Test 1 (part one) Flashcards
(31 cards)
Contextualism
Methodological approach in art history that focuses on the cultural background of an art object. (The personal and social circumstances, surrounding the making, viewing and interpreting of a work of art)
Art history
Combination of two different studies. Study of individual works of art outside time and place (connoisseurship) and cultural context (contextualism)
Mythology
Most common subject in history of art
Genre seen
Depicting events in every day life
Still life
Representation of inanimate objects
Fête galante
An outdoor entertainment or rural festival, especially as depicted in 18th-century French painting. Ballgowns often worn
Allegory
Contains a meaning
Representational art
Images that are clearly recognizable for what they purport to be
Line
A mark left by a moving point
Contour
The outline of an object or shape
Silhouette
Outline of a casually done objective shape
Moiré
A wavy pattern that seems to vibrate
Hatching
Series of parallel lines
Gesture
Rapid application of lines
Shape
A two-dimensional area having identifiable boundaries, created by lines, color, value changes, or some combination of these.
Organic shape
Reflect those in nature, irregular and curvilinear
Geometric shape
Regular and precise, circles, squares, triangles
Plastic
Representing the illusion of volume
Positive shape
An enclosed area that may suggest recognizable objects
Negative shape
The unoccupied or empty shape, space left after the positive shape has been defined
Hue
Another word for color
Primary colors
Red, yellow and blue hues that are pure and not the combination of any other hues
Secondary colors
Orange green and violet these are hues created by mixing two equal amounts of two different primary colors
Tertiary colors
These are Hughes created by mixing equal amounts of one primary color with one adjoining secondary color
