Art
Form of communication that uses a visual vocabulary
Materiality of Art
Artistic Medium (Media)
Aesthetics
The nature of beauty
Iconography
The study of the content of images
Disegno
Design in Italian
Lines
Extension of a dot
Pastel
Chalk-like, friable
Pastel Drawings
Require colored paper as a support
Encaustic
Hot wax; beeswax is the binder
Fresco
Lime in plaster
True Fresco
Fresh, wet plaster
Tempera
Egg yolk binder
Oil on Canvas
First used in 15th century
Recto
Front of oil painting
Verso
Back of oil painting
Glazes
Thin, transparent layers of paint
Impasto
Paste-like application of paint
Diaphanous Paint
Opposite of oil glazes
Painting in the open was made possible by
Tin tubes
Invention of Acrylics
Second half of 20th century
Hues
Colors of the spectrum
Primary Colors
Red, Blue, Yellow
Secondary Colors
Green, violet, orange
Complementary Colors
Orange/blue, red/green, violet/yellow
Red is
A warm color
Cool Colors
Seem to recede
Collages
Cut and glued pieces of paper
Multiples
Are not one-of-a-kind works
Relief Process
Raised part of the plate (not those cut away)
Intaglio
Opposite of Relief, crevices in the plate hold the ink
Sculpture
Direct carving typically involves stone or wood (unique works of art)
Repousse
Beaten metal technique
Ceramics
Fired clay
Mosaic
Small pieces of colored glass
Fabrics
Example of Islamic Art
Leonardo da Vinci, A Man Tricked by Gypsies, ca. 1493, pen and ink drawing
1
Ca. 1493
2
Mummy Portrait of a Man, Faiyum (Egypt), ca. A.D. 160-170, encaustic painting on wood
ca. 1305
Antonella da Messina, The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, ca. 1475-1477, oil on wood
Watercolor
ca. 1770
Collage
Engraving
1513-1516
The Riace Warriors, 460-450 B.C.E., bronze, silver teeth and eyelashes, copper lips and nipples
Funeral Mask from the Royal Tombs of Mycenae, ca. 1500 B.C.E., beaten gold
c. 515 B.C.
Hot" vs. "Cold" technique
Blown Glass
Mosaic of Empress Theodora and Attendants, ca. 547, Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, mosaic
The Ardabil Carpet, Tabriz, 1540, wool pile on silk warps and wefts
Ettore Sottsass, Beverly from the Memphis Collection, 1981, wooden sideboard covered with plastic laminate
Yves Saint-Laurent, Mondrian Day Dress, 1965, Wool jersey in color blocks of white, red, blue, black, and yellow
1956/1963