Developments in late 19th & early 20th Century Architecture, Modernism, Photography, Realism Vocab

Art nouveau

A decorative style of art characterized by designs of flowers, vines, and other decorative elements.

Avant garde

Anything new and experimental in art.

calotype

A photographic process where paper negatives were used.

camera obscura

A type of early camera which projected an image of an external object onto a screen.

cantilevering

A construction technique in which the horizontal beam resting on vertical supports projects some distance beyond one of those supports.

collodion process

A process that uses wet plates covered in chemicals before being placed in front of a camera for exposure.

cornice

A molding above columns and pillars.

daguerreotype

A photo taken by a process without the use of a paper negative.

lithograph

A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface or stone is treated so that ink will adhere only to the design to be printed.

Perpendicular Gothic (English)

Late Gothic style that was popular in England and utilized verticals and horizontals.

Steerage

An open area beneath a ship’s deck where immigrants were.

Realism (art)

Art that depicted the lives of ordinary people and social issues.

Tripartite architecture

Architecture that was split into 3 parts.