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ftce art vocab
vocab for art history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abstract art | works that may have form, but have little or no attempt at pictorial resresentation |
| Allegory | work of art that possesses a symbolic meaning in addition to a literal interpretation (fable) |
| Anamorphic image | image that must be viewed by speacial means,i.e. mirror, in order to be recognized |
| Apotheosis | type of painting where images are rising heavenward |
| Arabesque | flowing, intricate, symmetrical pattern from floral motifs |
| Assemblage | 3D work made of various materials such as wood, cloth, paper, and misc. objects |
| Avant-garde | innovative artists that reject traditional in favor of experimental techniques |
| Benday dots | a pointillist approach to printing by Benjamin Day |
| Biomorphism | movement that stresses organic shapes that hint at natural forms |
| Bottega | Studio of Italian artist |
| Calotype | early photo, characterized by grainy quality.+ and - image. william h.f.talbot. first photo. |
| Camera obscura | box w/lens that captures light & casts image on opposite side |
| Chiaroscuro | gradual transition from light to dark in a painting. forms not defined by sharp outlines, but by meeting of lighter and darker areas. |
| Cire perdue | lost-wax process; clay figure covered in wax, and then again in clay. fired;wax melts away and leaves space between clays and creates a mold. |
| Cloissonne | enamelwork in which colored areas are separated by thin bands of metal. |
| Collage | composition made by pasting together different items onto a flat surface |
| Color field | style of abstract painting of simple shapes and monochromatic color |
| Contrapposto | graceful arrangement of the body based on tilted shoulders and hips and bent knees |
| Cylinder seal | round piece of carved stone that produces an image when rolled onto clay |
| Daguerreotype | early photo(by Daguerre)has shiny surface,meticulous finish & clarity of detail. unique photo that has no negative. |
| Documentary photography | type that seeks social and political redress for current issues as way of exploiting society's faults. |
| Donor | patron of a work of art who is often seen in that work |
| Encaustic | ancient method of painting using colored waxes that are burned into a wooden surface |
| Engraving | printmaking-tool called burin carves into metal plate, ink passes into crevices of plate.paper is applied, results in detailed print. |
| Etching | printmaking- metal plate covered in wax,cuts into wax exposed the plate, plate submerged in acid,eats away exposed plate,plate cleaned,ink fills in crevices from acid. finest detail of early prints |
| Exemplum virtutis | painting that tells a moral tale for viewer |
| Foreshortening | visual effect when object is shortened in order to appear to be receding in space |
| Fresco | applying water based paint onto freshly plastered wall. bond is durable and long lasting |
| Frottage | rubbing a crayon or pencil over paper placed on surface with raised design |
| Genre painting | painting in which scenes of everyday life are depicted |
| Grisaille | painting done in neutral shades of gray to simulate the look of sculpture |
| Hierarchy of scale | representation of person's importance by the size of them in a piece of art |
| Horror vacui | artwork where the entire surface is filled with objects, people, designs in crowded way |
| Icon | devotional panel depicting a sacred image |
| Impasto | thick & very visible application of paint on a surface |
| Lithography | printmaking- flat stone surface base,artist draws image with special crayon attracting ink. paper will absorb the ink and image made |
| Mosaic | decoration using stone,marble or colored glass(tesserae)cemented to wall or floor |
| Negative space | empty space around an object or a person |
| Orans figure | figure with its hands raised in prayer |
| Orthogonal | lines that appear to recede toward a vanishing painting |
| Pastel | colored chalk that mixes with other ingredients to make soft/delicate hue |
| Perspective | having to do with depth and recession in a picture |
| Linear perspective | achieves 3D quality in 2D plane |
| Atmospheric or aerial perspective | Landscapes that give the illusion of distance |
| Photogram | image made by placing objects on photosensitive paper & exposing to light |
| Plein-air | painting outdoors capturing effects of direct lighting on objects |
| Pointillism | painting technique using smalls dots of color that are combined by the eye at a distance |
| Quadro riportato | mural painting on curved ceiling -ex. sistine chapel |
| Di sotto in su | ceiling paintings that appear to hover over you and look down on you |
| Ready made | a commonplace object that is chosen and displayed as art |
| Relief sculpture | sculpture that projects from a flat background |
| Bas-relief | a very shallow relief sculpture |
| Repousse | metal relief sculpture where the back side of a plate is hammered to raise relief in front |
| School | group of artists sharing same philosophy, working around same time, not necessarily together |
| Sfumato | hazy effect that distances viewer from subject of painting |
| Still life | painting of grouping of inanimate objects like fruit or flowers |
| Tapa | cloth made from bark that is soaked and beaten into a fabric |
| Tempera | paint employing egg yolk as binding medium noted for quick dry time & flat opaque colors |
| Tenebrism | dramatic dark and light contrast in a painting |
| Tessellation | a decoration using polygonal shapes with no gaps |
| Triptych | 3 paneled painting or sculpture |
| Trompe l'oeil | painting attempting to resemble 3D real existing object |
| Vanitas | theme in still life painting that stresses brevity of life and folly of human vanity |
| Woodcut | printmaking-wooden piece cut into with tool leaving design raised and background cut away. ink rolled on print made.strong angular surfaces , sharp lines |
| Zoopraxiscope | device projecting sequences of photos to give illusion of movement |
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