Untitled Flashcards Set
Key Terms
Machu Pichu
Built as a royal estate for the first Inka emporer
Abstracted
Taken from something we can recognize but not represented ina realistic manner
Stylized
Represented in a way that simplifies details rather than trying to show natrualness or reality
Dada
An anarchic, anti-art movement dating back to WW1
Avant-Garde
A french miliary term for the vanguard or advanced guard
ReadyMade
Everyday manufactured objects deemed to be art by the artists presentation of them as such
"The Richard Mutt Case"
Conceptual Art
A work of art in which the communication of an idea or group of ideas are most important to the work
Representation
The use of signs that stand in for, and take the place of something else
Naturalism
A strategy of visual representation that posits a link between represented forms based upon the notion of resemblance or likeness
Abstraction
The reduction of forms to their simplest elements
Abstracted
Take from something we can recognize but not represented ina realistic manner
Abstract
A term that is associated with the early 20th century art which communicates meaning through lines, shapes, colors, forms, textures, rather than imitating material objects in the real world
A self Portrait
A representation of the artist created by the artist
Iconography
the study of symbolic meaning of images in a work of art, such as particular objects, animals, plants, physical gestures, etc.
Idealized
Represented in an ideal or perfect way
Abstraction
The reduction of forms to their simplest elements
Abstracted
Take from something we can recognize but not represented in a realistic manner
Genre Scene
A scene of every day life
(genre ~ generic)
Still life
An image of selection of everyday objects
Vanitas
Latin for vanity
Floating Perspective
A system representing multiple perspectives in one painting
Gender
A modern term used to refer to the cultural construction of the biological and social characteristics of men and women




