ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Emphasized individualism and idealism
400 BCE
Sculptures typically depicted youthful people. - CORRECT ANSWER - Ancient Greek Art
Emphasized Realism and wanted to capture the rulers of the time.
Depicted more accurate representations of people. - CORRECT ANSWER - Ancient
Roman Art
Entirely religious.
500 CE
Controlled by the church and interested in depicting what we can't see.
Stylized and not naturalistic depictions. - CORRECT ANSWER - Byzantine Art
Domes, pendentives and mosaics. - CORRECT ANSWER - Byzantine Architecture
1000 CE
Evolved around biblical concepts, Catholic Mythology and human experiences.
Art became more stylized.
Art used gold and jewels.
Vibrant colors
Lack of perspective. - CORRECT ANSWER - Medieval Art
Gothic and Romanesque - CORRECT ANSWER - Medieval Architecture
, rounded arches, vaulted ceilings, heavy walls ornately decorated. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Romanesque Architecture
Abstract stylization of human forms.
Primary colors.
Compositions squeezed into tight spaces.
Figures vary in size in relation to their importance. - CORRECT ANSWER - Romanesque
Art
1400s CE
Humanism
Naturalism and painting anatomically correct figures.
Linear perspectives which create paintings with more depth.
Realism- realistic subject matters.
Artists became recognized as a respected job.
Triangle composition was important. - CORRECT ANSWER - Renaissance Art
A painting technique that creates soft transitions between colors and tones. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Sfumato
Revival of the dome, secular structures, geometric arrangements.
Basilica, Santo Spirito Firenze - Brunellesch
St Peters Basilica - Lorenzo Bernini
Pillars. - CORRECT ANSWER - Renaissance Architecture
1520-1600
Characterized by artificiality, elegance and sensual distortion of the human figure.
Elongated features, bright colors. - CORRECT ANSWER - Mannerism