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10 Cards in this Set
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formal analysis (1) |
the visual analysis of artistic form |
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patronage (1) |
a person or entity that pays an artist to produce individual artworks or employs an artist on a continuing basis |
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contextual analysis (1) |
an analysis of a work that helps assess it within the context of its historical and cultural setting, but also in terms of its textuality – or the qualities that characterize the text as a text |
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iconography (1) |
Greek - the "writing of images" referring to both the content/subject of an artwork and the study of content in art (includes the study of the symbolic, often religious, meaning of objects, persons, or events depicted in works of art) |
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attributes (1) |
the distinctive identifying aspect of a person, i.e. an object held, an associated animal, or a mark on the body (attribution: assignment of a work to a maker) |
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allegory (1) |
a figurative mode of representation conveying meaning other than the literal, communicates a message by means of symbolic figures, actions or symbolic representation. |
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paleolithic (1) |
the "old" Stone Age, during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings |
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graffiti (1) |
writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed on a wall or other surface |
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hieratic scale (2) |
an artistic convention in which greater size indicates greater importance |
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lamassu (2) |
Assyrian guardian in the form of a man-headed winged bull |
