Art History Terms
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- Artist
- Creator; biographical information; professional information
- Context
- Circumstances. Political, Economical, Military, Familial, Cultural, Religious.
- Form
- line, plane, space, texture, mass, volume, texture, perspective, value, intensity
- Line
- A marked path from one point to another tha can be exaggerated and modified in a multitude of ways to express different emphases that an artist may have.
- Plane
- A flat surface that specifically allows lines to be drawn or chiseled into it allowing for varied expressions of lines.
- Contour Line
- Contour lines define basic shapes by specifying and seperating the space outside of an object from waht defines the inner elements of an object.
- Value
- The amout of lightness or darkness that a certain hue has (also known as Tonality).
- Intensity
- The level of brightness or dullness that a certain hue has (also known as saturation).
- True texture
- The texture that exists on the form of the art itself (materially), but does not necessarily have to relate to the artist's expression(s).
- Represented Texture
- The texture that the artist was attempting to portray to the viewer but not necessarily the real texture that exists on the form of the art itself (materially).
- Space
- The area in which the objects have substance, whether limited or limitless.
- Illusionistic Space
- To portray an open space--limited or limitless-- on a surface that does not actually contain such space, such as the portrayal of three-dimensional space on a plane.
- Mass
- The size, density, and weight of objects and space.
- Volume
- The area within mass that is organized, divided, or enclosed in amny ways.
- Perspective
- Specifically, the angle in which an artist wants the composition to be viewed. More generally, an assortment of artistic devices that provide verisimilitude to an illusionistic space.
- Foreshortening
- The depiction of ojbects or figures at angles to create illusionistic space.
- Proportions
- The relationship of parts of ojbects, figures, or buildings. There is an intuitive sense of "correct" proportions as well as a mathematical relationship involving modules--units of measure.
- Provenance
- Findspot or the place of origin.
- Period Style
- A common strain of artistic elements held through a period of history.
- Region Style
- A particular set of artistic elements that artists share in a particular region--ranging from continental to municipal.
- Personal Style
- Artistic elements shared by an artist through different periods of that artist's career.