Art History FINAL!

Colors become more washed out and grey/purple over a distance

Atmospheric perspective

everyday scene

genre scene

cut into metal (these are the lines that show --> +) paper presses into ink filled grooves engraving more detailed/precise

intaglio painting

diagonal lines meet horizontal line at vanishing point

orthogonal

~ "squashed relief," very low relief that was invented by Donatello - more of an optical relief than actual relief - <1", all on a slight diagonal - painting-esque bc so flat - creates illusion of infinite depth (landscape behind consists of delicate surface modulations that catch light from varying angles -- sculptor's chisel, like a painter's brush, becomes a tool for creating shades of light and dark)

rilievo schiacciato

annual juried exhibition of academy students - hung floor to ceiling (~ 5000 would be exhibited) - was up for several months - had hierarchy of importance: 1) history 2) mythology 3) portraiture 4) landscape 5) still-life

salon

subtle transition of light and dark (no demarcation line), made possible bc of oil paint, means "smoke"

sfumato

strong beam of light against background is a tenebristic effect -- strong contrasts of light and dark

tenebrism

artists' finishing school to train them to be great artists (18th and 19th C)

the academy

3 panelled altarpiece, most common (more than multiptych or diptych)

triptych

cut into wood to make print, relief technique have to cut in reverse of the print that is produced

woodcut

whole plate is covered with resin and heated creates chromatic dimension (modulated middle tone) Goya

Aquatint

light and dark

Chiaroscuro

projecting 3D into 2D space

Foreshortening

Italian method of painting on wall using damp plaster to create CaCO3, which the color then fuses to

Fresco painting

Amount of fresco done in one day Fresco painted in segments, must plan ahead which segment will be in each giornata ex: Hands are one giornata bc so important

Giornata

technique of thick application of paint "impasted" textural cavities helps achieve a texture and atmospheric effect

Impasto

figure that wards off evil, dates back to Kouros figures - living figure, either has spirit of can communicate w/ spirits

apotropaic

sharp contrast of light and dark theatrical lighting a signature Caravaggio component

chiaroscuro

3D on 2D surfaces - artificial - invented by Romans, perfected by Renaissance - represent natural world in naturalistic way - use orthogonal lines to give 3D sense of 2D surface

perspective

working outdoors - directly form nature - realist - only possible bc of technology developments (synthetic paints) - was considered odd

plein-air