ART 100 Midterm: In-Class Review [Midterm 2]
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Bees wax is the medium for the paint. Phidias- architect/sculpture (cid:498)the wet look(cid:499)- to heighten the goddesses(cid:495) beauty he made the clothes look wet bc nudity was frowned upon. Greeks were interested in the way people move, depicted this in their sculpture of apollo and. Bronze copies have a support somewhere on the statue. Venus de milo- know what it looks like. Sarcophagus from cerveteri depicted a couple on top of the coffin. Glass blowing technique begins blow through a long tube to expand the glass. Illusionism- painting style (cid:494)silk road(cid:495) brought commerce. communication, trade, etc. Equestrian portrait- marcus aurelius symbolic like the triumphal arch. Weren(cid:495)t done with the intention of teaching. Church at san vitale exterior of churches were extremely plain some of the finest mosaics are inside (of emperor justinian and wife theodora) Polycleitus created a standard for the appearance of statues.
