Example of essay on this represents the idea of prana or life-force connected with the breath

– Animals
– Paleolithic style
– Animals are naturalistic on profile;
– Drawings are made with contour lines;
– Neolithic style
– Repeated abstract motifs
– Drawings on vessels.
– General category – fantasy
– People depicted in head and lower half of body in profile with eye, upper torso and arms in the frontal pose.
– Common
– Horizontal structures made of stone (pyramids, ziggurats).
– Anthropomorphic compositions on decorations.
– Different
– Ziggurats had ramps leading up, pyramids didn’t.
– Architecture of Mesopotamia had a lot of bronze elements and decorations, Egyptian didn’t.

– General category – decorative
– Description – sophisticated vessels of cast bronze with elegant shapes of animals.
– Contrapposto position
– Horizontal axes are not parallel
– The sculpture fully leans only on one foot.
– Altered column shapes and bases (curves instead of perfect horizontal and vertical lines) to suit the long-distance visual effect.
– Harmonious ratios of 4 to 9.
– Romans used posts to support their sculptures.
– Lines are smooth and thin;
– Shapes are natural;
– The horse is in motion.
– Soft texture;
– Thin straight lines with lots of folds
– Shape is undefined due to a big number of folds.
– Asymmetric
– Drapery looks light.
– Buddhist follower worship by meeting at temples and enjoying the fellowship of other Buddhists and meditation.
– Surrounding is minimalistic and natural.
– Shiva has 4 hands.
– Left leg is lifted
– Face of the god is stoic
– Work is made of hard shaped figures (squares and circles). Negative shape is irregular.
– Lines are harsh and straight. Curves appear only on statues of the top levels.
– The work looks very heavy.
– Geometric ornaments.
– Floral Patterns
– Calligraphy
– It is is a semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque pointing to the Mecca. It is used during Muslims’ prayers.
– It is decorated by 2 columns and an arch.
– They are usually portrayed with nimbus.
– Figures are static.
– Space is depicted without perspective.
– It is depicted so because drawing technic was poor (they didn’t have knowledge of perspective).
20.
– In the Church of St. Madeleine in Burgundia (Saint Madeline Cathedral Vazelay France)
– The figure of Christ is very big
– The Crist laps are turned to the left.
23.
– pointed arch
– rib vault
– buttresses
24.
– High concentration on details’ quality (Domenico Ghirlandaio, The Birth of the Virgin Mary)
– Religious themes are dominating (Giotto: The Lamentation)
25.
– Rise of humanism.
– Renovation of religion.
26.
– Intense emotions
– Exaggerated lighting
– Dynamic movement
27.
– Palace of Versailles is much bigger (glamorous, etc.)
– Katsura Detached Palace is placed on natural pond, Versailles is not.
28.
– naturalistic perspective
– anatomy
29.
verandas, stone lanterns, and elaborate gates
30.
– They paint abstract non-realistic pictures as well as realistic ones because the author has complete freedom.
31.

Main media – paper

Main subject is narrative description of the life.
32.
– The TajMahal is white
– It is made of marble
– It is decorated with All the walls are inlaid with precious stones. On all sides of the Taj Mahal surround marble basins.
– The building is reflected in the basin.
33.
The mask represents a human, it is made of wood. The style is non-realistic, full of exaggeration. Lines are smooth and natural.