part 3 terms unit 5 Flashcards
Renaissance
Cultural and artistic flourish during 1400-1700in Europe–brought it out of dark ages
Linear perspective
rep. of 3d on 2d paper–new way to paint in renaissance
Realism
real looking/realistic
Background and foreground
b-back
f-front
style
way they made it/characteristics
medium
type of art/form ex-sculpture,oil painting
subject
most important part of the pic/what its/who (based) about
Mythology
greek stories of gods–not true
anatomy
study of the body
devotional
art made for religious purposes–enrich the church
secular
art made for non religious purposes, –for beauty for the rich
Classic
latin-greek lit/texts/art/stories
Portraits
a painting picture or sculpture of one person
Patrons
pay artists to make art, they suporterd thriving artists
Humanists
renaissance thinkers ,v. religious, created accurate texts that were religious