Chapter 1 Vocab

 What is Art History? 

To determine why work was made

To use material cultures as documents 

To understand social and cultural values

period style

the characteristics artisitc manner of a specific time 

regional style

design, architecture, art, or fashion that responds to local climates, native materials, and cultural traditions

Iconography

study of content and symbols in art

Form

visual elements & design principles that create the way a work of art looks 

Composition

the arrangement of elements on the image area

Medium

what the art is made with

Technique

how the art is applied and including tools

Carving

subtracting technique

Casting

additive techniques

relief sculpture

sculpture in which the subjects project from the background, but remain part of it

Proportion

size in shape

Canon

systems of "correct" or "ideal" proportions for representing human figures, parts of buildings, etc.

hierarchy of scale

the most important object/ person dominates the work in someway 

Plan

map of the floor

Elevation

head on view

Cutaway

interior and exterior view

Section

Placement of the masses

freestanding sculpture/sculpture in the round

a fully separate, three-dimensional art object that is not attached to a flat wall or background