however‚ retain the conventional "Archaic smile" which serves to illustrate that the person is alive. Korai‚ shown wearing contemporary fashionable clothing‚ evidently stood as votive offerings in temple sanctuaries. A stylistic "sister" to the Anavysos kouros is the statue of a kore wearing a peplos‚ a simple‚ long‚ woolen belted garment that
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Select the best answer. (5 points each) 1. Which of the following statements best describes the cultural impact on the style of artwork? a. Cultures each have their own‚ unique style that is not impacted by any outside culture. b. Cultures exchange ideas that impact the development of artistic styles. c. Artists create work based solely on their imaginations and are not impacted by culture. d. All of the above. 2. Like history‚ art history: a. is an objective‚ or factual‚ academic field
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In the book "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell‚ the central theory that Gladwell presents is that often the decisions and observations made in only a split-second‚ in the blink of the eye‚ are better than decisions which are made after extensive thought. To present and justify this idea Gladwell describes the lives of several people who make‚ or have made‚ important snap decisions with a high level of success or failure. He then explains the logic behind each story and relates it back to his original principle
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Greek Classicism Greek Civilization: • Greek sages concluded “Man is the measure of all things.” • Greeks supremely self-confident and self-aware • Greeks developed this concept of human supremacy and responsibility into a worldview that demanded a new visual expression in art. • Artists studied human beings intensely‚ than distilled their newfound knowledge to capture in their art works the essence of humanity—a term that‚ by the Greeks’ definition‚ applied only to those who spoke Greek; they
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Chapter 1-Pre-Historic Art Key Terms Attributes- Symbolic object or objects that identify a particular deity‚ saint‚ or personification in art Ceramics- Wares made of baked clay Corbel vault- Dolmen- Prehistoric sculpture made up of or more large stones supporting a large‚ flat‚ horizontal slabs Capstones- The final topmost stone in corbel arch or vault which joins the sides and completes the Structure Henge- Circular area enclosed by stones or wood posts set up by Neolithic
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Chapter 5-Art of Ancient Greece The ancient Greeks are known as a self aware people. No other culture in western civilization history was quite as introspective as the Greeks. They prided themselves as the most civilized society in the world. In fact the term “barbarian” basically meant non Greek. The development of Greek civilization rises from the ashes of the ancient Mycenaean and Minion cultures. From After the decline and eventual fall of the Mycenaean culture in 1100 BCE‚ the Aegean
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Panathenaic procession 23. The earliest sculpture known to use contrapposto is the a. the Spearbearer b. the Scraper c. the Kritios Boy d. Hera 24. A standing nude male figure is known in Greek (Archaic) art is a a. atlantid b. kore c. kouros d. caryatid 25. Who was the Greek goddess of love? a. Hera b. Athena c.
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man and the gods‚ they are an ideal of physical perfection. The female figure of c.650-625 B.C. (fig. 123) and a nude male youth of c.600 B.C. (fig. 124) are perfect examples of the use of symbols to convey meaning. These statues‚ Kore (maiden) and Kouros (youth) were produced in large numbers‚ all being virtually the same in outline. Their general names emphasised the need for the statues to remain unidentified and the lack of personal character. Some were placed on graves only to be viewed as representations
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(or Phoibus)‚ and Sol (Latin for sun) and was also identified with Helios. He is also known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as Apulu. His main iconic images are of the laurel wreath‚ the lyre‚ and the bow. He also holds the idealized form of Kouros‚ a young man of beauty and grace. He is listed in many poems‚ but “The Homeric Hymn to Apollo" is a favorite since it gives the most complete stories of Apollo in a single poem. Apollo was born on the island of Delos along with his sister Artemis
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During the renaissance Michelangelo had created many magnificent pieces of art‚ one of which is the most well-known pieces among the world; the sculpture of David. The Michelangelo sculpture of David wasn’t the only one created during its time‚ for Donatello had created one some years before hand. Among the two sculptures‚ Michelangelo’s has a more profound‚ fascinating‚ and exceptional quality to it that contributed greatly to the Renaissance. The High Renaissance was a period denoting
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