ART HISTORY REVIEW Prehistoric, Egyptian, Greek, Roman
Feb 24, 2016
ART HISTORY REVIEWPrehistoric, Egyptian, Greek,
Roman
1. What Egyptian influences are found in the Greek Kouros sculpture?
Kouros Sculpture
EGYPTIAN INFLUENCES1.Stiff position2.Block shape3.Poor
understanding of anatomy
4.Left food forward5.Clenched fists
2. Romans mainly used what material in construction?
CONCRETE
3. What are the 3 types of pyramids?
Mastaba
Step Pyramid
True Pyramid
4. What are the following architectural elements called?
Dome Barrel Vault Cross Vault
5. What was the subject matter of Roman
paintings and where were they painted?
Subject matter: Secular – not
religious or reserved for special people
Location:Pompeii
6. KORE vs APHRODITE
SIMILARITIES:Archaic smile
Negative space between body and armsINNOVATIONS:Anatomy attempted
Diaphragm rendered
7. Egyptian painters were not concerned with realism except
when it came to?
ANIMALS
8. What are the 8 canons of Egyptian painting you can find in this painting?
8. The 8 Canons of Egyptian Painting
1. The more important a person was, the larger they were depicted.
2. Men are depicted with darker skin than women.3. Face, arms, legs, hands and feet are shown in
profile.4. Eyes (usually single eye) and chest are frontal.5. No mathematical perspective attempted.6. Little or no overlapping.7. Spaces are divided into horizontal bands or
registers (like a comic strip).8. The left foot is forward.
9. What term is used to describe the
clothing and drapery during the decadent
period of Greek sculpture?
WET DRAPERY
10. What Major river snakes through the Egyptian empire?
THE NILE
11. What does Petroglyph
mean?
Rock Carving
12. What can Greek decadent sculpture best be described as?
Very dramaticExaggerated
13. Incised Relief
14. Low Relief
15. All remaining Greek paintings appear on what kind of objects?
GREEK VASES
16. What was the name of the first
artist whose name has been recorded in history and was
responsible for designing the Step
Pyramid?
IMHOTEP
17. What is the main architectural element of Point
du Gard aqueduct system?ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT:The Roman Arch is used throughout because they create a strong structure when combined.
18. Monumental head of Constantine is an example of?
A Portrait Bust
19. What are the 3 periods of Prehistoric
Art?
Paleolithic Mesolithic Neolithic
20. What were caves considered to be to artists
during the Prehistoric Era?
Sacred
21. What are the 2 parts of the Pantheon Floor Plan?
ROTUNDA
PORTICO
22. What kind of figure is the Venus of Willendorf?
Fetish Figure
23. Make a sketch of the post and lintel system and label it.
LINTEL
POST
24. Why do you think a false chamber was built?
KING’S CHAMBER
FALSE TOMB CHAMBER
Why do you think a false chamber was built?To trick the thieves and protect the
King’s chamber.