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Exam 1 - Terms
Exam 1 - Terms
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Art History
Undergraduate 3
02/11/2013

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Term


Contrapposto

Definition

 

The shifting of the hips so one side is higher than the other.

 

 

Term


Vignette

Definition

 

side images surronding an iconic figure

Term

 

Chiaroscuro

Definition

 use of light and dark to produce modeling

 

Term

 

Naturalism

Definition

 

depiction of realistic objects in a natural setting.

 

an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

 

link back to classical

Term

 

Sfumato

Definition

 

smoky perspective developed by DaVinchi

Term

 

Humanism:

What is this concept and how is it

important to the Renaissance?

Definition

 

the cultural movement of the Renaissance;

 

system of thought or action in which

human interests, values, and dignity predominate

Term


Altarpiece

diptych, triptych, polyptych

Definition

 

a devotional work of art placed behind or above a Christian altar

 

diptych- object with two flat plates attached at a hinge


triptych- object with three flat plates attached at a hinge


polyptych- object with multiple flat plates attached at a hinge

Term

 

Plato and Aristotle

Definition

 

 

Greek philosophers?

Term

 

Alberti’s theories

Definition

 

the accumulation of people, animals, and buildings, which create harmony amongst each other,

"hold the eye for a long while with a certain sense of pleasure and emotion".

Term

 

Pyramidal composition

Definition

 

 

placing objects and figures within the outline of an imaginary triangle or pyramid on the picture plane

 

Term

 

Perspective — linear, one-point, atmospheric

Definition

 

Linear -
parallel lines are represented as converging so as to give the illusion of depth and distance


one-point- A single vanishing point is used


atmospheric - using softer less saturated colors to show distance (blue mountains in background, etc.)

Term

 

Foreshortening

Definition

 

method of showing depth in a drawing or painting by shortening objects.

Term

 

Decorum

Definition

 

Acting in accordance to your social standing.

Term

 

Petrarch

Definition

 

an Italian scholar and poet, and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch is often called the "Father of Humanism"

 

also Renaissance poet.

Term

 

Pliny

Definition

 

a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher

wrote about natural history and referenced natural archetecture

Term

 

Franciscan Order

Definition

 

those that adhere to the teachings of 

St. Francis of Assisi

 

(St Francis' eight values were:love, compassion, peace, trust in god, respect, simplicity, service and joy)

Term

 

Dominican order

Definition

 

those that adjhere to Saint Domini's beliefs


(to find truth no matter where it may be?

strong belief in education?)

Term

 

Vitruvius

Definition

 

a Roman writer, architect and engineer,

Term

 

Pico Della Mirandola

Definition

 

an Italian Renaissance philosopher.

wrote 'On The Dignity of Man' in 1485

Term

 

Protestant Reformation

Definition

 

skism in the early Catholic church in the 16th century

 

saints should not be worshipped

no confession

miracles are not verifiable

critisized the 'by your way to heaven' mentality

Term

 

Martin Luther

Definition

 

nailed his 95 Theses onto a Wittenberg Church door.

 

These theses were Latin propositions opposing the manner in which indulgences (release from the temporal penalties for sin through the payment of money) were being sold in order to raise money for the building of Saint Peter's in Rome.

Term

 

95 Thesis

Definition

 

These theses were Latin propositions opposing the manner in which indulgences (release from the temporal penalties for sin through the payment of money) were being sold in order to raise money for the building of Saint Peter's in Rome.

Term

 

Printmaking:

woodcut,

Definition

 

an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed.

 

The areas to show 'white' are cut away with a knife or chisel, leaving the characters or image to show in 'black' at the original surface level.

Term

 

Printmaking

 

engraving

intaglio

Definition

Engraving - incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.

 

intaglio- the image is incised into a surface, and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink.

Term

 

Printmaking

Lithography

Definition

 

an image drawn (etched) into a coating of wax or an oily substance applied to a plate of lithographic stone as the medium to transfer ink to a blank paper sheet, and so produce a printed page.

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