Ch00 History of Art Study Introduction
Ch00 History of Art Study Introduction
Ch00 History of Art Study Introduction
Introduction
Multiple-Choice Questions
10. Who said “One does like to make one’s mummy just as nice as possible”?
a. van Gogh
b. van Eyck
c. Oppenheim
d. Whistler
e. Bruegel
Answer: d
11. A diptych is a
a. two-part sculpture.
b. two-paneled painting.
c. double building.
d. repeated image.
Answer: b
26. When a vertical plane slices through buildings, the cross-section that results is a
a. floor plan.
b. pendentive.
c. structure.
d. section.
Answer: d
Key Works
Lines
Lines used to create facial expressions
Shapes
Drawing of solid shapes showing hatching and crosshatching
The visible spectrum of light
The color wheel
The ten-step value scale breaks the various shades from white to black into ten gradations
A color value scale
Key Terms
abstract patron
achromatic plane
aesthetic portrait
archaeometry primary color
asymmetrical program
balance radiocarbon dating
chromatic realistic
circumambulate representational
color wheel romanticize
complementary color saturation
composition secondary color
content seriation
contrast shading
dendrochronology still life
diptych stratigraphy
figurative stupa
fire style
formalism stylization
garbha griha symmetry
ground plan terra-cotta
hatching, crosshatching tertiary color
hue trompe-l’oeil
icon underpainting
iconography value
iconology ziggurat
idealized
illusionism, illusionistic
intensity
landscape
modeling
naturalism, naturalistic
non-figurative
non-representational