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