Art History Survey 2 Exam 2

Tondo

Tondo

a circular work of art

• example: Pontormo, Annunciation

desaturated colors

Muted, washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color

• example: Pontormo, Entombment

Changeant (as in fabric)

Fabric that changes when moved in light

• example: Pontormo, Entombment

pastoral (the sense having to do with art and literature, not church leaders)

related to countryside;idealized; peaceful scenes

• example: Giorgione, The Tempest

Poesie

literally poetry; art that evokes a mood like poetry

• example: Giorgione, The Tempest

Cassone

decorated wedding chest

• example: Titian, Venus of Urbino

Impasto

thick application of paint to a surface

• example: Titian, Pieta

Anamorphosis

a distorted image that only looks correct from an angle

• example: Tintoretto, The Last Supper

Tenebrism

strong contrast between light and dark

• example: Caravaggio, The Calling of St. Matthew

Caravaggisti

stylistic followers of Caravaggio

• example: Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Beheading Holofernes

Baldacchino

a monumental canopy over an alter or throne

• example: Baldacchino in St. Peter’s Basilica

still life

a scene of inanimate objects

• example: Francisco de Zurbarán, Still Life with Lemons, Oranges, and a Rose

Vanitas

a painting in which all the objects symbolize the transience of life (word taken from Ecclesiastes chapter 1)

• example: Pieter Claesz, Still Life with Tazza

Rubenesque

plump or rounded, usually in an attractive way

• example: Rubens, Marie de’ Medici, Queen of France, Landing in Marseilles

Wunderkammer

literally, "room of wonders"; a collection of curiosities

• example: Jan Brueghel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens, Allegory of Sight

genre painting

a painting depicting a scene from everyday life

• example: Frans Hals, The Jolly Toper

speaking likeness

an image in which a character appears to be speaking to the viewer

• example: Judith Leyster, Self-Portrait

camera obscura

a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface

• example: Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance

Reformation

A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches

• example: Albrecht Durer, Self-Portrait

Counter-Reformation

the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected)

• example: Caravaggio, The Calling of St. Matthew