Art Exam 2 Matching
Matching (10 pts) Match the correct term to its corresponding definition.
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 with a focus on representing African Americans and Native Americans in a manner that countered prevailing stereotypical representations.
Andy Warhol: 20th century American artist known for using the printmaking technique of screenprinting to create images of Marilyn Monroe and the Campbell’s soup can.
Vincent van Gogh: 19th century Dutch post-impressionist painter, famous for works such as Starry Night and his series of sunflowers he painted for Paul Gauguin.
Albrecht Dürer: German painter and printmaker associated with the Northern Renaissance, known for working on the Nuremberg Chronicles, as well as his religious print series such as "The Passion Cycle" and "The Apocalypse."
Capital: The crown head of a column. From the Latin caput meaning "head."
Masonry system: One of the basic structural systems in architecture, in which structures are built from individual units like bricks or stones bonded together by mortar. Walls designed this way can be structural, or just for aesthetic purposes.
Gothic: Art historical term used to describe an architectural style that was popular in Europe from the 12th to 16th century, characterized by features including pointed arches, flying buttresses, spires, and stained glass.
Romanesque: Art historical term used to describe "Roman-like" architecture from about the 9th to 12th century Europe, featuring thick walls, rounded arches, and minimal windows.
Skeleton-and-skin system: One of the basic structural systems in architecture, where an interior frame (the skeleton) provides support and structure, while a more fragile outer covering (the skin) may protect it.
Printmaking: The artistic process of transferring an image from a matrix onto another surface.
Relief printmaking: Any printmaking process in which the image to be printed is raised off the background in reverse. Rubber stamps are a common example of this.
Intaglio: The Italian word for "to cut into"; there are five types of this printmaking process: drypoint, mezzotint, aquatint, etching, and engraving.
Ukiyo-e: Japanese printmaking genre that was popular from the 17th to 19th centuries. Translates to: "pictures of the transient world of everyday life."
Lino-cut print: A relief printmaking method utilizing the same process as a woodcut, but using linoleum for the matrix instead of wood.
Support: The surface upon which the painter paints, can be canvas, wood, paper, plaster, etc.
Fresco: A medium for wall painting in which pigment is mixed with lime water and then applied to a lime plaster wall that is either wet or dry.
Tempera: Painting medium made by combining pigment with water and egg yolk. Used by most artists in the early Italian Renaissance.
Oil paint: Painting medium made by combining linseed oil with pigment. Because it dries slower than tempera it allows for the artist to work slower, as well as offering the ability to blend colors.
Opaque: Not able to be seen through, not transparent.
Relief sculpture: A sculpture that has three-dimensional depth but is meant to only be seen from one side.
Installation art: An artistic discipline in which the artist transforms the environment of a space in an effort to shift the audience's perception of the given space.
Carving: A subtractive process of sculpture making in which the material is chipped, gouged, or hammered away from a block of material.
Casting: Pouring molten material into a mold and allowing it to harden.
Grisaille: The French term for "graying"; it is an art historical term to describe painting something in monochromatic gray so as to imitate the appearance of a statue or black and white photograph.
Curator: Within an art context, the person whose role it is to determine which art objects will be part of an exhibition and how to properly contextualize them for an audience.
Canon: The body of works considered to be the most important within the history of art. The collection of artists and artworks that are considered to be the most crucial for preserving and passing down to future generations.