AP Art History (1/2) Flashcards
AP Art History Part 1
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| 55921693 | Venus of Willendorf | Paleolithic (28,000- 25,000 BCE) Served as fertility image. No facial features. Ball-like shapes. |  | 55921693 |
| 55921694 | Landscape with Volcanic Eruption | Neolithic (6150 BCE) World's 1st landscape. This mural is the 1st depiction of a place devoid of both humans and animals |  | 55921694 |
| 55921695 | Khafre | Old Kingdom Egypt (2520-2494 BCE) Diorite; Rigidly uptight; Flawless body; Idol Proportions; Bilaterally Symmetrical; Houses the "Ka" |  | 55921695 |
| 55921696 | Akhenaton | New Kingdom Egypt (1353-1335 BCE) Long face, full lips, and curves.Far cry from the proportional figures of the Pharaohs. |  | 55921696 |
| 55921697 | Victory Stele of Naram-Sin | Sumerian (2254-2218 BCE) Godlike sovereignty the kings claimed. King is bigger than everyone else. 1st time the King appears as a god in Mesopotamian art. |  | 55921697 |
| 55921698 | Lamassu | Assyrian (720-705 BCE) High relief. 5 legs makes this a conceptual picture |  | 55921698 |
| 55921699 | Head of a Sasania King (Shapur II) | Persian (350 BCE) Suggests the splendor of Sasanian dynasty. Repousse |  | 55921699 |
| 55921700 | Bull Leaping | Minoan (1450-1400 BCE) Bull is Elongated. Women have fair skin, Man has dark skin. |  | 55921700 |
| 55921701 | Figurine of a Woman | Cycladic (2500-2300 BCE) Triangles dominate. Emphasis on breasts. Fertility goddess. |  | 55921701 |
| 55921702 | Lion Gate | Mycenaean (1300-1250 BCE) Capped with a huge lintel. Above lintel is corbelled arch. Relieving triangle. |  | 55921702 |
| 55921703 | Kouros | Archaic Greek Sculpture (600 BCE) Life-size, nude, young men are kouroi. And life-size, clothed, young women are korai. Emulates the stance of Egyptian statues: Foot advanced and, nude -> Perfect body |  | 55921703 |
| 55921704 | Temple of Hera I | Archaic Greek Architecture (550 BCE) Doric Temple, Peripteral Colonnade |  | 55921704 |
| 55921705 | Kritios Boy | Classical Greek Sculpture (480 BCE) Contrapposto, broke the rule of frontality |  | 55921705 |
| 55921706 | Parthenon | Classical Greek Architecture (447-438 BCE) Perfect proportions. Doric temple design. Doric columns |  | 55921706 |
| 55921707 | Seated Boxer | Hellenistic Greek Sculpture (100-50 BCE) Heavily Battered, defeated veteran Nose broken, teeth missing Appealed to the emotions Realism |  | 55921707 |
| 55921708 | Sarcophagus of Lars Pulena | Etruscan (Early 2nd Century) Somber- Symptomatic of economic and political decline of the once mighty Etruscan city-state. |  | 55921708 |
| 55921709 | Equestrian Statue | Roman Sculpture (175 CE) Superhuman grandeur and larger than a normal human. Shows mercy. |  | 55921709 |
| 55921710 | Pantheon | Roman Architecture (118-125 CE) Oculus, Temple of all the gods, Influential, Concrete. |  | 55921710 |
| 55921711 | Mausoleum of Galla Placidia | Early Christian Architecture (425 CE) Cruciform, Longitudinal |  | 55921711 |
| 55921712 | Hagia Sophia | Byzantine Architecture (532-537 CE) Mystical Quality of light that floods the interior.Central Dome |  | 55921712 |
| 55921713 | Virgin (Theotokos) and Child | Byzantine Painting (Late 11th Century to Early 12th Century) Virgin of Compassion, Mary- Long nose and long fingers |  | 55921713 |
| 55921714 | Book of Kells, Chi-Tho-Io | Hiberno-Saxon (Late 8th or Early 9th Century) Elaborately, Decorated. |  | 55921714 |
