Terms Flashcards

(42 cards)

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Parthenon

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Greek

Falling apart

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Pantheon

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Roman
Greek in the front Rome in the back with dome

Raphael buries here

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kore(F)/ korus(m)

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nude Free standing Greek sculpture

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Idealism

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Envision or see things in a perfect manner

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Realism

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Drawing exactly what u see making it look realistic

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Contrapposto

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When sculptures weight is shifted onto one leg
Spine curved
Knee bent
Shoulders and arms shifted off axis

Hips shifted off axis

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Religious art

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Art work based off bible

Tells story of the bible in art work
More accepted in renaissance times

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Secular art

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Unreligious
Not depicted by Pope

Wasn’t as accepted but people began to branch off into secular art more

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Fresco murals

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Fresh

Painting on freshly laid/ wet plaster

Water used with dry powder pigment

Fresco was replaced by oil paint

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Oil paint

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Started as a median in the renaissance

Replaced water frescos

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Keystone

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Central stone in arch allowing arch to lock in place and bearing the weight

Created by ancient romans

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Concrete

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Romans were first to implement the use of concrete

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Post/ lintel

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Greek

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1 level

Basis of architecture

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Arch and dome

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Roman’s

First to make full uses for arch and dome on buildings

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Who is credited for foreshortening and developing 1pt, 2pt, 3pt perspective

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Fillips Brunelleschi

Eggboy

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Trompe l’oiel

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Trick the eye

Surreal space
Illusion

Making murals of a path that looks realistic to trick the eye

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Chiaroscuro

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Contrast of light and dark

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Sfumato

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Softening if iris

No defined edge

Allows the eyes on a portrait to follow u

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Relief

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Background is carved out leaving the art sculpture raised above a solid background

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Sphere terms

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Center light

Highlight

Halftone

Terminator

Reflected light

Cast shadow

Occlusion shadow

Core of shadow

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Center light

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Light hits object directly at this point

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Highlight

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Reflection of light source

Reflections/highlight will move depending where viewer is

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Halftone

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Partially hit by direct light

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Terminator

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Edge where it transitions from light and shadow

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Reflected light
Light bouncing back off objects in the environment and reflected into shadow
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Cast shadow
Area where light cannot reach
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Occlusion shadow
Where light cannot reflect to darkest point of cast shadow
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Core of shadow
darkest point of value on the object Defined the edge of the shadow
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Sculpture methods | 4
Additive/constructive Relief Casting (mould/wastemould) Subtractive
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Additive/ constructive and example
Structure created when soft/malleable material is built up/shaped to create a form Putting objects together/building material up Ex clay
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Relief Example
Raised sculpting technique Raised parts remain part of background of same material Example ancient murals
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Casting (mould/waste mould) Example
Liquid materials shaped by pouring into a mould Ex: ice cube tray
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Subtractive method
Involves carving, chiselling, or cutting away as shape from a mass of material Ex: the David
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Who is credited for depth perception
Leonardo DaVinci Mona Lisa
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Doric
Basic post cap
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Ionic
Curly I post cap
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Corinthian
Flowery post cap 6months to sculpt Fanciest
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East rome
More art Start of Christianity
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Polytheism
Work subject of the renaissance Religious Warship of god
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Italian renaissance
Religious art works
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North renaissance
More generalized art work Not religious
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Fudal system
System of Monarchy