Terms
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- Embodiement
- Pertaining to the experiences of the body; also meaning "incarnation"
- Bodegones
- Spanish painting tradition focusing on scenes of daily life with strong elements of still life in the composition. Often allegorical or moral in intent.
- Modernity
- Begins with Realism or naturalism in the mid 19th century--naturalistic representation of life produced through visible artifice.
- construzione leggitima
- Alberti's term for perspective theory
- Silueta
- An art form invented by Ana Medieta meaning a generic sign or icon of the supine female form.
- Aerial Perspective
- Also known as atmospheric perspective; Literally, a perspective from above and aroundl
- Sfumato
- A blurring, or intentional use of light, shadow and colors to create a visible atmosphere in painting; colors blend softly into each other
- Composition
- the arrangement of parts in relation to eachother and to the whole
- Foxing
- A paper disease due to sunlight exposure; appearance of stained of spotted yellowish brown markings on paper
- Neo-Classical
- style of art in late 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by simple, symmetrical forms of ancient Greek and Roman art.
- Mimesis
- imitation or reproduction. To re-present
- Ekphrasis
- the descriptive technique that brings the object described into visibility.
- fresco
- a method of wall painting with water-soluable pigments over damp plaster, one of the most durable forms of wall decoration.
- Compare and Contrast
- a method os studying art and visual culture in which one studies similarities and differences.
- oculus
- Italian for "eye"; refers to the center of the dome of a building
- Theology
- The study of nature of God and religious truth; rational inquiry into religious questions.
- anamorphosis
- "turn" + "form" ; A volunatily deformed figure which cannot be percieved unless looked at from a certain angle
- Performativity
- Speech as action. Performance through the admittance of words.
- Cathedra
- Throne of the Pope
- Kitsch
- German for "vulgar trash" used in english to denote artifacts regarded as tasteless, sentimental, or ostentatious in style
- vanitas symbol
- a skull or other symbols that indicate the passage of time or death
- depth of field
- refers to the extent to which the space surrounding a subject appears to be sharply defined both the space beyond the subject and between the subject and the camera
- Artifice
- not real; pretending; false
- Aesthetics
- External beauty as reflective of ethical value
- Ethical Valuation
- The relationship of ethics and beauty and judgement in the study of the work of art
- Conceptual Artist
- Ideas are the central issue for this kind of artist and the execution often belongs to others under his supervision