Midterm Vocab Flashcards
Altarpiece
“Piece of art such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the altar of a Christian church”
Isenhiem Altarpiece
All’antica
“in the manner of the ancients”
Humanism
“a variety of ethical theory and practice that emphasizes reason, scientific inquiry, and human fulfillment in the natural world”
Sculpture in Relief
“To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane”
Fresco
“the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture”
Genre Painting
“a style of painting depicting scenes from ordinary life, especially domestic situations”
Allegory
“a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms”
Central Plan Church
“round, polygonal, or cruciform in design”
Sculpture in the Round
“a relief saves forming the rear of a subject, and is less fragile and more securely fixed than a sculpture in the round, especially one of a standing figure”
MIchelangelo, David
Contrapposto
“a representation of the human body in which the forms are organized on a varying or curving axis to provide an asymmetrical balance to the figure”
Linear Perspective
“representing three-dimensional objects and space on a two-dimensional surface by means of intersecting lines”
Atmospheric perspective
“a technique of rendering depth or distance in painting by modifying the tone or hue and distinctness of objects perceived as receding from the picture plane”
Continuous Narration
“A continuous narrative is a type of narrative that illustrates multiple scenes of a narrative within a single frame”
Masaccio, The Tribute Money
Chiaroscuro
Extreme lights and darks
Caravaggion, Calling of St Matthew
Iconography
“a representation or a group of representations of a person, place, or thing, as a portrait or a collection of portraits”
