A | B |
Prehistoric | the beginning of art |
“Venus of Willendorf” | earliest known human figure sculptures |
Lascaux Cave Paintings | charcoal drawings of horses, bison |
Stonehenge | astronomical calendar of large stones set in a circle |
Ancient Greece | the body beautiful, invented the nude in art |
Pyramids | art of immortality Mesopotamian and bas-relief, Egyptian |
“Nike of Samothrace" | Greek ideal proportions |
Vase Painting | Greeks, told stories about gods and heroes of Greek myths |
Ancient Rome | influenced by the Ancient Greeks, used cement; mosaics, civic sculpture |
. Parthenon | Greek temple to gods, with triangular pediment and columned portico |
Pantheon | Roman domed rotunda to enclose space |
Classical Art | refers to Ancient Greek and Roman works of art |
Colloseum | – Roman stadium used for large-scale public entertainment |
Arch and vault | from ancient Romans |
Pompeii tile mosaic | Mt Vesuvius erupted, destroyed; some Mosaics survived |
African Art | influenced Picasso |
Middle Ages | Nude body was considered corrupt |
ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT | HAND COPIED BOOKS MADE BY Monks to teach religion |
Icon | small wood panel painting believed to possess supernatural powers |
Gothic architecture | vertical, soaring heights, pointed arch, exterior buttresses supporting walls |
Romanesque architecture | horizontal,rounded arch, support system of piers and walls, barrel and groin vaults, and dark, solemn, simple exterior |