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Rutgers Art History Q1
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
02/11/2017

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Form
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Form (formal elements)Line, shape, color, texture,space, mass, volume,composition
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Style
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the manner of execution, which
makes the work distinct → the
‘how’
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Iconography
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the systematic investigation of
subject matter (content) in the
visual arts, associating an image
with a meaning → the ‘what’
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Iconology:
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the interpretation of subject matter,
informed by a study of the broad
cultural and historical background
→ the ‘what’ in context
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fresco
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pigments are mixed with water and applied to wet plaster. durable, but have to work quickly. solid/flat colors (opaque matte).
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Tempera
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Dry pigment ground into binding agent (egg)
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Oil Paints
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introduced in __________ in _____, Italians adopt in late 15th
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Book of Hours
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Selection of prayers and readings used
in daily prayer and meditation, includes
a calendar of holy days
• Remember: rise of literacy, which
resulted in questioning the dominant
Church
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International Gothic style
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-15th century+
-French Gothic, 14th Century Italian and Naturalistic blend
-Naturalistic, slender, well dressed figures
-detailed accurate nature
-court style and commission
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Northern renaissance
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Late 14th-15thc
-Growing urban, manufacturing, commercial
-artisan/merchant/banker middle class
-printing, vernacular,
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Flanders, Normandy, Alsace Lorraine, Burgundy, Belgium, Netherlands, Dutch, Holland.

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Grisaille
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Monochrome, statue like. from the French "gris" for grey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE-oCjJh2ow
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Foreshortening
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method of reducing/distorting parts of a represented object
that are not parallel to the picture plane in order to convey the impression of 3
dimensions as perceived by the human eye.
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atmospheric perspective
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effects used to create illusion of depth by reducing the local color and
clarity of objects in the distance, to imply a layer of atmosphere between the viewer and the
horizon – usually by blurring of outlines, loss of detail, alteration of hue toward blue, diminution
of color saturation and value contrast.
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Oil on panel
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Woodcut
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Woodcut – draw on smooth surface of
block of fine-grained wood, then cut
away areas around the lines with sharp
tool (gouge), leaving the lines in high
relief, ink sticks to lines and produces
reverse image on paper
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Engraving
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cut lines into metal plate
(often copper because it’s soft) with a
burin, wipe ink into lines, wipe of
excess ink, print onto damp sheet of
paper, force of press transfers ink and
design (reverse image)
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Picture printing technology...
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-borrowed from painting until own style emerged
-spread naturalism
-democratized art (available in most homes)
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Such passion for science is typical of 15th-century artists, who were determined
to capture the appearance of the material world and to subject it to overriding
human logic.

used perspective to narrate different or succeeding stories, Uccello used perspective in order to create a feeling of depth in his paintings

Uccello means "birds" in Italian

Paolo worked in the Late Gothic tradition, emphasizing colour and pageantry rather than the classical realism that other artists were pioneering
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Italian Renaissance
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-Increased urbanization
-Wealth = power, increased commerce
-Condottierri = contractor generals
-New Intellectual age
-classics given predominance (humanism)
-civic duty, cultivated rich productive lives

-Art
-Classical inspiration, christian themes
-naturalism illusionism scineitfic perspective oils
-increasing emphasis on private art for rich
-Italians were more analytical, aiming to achieve correct but perfected figures
set within a rationally, rather than visually, defined space
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central axis asymmetric distribution weight on one leg avoid stiffness, appear to be moving.
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-pysch presence/individuality
-naturalistic
-draped nude
-deeply carved eyes
-"potential for movement"
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