(SI-V) Art: The Art of the Jazz Age (ACADEC '25-'26)

Who created Natural History

Pliny the Elder

Who Created the Lives of the Artist

Giorgio Vasari

Who Shifted to stylistic development

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

Where is the Chauvet Cave paintings

Southeastern France

When were Chauvet Cave paintings discovered

1994

When were the Chauvet Cave paintings

30

What colors are in Chauvet Cave

Red and black with minimal yellow

What animals are In chauvet Cave

Horse; Rhino; Lion; Buffalo; Mammoths

Where are Lascaux and Altamira Cave

France and Spain

What animals are in Lascaux and Altamira Caves

Horses; Bears; Lions; Bisons; Mammoths (Human hands as well

How tall are Women of Willendorf

4 and 1/8th inches

What are missing in Women of willendorf

Feet

Where did people move during middle stone age (mesolithic)

and why?

What art motif is seen in Middle stone age

Humans dominating Animals

The Stonehenge is from what time Period

New Stone Age

How tall is stonehenge

17 ft

How Heavy are stonehenge

fifty tons

What does megalithic mean

Great Stones

Where is Stonehenge

Salisbury Plain

When was Stonehenge built

2100 BCE

What does the Heelstone mark

Sunrise of summer solstice

Where is mesopotamia

Tigris and Euphrates

What did Mesopotamia lack compared to Egypt

Natural Barriers

When did the Sumerians occupy Mesopotamia

4000 BCE

What was A central part of Sumerian life

Religion

Who built Ziggurats

Summerians

When did Sargon of Akkad take over Mesopotamia

2334 BCE

Who put emphasis on Monarchy

Akkadians

What art are akkadians known for

Freestanding Relief Sculptures

Who took over Akkadian Rule

and when?

Who was the Neo Summerian ruler

King of Ur

When was Hammmurabi King of Babylonia and centralized power?

1792 BCE

What was Hammurabi known for

Oldest known legal code

Where is the Code of Hammurabi

the Louvre

Where did Hammurabi get inspiration from

Sun got Shamash

Who dominated norhtern Mesopotamia

Assyrians

What artwork were the assyrians known for

relief

What were the Neo-Babylonians known for

Hanging garden and Ishtar gate (great ziggurat of the temple of Bel

Where was the Persian Empire

Present Day Iran

What is architecture is the Persian Empire known for

Palace of Persepolis

How old is the Ziggurat of Ur

4100 years old

When is the Ancient Egypt Civilization date from

3000 BCE-332 BCE

Who Conquered Egypt

Alexander the Great

What Scale is Egyptian art known for

Hierarchical

What Piece exemplifies Heirarchical scale

Palette of Kinf Narmer

What representation does Egypt Use

Fractional representation

When was King Tut's tomb discovered

1922

What is Tut's burial mask made of

Blue glass and Gold

Where is the Kingdom of Nubia

South of Egypt

When was Cycladic culture

3200-200 BCE

What art did Cycladic culture do

decorated pottery

When did Minoan Culture peak

Second Millenium BCE

Where is Minoan culture centered

Knossos on crete

What style were Minoan arts characterized by?

Naturalistic pictorial

What are the 2 major forms of painting in Minoan art

Frescoes and Pottery

How many major palaces were built in Minoan Culture

4

When was the pinnacle of Mycenean culture

the same time as the collapse of Minoan

What were the Mycenean known for in art

Goldsmithing

What were the Greeks influenced by

Egypt

What columns were used during Archaic Period of Greeks

Doric and Ionic

What was the style of vases in Archaic Greek

Corinthian and Athenian

Where is the best known Greek art From

Athens

What were temples built with during Early Classical Period Greece

Doric

What was sculpture during Greek Early Classical Period characterized by

Solemnity Strength and simplicity. It focused on a figure or scene either in the moment before or the moment after an important action.

What natural pose did Greek develop

Contrapposto

What art styles mimicked greek

Renaissance Baroque and Neoclassical

When was the Parthenon Created

Midle Classical Period

When was the Parthenon Destroyed

480 BCE by Persians

When was Parthenon restored

447 BCE

Why did Architecture decline during Greek Late Classical Period

Athens was defeated during Peloponnesian War

When did highly decorative Corinthian columns become popular

Late classical Period

What is the Hellenist period characterized by

influence from Easter Civilizations

What time Period are Venus De Milo and Lacoon Group from

Hellenistic

What is the transition from Greek to Rome

Etruscan

When did Etruscan civilization arise

First Millennium BCE

Where was the Etruscan Civilization

Italy

What is the Etruscan Civilization known for

Tomb Decoration

What were Etruscan buildings made of

Brick and wood

Where are etruscan Paintings found

Walls and Ceilings of tombs

What did Romans discover

Modern concrete

By when did Roman architecture reflect Greek

2nd Century BCE

What type of architecture did Roman's Pioneer

Curved arch

Who built the Colosseum and Pantheon

the Romans

What purpose did Romans build Relief Sculptures for

Funerary purposes

What style did Romans prefer

idealistic

What art is the Byzantine known for

Mosaic

What church is known for it's Byzantine Stained glass

Ravenna

What church is Byzantine Architecture

Hagia Sophia (532-537 CE)

Where is Hagia Sophia

Constantinople

What was the international language in Medieval Period

Latin

What art are the Nomad Germanic people known for (early medievaal period)

Metal work

What art are vikings known for

woodwork

What church is romanesqe

Saint-Sernin

What is characteristic of Romanesque architecture

the Roman arch

When was the Gothic Style

12th century to 16th Century

What is characteristic of gothic style

Pointed arches

What is an example of gothic architecture

chartres cathedral

What allowed for larger windows

flying buttresses

Who is the transitional artist from Gothic to Renaissance

Giotto Di Bondone (1267-1335/37)

Who is best known for frescoes

Bondone