| 55921715 | Saint Matthew Folio Recto | Carolingian (800-810 CE) Deft illusionist brushwork. Color and modulation of light and shade to create shapes |  | 55921715 |
| 55921716 | Column with relief's illustrating the life of Christ | Ottonian (1015-1022 CE) Narrative, Similar to the column of Trajan |  | 55921716 |
| 55921717 | St.- Sernin, Toulouse | Romanesque Architecture (1070-1120 CE) Pilgrimage Church, Geometrically precise, Simple ratios, Groin vaults. |  | 55921717 |
| 55921718 | King David | Romanesque Sculpture (1180-1190 CE) Absent weight shift, Freestanding in a niche |  | 55921718 |
| 55921719 | Notre-Dame | Gothic Architecture (1180-1200 CE) Stained glass oculi. Flying buttresses |  | 55921719 |
| 55921720 | Saints Martin, Jerome, and Gregory. Jamb statues | Gothic Sculpture (1220-1230 CE) Break rigid vertical lines. Drapery falls softly. Features: Distinctive personality. Revealed in faces |  | 55921720 |
| 55921721 | Belleville Breviary | Gothic Painting (1325 CE) Three dimensional architectural setting. Convincing Perspective. Close observation of the natural world |  | 55921721 |
| 55921722 | Amida Triad | Ancient Japan (710 BCE) Simple and iconic. Became a major trend. Indian sensuality surfaces in this work. Smooth brush strokes. |  | 55921722 |
| 55921723 | Travelers Among Mountains and Streams | Ancient China (Early 11th Century) 1st masters of the recording of light, shadow, distance and texture Intricate details |  | 55921723 |
| 55921724 | Dome of the Rock | Islam (687-692 BCE) 1st great achievement of Islamic architecture. Octagonal dome. Interior is vivid and colorful. |  | 55921724 |
| 55921725 | Incised Shell Gorget | Ancient North America (1250-1300 CE) Running Warrior, Composite profile, Elaborate headdress, Gifts to the dead |  | 55921725 |
| 55921726 | Colossal Head | Ancient Mesoamerica (900-400 BCE) Human body. Great ruler and exhibits power |  | 55921726 |
| 55921727 | Raimondi Stele | Ancient South America (1st Millennium BCE) Represents "staff god". Multiplicity and dual readings. God transforms before the viewer's eye. Core aspect of Andean religion. |  | 55921727 |
| 55921728 | Nok Head | Ancient Africa (500-200) Flaring nostrils and triangle eyes are unique to Nok art. African culture liked heads |  | 55921728 |
| 55921729 | Shiva as Nataraja | Ancient India (1000 AD) Nataraja means Lord of the Dance Portable image. Dwarf that she is standing on represents ignorance |  | 55921729 |
| 55921730 | Saint Mark | Donatello. Early Renaissance Sculpture (1411-1413) Contrappasto. 1st with voluminous drapery. Stirring limbs. |  | 55921730 |
| 55921731 | Tribute Money | Massacio. Early Renaissance Painting (1427) Narrative, Light is coming from a specific source, Chiaroscuro, Vanishing Point, Aerial Perspective, Distance. |  | 55921731 |
| 55921732 | David | Michelangelo. High Renaissance Sculpture (1501-1504) Formal references to classical antiquity, Compositionally and emotionally connected to an unseen presence, Head turned to show pent up energy. |  | 55921732 |
| 55921733 | Mona Lisa | Da Vinci. High Renaissance Painting (1503-1505) Chiaroscuro and atmospheric perspective. Smoky sfumato means softened edges. Unrecognizable landscape makes it mysterious. |  | 55921733 |
| 55921734 | Capitoline Hill | Michelangelo. Renaissance Architecture (1537) Organized units symmetrically around a central/ unique axis. Trapezoid plane. Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. |  | 55921734 |