Unit One Vocab

Question 1

Subject matter

Answer 1

What is recognizable, identifiable to us.

Question 2

Content

Answer 2

The meaning of the piece

Question 3

Subcategories of representational or figurative art

Answer 3

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)

Question 4

Idealized

Answer 4

Depicts a particular individual account of standards of beauty in place at a time.

Question 5

Stylized

Answer 5

Uses conventions set in place during the period the work was created in.

Question 6

Abstract Art

Answer 6

Art that rejects representational images; doesn’t depict specific real objects. Still captures the essence of a moment, time, and space.

Question 7

Methodologies of Art

Answer 7

Formalism, formal elements, principles of design.

Question 8

Formalism

Answer 8

Sees art as an end in itself, independent of context, function.

Question 9

Formal elements

Answer 9

Line/plane, shape, space, light/dark, color.

Question 10

Principles of Design

Answer 10

• Repetition/rhythm (s/t visually appealing that repeated)
• Balance (symmetry/asymmetry)
• Proportion (parts have a proper relationship)
• Scale (size)

Question 11

The Renaissance

Answer 11

(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.

Question 12

Trécento

Answer 12

14th cent.

Question 13

Quattrocento

Answer 13

15th cent. Early Renaissance.

Question 14

Cinquecento

Answer 14

16th cent. High Renaissance.

Question 15

Panel Painting

Answer 15

Altar piece, painted or sculpted.

Question 16

Predella

Answer 16

Lower part of an altar piece, scene underneath the main scene.

Question 17

Gesso

Answer 17

Plaster, applied to panel paintings.

Question 18

Tempera

Answer 18

Paint mixture of pigment, water, and eggs. Dries quickly.

Question 19

Fresco

Answer 19

Painting painted directly on plaster wet (buon) or dry (secco).

Question 20

Arriccio

Answer 20

First layer of wet plaster in fresco.

Question 21

Sinopia

Answer 21

Rough draft sketch of a finished fresco done in red paint.

Question 22

Intonaco

Answer 22

Thin layer of smooth plaster applied in patches and painted wet.

Question 23

Giornata

Answer 23

“A day’s work.”

Question 24

Foreshortening

Answer 24

A distortion of a body or object, shown as closer or with less depth to play with perspective.

Question 25

Donor Portrait

Answer 25

Portrait of the patron incorporated in the scene.

Question 26

Oblique

Answer 26

Slanting.

Question 27

Bubonic Plague

Answer 27

Bacterial infection that hit Europe mid trecentro and killed 25 million. Art afterwards was more somber.

Question 28

Internationally Gothic

Answer 28

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.

Question 29

The Limbourg Brothers

Answer 29

Herman, Paul, Johan. Dutch miniature painters. ‘Trés Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.’

Question 30

Florence

Answer 30

City state in the early 1400s that was a major world center for trade and humanistic culture.

Question 31

Byzantine

Answer 31

Eastern part of the Roman Empire from 4th to 6 CE.

Question 32

Apocrypha

Answer 32

Biblical writings not part of the accepted canon of the scripture.