unit test 3 - terms Flashcards
Woodblock
A relief printing process where the image is carved into a block of wood, raised areas are inked. Multiple blocks, each carrying 1 color, are fitted together for color printing.
Genre painting
Art historical category for paintings that show scenes from everyday life
Porcelain
Smooth translucent ceramic made from kaolin clay
Chaekgori
A genre of Korean painted folding screens
literally means books and things
trompe l’oeil
A visual illusion in art that makes a painted image appear 3 dimensional
trompe - to trick
l’oeil - the eye
linear perspective
Representing 3 dimensional spaces and objects on a 2 dimensional surface using geometry and vanishing point(s)
Illusionism
Making objects and spaces in 2 dimensional art look real
Achieved using foreshortening, shading, perspective
ukiyo
Floating world: The search of art in entertainment
ukiyo-e
Pictures of the floating world. Woodblock prints that take as their subject matter the pleasures and sites of Edo Japan, including Kabuki theater, courtesans, and places of leisure and travel.
Academie/Ecole
French Academy
French Salon
Official French art exhibitions with rewards held biennially
Panoramas
A building featuring 360 view of 1 painting
Modernity
Being in the present moment, recognizing the separation from the past
Popular/Mass culture
Culture for everyone, not just royalty
Heirarchy of genres (in descending)
History, Portraiture, Genre, Landscape, Still Life, Nudity/Violence
Neoclassicism
A style of art and architecture that emerged during the 18th century in Europe and America. Inspired by classical Greek and Roman examples.
Allegory
An image that symbolizes an abstract idea or concept
Orientalism
European envision of cultures of North Africa, West Asia, and Asia in stereotyped ways\
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