General Art History Terms Flashcards
The physical material of a work of art
Medium/Media(plural)
An unconscious representation of its ideological age
Art
What is the study of images?
Iconography
What is the identification of separate elements in a composition in order to identify the subject matter?
Iconographic Analysis
What is the manner, form, character, representation, construction, or expression of a work
Style/ Art Movement
Illusion of a 3 dimensionality on a flat surface
Illusionism
The use of lights and darks to achieve illusionism
Chiaroscuro
Depicting objects as they appear in nature
Naturalism
A freedom of form that is not naturalistic
Abstract
A thin smooth application of paint with great detail and blend to eliminate brush strokes
Linear Application
A thicker pigment of color and paint with less details and more brushstrokes
Painterly Application
An examination of common elements of an art piece to include artist, style, media, subject matter - iconographic analysis, genre, composition
Formal Analysis
An analysis of a work’s context to determine the significance of the object: patronage, social condition, economic, political, military, religious influences
Socio-historical Analysis
The person, group, or organization that commissions the artist to create a work
Patron
The chronological history of an artworks location/owners
Provenance
An artist’s entire collection of work
Oeuvre
The ideological representation of discussion through the composition of an art piece
Subject Matter
Revival of Ancient Greek/Rome art
Classicism
Order, balance, symmetry
Classicism
Para Done
Rivalry
Capital order of the pillar: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
Classical orders
Original design of classical order
Doric
Scroll on the side (volutes)
Ionic