Art 1 Midterm Study Guide Fall 2015 InstructorDrew Burgess College of Alameda Readthe textbook,Art a Brief History 5th edition. Study the thematic sections we have created in class and know the importance of the following concepts and works of art:

Origins of the Image

The ‘Starter Kit’ and Introduction

What is art--what is art history?

Know about: representation, patronage, the social context of art, beauty, sections on form, content,style,mediums, techniquesand architectural terms

Chapters 1 and 2

p. 18 Spotted Horses and Human Hands

p. 21 Lion Human

p. 21 Woman of Willendorf

p. 24 Hall of Bulls

p. 30 Stonehenge

p. 37 Sumerian Votive statues

p. 37 Bull Lyre

p. 39 Cylinder Seal

p. 40 Nanna Ziggurat

p. 41 Stele of Hammurabi

p. 43 Assurnasipal Two Killing Lions

p. 46 Persepolis

Imagery of Ancient Peoples

Chapters3, 4 and 5

p. 51 Palette of Narmer

p. 54 Great Pyramids

p. 56 Menkaure and Khamerernebty

p. 56 Seated Scribe

p. 59 Kneeling Figure of Hatshepsut

p. 64 Akhenaten and His Family

p. 64 Nefertiti

p. 71.Torso from Harappa

p. 73 Great Stupa at Sanchi

p. 74 Standing Buddha

p. 79 Fang Ding Vessel

p. 68 Terracotta Soldiers

p. 85 Calligraphy

Imagery of Ancient Peoples continued…

p. 87 Bodhisattva Seated in Meditation

p. 88 Haniwa

p. 89 Main Compound Horyu-ji

p. 92 Ajax and Achilles playing a game

p. 95 Cycladic figure of a woman

p. 98 Minoan Bull Jumping fresco

p. 104 Elements of Architecture

p. 108 Peplos Kore

p. 110 Kritios Boy

p. 113 Parthenon

p. 116 Spear Bearer

p. 122 Greek Theaters

p. 123 Aphrodite of Melos

p. 124 Market Woman

p. 124 Nike of Samothrace

p. 125 Dying Gallic Trumpeter

Civilians, Warriors, and People of the Book

Chapters 6, 7 and 8

p. 133 Reclining couple on a sarcophagus

p. 134 Aulus Metellus

p. 137 Arch and Vault

p. 138 Augustus Primaporta

p. 141 Peristyle Garden Pompeii

p. 143 Wall painting Villa of Mysteries

p. 144 Flavian Amphitheater

p. 149 Pantheon

p. 154 Constantine the Great

p. 161 Menorahs and Ark of the Covenant

p. 161 Wall with Torah Niche

p. 165 Good Shepherd

p. 166 Longitudinal and Central plan Churches

p. 167 Oratory of Galla Placidia

p. 170 Church of Hagia Sophia

p. 177 Iconoclasm

p. 187 Dome of the Rock

p. 194 Tile Mosaic Mihrab

p. 198 Shazi Pen Box

Art of the Middle Ages

Chapter 9and 10

p. 208 Shiva Nataraja

p. 215 Travelers among Mountains and Streams

p. 216 Formats of Chinese Painting

p. 228 Rock Garden Ryoan-ji

p. 230 The Great Wave

p. 232 Chi Ro Page Book of Kells

p. 240 St. Gall Plan

p. 242 Crucifixion with Angels and Mourning Figures

p. 244 Gero Crucifix

p. 251 The Romanesque Church Portal

p. 257 Hildegard of Bingen

Questions to help with your study:

1. What culture strongly influenced Roman art?

2. Mesopotamian writing---what does it look like? What is it called?

3. What is the term for the Greek ‘relaxed’ pose?

4. Name a very early sculpture of a mother figure or fertility goddess.

5. What is the purpose of the pyramids at Giza?

6. An artwork that is a very early code of law.

7. Select art examples from the ‘golden age’ of Greece.

8. Name a significant construction material of Roman origin.

9. Buddhist art of India---name elements of the Stupa at Sanchi.

10. What are some symbols of Buddhism?

11. Why is the Indus River significant?

12. Name a sculpture that portrays an athlete?

13. Consider worship; compare various cultures and their art.

14. Name examples animal imagery of the ancient world.

15. Archaic smile, what artwork has this?

16. Sculpture----Marital harmony?

17. In what culture(s) is calligraphy especially prominent?

18. What is a beehive tomb?

19. How does style differ in the art of sculpture?

20. Empire known for realistic busts, architectural engineering and law and government?

21. What is a very common building material of Mesopotamia?

22. A Persian complex of the ancient world.

23. A Greek artwork: She is aging.

24. Functional and beautiful these moved water over long distances.

25. An early mausoleum in China.

26. An example of the musical heritage of the Middle East in the form of an ancient instrument.

27. A person who supports art.

28. When something is depicted or made like nature--as observed.

29. A style when related to time is known as.

30. Three ways in architecture to span an opening.

31. Early Christian sculpture—what figure?

32. Christian churches of the Middle Ages---what architectural features?

33. Judaism,Christian and Islamic art---similarities and differences.

34. In the middle ages an art of illustration done in monasteries.

35. What is an Icon?

36. Compare examples of figurative art—how are they similar and different?

37. What is regional style?

38. What is the relationship of form and content?

39. What are the primary colors?

40. What is a barrel vault?

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