Unit One Vocab Flashcards
Subject matter
What is recognizable, identifiable to us.
Content
The meaning of the piece
Subcategories of representational or figurative art
Naturalism (depiction of realistic objects in a natural setting), realism (depiction of something that resembles its actual appearance in the world), troupe l’oeil (or illusionism - work that fools into thinking it’s something else)
Idealized
Depicts a particular individual account of standards of beauty in place at a time.
Stylized
Uses conventions set in place during the period the work was created in.
Abstract Art
Art that rejects representational images; doesn’t depict specific real objects. Still captures the essence of a moment, time, and space.
Methodologies of Art
Formalism, formal elements, principles of design.
Formalism
Sees art as an end in itself, independent of context, function.
Formal elements
Line/plane, shape, space, light/dark, color.
Principles of Design
- Repetition/rhythm (s/t visually appealing that repeated)
- Balance (symmetry/asymmetry)
- Proportion (parts have a proper relationship)
- Scale (size)
The Renaissance
(French, meaning rebirth) period in history w/major rediscovery of the great minds, a revival of the knowledge of Greco-Roman civilization. Renaissance artists created a believable picture of humanity and the world for the first time.
Trécento
14th cent.
Quattrocento
15th cent. Early Renaissance.
Cinquecento
16th cent. High Renaissance.
Panel Painting
Altar piece, painted or sculpted.
Predella
Lower part of an altar piece, scene underneath the main scene.
Gesso
Plaster, applied to panel paintings.
Tempera
Paint mixture of pigment, water, and eggs. Dries quickly.
Fresco
Painting painted directly on plaster wet (buon) or dry (secco).
Arriccio
First layer of wet plaster in fresco.
Sinopia
Rough draft sketch of a finished fresco done in red paint.
Intonaco
Thin layer of smooth plaster applied in patches and painted wet.
Giornata
“A day’s work.”
Foreshortening
A distortion of a body or object, shown as closer or with less depth to play with perspective.
Donor Portrait
Portrait of the patron incorporated in the scene.
Oblique
Slanting.
Bubonic Plague
Bacterial infection that hit Europe mid trecentro and killed 25 million. Art afterwards was more somber.
Internationally Gothic
Flowering of art that began in 1400s w/ Philip the Bold and Jean, Duc de Berry. Art was luxurious and removed from the suffering of the time.
The Limbourg Brothers
Herman, Paul, Johan. Dutch miniature painters. ‘Trés Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.’
Florence
City state in the early 1400s that was a major world center for trade and humanistic culture.
Byzantine
Eastern part of the Roman Empire from 4th to 6 CE.
Apocrypha
Biblical writings not part of the accepted canon of the scripture.
