different schools of art ...
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14 Tradition and Innovation II: the fifteenth century in the North
Big difference between architectu...,
Identify date describe,
What is the perpendicular gothic ...
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15 Harmony Attained: Tuscany and Rome, early sixteenth century
Why was there more competition be...,
Why were the courts of italy so i...,
In earlier times it was the princ...
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16 Light and Colour: Venice and northern Italy, early sixteenth century
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Giovanni bellini dates,
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17 The New Learning Spreads: Germany and the Netherlands, early sixteenth century
What 3 achievements impressed tho...,
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18 A Crisis of Art: Europe, later sixteenth century
By around 1520 it was agreed that...,
What solutions did young artists ...,
Andrea palladio dates
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19 Vision and Visions: Catholic Europe, first half of seventeenth century
Labels describing art movements w...,
Where does the word baroque come ...,
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20 The Mirror Of Nature: Holland, seventeenth century
Difference between protestant and...,
Identify date describe,
Frans hals dates
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21 Power and Glory I: Italy, later seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Baroque style in italy progressed...,
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What is a pediment
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22 Power and Glory II: France, Germany & Austria, late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries
Louis xiv dates,
What purpose do urns and statues ...,
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23 The Age of Reason: England and France, eighteenth century
Christopher wren dates,
What great task was christopher w...,
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24 The Break in Tradition
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What inspired the turn against pa...
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25 Permanent Revolution: The nineteenth century
What characterises nineteenth cen...,
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A deep cleavage emerged in 19th c...
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26 In Search of New Standards: The late nineteenth century
What was the rationale for the de...,
What were the 7 characteristics o...,
Victor horta dates
35
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27 Experimental Art: the first half of the twentieth century
The incongruity of covering a ___...,
What was lloyd wright s idea of o...,
Identify date describe
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28 A Story Without End: The triumph of Modernism
Identify date describe,
Kurt schwitters dates,
Marcel duchamp dates
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