art Flashcards
jomon pottery
clay pots in japanese art
haniwa figures
- clay soldiers placed around tombs
what was the purpose of haniwa figures?
functioned as spiritual barriers
mold bronze casting
shang dynasty
guang vessels
piece mold casting used in rituals in athens
lost wax process (bronze)
method of metal casting
contrapposto
most weight on one leg
acropolis
building built on a mountain
doric and ionic
doric simple and oldest form (huge and stocky)
Ionic- 2nd form slender and taller
archaic sculpture
Releasing the figure
Egyptian influence
Kouros
Had a creepy smile on the figure to bring life to it
classical period
Had a more natural look to it
Athens - Pericles -Plato-Aristotle
Naturalism and idealism
Canon of proportions
daoism confucianism
Direct connection between calligraphy and painting - both the act of painting the picture itself carries meaning
six canons of xie he
daoism
shifting perspective
Chinese landscapes. The foreground of the painting is separate from the background. The foreground is detailed, and stretches to the middle ground – where a vast space appears. Photo-Realism. Art the is rendered so realistically that it appears to be a photograph.
scientific or linear fixed perspective
illusion of depth on flat surface
fresco
paint easier to cover large areas, mossachio used this
oil paint
slow pigmented drying paint
prints (woodcut and engraving)
woodcuts are a form of relief printing in which a block of wood is carved leaving the raised image
chiaroscuro
the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting.
Tenebrism
a beam of light, dramatic effect
impasto
really thick paint
ukiyo-e
pictures of the floating world
polykeitos
wrote a perfect porportion of the human form
tomb of nintoku
Had a key-shaped tomb Kofun period 15000 clay cylindrical figures, haniwas would be placed around the tombs The tomb was shaped like a key Largest tomb in Japan
Fu hao
greteast military general
servents were buried with her
li cheng
landscape painter
escape to nature
painted natures essence
