Exam 1 Study Guide Flashcards
What are the three first periods of Western Art History in order?
- Classical Antiquity 2. Middle Ages (Medieval period) 3. Italian Renaissance
Classical Antiquity
500 BCE- 400 CE
Medieval period
400 - 1330
Italian Renaissance
1330 -1500
What does BCE stand for?
Before Common Era
What does CE stand for?
(Common Era – sometimes also called the Christian Era)
Humanism
A revival of ancient culture based largely on human values.
What does “c.” or “ca.” stand for?
circa (Latin for “around” – used to refer to dates, i.e., “around the year 1300
What is linear perspective?
A single-point perspective
Orthogonal
Lines in a piece of art help identify the vanishing point.
Vanishing point
Point in a piece of art that appears the furthest from a viewer.
Contrapposto
The model’s body is a piece of art positioned in juxtaposition. For example, one leg is bent while the other leg is straightened.
Foreshortening
The illusion of an object extending in space.
Tempera paint
- The paint is made of egg
-Finish when the paint dries is dull and matte
Fresco
- The paint is applied on fresh plaster
- The paint dries quickly-
- The paint dries to a dull color
Oil paint
- Vibrant color
- Method used by northern Europeans
- Paint dries very slow
- Paint allows artists to get very small details
Triptych
Examples are three panels or an altarpiece. A three-part or section piece of art that is connected together.
Medici Family
Aerial (atmospheric) perspective
The technique of creating an illusion of depth by depicting distant objects as paler, less detailed, and usually bluer than near objects.
