Humanities clep Exam Study Guide
Pop art - answeran artistic movement that emerged in the early 1960s; pop artists took images from
popular culture and transformed them into works of fine art
mosaics - answerpatterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on
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Pop art - answer✔an artistic movement that emerged in the early 1960s; pop artists took images from
popular culture and transformed them into works of fine art
mosaics - answer✔patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on
surfaces such as walls and floors
sculpture - answer✔three dimensional work of art, statue
bust - answer✔a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
obelisk - answer✔tall, 4 sided pillar of stone that rises to a point
multi-media - answer✔using two or more types of media together to create an art object such as glitter
or beads on a painting
louise nevelson - answer✔assembled architectural sculptures of "found" wooden objects and used them
to construct screens of boxes of varied sizes which she painted in monochromatic colors.
constantin brancusi - answer✔(1876) 19th-20th c. Romanian sculptor known for highly simplified
archetypical human and animal forms (The Kiss; Bird in Space)
cellini - answer✔goldsmith and sculptor, wrote one of the first autobiographies
barbara hepworth - answer✔British abstract sculptor
michelangelo - answer✔Italian Renaissance artist that painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted
the statue of David.
henry moore - answer✔abstract sculptor who used rounding techniques and very little detail
alexander calder - answer✔United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)
hagia sophia - answer✔Most famous example of Byzantine architecture, it was built under Justinian I
and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world. Constructed of interlocking domes.
gothic age architecture - answer✔stained glass, pointed arches and ribbed vaulting
Andrea Palladio - answer✔architect who like a statue at every corner
Le Corbusier - answer✔French 20th century architect
Christopher Wren - answer✔architect refurbished St. Paul's Cathedral
Mies van der Rohe - answer✔United States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel
frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969)
Frank Lloyd Wright - answer✔Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the concept that a
building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical designs.
flying buttress - answer✔a brace or support placed on the outside of a building
fresco - answer✔paint onto wet plaster on a wall
tempura - answer✔a technique of painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk
gouche - answer✔Opaque watercolor
pieta - answer✔A painting, drawing, or sculpture of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, holding the dead body of
Jesus. The word means "pity" in Italian.
renaissance - answer✔rebirth
mannerism - answer✔a style of art in the mid to late 16th century that permitted artists to express their
own "manner" or feelings in contrast to the symmetry and simplicity of the art of the High Renaissance.
neo-classic period - answer✔refers to the classical revival in European art, architecture, and interior
design that lasted from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century
french female pose - answer✔subject is lying down away from the artist and looking over her shoulder
dada school - answer✔school of nonsense and anti-art
Giotto - answer✔Frescoe painter, founded flourentine school, realisitc poses
Donatello - answer✔Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural,
lifelike figures, such as the bronze statue David.
Da Vinci - answer✔painter, sculpter, architect, engineer, musician; invented the court painter of the king
of France; "Mona Lisa," "The Last Supper"(classical), "Vitruvian Man"(anatomy)
El Greco - answer✔Mannerism painter
Rembrandt - answer✔He used light and shadows to convey moods and emotions-Painted the Blinding of
Samson
Peter Paul Rubens - answer✔Flemish Baroque painter who had assistants complete parts of his work
Vermeer - answer✔A Dutch painter who used a great deal of light. He enjoyed painting people doing
everyday things.
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