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Western Art History: Prehistory to the Renaissance
Western Art History: Prehistory to the Renaissance
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Overview of western art history up to the Renaissance.
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This is a very famous temple to Athena located in Greece.
Pantheon
Great Pyramids at Giza
Hagia Sophia
Parthenon
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Including Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, Greek civilization dates:
1000BC to between 146/31BC
500 AD to roughly 1500 AD
1000 to 800 BC
10000BC to roughly 1000BC
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The art of this time excelled in oil painting, producing amazing texture and detail.
Early Renaissance
Greek
Northern Renaissance
Middle Ages
4
Egyptians used this strict set of rules when depicting the human body.
quadratic method
canon of proportion
Photoshop
Bodmas rule
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Egypt became a province of this empire in 31 BC.
Greek
Etruscan
Ottoman
Roman
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The work made during this time was unrealistic and symbolic. It sought to teach the illiterate.
Greek
Egyptian
Middle Ages
Renaissance
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In Greek art, stiff poses, ideal proportions, and archaic smiles are found in this period.
hellenistic
classical
geometric
archaic
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This Greek period shows tense poses ready to move, youthful perfection, and contrapposto.
geometric
hellenistic
archaic
classical
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The fall of the Romans & death of Byzantine Emperor Justinian started the Middle Ages, lasting
31 BC to 600 AD
~500 to 1500 AD
500 to 800 AD
~1000 to 1800 AD
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We have no written accounts of this time period, and can only speculate about its art & people
Greek
Prehistoric
Middle Ages
Renaissance
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Twisted perspective is a characteristic of what time period?
Roman
Prehistoric
Renaissance
Middle Ages
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The Italian High Renaissance was a rather brief period of time, lasting from
It's happening now
1550 to 1600
1500 to 1520
1400 to 1430
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Though they valued idealized figure proportions, they created accurate portraits of the rulers.
Greeks
Prehistoric artist
Egyptians
Romans
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Prehistoric caves need to be monitored and access restricted because human visitors introduce..
mold spores
algae
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In Egyptian art objects other than humans are represented realistically and naturally.
True
False
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Kritios Boy is the first sculpture to use
realism
contrapposto
high relief
archaic smile
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In Greek art, people of all ages & use of full, dramatic movement are typical of this period.
geometric
classical
archaic
hellenistic
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A rebirth of literature, science, math, and Greek and Roman culture was stressed in the
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
Realism
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The Venus of Willendorf is thought to have been made
24,000 to 22,000 BCE
18,000-15,000 BCE
12,000-10,000 BCE
50,000-45,000 BCE
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In architecture, these were the first to used arches and create domes to their buildings.
Byzantines
Greeks
Romans
Egyptians
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Living in Egypt in 2650 BC, he was the first artist/architect that we know by name.
Marc Anthony
Imhotep
Cleopatra
Acenath
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These were the developers of the arch and concrete...
Italians
Romans
Egyptians
Greeks
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Stone, concrete (new!) , mosaic, fresco, and encaustics were all used by the
Egyptians
Romans
Midieval artists
Greeks
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Glorifying rulers and creating art that would serve them in the afterlife was a primary goal of
the Greeks
the Romans
the Egyptians
the Italians
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This is an early Egyptian tomb design
vaulted tunnel
cliff temple
pyramid
mastaba
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Mosaic, stained glass, stone, sculpture, tapestry, & illuminated manuscripts are from this time
Greek
Middle Ages
Egyptian
prehistoric art
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The Renaissance in the North took some time to spread..this phase lasted from
1400-1450
1500 to 1600
1200-1400
1500-1800
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Rigid, free-standing sculpture, jewelry, wall painting, and papyrus were all used during...time
Roman
Greek
Prehistoric
Egyptian
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Rome was founded by Romulus in the year
753 BC
3135 BC
500BC
31BC
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The Roman empire lasted from 753BC until its final blow in____w/ the death of Romulus Augustus.
823 BC
1455 AD
476 AD
1100 AD
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The early Renaissance is generally described as the time in Italy between
1100 and 1300
1400 and 1500
1500 and 1600
1500 and 1520
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This culture thrived for 3000 years from about 3150 (upper & lower regions unified) to 31 BC.
Egyptians
Romans
Greeks
Italians
