ALL Art Flashcards

What type of construction is this known as?

This part of a column is called what?

This type of sculpture uses counter-balancing

What technique is characterized by mellow colors and hazy or blurred outlines

The contrast between light and dark is known as___?

Which of the following is a Hellenistic sculpture that exemplified contemporary beauty

A famous ancient Egyptian portrait depicts this queen

GREEK temple columns have these two main styles

What type of paints were introduced during the Renaissance?

This art museum holds Hammurabi's Code

All of the following animals are depicted in the Chauvet Cave paintings EXCEPT

Stonehenge stands in this area of England

This part of a column is called what?

These two main colors appear in the Chauvet Cave paintings

This Italian artist wrote "The Lives of the Artists"

This artist pioneered sfumato

This scale depicts figures' size proportional to their status

Name this art piece

Michelangelo spent four years on this ceiling's fresco

This type of representation displays each part of a figure's body as clearly as possible

The Chauvet Cave paintings used these two materials

These two major French caves contain early cave paintings

This Minoan legend is half-man and half-bull

This painting by Raphael Sanzio depicts Greek thinkers

This bronzo sculpture is Donatello's most famous

This Roman art historian wrote "Natural History"

Pliny the Elder wrote this early art encyclopedia

What is the material used to make up the base of Hammurabi's Code?

This major Greek temple dates from the Middle Classical Period

Art style characterized by a long neck and twisted torso

This artist developed linear vanishing point perspective

This exterior bracing enables larger windows and higher ceilings

Hammurabi ruled this city-state

This style of architecture uses pointed aches and flying buttresses

This part of a column is called what?

Name this art piece?