I lettered words Flashcards
Ibex
Any of several sure-footed, sturdy wild goats of the genus Capra in the family Bovidae that are found in the mountains of Europe, Asia, and northeastern Africa.
Icon
An image, symbol, picture or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
Iconoclasm
The destruction of religious images that are seen as heresy.
Iconoclast
A destroyer of images used in religious worship, usually for religious or political reasons.
Iconodule
A person who supports the veneration of religious icons.
Iconography
The science of identification, description, classification, and interpretation of symbols, themes, and subject matter in the visual arts. The term can also refer to the artist’s use of this imagery in a particular work.
Ikenga
A shrine figure symbolizing traditional male attributes of the Igbo people.
Il-Khanids
Il-Khanid dynasty, also spelled Ilkhanid also called Il-Khan, or Ilkhan, a Mongol dynasty that ruled in Iran from 1256 to 1335.
Impasto
A thick and very visible application of paint on a painting surface.
Impressionism
A style or movement in painting originating in Frace in the 1860s, characterized by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment, especially in terms of the shifting effect of light and color.
Incise
To cut into a surface with a sharp object, especially to decorate metal and pottery.
Inka
Inca, also spelled Inka, were South American Indians who, at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1532, ruled an empire that extended along the Pacific coast and Andean highlands from the northern border of modern Ecuador to the Maule River in central Chile.
Installation
A temporary work of art made up of assemblages created for a particular space, like an art gallery or a museum.
International Style
A style of 20th-century architecture associated with Le Corbusier, whose elegance of design came to influence the look of modern office buildings and skyscrapers.
Ionic
An order of Greek architecture that features columns with scrolled capitals and an upper story with sculptures that are in friezes.