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Woman of Willendorf
Limestone, first piece of art
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Petroglyph
An image or symbol carved in a rock
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Sumeria
Developed the first writing, the wheel, the plow
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Ziggurat
A sacred mountain that links heaven and earth (Mesopotamia)
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Theory of proportions
Math used to make art proportional
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Kouro
Sculpture of male youth
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Contrapposto
Figure stands with weight on one foot
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Entasis
Columns bulge in the middle to look straight
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Golden ratio
Greeks developed, 4-9 (width-length)
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Frieze
Carvings that decorate a buliding
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Doric
Plain columns, no design
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Ionic
Rams horn at the top of the column
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Corinthian
Carving of floral leaves at top of column
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Romans...
created buildings and aqueducts that are still around today
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Oculus
The eye of the dome (the pantheon) 30ft. in diameter
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Catacombs
Underground burial chambers used by the Christians
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Scythian style
Animal style developed by Eurasian nomads
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Humanism
A movement that explored scientific theory during renaissance
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Sfumato
Soft blurring on the edges
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Calligraphy
Elegant writing
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Literati
Devoted to a life of art and poetry
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Pagoda
Decent from Chinese water tower, Japanese perfected
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Ukiyo-e
Pictures of the fleeting world
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Prana
Life giving breath, concept in hatha yoga
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Stupa
Rounded dome, early Indian Buddhist art
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Bodhistavva
A person at the point of enlightenment but stays on earth to teach others
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Mosque
Place of worship, bow down in direction of Mecca
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Muslims Conquered Spain...
for Islam in 8th century
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Koran
The sacred text in Arabic by Allah
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Spain is best known for...
elaborate arches of intricate decoration in marble, alabaster and glazed tile
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Persia best known for...
carpet designs (intricate designs satisfy the urge for beauty since the human figure isn't used)
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Persian painters are...
some of the greatest illustrators in the world
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Tyi Wara
Dance to the mythical creature who taught humans to cultivate crops
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Nkondi
Fetish statuses from Loango, Kongo region
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Purpose of Nkondi
To register agreements or seal disputes
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The Fauves
The wild beasts
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Expressionism
Inner feelings and emotions over objective depiction
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Cubism
Geroges Braque and Picasso (style based on forms)
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Futurism
The celebration of speed, dynamism
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DADA
Ridiculed contemporary culture between world wars
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Neoclassicism
The emulation of classical Greek and Roman art
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Romanticism
Imagination and emotion more valuable than reason
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Landscape in America
Hudson River School
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Impressionism
What the eye sees rather than what the mind tells us
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Representational Surrealism
Looked real, Salvator Dali
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Abstract Surrealism
Emphasis on color and design
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Supermatism
The focus on color and shape in art
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Constructivism
A new visual language for a new industrial age
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Action painting
Act of painting (dripping, throwing paint)
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Color field painting
Larger areas of color with no structure
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Assemblage
Conglomerates of random objects
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Combines
Incorporated 3-D objects in assemblage
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Andy Goldsworthy
Uses only natural organic things to make art
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Best known public sculpture
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (By Maya Lin)
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