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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what kinds of tools did paleolithic people use? | They used natural pigments, and cave paintings and carving bone. |
| What are defining stylistic features of paleolithic art? | Animal and human forms in profile, naturalism in animals. Many overlapping figures to show movement and portable figure like Venus to show fertility. |
| what is a patron | Someone who pays or employs an artist to produce artworks. The relationship is important b/c it decided what gets made and for who. Ex- head of the Arkadian ruler with the beard & missing eye |
| what changes in Neolithic art compared to Paleolithic | Shift from hunting to agriculture. More stone hedges and tombs. more focus on rituals and domestication. Tool advanced too such as polished stone. |
| What are the meanings behind Paleolithic art? | Possible ritual use of animals, instructions of hunting, showing the importance of animals. |
| What are key Neolithic art pieces and what do they show | Stone hedges which could be used as a ritual space. Also tombs with concern of the afterlife. |
| What is the Egyptian belief of the Ka and how does it relate to mummification and art | Ka is the double spirt, basically your life when you die. The deceased eternal life. |
| What is the process of mummification | Removal of internal organs which are preserved in jars. Drying the body and wrapping it in linen. Also placing amulets, and art work on the face. Liver, lungs, brain and heart. |
| What did Egyptian art aim to show through their style? | In old kingdom frontal and profile views, and composite view (frontal facing body). New Kingdom- more narrative reliefs and royale power. More realism. |
| Name 3 important Egyptian artworks and why they matter | Great Pyramids and Sphinx which show the pharaohs power and beliefs in afterlife. Also Khufu Statuette which was the builder of the Pyramid of Giza. Iconography of the old kingdom. |
| What tools/techniques did Aegean artists use | Fresco (painting on plaster). pottery decoration, and marine motifs. |
| What are defining features of Cycladic art | marble figures, stylized geometric forms. Possible meanings of fertility, ancestor worship, or ritual use. |
| what is composite view | multiple viewpoints. meaning the full body and face aren't facing you frontally. An example of this is the Bull cave painting where it depicts people jumping over the bull. "Bull Jumping". |
| What does "Paleolithic" mean? | old stone |
| The period between the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras is typically called | Mesolithic "middle stone" |
| What art objects were made and used in "ancestor worship" around 7,000 BCE in Mesopotamia? | human heads |
| Figure 1.8 Bisons | Was 13,000 BCE- 11,000 BCE. In Lascaux. It depicts three bison on the cave ceilings. I think it symbolizes manifestation or perhaps even for a ritual so that hunters would be successful. Being created in the Paleolithic era, its very common for animals. |
| what is foreshortening | is a kind of perspective which shows one part of the body farther away than another. |
| what is hierarchical scale | The hierarchical scale is when the size of an individual is larger not because of realism but b/c of power or importance. An example of this is the Victory stele of Naram-Sin, art piece where the leader is the biggest and his soldiers are following him. |
| What are the 3 geographical art styles of Ancient Aegean | Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean. Minoan- marine, naturalism, and nature motifs. Cycladic- Abstract, and marble figures Mycenaean- Military art pieces, Funerary goods |
| Figure 3.12 "sitting man" | Khafre enthroned, from, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2520-2494 BCE. Old Kingdom sculptors sought to create idealized images that communicated the divine nature of Egyptian kingship. Honoring him after death. |
| What is Ka | In ancient Egyptian belief Ka is the soul of the deceased. You would give them offerings. Its the spiral essence and to preserve the body for the afterlife, they would do mummification. |
| What is a pediment | The pediment is the triangular part of the structure above the beam. It usually contains sculptural decoration. it is often of gods, battles, or narratives. It is a signature element in classical temples. |
| why is Parthenon irregular | It is irregular b/c it combines two architectural orders- ionic and doric. It has plain and sturdy columns like metopes but also has the ionic freeze. |
| what is the ten ben | The Ten ben is a stone block in ancient Egyptian. It is used in temple construction and how it would act as the core with more layers being added on. |
| What are the general periods/ time frames used to define Egyptian art styles. | Early dynastic period, old kingdom, middle kingdom, new kingdom, and late/ roman period. |
| what was the Hellenistic period | began after the death of alexander the great. It transformed art from idealism to realism. Showing more drama as well. |
| what was the archaic period | more pottery, and realism meaning peoples positions changed. They also showed more interest in the human body. |
| what are kouroi and korai | kouroi were usually nude male figures that showed ideal meales. Demonstrating their power ore strength. While korais were fully clothes women. Often maids or depicted as offering to men. They possessed the Archaic smile to show they are alive. |
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