final exam Flashcards
metamorphosis of narcissus
Dali
without hope
kahlo
guernica
picasso
braids
wyeth
mummy portrait of a man
unknown Egyptian
holy trinity
massacio
school of athens
raphael
monk by the sea
friedrich
abbey in an oak forest
friedrich
the fighting temeraire
turner
the dove
bearden
bottle of suze
picasso
stonehenge
unknown artist
in the uk
ziggurat at ur
unknown sumerians
nana the moon goddess
the wheel
the great pyramids
egyptians
the parthenon
itkinos and kallikrates
pont du gard
unknown romans
roman colloseum
unknown romans
notre dame cathedral
unknown french
flying buttresses
gothic
eiffel tower
eiffel
falling water
wright
organic structure
guggenheim museum
wright
dying lioness
unknown assyrians
unique forms of continuity in space
boccioni
actual lines
outline and flatten an object
contour line
a perceived line that marks the border of an object in space (edge line)
implied line
a line created by movement or direction
chiaroscuro
light-dark, is the manipulation of light and dark to create the effect of a modeled 3-D surface
implied mass
the illusion of mass on a 2-d surface
implied texture
visual texture on a 2-d surface
texture
how something feels
expressionism
colour or brushwork is manipulated to create emotional impact
realism
the portrayal of people or things without distortion or abstraction
complementary colours
colours directly across from one another
analogous colours
colours adjacent to one another
warm colours
oranges, reds, yellows
cool colours
blues and greens
hierarchical scaling
the size used to indicate the importance of people (kings were drawn larger than peasants)
scale
an object’s size in relation to other objects (2 things)
proportion
the relationship of the size of a part to the whole like arms to a body
bilateral symmetry
an exact mirrored image
asymmetrical balance
both sides seem to be completely different but still hold balance
focal point
the center of visual attention
abstract art
departs significantly from the actual appearance of things
iconography
the study of hidden symbols
tint
adding white
shade
adding black
pointillism
applying small unmixed points or dots of paint
readymade
found objects that are exhibited as works of art
linear perspective
parallel lines seem to merge together in the distance at a converging point or vanishing point
atmospheric perspective
how distant objects appear less clear
impasto
thick application of paint
style
the visual appearance of a work of art that relates to other works with similar aesthetic roots
topography
the distinct landscape characteristics are of the building site
tensile strength
the ability of a building material to span horizontally without support and without buckling
post and lintel
most basic and earliest forms of building
entasis
a bulge in a column
doric ionic and corinthian
doric: square
ionic: scroll
corinthian: flower
voussoirs
wedge shaped stores that make up the sides of the arch
key stones
the stone that sits at the top of the arch
barrel vault
tunnel
cast iron structure
the eiffel tower
tempera
egg yolk
encaustic
wax
fresco
buon fresco: painting is applied when the plaster is still wet
fresco secco: paint is applied when plaster is dry
oil
turpentine
water colour
mixed with water
mixed media
mixing different types of art
mimesis
copying nature
solvent
a thinner used in oil painting
support
what you paint on
additive process of sculpture
building upon
subtractive process
carving away
low relief sculpture
objects are slightly raised from the ground
pediment
triangle section of a roof that is supported by columns
contrapposto
“counter balance” weight shifting stance
installation
sculpture that is placed indoors
assemblage
similar to a collage but with a sculpture rather than painting
wash
ink diluted in water
cartoon
a large drawing intended to become a painting
heightening
adding white highlights
pastels
made from oil based chalks
charcoal
originally made from charred twigs
