Terminology Flashcards
What is the term for the smoky fine-shading quality in oil painting?
Sfumato
What is the term for the strong contrasts of light/dark?
Chiaroscuro
What is the term for the weight on one leg?
Contrapposto
3 portrait formats?
Bust length, half-length, full-length
Portait pose?
3/4 pose
Portrait pose?
Profile
Portrait pose?
Akimbo
What is this perspective?
Foreshortening
What does “context” mean?
Original location of an artwork
What does “scale” mean?
The size of an artwork
What kind of patrons were there?
Church patrons (pope, cardinal, cleric), elite patrons (nobleman, noblewoman, merchant–domestic, religious or civic setting), civic patrons, guild patrons (show mastery of trade)
What ARE the contexts?
Geographic
Socio-historic
Spatial – building type, function, audience
What are the profile poses?
Profile (power)
3/4 (most effective orientation for 3 dimensional body)
Frontal (identity)
