Compare and contrast the ancient Greek view of humanity to that of the Renaissance view of humanity, including one specific example of each.

Introduction to Art

Vocabulary and Chapter Terms

Chapter Two and Three:

Space: 2-d and 3-d

Line: different types and their effect

Shape: geometric, organic, abstract and nonrepresentational

Light/shadow: effects and chiaroscuro

Texture:

Color: Intensity, saturated, naturalistic, arbitrary

Linear perspective:

Balance:

Emphasis: focal point, contrast etc

Proportion and Scale:

Chapter 9:

Relief sculpture:

Freestanding sculpture

Kinetic sculpture:

Additive and subtractive sculpture

Chapter 10:

3 types of columns: Doric, ionic, and Corinthian

round arch, barrel vault, groin vault

harmony with exterior setting – harmony of interior

Chapter 12:

Egyptian, Classical Greek and Hellenistic Greek, Roman: key characteristics, purposes, materials and examples

Chapter 13: Byzantine (as style). Gothic Cathedral: history, purpose, key features and examples, general characteristics of medieval art: purposes, materials – contrast to Greek

Chapter 14: Northern Renaissance, Southern Renaissance, Protestant Reformation, Humanism, Fresco

Chapter 15: Baroque, Counter Reformation, Naturalism, Chiaroscuro, Rococo

Chapter 16: Romanticism, Realism, Neoclassicism

Chapter 17: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism

Chapter 18: Expressionism, Cubism, Analytical Cubism, Surrealism

Chapter 19: Abstract, Non-representational, Organic Abstraction

Chapter 20: Pop Art, Minimalism, Post-Modern