Art Exam 2 Matching

Zaha Hadid

21st century Iraqi-British architect known for buildings such as the Vitra Fire Station, Cincinnati Art Center, and the Eli & Edythe Broad Museum in East Lansing.

Edmonia Lewis

19th century American sculptor who created neoclassical works focused on representing African Americans and Native Americans to counter prevailing stereotypes.

Andy Warhol

20th century American artist known for using screenprinting to create iconic images of Marilyn Monroe and the Campbell’s soup can.

Vincent van Gogh

19th century Dutch post-impressionist painter, famous for works like Starry Night and his sunflower series for Paul Gauguin.

Albrecht Dürer

German painter and printmaker associated with the Northern Renaissance, known for the Nuremberg Chronicles and religious print series.

Capital

The crown head of a column; from the Latin caput meaning 'head'.

Masonry system

A basic architectural structural system where buildings are made from individual units like bricks or stones bonded with mortar.

Gothic

An architectural style popular in Europe from the 12th to 16th century, characterized by pointed arches, flying buttresses, and stained glass.

Romanesque

An architectural style from the 9th to 12th century Europe, featuring thick walls, rounded arches, and minimal windows.

Skeleton-and-skin system

An architectural system where an interior frame (the skeleton) supports the structure and an outer covering (the skin) protects it.

Printmaking

The artistic process of transferring an image from a matrix onto another surface.

Relief printmaking

Any printmaking process where the printed image is raised off the background in reverse, e.g., rubber stamps.

Intaglio

Italian for 'to cut into'; a printmaking process with five types: drypoint, mezzotint, aquatint, etching, and engraving.

Ukiyo-e

Japanese printmaking genre popular from the 17th to 19th centuries, meaning 'pictures of the transient world of everyday life'.

Lino-cut print

A relief printmaking method using linoleum for the matrix instead of wood.

Support

The surface on which a painter paints, including canvas, wood, paper, and plaster.

Fresco

A wall painting medium where pigment is applied to wet or dry lime plaster mixed with lime water.

Tempera

A painting medium combining pigment with water and egg yolk, common in the early Italian Renaissance.

Oil paint

A painting medium made by mixing linseed oil with pigment, allowing for slower blending of colors.

Opaque

Not able to be seen through; not transparent.

Relief sculpture

A sculpture that has three-dimensional depth but is intended to be viewed from one side only.

Installation art

An artistic practice that transforms the environment to shift the audience's perception of a space.

Carving

A subtractive sculpture-making process in which material is removed from a block by chipping, gouging, or hammering.

Casting

The process of pouring molten material into a mold and letting it harden.

Grisaille

The French term for 'graying'; refers to painting in monochromatic gray to imitate statues or black and white photographs.

Curator

The person responsible for selecting art objects for an exhibition and contextualizing them for an audience.

Canon

The body of works considered most important in art history for preservation and transmission to future generations.