Vocabulary Painting/Sculpture

Question 1

staged

Answer 1

unnatural, commercial effect of a non-naturalistic painting

Question 2

informal pose

Answer 2

natural and caught off guard, not reflective of their high standing

Question 3

impasto

Answer 3

thick palette knife strokes and layered paint to create depth and texture

Question 4

chiaroscuro

Answer 4

heavy darkness most commonly used by Baroque painters such as Caravaggio

Question 5

silhouette

Answer 5

Often used when figure is turned to the side to describe the outline of their body against a flat background

Question 6

profile

Answer 6

face turned to the side

Question 7

uncluttered

Answer 7

used to describe a composition with clear and few elements

Question 8

atmosphere

Answer 8

the tone of the painting, the viewer and the subject- can be tense, still or other

Question 9

contrast

Answer 9

difference of tone or light between two elements

Question 10

highlights

Answer 10

stripes of white usually on reflective objects to draw attention to them

Question 11

textural quality

Answer 11

used to describe texture of painting, e.g. “the textural quality of the material makes it appear that light is radiating from her”

Question 12

analogous

Answer 12

similar to

Question 13

kitsch

Answer 13

in poor taste because of excessive garishness- sometimes in an ironic/knowing way

Question 14

primitivism

Answer 14

a playful style associated with tribal pieces

Question 15

grandeur

Answer 15

powerful, grand, glorious

Question 16

panoramic

Answer 16

a wide sweeping view

Question 17

topography

Answer 17

a direct copy of a real place

Question 18

Diminution

Answer 18

smaller than usual (e.g. in the distance)