fine arts exam
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- navajo
- Southwestern tribe that learned the art of weaving.
- illuminations
- Manuscript paintings
- casting
- a method of sculpture that involves pouring melted down metal or other liquid substance into a mold to harden
- triumphal arch
- heavily decorated arch
- doric order
- simply, heavy columns without a base and topped by a broad, plain capital
- Ambulatory
- an aisle curving around behind the main alter
- olmec
- the 1st great civilization in mexico
- mastaba
- the historical period believed to have lasted from 30,000 BC until about 10,000 BC
- Siddhartha Gautama
- the founder of Buddhism
- gargoyles
- the grotesque flying monsters that project out from the upper portions of the huge churches
- scroll
- a long roll of illustrated parchment or silk
- acropolis
- sacred hill raised 500 feet aboce the rest of the city and is crowned with several important buildings.
- obelisks
- a tall, four-sided shaft of stone, usually tapering, that rises to a pyramidal point
- maya
- the most elegant and appealing of the pre-Columbian cultures that controlled vast lands, were great buildings devised an elaborate system of mathematics, and invented the most precise calendar in history
- aqueduct
- a system that carried water from mountain streams into cities by using gravitational flow
- Catacombs
- underground passageways
- photojournalism
- takin newsworthy pictures for newspapaers and magazines.
- corinthian order
- columns with a capital that is elongated and decorated with leaves
- stupa
- small, round burial shrines erected over a gravesite to hold relics of Buddha
- landscape architecture
- design outdoor areas around building or create arrangements of shrubs, trees, and glowers for playgrounds, parks, and highways
- mosaic
- a decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns
- archeology
- study the material remains of past human life- tombs, sculpture, pottery, tools, weapons, foundations of buildings, etc...
- achitecture
- design buildings of all kinds- residences, office building, and museums
- ionic order
- columns had an elaborated base and a capital carved into double scrolls that looked like the horns of a ram
- pueblo
- Groups of people living in large, highly organized settlements in Southwest Region that created pottery.
- fresco
- a painting created when pigment is applied to a wall spread with fresh plaster
- inca
- Ancient people who inhabited Peru and created a netwrk of reads and bridges to join their empire together.
- kinetic art
- a sculptural form of art that actually moves in space.
- pre-columbian
- the term used when referring to the various cultures and civilizations found throughout North and South America before the arrival
- porcelain
- a fine-grained, high-quality form of china
- tympanum
- half-round panel that fills the space between the lintle and arch over the doorway of the church.
- buddhism
- religion in which the cycle of reincarnation is to be completed successfully to reach nirvana
- assembly
- process that involves the artist gathering and joining together a variety of different materials to construct a 3-D work of art
- hinduism
- A bled of several different beliefs and practices that developed over a long peoriod of time in which there are 3 primary process in life: creation, preservation, and destruction
- sarcophagus
- a stone coffin
- machu picchu
- Inca city built to protect the people from attacks from hostile tribes livin in the jungle to the east
- sculptures in the round
- freestanding sculpture on all sides by space
- basilica
- a functional building made to hold large numbers of people
- baths
- vast enclosed structures that contained libraries, lecture rooms, gymnasiums, shops, and restaurants.
- capital
- the tops of columns
- graphic design
- design indentifying symbols for various corporations and manufactures- the CBS 'eye' or the Lacoste 'alligator'
- Campanile
- bell tower that was added to the roman structure
- intaglio
- a process in which ink is forced to fill lines cut into a metal surface
- chorus
- a group made up of 12-15 singing and dancing members that tried to stay in rhythm with each other so they could be veiwed as one entity rather than separate entities durring greek theater.
- codex
- a book formed by writings done on sheets of parchment that were then joined together and accordion-flold
- murals
- a large picture painted directly on the wall
- nave
- a long, wide center aisle
- apse
- the semicircular areas at the end of the the nave
- keystone
- the top stone of the arch
- carving
- a process that involves cutting or chipping a form from a given mass of material
- yamato-e
- Painting in the Japanese manner
- screen-printing
- a form of printing where paint is forced through a screen onto paper or fabric.
- buttress
- a support or brace that counteracts the outerward thrust of an arch or vault.
- serigraph
- a screen print that has been handmade by the artist
- fashion design
- use fabrics of different colors, textures, and weights to create garments that people wear
- totem poles
- Tall posts carved and painted with a series of animal symbols associated with a particular family or clan.
- hieroglyphics
- the characters and picture-writing used by the ancient Egyptians
- modeling
- a process in which a soft, pliable material is build up and shaped
- aztec
- the clan that conquered Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and eveloped a splendid city of Tecochtitlan.
- adobe
- sun-dried clay homes of the Pueblo