Exam 2 Vocab Flashcards
(20 cards)
Baldachin
A canopy suspended from the ceiling
Camera Obscura
An early cameralike device used in the Renaissance and later for recording images for the real world
Colonnade
A row of columns
History Painting
Paintings based on historical, mythological, and biblical narratives
Impasto
Thick applications of paint that give a painting a palpable surface texture
Still Life
A type of painting that has as its subject inanimate objects
Tenebrism
The use of strong chiaroscuro and artificially illuminated areas to create a dramatic contrast of light and dark in a painting
Vanitas
An image in which all the objects symbolize
Atelier
The studio of a master artist
Fete Galante
A subject in a painting depicting well-dressed people in a park or country setting
Grand Manner
An elevated style of painting in which the artist looked to the ancient and Renaissance for inspiration
Pastel
Dry pigment
salon
A large room for entertaining guests
Avant- garde
French military word meaning “before the group”
Complementary Color
The primary and secondary colors across from each other on the color wheel
Daguerreotype
A early photographic process that makes a positive print on the light sensitized copperplate
Japonisme
A style that was highly influenced by Japanese art
Lithography
Process of making a print from a design drawn on a flat stone block with greasy crayon
Picturesque
Of the taste for the familiar, the pleasant, and the agreeable
Sublime
Of a concept, thing, or state of greatness or vastness with high spiritual, moral, intellectual, or emotional value
