Final Exam – Art 101

Name: Blurtso

1.) Name three characteristics of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture:

     Large noses, round bellies, and foreshortening of the limbs.

2.) Discuss the difference between Medieval and Renaissance art:

     During the Renaissance, donkeys rose to a new level of im.portance. There were praying donkeys in the cathedrals, reclining donkeys in the fountains, and braying donkeys in the streets. The greatest example of donkeycentrism is Michelangelo’s “The Blurtso.” Michelangelo also painted the Sistine Corral..

3.) What innovation was shared by both Impressionist and Expressionist

     painters, and how was it used differently by the two groups?

     Pumpkin pie. The Impressionists painted their canvases after eating pumpkin pie, and the Expressionists painted their canvases before.

4.) What is Cubism?

     Cubism was a style of painting developed by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso which portrayed objects as seen from all perspectives at once. Sort of like standing naked in a room of mirrors with half a newspaper and a broken guitar.