Humanities Art

Module 01 & 02 Study Guide

The interplay between the _____ and ______ of art provide a language with which to discuss and analyze works of art.

principles, elements

The principles of art include:

movement, unity, rhythm, variety, balance, contrast, proportion, and pattern.

The elements of art include:

line, space, texture, color, shape, form, and value.

______ is the study of art by analyzing and comparing form and style-the way objects are made and their purely visual aspects.

formalism

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

The Human Condition

_______ is visual art created principally for its aesthetic value.

Fine Art

_____ is the feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something

texture

________ is a method of shadowing shading by means of multiple small lines that intersect.

crosshatching

_____ is a path through two or more points.

line

The definition of “prehistoric” generally means _______.

before the written word

Paleolithic cave paintings, such as those found in the Hall of the Bulls, are characterized by images/scenes of _______.

animals

Two types of Paleolithic art are ______ and portable.

permanent

When referring to the images of animals, “twisted perspective” is when the animal is depicted in a ________________ viewpoint.

frontal and profile

Stonehedge is part of the _______ period.

Neolithic

One of the earliest fortified cities in the Neolithic period was _______.

Jericho

Catalhoyuk, across its history, witnesses the transition from exclusively hunting and gathering subsistence to increasing skill in plant and animal ________.

domestication

Stonehenge was created in ____ stages.

three

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

megalithic architecture

Monumental architecture is powerful human-made ________.

topography

The use of bronze allowed the beginnings of urban civilization, metal tools, government, and _________.

proto-writing

Theocratic society was ruled by the _________.

Priest Kings

Some of the earliest complex urban centers can be found in Mesopotamia between the _____ and _____ rivers.

Tigris, Euphrates

Earliest known writing emerged in Southern Mesopotamia around 3400 BC called ________.

cuneiform

Head of an Akkadian Ruler was made using the lost wax technique. In this casting process, the materials ____, was, and bronze are used.

clay

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin represents a victory over the ______ Mountain People.

Lullubi

After 612 BCE, Babylonian kings Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezzar II were able to claim much of the Assyrian empire and rebuilt _____ on a grand scale.

Babylon

The _________ of Hammurabi is inscribed into the stele of Hammurabi.

laws and codes

The ______ was the most elaborate of the inner-city gates constructed in Babylon in antiquity.

Ishtar

The ______ empire dominated Mesopotamia and all of the Near East for the first half of the first millennium BCE.

Assyrian