unit 3 Flashcards
tempera
using egg yolk
Encaustic
Using Wax
Fresco
-mural (painted on a wall)
-buon fresco: italian for “true fresco” the painting is applied when the plaster is still wet
-fresco secco: italian for “dry fresco” the paint is applied when the plaster has dried
oil
turpentine
water colour
mixing colour with water
mixed media
mixing different types of art
braids
-by wyeth
-tempera on canvas
-mimesis= the imitation of of nature
mummy portrait of a man
-Egypt
-Encaustic on wood
The holy trinity
-massaccio
-trompe l’oeil: “trick the eye”
The school of athens
-By Raphael
-located in the Vatican
oil painting
pigments that are mixed with a turpentine solvent. A solvent is a thinner.
Monk by the sea
-by Friedrich
-“in order to answer life’s big questions, you must go to nature”
abbey in an oak forest
-By Friedrich
The fighting temeraire
-By Turner
-temeraire: an outdating battleship
-the industrial revolution
support
the material/surface that you paint on
(canvas, paneling etc.)
The dove
-By Bearden
-mixed media
-collage: a form of mixed media in which found objects (newspaper clippings etc.) are pasted to a canvas
Bottle of Suze
-By picasso
-newspaper articles about the upcoming war
-synthetic cubism: using found objects in a compositional arrangement
monogram
-By Rauschenburg
-mixed media
-“anything can be art”
sculpture
-subtractive process: carving away
-additive process: building upon
The dying lioness
-from the assyrian palace
-low relief sculpture: objects are slightly raised from the background
pediment
triangle section of a roof that is supported by columns
unique forms of continuity in space
-By Boccioni
-In-The-Round sculpture: work that is meant to be seen from all angles
-futuristic/anti-past
contrapposto
“counter balance”: weight shifting stance
david
-By Michelangelo
-david= the shepherd who killed Goliath
-the underdog
-before the fight
Laocoon and his sons
-unknown artist
-the story of the trojan horse
ceramics
-sculptures made of clay and then fired in a kin at 1200 degrees f
lost wax method
-molten wax is poured into a clay mold. wax is removed then molten bronze is poured in its place.
burghers of calais
-By rodin
-burghers= peasants
-calais= french port city
-“anyone can be a hero”
mother and child divided
-By Hirst
-installation: sculpture placed indoors to alter our perception of the work and it’s environment
-a lot of his art deals with the cycle of life
for the love of god skull
by Hirst
assemblage
similar to collage, but with a sculpture rather than painting
higher goals
-by Hammons
lipstick on caterpillar tracks
-By Oldenburg
-installed at yale
-yale would not allow female students
vietnam memorial
-By Maya Lin
I like America and America likes me
-By Beuys
-in New York
-performance art: art that includes not only physical space but also the human activity within it
-the artist was a german fighter pilot who was shot down in ww2 and was saved by nomads
-he lived for 7 days with a coyote
printmaking
-it started as book illustrations
-a print is a single impression left by one surface design
-after the printing press was invented in 1450, prints became a much cheaper way to distribute images
woodcut
a relief to printmaking technique in which lines are carved into a wooden block
Prophet
-By Nold
The wave
-By Hokusai
-“Man’s role within nature”
Linocut
-using a linoleum block rather than wood
adam and eve
-By Durer
-Engraving- using a sharp tool (burin) to carve into a metal plate. apply ink over the surface and wipe it clean.
rue transnonain
-By Daumier
-lithograph: a polished stone is drawn upon with a greasy material. the surface is moistened and then inked, the ink sticks to the greasy lines
marylin monroe
-By Warhol
-Silkscreen: a stencil printmaking process where the image is transferred to paper by forcing it through a screen
