ARTA Midterm

• Principles of Design - is used for visual strategies by the artist, in conjuctions of the elements. for expressive purposes.
• Principles of Design -

  • Harmony
  • Balance
  • Rhythym
  • Emphasis
  • Proportion
  • Unity
  • Variety
  • Simplicity
  • Contrast
  • Clarity
• Harmony - is a visual satisfying effects, combining the similar and related elements.
• Stone age - period of uses of stone for making tools for surviving.
• Paleolithic period - late stone age.
• Mesolithic period - middle stone age.
• Neolithic period - new stone age.
• Paleolithic period - product of climate change, as soon as climate gets colder human finds a shelter to provide warmth.
• Paleolithic period - Caves their protective haven and become the birth of their first attempt to create an art.
• Halls of bulls - found in Lascauz, France.
• Mesolithic art -

  • Venus of Willendorf - figure of abstracted woman, associated with fertility.
• Venus of Willendorf - showing the importance of taking care of body arts in procreation.
• Stone age - witnessed how human will lead more to a stable lives and eventually permanent shelters and tools for survivals.
• Neolithic - stonehenge in england, magical elements associated with merlin in king arthurs story.
• Neolithic - regard as a temple while other see it as a calendar to track the movement of moon and sun.
• Egyptian art - divided inti old, middle and new kingdom.
• Narmers pallete - applied colors around king narmer eyes.
• Narmers pallete - symbol that commemorate the unification of high and lower egypt.
• The great pyramid of giza - during old kingdon, serves as tombs as their main purpose is to provide resting for pharaohs.
• Queen Nefertiti - has a long and sensous neck.
• Naturalism is used for the members of royal family.
• King Tutankhamen - became a king at a very young age, died at the age of 18.
• King Tutankhamen - Howard carter discovered his tomb in 1922.
• King Tutankhamen - the body of the young king is Eredred in linen and covered his face in a gold mask.
• Greek civilization -

  • man - the center of society, and how they trained their minds could be the foundation of how they lived their lives.
• Greek civilization -

  • they valued - poetry, drama and philosophy.
• Greek civilization -

  • nature - natural phenomenon, nature should be in perfect order.