key terminology - visual analysis

Question 1

Chiaroscuro

Answer 1

A painting technique that contrasts extreme light and darkness to create drama

Question 2

Contrapposto

Answer 2

A human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot- creating a twist in the hips and legs
–> Michelangelo’s David

Question 3

Foreshortening

Answer 3

Perspective applied to a single figure to give it dimension

Question 4

Bodegone - not too important

Answer 4

Painting of ordinary life (often still life painting) - popular in Seville

Question 5

trompe l’oeil

Answer 5

Painting technique that shows a highly detailed 3D space on a flat surface

Question 6

high relief, low relief, sunken relief

Answer 6

high relief - details stick out prominently
low relief - details aren’t as stuck out prominently
sunken relief - details are carved into the material, nothing ever sticks out