STUDY GUIDE FOR TEST 1 (Prehistoric - Roman) FORMAT All questions will be multiple choice. Some will be accompanied by images while others will rely on your use of your knowledge without visual reference points. COVERAGE Visual Material: Selected from the works of art and architecture we have studied - see list below. These have all been discussed IN CLASS AS WELL AS IN THE TEXTBOOK or other readings. (If we do not cover all the works listed below in class‚ you will not be responsible for them on
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01.15.2014 B.C.E. = C.E. B.C = A.D. Form - the visual aspects of art and architecture‚ line‚ shape‚ color‚ light‚ texture‚ space‚ math‚ volume‚ and composition. Style – the combination of form and composition that makes a work distinctive. Content – includes subject matter or meaning and a work of art. School of artists – a group of artist usually working at the same time and sharing similar style influences and ideas Iconography – identify and studying and subject matter and conventional
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Amphora Hydria Kylix Volute krator Geometric Style EXEKIAS‚ Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (detail from an Athenian black-figure amphora)‚ from Vulci‚ Italy‚ ca. 540–530 BCE. Geometric krater‚ from the Dipylon cemetery‚ Athens‚ Greece‚ ca. 740 BCE. Kroisos‚ from Anavysos‚ Greece‚ ca. 530 BCE. Marble‚ 6’ 4” high. Peplos Kore‚ from the Acropolis‚ Athens‚ Greece‚ ca. 530 BCE. Marble‚ 4’ high. Zeus (or Poseidon?)‚ from the sea off Cape Artemision‚
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Period Lion Gate‚ Citadel at Mycenae‚ c.a. 1500-1300 B.C.E. Funerary Mask (gold)‚ possibly of Agamemnon‚ c.a. 1500 Greek: Archaic Period Funerary Krater with “Geometric” Decoration‚ c.a. 750 B.C.E. Calf-Bearer‚ ca. 575-550 B.C.E. Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice‚ black-figured amphora‚ c.a. 530 B.C.E. Death of Sarpedon‚ red-figure krater‚ ca. 515 B.C.E. Greek: Classical Period Kritios Boy‚ c.a. 480 Doryphorus (Spear-Bearer)‚ by Polycleitus‚ 450-440 B.C.E Zeus‚ c.a. 460 B.C.E. Aphrodite
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1. In Ancient Greece‚ the death of a loved one or prominent person was met with a period of grieving and celebration of their life. Alongside the somber rituals of interment‚ viewings‚ and the distinguishing of graves the celebration of the person’s life took place. The people of Ancient Greece saw passing as an inescapable element of the circle of life. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s article "Death‚ Burial‚ and the Afterlife in Ancient Greece" (Department‚ 2003) offers additional information
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Karen Ibrahim ARH131 – Q Joel Hollander 3/2/15 Visual Analysis Paper The Dark Age of Greece refers to a period of time where all knowledge of Mycenae construction‚ painting‚ sculpture‚ reading and writing disintegrated due to Dorian invasion. One form of art that continued through the period of the Mycenaean downfall was the art of pottery. Pottery‚ more specifically vase painting‚ was the beginning of an illustrative development in Greek art and was considered a durable form of art because it
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Art 111 Ethical Antiquity Ownership The arguments over art repatriation‚ the return of art or cultural objects‚ seems to be about who owns antiquity. In the past our world has mostly operated on the philosophy of “to the victory goes the spoils” (Gross.) The widespread looting of cultural heritage during World War II led to the beginning of establishing global agreements regarding the thievery of these objects. The initial agreement did not approach the issue of returning previously taken
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Art: Pottery The Ancient Greeks made pottery for everyday use‚ not for display; the trophies won at games‚ such as the Panathenaic Amphorae (wine decanters)‚ are the exception. Most surviving pottery consists of drinking vessels such as amphorae‚ kraters (bowls for mixing wine and water)‚ hydria (water jars)‚ libation bowls‚ jugs and cups. Painted funeral urns have also been found. Miniatures were also produced in large numbers‚ mainly for use as offerings at temples. In the Hellenistic period a wider
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Chapter 1-Pre-Historic Art Key Terms Attributes- Symbolic object or objects that identify a particular deity‚ saint‚ or personification in art Ceramics- Wares made of baked clay Corbel vault- Dolmen- Prehistoric sculpture made up of or more large stones supporting a large‚ flat‚ horizontal slabs Capstones- The final topmost stone in corbel arch or vault which joins the sides and completes the Structure Henge- Circular area enclosed by stones or wood posts set up by Neolithic
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Chapter 5 Greek Art (1) Name:___________________________ Matching a. main chamber of a temple holding a cult statue b. fifth century Athenian statesman c. half man half horse d. god of wine e. grooved member of Doric Frieze alternating with metopes f. black figure vase painter g. triangular space formed by roof and cornice h. warrior goddess‚ protectress of Athens i. slight convex curve of a column j. lowest division of the entablature of a temple k. architects of the Parthenon
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