ARTH100 Test 3 Terms

Genius

Innate intellectual or creative power of an exception or exalted type

Patron

The Person or group who commissions, supports, or collects works of art and architecture

Donor Portraits

Portraits of the patrons of religious works of art that appear in or adjacent to the scene

Ambulatory

The passageway around the apse in a basilican church

Pure Land Buddhism

A form of Buddhism that teaches that the Western Paradise of the Amida Buddha can be reached through nothing more than faith

Altarpiece

A panel, painted or sculpted, situated above and behind an altar

Tenebrism

The use of strong chiaroscuro (technique using light and dark) and artificially illuminated areas to create dramatic contrasts

Icon

Literally image, Orthodox Christains tradition an image to venerate

Iconoclasm

The destruction or banning of images/icons

Stele/Stela

an upright stone slab or column typically bearing a commemorative inscription or relief design

Hierarchy of Scale

An un-naturalistic system of scale and proportion used to indicate the relative importance of figures

Allegory

A strategy of visual representation thats posits a link between represented forms of abstract ideas or concepts

Neoclassical style

A style in European art of the 18th/19th century that drew inspiration from Greece and Rome

Propoganda

Intended to encourage particular views and perspectives to promote political, religious and social messages

Home Front

A term for the support of the military by the civilian population of a nation at war

New Deal

Federally funded initiatives to employ Americans during the Great Depression unprecedented public works art commissions and other relief measures

Museum

A building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited