Art Flashcards
an image in art that depicts the Virgin Mary holding the dead christ
pieta
commonly a religious image that includes at the sacred event the people who have paid for the artwork
donor portrait
an image in art that depicts the dead christ coming down from the cross
deposition
the first gothic church conceived by abbot sugar and consecrated in 1137. this building ushered in the first gothic aesthetic
saint denis
the main isle of a basilica, it translates as the bottom of a ship
nave
the depiction of Jesus and disciple eating their last meal with Jesus
last supper
a region that is present day Belgium, Luxembourg and part of France and the Netherlands, famous as a cultural arts center
Flanders
a roman civil building adapted as a church by the christian religion
basilica
a painting made up of more than 3 separate pieces
polyptych
a pigment body mixed with a linseed oil binder
oil paint
a journey of a religious nature, the main purpose of which is to seek or repay divine intervention
pilgrimage
the concept of creating pictorial space on a two dimensional surface using a system of vanishing points and lines of convergence
mathematical perspective
the rebirth of ideals and concepts from greco roman antiquity
renaissance
religious drawings and or paintings illustrating books with biblical or scriptural imagery
illuminated manuscript
structural support that allowed the heightening of and lightening of walls of gothic buildings. this particular engineering structure is attached tot he outside of the building
flying buttress
the process of adding material to create a sculpture
modeling
the process of subtracting material to create a sculture
carving
a pose in art presenting the figure with the weight shifted on one leg. it also creates a more natural appearance
contrapasto
the technique of painting water based paint directly into wet plaster, italian for fresh
fresco
female greek sculpture
kore
a functional load bearing column carved to appear as a human figure
caryatid
a metal composed of tin and copper commonly used as structure material
bronze
an architectural building system using 2 or more uprights with crossbeams
post and lentil
a male greek sculpture
kouros
the presentation of red colored figures on greek pottery
red figure style
roman civil building adapted as a church by the christian religion
basilica
from the portuguese for misshapen or irregularly formed
baroque
an image of the Virgin Mary holding the dead christ
pieta
an intaglio print making technique that uses acid to bite into a printing plate
etching
a wealthy Florentine banking family that wielded massive influence in shaping the Italian Renaissance
Medici
a dominican priest who began the protestant reformation by nailing his 95 thesis to the Wittenberg cathedral door
Martin Luther
a printing process that prints the raised areas of a printing plate
relief print
a printing process that prints the low or incised areas of the plate
intaglio print
an artwork that includes the people responsible for paying for the art
donor portrait
pigment suspended in a linseed oil binder
oil paint
a painting technique that uses a hazy blurring of the imagery. it is italian for smoky
sfumato
the government sponsored school of art in france
french academy
the rebirth of humanistic ideals and concepts derived from classical antiquity
renaissance
in art a formal device that creates a spinning motion similar to a tornado
vortex
a strong dark light contrast in art that is the Italian word for out of obscurity or to emerge from shadows
chiaroscuro
in art an image depicting christ taking a meal with his Disciples
Last Supper
tf to be a true gothic building it must have ribbed vaulting, pointed arches, and flying buttresses
true
tf the gothic movement is considered to be the first international style since roman antiquity
true
tf no free standing sculpture was created in the gothic period
true
tf at the end of the gothic period the church and the church building itself were giving way an artistic and patronage of the up and coming middle class
true
tf sculpture changed little during the gothic period because of Abbot Sugar’s ultra conservative attitudes about art and graven imagery
false
tf with the rebirth of greco roman ideals, Petrarch was instrumental in developing humanistic ideas that would put florence in the fore front of the italian renaissance
true
tf the renaissance is the first time artists commonly sign their works
true
tf oil paint and mathematical perspective were 2 of the great technical innovations of the renaissance
true
tf renaissance artists may have used lenses and mirrors to create more naturalistic images faster and more efficiently
true
tf classical illusionist painting found in the early italian renaissance had some of its roots in byzantine painting
true
tf the Black Plague held up the renaissance for about 50 years. many people believed it was punishment from god due to a recurrence of interest in classical (pagan) ideas
true
tf baroque art included the manipulation of space, light, and mass, volume, and texture to express power: religious, political, and social
true
tf mannerism looked to nature as its artistic model
false
tf leonardo da vinci was a genius and an underachiever
true
tf jan vermeer’s work was forged int he 20th century and sold to the nazis
true
tf venetians thought design to be superior to color
false
tf bernini was one of the mast masterful printmakers of 17th century italy
false
tf Michelangelo was reputed to have been calm and shy
false
tf raphael sanzio was a great synthesizer of artistic information
true
tf despite its protestant religious climate, holland had enormous church supported art
false
tf rembrandt was known exclusively as a painter and sculptor
false
tf the driving force behind greek art and culture was feudalism
false
tf a major engineering component that the romans employed so well was the arch
true
tf the post and lentil architectural building system was invented by the Egyptians
false
tf the name of the hilltop where the athenians built the parthenon was the erecthium
false
tf classical illusionist painting was widely know and executed during the romanesque period
false
tf romanesque architecture is considered to be the first mature style of the Middle Ages
true
tf the lost wax process is a process used in casting bronze sculpture
true
tf roman sculpture shifted away from the greek model and more in line with Egyptian and other middle eastern concepts toward the end of the roman imperial period
true
tf monasteries were self-sufficient therefore they did little to keep learning and literacy alive during the romanesque period
false
tf roman sculpture in the early periods was much more connected with the ideas of realism than in the later imperial period
true
tf greek architecture commonly uses the dome
false
tf post impressionism was basically a rehashing of old impressionist concepts
false
tf mary cassat was instrumental in getting French impressionist works into the hands of wealthy american collectors
true
tf edgar degas became a bitter recluse later in life
true
tf monet painted in a pronouncedly more blurry way exclusively because of his failing eyesight
false
tf Paul Gauguin was a great artist and an absolute rectum of a human who abandoned his wife and family, infected countless young tahitian girls with syphilis, and at the same time influenced many of the 20th century artists with his concepts and art
true
tf george suerat painted a large number of large canvases because he worked indoors over his long life rather that en plein aire
false
tf paul cezannes work will make a major impact on pablo picasso’s cubism
true
tf james mcneil whistler was like camille pissaro a very kind hearted family man
false
tf edgar degas along with being a great painter was also a prolific printmaker
false
tf monet made some of his finest works as a result of the impressionist crisis of the 1880s. it was during that time that he moved to germany and began painting in “series”
true
tf edouard manet is considered to be by many the father of modern art
true
tf impressionist’s subject matter was light and color
true
whistler named many of his paintings like musical compositions
true
tf john singer sergeant was one of america’s best watercolorists
true
tf the people in henry toulouse-lautrec’s paintings are always kind of happy scoundrels, like peter breughals’s peasants
false
the artist’s use of two or more pistaches of color put side by side to blend optically int he viewers eye as opposed to the palette
optical color
a term referring to painting outdoors int he open air
en plein aire
the technique used to create an image using dots of color
pointillism
the color of an object or image in a verbal sense
local color
the color of an object or image that is created using paint
pistache
artist’s paint supplies that come in portable collapsible containers
tube paint
similar to impressionism but taking on more broad ranging content concerns including spiritual, expressionistic, or formal concerns
post impressionism
the name of the french art dealer who championed the impressionists artists
durand-ruel
a small bit of paint fleck applied to the canvas and not smoothed or blended in any way
broken color
an art movement begun in france int he late 19th century characterized by loose brush work, broken and optical color, and a sketchy finish
impressionism
vincent Van Gogh’s brother
theo
