Humanities Art Final Study Guide (wip)

ARH

Formalism

________ is the study of art by analyzing and comparing form and style—the way objects are made and their purely visual aspects

Human condition

____________ are the characteristics, key events, and situations which compose the essentials of human existence, such as birth, growth, emotionality, aspiration, conflict, and mortality.

value

The elements of art include: line, space, texture, color, shape, form and __________.

before the written word

The definition of "prehistoric" generally means __________.

Bronze

____________ allowed the beginnings of urban civilization, metal tools, government, and proto-writing.

Megalithic architecture

Monuments from the Neolithic period in Western Europe, such as Stonehenge, are characterized by _____________

Amun (Mut and Khonsu)

The Temple at Karnak was an enormous, open-aired religious site, constructed over 1500 years by many pharaohs, and dedicated to the supreme deity __________.

first time

Temples in Egypt were connected to the idea of zep tepi, or ___________.

Amarna period

This period, characterized by monotheism and a radically different artistic style, occurred during the New Kingdom, but it is so distinctive it has its own name: the __________.

geometric

Cycladic figures are based in simple _____________ shapes.

architecture

Mycenaean culture can be summarized by its ________.

heraldic composition

This composition of lions or another feline animal flanking a single object is known as a __________.

grave

Monumental kraters and amphorae were made and decorated as ___________ markers, and these vessels are characteristic of Geometric vase painting during this period.

Greek mythology

Many classical works of Greek art highlight tales from ____________.

kouroi

Two of the most distinctive forms of free-standing sculpture to emerge during the Archaic period of Greek art (about 600-480 B.C.E.) were statues of youths (___________) and maidens (korai)

Greek and Roman

The Etruscan culture provides a bridge between the ________________ and _______________ cultures.