Allegorical landscape Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

SOPHIA ART HISTORY UNIT 1 MILESTONE 1Which of the following characteristics describe this image? • Texture, mixed media • Brushstroke, impasto • Impasto, mixed media • Brushstroke, texture CONCEPT Texture, Tactility 2 Which of the following best describes the subject matter of this painting? • Self-portrait • Still life • Narrative • Landscape CONCEPT Subject Matter 3 A nude woman holding a mirror a...

What are the 4 themes we study in ancient Landscape architecture and man's relationship with nature? Answer 1) Landscape revered 2) Landscape exploited 3) Landscape sequestered 4) Landscape Designed Landscape Revered Answer - symbolism: active - landscape as gods; *animism* - tree worship - landscape as representation of gods - landscape as representation of ideology What was the first object to be worshipped? Answer Stone What are some examples of landscape as representation of...

Metaphysical Poetry - Answer- Uses conceits and uses intellectual and philosophical language. Makes abstract comparisons using conceits. ie. John Donne. Michael Wigglesworth - Answer- Clergyman who wrote "Day of Doom" and "Meat out of the Eater". He wrote lyrical, theological poems. Puritan. Connotation - Answer- the feelings or emotions surrounding a word. (ie. home = pleasant haven) motif - Answer- Phase, image, action, that unifies a work of literature by recurring throughout it....

Dante's Inferno Notes document the trip that Virgil, Beatrice, and Dante took through the underworld, to reach a conclusion of what the afterlife looks like.

HUM 106 Art History_Unit 1_Milestone 2020 – Strayer University You passed this Milestone 26 questions were answered correctly. 5 questions were answered incorrectly. 1 Which of the following correctly defines casting?  • The creation of sculpture by pouring a liquid (e.g., plaster, molten metal, wax) into a mold and letting it harden before removing the mold • A process that involves printing on the part of the printing block that is raised • In art, the process o...

HUM 111 Milestone 1 A(n) __________ who is exceptionally talented at creating works of aesthetic value is known as a genius. • artist • anthropologist • historian • scholar 2 Which of the following is the correct definition for “encaustic?” • A type of painting that uses beeswax as a binder • A type of paint that uses egg yolk as a binder • A type of paint developed in the late 20th century that uses synthetic polymers as binders • A type of paint in which pigment is temporar...

HUM 111 Milestone 1 A(n) __________ who is exceptionally talented at creating works of aesthetic value is known as a genius. • artist • anthropologist • historian • scholar 2 Which of the following is the correct definition for “encaustic?” • A type of painting that uses beeswax as a binder • A type of paint that uses egg yolk as a binder • A type of paint developed in the late 20th century that uses synthetic polymers as binders • A type of paint in whic...