Monday, September 27, 2010

APAH Quiz 5 Week 9/27/10

You are responsible to know the information on the images below, including the time period they were created in. Quizzes will be graded on complete accuracy of information.

1. Hercules and centaur, 750-730 BCE
2. Mantiklos Apollo, Thebes, Greece, 700-680 BCE
3. Lady of Auxerre, limestone kore, 650-625 BCE
4. Calf Bearer, dedicated by Rhonbos on the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 560 BCE
5. Kroisos, Anavysos, Greece, 530 BCE
6. West pediment, Temple of Artemis, Corfu, Greece, 600-580 BCE
7. Dying warriors, west/east pediments, Temple of Aphaia, 500-490, 490-480 BCE
8. Kritios Boy, Acropolis, Athens, Greece 480 BCE
9. Charioteer, Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi, Greece, 470 BCE
10. Diskobolos, Myron, bronze original 450 BCE
11. Doryphoros, Polykleitos, bronze original 450-440 BCE

Period created:

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Monday, September 20, 2010

APAH Quiz 4 Week 9/21/09

You are responsible to know the information on the images below, including the time period they were created in. Quizzes will be graded on complete accuracy of information.


1. Male lyre player, Cyclades, Greece, 2700-2500 BCE
2. La Parisienne, Minoan woman, palace of Knossos, Crete, 1450-1400 BCE
3. Bull leaping, palace of Knossos, Crete, 1450-1400 BCE
4. Spring Fresco, Akrotiri, Crete, 1650 BCE
5. Marine Style Octopus Jar, Crete, 1500 BCE
6. Harvester Vase, Crete, 1500 BCE
7. Snake Goddess, palace of Knossos, Crete, 1600 BCE
8. Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, 1300-1250 BCE
9. Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, 1300-1250 (interior view and front)
10. Funerary mask, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, 1600-1500 BCE
11. Warrior Vase, Mycenae, 1200 BCE

Period created:

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Monday, September 13, 2010

Elements and Principles - The Foundation of Art

6 Elements – Foundation of Art Making:
Line – Sketch, Contour, Expressive, Loose, Tight, Curved, Diagonal, Horizontal, etc.
Shape – 2D, Flat
Form – 3D, In the Round
Color – Monochromatic, Analogous, Complimentary, Split Complimentary (The split complementary scheme is a variation of the standard complementary scheme. It uses a color and the two colors adjacent to its complementary), Triad (three colors equally spaced around the color wheel)
Value – More contrast creates more drama. Similar values would create more calmness.
Texture – Actual and Implied
8 Principles of Design – Rules that govern how the elements are used:
Rhythm – Indicates movement by the repetition of elements, Motifs can be repeated
Movement – Used to create the look and feeling of an action and guide the viewer’s eyes throughout the work of art
Balance – Concerned with equalizing visual forces, Symmetrical and Asymmetrical, Informal Balance
Proportion – Concerned with the size relationship of one part to another, Realism, Exaggeration and Distortion, Hierarchal Proportion
Variety – Concerned with difference or contrast
Emphasis – Makes one part of a work dominant over the other parts, Focal Point
Harmony – Creates unity by stressing the similarities of separate by related parts
Unity – Quality of wholeness or oneness that is achieved through the effective use of the Elements and Principles of Art