Andre Bazin Vocabulary - Isabella Esaw

Plastic Arts

Painting and sculpture. Art that shapes physical materials

Psychoanalysis

The study of hidden or unconscious motives that shape behavior

Mummy Complex

Humans want to preserve life or fight death through art

Primordial 

Existing from the very beginning; original or earliest

Labyrinthine

Like a maze; twisting and complicated

Anthropocentric Utilitarian

Focused on human-centered and practical (useful) purposes

Ultimate Pillage

Refers to the destruction or theft of the mummy or body from the tomb, meaning even the best protection (like pyramids) couldn’t stop time or death from winning.

Baroque

Dramatic, emotional style in art

Ontology

Study of being or existence

Camera Obscura

Early devices projecting images of the real world

Scientific Perspective

System to make flat images look 3D

Pseudo (prefix)

False or fake

Niepce

Early photography pioneer

Lumiere

Brothers who advanced photography and cinema

Ersatz

Fake or substitute

Sepia

Brownish color of old photos

Catalepsy

Frozen, rigid stillness

Surrealism

Artistic movement exploring dreamlike, unreal, or hallucinatory images

Impressionism

Painting style focused on light, color, and perception rather than precise realism