Final Vocab Pt.2 Flashcards
An art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions
Trompe l’oeil
An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something
Chiaroscuro
The technique of allowing tones and colors to shade gradually into one another producing softened outlines or hazy forms
Sfumato
W work of art, especially a painting on wood, set above and behind an altar
Altarpiece
The process or art of cutting or carving a design on a hard surface, especially so as to make a print
Engraving
A print of a type made from a design cut in a block of wood, formerly widely used for illustration in books
Woodcuts
A style in painting or sculpture, intended to make the figure seem more dynamic, that is typical of Mannerism
Figura Serpentinata
An object serving as a warning or reminder of death, like a skull
Memento Mori
A painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects, typically inducing fruit and objects and flowers contrasting with these in texture, such as bowls and glassware
Still Life
A style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, where there are violent contrasts of dark and light, and where darkness becomes a dominating feature of the image
Tenebrism
The process or technique of laying on paint or pigment thickly so that it stands out from a surface
Impasto
A technique of neo-impressionist painting using tiny dots of various pure colors, which become blended in the viewer’s eye (Georges Seurat)
Pointillism
Denoting or in the manner of a 19th century style of painting outdoors, or with a strong sense of the open air, that became a central feature of French Impressionism
Plein Air Technique
A piece of art made by sticking various different materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric onto a backing
Collage
The use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them
Appropriation
