Art Appreciation - Week 2

Venus of Willendorf - k24,000 - 22,000 BCE hHall of Bulls - k15,000 - 13,000 BCE , France hStonehenge - k BCE, England hZiggurat of Ur - k2100 BCE, Iraq hStele of Hammurabi - k BCE hLamassu - k883 - 859 BCE hPrehistory - kdating from the period of human existence before the invention of writing hScale - kthe size of an object or artwork relative to another object or artwork, or to a system of measurement hForm - kan object that can be defined in three dimensions (height, width, and depth) hShape - kthe two-dimensional area the boundaries of which are defined by lines or suggested by changes in color or value hThree - dimensional - khaving height, width, and depth hTwo - dimensional - khaving height and width hVolume - kthe space filled or enclosed by a three-dimensional figure or object hMass - ka volume that has, or gives the illusion of having, weight, density, and bulk hMedia - kthe material on or from which an artist chooses to make a work of art, for example canvas and oil paint, marble, engraving, video, or architecture hOrganic form - kan object that can be defined in three dimensions (height, width, and depth) hOutline (Contour line) - kthe outermost line of an object or figure, by which it is defined or bounded hGeometric - kmathematically regular and precise hVENUS : Sculpture - in - the - round (freestanding) - ksculpture that invites us to examine them on all sides hVENUS : Subtractive sculpture method - ka sculptor uses a tool to carve, drill, chisel, chip, whittle, or saw away unwanted material hHALL OF BULLS : Mural - ka painting executed directly on to a wall hHALL OF BULLS : Silhouette - ka portrait or figure represented in outline and solidly colored in hHALL OF BULLS : Twisted perspective - kalso known as composite view: a representation of a figure, part in profile and part frontally