B lettered words Flashcards
Balance
A principle of art in which elements are used to create a symmetrical or asymmetrical sense of visual weight in an artwork.
Bandolier Bag
A large heavy beaded pouch with a slit on top worn at the waist with a strap over the shoulder.
Baptistery
In medieval architecture, a separate chapel or building in front of a church used for baptism.
Baroque
The traditional blanket definition for European art from 1600-1750. The art of this period features dramatic theatricality and elaborate ornamentation in contrast to the simplicity and orderly rationality of Renaissance art, and is not appropriately applied to Italian art.
Basalt
A type of black rock that comes from a volano.
Basilica
In Roman architecture, a large axially planned building with a nave, side aisles, and apses.
Basilican Plan
In Roman architecture, a large axially planned building with a nave, side aisles, and apses. In Christian architecture, an axially planned church with a long, nave, side aisles, and an apse for the altar.
Bas-relief
A very shallow relief sculpture.
Baule People
Baule, an African people inhabiting Côte d’Ivoire between the Comoé and Bandama rivers. The Baule are an Akan group, speaking the Tano language of the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
Bay
A vertical section of a church that is embraced by a set of columns and is usually composed of arches and aligned windows.
Benin
Country of West Africa that includes the Yoruba.
Bieri / Byeri
Reliquary statue created by the Fang people of Nigeria.
Biombos
Folding free-standing screens
Black Figure Painting
A technique of Ancient Greek pot painting in which images are painted with slip against a natural clay background, turning the areas black once the pot is tired.
Bodhisattva
In Buddhism, a being who has attained enlightenment but chooses to remain in its world in order to help others advance spiritually. Also defined as a potential Buddha.
