Exam 2 Art History Vocab

Chiaroscuro

Heavy use of light and dark

Impasto

thick handling of paint, see depth and texture

Tronie

looks like portrait, but not of specific person, often fancy dress involved

Royal Academy

An institution designed to professionalize art training and control public taste through exhibits, classes, and apprenticeships

History Painting

large scale figure painting with a biblical/greek/roman story that has a civic moral

Polychrome

The practice of painting or decorating in several colors

Engraving

Intaglio printmaking technique in which an artist cuts lines directly into a metal plate with a burin

Intaglio

“Cut in,” opposite of relief

Modern Moral Subjects

characters that tell us stories, ask us to think of modern virtues and morals

Etching

Intaglio printmaking technique that uses acid to cut into a metal plate

Rococo

18th c. style of art and architecture characterized by elaborate ornament, asymmetry, natural designs, scenes of court life

Ideology

the picture that you and society have of the world and your place in it

Watercolor

Mix pigment (tube or pan) with water (dilute with diff amts); paint onto paper

Pre- Raphaelite Brotherhood

A group of artists that wanted to reject the academy and the classical and go back to looking at other cultures, time periods, and nature

Wood Engraving

Relief carving into wood on grainy side with a burin, then print

Casual ward

temporary overnight sleeping accommodation/shelter for unhoused people

Plein-air painting

Outdoor painting

Flâneur

someone who walks streets of city from POV of a dispassionate/alienated observer

Daguerrotype

Photo technique in which light and chemical sensitization are used to print an image directly on a metal plate w/no negative