context
the environment in which art is created
chronology
the time or era in which art is created
c.-ca.-circa
approximately
medium
the material from which art is made
patron
the person or group that buys the art work
commission
a contract with an artist to produce a particular artwork
elements of design
the building blocks of art (line,color,texture,shape,value)-(form,space)
principles of design
compositional descriptors
composition
the way subject matter is arranged in an artwork
art criticism
an evaluation of art using formal and/or contextual descriptors
art history
the chronology of art and artist
aesthetic
related to an individual response to sensory imput
line
the path of a moving point in space
shape
two dimensional enclosed space
form
three dimensional enclosed space
value
lightness or darkness
space
the distance between two objects
texture
physical quality
color
the way something reflects light
5 principles of design
balance,proportion,repetition,variety,emphasis
balance
the way objects are weighted in a composition
proportion
the relative scale of an object in a composition
repetition
multiple uses of an element or object in a composition
variety
alterations in the way an element or object is used in a composition
emphasis
the creation of focal points with elements or objects
atmospheric bluing
far away hills look blue
plate
the surface on which an image is created
brayer
a roller that is used for inking a plate
press
a machine such as a cylinder press that is used for printing on paper
relief printing
everything except the desired image is carved away
intaglio
desired image is incised into the plate
diptych
two panel painting
triptych
a three panel painting
polyptych
a painting with more than 3 panels
giotto
the best painter of the 13 century
christian iconography
the use of icons as symbols for telling a story
pieta
image of mary holding her dead son, jesus
brunelleschi, Italian Renaissance
perfected linear perspective
duccio, Early Itailian Renaissance
the maesta
Giotto, Early Italian Renaissance
arena chapel
pucelle, 14th Century Renaissance
book of hours of jeanne d'evruex
sluter, 14th Century Ranaissance
well of moses
campin, 15th Century Renaissance
merode altarpiece
jan van eyck, 15th Century Renaissance
ghent altarpiece
hugo van der goes, 15th Century Renaissance
portinari altarpiece
lucas cranach, Northern Renaissance
artist for martin luther
masaccio, Italian Renaissance
holy trinity
donatello,Italian Renaissance
david and mary magdalen
botticelli Italian Renaissance
birth of venus
mategna, Italian Renaissance
camera picta
bellini, Itailian Renaissance
st. francis in the desert
Reformation
the split of the church
Leonardo da Vinci, High Italian Renaissance
Mona Lisa, Last Supper
Michelangelo, High Italian Renaissance
ceiling and wall of Sistine chapel, david,pieta,moses
Raphael, High Italian Renaissance
alba madonna, the school of Athens
annuciation
mary being told of her pregnancy with the son of christ
reserection
Jesus comes back to life
Desposition
Jesus is taken down from the cross
Nativity
Birth of Christ
Crusifiction
Jesus put on the cross
Illuminated Manuscript
personal bible
book of hours
times/calendar for prayers
Nicola Pisano, Early Italian Renaissance
pulpit
cimabue
Early Italian Renassance
moses
has horns
limbourg brothers
book of hours for a lord
Print making informed about
witches
pamphlet propaganda from martin luther were about
the pope
cimabue, early italian Renaissance
virgin and child enthroned
Hieronymus Bosch, northern renaissance
ship of fools
peter bruegel
blind leading the blind
fresco
painting on fresh plaster with tempera
mannerism
when they tried to copy michelangelo but screwed up the proportions
censored artist
michelangelo-the last judgement nakedness
veronege- the last supper, changed name to feast in the house of levi
baroque
imperfect pearl
rubenesque
painting has large naked women
dutch baroque
still life paintings
clara peeter
first to combine flowers and food
pieter claesz
breakfast painter
rachel ruysch
succesful flower painter