Humanities CLEP (visual arts &
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9th century B.C. and earlier. - answer Classical Period
9th-8th centuries B.C. Greek art: vase paintings, geometric styles.
zigzag, meandering and triangular designs; lively animal and human
silhouettes by 6th C. - answer Archaic Period
4th C. more genre subjects, and Romans built temples, roads, bath
complexes, civic buildings, palaces, and aquaducts. - answer
Helenistic Period
about mid 6th C. (domes & arches) Meant to convey a supernatural,
otherworldly efect. Hagia Sophia by Isidorus and Athemius. - answer
Byzantine style
5th-8th C. Celtic Ireland, Scotland and northern Brittain: stone
carvings and crosses. - answer Dark Ages
1st Century. art and architecture (shown in picture) was dominant in
the western world in the eleventh and twelfth centuries and was
characterized by a renewed interest in Roman construction forms,
such as round arches, barrel vaults, and groin and supporting
vaults. (picture snow white's castle with the well out front) - answer
Romanesque style
, 12th-15th C. A French and Northern European style; very verticcal.
Flying butttresss, pointed arches and vaults, decorated profusely
with sculptures and stained glass. - answer Gothic
13th &14th C. A classical style, humanism, naturalism. More festive,
colorful and realistic. (this style is painting only) - answer Proto-
Renaissance
1250 to 17th Century. Emphasis on wall decoration in fresco and
painting of alterpieces. *captures the moment before movement* -
answer Renaissance
15th C. scientific, ordered approach; perspective. - answer Greco-
Roman
18th & 19th C. Palladian/classical "revival" in architecture. *Picture
the White House.* - answer neoclassicism
18th C. Decorative wall and ceiling schemes; turned the agitated
drama of to light, pastel-toned, swirling compositions. Idylic.
architecture: shells, scrolls, &leaves with stucco. - answer Rococo
17th through early 18th C. Great drama, rich, deep colors, & intense
light & dark shadows. *shows movement at its most dramatic
point.* Group portraits. Architecture: domes, roman pillars &
rounded arches. - answer Baroque
17th-19th C. Palladian/Classical style- Baroque energy, classical
elements, and a touch of gothic. - answer Neoclassicism
19th C. "Gothic Revival" or "Neo-Gothic"
Painting- everyday life & landscapes. - answer Victorian
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