Terms Flashcards
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Parthenon
Greek
Falling apart
Pantheon
Roman
Greek in the front Rome in the back with dome
Raphael buries here
kore(F)/ korus(m)
nude Free standing Greek sculpture
Idealism
Envision or see things in a perfect manner
Realism
Drawing exactly what u see making it look realistic
Contrapposto
When sculptures weight is shifted onto one leg
Spine curved
Knee bent
Shoulders and arms shifted off axis
Hips shifted off axis
Religious art
Art work based off bible
Tells story of the bible in art work
More accepted in renaissance times
Secular art
Unreligious
Not depicted by Pope
Wasn’t as accepted but people began to branch off into secular art more
Fresco murals
Fresh
Painting on freshly laid/ wet plaster
Water used with dry powder pigment
Fresco was replaced by oil paint
Oil paint
Started as a median in the renaissance
Replaced water frescos
Keystone
Central stone in arch allowing arch to lock in place and bearing the weight
Created by ancient romans
Concrete
Romans were first to implement the use of concrete
Post/ lintel
Greek
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Basis of architecture
Arch and dome
Roman’s
First to make full uses for arch and dome on buildings
Who is credited for foreshortening and developing 1pt, 2pt, 3pt perspective
Fillips Brunelleschi
Eggboy
Trompe l’oiel
Trick the eye
Surreal space
Illusion
Making murals of a path that looks realistic to trick the eye
Chiaroscuro
Contrast of light and dark
Sfumato
Softening if iris
No defined edge
Allows the eyes on a portrait to follow u
Relief
Background is carved out leaving the art sculpture raised above a solid background
Sphere terms
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Center light
Highlight
Halftone
Terminator
Reflected light
Cast shadow
Occlusion shadow
Core of shadow
Center light
Light hits object directly at this point
Highlight
Reflection of light source
Reflections/highlight will move depending where viewer is
Halftone
Partially hit by direct light
Terminator
Edge where it transitions from light and shadow