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Art governed by rules, especially works sanctioned by an official institution, academy, or school |
Academic art |
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A clear synthetic resin used as a binder in acrylic paint and as a casting material in sculpture. |
Acrylic |
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A semicircular end to an aisle in a basilica or a Christian church. |
Apse |
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A term from military theory that was applied to modern art, meaning the advance guard of troops that moves ahead of the main army. |
Avant-garde |
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A roman town hall, with three aisles and an apse at one or both ends. |
Basilica |
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The material used in paint that causes pigment particles to adhere to one another. |
Binder |
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A painting technique in which pigments suspended in water are applied to a damp lime plaster surface. |
Buon fresco |
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A dark room with a small hole in one side, through which an inverted image of the view outside is projected onto the opposite wall, screen, or mirror |
Camera obscura |
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A substitution process that involves pouring liquid material such as molten metal, clay, wax, or plaster into a mold. |
Casting |
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Underground burial places in ancient rome. |
Catacombs |
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A work made by gluing various materials, such as paper scraps, photographs, and cloth, on a flat surface. |
Collage |
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A movement that grew out of abstract expressionism, in which large stained or painted areas or " fields " of color evoke aesthetic and emotional responses. |
Color field painting |
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A photograph taken by an early photographic process developed in the 1830s, in which a treated metal plate was exposed to light, and the chemical reactions on the plate created the first satisfactory photographic images |
Daguerreotype |
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Sculptural forms mafe from earth, rocks, or sometimes plants, often on a vast scale and in remote locations. |
Earthwork |
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A type of painting in which pigment is suspended in a binder of hot wax. |
Encaustic |
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A type of artwork that takes as its subject everyday life, rather than civic leaders, religious figures, or mythological heroes. |
Genre painting |
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A mixture of glue and chalk, thinned with water and applied as a ground before painting with oil or egg tempera. |
Gesso |
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A silica-based paint for clay that fuses with the clay body on firing. |
Glaze |
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A cultural and intellectual movement during the Renaissance, following the rediscovery of the art and literature of ancient greece and rome. |
Humanism |
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One who opposes the creation of pictures of holy persons, believing that they promote idolatry. |
Iconoclast |
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Im painting, thick paint applied to a surface in a heavy manner, having the appearance and consistency of buttery paste or of cake frosting. |
Impasto |
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Any printmaking technique in which lines and areas to be inked are recessed below the surface of the printing plate. |
Intaglio |
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The block of metal, wood, stone, or other material that an artist works to create a print. |
Matrix |
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A dull finish or surface,especially in painting, photography, and ceramics. |
Matte |
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A particular material along with its accompanying technique. |
A medium/media |
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The tall central space of a church or cathedral, usually flanked by side aisles. |
Nave |
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Impenetrable by light; not transparent or translucent |
Opaque |
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Painting characterized by openness of form, in which shapes are defined by loose brushwork in light and dark color areas rather than by outline or contour. |
Painterly |
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A shelf above the colonnade on the short ends of a classical greek temple. |
Pediment |
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An optical illusion that makes cinema possible. |
Persistence of vision |
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Any coloring agent, made from natural or synthetic substances, used in paints or drawing materials. |
Pigment |
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A system of painting using tiny dots or " points " of color. |
Pointillism |
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An attitude or trend of the late 1970s-1990s |
Postmodern |
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A common manufactured object that the artist signs and turns into an artwork. |
Readymade |
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Sculpture in which three-dimensional forms project from the flat background of which they are a part. |
Relief |
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An official art exhibition in France, juried by members of the official french academy. |
Salon |
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A type of painting in which an artist arranges items on a tabletop for subject matter. |
Still life |
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The physical material that provides the base for and sustains a two-dimensional work of art. |
Support |
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A water-based paint that uses egg yolk as a binder. |
Tempera |
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A mythological animal that symbolizes a clan group. |
Totem |
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Liquid emulsion used as a carrier or spreading agent in paints |
Vehicle |
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In weaving, the threads that run lengthwise in a fabric, crossed at right angles by the weft. |
Warp |
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Paint that uses water-soluble gum as the binder and water as the vehicle. |
Watercolor |
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In weaving, the horizontal threads interlaced through the warp |
Weft |
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Sculptural form produced by adding, combining, or building up material from a core or an armature. |
Additive sculpture |
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Explain the concept of " humanism " and its impact on renaissance art and culture. |
Humanism rediscovered the culture of greece and rome. |
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Who were the three major client groups that commissioned baroque art? |
Church, nobles, and the wealthy |
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Describe the artistic goals and development of cubism is art. |
Emphasize pictorial composition over personal expression. |
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How is impressionism an outgrowth of realism? |
it is actually based on real subjects and scenes even though the emphasis is on the dematerializing effect of light and transient effects on these scenes. |
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How and when was photography invented? |
The desire of renaissance artist to make accurate depictions of nature. The sixteenth century |
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Why is photography a useful medium for influencing social change? |
Because during that time there was a rise to the saying the "camera never lies" |
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What was the " Motion Picture Code? " |
It is meant to regulate the moral content of films. |
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What are the principal techniques of sculpture? |
Additive, subtractive, and constructive |
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Be able to compare the ways that art serves a commemorative function in society. |
Personal, public act |
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Be able to discuss the historical distinction of craft and art. |
Craft is ability and art is emotion |