Art History Exam 3 terms

Provenance

the recorded journey of an art pieces ownership from origin to present day.

Art Restitution

the return of stolen or improperly traded cultural property to its rightful owner

Belvedere Torso

famous fragmentary sculpture that Adam and Eve are based on

Trunk

another word/metaphor for torso

Libyan Sibyl

the sketch Michelangelo made where he fixated on the toe

Sprezzatura

the notion of grace and monumentality fused together

Salon

showcase of current students and people looking to get into the school

what is the hierarchical scale of paintings

History, Portraiture, Genre, Fete Galante*, Landscape, Still-life

Reception Piece

The art work that got them into the royal academy

Fete Galante

big party

Historical Continuum

conflation of history ideas of past, present, and future all in one image

Pompeii red

paint color indicative of neo classical period

Exemplum Virtutis

example of virtue, sacrifice of self for the greater good

Abolitionism

fin-de-siecle

cultural anxiety at the end of the century

Contemporary

What is happening right now with artists that are still alive

Modernity

idea of always moving forward

Modernism

response to modernity

Ex Voto

A gift that is thanks for performing a miracle

Genre

Everyday Subjects

Inverted Perspective

subject is at the back of the painting so you have to work through the entire painting to get to the subject, ex. Peasant Wedding

Autonomous self portrait

a self portrait that has no commissioner

Silver Point

technique reserved for masters, does not show up right away, silver filament pencil instead of graphite

Humanism

The study of mans accomplishments

Benediction

general blessing given with two fingers up in front of the chest

Salon Style Hanging

when art is hung in the hierarchical order that it is deemed important

Femme Fatale

women set to destroy masculinity, rise of women’s rights and suffrage

repousse

taking sheets of metal and hammering the backside and then carving the details into the front, thin sheets of gold

Dutch

Protestant

Flemish

Catholic

Self Fashioning

portraying self in a way that is not completely correct

Passion of Christ

week long suffering of Christ leading up to the crucifixion

book of genesis

says that god made man in the image god

gesture of benediction

general gesture of blessing

monogram

your initials

anno domini

in the year of our lord

universal language

latin

indelible

permanent, impossible to destroy

sacred and profane

religious and holy vs secular and everyday life

print making

people copy images and they usually become reversed

sublime

moment we feel small or in awe of what we are seeing

picturesque

anything nonthreatening but pleasant

historiography

the history of history and how history is told

crucifix

a symbol of the crucifixion

crucifixion

the narrative of Jesus being crucified

austere

stripped down

capuchin monk

mendicant order that is known for their austerity, Dominican off shoot

vedute

little landscape scenes

German nationalism

oak tree, crescent moon, gothic window

die brucke

the bridge, bridging German renaissance and the 20th century , associated with German expressionism

Choleric

cat

melancholic

elk

Phlegmatic

Ox

Sanguine

Rabbit

horatii

from Rome

curate

from alba

external exactness

realistic art with extreme precision

Marian Purity

light passes through the rosary beads to show the purity similar to Mary

mundane pallet

colors of the natural world

Grisailles

painted as if they are sculptures

jewel tone pallet

shows the heavenly realm

papal vestment and tiara

things worn by the pope

temporal authority

of this world

spiritual authority

heavenly

instruments of passion

column of flagellation, crown of thorns, cross, nails

divine mass

all saints, martyrs, and bishops, all heavenly host

Eucharist

body and blood of christ

agnus dei

sacrificial lamb of christ

rites of salvation

eucharist and baptism

Hodegeteria

virgin with baby on the side that she is pointing at, original painted by st.luke

lacoon and sons

ancient sculpture that is the reference for the S shape in the body, big mike was there when it was discovered

metaphysical

as if there is an invisible barrier between us and him

egon schiele’s portraits take two categories

metaphysical and sexual