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1
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Parthenon

A

Greek

Falling apart

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2
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Pantheon

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Roman
Greek in the front Rome in the back with dome

Raphael buries here

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3
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kore(F)/ korus(m)

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nude Free standing Greek sculpture

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4
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Idealism

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Envision or see things in a perfect manner

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5
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Realism

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Drawing exactly what u see making it look realistic

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6
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Contrapposto

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When sculptures weight is shifted onto one leg
Spine curved
Knee bent
Shoulders and arms shifted off axis

Hips shifted off axis

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7
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Religious art

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Art work based off bible

Tells story of the bible in art work
More accepted in renaissance times

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Secular art

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Unreligious
Not depicted by Pope

Wasn’t as accepted but people began to branch off into secular art more

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9
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Fresco murals

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Fresh

Painting on freshly laid/ wet plaster

Water used with dry powder pigment

Fresco was replaced by oil paint

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Oil paint

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Started as a median in the renaissance

Replaced water frescos

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Keystone

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Central stone in arch allowing arch to lock in place and bearing the weight

Created by ancient romans

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12
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Concrete

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Romans were first to implement the use of concrete

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13
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Post/ lintel

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Greek
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1 level

Basis of architecture

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Arch and dome

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Roman’s

First to make full uses for arch and dome on buildings

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15
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Who is credited for foreshortening and developing 1pt, 2pt, 3pt perspective

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Fillips Brunelleschi

Eggboy

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16
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Trompe l’oiel

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Trick the eye

Surreal space
Illusion

Making murals of a path that looks realistic to trick the eye

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17
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Chiaroscuro

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Contrast of light and dark

18
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Sfumato

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Softening if iris

No defined edge

Allows the eyes on a portrait to follow u

19
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Relief

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Background is carved out leaving the art sculpture raised above a solid background

20
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Sphere terms

8

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Center light

Highlight

Halftone

Terminator

Reflected light

Cast shadow

Occlusion shadow

Core of shadow

21
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Center light

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Light hits object directly at this point

22
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Highlight

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Reflection of light source

Reflections/highlight will move depending where viewer is

23
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Halftone

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Partially hit by direct light

24
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Terminator

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Edge where it transitions from light and shadow

25
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Reflected light

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Light bouncing back off objects in the environment and reflected into shadow

26
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Cast shadow

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Area where light cannot reach

27
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Occlusion shadow

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Where light cannot reflect to

darkest point of cast shadow

28
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Core of shadow

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darkest point of value on the object

Defined the edge of the shadow

29
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Sculpture methods

4

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Additive/constructive

Relief

Casting (mould/wastemould)

Subtractive

30
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Additive/ constructive and example

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Structure created when soft/malleable material is built up/shaped to create a form

Putting objects together/building material up

Ex clay

31
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Relief

Example

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Raised sculpting technique

Raised parts remain part of background of same material

Example ancient murals

32
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Casting (mould/waste mould)

Example

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Liquid materials shaped by pouring into a mould

Ex: ice cube tray

33
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Subtractive method

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Involves carving, chiselling, or cutting away as shape from a mass of material

Ex: the David

34
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Who is credited for depth perception

A

Leonardo DaVinci

Mona Lisa

35
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Doric

A

Basic post cap

36
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Ionic

A

Curly I post cap

37
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Corinthian

A

Flowery post cap

6months to sculpt

Fanciest

38
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East rome

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More art

Start of Christianity

39
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Polytheism

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Work subject of the renaissance

Religious

Warship of god

40
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Italian renaissance

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Religious art works

41
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North renaissance

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More generalized art work

Not religious

42
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Fudal system

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System of Monarchy

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