art history review

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.