Why is it important to consider the use of polychromy when analyzing Greek art? Use Archer and Reconstruction of Archer to explain your answer.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal Answer should include:
1. Ancient Greek sculpture was originally painted with brilliant colors that made them more lifelike than the stark white sculptures we see today.
2. Using scientific analysis of the sculptures, scholars have created reconstructions that replaced the lost features of Archer, such as ringlet hair extensions, a bow, a quiver, and arrows, which were probably made of bronze.
3. Diamond-shaped patterns were originally painted on the figure's leggings and sleeves, using pigments derived from malachite, azurite, arsenic, cinnabar, and charcoal.
4. Artists enhanced the lifelike qualities of the polychrome by creating patterning that changed in size and shape in relation to the body beneath it, stretching out on expansive thighs and contracting on tapering ankles.
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The Kuleshov effect is based on the use of editing to:
A. create a new idea or argumentative position out of the juxtaposition of two completely dissimilar shots. B. replicate or suggest the mental activity of characters. C. leave out a scene's establishing shot and lead the spectator to infer spatial or temporal continuity from the shots of separate elements. D. smooth over the potential rupture for the spectator caused by a shift in time or location.
Line, mass, color, texture, balance. Which one of these is NOT considered one of the five elements of scene design?
A. color B. balance C. texture D. none of the above
Music composed to accompany a play, usually being intended to add atmosphere, is known as ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word