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IFA Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the harmonious blending of formal elements | balance |
| a 2D surface | plane |
| a type of balance that shows an exact correspondence of parts on either side of an axis | symmetry |
| a method of shading using a series of parallel lines | hatching |
| a method of shading using intersecting lines | crosshatching |
| amorphous, blob shapes | biomorphic |
| the study of geologic layers of the earth. helps date archaeological pieces that are buried. | stratigraphy |
| using stylistic differences between art objects to help determine their approximate dates | seration |
| using tree rings to date objects | dedndrochronography |
| dating organic material by measuring the decay of Carbon-14 in an object | radiocarbon dating |
| using technology and archaeology together | arachaeometry |
| Why do we create art? | material, intristic, religious, nationalistic, psychological, or innate. |
| What area is considered Western civilization? | North American, South American, Oceanian, and European countries and art created in the forms accepted by these countries. |
| Three types of art? | picture, sculpture, and archeitecture |
| the depiction of realistic objects in a natural setting | naturalism |
| the practice or advocacy of attempting to depict objects, scenes, figures, etc. | representationalism |
| representing by means of an emblem, likeness, figure, etc. or of relating to, or characterized by the naturalistic impression of the external world. | figurative |
| when artists create a work of art the appears to share the space with the viewer. | illusionism |
| a style of painting in which objects are depicted with photographically realistic detail | trompe l'oeil |
| the arrangement of elements in or the subject matter in a painting | composition |
| symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to images or an image | iconographic |
| 100,000 to 10,000 years ago | Paleolithic |
| Time before writing, first found from about 40,000 years ago | Prehistoric |
| 100,000-40,000 years ago. | Middle Paleolithic |
| 40,000-10,000 years ago | Upper Paleolithic |
| Figurine sculpted from mammoth tusk broken into fragments looks like amulet and is in two pieces | Venus of Hohle Fels 40,000 years ago found in Germany |
| Pregnant looking nude woman basket like head | Venus of Willendorf 25,000 years ago Upper Paleolithic found in Willendorf, Austria |
| bull like paintings on cave wall | Lascaux Cave Paintings or Hall of the Bulls in France near Montignac village about 17,300 years old |
| 10,000 to 8,000 years ago | Mesolithic |
| large stone rock formations | Stonehenge in Salisbury Plain, England 2,800 to 1,500 B.C. |
| big stones | megalithic |
| large circle enclosure | cromlech |
| columns that create the circle | menhirs |
| more prominent table like structures in the circle | dolmens |
| pyramid with steps | Mastaba of Zoser 2630-2611 B.C. made by Imhotep |
| large group of pyramids | Pyramids of Giza 2551-2472 B.C. |
| odd looking seated man | Seated Scribe 2551-2528 B.C. |
| precursor to Greek culture | Aegean |
| big gold mask | Mask of Agamemnon 1500 B.C. found in Mycenae |
| civilization that flourished from 1100 B.C. to 1600 B.C. | Mycenaeans |
| civilization that lived on Crete | Minoans |
| large palace with odd red pillars | The Palace of Minos at Knossos built 1600 to 1400 B.C. |
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