Da Vinci Fetus:
Themes: art and science
Info: close to scientifically accurate except babies are not in perfect spheres, can show the development of scientific knowledge
Art and Science
Flowers that would not be blooming together in nature, includes insects, her father was a botanist
Themes: mortality and immortality
Carravagio: Death of a Virgin
Theme: Art and Science
Info: portrayed realistically, her body is bloating, there is a bucket for her fluids
Themes: art and science, art and the cycle of life
info: reflects the spirit of the time, an interest in science, drama through lighting and expression, science is important and/or deemed a worthy subject in painting/fine art, children looking away afraid
Themes: art and science
info: artists studying anatomy to learn how to depict figures, realist depiction, historical documentation of early surgical procedures, the use of anesthesia, documents medical advancements, dramatic lighting
Themes: art and science
Info: documentation of medical advances, important enough to be
Themes: Art and Science, Science and perception and senses
Info: optical mixture, pointillism
a late nineteenth century painting style using short strokes or points of differing colors that optically combine to form new perceived colors
pointillism
when the eye blends two colors that are placed near each other, creating a new color
optical mixtures
when the eye sees the complementary color of something that the viewer has spent an extended time viewing (aka successive contrasts)
afterimage effect
Theme: science of the mind, art and science
Info: persistence of memory, sexual desire and fear
Yoruba, Gelede rituals
Info: rituals of healing and community, celebrates women, spiritual well-being and social harmony
commemorate the woman's role in producing children in order to help sustain the community
ritual performed in Nigeria's Yoruba society to celebrate and honor women
Gelede ritual
Themes: Spirituality and art
info: icon intended to bless and protect the city, halo around their heads mean to symbolize their virtue and holiness, stylized
Themes: art and the cycle of life, art and spirituality
Info: deceased were buried with stuff that reflected their position in life, these scrolls had spells and incantations were designed to help the deceased navigate the afterlife
Rothko Chapel
Themes: art and spirituality
Info: open to people of all beliefs, tranquil and contemplative, found in Houston
Themes: art and community
Info: gothic, meant to inspire worshipers to religious devotion, source of civic pride
the central space of a cathedral or a basilica
nave
an organization or an individual who sponsors the creation of works of car
patron
covered with an arch-shaped ceiling or roof
vaulted
painting during a tense time in his life, the colors and bold lines show the agitation that he was experiencing
Themes: Identity and art
Info: Rembrandt - taking on the identity of someone else
� The prodigal son, biblical
� This is new, up until now, portraits were very straight forward, there was no story and it was just a visual representation
dramatic use of intense darkness and light to heighten the impact of a painting
tenebrism
a round opening at the center of a dome
oculus
a representation of a nude or a scantily clad infant angel or by common in renaissance and baroque art
putto (putti plural)
a railing supported by short pilars
balustrade
an uppermost platform on classical temple on which the columns stand
stylobate
the slight swelling or bulge at the midpoint of a column
entasis
the distorted representation of an object so that it appears correctly proportioned only when viewed from one particular position
anamorphosis