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Art History
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the period of time that is documented and can be fact-checked | History |
| A time before there were official documents of what could of happened. | • Pre-History (Paleolithic Period)- |
| The bigger it is, the more important it may be. In Art History. | • Hierarchy of scale |
| refers to antiquity | • Paleo |
| refers to stone, (as in stone age) | • lithic |
| Means the new stone age | Neolithic- |
| means new | • Neo |
| where is it considered one of the first “cities” in what is now Turkey. | Catul Hoyuk |
| What was the most important moment of change in human history | • The Agricultural revolution |
| What tells you two maybe four days of the year. (Will tell you the winter or summer Solstices or the spring and fall solstices. Or maybe all.) | Solar Calendars- |
| what is it called when on a certain moment in the year maybe the sun will interact with a specific structure in a specific way. | Celestial alignment- |
| What does "mega'' mean? | Tall |
| What is the land between rivers. modern day Iraq c. 4,000-2334 BC | Mesopotamia, those rivers being Tigris and Euphrates. |
| What does Circa mean | c. (not sure of the dates) |
| what is the official historical record of recorded language and words. | Cuneiform |
| What is a Mesopotamian term that refers to tall platforms upon which the original sumerian temples sat. They were made out of wood (a fragile material) would not survive more than a couple 1000 years. But we still have the platforms the temple sat on | Ziggurat |
| What is it called when subject stands with their feet angled to the side and their chest towards the viewer. It’s an artistic decision that prioritizes maximum communication | Composite View |
| what are goods buried with someone | Grave goods. |
| What are different levels and area of space. They divide the space make things more straight forward and easy to understand even if its not realistic. | Registers. |
| Who was the supreme ruler and were seen as gods walking on earth. It’s a divine office. | Pharoh |
| What is a another term for a Necropolis | A burial |
| What is making something look natural and as close as it actually looks in real life. Means the same as realism. | Naturalist/Naturalism |
| What refers to the perfect expression of something, its expected and everyone agrees it is how it should be. | Canon |
| What refers to that there is a series of balancing poses. Designed to introduce a sense of motion throughout the body. | Contrapposto |
| What are all the Ancient Greek periods in order | Geometric Period Archaic Period Classical period Hellenisitc Period |
| Who is Siddhartha Gautama | Buddha the Prince. |
| what is Buddhapada | Images where Buddha is shown through his footprints. |
| Who is someone who is extreme in their faith? | Aessetic |
| What is an art term for showing a human form | Anthropomorphic |
| What is an image of a religious figure for devotion called | an Iconic. |
| What is a third eye called, a jewel between the two eyes | an Urna |
| What is the bun of hair called on Buddha | An Ushnisha |
| What is it called when someone has achieved nirvana but chooses to stay on Earth in order to teach others how to reach nirvana as well. | Boddhisatva |
| What is a structure that is rounded mound and the central area for Buddha worship called? | Stupa |
| what is the considered the world first city? | Uruk |
| What are two city-states in Mesopotamia? | Ur and Uruk |
| what stood on a raised platform in the center of Uruk. | White temple. 3200-3000 BC |
| What are Votive figures | small statues buried in temple floors during renovations. Men and women are shown with very large eyes and holding cups. They acted as a worshipper’s stand-in, remaining present in the temple when the person could not enter. |
| what was found in a cemetery with other objects and buried with elite individuals. The work communicates an interpretation of possible war vs peace. | Standard of Ur, c. 2600 BC: |
| what is it called when a body parts shown from angles that communicate them clearly, such as side-facing feet and a front-facing torso. | Composite View. |
| What is a Sarcophagus? | A coffin |
| What are mortuary temples? | The place where regular people could worship pharaohs after they die. |
| Who are the kings that make up the Great Pyramids | Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure. |
| What is the area of royal tombs. Many tombs were disturbed, though structures and grave goods remain and more discoveries are possible. | Valley of Kings |
| Why was finding King Tuts tomb so significant. | gave a clearer view of how objects were arranged burial was rushed and possibly adapted from a tomb not his. nonetheless contained extraordinary gold and jewelry. how many riches must be in the tombs for the great kings, since king tut really did nothing. |
| what is a slight smile used to suggest that a figure is alive and has an inner presence? | Archaic Smile |
| what is a Torana? | A sacred gateway in architecture. |
| what is art that refers to artistic exchange between Greek and Indian cultures in the region of modern-day Pakistan. | Greco Buddhist |
| What is Northern Greco Buddhist tradition and art. | Grandhara. |
| What is a southern tradition and art that derives from the Indus river valley civilization | Mathura/Gupta |
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