Terms For Art History Exam Ii

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Sacra conversazione

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depiction of the Madonna with infant Jesus amidst the saints

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glazes

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a lot of oil with a touch of pigments then put 20-30 layers

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impasto

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paint is laid on an area of the surface (or the entire canvas) very thickly, usually thickly enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. Paint can also be mixed right on the canvas. When dry, impasto provides texture, the paint coming out of the canvas

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portico

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s a porch that is leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls

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engraving

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scratch image into plate. incredibly difficult only work in black. fill plate with ink.

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burin

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tool used predominantly by engravers

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hatching

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artistic techniques used to create tonal or shading effects by drawing (or painting or scribing) closely spaced parallel lines

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memento mori

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It names a genre of artistic creations that vary widely from one another, but which all share the same purpose, which is to remind people of their own mortality

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colonnade

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colonnade denotes a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing

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quadro riportato

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Term applied to a ceiling picture that is intended to look as if it is a framed easel picture placed overhead

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caryatid

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A carved female figure, usually clad in long robes, serving as a column

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di sotto in su

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erm applied to an extreme form of illusionistic foreshortening in which figures or objects painted on a ceiling appear to be floating or suspended in space above the viewer. Mantegna's Camera degli Sposi in the Palazzo Ducale

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tenebrism

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erm describing predominantly dark tonality in a painting. It derives from the Italian tenebroso (obscure) and is applied mainly to the 17th-century followers of Caravaggio in Italy and elsewhere.

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genre painting

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Term for paintings or other works depicting scenes from daily life

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history painting

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A term applied to pictures showing figures involved in momentous or morally edifying scenes, treated in a suitably grand and noble way

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Andre le Notre

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was a landscape architect and the gardener of King Louis XIV of France from 1645 to 1700. M

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Charles le Brun

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was a French painter and art theorist, one of the dominant artists in 17th century France.

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Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture

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Paris, was founded in 1648, modelled on Italian examples, such as the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. In 1661, it came under the control of Jean-Baptiste Colbert who made the arts a main part in the glorification of Louis XIV. From 1683 on, it reached its greatest power under the directorship of Charles Le Brun with its hierarchy of members and strict system of education

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Rococo (rocaille and barocco)

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characterized by lightness, grace, playfulness, and intimacy, that emerged in France c.1700 and spread throughout Europe in the 18th century.

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fete galante

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well-dressed figures cavorting outside

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terra cotta

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clay that has been baked, must be builtup, moldable.

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John Locke

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our ideas are not God given, gather info from world around us and experiences

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Philosophes

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a group of intellectuals of the 18th century Enlightenment [1]. ' were a result of this new approach to learning who encouraged reason, knowledge and education as a way of overcoming superstition and ignorance

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sensibilite

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It consists of extreme emotional sensitivity, giving rise to lively manifestations of feeling. The emotions in question are usually the ‘softer’ ones: love, pity, sympathy, regret, grief, etc., and these are most frequently shown by violent gestures, tears, and broken speech

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the Enlightenment

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was an eighteenth-century movement in Western philosophy. It was an age of optimism, tempered by the realistic recognition of the sad state of the human condition and the need for major reforms. The Enlightenment was less a set of ideas than it was a set of attitudes.