ART APPRECIATION TEST 1

Art

A creative, tangible expression that communicates something and is unique and intended as art

Media/medium

The materials used to make art (ex. watercolor, acrylics, graphite)

Elements of art

The concepts used to make art (line, light, shape, space, color, composition)

Paleolithic

Old Stone Age, 35,000 to 10,000 BCE ya

Animism

The belief of the Paleolithic people that all things have a soul, spirit, or non physical component

Megalith

large stone, used in Neolithic sculptures and architecture

Petroglyph

Neolithic rock writing

Mesoamerica

Between the Americas where civilizations first appear in the western hemisphere

Pharoah

Ruler of Egypt (ex. King Tut, Ramses)

Dynasty

Rulership passed down from generation to generation in the same family

Hieroglyph

Egyptian picture writing

Relief Sculpture

Sculpture on a 2D surface (ex. carving on the wall, coin)

Symbol

Concrete representation of an abstract concept (ex. Palette of Narmer)

Canopic Urn

Containers used to store the organs of mummies