Art Appreciation - Baldwin - Final Exam

Van der Weyden, Deposition, northern renaissance

Donatello, David (Early to High Renaissance in Italy)

Brunelleschi, Cathedral Dome, Florence (Early to High Renaissance in Italy)

Piero della Francesca, The Flagellation of Christ (Early to High Renaissance in Italy)

Mantegna, the Dead Christ (Early to High Renaissance in Italy)

Leonardo, Mona Lisa (High Renaissance)

Michelangelo, Creation of Adam (High Renaissance)

Poussin, Landscape with St. John on Patmos, French Baroque

Death of Socrates, David, Neoclassicism

Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (Late Gothic in Northern Europe)

Michelangelo, David (High Renaissance)

Durer, Adam and Eve (Renaissance in Northern Europe)

Botticelli, Birth of Venus (Early to High Renaissance in Italy)

Leonardo, The Last Supper (High Renaissance)

Raphael, School of Athens (High Renaissance)

Giotto, Lamentation (Proto-Renaissance)

El Greco, Burial of Count Orgaz (Mannerism)

Masaccio, Tribute Money (Early to High Renaissance in Italy)

Bernini, Ecstasy of St. Theresa, Italian Baroque

Velasquez, Las Meninas, Spanish Baroque

Gericault, Raft of the Medusa, Romanticism

Delacroix, Death of Sardanapalus, Romanticism

Courbet, Burial at Ornans, Realism

Manet, Luncheon on the Grass,Realism

Van gogh, The Starry Night, Post-Impressionism

Caravaggio, Calling of St. Matthew, Italian Baroque

Matisse, The green Stripe, Fauvism

Lawrence, Barber Shop, Harlem Renaissance

Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, Futurism

Magritte, The Treason of Images, Surrealism

Rothko, No. 12, Abstract Expressionism

Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, Pop Art

Chicago, Dinner Party, Feminist Art

Smithson, Spiral Jetty, Earthwork

Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Cubism

what is representational art

depicts real objects, people, or scenes

what is abstract art

art that does not attempt to represent external reality, but seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, forms, colors, and textures

what is non-objective art

art that has no recognizable subject matter

what is subject in art

what the art is about

what is form in art

the physical component of an artwork

what is content in art

ideas associated with each artwork

what is hatching

lines drawn at an angle and parallel to each other to create a textural effect

what is crosshatching

to mark or draw with sets of parallel lines that cross each other

modeling in 2d art

using light and shadow to make something appear 3d

what is chiaroscuro

a gradual shift from light to dark around a curved surface, a type of modeling painting technique

what are the 3 properties used to describe color

hue: name of color

value: how light or dark it is

saturation: purity of color

what are primary colors

a color that can’t be made by mixing other colors(red, blue, yellow)

what are secondary colors

primary colors that have been mixed together (orange, green, purple)

what are color schemes

majority of colors

what is local color

color of an object that we associate with that object

what is perceptual color

color as it appears to the artist

what is arbitrary color

anything that is not perceptive or the color we associate, color for colors sake

what are teh 4 devices for creating an illusion of depth in a 2d work

overlapping, relative size, vanishing point, atmospheric perspective, modeling

what are 2 ways to achieve emphasis

contrast and placement

what is alternating rhythm

back and forth repeating elements

what is progressive rhythm

the repeating element changes in its increments as it repeats

what are the ways to achieve unity in a design

proximity, repetition, continuation of lines and edges

what is charcoal in art

burnt wood, gives art soft quality, not good for details

what is graphite in art

mined from the earth, most common drawing medium

what is a support

anything a work of art is drawn/executed on

what are the 2 components of paint

pigment: color and vehicle:binder

what is tempera

pigment mixed with egg yolks

what is oil paint

pigment with oil, linseed oil

what is acrylic paint

pigment and plastic binder

what is encaustic paint

pigment mixed with wax

what are the four categories of printmaking

relief, intaglio, lithography, serigraphy

relief printmaking

a technique in which the parts of the printing surface that carry ink are left raise, while remaining areas are cut away

Intaglio printmaking

carve image into a flat surface and put ink in teh areas you cut, in the grooves

lithography printmaking

master image is created on stone

serigraphy printmaking

screen printing

types of relief

bas or low relief- sticks out a little, haut or high relief - sticks out a lot, sunken relief - is in the flat surface

additive sculptural process

any sculpting where you add substance, like pottery or sculpting

subtractive sculptural process

and sculpting where you take substance, like carving

replacement scultural process

lost wax casting

what is post and lintel

a building system where strong horizontal elements are held up by strong vertical elements with large spaces between them

what is a barrel vault

many arches placed flush one behind the other

what is a dome

a roof shaped like a half-circle or hemisphere

what is a truss

a part of structure made of beams arranged in a triangular pattern

what is a narthex

the entrance

what is a nave

ventral aisle of the church, from the narthex to the apse

what is a transept

the arms of the church

what is an apse

a semi-circular section of a church usually at the end

greek orders of columns

doric, ionic, corinthian

what are the parts of a value

voussoir and keystone

what is a voussoir

a wedge-shaped or tapered stone used to construct an arch

what is keystone

the central wedge shaped stone of an arch that locks its parts together

how is craft different from visual art

craft has a functional purpose whereas visual art is just pretty to look at

Corinthian columns

most decorative, with leaves usually

ionic columns

spirals on it

doric columns

the most plain

what is intarsia

piece of diverse woods put together to create a specific design

what is a potters wheel

a wheel where a potter throws clay

what is a kiln

a furnace for firing clay

what helped to make the renaissance happen in art

the rise of a wealthy business class

Adam and Eve is evidence that the artist had traveled back to Italy and seen…?

medical manuscript illustrations

in the reniassance, the rise of humanism meant that..

artists were celebrated for their achievements

who believes that an artwork produced by a truly gifted artist provided a glimpse of a perfect or diving reality

Neoplatonists

in teh history of the west, 1000-year periodd between teh decline of the Roman Empire and the renaissance is called the…

Middle Ages

how did many renaissance artists secure commissions?

through competition

what phrase was used to describe late gothic painting that were extremely realistic

trompe l'œil