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Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like animal style, chasing, cloissonne' and more.
Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Animal Style, Cloissonne, Codex and more.
Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like animal style, Interlacing, Cloisonne and more.
As the medieval bestiary used animals to teach moral lessons, the fusion of human and animal in Clark’s work invites viewers to examine their natural instincts, the animal within, and the characteristics that unite disparate animal kingdoms.
Download free-response questions from past AP Art History exams, along with scoring guidelines, sample responses from exam takers, and scoring distributions.
Animals, both real and fantastic, occupied an important place in medieval art and thought. Artists readily employed animal motifs, along with foliate designs, as part of their decorative vocabulary. Early medieval jewelry, for instance, abounds with animal forms elongated and twisted into intricate patterns (1992.59.1).
“Animal style” is a term art historians use to describe the “zoomorphic” or animal-based design motifs popular among Anglo-Saxon artisans during the medieval period. In the animal style, abstract animal motifs merge with geometric and organic motifs, creating a lively and intricate pattern, especially in metalwork.
