Flashcards in Exam #1 Terms Deck (38):
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Composition
the way the painting is organized or laid out
ex. all over composition vs. weighted composition
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symmetry
balance in a painting
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scale
size of an artwork
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medium
what materials are used / what the painting is made out of
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fresco
pigment mixed with wet plaster
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encaustic
melted wax to build up texture and color
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intaglio
etching or carving with wood plates and mezzotint rocker process
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repousse
hammered into brass to make a mold
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assemblage
collage, mixed media: making you think about fantastical ideas with realistic grounding
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iconography
what is on the canvas at that point in time, what you actually see
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painterly
blended, paint strokes, Indistinct and soft
how color works with color
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low relief sculpture
carves the background out so it slightly comes out into space
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sunken relief
etching - has texture but does not come into space
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high relief
projects into space the most - more delicate but not freestanding
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contrapposto
how weight is distributed naturally on a body
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volume
how much is going on
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mass
how "heavy" does it feel- how compact everything is
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horror vacui
fear of empty space (Romans)
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texture
the feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface
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chiaroscuro
the way light and dark an create shape
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1 point perspective
1 vanishing point
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2 point perspective
2 vanishing points
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atmospheric perspective
blend paint to force perspective
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foreshortening
things that are closer to you appear bigger
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pastoral
peaceful, calm, weightless
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picturesque
natural beauty nearly perfect
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sublime
being in awe at the power of nature and feeling very small being human
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sfumato
using hazy color to give a sense of depth
a glaze that softens edges
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trompe l'oeil
fool the eye - realistic
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tondo
round painting
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tenebrism
a nearly velvety blackness punctuated by bright points of light
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barrel vault
rounded arches
Romanesque
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groin vault
two barrel vaults crossed at right angles
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rib vault
pointed arches
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flying buttress
a pier with a supporting "limb" that helps hold up walls and arches
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apse
the curved section at the end of a church
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nave
rectangular open center space
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