Mid-Term Exam Review

Considered one of  the “Greatest Artist of All Time”

Pencil grades (F - 9H) 

 interests of the rich people inthe N. Ren. were manuscripts,tapestries and furnishings.

Overlapping is a way to create depth

While painting Frescoes, one has to work slowlyso that the plaster will dry

the creativepotential of the unconscious mind, by the irrational juxtapositionof images

Working clay with the palms of thehands in order to remove air from it 

________ is an element of art where depth,length, and width can be found.

lightness or darkness of acolor

strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrastsaffecting a whole composition?

TheNorthern Renaissance artist  did NOT hold on to Gothic style. 

A ___________ can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal;straight or curved; thick or thin.

The Ancient Greeks never used Mythologicalfigures as their Subject Matter

Distant shapes are made smaller than closerones.

Rope like, rolled out clay used in handbuilding.

Romanesque buildings were short and squatty withthick, heavy walls. 

Whobecame Napoleon’s official artist?

The fact of two things beingseen or placed close together with contrasting effect

Which of these is NOTan example of the varieties of portraits?

A __________ is the repeating of an object orsymbol all over the work of art

__________are not always flat. ______ can bemade out of a metal rod, groove, ridge......

 "Pointillism" was firstcoined by art critics in the late 1780 to honor these artists

_________ is the distribution of the visualweight of objects, colors, texture, and space. 

The image viewers can easily identify in awork of art is called ________.

The David use ____________meaning it has a s-curve, asymmetrical weight shift. (David has this)

______ can be described as the work of art’sFocal Point

Used Sfumato

moisture has evaporated leaving the clay hard but still soft to carved or joined other pieces

Clay that has completely dried out, but has notbeen fired yet

Some of the Medieval Art major art forms wereMosaics, Illuminated Manuscripts, and Tapestries

Watery clay used to connect clay pieces

In charge of designing and constructing the new St. Peter’s Cathedral

Distant objects are placed higher up in thepicture. Closer objects are lower down:

____is the path the viewer’s eye takes throughthe work of art

Balance is the distribution of the visual weightof objects, colors, texture, and space

The meaning the artwork communicates is called_________.

Who was the first artist to sculpt David

Gothic buildings were short and squatty withthick, heavy walls

_________ is when artist distorted bodies, out of proportion, strange,  and/or elongated

El Greco NEVERmade work for a public chapel, in the Church of Santo Tome

Is a representation of a person

“Father of painting”

Coating pottery by immersing it slip or glaze

Colorwas of NOT a key importance to the Northern Renaissance artists.

Pencil grades (HB - 9B)

Red and Blue dominate Gothic color schemes

A furnace for firing ceramic products

Clay which has been fired once (unglazed.)

TheNorthern Renaissance artists produced some fabulous egg tempera paintings andfrescoes

originating in France,  _________ employed the refined, elegant, highly decorative forms. 

Painted the Birth of Venus

Became one of the greatest portrait painter

A technique of painting in which small, distinctdots of pure color is:

Work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matteris__________.

Which of these IS anexample of why people create portrait

The proportions ofthe head can be divided horizontally into four equal quarters.

Whowas in the court of King Philip IV?

Portrait can be made out of

Pieta means to ________.

El Greco was an artist from

The media used to make the cave paintings wereberries, blood, charcoal, and carving.

A glass-like coating fusion bonded to a ceramicsurface by heat

Lamentation means __________.

_______ is when an artist draws the contour of asubject without looking at the paper

The point on the horizonwhere parallel lines appear to meet

technique used to connect two pieces of clayby scratching into the surface of each piece

“Father of Sculpture”

A circular painting is….?

It focused on emotionover reason, and on spontaneous expression

Rococo was for the

Shapes_____________ one another to create anillusion of depth. 

_____is when lines of buildings andother objects are slanted so come together in the distance.

The NorthernRenaissance was mostly located in: 

Byzantine Art style had poor color, depth, andanimated figures

The Egyptians built the Parthenon.

All of the following areFunction of Art except: 

Whommade the third David?

__________ elegant, balanced works revived the order and harmony ofancient Greek and Roman art.

CountOrgaz was greatly liked because he was very generous with his money

All of the following are elements of art/designexcept for ________.

The eyes are situated approximately ______________down the head.

What is the movement that refers toobjective representation?  rejected everyday subjects is____

Monks copied the works of scriptureand embellishing thuscreating Illuminated Manuscripts

Placement of an object does not matter and willnot affect the depth in the work of art

__________are unbalanced.

Thick Lines are delicate, fragile or convey anelegant quality.  

 is the area between and around objects.Can be defined as being positive or negative.

What two artists were known for making self-portraits?

Mosaics decorated the interiors of some Italianchurches

Albrecht Dürer’s Young Hare was made from: